Another thrash metal hit and fan favorite off of Kill ‘Em All. “No Remorse” is about a soldier being sent to war to kill people. The soldiers depicted in the song are supposed to kill without question, without remorse.
This song combines two riffs from some of the very first songs the band ever wro...
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 1]
No mercy for what we're doing
No thought to even what we've done
We don't need to feel the sorrow
No remorse for the helpless one
[Pre-Chorus]
War without end
[Chorus]
No remorse, no repent
We don't care what it meant
Another day, another death
Another sorrow, another breath
No remorse, no repent
We don't care what it meant
Another day, another death
Another sorrow, another breath
[Verse 2]
Blood feeds the war machine
As it eats its way across the land
We don't need to feel the sorrow
"No remorse" is the one command
[Pre-Chorus]
War without end
[Chorus]
No remorse, no repent
We don't care what it meant
Another day, another death
Another sorrow, another breath
No remorse, no repent
We don't care what it meant
Another day, another death
Another sorrow, another breath
[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Only the strong survive
No will to save the weaker race
We're ready to kill all comers
Like a loaded gun right at your face
[Pre-Chorus]
War without end
[Chorus]
No remorse, no repent
We don't care what it meant
Another day, another death
Another sorrow, another breath
No remorse, no repent
We don't care what it meant
Another day, another death
Another sorrow, another breath
[Bridge]
Attack!
Bullets are flying, people are dying
With madness surrounding, all hell's breaking loose
Soldiers are hounding, bodies are mounting
Cannons are shouting to take their abuse
With war machines going, blood starts to flowing
No mercy given to anyone here
The furious fighting, swords are like lightning
It all becomes frightening, you know death is near
[Outro]
No remorse
No Remorse was written by Lars Ulrich & James Hetfield.
No Remorse was produced by Paul Curcio.
Metallica released No Remorse on Mon Jul 25 1983.
“No Remorse” was embellished to a degree from when we first wrote it, as was “Phantom Lord” and “Four Horseman” and “Seek & Destroy,” but the songs weren’t radically different to the way they were written. We had a clear vision – once something worked, it worked. It wasn’t: ‘Fuck you, we’re grea...