Wisconsin222 Well, if Satan is an archetype for individuality, and not being a sheep, than most definitely Led Zeppelin. In my opinion, the greatest Rock & Roll band of the 1970's.
Just hit me, only in America. Lombardo's family is from Cuba, Araya's are from Chile. Hanneman's obviously from Scandinavian stock and King English. An American band.
Im 13 and was at a McDonalds when I saw a 20 year old with a Slayer Tshirt on. I casually walked up to him, asked him if hed seen Slayer live and what his favourite song was. He politely replied and then game me a handshake. He could have been a mass-murderer or pyromaniac but I had the trust to walk up to a stranger becase of our musical tastes. Get along with fellow metalheads!
+DarkAngel182 Back in the days when Kerry King didn't have tattoos on his dick, when Jeff was still alive, when Tom wasn't a god praising santa, and back when Dave wasn't such a whiney little bitch.
This is the best guns and sugar song, dave mustaine really hits the drums hard with his pick. Also Lombardo has such an amazing voice. Nicko Mcbrain and Ozzy with their fast paced solos. i remember when this album "the dark side of the moon" was released which featured this song and i saw it live for the first time in 1998. Exodus really is the best artist in the world.
I always like how Tom had some pretty cheesy intros back in the 80's (and the 90's)...and some of them were good....But he never engaged the crowd with "singing along" or "SAY HEY WITH ME". They were always Slayer's songs. You are here to hear it and bang your head. Shut up, carve Slayer into your forearms, and kill the next metro-sexual you see.
+Erik Muniz in st. louis there were three people stabbed at a show over that crap. slayer couldn't find a venue to play there for years because of that.
***** but you have to understand, hardcore started over nothing and nobody gave the genre and the scene the respect that it deserved, you know. And if it wasnt for hardcore there were no thrash.
Erik Muniz Well I do understand. I played music in both hardcore and thrash scenes. In one band I played in the drummer was a skin, the singer was mohawked, I was a long hair degenerate and the bass player was a sci-fi nerd. by then the scene was pretty well integrated.at that show it was a bunch of drunk kids getting wound up over nothing. there's going to be a certain percentage of people intent on being assholes at any show, even if it's at a justin beiber gig. BUt st. louis was a pretty brawling town back then. I guess it still is. LOL.
Erik Muniz I don't know about that. I've lived in Chicago and been up and down both costs. St. Louis has consistently had higher murder and violent crime rates than most cities for the last 20 years. Depends if you've never been there. then of course it's not scary.
El señor de la tienda: Maybe you listen to some tracks AFTER Hell Awaits then? Examples: South of Heaven, Expendable Youth, Stain of mind, Disciple, Hate worldwide, etc.
Man, I was 12 years old when this one came out. First Slayer music I ever heard. This is the one that really put the hook in me. I've been a fan ever since. FUCKIN' SSLLLAAYYEEERRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jame Jameson agree, I used to like Megadeth and Metallica a lot more, but I've been on a Slayer kick lately, and Hell Awaits might be the best metal album of that era
How can you compare Slayer with Megadeth & Metallica? They are totally different genres even if they're classified as Thrash Metal. Even if Slayer is evil and brutal as fuck, Metallica and especially Megadeth have so much more to offer in term of variety of mood and types of song. (these 3 bands are actually in my 4 favorites metal bands, so yeah I still love Slayer anyway)
"Have you learned the words to our songs?" implying people should sing along and then starts playing Hell Awaits, a song in which Tom spits lyrics faster than any self proclaimed rap god
Yeah, but he fucks up the first line of verse 2. I always thought that was a bit funny. No shade though - it was a new song and he sold the performance anyway.
Saw Slayer the same year at the Stone in SF. Slayer was one of the few bands truly bring hardcore punk and metal together. Slayer will never be the same without Jeff. RIP Jeff!
The hell awaits album started death metal and inspired lots of metal.To this day I have never heard any thing as evil sounding as this..This guys are metal legends!!
hell awaits is definitely my favorite slayer album...it's like when sepultura put out arise...still kind of early but more exploratory and progressive than the stuff before it
When I'm subjected to ignorance this is the song I think of and just want to beat the shit out of it. Ignorance that is slayer all time fav band other than old sepultura
first time I saw this vid was on uk rock late night programme "the power hour" in 1988. didnt know what to make of it. never heard such an unholy racket before. something compelled me to watch the video again and again. unholy forces lead me to penny lane records in liverpool. there i was with hell awaits on vinyl. on the bus home I read all the lyrics and the thanks list. the blasphemous lyrics spoke to me. got home and put the record on and that was it. never looked back. their best album!!
yeah. you might live in a different country to me so call it something else. i'm in england. its the sticky black stuff they use when they lay road surfaces down. hope that helps
I LISTEN TO SLAYER BEFORE METALLICA AND ALL THE OTHER SHIT THIS IS THE BAND THAT TRULLY GOT ME INTO THRASH AND BLACK METAL EVEN DEATH METAL FUCKING LOVE YOU SLAYER IM 25 AND I STARTED LISTNIGN WHEN I ABOUT 12
I would stare at the album cover intently, then listened to Slayer's music as being as horrific and gruesome as the depiction of demons clasping, piercing, biting, tearing, and consuming and agonizing a man. That's pretty much what the album sounds like to me, except it wasn't agony, it was blissful mayhem.
