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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 ...
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 ...
Araya was employed as a respiratory therapist in the early 1980s and used his earnings to finance Slayer's debut album Show No Mercy (1983). Much of Araya's lyrical content is about serial killers, a subject he finds interesting; his first credited lyrical contribution was the vampire-themed track "At Dawn They Sleep" from 1985's Hell Awaits.
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 ...
Live Undead is the first live album by American thrash metal band Slayer.It was released through Metal Blade Records and recorded in New York City in front of a room of people.
Undisputed Attitude is the seventh studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on May 28, 1996, by American Recordings.The album consists almost entirely of covers of punk rock and hardcore punk songs, and also includes two tracks written by guitarist Jeff Hanneman in 1984 and 1985 for a side project called Pap Smear; [2] its closing track, "Gemini", is the only original track.
South of Heaven is the fourth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on July 5, 1988, by Def Jam Recordings.The album was the band's second collaboration with producer Rick Rubin, whose production skills on their previous album Reign in Blood (1986) had helped their sound evolve.