slayer
HELL AWAITS

hell awaits (6:16)
kill again (4:53)
at dawn they sleep (6:18)
haunting the chapel* (3:59)
praise of death (5:19)
necrophiliac (3:44)
captor of sin* (3:31)
crypts of eternity (6:38)
hardening of the arteries (3:58)

©®metal blade 1985
except* ®©metal blade 1984

Produced By: BRIAN SLAGEL & SLAYER
Recorded At: ELDORADO, HOLLYWOOD
Engineer: RON FAIR
Asst. Engineer: CAROLYN COLLINS
TRACK RECORD, LOS ANGELES
Engineer: BILL METOYER
Mixed At: TRACK RECORD
Engineers: RON FAIR & BILL METOYER
Mastered At: BURNIE GRUNDMAN STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD
Mastered By: BURNIE GRUNDMAN
Artwork By: ALBERT CUELLAR
Management: STAGE DIVE
Photos By: LOWELL KATZ

HELL’S ENTRIES:
JOHNY, KEVIN, KIRK, DOUG, BRIAN, BILL, MICHELLE MESSE, ALAN M. BONZAI, POLY-GRAM RECORDS, VERBAL ABUSE, MERCYFUL FATE, VOIVOD, (DARWINS BAR), THE DU-DES WITH IMPORTANT FOR SAVING US AT THE AIRPORT, COMBAT, ROB AND DOOM SO-CIETY, METAL JOE HELL HOUSE TONY BALOGNY AND OLD BRIDGE MULTIA, KPFT TEXAS R.I.P., KATHY, ANGIE, ROCKY (SUICIDAL TENDENCES), TERESA, CATRINA, UNION FRAKS, CHICKEN SISTERS, HOUSE OF GUITARS, LEONA FABER, JAY JONES, CHRIS POLAND,STU, ALBERT CUELLAR FOR AMAZING ART WORK, FRANK & JUDY ADAMS, CRAIG AND HISSEA-GRAMS ROOM, PHIL, KEVIN, JIM DULIN, CANADIAN BORDER FOR TAKING OUR FUCKIN T-SHIRTS. CANADIAN BEER 6.5 PERCENT FUCK YEA! LEMOUR, BOUTWELL, K.J. CLUB, HORIZON AND THE HUNGRY GANG, CEES WESSELS (ROADRUNNER), ENFER, AARD-SHOCK, ADOLF COORS, ALL BEER, PSYCO BUDS, ANY OTHER DRUG WE HAPPEN TO CONSUME ON THE ROAD, MIKE, BRAD, O.C. HARCORD PUNKS, FETUS FIGHT AT THE SPA HOTEL CHICAGO, MOTOR, ALEX, ROTTING CORPSE, HERBERT M. CLAYTON, THE OLD PEOPLE ON HOPE STREET DEAF, DEAD, ALL THE PEOPLE WE ALWAYS FORGET.

MAROUSHKA LIVES IN OUR BRAINS!

HELL AWAITS
EXISTING ON A DAMNATIONS
THE PRIEST HAD NEVER KNOWN
TO WITNESS SUCH A VIOLENT SHOW
OF POWER OVERTHROWN

ANGELS FIGHTING AIMLESSLY
STILL DYING BY THE SWORD
OUR LEGIONS KILLING ALL IN SIGHT
TO GET THE ONE CALLED LORD

THE GATES OF HELL LIE WAITING AS YOU
SEE
THERE'S NO PRICE TO PAY JUST FOLLOW ME
I CAN TAKE YOUR LOST SOUL FROM THE
GRAVE
JESUS KNOWS YOUR SOUL CAN NOT BE
SAVED

CRUCIFY THE SO CALLED LORD
HE SOON SHALL FALL TO ME
YOUR SOULS ARE DAMNED YOUR GOD HAS
FELL
TO SLAVE FOR ME ETERNALLY
HELL AWAITS

THE REAPER GUARDE THE DARKENED GATES
THAT SATAN CALLS HIS HOME
DEMONS FEED THE FURNACE WHERE
THE DEAD ARE FREE TO ROAM

LONELY CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT
THERE'S SEVEN WAYS TO GO
EACH LEADING TO THE BURNING WHOLE
THE LUCIFER CONTROLS

PRIEST OF HADES SEEK THE SACRED STAR
SATAN SEES THE ANSWER LIES NOT FAR
ZOMBIES SCREAMING SOULS CRY OUT TO
YOU
SATANIC LAWS PREVAIL YOUR LIFE IS
THOUGH

PRAY TO THE MOON WHEN IT IS ROUND
DEATH WITH YOU SHALL THEN ABOUND
WHAT YOU SEEK FOR CAN'T BE FOUND
IN SEA OR SKY OR UNDERGROUND

LEAD-HANNEMAN

NOW I HAVE YOU DEEP INSIDE MY EVERLAST-
ING GRASP
THE SEVEN BLOODY GATES OF HELL
IS WHERE YOU'LL LIVE AT LAST

WARRIORS FROM HELL'S DOMAIN
WILL BRING YOU TO YOUR DEATH
THE FLAMES OF HADES BURNING STRONG
YOUR SOUL SHALL NEVER REST

CHORUS-FIRST

SACRIFICE THE LIVES OF ALL KNOW THEY
SOON SHALL DIE
THEIR SOULS ARE DAMNED TO ROT IN HELL
AND KEEP THE FIRE GROWING DEEP INSIDE

HELL AWAITS

LEAD-KING

KILL AGAIN
LURKING IN THE DISMAL FOG
HUNGRY FOR YOUR BLOOD
SEEKING HARMLESS VICTIMS
SATISFY MY NEEDS

SCHIZOPHRENIC LUNATIC
UNCONTROLLED DESIRE
RAPE AND RAVAGE LADY FAIR
PLEGED TO DIE

CHORUS
NO APPARENT MOTIVE
JUST KILL AND KILL AGAIN
SURVIVE MY BRUTAL TRASHING
I'LL HUNT YOU TILL THE END
MY LIFE'S A CONSTANT BATTLE
THE RAGE OF MANY MEN
HOMICIDAL MANIAC

TRAPPED IN MORTAL SOLITUDE
LIFT THE GLEAMING BLADE
SLICE HER FLESH TO SHREDS
WATCH THE BLOOD FLOW FREE

HATRED GROWING STRONGER
NONE SURVIVE MY WRATH
SUFFER FROM THE THROBBING PAIN
YIELD YOUR LIFE TO ME

CHORUS

LEAD-HANNEMAN, KING, HANNEMAN, KING

KILL THE PREACHERS ONLY SON
WATCH THE INFANT DIE
BODILY DISMEMBERMENT
DRINK THE PUREST BLOOD

UNRELENTING NEED TO KILL
DEATH UPON YOU NOW
ANXIOUSLY AWAITING
NEXT IN LINE

CHORUS

AT DAWN THEY SLEEP
AWAKENED I HAVE BECOME
LIGHT NOW SLIPS AWAY
MANIPULATE YOUR MIND
DARKNESS IS MY SLAVE

TASTE THE SINS OF HELL
THE BLOOD THAT I SO CRAVE
THE LAST THING THAT YOU SEE
IS THE HUNGER IN MY EYES

CHORUS
BLOOD SUCKING CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
NOCTURNAL SPECTRE HIDING FROM THE
LIGHT
CRIES SCREAMING OUT EVERY FRIGHT
EGERLY AWAITING PLIGHT

APPARITION FROM THE PITS OF HELL
DEATH PLAQUES THE STREETS IN WHICH
THEY DWELL
DEMENTED LUST, SECRETS THEY MUST KEEP
ADDICTED TO YOUR BLOOD
AT DAWN THEY SLEEP

UNVAIL THE HIDDEN COFFIN
LIFT THE LID OF TERROR
FEEL THE DEADLY COLD
FREEZE YOU FROM INSIDE

PERCEIVING YOUR INTENTIONS
TO SLAY THE PHANTOM FORM
RAISE THE STAKE IN MALICE
YOU CANNOT PLUNGE IT DOWN

LEAD-KING, HANNEMAN

BEWARE THE IMAGE UNSEEN
STOCKS YOUR SOUL
YOUR CORPSE'S REDEEM

ETERNAL DAMNATION YOU JUST REWARD
A SERVANT OF OUR LORD
BY YOUR ACCORD

ADMONISH OF CRUCIFORM
IMPALEMENT
IMMORTALITYS SCORNED

RISE HOLD FAST YOUR FAITH
TO LIE DORMENT
IS CERTAIN DEATH

EMERGING FROM THEIR HALLISH TOMB
TAKING FLIGHT AMINDST THE NIGHT
THE EVENING SKIES ARE RAINING DEATH
SWOOPING DOWN FROM SHADOWED SKIES
TAKING SIMPLE HUMAN FORM
SHED THEIR WINGS TO STALK THE MORTAL
MAN

LOCK THEIR JAWS INTO YOUR VEINS
SATANIC SOLDIERS STRIKE THEIR PREY
LEAVING CORPSES WAITING FOR THE
CHANGE

BLOOD DRIPPING FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH
NOT ENOUGH TO SATISFY
THEY MUST DRAIN YOUR SOUL OF LIFE

HAUNTING THE CHAPEL
THE HOLY CROSS, SYMBOL OF LIES
INTIMIDATE THE LIVES OF CHRISTIAN BORN
SPEAK OF DEATH THE WORDS OF HATE
ANTICIPATION GROWS AMONGST THE DEAD
HELL HAS SEEN THE PRIESTS ATTEMPT
TO BRING FORTH THEIR LORD OF THE CROSS
STRIKE OF TWELVE, RAISE THE DEAD
THE CHAPEL COMES UNDER ATTACK

THE GHOSTS OF SIN TORMENT THE PRIESTS
THEIR ALTAR WILL SOON BE DESTROYED
HEAVEN'S PALACE TURNING BLACK
THE CHURCH NOW BELONGS TO THE DEAD
BLACKENED MAGIC INFEST WITH LUST
LUCIFER RULES SUPREME
THE CRYSTALL BALL SHOWS UNKNOWN FATE
THE LAST THING THAT HEARD IS THE
SCREAMS

GHOSTS FROM HELL INVADE THIS FEEBLE
SHRINE
HEAVEN'S HOLY HOUSE WILL FALL IN TIME
SATAN'S MORBID SOLDIERS CHANT IN LUST
DESTRUCTION OF THE CHURCH WE'LL BURN
THE CROSS

ATTACKING ANGELS AS THEY PRAY TO GOD
TORMENTED PREACHERS HAIL THE TWISTED
CROSS
HAUNTING THE CHAPEL HELL'S DEMONS PRE-
VAIL
DEATH HAS COME, THE HOUSE OF GOD HAS
FAILED

PRAISE OF DEATH
DECEASED IN MIND DECREE OF DEATH
BLACKENED HEART BAPTIZED IN FIRE
EXERTION NOW NEED TO BLITZ
VICIOUS WAYS BROUGHT UP IN HELL

DRAWN THE LINE LIFE OR DEATH
POTENT THRUST EXCESSIVE PAIN
MASSIVE DOSE ADRENALIN
MINOR THREAT CAN NOT DECLINE

CHORUS:
STRICKEN TO LIVE HELL ON EARTH
SHACKLED AND BOUND WE LIE
PRAISE OF DEATH LIFES A DREAM
WE'RE ONLY LIVING TO DIE

VICTIM OF LIFE INSANITY LIVES
DEEP IN SHOCK INTENSIVE CARE
TABLES TURNED BLAST OF STRENGTH
KILL AT ONCE TIME TO PREVAIL

BEGIN TO CRANK FEEL THE RUSH
START TO RAGE TAKE TO EXTREMES
PUSH TOO FAR OVERKILL
TIME TO DIE NO WAY TO WIN

CHORUS

LEAD - KING

RUNNING AND HUNTING AND SLASHING
AND CRUSHING AND SEARCHING
AND SEEING AND STABBING AND SHOOTING
AND TRASHING AND SMASHING AND
BURNING DESTROYING AND KILLING
AND BLEEDING AND PLEADING THEN DEATH

LEAD - KING, HANNEMAN, KING, HANNEMAN,
KING, HANNEMAN

AT MACH TEN VELOCITY
PRESSURE BUILDS CAN'T TAKE THE STRAIN
LIFE BLOOD FLOWS TO ITS GRAVE
DRIPPING SWEAT, DEATH SHALL ERASE

TIME TO THINK TIME TO BREATH
FEEL THE PULSE LIFE WILL EXPIRE
SURGING SPEED HELL AFAST
CARDIAC CEASE TO EXIST

CHORUS

LEAD - KING

NECROPHILIAC
MORTURIES DEAD OF NIGHT
MY BODY STARTS TO RISE
IN MY MIND THE HORROR LIVES
TO FEEL DEATH DEEP INSIDE

RELENTLESS LUST OF ROTTING FLESH
TO TRASH THE TOMB SHE LIES
HEATHEN WHORE OF SATANS WRATH
I SPIT AT YOUR DEMISE

VIRGIN CHILD NOW DRAINED OF LIFE
YOUR SOUL CANNOT BE FREE
NOT GIVEN THE CHANCE TO ROT IN HELL

SATANS CROSS POINTS TO HELL
THE EARTH I MUST UNCOVER
A PASSION GROWS TO FEAST UPON
THE FROZEN BLOOD INSIDE HER

I FEEL THE URGE THE GROWING NEED
TO FUCK THIS SINFUL CORPSE
MY TASKS COMPLETE THE BITCHES SOUL
LIES RAPED IN DEMONIC LUST

LEAD - KING

HER STOMACH BURST THE CASKET BREAKS
THE SEED HAS TAKEN FORM
A WRITHING SHAPE OF TWISTED FLESH
THE DEVILS CHILD IS THROWN

HUNGRY FOR THE SMELL OF DEATH
HE RULES FORBIDDEN EVIL
VENGEANCE WITH A FRENZIED HATRED
THE BASTARD NOW MUST DIE

LOST SOULS OF THE DEAD
FORM LEGIONS THAT BURST THROUGH
HELLS GATES
DEATH OF ONE SACRIFICE
TO AVENGE THE RAPED CORPSE FROM THE
GRAVE
BLOOD OF ONE MORTAL MAN
THE FIRE GROWS STRONGER WITHIN
FATE OF A FRENZIED LUST
LUCIFER TAKES MY DARK SOUL

DOWN THE FIERY PITS OF HELL

LEAD - HANNEMAN

CAPTOR OF SIN
HARLOTS OF HELL SPREAD YOUR WINGS
AS I PENETRATE YOUR SOUL
FEEL THE FIRE SHOTT THROUGH YOUR BODY
AS I SLIP INTO YOUR THRONE
CAST ASIDE, DO AS YOU WILL
I CARE NOT HOW YOU PLEAD
SATAN'S CHILD NOW STALKS THE EARTH
BORN FROM MY DEMON SEED

HOT WINGS OF HELL
BURN IN MY WAKE
DEATH IS WHAT YOU PRAY
BEHOLD CAPTOR OF SIN

INFERNAL SLAVES OF MANIPULATION
CAPTIVE ON MY VICE
ABANDON GODS THE HELPLESS ONE
TO RELIEVE YOU OF YOUR PLIGHT
SUBVERSIVE ACTION WILL NOT HELP
I WILL STRINGTHEN ME
I SEE DECLINE IN YOUR EVERY MOVE
DEATH YOUR FINAL PLEA

HOT WINGS OF HELL
BURN IN MY WAKE
DEATH IS WHAT YOU PRAY
BEHOLD CAPTOR OF SIN

YOUR SKIN TURNS TO LEATHER
I IGNITE YOUR TIMID BLOOD
YOU FEEL MY LETHAL TOUCH
AS I GRASP YOUR WEARY SOUL
I'LL TAKE YOU DOWN INTO THE FIRE

CRYPTS OF ETERNITY
LEAD - HANNEMAN

DEVIOUS TO THOSE UNKNOWN
HE WALKS BELOW THE LAND
ALLURING VICTIMS TO THEIR DEATH
PERISH TO THE SAND

MASTER OF BLACKENED ARTS
LIVING HIS DECREE
THRIVES AMONGST THE SEVEN GATES
SEARCHING FOR THE KEYS

CHORUS:
I HAVE SEEN THE DARKENED DEPTHS OF
HELL
SORCERY BEYOND THE WITCHES SPELL
ROBED THE CRYPTS OF DEATHS ETERNITY
KILLED THE PRIEST AND CURSED HIM END-
LESSLY

CHANTS OF EVIL INCANTATION
FILL THE MURKY NIGHT
FREE THE DEVILS KNIGHTS OF HELL
UNLEASH THEIR GROWING SPITE

DIRECTING POWER FORCIBLY
THE FIRE OF HELL IS CAST
RESURRECT FROM CRYPTS OF DEATH
A DEMON FROM THE PAST

CHORUS

LEAD - HANNEMAN, KING

CRINGE WITH FEAR
VIOLATE THE UNBROKEN SEAL OF HELL
DEATH WILL COME SEARCHING FOR
YOUR MERE SOUL
STILL YOU ARE EAGER TO SEEK YOUR FATE
ALL THAT LIE HERE ARE REMAINS OF DEATH

GRINDING BONES, SCREAMING SKULLS
BROKEN BY THE LAPSE OF TIME
DECADE TO POWDER, ASHES TO DUST
DIMINISHING, DISINTEGRATING
MANS SOULS AND MIND

LEAD - HANNEMAN

EMPTY SPACE TRACKS THROUGHOUT
I MAKE MY CLAIM

LEAD - KING

DARKNESS COVERS THE WORLD
MY KINGDOM, MY DOMAIN

HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES
FEAR RUNS WILD IN THE VEINS OF THE
WORLD
THE HATE TURNS THE SKIES JET BLACK
DEATH IS ASSURED IN FUTURE PLANS
WHY LIVE IF THERE'S NOTHING THERE

SPECTORS OF DOOM AWAIT THE MOMENT
THE MALLET IS SURE AND PRECISE
COVER THE CRYPTS OF ALL MANKIND
WITH GLOVEN HOOVE BEGONE

CHORUS
SADISTIC MINDS
DELAY THE DEATH
OF TWISTED LIFE
MALICIOUS WORLD

THE CRIPPLED YOUTH TRY TO DISMAY
TO SABOTAGE THE CARCASS EARTH
ALL NEW LIFE MUST PERISH BELOW
EXISTENCE NOW IS FUTILE

DECREPIT BREATH, VILE IN ITS STENCH
A WORLD IN DECAY
TRANSGRESSER IS AS ONE

CHORUS

LEAD - KING, HANNEMAN

CONVULIONS TAKE THE WORLD IN HAND
PARALYSIS DESTROYS
NOBODYS OUT THERE TO SAVE US
BRUTAL SEIZURE NOW WE DIE