Slayer – Hell Awaits (40th Anniversary Edition)

Slayer – Hell Awaits (40th Anniversary Edition)

CD: 3CDs, 7-track Hell Awaits CD + 18-track live bonus audio (Live From Bochum 1985) 60-page 11” book.

LP: 3 LPs total: 7-track Hell Awaits (Fire Splatter Col.) mastered and restored from original 1985 production tapes by Patrick W. Engel + 18-track live bonus audio (Live From Bochum 1985), 60-page book (12” size)

SLAYER’s iconic second studio album, Hell Awaits, is set to receive a 40th anniversary edition reissue via Metal Blade
Records next Spring!

Formed in 1981, SLAYER assaulted the world with a new hybrid of metal and punk – heavier, faster, and darker than
the rest – and set a new standard, defining not only a genre, but an attitude. Throughout SLAYER's history, the band
never faltered in unleashing their extreme and focused aural assault, and repudiating temptations, SLAYER always
chose to remain crushing and brutal, steadfastly refusing to cater to the mainstream.
 
“It’s the record where SLAYER became SLAYER.” That’s what Kerry King says about Hell Awaits. And he knows of what
he speaks. As the band’s guitarist, co-songwriter, and co-lyricist, he was in the trenches with vocalist/bassist Tom
Araya, guitarist Jeff Hanneman (R.I.P.), and drummer Dave Lombardo, creating what has become one of heavy metal’s
greatest albums.

A significant departure from SLAYER’s 1983 debut, Show No Mercy – and every SLAYER album that came after it – Hell
Awaits is both an outlier and a solidification of form. Show No Mercy was the mission statement, but Hell Awaits is a
more developed and intricate execution of SLAYER’s speed, chops, and aggression.

Tracklist
1. Hell Awaits
2. Kill Again
3. At Dawn They Sleep
4. Praise Of Death
5. Necrophiliac
6. Crypts Of Eternity
7. Hardening Of The Arteries
8. Hell Awaits (Live From Bochum 1985)
9. Aggressive Perfector (Live From Bochum 1985)
10. Captor Of Sin (Live From Bochum 1985)
11. The Final Command (Live From Bochum 1985)
12. Kill Again (Live From Bochum 1985)
13. Crypts Of Eternity (Live From Bochum 1985)
14. Fight Till Death (Live From Bochum 1985)
15. Necrophiliac (Live From Bochum 1985)
16. Haunting The Chapel (Live From Bochum 1985)
17. Hardening Of The Arteries (Live From Bochum 1985)
18. Black Magic (Live From Bochum 1985)
19. Die By The Sword (Live From Bochum 1985)
20. The Antichrist (Live From Bochum 1985)
21. At Dawn They Sleep (Live From Bochum 1985)
22. Show No Mercy (Live From Bochum 1985)
23. Evil Has No Boundaries (Live From Bochum 1985)
24. Chemical Warfare (Live From Bochum 1985)
25. Praise Of Death (Live From Bochum 1985)

Label: Metal Blade
Released: 1985/2026