Rare Metallica Tape Found & Available Online

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Metallica, one of the most totally awesome heavy metal bands of all time has been holding out on us, dude! Thanks to our friends at The Metal Den a rare demo has been found and put online for us all to enjoy. See below…

The demo is a recording of Diamondhead’s “Sucking My Love” which features Lars Ulrich on drums, James Hetfield on vocals, Dave Mustaine on guitar, and Ron McGovney on bass.

Also on the unearthed tape are “Helpless” and “Am I Evil” plus their very first original tune “Hit the Lights.”

According to Metallica historian Bob Nalbandian, the tape was “recorded in Ron’s garage in March of ‘82 (two months after the band was formed) by suspending a $49.00 ghetto blaster in the air, and with James sinning through the guitar amp.”

He goes on to say that “Dave Mustaine performs all the guitar work on this rehearsal tape (James was only singing at the time), showing that he was quite advanced for a nineteen year-old guitarist from Orange County!”