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Dont Come much more classic than this masterpiece of molten metal.
SLAAAAYYYYYERRRRRRRRR GODDDSSS
Every track just fucking slays...arrrghhhhhhhhh, Headbanging awesomeness.

Review by: Vanguard

Hell Awaits,one of the best Cd's ever released of any Metal genre,and still holds it's own today.If you do not own this,you have no right to call yourself a Metalhead.

@xxx();;;DIE;;BY;;THE;;SWORD;;;>

Review by: Vvall

is the piece more big of the thrash metal in the world.

Review by: edsatan

This savage,hypnotic slab of death metal established Slayer as
the undisputed lords of the genre back in 85.Other contenders
to the throne [Possessed,etc.]could only defer to the masters
after this!Tracks like Kill Again,Hardening of the Arteries and the meth-head anthem Praise of Death were light years ahead of anything else out at the time.True it had some filler
material-Crypts of Eternity for example[though note the similarity between "Crypt's" main guitar riff and the sinister
riff that begins in the middle of Angel of Death],and the production was a little dry but this is still one of the
best metal albums of all time.

Review by: Gross

True righteous metalheads usually consider Reign In Blood their favorite Slayer- album, and if not, it's Show No Mercy. Hell Awaits gets skipped over it seems, and the general consensus is that Slayer never equalled Reign In Blood/Show No Mercy.

I have to chime in here. When listening to this album, the album doesn't grip me, it lacks the typical still-haunting-you-after-you-stop-listening Slayer riffs. The first 3 tracks just pass me by, and only on Praise of Death I start detecting that spark, that energy which drives Show No Mercy. A fast onslaught of Slayer-riffs is what I want, and here I get served; on the remaining tracks the same level is more often than not aproximated. The first 3 tracks just lack passion.

Overall, this is a bit grittier than Show No Mercy, and not as energetic as either Reign in Blood or SNM. It lacks classic songs. It's still the right era of Slayer, before Divine Intervention, but of these 5 albums, it's the kid brother in quality (and length). It's good for the fans who want more of the better Slayer, but not a classic.

75/100

Review by: Egregius

The most evil intro, worldwide... the drums start... and then opens the hell it's gates: Hell awaits is one of Slayer's greatest song and one of their fastest albums ever released.
I love this one very much.
If you don't own it (if this is possible), you are DEFINITELY NO METAL FAN!!!!!!!!!!

Review by: warhellhammer

The Darkest, Heaviest, ut-most brutal slayer album ever. With the starting of the demoinc "Join us" it immediately launches into a cacophony of mercyless brutality. It makes Reign in Blood look weak in my opinion.

Review by: Drogothlordsatan

1985... Can you imagine how unbelievably heavy and fast this would've sounded at the time?_Even by today's standards it is still one of those albums that grabs you by throat... Slayer are the somewhere between Speed Metal and Death metal. Amazing composing, unbelievable riffs.... and killer, super-fast drumming(for its time). Essential Slayer.
9/10

Review by: lucifer6

Not as extreme as "Reign", of course, but it's just as good...the only track not worth mentioning is "Hardening Of The Arteries" - although it's far from bad. This is easily their darkest and most shrilling album.

9 / 10

Review by: metal4ever

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