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About This Track
The Thing That Should Not Be is the third track off Metallica’s 1986 album Master of Puppets.
The song, keeping the general control theme of the album, discusses the story of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft, with Cthulhu being the focus of the song and documenting his control over his follows. The song also takes lyrical inspiration from lines in Lovecraft’s book Necronomicon. Musically the song is a marked contrast from the rest of the songs on the album, being slower and having a subdued intensity.
The song, keeping the general control theme of the album, discusses the story of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft, with Cthulhu being the focus of the song and documenting his control over his follows. The song also takes lyrical inspiration from lines in Lovecraft’s book Necronomicon. Musically the song is a marked contrast from the rest of the songs on the album, being slower and having a subdued intensity.
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corpsetastic wrote:
Boring? What the fuck are you lot on about?
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jbbassomatic wrote:
Classic Metallica-drain you of your sanity.....FACE THE THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE !! [2]
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hadomaru wrote:
This song grew on me. I just love it.
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cthulu1 wrote:
i think if you guys knew the lovecraft story you'd enjoy it...
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Robesko wrote:
hate everything of this song. Boring as hell. [6]
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megadave70 wrote:
So simple - I remember when I was learning to play guitar. Metallica was always a snap to learn (except the solos) meanwhile Megadeth and Testament were always a bitch - LOL
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cthulu1 wrote:
another great lovecraft inspired song
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Jamie_Rae wrote:
I think Beatallica partially ruined this song for me forever.
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rockandrolljoe wrote:
In Madness you dwell.
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dth213 wrote:
This band use to be good. This is the worst song on that album, but still a 1000 times better than any thing they have put out in the last 10-15 years.
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Amurpo wrote:
nice riff but nothing else
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jhansennueve wrote:
Meh
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megadave70 wrote:
My first listen of a Metallica song on Last FM - LOL!!! Mustaine Rules!!!
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JoeXschuldiner wrote:
drain you of your sanity.....FACE THE THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE !!
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octopuss22 wrote:
Hm... how could you don't like this song. IMO It's one of their best... i love the heaviness of this song ... awesome.
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sage80_wanker wrote:
heavy as f
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TallicLizzy wrote:
The S&M version is something special.
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bioscoopfan wrote:
coooooooool!
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alvaronigro wrote:
hate everything of this song. Boring as hell. [5]
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lukasz_pulawski wrote:
unforgettable
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