Which Album Cover do you think is better

Kode of Bliss

I rendered both of these in daz an then touched them up in photoshop using letters from my Letter Maker program. Which Do you think is better?

nonesuch00

top one, with skull, no doubt, however for the inner part of the lettering could I suggest you apply a uncut gem deep ruby shader material? Or a cut ruby shader material, rather than the blue lettering. If deep red is  too dark, go for a lighter red. 

The lettering at the bottom, same style as top.

Hylas

My first reaction was, the 1st one is better, it looks more professional.

But the more I think about it the more I like the 2nd one better, it´s more memorable. the 1st one is a little on the generic side.

richardandtracy

Well, without knowing what genre the music is for it's somewhat difficult to say. If for DeafMetal, I suspect the second one is best. If it's an album cover for gentle romantic ballads, then I suspect that the white border around the images would be preferable.