This article is about the song by Metallica. For H. P. Lovecraft's short story, see The Call of Cthulhu. The Call of Ktulu is the title of an instrumental composition by the metal band Metallica, released on their second studio album, Ride the Lightning in 1984. It was inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, particularly The Call of Cthulhu. The Call of Ktulu was Metallica's second recorded instrumental, and first in which the entire band played together. A song is a relatively short musical composition. ...
Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ...
Ride the Lightning is American thrash metal band Metallicas second album, released in August 1984 on Elektra Records. ...
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James Alan Hetfield (born 3 August 1963, Downey, California[1]) is the main songwriter, lead vocalist, guitarist and a founding member of the American thrash/heavy metal band Metallica. ...
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Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ...
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Ride the Lightning is American thrash metal band Metallicas second album, released in August 1984 on Elektra Records. ...
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Creeping Death is a song by Metallica and is the seventh track on their album Ride the Lightning. ...
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Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ...
Ride the Lightning is American thrash metal band Metallicas second album, released in August 1984 on Elektra Records. ...
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This is one of the few Metallica songs to have been largely written by lead guitarist Dave Mustaine and was originally entitled "When Hell Freezes Over."[citation needed] Late bassist Cliff Burton was a huge Lovecraft fan and it is likely he was responsible for the title change. The reason for the change is largely unknown, but it is generally believed to be due to the fact that when the song was being recorded, the negative publicity that Slayer and other bands were receiving due to their "evil" lyrics, etc. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...
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Interestingly, the main arpeggios in this song are played note for note as chords in the Megadeth song, "Hangar 18". It was also used in the Megadeth song "When" from their album The World Needs A Hero. Megadeth is an American Thrash Metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ...
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The song is also notable for being the longest Metallica song as of the release of Ride the Lightning, with a length of nearly nine minutes (8:53 to be exact), and still remains their fourth longest studio recording (discounting the cover songs "Mercyful Fate" and "Tuesday's Gone" from the cover album Garage Inc.). Ride the Lightning is American thrash metal band Metallicas second album, released in August 1984 on Elektra Records. ...
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The song was re-arranged by Michael Kamen for Metallica's 1999 S&M project and won a Grammy for the best rock instrumental performance. Michael Kamen (April 15, 1948 â November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, song writer, and session musician. ...
S&M is American heavy metal band Metallicas ninth album, recorded live with the San Francisco Symphony on April 21-22 of 1999. ...
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Trivia
- An uncredited MIDI soundalike version appeared in the 1993 computer game Doom on Episode 2, Map 2.[1]
- The song is also spelt Ktulu due to the legend in Lovecraft's stories which say Cthulhu (the monster) is summoned when pronouncing/spelling its name correctly
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See also | v • d • e Metallica | | James Hetfield • Kirk Hammett • Robert Trujillo • Lars Ulrich | | Jason Newsted • Cliff Burton • Dave Mustaine • Ron McGovney | | Discography | | Studio albums: Kill 'Em All • Ride the Lightning • Master of Puppets • ...And Justice for All • Metallica • Load • ReLoad • St. Anger • Metallica's ninth studio album | | EPs: The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited • Some Kind of Monster | | Other albums: Live Shit: Binge & Purge • Garage Inc. • S&M | | Demo recordings: Hit the Lights • Ron McGovney's '82 Garage Demo • Power Metal • No Life 'Til Leather • Metal Up Your Ass • Horsemen of the Apocalypse • Megaforce | | Singles | | "Whiplash" • "Jump in the Fire" • "Fade to Black" • "Creeping Death" • "For Whom the Bell Tolls" • "Master of Puppets" • "Battery" • "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" • "Eye of the Beholder" • "Harvester of Sorrow" • "...And Justice for All" • "One" • "Enter Sandman" • "Don't Tread on Me" • "The Unforgiven" • "Nothing Else Matters" • "Wherever I May Roam" • "Sad But True" • "Until it Sleeps" • "Ain't My Bitch" • "Hero of the Day" • "Mama Said" • "King Nothing" • "Bleeding Me" • "The Memory Remains" • "The Unforgiven II" • "Fuel" • "Better Than You" • "Turn the Page" • "Whiskey in the Jar" • "Die, Die My Darling" • "Nothing Else Matters '99" • "No Leaf Clover" • "I Disappear" • "St. Anger" • "Frantic" • "The Unnamed Feeling" • "Some Kind of Monster" • "The Ecstasy of Gold" | | Videography | | Cliff 'em All • 2 of One • A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica • Live Shit: Binge & Purge • Cunning Stunts • S&M • Classic Albums: Metallica - The Black Album • Some Kind of Monster • The Videos 1989-2004 | | Tours | | Early Concerts • Kill 'Em All for One • Seven Dates of Hell • Bang That Head That Doesn't Bang • Ride The Lightning • Damage Inc. • Monsters of Rock • Damaged Justice • Monsters of Rock • Wherever We May Roam (North America) • GNR-Metallica Stadium Tour • Wherever We May Roam (Europe) • Nowhere Else To Roam • Shit Hits The Sheds • Escape From The Studio '95 • Special Shows • Lollapalooza • Summer Sanitarium • Summer Sanitarium 2003 • Madly in Anger with the World • Escape from the Studio '06 • Sick of the Studio '07 The following is a list of rock instrumentals, including live performances and drum solos, organized by artist name. ...
Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ...
James Alan Hetfield (born 3 August 1963, Downey, California[1]) is the main songwriter, lead vocalist, guitarist and a founding member of the American thrash/heavy metal band Metallica. ...
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Roberto Trujillo (born on October 23, 1964) is a bassist, who has played in Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbournes band before joining Metallica in 2003. ...
Lars Ulrich (born December 26, 1963) is the drummer and co-founder of Metallica. ...
Jason Curtis Newsted (born March 4, 1963, Battle Creek, Michigan) is an American bass guitarist currently a member of Voivod and Rock Star Supernova, but is best known as a former member of the band Metallica from 1986-2001. ...
Clifford Lee Burton (February 10, 1962 â September 27, 1986) was a bass guitarist, best known for his work with the thrash/heavy metal band Metallica from 1982-86. ...
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Ron McGovney (born November 2, 1963 [1]) was Metallicas first bass player when they formed in the early 1980s. ...
The discography for the American heavy metal band Metallica. ...
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Ride the Lightning is American thrash metal band Metallicas second album, released in August 1984 on Elektra Records. ...
Master of Puppets is the third album by American thrash metal band Metallica, released by Elektra Records on March 3, 1986[1] (see 1986 in music) in North America. ...
...And Justice for All is American heavy metal band Metallicas fourth studio album released August 25, 1988, by Elektra Records. ...
Metallica (also known as The Black Album because of its largely black and nearly-featureless cover) is the self titled fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. ...
Load is the sixth album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released in June 1996. ...
ReLoad is the seventh album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released in 1997. ...
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Metallicas ninth studio album will possibly be released in February 2008, through Warner Bros. ...
Some Kind of Monster is an EP by American heavy metal band Metallica, released in 2004. ...
Live Shit: Binge & Purge (1993) is Metallicas live album containing 3 CDs and 2 VHS tapes (new version: 2 DVDs) from concerts in Mexico City, Seattle and San Diego. ...
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S&M is American heavy metal band Metallicas ninth album, recorded live with the San Francisco Symphony on April 21-22 of 1999. ...
Hit the Lights is the first demo recording by thrash metal band Metallica. ...
Ron McGovneys 82 Garage Demo is an early demo recording by thrash metal band Metallica. ...
Power Metal is an early demo recording by thrash metal band Metallica. ...
No Life Til Leather is Metallicas widely circulated demo tape featuring Dave Mustaine on vocals. ...
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are mentioned in the Bible in chapter six of the Book of Revelation, which predicts that they will ride during the Apocalypse. ...
Megaforce is an early demo recording by thrash metal band Metallica. ...
Whiplash is the sixth track on the first album by the heavy metal band Metallica, Kill Em All, released in 1983. ...
Jump in the Fire is the fourth track on Metallicas 1983 album Kill Em All. ...
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Creeping Death is a song by Metallica and is the seventh track on their album Ride the Lightning. ...
For Whom the Bell Tolls is a song by Metallica, the third track from their second album Ride the Lightning. ...
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Battery is the opening track of Metallicas 1986 album Master of Puppets. ...
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Eye of the Beholder is the 3rd track from Metallicas 1988 album . ...
Harvester of Sorrow is the sixth song from the Metallica album . ...
...And Justice for All is the second track on Metallicas 1988 album . ...
..And Justice for All track listing Eye of the Beholder (3) One (4) The Shortest Straw (5) One is a song performed by thrash metal band Metallica. ...
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Dont Tread On Me is the 6th song from Metallicas self-titled album. ...
The Unforgiven is one of the slower songs on the self-titled album, Metallica (also known as the Black Album). ...
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Wherever I May Roam is the fifth track on the Metallica (aka Black) Album by the heavy metal band Metallica. ...
Sad But True is a heavy metal song recorded by Metallica for their fifth studio album Metallica (1991; also known as The Black Album). ...
Until it Sleeps is the 4th song from Metallicas 1996 album Load, and is written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. ...
Aint My Bitch is the first song from Metallicas 1996 album Load. ...
Old logo, as used in Master Of Puppets, circa 1986. ...
Mama Said is a Metallica song on the bands sixth album, Load. ...
King Nothing is a song by Metallica in their 1996 album Load. ...
Bleeding Me is track # 7 on Metallicas 1996 album Load. ...
The Memory Remains is a song by Metallica in their 1997 album Reload. ...
The Unforgiven II is a song performed by Metallica. ...
Fuel is a song from Metallicas ReLoad album. ...
For the Hinder single, see Better Than Me. ...
Turn the Page is a song written and recorded by Bob Seger. ...
Whiskey in the Jar is a famous Irish traditional song about a highwayman (usually in the Cork and Kerry mountains), who is betrayed by his wife or lover. ...
This single by Metallica features their cover of the Misfits song Die Die My Darling. Categories: | | ...
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I Disappear is a song by the heavy metal band Metallica. ...
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Frantic is the second single by heavy metal band Metallica off their 2003 album St. ...
The Unnamed Feeling is the third single by heavy metal band Metallica off their 2003 album St. ...
One of the first songs put together for the bands St Anger Album, the songs birth and development is well detailed in the movie - Metallica - Some Kind of Monster. ...
The Ecstasy of Gold is the title of a song written by Ennio Morricone for the Clint Eastwood film The good, the bad and the ugly (1966). ...
Cliff em All (cover) Produced by: Curt Marvis, Jeff Richter Directed by: Jea Pellerin, Doug Freel Recorded at: various concerts between 1983 and 1986 (see below) Cliff em All was released as a tribute to Metallicas late bassist Cliff Burton. ...
2 of One cover, by Pushead 2 of One, a home video released on June 6, 1989, features two versions of Metallicas 1989 video One from their album, ...And Justice for All. ...
A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica DVD cover, by Pushead A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica is a two-part documentary about the process of making the Metallica album (or The Black Album), and the following tour. ...
Live Shit: Binge & Purge (1993) is Metallicas live album containing 3 CDs and 2 VHS tapes (new version: 2 DVDs) from concerts in Mexico City, Seattle and San Diego. ...
Cunning Stunts is a DVD video of live performances by Metallica. ...
S&M is American heavy metal band Metallicas ninth album, recorded live with the San Francisco Symphony on April 21-22 of 1999. ...
For other uses, see Some Kind of Monster. ...
The Videos 1989-2004 is a DVD featuring all Metallica videos released between 1989 and 2004. ...
Metallica played their first show ever in Anaheim, CA, in front of 75 persons. ...
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The Summer Sanitarium Tour was in Summer of the year 2000 that was then Metallicas first tour in a few years and took place in stadiums. ...
In 2003, Metallica staged the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003, in part to promote their latest album, St. ...
The Madly in Anger with the World Tour was a year-long concert tour by Metallica that took place in 2003 and 2004, in connection with their St. ...
Escape from the Studio 06 is the name of heavy metal band Metallicas 2006 tour. ...
Sick of the Studio 07 is Metallicas 2007 summer concert tour of Europe. ...
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