For example, when Ozzy Osbourne shouts “I’m going off the rails on a crazy train!” there is a sudden shift to a much darker, more threatening riff. The lyrics often evoke or indicate things that you can imagine as an interpretation of the instrumental parts. Most songs have lyrics which tell you what the song is about. “The Call of Ktulu” also offers a great opportunity to think about the creative process of listening. Unlike most instrumentals on earlier metal albums, which are sort of transitional acoustic guitar or synthesizer bits that don’t feel quite like whole compositions (like Black Sabbath’s “Orchid” or Venom’s “Mayhem With Mercy”), “The Call of Ktulu” is a full-length track and stands on its own in comparison to the rest of the tracks on the album. The form of this song, which I’ll describe later as a kind of gargantuan, distended version of the protoypial verse-chorus form with bridge that is used in most metal music, is unique among Metallica’s earlier repertoire. I was fascinated by their epic instrumental “The Call of Ktulu,” which stretches out a captivating atmosphere of foreboding for almost nine minutes, making it one of Metallica’s longest tracks. I spent an afternoon recently making charts and transcriptions of songs from Metallica’s early albums, looking at how musical details of their songs reflect the topics of the lyrics. TabsAZ on Microtiming in a Riff from Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”.Stephen Hudson on Microtiming in a Riff from Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”.Paddy on Microtiming in a Riff from Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”.Josiah Cordes on Chorus Without Words: Iron Maiden “Remember Tomorrow”.Stephen Hudson on Chorus Without Words: Iron Maiden “Remember Tomorrow”.Bang your Head: Construing Beat through Familiar Drum Patterns in Metal Music.Book Review: Making Sense of Recordings by Mads Walther-Hansen (2020).The Music Theory Unicorn in the Most Metal Anime Theme Song Ever Made.The Longest Riff Turnaround in the World? “The Last Hope in a World of Hopes” by Temperance.The edited beginning of the song was later used on Megadeth's last song on the album The World Needs A Hero called "When", in 2001.By Stephen Hudson About This Site Table of Contents My Search for: Recent Posts.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. Despite the song title, the creature's name is actually spelled "Cthulhu", which is pronounced "Ktulu".
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