Heavy Metal Album Cover Artwork!!!

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Our band, Stygian Depths is releasing a heavy cover of Depeche Mode's Policy of Truth.
For the "album" cover design, we would like to take as inspiration the image from Depeche Mode's album, Violator. It's an image of a flower, possibly a rose, on a black background. We would like the design to be a clear reference to Violator, but ***darker***, ***more sinister***, ***more metal***!
I have uploaded an mp3 of our cover of Policy of Truth, the image of the Violator album, and artwork for past releases of ours to give an idea of what we've gone for in the past.
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Target Market(s)
Our target listeners are aged 28 to 59 and hear our music on streaming platforms like Spotify.
Industry/Entity Type
Music Download
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Requirements
Must have
- The project should have a clear visual reference (and reverence!) to Depeche Mode's Violator album but should be unique as well.
Should not have
- The designer does not need to worry about writing, fonts or logos--just the image design. We will take care the logo and title later.