Norwegian progressive pop band Maraton have taken to social media to set the record straight after some fans pointed out that Imagine Dragons seemingly copied their artwork.

Over the last few months, it’s almost seemed fashionable to hate on Las Vegas rockers Imagine Dragons. While Slayer’s Gary Holt called them the “shittiest band on earth”, Slipknot’s Corey Taylor stated they had replaced Nickelback as the “worst band of all time”.

However, Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds took a stand against this hate, claiming he doesn’t “feel anger towards” the artists that share these comments, rather “more of a sadness that this industry embraces, even celebrates this mentality.”

“I wish it felt like a place where artists stood by each other and supported one another – regardless of our different tastes and voices,” he explained.

Now, before more misdirected hate was heaped upon the band, Norwegian rockers Maraton have taken to Facebook to explain away the notion that Imagine Dragons seemingly copied their album cover.



In a post shared on Tuesday, Maraton explained that the artwork to their single ‘Blood Music’ had been chosen months before it surfaced again for Imagine Dragons’ ‘Bad Liar’ single.