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Cthulhu Mythos in popular culture
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This is a list of notable works influenced by elements of the shared fictional universe known as the Cthulhu Mythos, which originated in the works of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.
For collections of short stories that are not merely influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos, but are set within it and might be considered a part of it (or as forming a "Cthulhu Mythos genre"), see Cthulhu Mythos anthology.
For works that are stylistically Lovecraftian, including comics and film adaptations influenced by Lovecraft, see Lovecraftian horror.
Novels and stories
| Title | Author | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventures of Samurai Cat | Mark E. Rogers | 1984 | The character Samurai Cat traverses time and space on a mission of revenge, and at one point wreaks havoc in H. P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth.[1] |
| Afterlife with Archie | Archie Horror | 2014 | A comic series in which Sacthubrina ends up at an otherworldly asylum run by "Dr. Lovecraft" after setting off the zombie apocalypse in the series. Due to her use of the Necronomicon she has inadvertently awakened Cthulhu, who intends for her to serve as his bride. |
| All-Consuming Fire | Andy Lane | 1994 | This Doctor Who Virgin New Adventures novel is set on a planet called Ry'leh and features an alien claiming to be Azathoth. It also equates several pre-existing Doctor Who monsters with Mythos creatures, claiming Fenric (from The Curse of Fenric) is Hastur, the Great Intelligence is Yog-Sothoth, and the Animus (from The Web Planet) is Lloigor.[2] |
| And Another Thing... | Eoin Colfer | 2009 | The final installment in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, and, in a humorous vignette, features Cthulhu interviewing for the position of god of the planet "Nano".[3] |
| The Book of the SubGenius and other SubGenius literature | J.R. "Bob" Dobbs and The SubGenius Foundation | 1983 | Contains many references and allusions to the Cthulhu Mythos, such as identifying J.R. "Bob" Dobbs' real identity as Nyarlathotep and numerous mentions of the Elder Gods and Great Old Ones, who include SubGenius deities such as Jehovah 1 and the Discordian/SubGenius deity Eris Discordia, and mentioning Cthulhu as one of the common choices for a ShorDurPerSav (short-duration personal savior).[4] |
| The Call of C'rruso | Mark Shaw, Laura Shaw and Flemming Andersen | 2016 | In Donald Duck #16, this Disney comics adventure story is a loose parody of the Cthulhu Mythos. Wannabe star singer Donald Duck is taken to the lost city of "Sp'too," where the many-eyed monster-god "Pf'legmwad" lies sleeping—with all of our world existing only as a part of his dream. "Mr. C'rruso", a humanlike manifestation of Pf'legmwad's mind, thinks that Donald's quacky singing voice will wake the monster up, as it eventually does.[5] |
| A Colder War | Charles Stross | 1997 | A novella that blends the political fiction and technothriller genres with the Mythos.[6] |
| Crouch End | Stephen King | 1980 | A short story concerning a young couple lost in the London suburb, featuring several references to the Mythos.[7] |
| Darkwing Duck | Ian Brill | 2010 | A story arc of the comic book series involves the criminal organization F.O.W.L. unleashing "Duckthulu", an obvious parody of Cthulhu. |
| Discworld (series) | Terry Pratchett | 1983–2015 | Numerous allusions exist throughout the series; the most explicit of these is the Necrotelecomnicon, after Lovecraft's iconic Necronomicon grimoire.[8] |
| The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe | Kij Johnson | 2016 | A novella set in the dreamlands and featuring an appearance by Raymond Carter, a former lover of the protagonist, in a subtly feminist re-imagining of Lovecraft's The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath.[9] |
| The Dresden Files (series) | Jim Butcher | 2000 - | Frequently alluded to throughout the series, in terms of the 'Outsiders', beings from beyond 'the Outer Gates' at the edge of reality and knowledge of them is eradicated wherever possible by the White Council of Wizards and the Venatori. One, He-Who-Walks-Behind, is an important part of the series' backstory. Several examples are explicitly included, such as a Shoggoth and Cthulhu, the latter being referred to as 'the Sleeper' and having an active cult. Lovecraft himself is referenced. |
| Green Lama Unbound | Adam Lance Garcia | 2010 | The Green Lama, a pulp hero from the 1940s, battles Nazis as they attempt to raise Cthulhu. Features strong elements from the Mythos.[10] |
| Good Omens | Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman | 1990 | Hastur appears as one of the Dukes of Hell. |
| I, Cthulhu | Neil Gaiman | 1986 | A short story on Gaiman's website featuring Cthulhu dictating an autobiography to a human slave.[11] |
| The Illuminatus! Trilogy | Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea | 1975 | Features several Mythos references. |
| "Jerusalem's Lot" | Stephen King | 1978 | A short story published in 1978 as a part of the collection Night Shift. It serves as a prequel to 'Salem's Lot. |
| The Laundry Files | Charles Stross | 2004–2018 | Influenced by Lovecraft's visions of the future, and set in a world where a computer and the right mathematical equations is just as useful a toolset for calling up horrors from other dimensions as a spellbook and a pentagram on the floor. |
| Move Under Ground | Nick Mamatas, Nightshade Books | 2004 | A pastiche of the work of Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady and other authors of the Beat Generation milieu, juxtaposed with the Cthulhu Mythos transposed into the late 50s/early 60s within California.[12] |
| The Philosopher's Stone | Colin Wilson | 1969 | Two scientists, now possessing heightened consciousness, discover mankind is the creation of Lovecraft's Old Ones.[13] |
| Practical Demonkeeping The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove The Stupidest Angel |
Christopher Moore | 1992 1999 2004 |
Eggs Sothoth are a popular breakfast at HP's Cafe in Pine Cove, the setting of these and other Moore novels. The owner of HP's has been driven to drink by his encounters with supernatural creatures and other monsters. |
| Salem’s Lot | Stephen King | 1975 | The original congregation of the town worships Yogsoggoth, as seen in the epilogue when the chapel at Salem’s Lot is visited. |
| Soul Eater | Atsushi Ōkubo | 2004 | The Black Mass that resides within The Book of Eibon is most likely a nod to H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu.[14] |
| The Stand | Stephen King | 1978 | An evil sorcerer named Randall Flagg who has many aliases, including "Nyarlathotep". |
| "A Study in Emerald" | Neil Gaiman | 2003 | A Sherlock Holmes/Lovecraft cross-pastiche.[15] |
| Unspeakable Vault (of Doom) | François Launet | 2003 (launched) | A humorous web-comic strip featuring the Lovecraft deities and monsters. Anders Sandberg noted this comic as an example of the trend of poking fun at formerly horrifying concepts.[16] |
| The Secret Memoir of the Missionary | Hirofumi Tanaka | 2002 (Japanese) 2006 (English) | A retelling of the arrival of St. Francis Xavier in Japan as influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos.[17] |
| Winter Tide |
Ruthanna Emrys | 2017 | The Mythos from the other side, told from the viewpoint of one of the survivors of Innsmouth's "disappearance".[18] |
Comics
- Fall of Cthulhu
- Neonomicon
- Providence
- The Marvel Universe includes Lovecraftian horrors based on the Cthulhu mythos such as Shuma-Gorath who is a part of the Many Angled ones.
- The DC Universe also includes Lovecraftian horrors such as Starro, Anti-Monitor, Nekron, and M'Nagalah.
- Spawn had some lovecraftion horrors like Urizen.
- The Hellboy Universe also had some Lovecraftian horrors like the Ogdru-Jahad and its offspring Ogdru-Hem.
- Witchblade and The Darkness feature the titular Darkness and its counterpart the Angeleus who mated to make the Witchblade.
- Leviathan, written by Ian Edginton and drawn by D'Israeli, published in 2000AD in 2003, tells of ship's architect William Ashbless who holds Hastur's soul imprisoned and uses it to power the huge ocean liner he has designed and built.
- Richard Corben's Neverwhere (1978) has a god Uhluhtc, Cthulhu spelled backwards.
- Elements of the Cthulhu mythos appear, or are mentioned, in several issues of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic franchise, including TMNT Vol.1 #29, #42 and #43, and Tales of TMNT Vol.2 #45 (Mirage Studios); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #27 (Archie Comics, 1991); and Infestation 2: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 and #2 (IDW Publishing, 2012).
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier includes an account of the League battling an invading "Great Old One" with the assistance of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves.
Film
Films based on, or inspired by, the writings of H. P. Lovecraft include the following.[19]
- The Haunted Palace (1963), directed by Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price, and with Lon Chaney Jr. Marketed as "Edgar Allan Poe's The Haunted Palace", the film is actually based on The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, and also includes elements taken from The Shadow over Innsmouth and "The Dunwich Horror".[20]
- Die, Monster, Die! (1965), directed by Daniel Haller, and starring Boris Karloff and Nick Adams. An adaptation of "The Colour Out of Space".[21]
- Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), directed by Vernon Sewell, and starring Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee. Released in the U.S. as The Crimson Cult. Loosely based on "The Dreams in the Witch House.[22]
- The Dunwich Horror (1970), directed by Daniel Haller, and starring Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, and Ed Begley. Based on the short story of the same name.[23]
- Re-Animator (1985), directed by Stuart Gordon, and starring Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, and David Gale. An adaptation of "Herbert West—Reanimator".[24]
- From Beyond (1986), directed by Stuart Gordon, and starring Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, and Ken Foree. Based on the short story of the same name.[25]
- The Curse (1987), directed by David Keith, and starring Wil Wheaton. Based on "The Colour Out of Space".[26]
- The Unnamable (1988), directed by Jean-Paul Ouellette and starring Mark Kinsey Stephenson. Based on the short story of the same name.[27]
- Bride of Re-Animator (1990), directed by Brian Yuzna and starring Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Claude Earl Jones, David Gale, and Kathleen Kinmont. A sequel to Re-Animator, it is also based on "Herbert West—Reanimator".[28][29]
- The Resurrected (1991), directed by Dan O'Bannon and starring John Terry, Jane Sibbett, and Chris Sarandon. Based on The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.[30]
- Cast a Deadly Spell (1991), directed by Martin Campbell and starring Fred Ward, Julianne Moore, David Warner, and Clancy Brown. An original story that combines the Cthulhu mythos with a film noir detective mystery.[31]
- The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1992), directed by Jean-Paul Ouellette and starring Mark Kinsey Stephenson. The film combines story elements from "The Unnameable" and "The Statement of Randolph Carter".[32]
- Necronomicon (1993), an anthology of three stories based on "The Rats in the Walls", "Cool Air", and The Whisperer in Darkness, with a framing story featuring a fictionalized H. P. Lovecraft.[33]
- In the Mouth of Madness (1994), directed by John Carpenter and starring Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, and Jürgen Prochnow, the film is set in the Cthulhu Mythos but is not derived from any Lovecraft work. Instead, it explores the insanity and the lines between reality and fantasy, much in the way that Lovecraft's 1936 novella At the Mountains of Madness does.[34]
- Castle Freak (1995), directed by Stuart Gordon and starring Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton. Inspired by "The Outsider".[35]
- Cthulhu (2000), a low-budget Australian production directed by Damian Heffernan. It combines elements of the 1931 novella The Shadow over Innsmouth and the 1937 short story "The Thing on the Doorstep".[36]
- Dagon (2001), directed by Stuart Gordon and starring Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, and Raquel Meroño. Based on The Shadow over Innsmouth.[37]
- Beyond Re-Animator (2003), directed by Brian Yuzna and starring Jeffrey Combs, Jason Barry, and Elsa Pataky. The third movie of the Re-Animator trilogy, loosely based on "Herbert West—Reanimator".[38]
- The Call of Cthulhu (2005), a silent black-and-white featurette designed to look like it was released in the late 1920s, when the short story "The Call of Cthulhu" was published.[39]
- Cthulhu (2007), directed by Daniel Gildark, and starring Jason Cottle, Cara Buono, and Tori Spelling. Based on The Shadow over Innsmouth.[40]
- The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (2009), directed by Henry Saine, and starring Kyle Davis. A comedy horror film, with an original story set amidst the Chulthu Mythos.[41]
- The Whisperer in Darkness (2011), a black-and-white film designed to look like it was released in the 1930s. Based on the short story of the same name.[42]
- Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom (2016), Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom (2017), and Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness (2018) are animated movies that are based on graphic novels inspired by the writings of Lovecraft.[43][44]
- Color Out of Space (2020), directed by Richard Stanley and starring Nicolas Cage. Based on "The Colour Out of Space".[45]
- The Deep Ones (2020), an independent production directed by Chad Ferrin which provides an updated retelling of the 1931 Lovecraft novella The Shadow over Innsmouth.[46]
- Suitable Flesh (2023), directed by Joe Lynch and starring Heather Graham, Judah Lewis, and Bruce Davison. Based on the 1937 Lovecraft short story "The Thing on the Doorstep".[47]
- Gods of the Deep (2024), written, produced and directed by Charlie Steeds, an original story based on the Chulhu Mythos.[48]
Music
| Band | Album | Song | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1349 | Hellfire (2005) | "From the Deeps" | |
| The Acacia Strain | Continent (2008) | "Cthulhu" | Inspired by Lovecraft.[49] |
| Adagio | Dominate (2005) | "R'lyeh the Dead" | Inspired by R'lyeh |
| Adam Beyer & Ida Engberg | The Color out of Space (2012) | "The Color out of Space", "Lovecraft" | |
| Arzachel | Arzachel (1969) | "Azathoth" | |
| Atlantean Kodex | The Pnakotic Demos (2010) | Various (all?) | Pnakotic refers to the "Pnakotic Manuscripts", the first fictional grimoire created by H. P. Lovecraft. |
| Atlantean Kodex | The White Goddess (2013) | "Heresiarch" | A heresiarch is the leader of a heretical sect or cult, in this case referring to Nyarlathotep. |
| Bal-Sagoth | Atlantis Ascendant (2001) | "The Dreamer in the Catacombs of Ur" | Mentioned among others |
| Bal-Sagoth | The Chthonic Chronicles (2006) | "Shackled to the Trilithon of Kutulu" | |
| Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath (1970) | "Behind the Wall of Sleep" | The song's title and lyrics are inspired by a short story with a similar name. |
| Blind Idiot God | Various | Various | Name inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's description of Azathoth |
| Blue Öyster Cult | Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001) | "The Old Gods Return" | " Of a six eyed god whose wings beat; In a time so odd, so very odd; And we're all lost, all of us blessedly lost " |
| Burzum | Burzum (1992) | "Ea, Lord of the Deeps" | Lyrics are taken directly from Necronomicon |
| Caravan | For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973) | "C'thlu Thlu" | " Something seemed nearly dead making me feel so cold; Even the trees seemed to fear there was something unreal " |
| Christian Muenzner | Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2014) | "Shadow Over Innsmouth", "Mountains of Madness", "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" | |
| Cradle of Filth | Midian (2000) | "Cthulhu Dawn" | |
| Cradle of Filth | Lovecraft & Witch Hearts (2002) | Compilation album. While aside from a mention or two, few of the included tracks seem to have any central reference to the Cthulhu Mythos, the album's intricate artwork was executed by graphic artist John Coulthard, who penned a graphic-arts version of Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu" for 1995's The Starry Wisdom: Fiction Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft (Ed. D. M. Mitchell & Ramsay Campbell, Creation Books). | |
| Cradle of Filth | Nymphetamine (2004) | "Mother of Abominations" | A continuation to Cthulhu Dawn from the Midian album.[50] |
| Cradle of Filth | The Manticore and Other Horrors (2012) | "The Abhorrent", "Siding with the Titans" | As stated by Dani Filth in an interview, the two songs " extol tentacular Lovecraftian values".[51] |
| Cloven Hoof | Resist or Serve (2014) | "Call of the Dark Ones" | " Nameless terror from beneath the sea. In submerged cities waiting to be free " |
| Code: Pandorum | The Lovecraftian Horrors (2017) | Various | |
| Crystal Eyes | Dead City Dreaming (2006) | "Dead City Dreaming" | Title and lyrics based on the sunken city R'Lyeh. " In ruins aeons old beneath the sea, the Ancients long to be free. They lie dead and dreaming at this fallen site. " |
| Dark Moor | Beyond the Sea (2005) | "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" (Intro), "The Silver Key" | These songs are based on the like-named short stories set in the Dreamlands of H.P. Lovecraft.[52] |
| The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets | Various | Various | Many of the band's songs reference Lovecraft's work.[53] |
| Deadmau5 | 4x4=12 (2010) | "Cthulhu Sleeps" | An eponymous instrumental.[54] |
| Deadmau5 | While(1<2) (2014) | "Rlyehs Lament" | |
| Death Breath | Stinking Up the Night (2006) | "Cthulhu Fhtagn!" | |
| Deathchain | Cult of Death (2007) | "Serpent of the Deep" | |
| Deathchain | Death Eternal (2008) | "Incantations of Shub-Niggurath" | |
| Deathchain | Death Gods (2010) | "The Crawling Chaos", "The Beyond", "Howling of the Blind", "Cthulhu Rising" | |
| Deicide | Legion (1992) | "Dead but Dreaming" | Describing implicitly Cthulhu's latent state, as well as the Elder Ones' |
| Dream Theater | Systematic Chaos (2007) | "The Dark Eternal Night" | Inspired by Lovecraft's prose-poem "Nyarlathotep", including several verbatim quotes |
| Electric Wizard | Supercoven (1998) | "Supercoven" | " Yog Sothoth is the gate " |
| Electric Wizard | Witchcult Today (2007) | "Dunwich" | |
| Entombed | Clandestine (1991) | "Stranger Aeons" | Lyrics mention "dreamquest," "lurking at the threshold," and "stranger things that eternal lie." |
| The Fall | Dragnet (1979) | "Spectre Vs. Rector" | "Yog Sothoth Ray Milland" |
| Glass Hammer | The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft - A Synphonic Collection (2012) | "Cool Air" | Part of an H.P. Lovecraft themed compilation album with contributions from several progressive rock bands. |
| The Gothic Archies | The Tragic Treasury: Songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events (2006) | "We Are the Gothic Archies" | " Though gothic we are Archie, though Archie we are goth; No Satan-worshipers we, we worship Yog-Sothoth!" |
| Guy LeBlanc | The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft - A Synphonic Collection (2012) | "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" | Part of an H.P. Lovecraft themed compilation album with contributions from several progressive rock bands. Based on the H.P. Lovecraft short story with the same name. |
| Gwar | Scumdogs of the Universe (1990) | "Horror of Yig" | |
| Fields of the Nephilim | The Nephilim (1988) | "Last Exit for the Lost" | " Between the spaces, along the wall; Appearing faces, that disappear at dawn; We're getting closer. I can see the door; Closer and closer; Kthulhu calls; Forever remain (x4)" |
| High on Fire | Blessed Black Wings (2005) | "The Face of Oblivion", "Cometh Down Hessian" | "The Face of Oblivion" is based on At the Mountains of Madness and "Cometh Down Hessian" is based on The Hound. |
| High on Fire | De Vermis Mysteriis (2015) | "De Vermis Mysteriis" | De Vermis Mysteriis is a fictional grimoire created by Robert Bloch and incorporated by H. P. Lovecraft into the lore of the Cthulhu Mythos. |
| High on Fire | Luminiferous (2015) | "Carcosa" | The song is based on the fictional extraterrestrial city "Carcosa", created by Ambrose Bierce, and later associated with the Cthulhu Mythos. |
| H. P. Lovecraft | H. P. Lovecraft (1967); H. P. Lovecraft II (1968) | Various | A 1960s band named for the author, with song content reflecting Lovecraft's works.[55] |
| Iced Earth | Plagues of Babylon (2014) | "Cthulhu" | |
| Ice Nine Kills | The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood (2014) | "Ex-Mortis" | Based on The Evil Dead & the Necronomicon |
| Krypts | Unending Degradation (2013) | "Dormancy of the Ancients" | |
| Legion of the Damned | Cult of the Dead (2008) | "Black Wings of Yog-Sothoth" | |
| Manilla Road | Spiral Castle (2002) | "Spiral Castle" | "Yog Sothoth has come; And the ancient ones" |
| The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing | This May Be The Reason Why The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing Cannot Be Killed By Conventional Weapons | "Margate Fhtagn" | A story of a Victorian family going on a seaside holiday to Margate, which gets interrupted by Cthulhu's rising from the sea.[56] |
| Mercyful Fate | Time (1994) | "The Mad Arab" | |
| Mercyful Fate | Into the Unknown (1996) | "Kutulu (The Mad Arab Part Two)" | |
| Metallica | Ride the Lightning (1984) | "The Call of Ktulu" | An instrumental inspired by "The Call of Cthulhu".[57] |
| Metallica | Master of Puppets (1986) | "The Thing That Should Not Be" | Lovecraft-inspired, alludes to The Shadow over Innsmouth--"hybrid children watch the sea, pray for father roaming free"—and the rhyming couplet "The Nameless City"--"not dead which eternal lie, in stranger eons death might die". "[58][59][60] |
| Metallica | Death Magnetic (2008) | "All Nightmare Long" | Described by vocalist James Hetfield as being about the Hounds of Tindalos.[61] |
| Metallica | Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016) | "Dream No More" | "Cthulhu, awaken" |
| Morbid Angel | Altars of Madness (1989) | "Lord of all Fevers and Plague" | Mentions 'Cthulhu' among other non-Lovecraftian entities. |
| Morbid Angel | Blessed Are the Sick (1991) | "The Ancient Ones" | |
| Morbid Angel | Covenant (1993) | "Angel of Disease" | |
| NanowaR of Steel | Stairway to Valhalla (2018) | "The Call of Cthulhu" | Comedy metal song about Cthulhu running an evil call center. |
| Necromantia | Black Arts Lead to Everlasting Sins E.P. (1992) | "The Feast of Ghouls", "De Magia Veterum" | "The Feast of Ghouls" is based on concepts from The R'lyeh Text: Hidden Leaves of the Necronomicon. "De Magia Veterum" is based partly on The Call of Cthulhu and partly on the Simon Necronomicon. |
| Necromantia | Crossing the Fiery Path (1993) | "The Warlock" | The Necronomicon, the Book of Eibon and De Vermis Mysteriis are referenced among other "forbidden" magical grimoires. |
| Necromantia | From The Past We Summon Thee E.P. (1994) | "Faceless Gods" | A song influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos and the Simon Necronomicon. |
| Necromantia | The Sound of Lucifer Storming Heaven (2007) | "For the Elder Magi: I-Eibon the Necromancer", "Architecture Of Exquisite Madness" | "For the Elder Magi: I-Eibon the Necromancer" is about Eibon, a figure created by Robert E. Howard and often used by H. P. Lovecraft and other Cthulhu Mythos authors. "Architecture Of Exquisite Madness" is about the Church of Starry Wisdom and describes the Non-Euclidean Geometry often referenced in H. P. Lovecraft's works. |
| Necromantia | People of the Sea E.P. (2008), ...For The Temple Of The Serpent Skull... split E.P. with Acherontas (2008) | "People of the Sea" | A song about the Deep Ones. |
| Nexus | The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft - A Synphonic Collection (2012) | "The Colour Out of Space" | Part of an H.P. Lovecraft themed compilation album with contributions from several progressive rock bands. Based on H. P. Lovecraft's short story with the same name. |
| Nile | Various | Various | Nile have written several songs about the Cthulhu mythos. Vocalist and guitarist Karl Sanders claimed Lovecraft's works were in harmony with the essence of death metal.[62] |
| Ningen Isu | Ougon no Yoake (Golden Dawn) (1992) | "Kyouki Sanmyaku" (At the Mountains of Madness) | |
| Ningen Isu | Taihai Geijutsu Ten (Degenerate Art Exhibition) (1998) | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Cthulhu_Mythos_in_popular_culture