No Life 'Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica's Kill 'Em All

V.A. / / CD (Japanese edition) / King Records

Japanese edition:

No Life 'Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica's Kill 'Em All hands each of the ten songs on Metallica's 1983 debut to a different act, and Silver Lining Music released it on 14 November 2025; King Records' Japanese CD (KICP-4111) followed on 24 December 2025 with an eleventh track, a Japan-only "Hit The Lights" by Girlschool featuring Joe Stump and Alcatrazz.

V.A. - No Life 'Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica's Kill 'Em All album cover

CD Details

ArtistV.A.
TitleNo Life 'Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica's Kill 'Em All
Release date
Japanese edition
LabelKing Records
FormatCD (Japanese edition)
Catalog No.KICP-4111
Tracks11

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Track List

  1. Hit The Lights (Tailgunner)
  2. The Four Horsemen (The Almighty)
  3. Motorbreath (Soen)
  4. Jump In The Fire (Tygers of Pan Tang)
  5. (Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth (David Ellefson)
  6. Whiplash (Motörhead)
  7. Phantom Lord (Saxon)
  8. No Remorse (Diamond Head)
  9. Seek & Destroy (Testament)
  10. Metal Militia (Raven)
  11. Hit The Lights (Girlschool feat. Joe Stump & Alcatrazz)

Music Video

The Four Horsemen (The Almighty) · Official Video

(Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth (David Ellefson) · Official Video

Seek & Destroy (Testament) · Official Video

Metal Militia (Raven) · Official Video

LINER NOTES
No Life 'Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica's Kill 'Em All hands each of the ten songs on Metallica's 1983 debut to a different act, and Silver Lining Music released it on 14 November 2025; King Records' Japanese CD (KICP-4111) followed on 24 December 2025 with an eleventh track, a Japan-only "Hit The Lights" by Girlschool featuring Joe Stump and Alcatrazz. Tailgunner open with "Hit The Lights", The Almighty, Soen, Tygers of Pan Tang, David Ellefson, Motörhead, Saxon, Diamond Head and Testament follow, and Raven close the original ten-track running order with "Metal Militia", fitting for a band that toured with Metallica on 1983's Kill 'Em All For One run. Rough Trade's product notes, quoted by Sleaze Roxx, say the project grew out of the "No Remorse" that Diamond Head cut when they re-recorded Lightning to the Nations in 2020, and that Motörhead's Grammy-winning "Whiplash" was already in the label's vault. The Almighty's "The Four Horsemen", the first single, was that band's first time in the studio with its original line-up since 1991, and Ellefson says he borrowed one of Cliff Burton's Aria Pro signature basses and a signature Morley fuzz/wah pedal for "(Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth". Both of those, as well as Testament's "Seek & Destroy" and Raven's "Metal Militia", have official videos.