Metallica - No Life ’Til Leather, Power Metal & Megaforce Demos -1982 - 1983

Check the first comment below to skip to a song. Thanks Daniel Lehwing for doing a great job on this. No Life ’til Leather: No Life ’til Leather is Metallica’s widely circulated demo tape. All of the tracks are early recordings of songs that would later appear on the band’s debut album Kill ’Em All. The track listing on Kill ’Em All is the same as that on the demo tape, with the exceptions of Cliff Burton’s bass solo “(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth“, “Whiplash“, “No Remorse“ and “The Four Horsemen“ (See notes below). The title of the demo comes from the first line of “Hit the Lights“. Track listing 1. “Hit the Lights“ 4:18 2. “The Mechanix“ 4:28 3. “Motorbreath“ 3:18 4. “Seek & Destroy“ 4:55 5. “Metal Militia“ 5:17 6. “Jump in the Fire“ 3:51 7. “Phantom Lord“ 3:33 Total length: 29:41 Personnel James Hetfield -- lead vocals, rhythm guitar Lars Ulrich -- drums Dave Mustaine -- lead guitar, backing vocals Ron McGovney -- bass Cliff Burton is given credit on the demo but does not perform. All bass tracks were played by original bassist Ron McGovney. Power Metal: Power Metal was a demo recorded sometime in April 1982. Although the demo was never officially released, it was given the bootleg name “Power Metal“ and contained four original songs by Metallica. It contained “The Mechanix“, written for the band by Dave Mustaine, and “Motorbreath“, which was written solely by James Hetfield. It was also recorded in McGovney’s garage. Track listing 1. “Hit the Lights“ (Hetfield, Ulrich) 4:18 2. “Jump in the Fire“ (Mustaine) 3:55 3. “The Mechanix“ (Mustaine) 4:47 4. “Motorbreath“ (Hetfield) 3:23 Total length: 16:23 Personnel James Hetfield - lead vocals, rhythm guitar Lars Ulrich - drums Dave Mustaine - lead guitar, backing vocals Ron McGovney - bass guitar “The Mechanix“ was the original version that later would be renamed to “The Four Horsemen“. Mustaine increased the pace from the original version of the song, renamed it simply “Mechanix“, and included it on the first Megadeth album, Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!.“The Mechanix“ and “Jump In The Fire“ were altered prior to release on Kill ’Em All, thus giving Hetfield and Ulrich writing credits on what are otherwise Mustaine compositions. Megaforce demo: The Megaforce demo was recorded on March 16, 1983 and was the band’s last demo album recorded with Dave Mustaine. The demo was designed to introduce Burton to potential record labels and earned the band a contract with Megaforce Records. It was also played live on KUSF FM in San Francisco. The demo contained two new songs which had not been previously released. It received a number of names including the Megaforce demo (due to it earning a contract with Megaforce), The KUSF Demo (due to it being played on KUSF FM) and Whiplash/No Remorse Demo. Track listing 1. “Whiplash“ 4:12 2. “No Remorse“ 5:38 Total length: 9:50 Personnel James Hetfield - lead vocals, rhythm guitar Lars Ulrich - drums Dave Mustaine - lead guitar, backing vocals Cliff Burton - bass guitar, backing vocals