Of all H. R. Giger’s art, which might be adequately described to those unfamiliar with it as H. P. Lovecraft in a personal hell designed by Salvador Dalí, his design work on the film Alien will always be the most well known. But Giger, who died this week at the age of 74, periodically spread his talents to designing album covers, creating artwork for a wide swath of different groups, from French prog-rock to a new wave goddess’ debut solo outing, over a 30-year period. As anybody familiar with any of these albums might know, in some cases, Giger’s visceral and terrifying artwork outshined the music it was intended to sell.
Brain Salad Surgery, Emerson, Lake and Palmer
To Mega Therion, Celtic Frost
Attahk, Magma
Hallucinations, Atrocity
Heartwork, Carcass
Danzig III: How the Gods Kill, Danzig
Kookoo, Debbie Harry