Are there any references to the Cthulhu Mythos in music?
(Still more clicking) There are a number of bands which mention Lovecraft’s works in their songs. The most famous of these is Metallica, whose songs “The Call of Ktulu” (Ride the Lightning) and “The Thing that Should Not Be” (Master of Puppets) both deal with Lovecraft’s creatures, and were probably due to drummer and Lovecraft fan Lars Ulrich. A number of other heavy metal and death metal bands use Lovecraft’s work in occasional songs, gaining much of their inspiration from the Simon Necronomicon. You might want to look at the *music section of the alt.horror.cthulhu FAQ. There is only one band which deals with Lovecraft’s work on a regular basis: the infamous Vancouver punk band *Darkest of the Hillside Thickets.
