The cover art for Cosmovore, the latest album from Oakland metal trio Ulthar, is immediately arresting: it’s an illustration of a group of plantlike monstrosities that each appear to be vomiting nervous systems made of fibrous bundles and gaping maws. It’s from a work called The Mountains of Madness 3 by fantasy artist Ian Miller, who got his start illustrating the covers of paperbacks by horror author and noted racist H.P. Lovecraft—though more people might be familiar with his contributions to the 1988 Games Workshop sourcebook Realm of Chaos (a title Bolt Thrower borrowed for the album they released the following year).…
The cover art for Cosmovore, the latest album from Oakland metal trio Ulthar, is immediately arresting: it’s an illustration of a group of plantlike monstrosities that each appear to be vomiting nervous systems made of fibrous bundles and gaping maws. It’s from a work called The Mountains of Madness 3 by fantasy artist Ian Miller, who got his start illustrating the covers of paperbacks by horror author and noted racist H.P. Lovecraft—though more people might be familiar with his contributions to the 1988 Games Workshop sourcebook Realm of Chaos (a title Bolt Thrower borrowed for the album they released the following year).…