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Digitally remastered by Eddy Schreyer (November 1993, Future Disc).
With their second album, co-produced by Metal Blade's headbanging head honcho Brian Slagel, Satanic thrashers Slayer upped the ante from their debut in every way. More graphic album art, breakneck tempos, gruesome lyrics, and proper production gave the band a punchier sound while retaining their native aggression. Whereas their debut sounded like a band flirting with the dark side, HELL AWAITS is where the band begins to sound truly sinister and evil. Dave Lombardo's famous double bass drumming strongly came into play here, further propelling the lightspeed riffing and twisted solos of Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, who would help propagate a style of carpal tunnel-inducing axework for forthcoming generations of extreme metal bands. To accompany this metal maelstrom, bassist Tom Araya appropriately growled and barked out all manner of dark lyrics, exploring the mind of a serial killer ("Kill Again"), vampires (the slower, moodier "At Dawn They Sleep") and the demented lust of a "Necrophiliac." Wisely, the band knew when to mix up their tempos and keep things from sounding homogenized. HELL AWAITS is definitely one of the '80s high water marks for both black and thrash metal.
Recorded at Track Record, Los Angeles, California and Eldorado, Hollywood, California.
Personnel: Tom Araya (vocals); Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King (guitar); Dave Lombardo (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Eddy Schreyer.
Photographer: Harold O.
Slayer: Tom Araya (vocals, bass); Jeff Hannemann, Kerry King (guitar); Dave Lombardo (drums).
Hell Awaits Music Review Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews sunoij..... sunoij..... sunoij.....sunoij..... sunoij.....
I love this album. It is as twisted and fun as any other Slayer album. Reign in Blood, Show No Mercy and Seasons in the Abyss are probably better than this album but I recommend this to any fan of thrash metal. One of their best songs is on this album... At Dawn They Sleep.
Submitted by drudow (Lawrenceville, GA, USA) 
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 HELL REALLY DOES AWAIT!
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT SLAYER ALBUM. IT IS LONGER THAN OTHERS(NOT OVERALL, BUT IN SONG LENGTH) AND IS HEAVY ALL THE WAY THROUGH! IF YOU'RE A TRUE SLAYER FAN, YOU HAVE THIS ALBUM. IF YOU'RE A NEW SLAYER FAN, THIS IS A GREAT ALBUM TO START WITH. (IT PUTS ANYTHING CALLED "NEW-METAL," WHICH SHOULD ACTUALLY BE CALLED RAP-ROCK BECAUSE IT ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO BE CALLED METAL TO SHAME AND SHOWS WHAT TRUE METAL IS ALL ABOUT.)
Submitted by NUCLEARASSAULT666 (SANTA CLARITA CA.)
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HELL IS AWAITING FOR US
Dear Metalheads,
All I can say is that the Goat really
took part in this album of course, along
with his four little helpers!
Submitted by a reviewer (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
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good album. Slayer is serios. Not only are they a good band but people are finally starting to notice tom araya can sing. Standouts are hell awaits and at dawn they sleep + hardening of the arteries
Submitted by sean21878 (wilmington delaware USA)
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Prog Slayer?
Hell Awaits has some lengthy songs that really show off their metal talent. At Dawn They Sleep in one of my favorite Slayer tunes, along with the title track, Hell Awaits. This is a very solid album that shows a deal of progression from Show No Mercy.
Submitted by RottingHead (Missouri)
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Purchase Hell Awaits CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Slayer Show No Mercy CD (1983)
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The album that started it all for these L.A. thrash progenitors--and helped usher in the speed and thrash metal movement of the '80s, and later the extreme metal underground of the '90s --still sounds fresh. In order to achieve their own special style, Slayer incorporated the faster, darker elements of Judas Priest and meshed it with the punk brutality of Motorhead, albeit without the bluesy roots of either of those British bands. While the artwork and lyrics are cartoonish ...
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Nick Garvey and Andy McMaster first worked together as members of Ducks Deluxe, one of the tougher and more rollicking bands to emerge from the British pub rock scene, so when punk rock raised the ante on volume and attitude by the time their next band, the Motors, released their first album in 1977, they were more than willing to meet the challenge. While The Motors 1 is a long way from punk rock, it certainly reflects what many pub rock refugees learned from punk -- namely, keep playing straight-ahead rock tunes, but kick up the volume and tempo and forget trying to sound like the Band. The Motors 1 kicks off with the superb "Dancing the Night Away," an excellent fusion of pop melody with big guitar firepower, and the song is so effective that it sets a standard the rest of the disc can't quite match. But they do come close in spots, especially on the cranked-up "Phoney Heaven" and the Springsteen-esque "Bring in the Morning Light," while the neo-reggae lurch of "Cold Love" confirms these guys didn't have to limit themselves to four-square rock & roll. Nick Garvey and Bram Tchaikovsky are a formidable guitar combination on this album, while Rick Slaughter's drumming is sharply energetic and Andy McMaster is a truly valuable point man on bass, keyboards, and guitars. The Motors 1 is a fine set of meat-and-potatoes rock & roll played with the right amount of sweat and more smarts and craft than you might expect -- if more pub rockers had made records like this earlier in the 1970s, Johnny Rotten and Joe Strummer might have had to find something else to rebel against. ~ Mark Deming
Nick Garvey and Andy McMaster first worked together as members of Ducks Deluxe, one of the tougher and more rollicking bands to emerge from the British pub rock scene, so when punk rock raised the ante on volume and attitude by the time their next band, the Motors, released their first album in 1977, they were more than willing to meet the challenge. While The Motors 1 is a long way from punk rock, it certainly reflects what many pub rock refugees learned from punk -- namely, keep playing straight-ahead rock tunes, but kick up the volume and tempo and forget trying to sound like the Band. The Motors 1 kicks off with the superb "Dancing the Night Away," an excellent fusion of pop melody with big guitar firepower, and the song is so effective that it sets a standard the rest of the disc can't quite match. But they do come close in spots, especially on the cranked-up "Phoney Heaven" and the Springsteen-esque "Bring in the Morning Light," while the neo-reggae lurch of "Cold Love" confirms these guys didn't have to limit themselves to four-square rock & roll. Nick Garvey and Bram Tchaikovsky are a formidable guitar combination on this album, while Rick Slaughter's drumming is sharply energetic and Andy McMaster is a truly valuable point man on bass, keyboards, and guitars. The Motors 1 is a fine set of meat-and-potatoes rock & roll played with the right amount of sweat and more smarts and craft than you might expect -- if more pub rockers had made records like this earlier in the 1970s, Johnny Rotten and Joe Strummer would have had to find something else to rebel against. [The Motors ...
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