Slayer - Haunting the Chapel LP EXTREME

Slayer - Haunting the Chapel LP EXTREME180gm black vinyl LP pressing. Boasting the awesome "Chemical Warfare," a regular staple of Slayer's live shows, the Haunting the Chapel EP was a more crucial stepping stone in the legendary L. A. band's career development than many give it credit for. Issued in between the band's very promising debut and the following year's more sonically ripened Hell Awaits, Haunting the Chapel offers important clues about this transition period, which saw Slayer's

bringing to mind Angelo Badalamenti

The original recording of "Dancing Ablaze in Storms of Endless Fury" appears on Nihil Invocation's 2019 full-length album "Strange Ones Voicing Sorrow in My Dreams"

forged with single-minded focus

It represents both a beacon of knowledge and a humble reminder of the possibility to change and coexist in a world that does not fit our being

from the brutal to the beautiful

and sensual groove of Danzig

A lathe of infinite death remaking itself—horrific and pristine

Honing in on the very elements of gore

laced with a resigned melancholia (sickly) colored by opportunely timed acoustics

’ Piano and strings dominate this cinematic arrangement as mandolins creep through the hedges

Ride for Revenge

the Devil's among you