The cover artwork drew me in like some black tempting darkness, this was before I'd heard 'Hell Awaits'. I recall the day, the album, a picture disc on import, sat in the racks and at the time seemed obscenely overpriced for £8.49, but the zombiefied band members leering from the foggy cemetery was such a lure.Musically, well, it's a pretty shoddy production, some have even claimed it's not live at all, although others have stated that it was pretty much recorded to a small room of friends, but even so, the thought of a Slayer gig used to scared most metal fans witless. Here was a band with such a reputation, and it reflected in their music because although there were, and still are many bands practicing this kind of metal, none have ever equalled Slayer's magnificence.
'Live Undead' contains only seven live tracks, these being cuts from the 'Show No Mercy' album, including 'Evil Has No Boundaries' and 'The Antichrist', so you know what to expect if you have the debut record, but here they are performed in their raw, primal glory. However, you also get a studio version of 'Chemical Warfare', a brewing storm of a track certainly worth having if you call yourself a fan.
Buy this for the cover alone!
8/10
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