In the small town of Bomarzo in central Italy lies the Parco dei Mostri, a 16th-century garden filled with enormous, grotesque sculptures that have been carved directly into the rock. Also known as the Sacro Bosco (“Sacred Grove”) it was commissioned by Pier Francesco Orsini and stands apart from the more ordered ideals of Renaissance garden design. Among its many sculptures, the Orcus Mouth — a huge stone face with an open mouth leading into a small chamber — has become its most recognizable image.
Its cavernous jaws have also found their way into music: Anna von Hausswolff used the sculpture for All Thoughts Fly, Italian prog band Taproban had featured the same image on their 2002 debut album, and now Mexican trio…

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