Slayer-Behind the songs

The meaning of songs by band Slayer

                          South of heaven

South of heaven-about the end of time and judgement day.

Silent scream-about abortion.

Live undead-about pain of life after death.

Behind the crooked cross-about soldiers who realize that they might be fighting for wrong cause.

Mandatory suicide-about suicide in terror.

Ghosts of war-about pain in war.

Read between the lies-about lies in religion.

Cleanse the soul-cleansing the soul after death.

Dissident aggressor(Judas Priest)-about apocalypse, war.

Spill the blood-about walking through time from past to future.

                             Hell awaits

Hell awaits-song tells the story of Satan condemning souls to hell.

Kill again-about uncontrolled desire.

At dawn they sleep-the opening lines take place exactly at dusk as the sun sets. And vampire can move.

Praise of death-about hell on earth and triumph of death.

Necrophiliac-about sexual attraction to corpses.

Crypts of eternity-about master of the blackened arts. About darkness in hell.

Hardening of the arteries-about malicious world.

                            Show no mercy

Evil has no boundaries-about endless evil.

The Antichrist-about Antichrist and what he gives.

Die by the sword-about saying of Jesus quoted in the Bible. If you use violence against other people you can expect to have same means used against you.

Fight till death-about warriors whose fight. It's their way of life.

Metal storm/Face the Slayer-it's about Slayer.

Black magic-about man who is turning into bad thing.

Tormentor-about someone who is tormented at night walking the streets.

Final command-about war, blitzkrieg of German command.

Cryonics-about being cryogenically frozen.

Show no mercy-about forces of evil going through the night, killing people and keeping their souls in eternity.

                       Seasons in the abyss

War ensemble-about blitzkrieg.

Blood red-how war changes the people.

Spirit in black-underground, hell, soul in black, evil.

Expendable youth-about problems in urban areas in US in 1960s.

Dead skin mask-is about murderer.

Hallowed point-about gun and what gun do to a body.

Skeletons of society-about nuclear war from the point of a survivor.

Temptation-about devil's temptation.

Born of fire-about nightmares, bad influences, doom, tyranny.

Seasons in the abyss-about The Abyss, a spiritual concept by Alister Crowley.