Haunting the Chapel

by Slayer

Haunting the Chapel cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 4 August 1984
  • Label: Metal Blade
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 16:55
  • Community rating: 3.99/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Brian Slagel, Tom Araya, Dave Lombardo

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This blistering three-track offering serves as the crucial missing link between the traditional heavy metal of their debut and the proto-death metal extremity they would soon perfect. It introduces 'Chemical Warfare', a relentless live staple that drastically pushed the boundaries of extreme speed and lyrical violence. The improved production value highlighted Dave Lombardo's incredibly precise double-bass drumming.

Genres

Descriptors: death, war, satanism, fast, ferocious

Tracklist

  1. Chemical Warfare (6:01)
  2. Captor of Sin (3:29)
  3. Haunting the Chapel (3:56)
  4. Aggressive Perfector (3:28)

Credits

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