Together these images or signifiers make up a concept, the signified.
Together these denotations connote many ideas and feelings when I look at the artefact as a whole. The colours used on the cover are limited to reds, browns, oranges and black, these colours conger up ideas of fire, blood, explosions, hell and danger. Together with the word Kaos, (a different spelling of the word chaos) and Warfare, which are in the CD title, the idea of war, death and destruction are immediately signified. The red colours used on the picture also signify that the plant or landscape shown could be Mars. The city itself is under a clear dome structure and outside the city the landscape is desolate with no buildings or sign of human life, this shows the dome as being a protector, protecting what is inside from the desolation of the outside world. This portrays the dome as an almost God like figure shielding the city and its inhabitants from the destruction and hellish world outside the dome. The buildings that make up the city itself are mainly skyscrapers much larger than anything in London, this connotes an image of progression and the future as the buildings have progressed in size, possibly to house the expanding population in limited space. Many people would associate the change with progression but the change in building size really only means the style of buildings have changed and not necessarily progressed. I also associate this city with one in the United States such as New York, due to the look of the buildings and their extensive size. .
The layout of the CD cover is similar to that of a film poster, with the title of the CD being very bold at the top of the cover and the credits running along the bottom in much smaller type. The words and phrases used on the cover such as presents, starring, directed by and guest appearance would normally be associated with the film industry.