• Box Set
• 40th Anniversary Edition
• Reissue
• Gatefold sleeve
• Previously unreleased live show from 1985 (2 LPs)
• 60-page book with photos and liner notes
• Includes slipmat, 2 posters, Slaytanic Wehrmacht Newsletter replica, merch flyer replica, 2 flyers, concert ticket replica, and tour laminate replica
  
  

Slayer's Hell Awaits arrived in 1986 as the band's vicious sophomore statement, a quantum leap in songwriting precision and sonic brutality from their debut. The album cemented their position as architects of thrash metal's darkest territories, balancing technical riffing with genuinely unsettling atmospherics. Within their catalog, Hell Awaits stands as the essential bridge between raw hunger and mastered craft—the moment Slayer stopped proving themselves and started defining the genre's boundaries.

The title track's crawling intro and "Kill Again" establish the record's suffocating tension immediately, while "At Dawn They Sleep" and "Crypts Of Eternity" showcase the band's ability to sustain dread across extended compositions. "Praise Of Death" and "Necrophiliac" refuse any comfortable groove, instead pressing forward with relentless precision. Throughout, the production captures Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King's dual guitar assault with clarity that earlier thrash records couldn't achieve, letting every tremolo-picked passage and harmonic bite register with purpose. Tom Araya's vocals cut through as primal force rather than decoration.

This 40th-anniversary edition presents Hell Awaits on fire splatter vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve, sourced from restored transfers of the original 1985 master tapes. The package also includes a previously unreleased live performance from Bochum recorded that same year, spread across two black LPs, capturing the band's raw command during their initial assault on European audiences. For collectors invested in thrash metal's foundational documents, this pressing delivers both the definitive studio statement and a genuine historical artifact from the era that built the band's legend.

Tracklist:

A1. Hell Awaits
A2. Kill Again
A3. At Dawn They Sleep
B1. Praise Of Death
B2. Necrophiliac
B3. Crypts Of Eternity
B4. Hardening Of The Arteries
C1. Hell Awaits (Live)
C2. Aggressive Perfector (Live)
C3. Captor Of Sin (Live)
C4. The Final Command (Live)
C5. Kill Again (Live)
D1. Crypts Of Eternity (Live)
D2. Fight Till Death (Live)
D3. Necrophiliac (Live)
D4. Haunting The Chapel (Live)
D5. Hardening Of The Arteries (Live)
E1. Black Magic (Live)
E2. Die By The Sword (Live)
E3. The Antichrist (Live)
E4. At Dawn They Sleep (Live)
E5. Show No Mercy (Live)
F1. Evil Has No Boundaries (Live)
F2. Chemical Warfare (Live)
F3. Praise Of Death (Live)