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SLAYER 'HELL AWAITS' LP BIKINIKILL 1 The Color of theLABEL: Metal Blade VINYL RELEASE DATE: 2021 ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1985 VARIANT: Black Vinyl LP In 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