Slayer Decade of Aggression Slayer are: Tom Araya - Bass/Vocals Kerry King - Lead/Rhythm Guitar Jeff Hanneman - Lead/Rhythm Guitar Dave Lombardo - Drums - DISC ONE - - DISC TWO - ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Recorded Live at Lakeland Coliseum, Recorded Live at Wembley Arena, Lakeland, Florida, 7/13/91: London, England, 10/14/90: 1 Hell Awaits 1 Hallowed Point 2 The Anti-Christ 2 Blood Red 3 War Ensemble Recorded Live at Orange Pavilion, 4 South Of Heaven San Bernadino, California, 3/8/91: 5 Raining Blood 3 Die By the Sword 6 Altar Of Sacrifice 4 Black Magic 7 Jesus Saves 5 Captor Of Sin 8 Dead Skin Mask 6 Born Of Fire 9 Seasons In The Abyss Recorded Live at Wembley Arena, 10 Mandatory Suicide London, England, 10/14/90: 11 Angel Of Death 7 Postmortem Recorded Live at Orange Pavilion, San Bernadino, California, 3/8/91: 8 Spirit In Black 9 Expendable Youth 10 Chemical Warfare SONG: "Hell Awaits" SLAYER - 1985 - "Hell Awaits" (Lyrics King; Music Hanneman/King) [Backwards: "Join us" x times] [Welcome back] Existing on damnation's edge The priest had never known To witness such a violent show Of power overthrown Angels fighting aimlessly Still dying by the sword Our legions killing all in sight To get the one called Lord The Gates of Hell lie waiting as you see There's no price to pay just follow me I can take your lost soul from the grave Jesus knows your soul can not be saved Crucify the so called Lord He soon shall fall to me Your souls are damned your God has fell To slave for me eternally Hell awaits... The Reaper guard's the darkened Gates That Satan calls his home Demons feed the furnace where The Dead are free to roam Lonely children of the night There's seven ways to go Each leading to the burning hole The Lucifer controls Priests of Hades seek the sacred star Satan sees the answer lies not far Zombies screaming souls cry out to you Satanic laws prevail your life is through Pray to the moon... when it is round Death with you shall then abound What you seek... for can't be found In sea or sky or underground (Lead - Hanneman) Now I have you deep inside my everlasting grasp The seven bloody Gates of Hell Is where you'll live your last Warriors from Hell's Domain Will bring you to your Death The flames of Hades burning strong Your soul shall never rest The Gates of Hell lie waiting as you see There's no price to pay just follow me I can take your lost soul from the grave Jesus knows your soul can not be saved Sacrifice the lives of all I know they Soon shall die Their souls are damned to rot in Hell and keep the fire growing deep inside Hell awaits... (Lead - King) SONG: "The Antichrist" SLAYER - 1984 - "Show No Mercy" (Lyrics - Hanneman; Music - Hanneman, King) Screams and nightmares Of a life I want Can't see living this lie no A world I haunt You've lost all control of my Heart and soul Satan holds my future Watch it unfold I am the Antichrist It's what I was meant to be Your God left me behind And set my soul to be free Watching disciples Of the satanic rule Pentagram of blood Holds the jackal's truth Searching for the answer Christ hasn't come Awaiting the final moment The birth of Satan's son Screams, From a life I live Torment, Is what I give Torture, Is what I love The down fall, Of the heavens above I am the Antichrist All love is lost Insanity is what I am Eternally my soul will rot [rot... rot] SONG: "War Ensemble" SLAYER - 1990 - "Seasons In The Abyss" (Music: Hanneman / Lyrics: Araya & Hanneman) Propaganda death ensemble Burial to be Corpses rotting through the night In blood laced misery Scorched earth the policy The reason for the siege The pendulum it shaves the blade The strafing air blood raid Infiltration push reserves Encircle the front lines Supreme art of strategy Playing on the minds Bombard till submission Take all to their graves Indication of triumph The number[s] that are dead (Chorus:) Sport the war, war support The sport is war, total war When victory's a massacre [sings "really massacre" 1st time, "really survival" 2nd] The final swing is not a drill It's how many people I can kill Solo: Hanneman (Chorus) Be dead fiend from above When darkness falls Descend onto my sights Your fallen walls Spearhead break through the lines Flanked all around Soldiers of attrition Forward their ground Regime prophetic age Old in its time Flowing veins run on through Deep in the Rhine Center of the web All battles scored What is our war crimes (era forever more... war) Solo: King Propaganda war ensemble Burial to be Bones shining by the night In blood laced misery Campaign of elimination Twisted psychology When victory is to survive And death is defeat Sport the war, war support The sport is [war,] total war When victory's a massacre [doesn't sing this] When victory is survival [or this!] When this end is a slaughter The final swing is not a drill It's how many people I can kill SONG: "South Of Heaven" SLAYER - 1988 - "South Of Heaven" (Lyrics: Araya; Music: Hanneman) An unforeseen future nestled somewhere in time. Unsuspecting victims no warnings, no signs. Judgment day the second coming arrives. Before you see the light you must die. Forgotten children, conform a new faith, Avidity and lust controlled by hate. [The] Never ending search for your shattered sanity, Souls of Damnation in their own reality. Chaos rampant, An age of distrust. Confrontations. Impulsive habitat. Bastard sons beget your cunting daughters, Promiscuous mothers with your incestuous fathers. Engreat souls condemned for [all] eternity, Sustained by immoral observance a domineering deity. Chaos rampant, An age of distrust. Confrontations. Impulsive sabbath. On and on, south of heaven [x 4] LEAD: KING The root of all evil is the heart of a black soul. A force that has lived all eternity. A never ending search for a truth never told. The loss of all hope and your dignity. Chaos rampant, An age of distrust. Confrontations. Impulsive habitat. On and on, south of heaven [x 4] LEAD: HANNEMAN SONG: "Raining Blood" SLAYER - 1986 - "Reign In Blood" (Lyrics - Haneman, King, Music - Hanneman) Trapped in purgatory A lifeless object, alive Awaiting reprisal Death will be their acquisition The sky is turning red Return to power draws near Fall into me, the sky's crimson tears Abolish the rules made of stone Pierced from below, souls of my treacherous past Betrayed by many, now ornaments dripping above Awaiting the hour of reprisal Your time slips away Raining blood From a lacerated sky Bleeding its horror Creating my structure Now I shall reign in blood! SONG: "Altar of Sacrifice" SLAYER - 1986 - "Reign In Blood" (Lyrics - King, Music - Hanneman) Waiting the hour destined to die Here on the table of hell A figure in white unknown by man Approaching the altar of death High priest awaiting dagger in hand Spilling the pure virgin blood Satan's slaughter, ceremonial death Answer his every command Death will come easy just close your eyes - Dream of the friends you'll see Heavenly failure losing again Move on to a new form of life Altar of sacrifice, curse of the damned Confronting the evil you dread Coalesce into one your shadow and soul Soon you will meet the undead (LEAD: HANNEMAN) [Altar of sacrifice, curse of the damned Confronting the evil you dread Coalesce into one your shadow and soul Soon you will meet the undead] Enter to the realm of Satan! (LEAD: HANNEMAN) Blood turning black, the change has begun Feeling the hatred of all damned in Hell Flesh starts to burn, twist and deform Eyes dripping blood realization of death Transforming of five toes to two Learn the sacred words of praise, hail Satan (LEAD: HANNEMAN) A gift of powers disposed upon you Use them when you feel the need Master the forces and powers of Satan Controlling the creature's instinct Drawn to the castles that float in the sky Learn to resist the temptation Watching the angels sift through the heavens Endlessly search[ing] for salvation (LEAD: KING) SONG: "Jesus Saves" SLAYER - 1986 - "Reign In Blood" (Lyrics - King, Music - Hanneman, King) You go to the church, you kiss the cross You will be saved at any cost You have your own reality Christianity You spend your life just kissing ass A trait that's grown as time has passed You think the world will end today You praise the Lord, it's all you say Jesus saves, listen to you pray You think you'll see the pearly gates When death takes you away For all respect you cannot lust In an invisible man you place your trust Indirect dependency Eternal attempt at amnesty He will decide who lives and dies Depopulate Satanas rise You will be an accessory Irreverence and blasphemy (LEAD: KING) Jesus saves, no need to pray The gates of pearl have turned to gold It seems you've lost your way (LEAD: HANNEMAN) Jesus saves, no words of praise No promised land to take you to There is no other way (LEAD: KING) SONG: "Dead Skin Mask" SLAYER - 1990 - "Seasons In The Abyss" (Music: Hanneman / Lyrics: Araya) [(Spoken:) How I've waited for you to come I've been here all alone Now that you've arrived Please stay a while And I promise I won't keep you long I'll keep you forever] Graze the skin with my finger tips The brush of dead cold flesh pacifies [sings "appease"] the means Provoking images delicate features so smooth A pleasant fragrance in the light of the moon Dance with the dead in my dreams Listen to their hallowed screams The dead have taken my soul Temptation's lost all control Simple smiles elude psychotic eyes Lose all mind control rationale declines Empty eyes enslave the creations Of placid faces and lifeless pageants In the depths of a mind insane Fantasy and reality are the same Graze the skin with my finger tips The brush of dead warm flesh pacifies the means Incised members ornaments on my being Adulating the skin before me Simple smiles elude psychotic eyes Lose all mind control rationale declines Empty eyes enslave the creations Of placid faces and lifeless pageants Dance with the dead in my dreams [Hello? Hello Mr Gein?] Listen to their hollowed screams [Mr Gein?] The dead have taken my soul [Lemme out of here Mr Gein] Temptation's lost all control [Mr Gein? I don't wanna play anymore Mr Gein] [Dance with the dead in my dreams [Mr Gein, it's not any fun anymore,] Listen to their hollowed screams [I don't want to play anymo- re Mr Gein] The dead have taken my soul [Mr Gein? Lemme out of here Mr Gein] Temptation's lost all control] [Lemme out, LEMMMMEEE OOUU- UUUUTTT!!] SONG: "Seasons In The Abyss" SLAYER - 1990 - "Seasons In The Abyss" (Music: Hanneman / Lyrics: Araya) Razors edge Outlines the dead Incisions in my head Anticipation the stimulation To kill the exhilaration (Chorus:) [part 1] Close your eyes Look deep in your soul Step outside yourself And let your mind go Frozen eyes stare deep in your mind as you die [part 2] Close your eyes And forget your name Step outside yourself And let your thoughts drain As you go insane... [go] insane [this verse has changed place with verse 3] Inert flesh A bloody tomb A decorated splatter brightens the room An execution a sadist ritual Mad intervals of mind residuals Close your eyes Look deep in your soul Step outside yourself And let your mind go Frozen eyes stare deep in your mind as you die Close your eyes... and forget your name Step outside yourself... and let your thoughts drain As you go insane... [go] insane Solo: King, Hanneman [this verse has changed place with verse 2] Innate seed To watch you bleed A demanding physical need Desecrated, eviscerated Times prostrated [sings "perpetuated"] SONG: "Mandatory Suicide" SLAYER - 1988 - "South Of Heaven" (Lyrics:Araya; Music: Hanneman, King) Murder at your every foot step. A child's toy sudden death. Sniper blazes you thru your knees Falling down can you feel the heat, Burn! Ambushed by the spray of lead Count the bullet holes in your head. Offspring sent out to cry, Living mandatory suicide. Suicide. [x 4] LEAD: HANNEMAN Holes burn deep in your chest, Raked by machine gun fire. Screaming soul sent out to die, Living mandatory suicide. Suicide. [x 4] LEAD: HANNEMAN [Spoken:] Lying, dying, screaming in pain. Begging, pleading, bullets drop like rain. Mines explode, pain sheers through your brain, Radical amputation, this is insane. Fly swatter stakes drive through your chest. Spikes impale you as you're forced off the crest. Soldier of misfortune Hunting with bated breath. A vile smell, like tasting death. Dead bodies, dying and wounded Litter the city streets Shattered glass, bits of clothing and human deceit. Dying [in] terror, Blood's cheap, it's everywhere. Mandatory suicide, massacre on the front line. SONG: "Angel Of Death" SLAYER - 1986 - "Reign In Blood" (Lyrics & Music - Hanneman) Auschwitz, the meaning of pain The why that I want you to die Slow death, immense decay Showers that cleanse you of your life Forced in Like cattle You run Stripped of Your life's worth Human mice, for the Angel of Death Four hundred thousand more to die Angel of Death Monarch to the kingdom of the dead Sadistic, surgeon of demise Sadist of the noblest blood Destroying, without mercy To benefit the Aryan race Surgery, with no anesthesia Fell the knife pierce you intensely Inferior, no use to mankind Strapped down screaming out to die Angel of Death Monarch to the kingdom of the dead Infamous butcher, Angel of Death Pumped with fluid, inside your brain Pressure in your skull begins pushing through your eyes Burning flesh, drips away Test of heat burns your skin, your mind starts to boil Frigid cold, cracks your limbs How long can you last In this frozen water burial? Sewn together, joining heads Just a matter of time 'Til you rip yourselves apart Millions laid out in their Crowded tombs Sickening ways to achieve The holocaust Seas of blood, bury life Smell your death as it burns Deep inside of you Abacinate, eyes that bleed Praying for the end of Your wide awake nightmare Wings of pain, reach out for you His face of death staring down, Your blood running cold Injecting cells, dying eyes Feeding on the screams of The mutants he's creating Pathetic harmless victims Left to die Rancid Angel of Death Flying free (LEADS: HANNEMAN, KING, HANNEMAN, KING, HANNEMAN) [ Angel of Death Monarch to the kingdom of the dead Infamous butcher, Angel of Death Angel of Death] SONG: "Hallowed Point" SLAYER - 1990 - "Seasons In The Abyss" (Music: Hanneman & King / Lyrics: Araya & Hanneman) High velocity bullet at close range Can damage the mind Shattering the skull shredding the brain Severing the spine Bury a round of lead in the chest It's quite an impression Imagine the innards of your soul The infliction (Chorus:) Instinctive regression With intent to kill No regard of human life Or the blood spilled Solo: Hanneman Riddled convulsions Confetti of flesh Scattered helplessly Losing your control of physical facilities Release the slide to cleanse inside Prepare to anoint Snap the tongue in groove discharged To make my hallowed point (Chorus) The power of a gun Used with conviction Dispersed on excursions Randomly kills its victims My sweet revenge Bitter in depression The thrilling release Of a hated deep persuasion Solo: King The power of a gun Used with conviction Diffused compulsions Unending repercussions Violent emotion Screaming revolution Spasm[at]ic convulsions Death an empty gun Solo: Hanneman, King SONG: "Blood Red" SLAYER - 1990 - "Seasons In The Abyss" (Music: Hanneman / Lyrics: Araya) Peaceful confrontation meet war machine Seizing all civil liberties Honest ballotation among banshee Spilling blood throughout [sings "on"] humanity You cannot hide the face of death Oppression ruled by bloodshed No disguise can deface evil The massacre of innocent people Deviated lies fear blinding your eyes Enforcing their truth through a gun Aggressive discipline and barbaric control Thousands of people cannot be wrong You cannot hide the face of death Oppression rules by bloodshed No disguise can deface evil That stains the primitive sickle Blood Red Solo: Hanneman, King, Hanneman, King, Hanneman Growing opposition with words as ammunition Expressions of life's liberties Aggressive discipline and barbaric control Spilling blood throughout humanity [You cannot hide the face of death Oppression rules by bloodshed No disguise can deface evil That stains the primitive sickle Blood Red] SONG: "Die By The Sword" SLAYER - 1984 - "Show No Mercy" (Lyrics - Hanneman; Music - Hanneman) Live by the sword and help to contain The helpless minds of you all Die by my hand in pools of blood Clutch yourself as you fall Mindless tyranny, forgotten victims Children slaughtered in vain Raping the maids, in which they serve Only the words of the Lord Die by the sword Die by the sword Satan watches all of us Smiles as some do his bidding Try to escape the grasp of my hand And your life will no longer exist Hear our cry, save us from The Hell in which we live We turn our heads toward the sky And listen for the steel Die by the sword Die by the sword Watch as flowers decay On [the] cryptic life that died The wisdom of the wizards Is only a neurtured lie Black knights of Hell's domain Walk upon the dead Satanas sits upon The blood on which he feeds Die by the sword Die by the sword SONG: "Black Magic" SLAYER - 1984 - "Show No Mercy" (Lyrics - King; Music - Hanneman, King) Cursed Black magic night We've been struck down Down in this Hell Spells surround me day and night Stricken by the force of evil light The force of evil light Cast Under his spell Blinding my eyes Twisting my mind Fight to resist the evil inside Captive of a force of Satan's might A force of Satan's might Fighting the curse Break it I must Laughing in sorrow Crying in lust My strength slips away Soon I must fall Victim of fortune My sources grow small Life slips away As demons come forth Death takes my hand And captures my soul SONG: Captor Of Sin (3:25) SLAYER - 1984 - "Haunting The Chapel" (Hanneman/King) Halls of Hell spread its wings as I penetrate your soul Feel the fire shift through your body as I slip into your throne Cast aside, do as you will, I care not how you feel Satan's job, I snatch you up, force of my demon's seal Hot winds of Hell Burns, in my wake Death is what you pray, Behold, captor of sin As fit of slaves, my manipulation, captive of my vice Abandon God, thy helpless ones, to relieve you of your plight Subversive action will not help, it will strengthen me I see they're glad your every move, death your final plea Hot winds of Hell Burns, in my wake Death is what you pray, Behold, captor of sin Your skin turns to never I ignite your timid blood You feel my lethal touch As I grasp your will and soul I'll take you down into the fire Halls of Hell spread its wings as I penetrate your soul Feel the fire shift through your body as I slip into your throne Cast aside, do as you will, I care not how you feel Satan's job, I snatch you up, force of my demon's seal Hot winds of Hell Burns, in my wake Death is what you pray, Behold, captor of sin SONG: "Born Of Fire" SLAYER - 1990 - "Seasons In The Abyss" (Music. King, Hanneman / Lyrics: King) Join in my quest to leave life overturned Spanning the world wave of doom Spewing out death with the evil I've churned Awaken the dead from their tomb Love turns to lust the sensations I've felt Exploring the pleasures of sin Making the bast of the cards I've been dealt Adjusting the odds so I win Unleash all my burning wrath Potential killing machine Take down all who block my path Enjoying all that's obscene... born of fire Prince of all darkness initiation Ritually baptized in flames Next to the throne my abomination Spreads terror throughout the domain Master the art that controls the impure Inherit the infamous keys Thousands of centuries I will endure Tyrant of all prophecies Some have called me Satan's son A name I cannot deny Wielding fury that's second to none Far too vile to confine... born of fire Solo: Hanneman All things dead must rise again When twilight's blanket falls Splattered red you'll find my den Blood dripping from the walls Dreams born of desire Shaped and forged within the fire Twisted, warped, deranged I see The world's corrupt insanity Solo: King Dreams possess nightmarish figures Burning can't escape the embers Lost are those who trust the Liar Satan's son I'm born of fire Solo: King SONG: "Postmortem" SLAYER - 1986 - "Reign In Blood" (Lyrics & Music - Hanneman) Funeral held for the depression of man Holds the key to his own death Entering a tomb of a corpse yet conceived Tighten the tourniquet around your neck Sifting away the debris of hated life Cold touch of death begins to chill your spine Seeking life beyond your perishment Repeating words echoing through your mind Chanting lines of blind witchery To save yourself from extinction Wanting to die is your reason to live New life born from the oppressed Taste your blood as it trickles through the air Another casualty beyond the shadows you fall Losing ground, the fate you feel it draws near Fatality, reality, you await the final call My sinful glare at nothing holds thoughts of death behind it Skeletons in my mind commence tearing at my sanity Vessels in my brain carry death until my birth Come and die with me forever Share insanity Do you want to die! The waves of blood are rushing near, pounding at the walls of lies Turning off my sanity, reaching back into my mind Non-rising body from the grave showing new reality What I am, what I want, I'm only after death SONG: "Spirit In Black" SLAYER - 1990 - "Seasons In The Abyss" (Music: Hanneman / Lyrics: King) Welcome to my world Involve yourself within my dream Experience a life Just like your mind thought not to be Take a look through time At past or present worlds to be I rule this inferno Enthroned for eternity Coils of the serpent unwind Buried beneath you will find Deep in the halls of the damned Spirit in black till the journey's [doesn't sing that] end Spirits damned to rot Amidst the brimstone fireballs Eyes of the dead Watching from their living walls [sings "hall"?] Broken glass reflections Show your flesh eaten away Beyond the gates I'll take you Where the blood forever rains Coils of the serpent unwind Buried beneath you will find Deep in the halls of the damned Spirit in black till the journey's [doesn't sing that] end Solo: Hanneman Afterlife confession Tell me who you used to be Looking on in wonder As I show you it was me Burning from within You know one spark is all it takes Hear the piercing cries of all Who found that hell awaits Living nightmare can't you see You really have no choice Faded memories haunt you Listen closely to my voice Feed me all your hatred Empty all your thoughts to me I can fill your emptiness With immortality Solo: King Welcome to my world Involve yourself within my dream Experience a life Just like your mind thought not to be Take a look through time At past or present worlds to be I rule this inferno Enthroned for eternity SONG: "Expendable Youth" SLAYER - 1990 - "Seasons In The Abyss" (Lyrics: King / Music: Araya) Gun down cold on a raw deal Home turf my battlefield In no one's way caught in a crossfire Stray bullets can kill (Chorus:) Expendable youths Fighting for possession Having control... the [sings "a"] principle obsession Rivalry and retribution Death the only solution Injured soul lies on the ground [sings "Injured soul on the hard ground"] Head blown off face down Lying in a pool of blood An accidental death homicide (Chorus) [Fight-ring you motherfucker (?)] Solo: Hanneman, King Struggling to survive The [sings "This"] drug induced warfare Having control... and [sings "or"] principle obsession Expandable youth... fighting for possession Violence is only a friend [this is printed but he sings the ordinary chorus:] Expendable youth Fight for possession To have control... your principle obsession Rivalry and retribution Death the only solution SONG: Chemical Warfare (5:58) SLAYER - 1984 - "Haunting The Chapel" (Hanneman/King) Tragic minds are terrified Life as if a grave Silent death marks high and full The wings of revelation Haunting death from chemicals Errant is as one Annihilation must be swift The soil with our destruction Counts on the throne must be watching from Hell Waiting no bastion of side Soldiers defeated by death with the spell Bodies lie dormant, no life Rising, betook with the lands where they fell Demons are ready to die Laughing to see where the sleeping souls lie Chemical warfare I will miss your fucking peace, lined up in death row Generals with their slaughtered beasts, diminished from this hell Banished from the dying world, loath of Hell awaits Dark, some more helpless pray to immortality Counts on the throne must be watching from Hell Waiting no bastion of side Soldiers defeated with help from the spell Bodies lie dormant, no life Rising, these souls, from the lands where they fell Demons are ready to die Laughing to see where the sleeping souls lie Chemical warfare [Fuck it up] Limbs you take The torture just as truth entitled fights Terminate Humans' amputations due Men fall Deadly give the reason to the need Sacrifice Still the soul has left the corpse to Hell [Ahahahaha] Mummied by regions, lying in dusk, fall victim to this game Bloodshed my corpse, reigning in lust, taking with all thee of blame Fall stead thy spirit, farther they fall, soon they will join us in Hell See the blood burning, the gates are ablaze, Satan is eager to burn Counts on the throne must be watching from Hell Waiting no bastion of side Soldiers defeated with help from the spell Bodies lie dormant, no life Rising, these souls, with the lands where they fell Demons are ready to die Laughing to see where the sleeping souls lie Chemical warfare Warfare