SLAYER: Haunting The Chapel 12" Vinyl LP (Red Black)

Three songs. Eighteen minutes. And somehow Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman managed to invent half of what extreme metal would spend the next four decades trying to replicate.

Haunting the Chapel dropped in 1984 as an EP, sandwiched between Show No Mercy and Hell Awaits, and it's the moment you can hear Slayer actually becoming Slayer. Chemical Warfare alone is worth the price of admission, a relentless, thrash metal assault that still sounds dangerous forty years on. This 2014 pressing comes on red and black vinyl, which is not subtle and is not meant to be. Slayer never did subtle. This is essential listening for anyone who takes metal seriously, and a genuine piece of American punk and metal history for your wall or your turntable, ideally both.

12" vinyl LP (EP), red and black pressing. Original release: 1984, this pressing: 2014. Genre: thrash metal. Origin: USA.

Fans of: Metallica (Kill Em All era), Exodus, Possessed, Kreator, early Death, Venom.