BEST METALLICA INSTRUMENTALS

1. Orion (Master Of Puppets) : Rated 9 out of 10.

It was played at Cliff Burton's funeral after he passed away on September 27, 1986. Cliff Burton had played a large role in writing this song. Cliff Burton used his bass in such a way that there are 2 bass solos in this song that are commonly confused as guitar solos. The first begins at 1:42 and continues on until 2:13. The second is found much later in the song after the bass Interlude. It begins at 6:36 and continues until 6:55. The opening sounds were achieved by Cliff using a wah wah pedal on his bass. Kirk, James and Cliff all show the hight of their soloing skills.

2. To Live is to Die ( And Justice For All ) : Rated 9 out of 10.

This song is a tribute to Metallica's bassist Cliff Burton, who died in a tour bus crash. It is an instrumental except the spoken word piece near the end - a poem that Cliff wrote before he died.These are the pale deathswhich men miscall their lives:for all the scents of green things growing,each breath is but an exhalation of the grave.Bodies jerk like puppet corpses,and hell walks laughing.

3. The Call Of Ktulu ( Ride the Lightning) : Rated 8 out of 10.

It was inspired by the story "The Call Of Cthulhu" by H.P. Lovecraft. It was written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton and original Metallica guitarist Dave Mustaine. Metallica recorded this with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra for their 1999 album S&M. That version won a Grammy for best rock instrumental. The intro to Hangar 18 by Megadeth is actually all of the arpeggios from the intro, and later on in the song strummed and held like chords. The verse and chorus to Hangar 18 are harmonized, but they're still the same notes taken out of Ktulu. The only difference between Hangar 18 and Ktulu are the solo parts. The reason they spelt it "Ktulu" instead of "Chtulhu" might have been because Lovecraft wrote that no mortal man could write or speak the name of the beast. 'The thing that should not be' can be seen as a continuation for the call of Ktulu. Ktulu was the name of a Dungeons and Dragons character used by Cliff Burton - as stated in Metallica's book "So What".

4. Pulling Teeth ( Kill em' All ) : Rated 7.5 out of 10.

The whole song is a bass instrumental played by Cliff Burton. This song is regarded as one of the greatest bass performance of all time. The whole song is played by bass guitar but still it sounds great. This song is also known as "Anesthesia"

5. Ecstacy Of Gold (S & M) : Rated 7 out of 10.

This is actually a short instrumental played in S & M concert not by Metallica but the Symphony band.

6. Suicide and Redemption ( Death Magnetic) : Rated 5 out of 10.

This instrumental isn't good compared to orion, to live is to die........ This instrumental I feel is the sixth out of 6 instrumentals recorded by Metallica. Beginning with the bass you expect it to be as good as orion or better but this turns out to be the greatest dissapointment of the album too. I felt that the song probably lacked vocals. A solo at the middle of the song sounds good but the song as a whole is the worst instrumental piece by Metallica. Actually the solos by Kirk in this whole album isn't good ( excessive use of wah/wah pedal and no melody ). The thing that makes this album a great hit is the improved and magical vocals of James Hetfield and one of their best videos for their best track "The Day that Never Comes".