Slayer. Hell Awaits. NM- Heavy Metal Speed Metal LP. 1st Press. No Bar Code
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Slayer. Hell Awaits. Combat Records(MX 8020)Metal Blade Records(MBR 1040). 1985. First Pressing. Hauppauge Pressing.
Originally released March 1985.
This time the album was financed by Brian Slager (Show No Mercy was paid by band members) and recruited several experienced producers to help in the studio like: producer Ron Fair, who worked for Chrysalis Records, Bernie Grundman provided audio mastering, Eddy Schreyer worked on remastering, and Bill Metoyer, as sound engineer.
The lyrical theme again include hell and Satan, the repeating demonic-sounding voice in the intro of the title track played backwards reveals the repeated phrase "join us", ending with "Welcome back"
"Hardening of the Arteries" on the album ends with a very similar section that makes up the beginning of the song "Hell Awaits" and is also one of the only Slayer songs to fade out on a continuous riff.
Artwork contains elements from "Approaching Centauri" by Jean Giraud (aka Moebius) and "Crossroads of the Universe" by Enki Bilal, both featured in the July 1977 number 4 issue of the fantasy illustration magazine entitled "Heavy Metal".
To promote Hell Awaits, Slayer embarked on the Combat Tour with Venom and Exodus.
Rivadavia awarded the album four out of five stars, saying that it was "incredibly ahead of its time" and referred to it as "a mandatory item in the band's remarkable discography". It has sold over 1,000,000 records worldwide according to Brian Slagel.
Matrix / Runout (Side A etched): MX 8020A A- I ᐉ
- Matrix / Runout (Side B etched): MX 8020B A- I ᐉ
Conditions Rated: Cover 8 or EX high gloss cover with light edge wear, includes lyric sleeve, no bar code///Record 9 or NM- black and shiny.
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