Metallica share live “The Call of Ktulu” from Sphere residency opening night

Metallica released a live video of “The Call of Ktulu” on 15 October 2026, filmed on 1 October 2026 at the opening night of the band's Life Burns Faster residency at Sphere in Las Vegas. The song was written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton and Dave Mustaine and first appeared in 1984 on the album “Ride the Lightning”.

The tour's video director is Gene McAuliffe, Jeff Yeager edited the clip and ILM handled the visual effects. Jason Gossman recorded the audio, which was mixed by the team at Factory Six. The full audio of the show is available on CD and for streaming and download.

Metallica are an American heavy metal and thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1981. Their newest studio album, according to MusicBrainz, is “72 Seasons”, released in April 2023. In October, mbuzz reported that James Hetfield told the crowd at one of the Sphere shows that the band was not there to influence the audience.