Slayer – Hell Awaits
Tracklist
| A1 | Hell Awaits | 6:12 | |
| A2 | Kill Again | 4:52 | |
| A3 | At Dawn They Sleep | 6:16 | |
| B1 | Praise Of Death | 5:17 | |
| B2 | Necrophiliac | 3:43 | |
| B3 | Crypts Of Eternity | 6:37 | |
| B4 | Hardening Of The Arteries | 3:57 |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright © – Metal Blade Records
- Recorded At – Eldorado Recording Studios
- Recorded At – Track Record (3)
- Mixed At – Track Record (3)
- Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
- Published By – Bloody Scull Music
- Pressed By – Hauppauge Record Manufacturing Ltd.
- Manufactured By – Combat
- Marketed By – Combat
- Distributed By – Important Record Distributors, Inc.
Credits
- Artwork – Albert Cuellar
- Bass, Vocals – Tom Araya
- Drums – Dave Lombardo
- Engineer [Assistant At Eldorado] – Carolyn Collins
- Engineer [Eldorado] – Ron Fair
- Engineer [Track Record] – Bill Metoyer, Ron Fair
- Lead Guitar – Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King
- Lyrics By – Hanneman* (tracks: A3 to B4), King* (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, B3), Araya* (tracks: A3, B3)
- Management [By] – Stage Dive
- Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
- Mixed By – Bill Metoyer, Ron Fair
- Music By – Hanneman* (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B4), King* (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B3)
- Photography By – Lowell Katz
- Producer – Brian Slagel, Slayer
- Recorded By [Eldorado] – Ron Fair
- Recorded By [Track Record] – Bill Metoyer
Notes
First pressing.
Inner sleeve with photographs, lyrics etc.
Insert "Slatanic Wehrmacht" club membership and merch.
Pressing plant info "ᐉ" taken from the Matrix / Runout area and pressing rings.
Recorded at Eldorado, Hollywood, and Track Record, Los Angeles.
Mixed at Track Records.
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Studios, Hollywood.
All songs published by Bloody Scull Music (BMI)
© 1985 Metal Blade Records.
Inner sleeve with photographs, lyrics etc.
Insert "Slatanic Wehrmacht" club membership and merch.
Pressing plant info "ᐉ" taken from the Matrix / Runout area and pressing rings.
Recorded at Eldorado, Hollywood, and Track Record, Los Angeles.
Mixed at Track Records.
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Studios, Hollywood.
All songs published by Bloody Scull Music (BMI)
© 1985 Metal Blade Records.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A etched): MX 8020A A- I ᐉ
- Matrix / Runout (Side B etched): MX 8020B A- I ᐉ
- Rights Society: BMI
- Other (Cassette): MXT 8020
Other Versions (5 of 156)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | Hell Awaits (Cassette, Album) | Banzai Records | BRC4 1930 | Canada | 1985 | ||
Recently Edited | Hell Awaits (LP, Album) | Banzai Records | BRC 1930 | Canada | 1985 | ||
New Submission | Hell Awaits (LP, Album) | Far East Metal Syndicate | SP25-5180 | Japan | 1985 | ||
New Submission | Hell Awaits (Cassette, Album) | Metal Blade Records, Combat | MXT 8020 | US | 1985 | ||
Recently Edited | Hell Awaits (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Picture Disc) | Metal Blade Records | MXPD 8020 | US | 1985 |
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Reviews
- my copy has the OG Possessed Seven Churches insert. anyone has a spare or scan of the original? thanks!
Edited 2 years agoSlayers most progressive album to date. Great songs, great performances but mediocre leads and horrible 80's production. This is a bad thing but also part of its charm. Its funny to me that the EP "Haunting the Chapel" that came out before this sounds more like what we all would know as the "Slayer" sound captured on RIB, SOH and SITA. Its to bad they never played all the songs from this and "Show No Mercy" in a concert to give them the treatment these songs deserved. Sure they played a few here and there like At Dawn They Sleep and Hell Awaits was a staple of their live shows but they ignored the rest as if they never existed. There are some gems on here if you can get past the poor 80s production.
***UPDATE*** I listen to this album a lot more after having it on LP. While I bashed it for its bad production it isn't that bad. While it does not have the sound of later releases it is a solid album. Tom was still trying to find his voice and the guitar tones are not as good as you would like from Slayer but over all its an awesome album and deserves a good listen looking forward not backwards.
The bass lines where now Tom just yells KILL when they play At Dawn They Sleep live is how much Rubin has been an awesome influence on the band but also not that great either. Those bass lines fit with what the 2 guitars were doing melody wise one after the other and then the bass came in and the, silence, and then massive speed comes in..... Tom played Reign in Blood with his fingers, but afterwards he played with a pick so he didn't really play the fast first riff of War Ensemble, he just goes 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 under the riffs, he didn't do that here, or in Reign, but in Reign the bass already has been Rubenized...
Edited 7 years agoopps, i was wrong. the brown one has a release page. says 3rd press from 87.- Which is the original 1st pressing of this LP,the one pictured for this listing, or the one with the chains around the outer edge of the labels on the vinyl?
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