Metal albums based on the work of H P Lovecraft

A couple of my favourite albums over the last couple of years have been concept albums based on the work of HP Lovecraft. I'm not sure why the subject appeals so much to metal / prog bands and I'm not sure why it works so well.

Here are the ones I'm aware of. If you know of any more, please leave a note in the comments. (I'll add a separate section for standalone tracks such as Metallica's Call of Ktulu if there are many more of those.)

Albums

Infinite Spectrum - Haunter of the Dark - big metal, definitely progressive and pulls off the amazing feat of telling the story Haunter of the Dark in the lyrics and music. Superb album, one of my favourites of 2016

Anthropia : Non-euclidian Spaces - Not a concept album in the same way as Haunter, ie it isn't based on a single Lovecraft story, but draws on various works and the general mythos for the themes to the songs. This is further into the symphonic and progressive area in its more experimental time signatures and rhythms, but all of that seems to work really well with the subject and echo the non-euclidian geometry idea.

The Great Old Ones - EOD : A Tale of Dark Legacy - a little heavy and growly for my tastes, but an enjoyable listen. Again drawing on various stories - titles such as Shadow over Innsmouth and When the Stars Align  indicate what's going on here.

Rage  - Soundchaser is a concept album featuring an original story based on Lovecraft's ideas. The third track is called Great Old Ones.

Alkaloid - Liquid Anatomy This very technical album "thematically picks up on the Lovecraft theme that was already featured on the last album" says drummer Hannes Grossmann.

Song titles include Azagthoth, Liquid Anatomy and Rise of the Cephalopods

Arkham Witch - I am Providence - traditional heavy metal 2015 release, 20 shortish tracks with names such as Necronomicon, Rats in the Walls, Re-animator, The Haunted Tomb.

References 

Metallica's Call of Ktulu (with an interesting spelling of Ktulu) is an instrumental at the end of Ride the Lightning, so only the title (which presumably inspired the music) is a reference. From the next album (Master of Puppets) The Thing That Should Not Be contains quotes and references to the mythos generally and maybe Shadow over Innsmouth.

Celtic Frost's Album Morbid Tales contains a couple of references - the title track (appearing on subsequent releases but not the original EP) has a reference to Yog Sothoth. The track Nocturnal fear has a number of references; 'the sleeping lord awakes', 'the old gods', Azag-Thoth and mention of the Yezidi, which may refer to 'The Horror at Red Hook'

Orange Goblin have a short instrumental  called 'The Shadow Over Innsmouth' from the album Back from the Abyss. Blood of Them (the previous track on the album) has words which are clearly Lovecraftian but I'm not sure that the rest of the album follows the theme.

Favourite Rock & Metal albums of 2016

So here it is. It's really hard to put these into an exact order, but there's a vague order to it. (best at the bottom).

There are around 50 here, these are all the ones that have had many listens, the top 16 are the purchases and any one of the top, say, 7 could be my favourite of the year on any particular day.

Top 50(ish)

Sixx:A.M. - Prayers for the Blessed Vol 2

The Erkonauts - I Did Something Bad

Inner Blast - Prophesy

HELLYEAH - Unden!able

Q5 - New World Order

Iron Savior - Titancraft

Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons - (self-titled)

(Steve Grimmett's) Grim Reaper - Walking in the Shadows

Sum 41 - 13 Voices

Letzte Instanz - Liebe im Kreig

Hollywood Monsters - Capture the Sun

Toby Knapp  - The Atchitect of Paradox

Helstar - Vampiro

Hevidence - Nobody's Fault

Chronicles of Israfel - A Trillion Lights Tome II

Charred Walls of the Damned - Creatures Watching

Evil Masquerade - Outcast from the Hall of Fame

Jinjur - King of Everything

Edensong - Years in the Garden of Years

Primal Fear - Rulebreaker

Sister - Stand Up, Forward March

Dario Mollo's Crossbones - Rock the Cradle

Skalmold - Vogguvisur Yggdrasils

Necromancing the Stone - Jewel of the Vile

Defecto - Excluded

Tarja - Excluded

Orbs - Past Life Regression

Iron Mask - Diabolica

Brick - Faceless Strangers

Dust Bolt - Mass Confusion

Hammers of Misfortune - Dead Revoltution

Vicious Rumors - Concussion Protocol

Running Wild - Rapid Foray

Destruction - Under Attack

Dead Dasies album - Make Some Noise

Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence

Elm Street - Knock 'Em Out With a Metal Fist

Holy Dragons - Civilizator :

Charred Walls of the Damned - Creatures Watching Over the Dead

Allegaeon - Proponent for Sentience

My Regime - Dogmas

TRIPS - Long Distance Calling

Denner/Sherman - Masters of Evil

Tremonti - Dust

Jaded Heart - Guilty by Design

Paradox - Pangea :

Sixtynine - You are Me

Sirenia - Dim Days of Dolor

Beasto Blanco - Beasto Blanco

Light & Shade - The Essence of Everything

Asenblut - Beserker

Whispered - Metsutan

Dyscordia - Words in Ruin

Innerwish - Innerwish

Monument - Hair of the Dog

Secret Rule - Machination

Top 16

MetalChurch - X1

Arakhne - Enemy of Reality

Anthrax - For All Kings

Infinite Spectrum - Hunter of the Dark

Trick or Treat - Rabbits Hill pt 2

Kvelertak - Nattesferd

Avatar - Feathers and Flesh

Deathless Legacy - the Gathering

Billion Dollar Babies - Chemical God

Megadeth - Dystopia

Best of the year (Not necessarily in order)

Helion Prime - Helion Prime

Lords of Black - II

Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage 

Metallica - Hardwired....

Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake

Graham Bonnet - The Book