The Thing That Should Not Be - 1985 / From James' Riff Tapes by Metallica Song Details

"The Thing That Should Not Be - 1985 / From James' Riff Tapes" by Metallica had its release date on March 3, 1986. With This song being less than a minute long, we are pretty confident that this song does not contain any foul language. That being said, this song is pretty short compared to other songs. The track order of this song in Metallica's "Master Of Puppets (Deluxe Box Set / Remastered)" album is number 6 out of 137. In terms of popularity, The Thing That Should Not Be - 1985 / From James' Riff Tapes is currently not that popular. Although the overall vibe is very danceable, it does project more negative sounds.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of The Thing That Should Not Be - 1985 / From James' Riff Tapes by Metallica to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 91 BPM, a half-time of 46BPM, and a double-time of 182 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. Activities such as, yoga or pilates, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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