Hell Awaits
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Hell Awaits is the second studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, known for its darker, more progressive sound and occult-themed lyrics that helped define the early extreme metal scene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hell Awaits canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5910337 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hell Awaits Context triple: [Slayer, notableWork, Hell Awaits]
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A.
Hell-Heaven
Hell-Heaven is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of cultural displacement, family tension, and unrequited love within the Bengali immigrant experience in America.
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B.
Burning Hells
The Burning Hells are the infernal, demon-infested realm of chaos and evil that serves as the primary source of demonic forces and antagonists in the Diablo universe.
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C.
Year of Hell
"Year of Hell" is a critically acclaimed two-part time-manipulation storyline from Star Trek: Voyager that depicts the starship Voyager being relentlessly attacked and altered by a temporal warship over the course of a devastating alternate timeline.
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D.
The Fall of the Damned
The Fall of the Damned is a dramatic Baroque painting by Peter Paul Rubens depicting a chaotic mass of sinners being hurled into hell.
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E.
Hell Can Wait
Hell Can Wait is Vince Staples’ critically acclaimed debut EP, known for its dark, introspective lyrics and gritty West Coast production.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hell Awaits Target entity description: Hell Awaits is the second studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, known for its darker, more progressive sound and occult-themed lyrics that helped define the early extreme metal scene.
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A.
Hell-Heaven
Hell-Heaven is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of cultural displacement, family tension, and unrequited love within the Bengali immigrant experience in America.
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B.
Burning Hells
The Burning Hells are the infernal, demon-infested realm of chaos and evil that serves as the primary source of demonic forces and antagonists in the Diablo universe.
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C.
Year of Hell
"Year of Hell" is a critically acclaimed two-part time-manipulation storyline from Star Trek: Voyager that depicts the starship Voyager being relentlessly attacked and altered by a temporal warship over the course of a devastating alternate timeline.
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D.
The Fall of the Damned
The Fall of the Damned is a dramatic Baroque painting by Peter Paul Rubens depicting a chaotic mass of sinners being hurled into hell.
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E.
Hell Can Wait
Hell Can Wait is Vince Staples’ critically acclaimed debut EP, known for its dark, introspective lyrics and gritty West Coast production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Slayer album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Slayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bassist | Tom Araya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtDesigner | Albert Cuellar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | praised for intensity and complexity ⓘ |
| drummer | Dave Lombardo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineer | Bill Metoyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Reign in Blood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Show No Mercy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
extreme metal
ⓘ
thrash metal ⓘ |
| guitarist |
Jeff Hanneman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kerry King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIntroEffect | backmasked demonic voices on title track ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
At Dawn They Sleep
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Crypts of Eternity NERFINISHED ⓘ Hardening of the Arteries NERFINISHED ⓘ Hell Awaits NERFINISHED ⓘ Kill Again NERFINISHED ⓘ Necrophiliac NERFINISHED ⓘ Praise of Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
black metal
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death metal ⓘ |
| labelCatalogNumber | Metal Blade 7 73404-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | 37:11 ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
Satanism
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death ⓘ hell ⓘ occult ⓘ |
| notableFor |
darker sound than Show No Mercy
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influence on early extreme metal ⓘ more progressive song structures ⓘ |
| performer | Slayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Brian Slagel
NERFINISHED
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Slayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedAt |
Eldorado Studios
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hollywood, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1984 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Combat Records
NERFINISHED
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Metal Blade Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | March 1985 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| songwritingCredit |
Jeff Hanneman
NERFINISHED
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Kerry King NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Araya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalist | Tom Araya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Hell Awaits Description of subject: Hell Awaits is the second studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, known for its darker, more progressive sound and occult-themed lyrics that helped define the early extreme metal scene.
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