SLAYER : Edition anniversaire de "Hell Awaits" pour Mai 2026 !

Écrit par Antephil le 13 novembre 2025.

Le label Metal Blade Records compte marquer les 40ans de l'album "Hell Awaits" de Slayer paru en 1985 avec une édition anniversaire prévue pour le 15 Mai 2026 et disponible en 3 formats.

Le détail des 3 éditions :

Vinyl box set:

3 LPs total: Seven-track "Hell Awaits" + 18-track live bonus audio ("Live From Bochum 1985")

- 60-page book (12" size)
- "Hell Awaits" album (in gatefold sleeve, 1xLP) mastered and restored from original 1985 production tapes by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony in February 2025. Vinyl color = Fire Splatter
- "Live From Bochum 1985" (in gatefold sleeve, 2xLP) - 18 live tracks never before released physically or digitally
- Replica ticket from the Bochum show
- Replica "Hell Awaits" tour laminate
- "Hell Awaits" tour poster (German dates)
- Slipmat
- Band posters
- Replica merch flyer
- Replica Satanic Wehrmacht newsletter
- 2 flyers

"Blood" Filled Liquid Vinyl (SLAYER store exclusive – limited to 666 worldwide):

Seven-track "Hell Awaits" album mastered and restored from original 1985 production tapes by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony in February 2025

- "Blood" filled liquid vinyl - gatefold

CD Earbook:

Earbook includes 3xCDs — seven-track "Hell Awaits" CD + 18-track live bonus audio (Live From Bochum 1985):

- "Hell Awaits" album (1xCD) mastered and restored from original 1985 production tapes by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony in February 2025
- Live From Bochum 1985 (2x CD) 18 live tracks never before released physically or digitally
- 60-page 11" book
- Poster

Digital:

Includes seven-track "Hell Awaits" + 18-track live bonus audio (Live From Bochum 1985)

"Hell Awaits (40th Anniversary)" track listing:

01. Hell Awaits
02. Kill Again
03. At Dawn They Sleep
04. Praise Of Death
05. Necrophiliac
06. Crypts Of Eternity
07. Hardening Of The Arteries
08. Hell Awaits (Live From Bochum 1985)
09. Aggressive Perfector (Live From Bochum 1985)
10. Captor Of Sin (Live From Bochum 1985)
11. The Final Command (Live From Bochum 1985)
12. Kill Again (Live From Bochum 1985)
13. Crypts Of Eternity (Live From Bochum 1985)
14. Fight Till Death (Live From Bochum 1985)
15. Necrophiliac (Live From Bochum 1985)
16. Haunting The Chapel (Live From Bochum 1985)
17. Hardening Of The Arteries (Live From Bochum 1985)
18. Black Magic (Live From Bochum 1985)
19. Die By The Sword (Live From Bochum 1985)
20. The Antichrist (Live From Bochum 1985)
21. At Dawn They Sleep (Live From Bochum 1985)
22. Show No Mercy (Live From Bochum 1985)
23. Evil Has No Boundaries (Live From Bochum 1985)
24. Chemical Warfare (Live From Bochum 1985)
25. Praise Of Death (Live From Bochum 1985)