I think the cutoff was made on purpose.
And I'm looking forward to understand why...
If it's Hugh Syme, I wouldn't be too surprised if it was just laziness. However this thought had also occurred to me. If that's the case, it'd remind me a little bit of Genesis'
Trespass, when the artist made a large cut through the original painting after the band had added in the song 'The Knife'. However, I wouldn't say that it's all that effective in this case.
Then again, some epic detail might be revealed where the cutoff represents something from the lyrics and completely change opinions on the whole thing.
There must be some reason for having the planet/earth/orb (whatever it is) on the cover as opposed to just the Majesty logo by
itself. They never do anything w/o thinking about it. I'm sure it will tie into the theme somehow.
I'm guessing two things:
- The band wanted the cover artwork for this album to be similar in nature to the cover artwork for Pink Floyd's
The Dark Side of the Moon- It ties into lyrics from the album, possibly Illumination Theory, based on the light at the left side of the cover.