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Metallica - The Call of Ktulu (HD) - YouTube. MegaHermansen. 110K subscribers. Subscribed. 106K. 19M views 14 years ago. No lyrics this time, but you can still enjoy this amazing piece of...
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The Call of Ktulu is the eighth and final track for Metallica's second album Ride the Lightning. The song is a lengthy instrumental and is the longest song on the album. It is the last Metallica song that had any contribution from former guitarist Dave Mustaine, who was kicked out before the band recorded their first album.
The song appears on a 1983 four-song demo for Ride the Lightning. Like the album, the demo closes with the instrumental, which was named "When Hell Freezes Over" at the time. The song was often played much faster live than the finished version.
The current title of the song is named after author H.P. Lovecraft's most well-known story, the Call of Cthulhu. Lovecraft was introduced, along with his book "The Shadow over Innsmouth", to the rest of the band by Cliff Burton. The latter song inspired "The Thing That Should Not Be", written by Burton. In Lovecraft's stories, Cthulhu is a powerful, God-like alien from another dimension, who is worshipped by cults on earth who believe it is a demonic God - the song has various demonic growls and noises throughout.
•"The Call of Ktulu" was first performed on August 28, 1983, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, being the first song off of Ride to be played live.
•As of September 2019, it's been played live 84 times.
•"The Call of Cthulhu" first appeared in 1928 for the magazine "Weird Tales".
•Despite the song title, the creature's name is actually spelled "Cthulhu", which is pronounced "Ktulu". Various reasons have been suggested for this; one being that according to the story, mentioning "Chthulu" by name (or writing his name) will summon him; another is that the title is to help people pronounce the word correctly.
Metallica’s musical homage to H.P. Lovecraft’s supernatural horror classic “The Call of Cthulhu.”. The alternate spelling comes from the writings of August Derleth, one of many authors to ...
Apr 21, 2014 · Metallica: The Call of Ktulu (Live) [S&M] - YouTube. 10.6M subscribers. Subscribed. 25K. 2.6M views 10 years ago. Download Metallica's "S&M" on iTunes now: http://smarturl.it/S-M-iTunes &...
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Aug 23, 2019 · Metallica: The Call of Ktulu (Munich, Germany - August 23, 2019) Filmed at Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany on August 23, 2019. Subscribe for more videos: https://metallica.lnk.to/subscribe...
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Learn about the origin, meaning and composition of Metallica's instrumental song The Call Of Ktulu, based on H.P. Lovecraft's story. Find out how the band recorded it, performed it live and won a Grammy for it.
Learn about the song The Call of Ktulu by Metallica, written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton and Dave Mustaine. Find out the lyrics, live performances, releases and more info.
