Editing Games Workshop (section)

===Music===

In the late 1980s, the death metal band [[Bolt Thrower]] wrote lyrics dedicated to the Warhammer 40,000 universe, and used Warhammer 40,000 artwork on the cover of their second album, ''[[Realm of Chaos (album)|Realm of Chaos]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/b/boltthrower/ |title= BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping it PeelArtist A-Z |access-date=4 March 2007 }}</ref>

In the early 1990s, Games Workshop created its own short-lived record company, ''Warhammer Records''. The first album released by the label was ''[[D-Rok|Oblivion]],'' by [[D-Rok (band)|D-Rok]], in 1991. A fragment of one of the album's tracks, "Get Out of My Way", was used in the computer game [[Space Hulk (1993 video game)|Space Hulk]], published by [[Electronic Arts]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/34217-Warhammer-Records|title=Warhammer Records|website=[[Discogs]] |access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref> Another Warhammer Records-associated band, [[Wraith (band)|Wraith]], released two albums, ''[[Danger Calling]]'' (1992) and ''Riot'' (1993) while with the label. The album, [[Psycho Dead Heads from Outer Space|''Psycho Dead Heads from Outer Space'' (1993)]] by [[Rich Rags]] was the final original album released under the label. Warhammer Records also held the UK distribution rights for [[Saxon (band)|Saxon's]] album ''[[Forever Free (Saxon album)|Forever Free]]. The label was folded in 1993. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Bains |first1=Callum |title=Warhammer Records: Brian May, bungled tours, and 40,000 hard rock anthems |url=https://www.polygon.com/23954679/warhammer-records-oral-history-brian-may-john-blanche-metal-af |website=Polygon |access-date=14 November 2024 |date=14 November 2023}}</ref>

In the early 2000s, the German label Art of Perception produced a 12 part soundtrack vinyl series followed by three CD compilations. The task for the artists involved in this project was to conduct a theme for a species from the Warhammer 40.000 universe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.art-of-perception.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422181256/http://www.art-of-perception.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 April 2009 |title=Art of Perception|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref>

In 2009, the Singaporean [[death metal]] band, [[Deus Ex Machina (heavy metal band)|Deus Ex Machina]], released [[I, Human|''I, Human'']], which makes numerous references to the Warhammer 40,000 universe, particularly the Adeptus Mechanicus faction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=50158 |title=Deus Ex Machina - I, Human (album review ) |website=Sputnikmusic |date=10 March 2010 |access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>

In 2007 and 2015, the German death metal band [[Debauchery (band)|Debauchery]] released several songs about the Chaos God Khorne, "Praise the Blood God", "True To The Skull Throne (And Bound To Kill)", and "Blood For The Blood God".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG_KZPeRpR8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/wG_KZPeRpR8| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=DEBAUCHERY - BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD (official video 2015)|last=DEBAUCHERY, BLOOD GOD & BALGEROTH OFFICIAL|date=1 October 2015|access-date=15 June 2019|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>