Slayer - Hell Awaits (1985)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
1. "Hell Awaits" 6:16
2. "Kill Again" 4:56
3. "At Dawn They Sleep" 6:17
Side two
4. "Praise of Death" 5:21
5. "Necrophiliac" 3:46
6. "Crypts of Eternity" 6:40
7. "Hardening of the Arteries" 3:55
Bonus tracks[†]
8. "Haunting the Chapel" 4:00
9. "Captor of Sin" 3:31
Hell Awaits is the second studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released in March 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. To that end, Slagel financed a recording budget (Show No Mercy was paid for by band members) and recruited several experienced producers to help in the studio.
