CRUCIFY YOUR SO-CALLED LORD,
HE SOON SHALL FALL TO ME
YOUR SOULS ARE DAMNED
YOUR GOD HAS
FELL TO SLAVE FOR ME ETERNALLY
Hell Awaits
is the second
studio album by
American
thrash metal band
released on
April 8, 1985,
by Metal Blade Records.
After the band's
1983 debut
Show No Mercy
became the label's
highest-selling release,
producer
Brian Slagel
decided to record
and release a second
Slayer album.
Unlike the previous album,
which was paid for
by band members,
Slagel co-financed
the recording budget
with the band
and recruited
Ron Fair
despite his lack
of experience working with
heavy metal musicians.
As with their debut,
the lyrical themes on
Hell Awaits
include
hell and Satan,
while the intro
of the title track
played backwards
reveals the repeated phrase
"join us".
Musically,
the album features
the band's most
diverse work
compared to their
previous releases.
According to Kerry King,
he and
Jeff Hanneman
were very into
Mercyful Fate
at the time,
which led to the longer
and more progressive songs.
The sound on the album
has been described as
"sludgy and amorphous"
in comparison to the
"sharp and clear"
production of its
succeeding album,
Reign in Blood.
Hell Awaits
received critical acclaim
upon release,
with many deeming it
an improvement over
the previous album
due to its
higher production quality
and darker sound.
As a result of the album's success,
it was the last
Slayer record
to be released by
Metal Blade
and the only one
to be produced by
Slagel.
Defined as
"influential to future extreme metal acts"
TRACKLIST
Kill Again
At Dawn They Sleep
Praise of Death
Necrophiliac
Crypts of Eternity
Hardening of the Arteries
Haunting the Chapel
Captor of Sin
Hand of Doom [*]
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