MARTIN BECKER - Photographer
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Martin Becker has been a freelance photographer since 1984. During the 1980s, he captured the essence of heavy metal’s golden era, photographing nearly two dozen bands. His impressive portfolio features Swiss icons like Coroner and Celtic Frost, alongside legendary acts such as Kreator, Rage, Running Wild, Tankard, and many others.

Timeline: Heavy Metal Album Covers (1980s) Featuring Martin Becker’s Photography

1986
- Cold Lake – Celtic Frost
- Pleasure to Kill – Kreator
1988
- Brain Damage – Vendetta
- Deception Ignored – Deathrow
- Hypertrace – Scanner
- Out of the Dark... Into the Light (EP) – Kreator
- Perfect Man – Rage (Germany)
- The Morning After – Tankard
- V2 – V2
1989
- Alien (EP) – Tankard
- Before the Storm – Domain
- Control and Resistance – Watchtower
- Death or Glory – Running Wild
- Extreme Aggression – Kreator
- No More Color – Coroner
- Resurrection Absurd (EP) – Morgoth
- Secrets in a Weird World – Rage
- Terminal Earth – Scanner
1990
- Reflections of a Shadow – Rage
1991
- Still Want More – Sargant Fury