Hell Awaits (
1985) was the second full-length album by
Slayer, released through
Metal Blade Records[?]. This album, along with it's successor,
Reign in Blood, is cited as an influence by many
death metal bands, and many fans of
heavy metal music regard this album as a proto-death metal album.
- "Hell Awaits"
- "Kill Again'
- "At Dawn They Sleep"
- "Praise of Death"
- "Necrophiliac"
- "Crypts of Eternity"
- "Hardening of the Arteries"