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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.
Graphic used by the band in the 1990s [9]. The lyrics of "Angel of Death" delayed the release of Reign in Blood which was originally scheduled for April 1986. [10] The band was signed to Def Jam Records, whose distributor, Columbia Records, refused to release the album due to its subject matter and artwork, which they believed were "too graphic". [2]
"Praise of Death" Jeff Hanneman Kerry King Hell Awaits: 1985 [8] "Pride in Prejudice" Kerry King Repentless: 2015 [9] "Psychopathy Red" † Jeff Hanneman World Painted Blood: 2009 [6] "Public Display of Dismemberment" Kerry King World Painted Blood: 2009 [6] "Raining Blood" † Jeff Hanneman Kerry King Jeff Hanneman Reign in Blood: 1986 [18]
Hanneman composed both music and lyrics for every Slayer album until his death in 2013. Born in 1964 in Long Beach, California, [2] [3] Hanneman listened to heavy metal and hardcore punk in his childhood and adolescence. He was working as a telemarketer in 1981 when he met Kerry King, with whom he founded Slayer.
Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, who recruited vocalist and bassist Tom Araya, and drummer Dave Lombardo. [1] 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]
Kerry Ray King (born June 3, 1964) [1] is an American musician, best known for being the co-lead guitarist and songwriter of thrash metal band Slayer.He co-founded the band with Jeff Hanneman in 1981 and is one of two members to stay with the band for its 44-year existence, along with Tom Araya.
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.
Carroll, who had painted the cover artwork to previous Slayer albums such as Reign in Blood (1986), South of Heaven (1988), and Seasons in the Abyss (1990), resumed duties on Christ Illusion. [59] Working solely from track names and formative lyrics, Carroll produced the original on a 4-by-4-foot slab of wood using a combination of media. [59]