A list of all demos written and recorded by American heavy metal band Metallica.
These two cover songs were recorded in then-bassist Ron McGovney’s garage, during rehearsals that took place in March 1982.
On the strength of this demo tape, Metallica were booked to open for NWOBHM band Saxon on March 27, 1982, at the Los Angeles club Whisky a Go Go.
Apart from the songs listed below, two other tracks recorded during different sessions, consisting of songwriting ideas and various unreleased riffs, have also been widely bootlegged.
The validity of these two tracks was confirmed by McGovney, during a 1996 interview with Shock Waves and also via the Metallicabb forum.
Although the demo has never been officially released, it was given the bootleg name "Power Metal" after the tagline McGovney had printed on Metallica's first business cards.
The only songs on Kill 'Em All that aren’t on the tape are Cliff Burton's bass solo "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth", "Whiplash", "No Remorse" and "The Four Horsemen" (See notes above).
In March 2015, Metallica announced that they would be releasing No Life 'Til Leather on limited-edition cassette for Record Store Day.
[5] As Lars Ulrich told Rolling Stone magazine: "It's time for us to put out some next-level reissues and do the song and dance of the catalog that everyone else has done; the U2s and the Led Zeppelins and the Oasises [...] Instead of starting with Kill 'Em All in 1983, we figured we'd go back another two years to when the band was formed in 1981.
The supporting band was Exodus, featuring Metallica's future lead guitarist Kirk Hammett.
Both "Ride the Lightning" and "When Hell Freezes Over" (later renamed "The Call of Ktulu") were co-written by Dave Mustaine.
The version of "Holier Than Thou" that appeared on the "Enter Sandman" single was not recorded at this session either.
Personnel Metallica's ninth studio album, Death Magnetic, had all its songs released as demos, recorded between November 2005 and January 2007.