SLAYER 'HELL AWAITS' TRANSPARENT ORANGE LP Venom “Up to the point this

“Up to the point this song was written

not when it mumbles

The two are thus sometimes considered a double album

The Shadow Archetype

SLAYER 'HELL AWAITS' TRANSPARENT ORANGE LP Venom “Up to the point thisIn March 1985, Slayer dropped their second album, Hell Awaits, onto an unsuspecting world. The bands debut, 1983s Show No Mercy, had shown promise, but its heavily NWOBHM influenced sound was a far cry from the sinister depths that Tom Araya, Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King and Dave Lombardo would plumb on its follow up. From the title track to At Dawn They Sleep to Necrophiliac, the album is all killer, no filler, and as such has inspired everyone from