SAXON, DIAMOND HEAD and MOTÖRHEAD featured on 'No Life 'Til Leather - A Tribute To Metallica's Kill 'Em All'
15-08-2025
Silver Lining Music will release “No Life ‘Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All” on November 14. The first single is THE ALMIGHTY‘s blistering, full-throttle cover of METALLICA‘s legendary “The Four Horsemen”, THE ALMIGHTY‘s first recorded work with their founding lineup since 1991, chosen by the band as both a nod to their roots and a declaration of intent.
THE ALMIGHTY guitarist Ricky Warwick comments: “‘The Four Horsemen’ by METALLICA got us back into the studio with the original lineup for the first time since 1991… Unbelievable.
“When the opportunity presented itself, it was really a no-brainer. METALLICA has been a huge influence for us. It was a bit nerve-racking because we had not been in the studio for such a long time. We did the whole thing in a day and a half with as much power and passion as you would expect from THE ALMIGHTY. It is such a powerful track. I think it turned out great, make sure you turn it up really, really loud!”
Watch THE ALMIGHTY‘s video for the band’s cover of “The Four Horsemen”, edited by Freakshot Film, below.
“No Life ‘Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All” is a colossal celebration of the most propulsive debut album in heavy metal history, reimagined by the legends who inspired it and the generations that came in its wake!
The veteran likes of SAXON, DIAMOND HEAD and MOTÖRHEAD — three of METALLICA‘s favorite bands — are joined by rising stars such as TAILGUNNER and Swedish prog metallers SOEN to create a who’s who of heavy music, with each performer lending their unique sound to one classic track. Contributions from thrash giants TESTAMENT, ex-MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson and New Wave Of British Heavy Metal linchpins TYGERS OF PAN TANG show the label looking beyond their own artists to amass the greatest lineup possible. Joining the superstar lineup are the legendary RAVEN (closing with the thundering anthemic “Metal Militia”) who were part of METALLICA‘s first-ever tour, 1983’s famous “Kill ‘Em All For One” venture.
“No Life ‘Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All” is an ambitious achievement worthy of METALLICA‘s game-changing legacy. By the fans and for the fans, it reaffirms the Four Horsemen’s ironclad status — and its stacked roster continues the band’s mission to shove metal up your ass.
“No Life ‘Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All” will be available on vinyl, CD, and digital formats.
“No Life ‘Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All” track listing:
01. Hit The Lights – TAILGUNNER
02. The Four Horsemen – THE ALMIGHTY
03. Motorbreath – SOEN
04. Jump In The Fire – TYGERS OF PAN TANG
05. (Anesthesia – Pulling Teeth – DAVID ELLEFSON
06. Whiplash – MOTÖRHEAD
07. Phantom Lord – SAXON
08. No Remorse – DIAMOND HEAD
09. Seek & Destroy – TESTAMENT
10. Metal Militia – RAVEN
DIAMOND HEAD‘s version of METALLICA‘s “No Remorse” was originally included on a reimagined and re-recorded version of DIAMOND HEAD‘s “Lightning To The Nations” album, which was released in 2020 via Silver Lining Music.
“I wanted to cover a song from METALLICA‘s debut album, ‘Kill ‘Em All’,” DIAMOND HEAD guitarist Brian Tatler explained, “partly because METALLICA covered songs from DIAMOND HEAD‘s debut album ‘Lightning To The Nations’ and it felt like things have come full circle to me. None of the band members knew how to play any of the songs from ‘Kill ‘Em All’, and I eventually decided we should all learn ‘No Remorse’. Then when we got into the rehearsal room, we played ‘No Remorse’ and immediately it just sounded great; it was very ‘DIAMOND HEAD‘ and it really suited us as a band. Of the four covers we ended up doing, ‘No Remorse’ sounded the best straight away. I’ve seen METALLICA live over twenty times and they don’t play ‘No Remorse’ very often, but it’s always great when they do.”
Back in December 2011, SAXON‘s Biff Byford joined METALLICA on stage for the first of four intimate shows at the 1,200-capacity Fillmore in San Francisco as part of the week-long celebration of its 30th anniversary as a band for fan club members only. The iconic metal vocalist performed the SAXON classic “Motorcycle Man” with METALLICA.
It wasn’t the first time Biff and METALLICA had surprised their fans with a live rendition of the song: in 2009, Byford joined the San Francisco heavy metal giants in Paris, at Palais Omnisport de Bercy.
METALLICA‘s second-ever gig was opening for SAXON, and Biff has been a longtime friend of the California band; like many other seminal bands of the genre, METALLICA always recognized SAXON as one of their main influences.
When METALLICA played Sheffield Arena on February 28, 2009, they invited as VIP guests former SAXON members Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson.
There has always been a strong link between the pioneering MOTÖRHEAD and mighty METALLICA. A unique bond of friendship between the two has stood over the decades, with METALLICA even playing Lemmy‘s 50th birthday party in 1995. In turn, MOTÖRHEAD have paid homage to some of METALLICA‘s finest compositions, even winning a Grammy Award for their cover of “Whiplash” in 2004.
METALLICA paid tribute to MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy on its 2016 album “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct”, which came out less than a year after the iconic rocker’s death.
Shortly after Lemmy‘s passing, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich penned a lengthy tribute to the MOTÖRHEAD mainman in which looked back on the influence Lemmy had not just on METALLICA but also on him personally.
SiriusXM is going full throttle with the addition of Maximum Metallica, a new full-time channel dedicated to one of the most celebrated rock bands of all time. “The Most Metallica Anywhere,” the exclusive channel delivers continued access to METALLICA‘s expansive catalog — from mega hits and deep cuts to live shows and behind-the-scenes stories straight from the band. Additionally, fans can expect rare recordings, exclusive interviews, and surprises curated by the bandmembers themselves. Whether you’re a lifelong fan or a recent addition to the METALLICA family, this is your front-row seat to all things METALLICA.
METALLICA‘s performance will be the latest in a series of special concerts SiriusXM has presented at Stephen Talkhouse. Artists who have previously performed for SiriusXM listeners at the famed Hamptons music venue include Brandi Carlile, COLDPLAY, Dave Matthews, Ed Sheeran, Jelly Roll, THE KILLERS and MUMFORD & SONS.
METALLICA has released the definitive re-release of the band’s five-times-platinum sixth studio album “Load”, out on June 13 via the band’s own Blackened Recordings. The album was orifinally released on Electra Records.
Remastered by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering with Greg Fidelman overseeing, the “Load” remastered limited-edition deluxe box set is available now for pre-order at Metallica.com, where full package details and track listings can be viewed. Pre-orders of the deluxe box will receive instant grat tracks “Until It Sleeps (Remastered)”, “Until It Sleeps (Herman Melville Mix)”, “F.O.B.D. (‘Until It Sleeps’ Rough Chorus Vocal Idea Mix)” and “Until It Sleeps (Live at Slim’s, San Francisco, CA – June 10th, 1996)”.
“Load (Remastered)” will be released in formats, including standard 180g 2LP, CD, cassette and digital (including a Spatial Audio mix using Atmos). Standard pre-orders receive “Until It Sleeps (Remastered)” IG, expanded edition pre-orders receive “Until It Sleeps (Remastered)” and “F.O.B.D. (‘Until It Sleeps’ Rough Chorus Vocal Idea Mix)” IGs. The 2LP, 3CD expanded and deluxe digital versions for the first time ever feature the extended version of “The Outlaw Torn”, originally edited for release due to time constraints of the CD format.
The “Load” remastered limited edition deluxe box set is an ambitious and comprehensive time capsule of 1995-97 era METALLICA, jam-packed with exclusives including previously unreleased demos, rough mixes, live performances, on-air and television appearances, and much more. The one-time pressing will include the remastered “Load” album on 180g double vinyl, a “Mama Said” picture disc, and “Loadapalooza ’96”, a 140g triple album recorded live during METALLICA‘s Lollapalooza headlining run at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre on August 4, 1996. The set’s 15 CDs range from the remastered “Load” album to never-before-released collected riffs, demos and rough mixes, B-Sides and rarities, and a wealth of live material, while its four DVDs offer a plethora of behind the scenes, in-studio and live footage, on-air and television appearances, the band’s Polar Beach Party visit to Tuktoyaktuk, Canada, and more. Rounding out the box’s content are memorabilia including a pack of 14 Rorschach Test cards, a Pushead patch, an 11×17 Lollapalooza poster, a Rolling Stone cover reproduction, a five-pack of guitar/bass picks, lyric sheets, two laminated tour passes and a deluxe 128-page book.
Originally released June 4, 1996, “Load” was the second METALLICA album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, where it would remain for four straight weeks. The 1995 sessions at The Plant in Sausalito, California that resulted in “Load” (as well as 1997’s “Reload”) would find guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Jason Newsted creating yet another landmark of the METALLICA catalog. Currently, two of “Load”‘s four singles — “Until It Sleeps” and “King Nothing” — have been lighting up crowds the world over in regular rotation on the setlists of the band’s “M72” world tour.
Released in 1996, “Load” marked a new direction for METALLICA, featuring what one critic has described as “a fresh take on LYNYRD SKYNYRD-tinged boogie rock for the 1990s.”
Although “Load” and 1997’s “Reload” were warmly received by critics at the time, they’ve since taken their place among the most reviled work of METALLICA‘s career.
In a 2013 interview with Revolver magazine, Ulrich said that “Load” and “Reload” are “great records” that “are creatively on par with every other record we’ve made. Obviously, they’re bluesier records, and at that time, we were listening to a lot of LED ZEPPELIN, DEEP PURPLE and AC/DC, and we had a different kind of foundation than records before or after,” he said. “And I understand that there are people who couldn’t quite figure out what was going on with the haircuts and the rest of it, and that’s fine. But musically, if you strip all that other stuff away, if you just listen to the 27 songs — ‘Load’ and ‘Reload’ were intended as one double-record — it’s a great collection of songs that is on par with everything else that we’ve done creatively.”
Hetfield has repeatedly expressed his dislike of the “Load” album cover and its inspiration, telling Classic Rock magazine in a 2009 interview: “Lars and Kirk (Hammett, guitar) were very into abstract art, pretending they were gay. I think they knew it bugged me. It was a statement around all that. I love art, but not for the sake of shocking others. I think the cover of ‘Load’ was just a piss-take around all that. I just went along with the make-up and all of this crazy, stupid shit that they felt they needed to do.”
METALLICA released their last album ’72 Seasons’ 14th in April 2023.
Speaking on the concept of the album title, Hetfield says: “72 seasons. The first 18 years of our lives that form our true or false selves. The concept that we were told ‘who we are’ by our parents. A possible pigeonholing around what kind of personality we are. I think the most interesting part of this is the continued study of those core beliefs and how it affects our perception of the world today. Much of our adult experience is reenactment or reaction to these childhood experiences. Prisoners of childhood or breaking free of those bondages we carry.”
The complete track listing for “72 Seasons” is:
- 72 Seasons
- Shadows Follow
- Screaming Suicide
- Sleepwalk My Life Away
- You Must Burn!
- Lux Æterna
- Crown Of Barbed Wire
- Chasing Light
- If Darkness Had A Son
- Too Far Gone?
- Room Of Mirrors
- Inamorata
Says METALLICA: “The album package was once again conceived and art directed by our good friend, acclaimed designer David Turner and his team. David, who won a Grammy for his work on ‘Death Magnetic’, is the man behind the look and feel of all of our recent releases, including ‘Through The Never’, ‘S&M2’, and ‘Hardwired’.”
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