Power Metal (Metallica album)

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Power Metal
Power Metal cover
Demo album by Metallica
Released April 4, 1982
Recorded April 1982, 13004 Curtis Road, Norwalk, California
Genre Thrash metal
Speed metal
Length 16:43
Label Self released
Producer Metallica
Metallica chronology
Ron McGovney's '82 Garage Demo
(1982)		 Power Metal
(1982)		 No Life 'Til Leather
(1982)

Power Metal is a demo recording by thrash metal band Metallica. Recorded in early 1982, the lineup for the demo was James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine, Ron McGovney, and Lars Ulrich.

Though the demo officially had no name, bootlegs were titled Power Metal based on a Metallica business card.[1]

Contents

[edit] No Life 'Til Power bootleg

A bootleg featuring the same cover art as Power Metal was released in the mid 1980s. This bootleg featured the entire No Life 'Til Leather track listing on side A, and the entire Power Metal track listing on side B.[2]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Hit the Lights" (James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich) – 4:18
  2. "Jump in the Fire" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Dave Mustaine) – 3:55
  3. "The Mechanix" (Mustaine) – 4:47
  4. "Motorbreath" (Hetfield) – 3:23

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ Encyclopaedia Metallum - Metallica - Power Metal demo. Metal-Archives.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
  2. ^ Metallica Bootleg LPs, detail ;. MetalliPromo.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
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