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Slayer
Hell Awaits (1985)
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Track List
01) Hell Awaits
02) Kill Again
03) At Dawn They Sleep
04) Praise of Death
05) Necrophiliac
06) Crypts of Eternity
07) Hardening of the Arteries

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First Released

1985

Genre

Thrash Metal

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Angry

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Metal

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Nuclear Blast

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Hell Awaits is the second studio album by the American thrash metal band Slayer, released through Metal Blade Records in 1985. The band's previous release, Show No Mercy, became Metal Blade Records' highest selling release; as a result, producer Brian Slagel desired to release a second Slayer album. To that end, Slagel financed a recording budget (Show No Mercy was paid for by band members) and recruited several experienced producers to help in the studio.
Lyrical themes on Hell Awaits are darker than on Show No Mercy, and included hell and Satan. The intro of the first track "Hell Awaits" played backwards reveals the repeated phrase "join us". Musically, the album features the band's most progressive and diverse work compared to their previous releases, and according to Kerry King, he and Jeff Hanneman were very into Mercyful Fate at the time, which then led to the longer and more progressive songs. Defined as "influential to future extreme metal acts," the most popular songs from Hell Awaits were re-recorded by various underground metal bands and have appeared on several tribute albums. Musicians such as singer Phil Anselmo and drummer Gene Hoglan cite Hell Awaits as an influence.



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