If we're speaking purely about gaming, Lovecraft's work gifted me with a cheery nihilism towards resolutions and persistance, but Heavy Metal is responsible for another huge, maybe even huger portion of my personal aesthetic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWGOEWdV13M
I've still spent more time with Ride the Lightning than any other album (except maybe Master of Puppets.)
There's a great article on
The Lovecraft e-Zine (link below) that really speaks to my personal experiences.
I for one would have never reached Lovecraft if I hadn’t already been primed by heavy metal. Even to this day, nothing goes with Lovecraft quite like Celtic Frost or early Bathory, and a million metalheads could concur with Steff Metal’s assertion that Lovecraft’s “themes of forbidden knowledge, civilization under threat, religion and the insignificance of mankind” find a particular resonance within the stark world of extreme heavy metal.
Let me know in the comments or on Facebook how heavy metal has inspired you, and how Loveycraft fits in there.
Link: The Strange Case of HP Lovecraft and Heavy Metal
