Ulthar
A seasoned American blackened death metal group with ties to Vastum, Extremity, Void Omnia, Mutilation Rites, and Tombs, Ulthar pair uncompromising sonic brutality with Lovecraftian terror. Emerging in 2014, the California trio released their punishing debut album, Cosmovore, in 2018 on 20 Buck Spin. The group found new ways to invoke horror in 2023 with the malevolent Anthronomicon and Helionomicon.
Founded in 2014 by Bay Area veterans Shelby Lermo (Vastum, Extremity), Justin Ennis (Void Omnia, ex-Mutilation Rites, ex-Tombs), and Steve Peacock (Mastery), Ulthar, who take their name from the H.P. Lovecraft short story "The Cats of Ulthar," unleashed their crushing debut album, Cosmovore, on the world in 2018. Evoking the blazing, technical death metal attack of bands like Morbid Angel and Immortal, the group quickly found favor with the extreme metal community and wasted little time getting back into the studio to begin work on their sophomore effort. The resulting Providence, which like its predecessor, sought out the darkest corners of technical death metal, was issued by 20 Buck Spin and released in 2020.
A period of profound creativity spurred by the social and societal limitations of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the release of two new studio LPs from Ulthar in 2023. Anthronomicon and Helionomicon saw the band dig deep into their black metal war chest and deliver a pair of albums that added sinister new textures and unrelenting sonic malevolence to their ever-expanding blackened death metal sound.
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Discography
11 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Nightgaunts MMXVI
Metal - Released by The Other Records on Jul 7, 2016
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Through Downward Dynasties
Rock - Released by 20 Buck Spin on Apr 20, 2020
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Furnace Hibernation
Rock - Released by 20 Buck Spin on May 27, 2020
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