Slayer‘s iconic second studio album Hell Awaits is set for a pretty beefy 40th anniversary reissue in 2026! Outside your standard CD and vinyl reissues, Metal Blade is also offering some insane box set options including a live album titled Live From Bochum 1985. The vinyl box set is:
- 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
And the CD box set is:
- 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
Pre-order it all here. And if you’re wondering what the hell is on Live From Bochum 1985, that show runs as follows:
- Aggressive Perfector
- Captor Of Sin
- The Final Command
- Kill Again
- Crypts Of Eternity
- Fight Till Death
- Necrophiliac
- Haunting The Chapel
- Hardening Of The Arteries
- Black Magic
- Die By The Sword
- The Antichrist
- At Dawn They Sleep
- Show No Mercy
- Evil Has No Boundaries
- Chemical Warfare
- Praise Of Death
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