Dan Seagrave’s cover art from 1989-1994 pretty much defined the genres aesthetic for years to come. The intricate, morbid paintings mixed ancient forests and tombs with sci-fi/futuristic elements- just as the genre itself seeked to merge darkened ancient atmosphere with a new level of technicality and brutality.

This Entombed cover is one of my favorites of his. No machines to be found, but the forest depicted shades of blue with the prominent tombstone prepares the buyer for the dark atmosphere contained within the sleeve.

It’s a shame these covers were done at during the rise of CD only releases. These days, almost all of the records he did artwork for are on CD only and the smaller reproductions don’t do the detailed sleeves justice.