This is old, but I did find this article at http://www.metalsucks.net/ and the Dream Theater album A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011) cover uses the same stock image (that costs around 15$) as the Circus Maximus (a Norwegian progressive metal quintet from Oslo) used in their album The 1st Chapter (2005).
As Circus Maximus tries to sound like Dream Theater, for me, there is no problem to use the same image. At least the Dream Theater cover looks much better. Of course, Hugh Syme was the man behind it. (If you don't know, he is the guy behind all the album covers from Rush and many other bands).
As Circus Maximus tries to sound like Dream Theater, for me, there is no problem to use the same image. At least the Dream Theater cover looks much better. Of course, Hugh Syme was the man behind it. (If you don't know, he is the guy behind all the album covers from Rush and many other bands).
