{"product_id":"slayer-hell-awaits-vinyl-lp-1988","title":"SLAYER Hell Awaits Vinyl LP (1988)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHell Awaits is the record Slayer made when they were trying to summon something. Not write songs, not tour, summon. Released in 1985 and pressed here with a 1988 date, it sits between the raw hunger of Show No Mercy and the surgical brutality of Reign in Blood, and that middle ground turns out to be a genuinely terrifying place to spend forty minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title track opens with a reversed vocal that, when played backwards, spells out Join Us, because of course it does. This wasn't a band playing at darkness, this was a band who had moved in. The tempos are slower than what came after, the compositions more labyrinthine, and the whole thing has a suffocating atmosphere that pure speed alone can't manufacture. Tom Araya's bass is buried and mean, the guitars are a wall of controlled chaos, and Dave Lombardo plays like he has a personal grudge against the kit. This 2021 repress on 180g black vinyl at 45rpm is the way to own it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12\" black 180g vinyl, 45rpm. Origin: USA. Genre: thrash metal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans of: POSSESSED, DARK ANGEL, KREATOR, VENOM\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plastic Head","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45551639068863,"sku":"039841578713","price":64.66,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/3633\/0175\/files\/original_b4b7c0da-3ac1-45f4-b00d-b3f3c72fc6be.jpg?v=1777102065","url":"https:\/\/www.alt-cvlt.com.au\/products\/slayer-hell-awaits-vinyl-lp-1988","provider":"ALT CVLT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}