December 3rd 1983 SLAYER release debut album “Show No Mercy”

This Day In Metal Dec 3, 2023

Show No Mercy is the debut studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on This Day in Metal December 3rd 1983, by Metal Blade Records. Brian Slagel signed the band to the label after watching them perform the song "Phantom of the Opera" by Iron Maiden. The band self-financed their full-length debut, combining the savings of vocalist Tom Araya, who was employed as a respiratory therapist, and money borrowed from guitarist Kerry King's father.

TRACK LISTING:

Side one
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Evil Has No Boundaries"	Jeff Hanneman Kerry King	King	3:09
2.	"The Antichrist"	Hanneman	Hanneman King	2:49
3.	"Die by the Sword"	Hanneman	Hanneman	3:36
4.	"Fight till Death"	Hanneman	Hanneman	3:37
5.	"Metal Storm / Face the Slayer"	King	Hanneman King	4:53

Side two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
6.	"Black Magic"	King	Hanneman King	4:03
7.	"Tormentor"	Hanneman	Hanneman	3:45
8.	"The Final Command"	King	Hanneman King	2:32
9.	"Crionics"	Hanneman King	Hanneman King	3:29
10.	"Show No Mercy"	King	King

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