This song is about a nazi dr’s human experiments in Auschwitz on its prisoners. Caused a lot of controversy at the time but the band does a lot of songs about world events and things that have happened.
2 quick facts about his "research": 1. He pushed the knowledge about a human body centuries ahead and results are used in most of the medicine specialities. 2. No one sane would run tests similar to those and the whole medicine community remembers and respects the toll of it so they could save the lives.
chupasaurus he also experimented on children and did surgery on them without anaesthesia. No amount of “progress” as you say justifies that monsters actions. Shame on you.
Also Slayer had the best percussionist at the time. Dave Lombardo was a monster. He pretty much introduced double bass to America and with no triggers. Slayer only tried to keep up.
Honestly... that's the best explanation of Slayer I've ever heard. I try to explain Slayer to people but it's hard to. Now I can.... thanks man! Seriously
That's so true man You can also see it with black metal as well I always imagine doom landscapes and horror visions when I listen those songs I feel you
@@marckendall I would actually put Dave's songwriting chops up against James' any day of the week. Both brilliant songwriters. As far as performing-- Metallica put on a bigger, better, more entertaining show, but Dave and whatever musicians he's hired that week tend to be a lot tighter and more precise musically. Minus Dave's vocals of course lol.
Jeff Hanneman of Slayer said about these lyrics, "I know why people misinterpret it - it's because they get this knee-jerk reaction to it. When they read the lyrics, there's nothing I put in the lyrics that says necessarily he was a bad man, because to me - well, isn't that obvious? I shouldn't have to tell you that."
Kerry King said in an interview said something to the effect of - slayer puts the words in a song and oh my god! The history channel says the same thing and it’s a great documentary.
@@spencerific93 "Sickening ways to achieve the Holocaust" is pretty straightforward anti-Mengele to me. People need to actually read the lyrics before calling Jeff/Slayer Nazis.
@@danieldickson5872 Same here. Slayer isn't my favorite band by any means, but I'll come back to their songs for the transitions between riffs alone. The one 0-2-5 riff transition after the solo in Seasons in the Abyss is beyond badass, and the drum roll leading into the breakdown here is no different.
Just think of metal like a workout. Slayer is your high intensity level workouts. Metallica for you’re weight lifting repetitions for the steady groove. Anthrax is for the fun cardio. Megadeth is for the complicated lifts.
Here's some medium-thrash stuff by Slayer, guys: Dead Skin Mask Skeletons of Society Expendable Youth Skeleton Christ Bloodline Postmortem Stain of Mind Behind the Crooked Cross Mandatory Suicide Blood Red
They need Stoner Metal in their lives. It's everything they say they like about metal in one genre. Psychadelic stuff, groove, heavy and old-school vibes. Uncle Acid, Sleep, Electric Wizard, Elder, Hifh On Fire, The Sword, Weedeater, kyuss and the list goes on. This is stuff they would 100% enjoy since some of their favorites thus far has been black sabbath, the groove in gojira, the subtle prog elements in stuff like Metallica and Opeth and so on
I was the same way when I 1st heard the song in the 80's, the fast part grows on you and builds for you to really enjoy the grove, The song alive is the most amazing experience. R.I.P Jeff, Who wrote Angel of Death.
"He sounds like he's in excruciating pain" OH MY GOD SOMEONE FINALLY GOT IT IMMEDIATELY. And Jeff Hanneman wrote the lyrics to this song. He wrote the lyrics to pretty much all of their songs about war, his father was an allied soldier during WW2 and had a collection of German memorabilia that he would pick off dead Nazi soldiers. He told Jeff all about everything and it gave Jeff a lifelong interest in history and war. This is why people were so quick (and some sadly still are) to label Slayer as Nazis (meanwhile half of the band was Hispanic). Jeff Hanneman just wrote from the perspective of what happened, and this song is anti-Genocide, Jeff actually said in an interview something along the lines of "I wrote a song describing the horrors of Josef Mengle and how terrible it was, and then all the sudden I got labled a Neo-nazi, which I am not, I wrote the song because it's history."
"meanwhile half the band is Hispanic" Moot point. A lot of Nazi supporters were also Hispanic, and many Nazis fled to Hispanic countries after the war. Josef Mengele, for example, fled to Argentina and lived there for years. And Chile, which is where Araya's family is from, has a long history of Nazi sympathy.
Reign in Blood is a very fast, crazy, aggressive album overall. You'll find more groovy stuff from Slayer in South of Heaven, with songs like "Mandatory Suicide", "Spill the Blood" or "Read Between the Lies". Also, if you like groove, check out the album Chaos AD from Sepultura, specially the songs "Refuse/Resist" and "Territory". Cheers!
Agreed. I've been hoping they'd do those exact songs; Mandatory Suicide, Spill the Blood and Read Between the Lies which I think is the first Rap/ Metal crossover song ever written, haha!! I'd add Ghost of War for it's second half which is an utterly epic metal groove!! Perhaps my favorite ever.
RiB is wall to wall, foot to the floor, intensity. I heard this when I was 14 (around when it came out) and I was like "How do they even move their hand that fast. And I was a 14 year old boy, I knew all about moving my right hand fast.
Hahahaha good one! My favourite videos where those in which they were shocked on how lame it was that they just stood in silence with a disgusting face hahaha i loved that
Hello guys, as a big Slayer fan I must admit that when I first heard this song in the early 90's, I also thought that some parts (the inicial scream, the heavy guitar solos) were not very "pleasant" to listen to, but over the years I got to love these parts, because they define Slayer! They define Slayer's sound! And the double bass towards the end, played by Dave Lombardo, is just legendary, it doesn't get much better than that! BUT, if you want to hear a really good song by Slayer with a heavy groove, then check out "Stain of Mind"! I am sure you're going to like it. Other examples for really heavy, yet groovy songs would be: "Silent Violence" by Six Feet Under or a classic by Pantera, i.e. "Domination". I hope you'll listen to those songs. You won't regret it. Other than that, I love your reaction videos and the approach you have on different rock styles and genres. Keep it up! \' ' / Greetings from Germany. :-)
some folks have the feel that talking about a theme is already endorsing - or at least think that already the engagement into something has a bad smell, makes someone a toxic person. therefor it's not a good idea to talk about specific themes with foreigners. it can immediatly ruin first impression. and tbh, Jeff Hanneman's fetish for collecting fascist symbols and sorts combined with such lyrics doesn't let you think this band was fighting this shit in first instance. it takes time to understand that they were rather into celebrating evil cliches for the sake of provocation than living those ideas. still, Slayer never stood in for movements like antifa. they never showed interest into endorsing any political direction.
@@metalhos Hanneman's father fought Nazis at Normandy and collected those trinkets off of dead fascists. Try to actually get a little background before you go tossing out judgments.
i didn't judge at all. try to read and understand before making such calls. all i did was trying to explain to Peter Tapola why it is eventually not obvious to everyone that Slayer didn't endorse sadism.
Thanks for actually trying to understand the meaning of the song instead of jumping to conclusions. Alot of people accused Slayer of being Nazi sympathizers when this was released, but this song is more of a documentary rather than an endorsement. It's like the saying goes, if you don't learn from history you are doomed to repeat it.
You can't even imagine how f'n crazy it is at a Slayer show but when they play this song, it ramps up by like 10,000%. It's hard to understand how anyone could even survive. They can't put enough security guards in the building to handle that crowd. It's an experience beyond the ability to adequately describe
I'm disappointed that George made no comment on one of the best drummers ever. Even though he's not my favourite, Dave Lombardo is a beast and he's been an inspiration for legions of metal drummers
Theodore Vasilopoulos he might be one of the best drummers ever but with that constant “Lars” beat with not much else going on in the background, doesn’t really showcase that
There's a couple of hip hop connections here: the riff in this song used in PE's She Watch Channel Zero, and the Slayer > Rick Rubin > Def Jam connection.
@@jimwiater2867 Not only that, it's Kerry King on guitars playing in Fight For Your Right. As well as Kerry in the video and on the track playing guitar for No Sleep Til Brooklyn. Rick Rubin was a genius producing and signing Slayer to Def Jam. He's responsible for their best music released.
Medium thrash ...leads to more thrash. That's what they don't understand, you are going to evolve and then sometimes you aren't going to find it heavy enough. EVVVERRYYONE wants medium thrash. But you can't listen to medium for long before you need it harder and louder and then you are just screaming yourself hoarse in pure anger facing a mirror with slayer at max volume and suddenly everyone is like "this seems excessive" Yeah well some people drink corn syrup water in huge amounts every day. It's just the way she goes, you like subtle sweets until you lose control.
@@460Dave They just reviewed the song that gives the album its name. Of course, after what they said in this last video, they should skip "War Ensemble" hahahaha, but the rest of the songs fit what they want: the groove. And it's the Slayer album that I like the most. Including War Ensemble, of course, hahahaha
I can't help but feel all warm and fuzzy inside watching this. I mean look at you guys. A few years back you wouldn't even come close to that shit. Now you are not only able to listen through the whole Slayer song, and one their nastiest btw, but you are finding the things you like, and appreciate the things you don't really like but you know are high level. I'm so proud of you. Seriously.
I was hearing you guys kind "complain" about the trashiness of the song and how fast and heavy it was , and i was smiling all the way because i was thinking to myself omg if you think this is fast now just wait for the guitar solo part lol priceless
@@KaitlynIsBad CC made the best cover of all time, with Zero The Hero. Would that fit the #mediumtrash definition? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_Smashed_Face is the best EP ever released.
@LetTheBlacknessRollOn He was describing Slayer's music when he said it. Perhaps he meant "I" as the collective "we" for Slayer. I don't know. He said it on the VH1 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.
There’s four types of Slayer: slow, medium, fast, very fast. Don’t worry, there’s plenty of Slayer out there that’s designed for your staylist. Check out Mandatory Suicide, or New Faith.
Dave Lombardo is one of the greatest drummers ever. The late Jeff Hanneman was one of metals greatest guitarists. Great energy. Great speed. Great band
Raul Cardenas - 1000% on point. The complexity and hard laden groove of Lombardo is a step beyond Peart. But what would I know, just a drummer and thrash fan.
Dudes! Hit the South of Heaven album! That entire album is medium thrash Slayer. After putting out Reign In Blood, the band knew they couldn't top the speed and aggression, so they purposely slowed their next album, and it's full of the elements of Slayer you guys love. #MediumThrash Also, I'm so glad you looked up the context of the lyrics, because not everyone does and the band still gets shit for it (as well as for the lyrics of plenty of their songs). It is certainly disturbing content, but that's also part of what makes Slayer SLAYER.
Actually no. Silent scream and Ghosts of War are an evolution of the Reign in Blood speed. But the other songs are definitely more mid tempo by Slayer standards.
As a diehard Slayer fan who basically likes everything they've done I really appreciate hearing a different perspective that I would never think of on my own
i know its an unpopular opinion but as a fan i prefer the newer stuff lol. mostly cos my ear tends to follow guitars and its cleaner, but my point is, its rare anyone requests/reacts to newer stuff, so they kinda miss out of what developed with the band.
@@Jeminai77 Those last 3 albums they did are killer, I spend a lot of time listening to those. Fans are really missing out if they dont listen to them.
I know you guys are down with Public Enemy, go do a refresher and listen to 'She Watch Channel Zero' - Rick Rubin produced Reign In Blood and It Takes a Nation of Millions; Zero is built around the groove riff from this song 🤘🔥
Saw Slayer 20 or so years ago, man what a rush. 30 feet away from the speakers felt like your heart was jumping out of your chest and your hair was popping out of your head. Then Pantera came on stage and your heart did come out of your chest and you left the concert bald because your hair did pop out of your head. Crazy Shit!!
I've always wanted to see the big 4 but sadly I've never had the chance. Did you see the show where they all came out together and played a song? There was like 8 guitarist lol
Slayer (Hell Awaits) Was the first metal I'd ever heard. I was ten and took a chance bought the cassette. I never looked back. 45 years old and still love,metal.
Slayer doesn’t play too fast, you listen too slow. The more you listen, the easier it gets to pick out what they’re doing. Love your reactions, though.
The thing about Slayer is when they do the solo's, it becomes a battle of the guitars. Kerry and Jeff will switch back and forth between lead and rhythm. The moment 1 of then finishes the solo, the other will takeover and the first one will move to rhythm. Then they switch back and forth, which is absolutely insane as far as talent goes
Stop trying to find strategic reasons for the "fast parts"-they're there simply because they sounded good to the artist on their own merit, as they sound good to a great deal of people who are not based in HipHop/RnB and do not absolutely need "groove" for those parts to resonate emotionally with them.
I was 15 when this came out, it changed everything! How metal was played , attitude and originality. It still works, its still incredible and so influential. Thank you Slayer for all those years of bangin my head, drinkin and gettin fucked up!
I've really enjoyed this marathon of yours. Exploring a bit deeper into a genre, specifying what you love in the many facets of a single genre. Can't wait for the next one. I'd really, really like to see you do a doom/stoner metal marathon. Slower. Groovier. Heavier. Some bands I can really recommend are: Electric Wizard Monolord Sleep YOB And so many more. Love what you guys are doing!
"Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis" is a must! That was my intro to Electric Wizard. I played this song on my old car's rockford fosgate 12" subs. Man, that was an experience back then!
I know this is a year late but, when you listen to Slayer...think of every song like its a horror movie. Just discovered your channel. Absolutely love it!!
I love thrash, the faster and heavier the better. But you're not wrong about the value of mid-paced music from thrash bands. Sometimes when they slow down just a little bit, even if it's only for part of the song, it gives them room to breathe, be a little more dynamic, and let the listener groove a little bit. The best and biggest bands in the genre have a mix of both types of thrash ("medium thrash", and "super thrash"), often on the same album or even in the same song. If you're interested in exploring Slayer, their albums tended to have more of those mid-paced rockers as their career progressed. They always, always have some super thrash. But 'Reign in Blood' (1986) had fewer mid-paced rockers, 'South of Heaven' (1988) had a few more, 'Seasons in the Abyss' (1990) had a few more, etc. And that's not an uncommon trend for thrash bands. If you bump into a thrash band that you'd like to get into but what you're hearing at first is too abrasive, it's usually a safe bet to check out their work an album or two down the road. It's not universal, but that's a reasonably accurate generalization. As far as the subject matter of "Angel of Death", it definitely was (and still is) a controversial song. Slayer has been accused of Nazi sympathies ever since this song came out in 1986, but they've always said that the purpose was simply to shock and horrify with explicit descriptions of the man's crimes. It's certainly not my place to say that I know what was in their hearts when they wrote the song, or how they really feel, or to tell anyone else how they should perceive the song. But I happen to believe them. Having horror-themed lyrics has always been an element in heavy metal, and the more extreme thrash bands like Slayer took that far enough that it inspired the bands that exceeded the thrash envelope and developed sub-genres like death metal, black metal, etc.
"Room to breathe" this reminds me of an interview with Venom in the mid 80's where they were asked about people complaining about them writing slower songs, and their response was more or less that you had to put in a slower song because after a while, you'll fatigue the listener with speed, giving them a break will make the speed of the nest song have the intended impact. I don't know where I'm going with this post, I'm fuckin drunk.
well if you take into account their drummer is from cuba and the singer is chilean, wheres the nazi about it. my grandfather loves to read about war and nazis a lot, does that makes him a sympathizer,absolutely not. about music, I think the guys need more groovy songs, like skeletons of society or spill the blood, or listen to horrorscope from overkill, or go for a safe bet, Pantera.
They asked Jeff Hanneman why he didn’t flat out say Mengele was a bad person in the lyrics, and he responded “isn’t that obvious? You shouldn’t need me to tell you that.” In other words, no they are not Nazi sympathizers
The breakdown part of the song was actually used as a sample for Public Enemy’s song “channel Zero” which is also a great song and album! Y’all should do a reaction to channel zero! 🙌
Besides “She Watch Channel Zero” by Public Enemy (album: It Takes a Nation Of Millions to Hold Us Back) another use of the sample from this song is in KMFDM’s song “Godlike”
Oddly enough Josef copied a lot of his human experimentations from the Japanese Biochemical warfare research group called UNIT 731, Slayer did a song about them on world painted blood album, I say copied because the unit started the experimentations before and caused the Japanese-Chinese War prior to ww2.
Try "Spirit In Black." It was my intro into actually liking Slayer. Medium thrash with a fast thrash capstone. I feel like they take the time to develop the theme in that song so that, by the time they get to the crazy speed, they've earned it. War Ensemble is similar but in reverse. Kinda classic Slayer with a medium thrash middle sandwiched between the speedy stuff, but the fast sections have a wicked groove and the middle is fairly lengthy. It's another one where I feel like they earn each part. Really, Seasons In The Abyss is just a damn good record. It's definitely the apex of early Slayer, imho.
As much as I love their first 4 albums I have to agree with you 100%. Seasons In the abyss (both the song and album) is a testament to Slayers legacy as well as Dave Lombardo.
I was a teenage metalhead when a friend of mine played me Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions, with the channel zero sample, and I was like oh s*** these brothers are down with the heavy s***. I mean, I had liked Run DMC and the Beastie Boys at that point but that PE album really blew the doors open for me to become a hip-hop head for the next 40 years. The thing about reign in blood is that it's kind of like a rush or an experience or an acid trip, meant to be listened to in awe, and not necessarily to groove to. But that lick right there is the groove, and I think Terminator x knew that the second he heard it. Remember, Slayer had moved to Def Jam, specifically because of the Nazi lyrics that the big wigs at Capitol didn't want to touch.
You say that good grooves are rare in metal but most of the metal you've covered on this channel is thrash (which focuses on speed and chaos) and prog (which focuses on technicality and odd time signatures). You haven't done any post-metal or doom metal at all, two of the metal genres that rely the most on groove. I see a lot of other commenters mention these genres all the time so I think with this being the end of thrash week, it's time to start trying more groovy metal. Here are some songs that I think would be a good start for post-metal / doom and would probably make your playlist: Cult Of Luna - The Fall Isis - In Fiction Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis Agalloch - Not Unlike The Waves YOB - Quantum Mystic
The new Cult Of Luna album was absolutely incredible. I've seen more than a couple requests for The Fall so I'll throw in a request for that song as well.
They done some doom metal (Candlemass, off the top of my head). I would like to see them do some post-metal too. It would be appropriate to where they are musically with metal in general at the moment.
Love or hate Slayer (I come and go with them myself), this song and album was a veritable atom bomb in the world of metal. Pretty much all extreme metal took this as THE standard to live up to, and even with the addition of harsher vocals (growls, screams), very few metal bands have ever matched this level of intensity and ferocity. Put on Reign of Blood (the album) and even though it's only 29 minutes it will just completely run over and flatten you like a merciless tank. When you guys talk about not liking the "sped up thrash sound," I think the problem is that you don't like the constant snare hits on the quarter notes. In most music (rock or otherwise) you almost only ever get snare hits ever OTHER beat, which gives you time to actually get a head-nod/groove going. Even if you slowed the tempo down, snares on every beat would sound weird. Speed it up and it's even harder to take because there's not enough room to breathe/groove.
Their problem is that (1) they never listen to full albums to actually get a complete picture of anything and (2) they never try repetition to get into the mindset of something and let it sink in past the first impression. They're never going to understand and appreciate metal like they could, because they still think they're playing a pop music singles game. And they get pissy when people point it out to them.
Totally dude. New Death Metal and Metal Core etc. whatever, while perhaps growlier, tuned down lower and at even faster tempos than Slayer are not even in the same realm of evoking darkness and aggression. As George put it, Slayer earned their place in the Big 4 because of that psychotic aggression. Reign in Blood is an artistic masterpiece that does very dark things to you as a listener, lol!! Probably my favorite critic's review of all time has to be this guy that described Reign in Blood as; "Best listened to while wearing a suit made of the skin of your dead enemies." Nuff said.
@@jasonq8144 If this is a "problem" then it's likely a problem most listeners have. Most people don't have unlimited free time to listen to music so unless they only like a few artists they're inevitably going to have to cherry pick among them, and that means trying to listen to the "greatest hits" of any given band/artist and forming impressions based on that. I agree this isn't ideal, but for many it's the best that can be done. I consider myself lucky that my job allows me to listen to music, so I regularly spend 8+ hours a day doing that. That means I get to listen to tons of albums, not just singles/compilations, and get to give things several chances before I make up my mind. It's also why my tastes encompass everything from metal to classical to jazz to, yes, pop. Most people just don't have that luxury, though, and the more music you like, the thinner you have to spread your listening.
@@two-tonemalone5652 I always liked what Ritchie Blackmore said he realized when listening to Led Zeppelin that "heavy isn't volume, heavy is an attitude." I think it's the same for darkness and aggression. It's easy to crank up gain, down-tune guitars, growl, etc, but channeling genuine darkness/aggression is another matter entirely. Slayer do that as well as anyone, and the few bands I think that are in their league don't get there just being faster or growling or whatever. Ulcerate is a good example of a contemporary band I find Slayer-esque, but they're dark/heavy/aggressive in a totally different way, mostly in their use of atmosphere and dissonance (very Gorguts meets Immolation).
Also, Slayer was a part of Def Jam Records with Public Enemy and The Beastie Boys. The song No sleep til Brooklyn, Kerry King, one of Slayers guitar players played guitar on that song...
I think Rick Rubin's open mindedness towards so many styles of music is highly overlooked in how influential he was/is in the music industry. Also, Chuck D had always been into rock , metal, ect. Even before the legendary (in my mind at least) Bring the Noise remake with Anthrax. He was a fan of bands like Minor Threat in the hardcore punk scene too. Public Enemy was a huge influence on me as a kid and a lot of that was because of their tenancy to incorporate Metal into some songs. It got me hooked from the first album. I have been a Hiphop-head and metalhead ever since.
See, the thing about metal is that the songs often take you on a journey and build to a crescendo. The frantic solo in this song was the crescendo, which mimics the violent insanity of the subject matter. Everything that preceded it was building you up to that - and then the outro hammers the point home. In my opinion this is one of Slayer’s best songs, and is possibly the greatest thrash song ever written. This song pushes thrash as far as it goes without quite venturing into the death metal realm. That said, this era of Slayer was a huge influence on death metal. I’m not a death metal guy (too violent & aggressive for my taste), but I can’t deny that influence. RE the subject matter: this song is obviously not endorsing the atrocities of the Nazis in WWII. There’s enough language used within the song that hints at their disgust at the acts that they’re talking about. For me, it’s super angry at Mengele and the Nazis. While the music reflects the sickening violence etc, it also reflects the utter disgust and anger that the rest of the world felt upon learning about the holocaust. I love the fact that they had the balls to tackle the subject head-on. It keeps it real, and reminds us of times that we don’t want to ever see repeated again.
I understand Slayer's place in the metal pantheon, without being a super fan. I find your videos with this much honesty to be precisely the reason I subscribe to you guys. Keep on rocking G&R! - Metal Fan, since 1985
i went to see kreator, anthrax and slayer last sunday here in chile and my god that shit was fire. The energy that you feel is amazing. Long live slayer!
Cadê os brasileiros por aqui ???, Thrash Metal para mim , é justamente o nome, é o Metal do Açoite, fatos históricos, com letras pesadas se você for pensar no solo é algo incrível, a Guitarra Base está transmitindo tudo oque a letra representa, como as vítimas tentando escapar do maldito e sempre voltavam para o mesmo lugar, as guitarras soam como pessoas desesperadas, vocal , representando as situações e a bateria 🥁 rápida como se fosse a adrenalina.
This was pretty much the reaction I was expecting. I figured the beginning and the end wouldn't be enjoyable for you, but I was hoping you'd dig the middle part, glad you did
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Slayer is a band that you might like or you might not the first few times & then one day you’ll just realize they’re your favourite band
So true man , btw. look at my profile pic .. 😉
This perfectly describes how I got into Slayer
Exactly how it happened to me
Yup!!!!
you can tell because it’s a scream of such udder agony
Legend has it that Tom Araya stepped on a lego in the opening scream.
I thought he was stabbed in the studio.
nice pfp
Omg!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
and also saw a mouse running in the studio
LOL
This song is about a nazi dr’s human experiments in Auschwitz on its prisoners. Caused a lot of controversy at the time but the band does a lot of songs about world events and things that have happened.
Slayer is to music as Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th and Halloween are to movies. They make horror stories in sound.
@Jack Mehoff Yup, he was called angel of death so.
2 quick facts about his "research":
1. He pushed the knowledge about a human body centuries ahead and results are used in most of the medicine specialities.
2. No one sane would run tests similar to those and the whole medicine community remembers and respects the toll of it so they could save the lives.
chupasaurus he also experimented on children and did surgery on them without anaesthesia. No amount of “progress” as you say justifies that monsters actions. Shame on you.
@@garywilson3042 Shame on you for not reading my comment thoroughly.
Also Slayer had the best percussionist at the time. Dave Lombardo was a monster. He pretty much introduced double bass to America and with no triggers. Slayer only tried to keep up.
With the help of gene hoglan
early on during the show no mercy days@@qwerty.4450
according to Dave, Motorhead was the inspiration for that. Overkill.
Lombardo just signed with Testament fyi.
One thing to remember about Slayer - its like going to watch a Horror movie; if you aren't in the mood for a Horror movie you won't enjoy it as much.
Honestly... that's the best explanation of Slayer I've ever heard. I try to explain Slayer to people but it's hard to. Now I can.... thanks man! Seriously
That's so true man
You can also see it with black metal as well I always imagine doom landscapes and horror visions when I listen those songs I feel you
I don't know why. The music isn't horror, it's just metal. Who cares what the lyrics are about? Metal is for men - Poetry is for pussies.
@@eartheternal3565 no. 😅
That is an excellent way to put it.
As a follow up you guys should do Dead Skin Mask. #MediumThrash.
Plus it's a love song!
Ed Gein may be the only serial killer to have multiple songs written about him. This and Blind Melons Skinned .
Lol, new hashtag for the LiV community, love it
@@MrJpage10 kazoo
Yes!!!!!!!
That transition is one of the greatest riffs in metal history. 30 years later and I still can't get enough of it
And it's absolutely fun to play.. I'm not a Slayer fan at all, but they have some killer riffs at times.
I agree it's good, but to me it loses something when repeated too much.
I also never really liked slayer solos.
Yes, one of the greatest riffs ever.
I agree. I tried myself to make something as epic.... just didnt work out.
Yes indeed! Dave's snare drop into double-bass? CLASSIC
Metallica = The famous ones
Anthrax = The fun ones
Megadeth = The talented ones
Slayer = The evil ones
Metallica is the soulful ones
Metallica = The epic ones
Metallica are way more talented writers/ performers ... You really wanna put up Mechanix against Four Horsemen?
@@marckendall I would actually put Dave's songwriting chops up against James' any day of the week. Both brilliant songwriters.
As far as performing-- Metallica put on a bigger, better, more entertaining show, but Dave and whatever musicians he's hired that week tend to be a lot tighter and more precise musically. Minus Dave's vocals of course lol.
@@beetheb Dave's vocals actually grew on me in time 🤣
Jeff Hanneman of Slayer said about these lyrics, "I know why people misinterpret it - it's because they get this knee-jerk reaction to it. When they read the lyrics, there's nothing I put in the lyrics that says necessarily he was a bad man, because to me - well, isn't that obvious? I shouldn't have to tell you that."
He does call him an infamous butcher, though. Not exactly a flattering description of a self-described doctor.
Kerry King said in an interview said something to the effect of - slayer puts the words in a song and oh my god! The history channel says the same thing and it’s a great documentary.
@@spencerific93 "Sickening ways to achieve the Holocaust" is pretty straightforward anti-Mengele to me. People need to actually read the lyrics before calling Jeff/Slayer Nazis.
This video is as long as the whole "Reign in blood" album.
Haha. The whole album on one side of a cassette.
🗿
I knew it was short, but didn't remember that it was only a little under two minutes longer than this video. Amazing.
Bam 🤘
Shit😂
Watching someone hear the breakdown for the first time is always a gift.
Yesss omg the first time I heard it I had to learn it, sooo badass
@@danieldickson5872 Same here. Slayer isn't my favorite band by any means, but I'll come back to their songs for the transitions between riffs alone. The one 0-2-5 riff transition after the solo in Seasons in the Abyss is beyond badass, and the drum roll leading into the breakdown here is no different.
Also listening to this killer riff for the first time 7:32
Just think of metal like a workout. Slayer is your high intensity level workouts. Metallica for you’re weight lifting repetitions for the steady groove. Anthrax is for the fun cardio. Megadeth is for the complicated lifts.
Pantera to be stronger than all! 🤘
LockRobster22 Pantera is for PRS
Yet Megadeth is the funkiest of the big four
@@robhughes4682Pantera if you’re going to kill someone with your bare hands
bro facts@@mrlarvux
You want groove? Listen to Pantera. "The Sleep" "Medicine Man" "Domination" "Mouth For War" "5 Minutes Alone" for starters
Chuck Johnson These guys HAVE to do Mouth for War.
Domination is a must
I’m Broken as well
Art of shredding. That intro
Deeeeefinitely 5 minutes alone or I’m broken
Here's some medium-thrash stuff by Slayer, guys:
Dead Skin Mask
Skeletons of Society
Expendable Youth
Skeleton Christ
Bloodline
Postmortem
Stain of Mind
Behind the Crooked Cross
Mandatory Suicide
Blood Red
Owen O'Donnell The last third of Postmortem is not medium thrash.
Postmorten is sooo fast though
@@MoltenMetal613 That first riff has groove these dudes would love, but you're right, the second half would lose them.
Good list
I approve of this list
They need Stoner Metal in their lives. It's everything they say they like about metal in one genre. Psychadelic stuff, groove, heavy and old-school vibes. Uncle Acid, Sleep, Electric Wizard, Elder, Hifh On Fire, The Sword, Weedeater, kyuss and the list goes on. This is stuff they would 100% enjoy since some of their favorites thus far has been black sabbath, the groove in gojira, the subtle prog elements in stuff like Metallica and Opeth and so on
I think Kyuss - Green Machine is a good jumping off point. It would be kind of cool to see them do a 2 hr long review of Dopesmoker.
2510LuL yes to Kyuss. That’s a must
spirit caravan - jug fulla sun
Elder! yes! I recommend starting with Spirit At Apheleon
Monster Magnet
I was the same way when I 1st heard the song in the 80's, the fast part grows on you and builds for you to really enjoy the grove, The song alive is the most amazing experience. R.I.P Jeff, Who wrote Angel of Death.
"He sounds like he's in excruciating pain" OH MY GOD SOMEONE FINALLY GOT IT IMMEDIATELY. And Jeff Hanneman wrote the lyrics to this song. He wrote the lyrics to pretty much all of their songs about war, his father was an allied soldier during WW2 and had a collection of German memorabilia that he would pick off dead Nazi soldiers. He told Jeff all about everything and it gave Jeff a lifelong interest in history and war. This is why people were so quick (and some sadly still are) to label Slayer as Nazis (meanwhile half of the band was Hispanic). Jeff Hanneman just wrote from the perspective of what happened, and this song is anti-Genocide, Jeff actually said in an interview something along the lines of "I wrote a song describing the horrors of Josef Mengle and how terrible it was, and then all the sudden I got labled a Neo-nazi, which I am not, I wrote the song because it's history."
Xero Delacroix perfectly explained👌🏻
Anyone can be a Nazi, it's not an ethnicity.
"meanwhile half the band is Hispanic"
Moot point. A lot of Nazi supporters were also Hispanic, and many Nazis fled to Hispanic countries after the war. Josef Mengele, for example, fled to Argentina and lived there for years. And Chile, which is where Araya's family is from, has a long history of Nazi sympathy.
Yea I was super disappointed at my first ever slayer concert a few weeks ago to see 2 neo nazis in the pits with me. Ruined my mood for the night
g00dGuY34 why would you let people with a different opinion than yours ruin your night?
Reign in Blood is a very fast, crazy, aggressive album overall. You'll find more groovy stuff from Slayer in South of Heaven, with songs like "Mandatory Suicide", "Spill the Blood" or "Read Between the Lies".
Also, if you like groove, check out the album Chaos AD from Sepultura, specially the songs "Refuse/Resist" and "Territory".
Cheers!
I agree 100% on all you just wrote.
Agreed. I've been hoping they'd do those exact songs; Mandatory Suicide, Spill the Blood and Read Between the Lies which I think is the first Rap/ Metal crossover song ever written, haha!! I'd add Ghost of War for it's second half which is an utterly epic metal groove!! Perhaps my favorite ever.
RiB is wall to wall, foot to the floor, intensity. I heard this when I was 14 (around when it came out) and I was like "How do they even move their hand that fast. And I was a 14 year old boy, I knew all about moving my right hand fast.
@@danmarshall5895 Hahahahaha!!!!
Roots is another great groove oriented Sepulatura album
Is it wrong to think Beavis and Butthead were the early version of "Reaction" series?
Mike Judge was a visionaire. He's underrated in many ways.
Dude...your screen name, Beavis and Butthead fan...You Rock !
Hahahaha good one! My favourite videos where those in which they were shocked on how lame it was that they just stood in silence with a disgusting face hahaha i loved that
You are very right...!!!!! Many of them are a copycat...
Hello guys, as a big Slayer fan I must admit that when I first heard this song in the early 90's, I also thought that some parts (the inicial scream, the heavy guitar solos) were not very "pleasant" to listen to, but over the years I got to love these parts, because they define Slayer! They define Slayer's sound! And the double bass towards the end, played by Dave Lombardo, is just legendary, it doesn't get much better than that! BUT, if you want to hear a really good song by Slayer with a heavy groove, then check out "Stain of Mind"! I am sure you're going to like it. Other examples for really heavy, yet groovy songs would be: "Silent Violence" by Six Feet Under or a classic by Pantera, i.e. "Domination". I hope you'll listen to those songs. You won't regret it. Other than that, I love your reaction videos and the approach you have on different rock styles and genres. Keep it up! \' ' / Greetings from Germany. :-)
This song is about Dr. Mengele, the "Angel of Death" of Auschwitz.
I was curious if they knew, gives the song context.
Yep. Once you know who they are talking about and what he did to the victims of the camp, it all makes sense.
sherlock over here.
doesn't sound like they knew it was about Mengele at first
Oh, shit I always thought it was about Himmler.
Slayer, riffs like bodybuilders and solos like Parkinson’s disease.
thats so true i just cant like them
Dimebag was the same.
Michael Lampe best description I ever heard
JES SAW not even close buddy
hahaha solos like Parkinson’s disease best description ever
'Reign In Blood' is 1 of 10 most important metal albums of al time. You can't argue with that.
Think so too... But I think "Night Visions" by Imagine Dragons is number 1 for sure!
@@riseagainstthemachine6079 I hope you're joking holy shit
Master of Puppets ties
I'm sure 'All the Right Reasons' - Nickelback is number one on that list
@@greygods9824 come on now. Dont fall for that so easily
Death Angle, D.R.I., Exodus, Nuclear Assault and Overkill are my favorite 80s Thrash bands. They are such underrated bands with so much talent.
Lmao I know it was a typo, but I love "Death Angle"
@@ashenarbiter3939 LOL. Just a reminder that I need to slow down and read what I'm typing. Thanks.
Darkness Descends. Amazing album.
@@dashing_diamond That's Dark Angel, but I agree!
React to ...
NAPALM DEATH - YOU SUFFER
and try to pause it on the middle of that song
Ronin Lx 😂
Ha quickest reaction video ever
made me (literally!) LOL
:-D
"Let's run that back a little..."
But why?
The song is about dr. Josef Mengele who was called the angel of death
Well, link for the weak: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele
"Dr"
Really?
@@davidpierce9949 yes
True. I was a kid when I learned in History class about this evil DR
They certainly weren't endorsing Mengele's actions, more trying to capture/reflect the horror of it.
Can't understand how that isn't obvious to everyone...
some folks have the feel that talking about a theme is already endorsing - or at least think that already the engagement into something has a bad smell, makes someone a toxic person. therefor it's not a good idea to talk about specific themes with foreigners. it can immediatly ruin first impression. and tbh, Jeff Hanneman's fetish for collecting fascist symbols and sorts combined with such lyrics doesn't let you think this band was fighting this shit in first instance. it takes time to understand that they were rather into celebrating evil cliches for the sake of provocation than living those ideas. still, Slayer never stood in for movements like antifa. they never showed interest into endorsing any political direction.
@@metalhos Hanneman's father fought Nazis at Normandy and collected those trinkets off of dead fascists. Try to actually get a little background before you go tossing out judgments.
i didn't judge at all. try to read and understand before making such calls. all i did was trying to explain to Peter Tapola why it is eventually not obvious to everyone that Slayer didn't endorse sadism.
@@metalhos Dude, you said Hanneman had a "fetish" for Nazi memorabilia. You know exactly what you were trying to imply with that shit.
With the context of the lyrics, the opening scream gives me chills every time. Also, you have just witnessed the heaviest song ever written.
behold the kingdom of the wretched undying - infant annihilator????
@@tristanmlowehe said song, not whatever sounds they make.
@@orangutanxremix510lmfao
Machine Head - Davidian
Amon Amarth - Guardians of Asgaard
Morbid Angel - Dawn Of The Angry
“Medium thrash!” That should be on a t-shirt!!! Make that a part of your merch Lost In Vegas. 😁
Was thinking the same thing 🤘
Had that same thought Everytime they said it.
Id buy one!
That’s a great idea
Thanks for actually trying to understand the meaning of the song instead of jumping to conclusions. Alot of people accused Slayer of being Nazi sympathizers when this was released, but this song is more of a documentary rather than an endorsement. It's like the saying goes, if you don't learn from history you are doomed to repeat it.
Same with Unit 731 off of World painted blood album.
This song is what taught me about Joseph Mengele when i was young. It made me look up what he did.
@@TheZogsvengali same for me
To me the song is nazi bashing
You can't even imagine how f'n crazy it is at a Slayer show but when they play this song, it ramps up by like 10,000%. It's hard to understand how anyone could even survive. They can't put enough security guards in the building to handle that crowd. It's an experience beyond the ability to adequately describe
So true. When this song came on my buddy and I merged two pits into one giant pit.
Seen em a few times and outdoors for the clash of the titans tour with aic back in like 90 or 91.don't recall any security
song: *starts*
george: ok lets run that back a little bit
If you guys are looking for groove, look no further than Pantera. Just fricken do it. Cowboys From Hell.
yeah they did a couple songs but after they found out about the white power speech thing that phil did they said they wouldn't anymore
@@somedaysometime Phil's explained that situation too. It was taken way out of context
@@somedaysometime they do walk only and is sad , i think they will love pantera
Craig Coleman how was it? Did he throw a nazi salute yes or no?
They would explode listening to Cemetary Gates
I'm disappointed that George made no comment on one of the best drummers ever. Even though he's not my favourite, Dave Lombardo is a beast and he's been an inspiration for legions of metal drummers
Theodore Vasilopoulos he might be one of the best drummers ever but with that constant “Lars” beat with not much else going on in the background, doesn’t really showcase that
JUSTICE lod EST no one said he was
There's a couple of hip hop connections here: the riff in this song used in PE's She Watch Channel Zero, and the Slayer > Rick Rubin > Def Jam connection.
Slayer was in the Beastie Boys video fight for your right to party
@@jimwiater2867 Not only that, it's Kerry King on guitars playing in Fight For Your Right. As well as Kerry in the video and on the track playing guitar for No Sleep Til Brooklyn.
Rick Rubin was a genius producing and signing Slayer to Def Jam. He's responsible for their best music released.
I was hoping someone was gonna mention She Watch Channel Zero.
I'm never amazed no hip hop fans reacting ever mention this. It's sad if they don't even know PE 😢
If you guys put "lemme get some medium Thrash" on a T-shirt....I'd prolly buy it.
Medium thrash ...leads to more thrash. That's what they don't understand, you are going to evolve and then sometimes you aren't going to find it heavy enough.
EVVVERRYYONE wants medium thrash. But you can't listen to medium for long before you need it harder and louder and then you are just screaming yourself hoarse in pure anger facing a mirror with slayer at max volume and suddenly everyone is like "this seems excessive"
Yeah well some people drink corn syrup water in huge amounts every day. It's just the way she goes, you like subtle sweets until you lose control.
Medium Thrash: gateway drug.
Be Kind To Birds so tru, like in metal u start with Linkin park or late 90s Metallica and end up into Opeth and Sodom haha
I'd buy that shirt
LMAO!
this is perfect thrash metal song: fast, vicious, horrific theme, strong lyrics... it's an adrenaline rush after getting punch.
It IS the greatest thrash song ever. This is not even a debate. War Ensemble isn't far behind.
@@hugolafhugolaf Very good song, it's ONE of the greates thrash songs ever, but it's hard to point out nr1 when Metallica and Megadeth exist.
@@222MovieMan nuff said.
hugolafhugolaf *in your opinion*
U understand
Seasons in the abyss album is almost entirely " medium thrash" you'll dig it
Yes it is. And is a masterpiece
They’ve done it already.
@@460Dave They just reviewed the song that gives the album its name. Of course, after what they said in this last video, they should skip "War Ensemble" hahahaha, but the rest of the songs fit what they want: the groove. And it's the Slayer album that I like the most. Including War Ensemble, of course, hahahaha
I think they hated seasons.
@@joelarms2171 I dont know. Could be. But they liked that more than Raining Blood, which for me, is a masterpiece
The scream at the biginning that's the moment when you realize you're in hell.
For me its that when I realize Im in heaven and I cant die
Cemetery Gates by Pantera is long overdue. Groove metal you'll love it
I can't help but feel all warm and fuzzy inside watching this. I mean look at you guys. A few years back you wouldn't even come close to that shit. Now you are not only able to listen through the whole Slayer song, and one their nastiest btw, but you are finding the things you like, and appreciate the things you don't really like but you know are high level. I'm so proud of you. Seriously.
I was hearing you guys kind "complain" about the trashiness of the song and how fast and heavy it was , and i was smiling all the way because i was thinking to myself omg if you think this is fast now just wait for the guitar solo part lol priceless
They think this is heavy have they heard of Cannibal Corpse
@@KaitlynIsBad CC made the best cover of all time, with Zero The Hero. Would that fit the #mediumtrash definition?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_Smashed_Face is the best EP ever released.
facts
@@KaitlynIsBad they have already reacted Hammer Smashed Face
@@KaitlynIsBad never liked CC much but they are SO undeniably talented
In this album the drumming holds everything. Lombardo did an amazing job here
They're definitely not glorifying this stuff. "I write about society." - Tom Araya
@LetTheBlacknessRollOn He was describing Slayer's music when he said it. Perhaps he meant "I" as the collective "we" for Slayer. I don't know. He said it on the VH1 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.
@@Concatenate Probably an interview from around the South/Seasons era where he wrote fair amount of lyrics.
There’s four types of Slayer: slow, medium, fast, very fast. Don’t worry, there’s plenty of Slayer out there that’s designed for your staylist. Check out Mandatory Suicide, or New Faith.
Yeah They should try songs from South of Heaven because the tempo is kinda slow as compared to Reign In Blood.
@@arvindshastry1178 They did South of Heaven already. They loved it.
Slow and heavy? Check out "Gemini"!
I reckon they'd like Postmortem too.
Dave Lombardo is one of the greatest drummers ever. The late Jeff Hanneman was one of metals greatest guitarists. Great energy. Great speed. Great band
I used to think Neil Peart was the best rock drummer of all time then I heard Slayer. DL is the best imo
David Pierce comparing classic rock to thrash metal?? Neil Peart is way more complicated than Lombardo regardless of how badass Lombardo is
David Vasquez big facts. Peart trumps Lombardo in skill and style.
Raul Cardenas - 1000% on point.
The complexity and hard laden groove of Lombardo is a step beyond Peart. But what would I know, just a drummer and thrash fan.
@@davidvasquez115 Peart is an over-complicated no feelings clown.
I remember when Slayer signed w/ DefJam & Terminator X had samped the "Angel of Death" riff for "Cannel Zero".
So fire
Dudes! Hit the South of Heaven album! That entire album is medium thrash Slayer. After putting out Reign In Blood, the band knew they couldn't top the speed and aggression, so they purposely slowed their next album, and it's full of the elements of Slayer you guys love. #MediumThrash
Also, I'm so glad you looked up the context of the lyrics, because not everyone does and the band still gets shit for it (as well as for the lyrics of plenty of their songs). It is certainly disturbing content, but that's also part of what makes Slayer SLAYER.
Came to say this. South of Heaven is all about that (and so is Seasons in the Abyss, really).
They reacted to SOH already
@@simbaABR the OP means the album. SoH is full of great songs.
Actually no. Silent scream and Ghosts of War are an evolution of the Reign in Blood speed. But the other songs are definitely more mid tempo by Slayer standards.
Who else was staring at the screen waiting for that break down?? Massive smile on my face.
Me too!!! Grinning big time lol
@@jlo1390 me too!
Me
That's me every single time I listen to this song
You better know
As a diehard Slayer fan who basically likes everything they've done I really appreciate hearing a different perspective that I would never think of on my own
Great avatar!
Totally underrated album.
@The Supervillain That's funny!
i know its an unpopular opinion but as a fan i prefer the newer stuff lol. mostly cos my ear tends to follow guitars and its cleaner, but my point is, its rare anyone requests/reacts to newer stuff, so they kinda miss out of what developed with the band.
@@Jeminai77 Those last 3 albums they did are killer, I spend a lot of time listening to those. Fans are really missing out if they dont listen to them.
Public Enemy sampled this track (that transition riff) for "She Watch Channel Zero"
KMFDM in Godlie as well
Pantera - I'm Broken also best wishes on 1M subs! can't wait for that day for the most open minded free minded guys on youtube period!
Slayer - Skeletons of Society.
You will like that one.
I agree
This.
Doom Metal week. All the groove you will ever need
My Dying Bride, Return of the Beautiful or Your River
Candlemass- Dark are the veils of death
Sleep, Dragonaut
electric wizard - vinnum sabbathi !!!!!!
Playing with spiders/Skullcrusher - Overkill
Y'all crack me up! Thanks for sharing. Angel of Death !! The best thrash metal song of all time !! Been a fan since 1985 , I was 15 years old !!
You need a Stoner Rock/ Doom metal week...check out Kyuss, Truckfighters, The Sword...I see some other good recommendations here as well
Clutch "Spacegrass" make it happen!
Corrosion of Conformity, Kyuss, Clutch, Queens of the Stone Age, CKY, so hard to choose where to start.
MrJpage10 khemmis, pallbearer, swallow the sun...
Monter Magnet.
Power Trippin
Dopes To Infinity
Baby Gotterdamerung
Duke of Supernature
Kerry King ain't exactly known for his "good" solos.
RIP Jeff
His solo in “War Ensemble” (2nd solo in the song) is pretty cool, apart from, mostly whammy bars
His Solo in Black Magic is pretty good.
Citzen_J I never minded them. As more of a rhythm guitar player I’ve always thought his solos were very distinct to him
@@nastylittlecritter I kinda liked his solos because it fits Slayer's music and it also creates a sense of chaos.
all slayer solos suck but the chaotic nature of them fit the hellish vibe of slayer
I know you guys are down with Public Enemy, go do a refresher and listen to 'She Watch Channel Zero' - Rick Rubin produced Reign In Blood and It Takes a Nation of Millions; Zero is built around the groove riff from this song 🤘🔥
I second that. I've been suggesting that song for a while now too.
Ok so I wasn't the only one that assumed they would reference Public Enemy.
I was kinda hoping they'd include Anthrax & Public Enemy doing Bring the Noise live as part of thrash week.
I’ve recommended the PE song before as well. Hopefully they’ll do it sometime.
Saw Slayer 20 or so years ago, man what a rush. 30 feet away from the speakers felt like your heart was jumping out of your chest and your hair was popping out of your head. Then Pantera came on stage and your heart did come out of your chest and you left the concert bald because your hair did pop out of your head. Crazy Shit!!
I've always wanted to see the big 4 but sadly I've never had the chance. Did you see the show where they all came out together and played a song? There was like 8 guitarist lol
As soon as you said 'I'm gonna like it from here.', I was like 'yeah, we'll see.' 🤣
The big 4 :
Metallica the class jock
Megadeth the class nerd
Anthrax the class clown
Slayer the class delinquent
Megadeth the class nerd??????? Nah. Bully maybe.
Slayer is pure shit compared to Megadeath
The big 4:
Trash
More like "Slayer the class shooter".
Well put! hahaha! The best quick analogy I've ever seen. I'm using these descriptions from now on! Thanks!
Deadskin mask would be good. Its “medium thrash”
Don't forget "Skeletons Of Society" on the same album! I also love "War Ensamble" and "Hallowed Point", but they may be too fast for these guys...lol
Slayer (Hell Awaits) Was the first metal I'd ever heard. I was ten and took a chance bought the cassette. I never looked back. 45 years old and still love,metal.
If you'd like some slower cool Slayer songs try Behind the Crooked Cross.
If you've ever played Doom 1 in the 90s it will sound familiar ;)
Haunting the Chapel
Pantera - This Love was used in DOOM II in the level Barrels O Fun
Captor Of Sin, At Dawn They Sleep, Dead Skin Mask, Spill The Blood, Mandatory Suicide are all Medium Thrash plus most of their 1st album as well.
Slayer’s music is what hell sounds like
rockaustin well I guess I know where I wanna go
Slayer is Heck. Morbid Saint is HELL
Nah this is what hell sounds like th-cam.com/video/liJfyxmzkMQ/w-d-xo.html
Or th-cam.com/video/WShknpNpHbY/w-d-xo.html
And yet none of them are Satanic
Ryan if you want a groove off this CD, the song is: Postmortem.
My favorite Slayer song.
Nah- Epidemic.
At Dawn They Sleep...
Slayers at dawn they sleep was the song I lost my slayginity to. Been loving em ever since.
Brilliant song. Hell Awaits is hugely underrated as an album
In Hanneman's words
My songs relive the atrocities of war.
Lars Ulrich plays something: He's the best drummer ever.
Dave Lombardo absolutely kills the drums in every song: ...
Absolutely nobody thinks Lars is anywhere near being one of the best drummers out there
They made a point on why they dont like this, they are not into super trash like Slayer, this super fast/mosh pit riffs are not on their liking
Lombardo is at or near the top, maybe him and Menza
Last time I checked no one said lars is the best drummer ever
Alan Sanchez Tirado That is called an opinion. Not everyone is after technique or pace, kid.
Slayer doesn’t play too fast, you listen too slow. The more you listen, the easier it gets to pick out what they’re doing. Love your reactions, though.
The thing about Slayer is when they do the solo's, it becomes a battle of the guitars. Kerry and Jeff will switch back and forth between lead and rhythm. The moment 1 of then finishes the solo, the other will takeover and the first one will move to rhythm. Then they switch back and forth, which is absolutely insane as far as talent goes
The fast parts help to make the slowed down parts more impactful.
a dog exactly
The slowed down parts let Kerry and Jeff take a break. :)
Stop trying to find strategic reasons for the "fast parts"-they're there simply because they sounded good to the artist on their own merit, as they sound good to a great deal of people who are not based in HipHop/RnB and do not absolutely need "groove" for those parts to resonate emotionally with them.
I love Dittohead for that reason.
a dog can’t just groove the whole song...this is a beautiful song....I was jamming this shit in the 80s🤘🤘🤘
I was 15 when this came out, it changed everything! How metal was played , attitude and originality. It still works, its still incredible and so influential. Thank you Slayer for all those years of bangin my head, drinkin and gettin fucked up!
HELL YES!!!!!!!!!!!
I've really enjoyed this marathon of yours. Exploring a bit deeper into a genre, specifying what you love in the many facets of a single genre. Can't wait for the next one. I'd really, really like to see you do a doom/stoner metal marathon. Slower. Groovier. Heavier. Some bands I can really recommend are:
Electric Wizard
Monolord
Sleep
YOB
And so many more. Love what you guys are doing!
"Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis" is a must! That was my intro to Electric Wizard. I played this song on my old car's rockford fosgate 12" subs. Man, that was an experience back then!
Bongripper
Elder and Conan need adding to that list, but they should definitely do this. Starting with Funeralopolis
@@gentlemanpirate12 Conan is another good one. Agreed.
I know this is a year late but, when you listen to Slayer...think of every song like its a horror movie. Just discovered your channel. Absolutely love it!!
I love thrash, the faster and heavier the better. But you're not wrong about the value of mid-paced music from thrash bands. Sometimes when they slow down just a little bit, even if it's only for part of the song, it gives them room to breathe, be a little more dynamic, and let the listener groove a little bit. The best and biggest bands in the genre have a mix of both types of thrash ("medium thrash", and "super thrash"), often on the same album or even in the same song.
If you're interested in exploring Slayer, their albums tended to have more of those mid-paced rockers as their career progressed. They always, always have some super thrash. But 'Reign in Blood' (1986) had fewer mid-paced rockers, 'South of Heaven' (1988) had a few more, 'Seasons in the Abyss' (1990) had a few more, etc. And that's not an uncommon trend for thrash bands. If you bump into a thrash band that you'd like to get into but what you're hearing at first is too abrasive, it's usually a safe bet to check out their work an album or two down the road. It's not universal, but that's a reasonably accurate generalization.
As far as the subject matter of "Angel of Death", it definitely was (and still is) a controversial song. Slayer has been accused of Nazi sympathies ever since this song came out in 1986, but they've always said that the purpose was simply to shock and horrify with explicit descriptions of the man's crimes. It's certainly not my place to say that I know what was in their hearts when they wrote the song, or how they really feel, or to tell anyone else how they should perceive the song. But I happen to believe them. Having horror-themed lyrics has always been an element in heavy metal, and the more extreme thrash bands like Slayer took that far enough that it inspired the bands that exceeded the thrash envelope and developed sub-genres like death metal, black metal, etc.
Great post
"Room to breathe" this reminds me of an interview with Venom in the mid 80's where they were asked about people complaining about them writing slower songs, and their response was more or less that you had to put in a slower song because after a while, you'll fatigue the listener with speed, giving them a break will make the speed of the nest song have the intended impact.
I don't know where I'm going with this post, I'm fuckin drunk.
well if you take into account their drummer is from cuba and the singer is chilean, wheres the nazi about it. my grandfather loves to read about war and nazis a lot, does that makes him a sympathizer,absolutely not.
about music, I think the guys need more groovy songs, like skeletons of society or spill the blood, or listen to horrorscope from overkill, or go for a safe bet, Pantera.
@@acruzro95 correct but it was white Germans Nazis that fled to Argentina not Hispanics.
They asked Jeff Hanneman why he didn’t flat out say Mengele was a bad person in the lyrics, and he responded “isn’t that obvious? You shouldn’t need me to tell you that.”
In other words, no they are not Nazi sympathizers
Josef Mengele, the Nazi “Angel of Death”... Also basis for much of Wolfenstein games storyline material.
*josef
They would love post Reign In Blood era of Slayer.
I wish someone would react to Read Between The Lies. Such an underrated gem of a Slayer song
The breakdown part of the song was actually used as a sample for Public Enemy’s song “channel Zero” which is also a great song and album! Y’all should do a reaction to channel zero! 🙌
Besides “She Watch Channel Zero” by Public Enemy (album: It Takes a Nation Of Millions to Hold Us Back) another use of the sample from this song is in KMFDM’s song “Godlike”
Machine Head - Imperium
I think this is the song for you guys, it's more modern, with fast agressive bits but not with the old thrash feel.
Or locust both good machine head songs for these guys.
"Angel of Death" is about Josef Menguele.
correction: Josef Mengele
Oddly enough Josef copied a lot of his human experimentations from the Japanese Biochemical warfare research group called UNIT 731, Slayer did a song about them on world painted blood album, I say copied because the unit started the experimentations before and caused the Japanese-Chinese War prior to ww2.
The Nazi "doctor" who did horrific, twisted experiments on holocaust victims
Try "Spirit In Black." It was my intro into actually liking Slayer. Medium thrash with a fast thrash capstone. I feel like they take the time to develop the theme in that song so that, by the time they get to the crazy speed, they've earned it.
War Ensemble is similar but in reverse. Kinda classic Slayer with a medium thrash middle sandwiched between the speedy stuff, but the fast sections have a wicked groove and the middle is fairly lengthy. It's another one where I feel like they earn each part.
Really, Seasons In The Abyss is just a damn good record. It's definitely the apex of early Slayer, imho.
As much as I love their first 4 albums I have to agree with you 100%. Seasons In the abyss (both the song and album) is a testament to Slayers legacy as well as Dave Lombardo.
First song I ever heard by them in grade school. Been hooked for 20 years.
Go listen to Public Enemy, “She Watches Channel Zero”. PE samples the groove you like.
lolol eeeyup.
Why is this not the top comment? I can't believe the guys didn't know it themselves. Public Enemy ain't small potatoes in hip hop.
I was a teenage metalhead when a friend of mine played me Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions, with the channel zero sample, and I was like oh s*** these brothers are down with the heavy s***. I mean, I had liked Run DMC and the Beastie Boys at that point but that PE album really blew the doors open for me to become a hip-hop head for the next 40 years. The thing about reign in blood is that it's kind of like a rush or an experience or an acid trip, meant to be listened to in awe, and not necessarily to groove to. But that lick right there is the groove, and I think Terminator x knew that the second he heard it. Remember, Slayer had moved to Def Jam, specifically because of the Nazi lyrics that the big wigs at Capitol didn't want to touch.
You say that good grooves are rare in metal but most of the metal you've covered on this channel is thrash (which focuses on speed and chaos) and prog (which focuses on technicality and odd time signatures). You haven't done any post-metal or doom metal at all, two of the metal genres that rely the most on groove. I see a lot of other commenters mention these genres all the time so I think with this being the end of thrash week, it's time to start trying more groovy metal. Here are some songs that I think would be a good start for post-metal / doom and would probably make your playlist:
Cult Of Luna - The Fall
Isis - In Fiction
Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis
Agalloch - Not Unlike The Waves
YOB - Quantum Mystic
The new Cult Of Luna album was absolutely incredible. I've seen more than a couple requests for The Fall so I'll throw in a request for that song as well.
They haven't listened to Pantera. The definition of groove metal dammit.
@@allenvrabac4827 They have listened to Pantera. They did Walk.
They done some doom metal (Candlemass, off the top of my head). I would like to see them do some post-metal too. It would be appropriate to where they are musically with metal in general at the moment.
@@allenvrabac4827 They did do Pantera (Walk) but refused to do more after Phil Anselmo was revealed as a racist.
Love or hate Slayer (I come and go with them myself), this song and album was a veritable atom bomb in the world of metal. Pretty much all extreme metal took this as THE standard to live up to, and even with the addition of harsher vocals (growls, screams), very few metal bands have ever matched this level of intensity and ferocity. Put on Reign of Blood (the album) and even though it's only 29 minutes it will just completely run over and flatten you like a merciless tank.
When you guys talk about not liking the "sped up thrash sound," I think the problem is that you don't like the constant snare hits on the quarter notes. In most music (rock or otherwise) you almost only ever get snare hits ever OTHER beat, which gives you time to actually get a head-nod/groove going. Even if you slowed the tempo down, snares on every beat would sound weird. Speed it up and it's even harder to take because there's not enough room to breathe/groove.
Great post.
Their problem is that (1) they never listen to full albums to actually get a complete picture of anything and (2) they never try repetition to get into the mindset of something and let it sink in past the first impression.
They're never going to understand and appreciate metal like they could, because they still think they're playing a pop music singles game. And they get pissy when people point it out to them.
Totally dude. New Death Metal and Metal Core etc. whatever, while perhaps growlier, tuned down lower and at even faster tempos than Slayer are not even in the same realm of evoking darkness and aggression. As George put it, Slayer earned their place in the Big 4 because of that psychotic aggression. Reign in Blood is an artistic masterpiece that does very dark things to you as a listener, lol!!
Probably my favorite critic's review of all time has to be this guy that described Reign in Blood as; "Best listened to while wearing a suit made of the skin of your dead enemies." Nuff said.
@@jasonq8144 If this is a "problem" then it's likely a problem most listeners have. Most people don't have unlimited free time to listen to music so unless they only like a few artists they're inevitably going to have to cherry pick among them, and that means trying to listen to the "greatest hits" of any given band/artist and forming impressions based on that. I agree this isn't ideal, but for many it's the best that can be done. I consider myself lucky that my job allows me to listen to music, so I regularly spend 8+ hours a day doing that. That means I get to listen to tons of albums, not just singles/compilations, and get to give things several chances before I make up my mind. It's also why my tastes encompass everything from metal to classical to jazz to, yes, pop. Most people just don't have that luxury, though, and the more music you like, the thinner you have to spread your listening.
@@two-tonemalone5652 I always liked what Ritchie Blackmore said he realized when listening to Led Zeppelin that "heavy isn't volume, heavy is an attitude." I think it's the same for darkness and aggression. It's easy to crank up gain, down-tune guitars, growl, etc, but channeling genuine darkness/aggression is another matter entirely. Slayer do that as well as anyone, and the few bands I think that are in their league don't get there just being faster or growling or whatever. Ulcerate is a good example of a contemporary band I find Slayer-esque, but they're dark/heavy/aggressive in a totally different way, mostly in their use of atmosphere and dissonance (very Gorguts meets Immolation).
FYI: Public Enemy sampled that slower riff that you like in their song "She Watch Channel Zero."
Came here to say this.
Making sure this was mentioned. Chuck and Flav rocked that riff.
Didn't know that!
Also, Slayer was a part of Def Jam Records with Public Enemy and The Beastie Boys. The song No sleep til Brooklyn, Kerry King, one of Slayers guitar players played guitar on that song...
I think Rick Rubin's open mindedness towards so many styles of music is highly overlooked in how influential he was/is in the music industry. Also, Chuck D had always been into rock , metal, ect. Even before the legendary (in my mind at least) Bring the Noise remake with Anthrax. He was a fan of bands like Minor Threat in the hardcore punk scene too.
Public Enemy was a huge influence on me as a kid and a lot of that was because of their tenancy to incorporate Metal into some songs. It got me hooked from the first album. I have been a Hiphop-head and metalhead ever since.
You guys are bang on with your thrash analysis.
Thrash is like blues but instead of feeling blue or love you feel aggression.
Love from Australia
See, the thing about metal is that the songs often take you on a journey and build to a crescendo.
The frantic solo in this song was the crescendo, which mimics the violent insanity of the subject matter. Everything that preceded it was building you up to that - and then the outro hammers the point home.
In my opinion this is one of Slayer’s best songs, and is possibly the greatest thrash song ever written.
This song pushes thrash as far as it goes without quite venturing into the death metal realm. That said, this era of Slayer was a huge influence on death metal. I’m not a death metal guy (too violent & aggressive for my taste), but I can’t deny that influence.
RE the subject matter: this song is obviously not endorsing the atrocities of the Nazis in WWII. There’s enough language used within the song that hints at their disgust at the acts that they’re talking about.
For me, it’s super angry at Mengele and the Nazis. While the music reflects the sickening violence etc, it also reflects the utter disgust and anger that the rest of the world felt upon learning about the holocaust.
I love the fact that they had the balls to tackle the subject head-on. It keeps it real, and reminds us of times that we don’t want to ever see repeated again.
Sepultura says hi
João Sousa Sepultura has nothing to do with this song.
By death metal do you mean black metal?
Well said Sir, I love death metal but nothing STILL compares to Reign in blood.
@@shmick6079 I mean in the death metal influence not on this song
PUBLIC ENEMY Samples the transition for "she watch channel zero".
And that's what sold me on PE.
I heard it wasn't a sample at all. They had Kerry King come into the studio and record that part.
KMFDM also sampled it on Godlike
“At Dawn They Sleep” is a sick song by Slayer. Highly recommend
Live Undead ❤❤❤
There all sick songs
Kill Again, the title track, Praise of Death and Necrophiliac are the highlights of Hell Awaits
@@FirebirdCamaro1220 completely agree!!
That, Crypts of Eternity, and Hardening of the Arteries are always in my playlists
I understand Slayer's place in the metal pantheon, without being a super fan. I find your videos with this much honesty to be precisely the reason I subscribe to you guys. Keep on rocking G&R! - Metal Fan, since 1985
i went to see kreator, anthrax and slayer last sunday here in chile and my god that shit was fire. The energy that you feel is amazing. Long live slayer!
You lucky bastard , thats a dream line up
Wow. Three in one show. How lucky.
Epic lineup
Most Exodus is prime “‘medium thrash”
The most solid rhythm based thrash bad at mid tempo
I consider Exodus fast, but I think if these guys like it slower they would love Pantera.
Medium Thrash? That’s gotta be anthrax
You guys (especially George) would love Territory by Sepultura
George wouldn't like Territory in terms of the vocals. He didn't Roots Bloody Roots in that regard.
Cadê os brasileiros por aqui ???, Thrash Metal para mim , é justamente o nome, é o Metal do Açoite, fatos históricos, com letras pesadas se você for pensar no solo é algo incrível, a Guitarra Base está transmitindo tudo oque a letra representa, como as vítimas tentando escapar do maldito e sempre voltavam para o mesmo lugar, as guitarras soam como pessoas desesperadas, vocal , representando as situações e a bateria 🥁 rápida como se fosse a adrenalina.
Groove Metal week =
Pantera - Monday
Pantera - Tuesday
Pantera - Wednesday
Pantera - Thursday
Pantera - Friday
Pantera - Saturday
Pantera - Sunday
spelled "weak" wrong. - Suicidal 4 life!
Friggin hilarious!
This was pretty much the reaction I was expecting. I figured the beginning and the end wouldn't be enjoyable for you, but I was hoping you'd dig the middle part, glad you did
Need a “Medium Thrash” t-shirt ASAP.
DO OT
DO IT EVEN
Yes I need a medium thrash shirt too
I'd buy one, lol
What they call medium thrash is just thrash, what they don’t like is speed metal, HUGE difference.
Reign in Blood album is 36 minutes of pure heaven for me.