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Hell Awaits is the second studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on April 8, 1985, by Metal Blade Records. The band's 1983 debut Show No Mercy became Metal Blade Records' highest-selling release, and as a result, producer Brian Slagel desired to release a second Slayer album.
Hell Awaits: 1985 [8] "Hate Worldwide" † Kerry King World Painted Blood: 2009 [6] "Haunting the Chapel" Jeff Hanneman Kerry King Haunting the Chapel: 1984 [16] "Hell Awaits" Kerry King Jeff Hanneman Kerry King Hell Awaits: 1985 [8] "Here Comes the Pain" Kerry King God Hates Us All: 2001 [14] "Human Disease" Jeff Hanneman Kerry King Tom Araya ...
The album was a hit, with fans choosing Slayer for best band, best live band, Hell Awaits, as 1985's best album, and Dave Lombardo as best drummer in Metal Forces ' 1985 Readers Poll. [ 14 ] Reign in Blood , Lombardo's brief hiatus and South of Heaven (1986–1989)
Slayer's first two albums, Show No Mercy (1983) and Hell Awaits (1985), which were released on Metal Blade Records, did not chart in the United States. [2] The band was then signed to Def Jam Recordings by Rick Rubin, who produced Reign in Blood (1986). The album helped Slayer break into the Billboard 200 for the first time, peaking at number ...
The EP begins with "Black Magic", with an extended introduction building alongside the audience's yelling. The song is performed faster, heavier, and more confident than its original recording in 1983. When the song is over, lead vocalist Tom Araya says, "They say the pen is mightier than the sword. Well I say fuck the pen!", and the band ...
Slayer in 1983. From left: Kerry King, Dave Lombardo, Jeff Hanneman, and Tom Araya. Slayer was the opening act for Bitch at the Woodstock Club in Los Angeles, performing eight songs—six being covers. [2] While performing an Iron Maiden cover, the band was spotted by Brian Slagel, a former music journalist who had recently founded Metal Blade ...
A music video for the song had already been released on June 16, 2010. [31] [32] The single was exclusively released through the Metal Club record store chain. [1] The song itself was said by the band to be a continuation of "Final Six", a bonus track on the special edition of Slayer's 2006 album Christ Illusion, and deals with the end of the ...
Reign in Blood is the third studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on October 20, 1986, by Def Jam Recordings. [1] [2] The album was the band's first collaboration with producer Rick Rubin, whose input helped the band's sound evolve.