Metallica kick off reissue run with “No Life 'Til Leather” cassette

PanARMENIAN.Net - Metallica have kicked of their reissue series with a No Life 'Til Leather cassette tape, according to Gigwise.

Following in the footsteps of Guardians Of The Galaxy, who released Awesome Mixtape Vol.1 in the same manner, the band will release the 1982 demo on 18 April. The limited edition throwback drops on record store day before a series of CD and vinyl editions due for release this summer.

"This is the second demo that we made and circulated," drummer Lars Ulrich told Rolling Stone. "I sat in my bedroom and wrote on the J cards and went to the post office and sent it around to all the tape collectors around the world. Now, 20, 30 years later, it has become synonymous with the pre–Kill 'Em All era."

"I don't remember being particularly goal-oriented then, but I assume the intention was to get signed," he went on. "We always felt we were having so much fun and doing so much, after being loners for years, it made us feel like we belonged to something. It was just being in a gang, playing music, having fun, living and breathing hard rock and heavy metal, 24/7. We quickly realized we were the opposite of what was going on up in Hollywood at the time."