Song to be played when playing Cthulhu

[Galman]

Bought the album the other day and this just rocks and made me think of you all.

[Col.Stone]

Nice one

I always think of cthulhu when i hear this one


Tribe after tribe - the ice below

[Plynkes]

Nah, you don't want to listen to that rubbish. Get the Cthulhu-themed album "Cacophony" by Rudimentary Peni. Here's a taste...



Good stuff, eh?

[Malebolgia]

For me, Metallica!



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Fantastic song, really moody and the guitar solo fits very well.

[oldskoolrebel]

For me, Metallica!



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Fantastic song, really moody and the guitar solo fits very well.

"Two Thumbs up* 

[Uncle Mike]

Don't forget to grab "The Darkest Of The Hillside Thickets" fantastic album "Cthulhu Strikes Back" great stuff, kinda campy but still pretty punky/funky!!!

...also, Fantomas, Tomohawk, Rocky Erickson and the explosives/13th floor elevators, some Dead Can Dance stuff is O.K. as well as Thriller by M.J.

[PaulJB]

Haven't played CoC since the early 90's but how about 'Last Exit for the Lost' by Fields of the Nephilim.



Paul

[alone_withmyaxe]

Each to their own, but i feel that all the heavy metal/thrash/punk is just so wrong for a night of Cthulhu. Especially if you are playing a 20s-30s based game!
For me in needs to be moody instrumentals or appropriate music of the time.

Ben Holbrook's Main title from the Call of Cthulhu Soundtrack is about as good as it gets. But you have always got someone like Bill Coleman for authentic music of around the time or Ennio Morricone and Brian Eno for more modern twisted instrumentals. Try the Gothic Dramas album by Ennio Morricone or Apollo Atmospheres & Soundtracks from Eno Look up 'An Ending (Ascent)' really atmospheric.

For me Lovecraft's world of Cthulhu and heavy metal go together about as well as a fart and an elevator... Am I the only one who feels this way?

[supervike]

For me Lovecraft's world of Cthulhu and heavy metal go together about as well as a fart and an elevator... Am I the only one who feels this way?

Not not at all!  I like metal music, and can appreciate it, but it seems very 'anti-mood setting' if played in a Lovecraft game.  Just like in a movie, where an odd placed soundtrack can ruin the 'realness' of a scene, I feel the same for Metal in Cthulhu.

But then again, Erich Zahn may have sounded a bit like Metallica for all I know.....LOL

[Bako]

Oh, tosh! What are you guys on? I wouldn't have that stuff playing if I was exploring the occult.

Each to their own, but i feel that all the heavy metal/thrash/punk is just so wrong for a night of Cthulhu. Especially if you are playing a 20s-30s based game!
For me in needs to be moody instrumentals or appropriate music of the time.

Ben Holbrook's Main title from the Call of Cthulhu Soundtrack is about as good as it gets. But you have always got someone like Bill Coleman for authentic music of around the time or Ennio Morricone and Brian Eno for more modern twisted instrumentals. Try the Gothic Dramas album by Ennio Morricone or Apollo Atmospheres & Soundtracks from Eno Look up 'An Ending (Ascent)' really atmospheric.

For me Lovecraft's world of Cthulhu and heavy metal go together about as well as a fart and an elevator... Am I the only one who feels this way?

You aren't, nor I, alone. Praise the gods!

[Galman]

Well to each their own     Alot of good music either way listed though for the CoC play time.

[Galman]

Also Alone, love the figure in your avatar....looks like Bruce Campbell.

[P_Clapham]

Aklo, Beyond Madness.  I play them for Arkham Horror and Call of Cthulhu sessions.

[Blackwolf]

Don't forget to grab "The Darkest Of The Hillside Thickets" fantastic album "Cthulhu Strikes Back" great stuff, kinda campy but still pretty punky/funky!!!

...also, Fantomas, Tomohawk, Rocky Erickson and the explosives/13th floor elevators, some Dead Can Dance stuff is O.K. as well as Thriller by M.J.

 I'm with you Uncle Mike,DHT great,'Shoggoths Away' brilliant. However I draw the line at Thriller,how about Live at the Witch Trials by the Fall?

[alone_withmyaxe]

Also Alone, love the figure in your avatar....looks like Bruce Campbell.

Thanks for that, my paint work is pitiful compared to some I have seen on the forum

This has been a good topic, despite my rant I do like some of the music that has been posted and metal in general it just doesn't suit the Cthulhu games I play.