SLAYER - Hell Awaits 40th Anniversary 3LP BOX SET (Preorder)

NB! Preorder item, release May 15.

SLAYER’s iconic second studio album, Hell Awaits, is set to receive a 40th anniversary edition reissue via Metal Blade Records next Spring! 
 
Formed in 1981, SLAYER assaulted the world with a new hybrid of metal and punk – heavier, faster, and darker than the rest – and set a new standard, defining not only a genre, but an attitude. Throughout SLAYER's history, the band never faltered in unleashing their extreme and focused aural assault, and repudiating temptations, SLAYER always chose to remain crushing and brutal, steadfastly refusing to cater to the mainstream.
 
“It’s the record where SLAYER became SLAYER.” That’s what Kerry King says about Hell Awaits. And he knows of what he speaks. As the band’s guitarist, co-songwriter, and co-lyricist, he was in the trenches with vocalist/bassist Tom Araya, guitarist Jeff Hanneman (R.I.P.), and drummer Dave Lombardo, creating what has become one of heavy metal’s greatest albums.

A significant departure from SLAYER’s 1983 debut, Show No Mercy – and every SLAYER album that came after it – Hell Awaits is both an outlier and a solidification of form. Show No Mercy was the mission statement, but Hell Awaits is a more developed and intricate execution of SLAYER’s speed, chops, and aggression.

Content:
Hell Awaits Fire Splatter Vinyl Gatefold LP (Mastered and restored from original 1985 production tapes by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in February 2025.)
Live from Bochum 1985 180g Black Vinyl Gatefold 2LP (unreleased live show from 1985)
60p book with tons of photos and liner notes
Slipmat
2 posters
Slaytanic Wehrmacht Newsletter replica
Merch flyer replica
2 flyers
Concert ticket replica
Tour laminate replica

Side A
Hell Awaits
Kill Again
At Dawn They Sleep

Side B
Praise of Death
Necrophiliac
Crypts of Eternity
Hardening of the Arteries
 
LP 2: Live from Bochum 1985
 
Side A
Hell Awaits (Live from Bochum 1985)
Aggressive Perfector (Live from Bochum 1985)
Captor of Sin (Live from Bochum 1985)
The Final Command (Live from Bochum 1985)
Kill Again (Live from Bochum 1985)
 
Side B
Crypts of Eternity (Live from Bochum 1985)
Fight Till Death (Live from Bochum 1985)
Necrophiliac (Live from Bochum 1985)
Haunting the Chapel (Live from Bochum 1985)
Hardening of the Arteries (Live from Bochum 1985)
 
LP 3: Live from Bochum 1985
 
Side C
Black Magic (Live from Bochum 1985)
Die by the Sword (Live from Bochum 1985)
The Antichrist (Live from Bochum 1985)
At Dawn They Sleep (Live from Bochum 1985)
Show No Mercy (Live from Bochum 1985)
 
Side D
Evil Has No Boundaries (Live from Bochum 1985)
Chemical Warfare (Live from Bochum 1985)
Praise of Death (Live from Bochum 1985)

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