"The Call of Ktulu" was Metallica's segundo instrumental song, following the first instrumental "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" from Kill 'Em All. The song working pamagat was originally "When Hell Freezes Over".
The idea of the song "The Call of Ktulu" is based upon H.P. Lovecraft's book The Shadow over Innsmouth which was first introduced to the rest of the band sa pamamagitan ng Cliff Burton. The song's name was taken from one of H.P. Lovecraft's main stories featuring Cthulhu, The Call of Cthulhu, which was written in 1928 for the magazine Weird Tales. The name "Ktulu" is originally written "Cthulhu" sa pamamagitan ng H.P....
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