Slayer – Metal Blade – Remasters – CD Review

27th October 2021 0 By John Deaux

Finally the first 4 records (Show No Mercy, Hell Awaits, Live Undead and Haunting The Chapel) from Slayer have been given a digital remaster courtesy of Metal Blade Records.

I’ve A&B’d these CDs against the original issues a lot and I have to say the difference is outstanding. You’re never going to polish the production (as that was always iffy) BUT the music sounds amazing. Tom Arayas vocal was once described as a tortured pig. The pig is not just being tortured, it’s being brutally sacrificed. His performances are unbelievable on all records.

Kerry King and Jeff Hannemans guitars sound like chainsaws and the solos are incendiary. Dave Lombardos drums thunder whilst the bass rumbles along side.

All 4 of these are classic Slayer and as far as I’m concerned eclipse Reign In Blood in pure unadulterated raw power.

This is classic Slayer and they now sound better than ever and the vinyl variations look insane.
Score 8/10
Track List

Show No Mercy
1. Evil Has No Boundaries
2. The Antichrist
3. Die by the Sword
4. Fight Till Death
5. Metal Storm / Face the Slayer
6. Black Magic
7. Tormentor
8. The Final Command
9. Crionics
10. Show No Mercy

Haunting the Chapel
1. Chemical Warfare
2. Captor of Sin
3. Haunting the Chapel
4. Aggressive Perfector (Bonus Track)

Live Undead
1. Black Magic
2. Die by the Sword
3. Captor of Sin
4. The Antichrist
5. Evil Has No Boundaries
6. Show No Mercy
7. Aggressive Perfector

Hell Awaits
1. Hell Awaits
2. Kill Again
3. At Dawn They Sleep
4. Praise of Death
5. Necrophiliac
6. Crypts of Eternity
7. Hardening of the Arteries