Thrash metal band Metallica released an instrumental track called "The Call of Ktulu" on their 1984 album "Ride the Lightning". In addition, they released "The Thing That Should Not Be" on their 1986 album "Master of Puppets", "All Nightmare Long" on 2008's "Death Magnetic", and "Dream No More" on 2016's "Hardwired... to Self-Destruct", all dedicated to Lovecraft's Cthulhu, as well as the band's ex-bassist, Cliff Burton, who died in a bus accident in 1986, while touring in support of their album "Master of Puppets".