Research Into Similar Products: Album Cover Research

By looking at different album covers that are made by indie rock artists, I have noticed that they either feature dark colours or light, abstract images. 

The albums below feature tracks that have emotional and 

The songs featured on the albums above either have emotional and expressive tracks that match the dark cover or have tracks that sound heavy so the dark cover would match the heavy sound. 

These albums have brightly coloured album colours to contrast the deep, meaningful lyrics that are included and the heavy riffs. 

If I were to choose a meaningful track, I'd like to use a darker album cover to match the lyrics and the tone of the bands music.