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Haunting the Chapel Lyrics — Slayer | Dork

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Haunting the Chapel Lyrics

Lyrics

Haunting the Chapel

From Haunting the Chapel1984

Written by Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King

Produced by Slayer

Lyrics

Haunting the Chapel

The holy cross Symbol of lies Intimidate the lives of Christian born Speak of death The words of hate Anticipation grows amongst the dead Hell has seen The priests attempt To bring forth their lord of the cross Strike of twelve Raise the dead The chapel comes under attack The ghosts of sin Torment the priests Their altar will soon be destroyed Heaven's palace Turning black The church now belongs to the dead Blackened magic Infest with lust Lucifer rules supreme The crystal ball shows unknown fate The last thing that's heard is the screams Ghosts from hell invade this feeble shrine Heaven's holy house will fall in time Satan's morbid soldiers chant in lust Destruction of the church we'll burn the cross Attacking angels as they pray to god Tormented preachers hail the twisted cross Haunting the chapel Hell's demons prevail Death has come The house of god has failed

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About this track

"Haunting the Chapel" is a song by Slayer from the album Haunting the Chapel, released in 1984. The song was written by Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King. It was produced by Slayer.

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Track 3 of 4Metal Blade Records

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Eddy Schreyer— 635 credits as mastering engineer →
Bill Metoyer— 67 credits as producer →

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