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 borrow some of Lovecraft’s creations. Lovecraft in turn borrowed theirs. The collaboration of the various authors...
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The Call of Ktulu was written by Dave Mustaine & Cliff Burton & Lars Ulrich & James Hetfield.
The Call of Ktulu was produced by Metallica & Flemming Rasmussen.
Metallica released The Call of Ktulu on Fri Jul 27 1984.
That’s another song I remember hearing on the Kill ’Em All tour. Was their any resistance to playing something as complex as this? No. We were getting better as musicians, getting better playing with each other. I think the infusion of new blood—Cliff and I—probably helped. It was inspiring for the...