{"id":13160,"date":"2018-06-02T16:21:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T20:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rockdownload.org\/en\/?p=13160"},"modified":"2018-09-29T23:10:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T03:10:00","slug":"download-slayer-hell-awaits-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rockdownload.org\/en\/download-slayer-hell-awaits-1985","title":{"rendered":"Slayer – Hell Awaits (1985)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hell Awaits<\/strong> is the second studio album by Slayer, released through Metal Blade Records in 1985. The band\u2019s previous release, Show No Mercy, became Metal Blade Records’ highest selling release; as a result, producer Brian Slagel desired to release a second Slayer album.<\/p>\n

Lyrical themes on Hell Awaits<\/strong> include hell and Satan, as their debut. The intro of the first track \u201cHell Awaits<\/strong>\u201d played backwards reveals the repeated phrase \u201cjoin us\u201d. Musically, the album features the band\u2019s most progressive and diverse work compared to their previous releases, and according to Kerry King, he and Jeff Hanneman were very into Mercyful Fate at the time, which then led to the longer and more progressive songs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hell Awaits is the second studio album by Slayer, released through Metal Blade Records in 1985. The band\u2019s previous release, Show No Mercy, became Metal Blade Records’ highest selling release; as a result, producer Brian Slagel desired to release a second Slayer album. Lyrical themes on Hell Awaits include hell and Satan, as their debut. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":13161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[228],"tags":[14,1,106],"class_list":["post-13160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slayer","tag-heavy-metal","tag-international-rock","tag-thrash-metal"],"yoast_head":"\nDownload Slayer - Hell Awaits (1985) - Rock Download (EN)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Download the album Slayer - Hell Awaits (1985) for free! 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