Haunting the Chapel is an EP by Slayer. It contains three or four song demdening on which version you listen to. Nothing strange, it’s quite common that a bonus track is including with a reissue of something formerly released. In this case we get Aggressive Perfector as a bonus. This was also included among the bonus songs on a Show no Mercy reissue. I don’t think it’s their strongest song and it certainly doesn’t top the EP Haunting the Chapel.
Chemical Warfare is a top notch song though and a good step towards the coming signature sound from Slayer. It’s not as conventional Heavy Metal like as in the debut album. It seems to mer more of an anthem than vers chorus vers chorus and the just end. It’s a bit more progressive, a little more thrash! Captor of sin is also one of the great early songs from the band. They were both written by Kerry King and Jeff Henneman. As well as the title track Haunting the Chapel.
You can really hear the development compared to the debut album on this EP. Maybe not so much soundwise. It’s pretty pretty yucky sound on this. But I’ve learned that the studio they recorded it is didn’t have any carpets. So I guess that the recording process was a bit of a “challenge”. But the songs is a clear step towards what was still to come.
