List of Metallica demos
The American heavy metal band Metallica recorded several demos throughout their career.
Whiskey Audition Tape
These two cover songs were recorded in then bassist Ron McGovney’s garage, during rehearsals that took place in March of 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.
James Hetfield – lead vocals
Lars Ulrich – drums
Dave Mustaine – guitar, backing vocals
Ron McGovney – bass
Ron McGovney's '82 Garage demo
This demo tape was also recorded in McGovney's garage during March 1982. Although the demo has never been officially released, it has been in wide circulation in various bootleg versions. 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. One track consist of riffs and ideas that would later go on to become both Metallica and Megadeth songs, it is commonly titled as "Jam". While the other track is a melodic piece played by James and Ron, widely known on YouTube as, "Unreleased Kill 'Em All song". The validity of these two tracks was confirmed by McGovney, during a 1996 interview with Shock Waves and also via the Metallicabb forum.