 Manilla Road have recorded several Howard-related tracks across multiple albums, including "Queen of the Black Coast" ("Metal", 1982); "Road of Kings" and "Hour of the Dragon" ("Open the Gates", 1985); "The Books of Skelos" ("The Courts of Chaos", 2001); and a trilogy based on "The Frost Giant's Daughter" - "Riddle of Steel," "Behind the Veil" and "When Giants Fall" ("Gates of Fire", 2005).French band Mad Minstrel have similarly released multiple tracks over different albums, all based on Howard's poetry, including "The Gates of Nineveh" and "The Riders of Babylon" ("Fallen Cities", 2001); "Black Chant Imperial," "To a Woman" and "Which Will Scarcely be Understood" ("Prelude To Hate", 2003).The British metal band Bal-Sagoth is named after Howard's story "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth."