Hey Gang! So thinking reading lyrics might be a new thing to add to some of my music reactions. Your thoughts? Have an insanely cool weekend!!! AWWWRIGHT!!
Really depends on the song (even more than the band). For instance, you really enjoyed the interplay of the music and lyrics on "Evidence" in the FNM Slow Burn. But if I asked you to simultaneously listen/read "Cuckoo for Caca" from the same album...well...I'd prefer your compositional/engineering analysis to a linguistic deconstruction of "Shit lives forever!" 😅
When my mother died about ten years ago, a song from slayer was my go-to to evacuate my sorrow and rage. "Divine Intervention". Singing it is so liberating! Not because of the topic but, like you would say, because of it's energy. "No mercy... No reason... JUST PAIN!!!"
It's a good and bad thing. Kerry King has 1 speed and 1 tone. It just so happens that it's an awesome speed and tone, but if you've heard one slayer song made in the last 25 years you've heard them all. The lyrics are also 6th grade level. I grew up on Slayer but they never truly evolved into anything great. Just my 2 cents.
@@mikeisgettinupset Ya that's true, I think Rick Rubin the fraud was trying to make their sound more commercial. It did sound that way but the lyrics were way over the top for mainstream so that will never work.
@@Bmetalful if I wrote the lyric, "you've got a fucking catheter in your brain,pissing your common sense away," in grade 6, I'd have been pretty stoked hahaha.. I mean, sure the rest of that songs lyrics aren't exactly gonna make intellectuals cream themselves with clever wordplay or thought provoking topics, but when your lyrics say, "I'm going to tear your fucking eyes out, rip your fucking flesh off, beat you til you're just a fuckin lifeless carcass, you were meant to take the fall, now you're nothing! ...payback's a bitch motherfucker!", they kinda don't need to be.. they just bludgeon you to death with raw simplicity, just like the person he's talking about in the song lol..😗👌
Back in '88, when I was an 11-year old kid, I got my hands on a tape of South of Heaven (given to me by an older kid at school) and I was sold! SLAYER became my fav band...still sucks they quit a few years ago. Thanks for this video Geebz! Nailed it as always. 🤘
I love Bostaph’s contributions to SLAYER and he opened his account in technical style with his amazing work on ‘Divine Intervention’. Phenomenal drummer. Edit : Thanks Geebz, it’s always interesting to hear your take.
@@tomspring213 🤣 I bet! The good old days when you left a show and needed a week to heal. I saw Slayer on their last tour, the black and purple on my forearm took a month to heal. 🤘
@@palladinodessa8988 Take a good look at my profile pic, lol. I paid for the Meet ‘n Greet on that tour 🤘🏼. I’ve had 2 back surgeries and I threw down harder than any young’n that night. I do have to admit, Testament and Lamb of God playing before Slayer didn’t help, lol. Music just moves a person, lol.
Would definitely love to see the lyrics on the screen to follow along with. Or at the very least in the video description. Otherwise I love your videos and have been binging your videos for the last few weeks!
This was the title track of their latest and final album. The song was written for one of their founding members, Jeff Hanneman, who passed away in 2013. The lyrics do a very good job describing Jeff's relationship with the music industry and thoughts o. being in a hugely successful band. He was a very private guy who really didn't care about anything but the music and the fans.
I freaking love Slayer, Slaaayyyeeerrr!!! Dave Lombardo is definitely the best drummer out of The Big 4, you should check out Lombardo's side project called Grip Inc sometime, "Hostage To Heaven" is the ultimate Grip Inc song so I would recommend starting there! Great reaction Geebz! Awwriiight!!! 🤘🤘🤙🤙
Check out the "Video Killogy/Trilogy" of "REPENTLESS" ... The 3 songs that tell the story: "REPENTLESS", "YOU AGAINST YOU", "PRIDE & PREJUDICE" ... Watch Them / Check Them Out !!!
I give you a lot of credit Mr. Geebz for reviewing this song. This song reminds me of the song Angel of Death from their 1986 album Reign in Blood. The lyrics are shocking but one must remember that the band members have admitted that they do not worship Satan and they do this for fun. Slayer was influenced by not just by Thrash Metal but by Punk Rock which focuses on subjects like rebellion and civil disobedience. Yet at the same time Slayer is different because it has instrumental solos which Punk Rock lacks.
Great addition to your reactions geebz. You should do a reaction/lyric review to any of these Whitechapel songs - elitist ones, the saw is the law, when a demon defiles a witch, lost boy 🔥
Repentless is an underrated Slayer album and i like its production a lot. Of course it's not as good as the 5 firsts but quite good for a final album in a (fabulous) discography.
ah Slayer! what a band! always liked the solo gimmick of being off key just enough to create dissonance and craziness! it starts on the first album all the way to the last! lyrics are always on point! drummer is nuts! riffs are crazy! I'm sad that I'll never see them live!
Gotta love Gary Holt, he is a monster on the electric twanger. Have you checked out his old band Exodus? If not check out Black List. The music between the 2 bands are related for sure and still different.
Sometime you should listen to Delusions of Savior -> Repentless. It's a cool instrumental transition that I think you'll enjoy. It was also their opening song(s) to their farewell tour.
Great powerful song, typical Slayer material! Also Check out "Mandatory Suicide", "Angel Of Death", Raining Blood", "South Of Heaven", their 4 masterpieces IMO!
@@fictionwerks To be honest I never got into the Rob Dukes stuff, I'm a Zetro and more importantly a Baloff guy. The "Another Lesson in Violence" Live album from 97 is their best release IMO. It's all good though. Saw them open for Anthrax last month 🤘
Brother I googled it but I'm just going to ask - Is Scott Weiland's "Lady Your Roof Brings Me Down" a polka? (I've learned more from you on my music quest than anyone - thank you) Edit: the drummer fills on this track are intense.
Urrrrgh; so hype for this. Last great song Slayer did. Not a great album but this song SLAPS!! Yes Geebz x *edit* video is silly fun aswell; check that out it's ace haha
Sup Geebz 🤙. I used to love Slayer growing up but now my ears have shifted to just more of a prog metal and death metal vibes. Thrash metal I just struggle with. Lyrics are awesome tho
Kerry stated in an interview with Guitar World if I remember correctly, he used a thesaurus while writing up until the release of Diabolus, at that point he got sick of it and started writing as he spoke in his day to day life, and I have to say while they certainly had some decent offerings post Divine Intervention, I definitely prefer the old school Slayer.
Yes.... Sllllaayyyyeeer. But fun fact about the word "repentless". Slayer invented it. Repentless wasnt in the dictionary till they came out with the word
hmmmmm thrash metal ahhhhhhhhhh. If my personality was a music genre. It explains a lot, i know. It's about the rawness of the tone and topics. There's a song by them called angel of death about Josef Rudolf Mengele a SS C*nt. It kinda makes you stare at the horrible things he did, like a nauseating history lesson. If you could add the lyrics to the video then we all can follow the bouncing ball. In your suggestion vid i was talking about how my uncle died... well today i got to keep his music collection. It is crazy how someone you know liked a lot of the same music. Like Chopin. At the same time if you listen to all their music it paints a clear picture of the person.... that maybe no one could really know.
@@KeyOfGeebz Thanks! Could you PLEASE cover Palms, which is Chino Moreno with the guys from ISIS. Great project/band! Song is called Mission Sunset. It's so awesome. I know you love them both.
Silent Scream is one of the most aggressive pro-life songs in existence, Spill the Blood is also really good, I'm skipping over the standard cuts that always get mentioned.
Hi Geebz, I just wanted to let you know that an amazing female fronted Progressive Death Metal band called Vintersea just dropped a new song called "At The Gloaming Void". The song is an absolute banger! Can you please check it out? It would be amazing to hear your thoughts, thanks my friend. Awwriiight 🤘🤘🤙🤙
@@KeyOfGeebz awesome! Thanks soo much! You're gonna love Vintersea's guitar solos, Jorma (lead guitarist) knows how to make his solos tell a story. Vintersea is a very underrated band that should be just as popular as Jinjer and Spiritbox (Vintersea has actually toured with both bands), thanks again Geebz! I'm soo excited!
Their last 2 albums are (in my opinion only) way too clean in term of production. But they acknowledged their time was done and retired, so they now stay in history as a great band.
Thanks Geebz! It’s SLAYER not Slayer lol. I think you should read the lyrics when reacting. Maybe read the lyrics first without the music? It would depend on the song but you wouldn’t be as distracted in a real time reaction.😊
I haven't watched this reaction yet but I don't think this is a good idea with this song. The video is so powerful in its imagery that I don't see how you can read the lyrics and take in the video at the same time. As I am writing this I see that you are not watching the video so what I just said does not apply. The fact that you did not put the lyrics on the screen for your audience is very disappointing. Now can I suggest watching the video, it tells the story perfectly and it is very intense...
I'm a huge slayer fan but after Jeff died i kinda called it a day. I find the phrasing of the lyrics post jeff to be really bad and they all follow the same pattern. As for the situation with their ex drummer that was another issue that made me think I'm done with the band.
Is it just me or does Paul’s drumming sound slightly ahead of the rest of the music and feels slightly out of place? Maybe it’s why I have never really liked a lot of the stuff they did without Dave though God Hates us all is fantastic
Hey Gang! So thinking reading lyrics might be a new thing to add to some of my music reactions. Your thoughts? Have an insanely cool weekend!!! AWWWRIGHT!!
We need you to revisit all the Tool’s lyrics 🌀🌀🌀🙏🙏🙏
As a poet, to me, lyrics are of utmost importance!
Big yes.
Just fyi, your thumbnail shows SALYER instead of Slayer.
Really depends on the song (even more than the band). For instance, you really enjoyed the interplay of the music and lyrics on "Evidence" in the FNM Slow Burn. But if I asked you to simultaneously listen/read "Cuckoo for Caca" from the same album...well...I'd prefer your compositional/engineering analysis to a linguistic deconstruction of "Shit lives forever!" 😅
When my mother died about ten years ago, a song from slayer was my go-to to evacuate my sorrow and rage. "Divine Intervention". Singing it is so liberating! Not because of the topic but, like you would say, because of it's energy.
"No mercy...
No reason...
JUST PAIN!!!"
That entire album rips and that’s one of the good ones 🤘🏼
You hit the nail on the (Ditto) Head, Geebz…You can always rely on Slayer for brutal, no BS, in-your-face thrash metal. They never sold out! 🤘💀🤘
It's a good and bad thing. Kerry King has 1 speed and 1 tone. It just so happens that it's an awesome speed and tone, but if you've heard one slayer song made in the last 25 years you've heard them all. The lyrics are also 6th grade level. I grew up on Slayer but they never truly evolved into anything great. Just my 2 cents.
Dunno about that one. God Hates Us All was different. it was still awesome, but definitely not the traditional Slayer thrash
@@mikeisgettinupset Ya that's true, I think Rick Rubin the fraud was trying to make their sound more commercial. It did sound that way but the lyrics were way over the top for mainstream so that will never work.
@@Bmetalful if I wrote the lyric, "you've got a fucking catheter in your brain,pissing your common sense away," in grade 6, I'd have been pretty stoked hahaha.. I mean, sure the rest of that songs lyrics aren't exactly gonna make intellectuals cream themselves with clever wordplay or thought provoking topics, but when your lyrics say, "I'm going to tear your fucking eyes out, rip your fucking flesh off, beat you til you're just a fuckin lifeless carcass, you were meant to take the fall, now you're nothing! ...payback's a bitch motherfucker!", they kinda don't need to be.. they just bludgeon you to death with raw simplicity, just like the person he's talking about in the song lol..😗👌
@@mikeisgettinupset it was definitely more riff centered, Here Comes the Pain absolutely slams
Back in '88, when I was an 11-year old kid, I got my hands on a tape of South of Heaven (given to me by an older kid at school) and I was sold! SLAYER became my fav band...still sucks they quit a few years ago. Thanks for this video Geebz! Nailed it as always. 🤘
I love Bostaph’s contributions to SLAYER and he opened his account in technical style with his amazing work on ‘Divine Intervention’. Phenomenal drummer.
Edit : Thanks Geebz, it’s always interesting to hear your take.
2 guitars - singer plays the bass
One of the craziest mosh pit I've been hands down
Slayer pits were awesome. I think only Pantera had more brutal pits - I have been in them all since '88🤘
@@palladinodessa8988 saw Slayer with Chimaira in 2001 on the God Hates Us All tour and we all limped out 🤘🏼
@@tomspring213 🤣 I bet! The good old days when you left a show and needed a week to heal. I saw Slayer on their last tour, the black and purple on my forearm took a month to heal. 🤘
@@palladinodessa8988 Take a good look at my profile pic, lol. I paid for the Meet ‘n Greet on that tour 🤘🏼.
I’ve had 2 back surgeries and I threw down harder than any young’n that night.
I do have to admit, Testament and Lamb of God playing before Slayer didn’t help, lol.
Music just moves a person, lol.
Sometimes I just need to listen to Slayer. After a terrible, hard day sometimes it's just easier to let someone do the screaming for you.
Soothes
I do the same with
Slipknot's People = Shit, I work in a store.
I drew the slayer logo on everything in middle school lol love them still.
Would definitely love to see the lyrics on the screen to follow along with. Or at the very least in the video description. Otherwise I love your videos and have been binging your videos for the last few weeks!
This was the title track of their latest and final album. The song was written for one of their founding members, Jeff Hanneman, who passed away in 2013. The lyrics do a very good job describing Jeff's relationship with the music industry and thoughts o. being in a hugely successful band. He was a very private guy who really didn't care about anything but the music and the fans.
I freaking love Slayer, Slaaayyyeeerrr!!! Dave Lombardo is definitely the best drummer out of The Big 4, you should check out Lombardo's side project called Grip Inc sometime, "Hostage To Heaven" is the ultimate Grip Inc song so I would recommend starting there! Great reaction Geebz! Awwriiight!!! 🤘🤘🤙🤙
Davey its just one of the best out on metal
Umm...love Lombardo, but that ain't him.
@@arsmor1end1 right, I know Bostaph is the drummer here.
@@BigHomieSteveTheMetalHead Well then, headbang on, Big Homie!
Paul Bostaph is a technically superior drummer to Dave Lombardo imo … more powerful too.
Check out the "Video Killogy/Trilogy" of "REPENTLESS" ...
The 3 songs that tell the story: "REPENTLESS", "YOU AGAINST YOU", "PRIDE & PREJUDICE" ...
Watch Them / Check Them Out !!!
No coffee was needed this morning lol. You should watch the 3 videos with this song it's a fantastic mini-movie of violence.
I give you a lot of credit Mr. Geebz for reviewing this song. This song reminds me of the song Angel of Death from their 1986 album Reign in Blood. The lyrics are shocking but one must remember that the band members have admitted that they do not worship Satan and they do this for fun.
Slayer was influenced by not just by Thrash Metal but by Punk Rock which focuses on subjects like rebellion and civil disobedience. Yet at the same time Slayer is different because it has instrumental solos which Punk Rock lacks.
The Lyrics were always a huge part of the Slayer Delivery System. It’s important stuff.
FUCKING SLAYERRRR! 🤘🏻
Great addition to your reactions geebz. You should do a reaction/lyric review to any of these Whitechapel songs - elitist ones, the saw is the law, when a demon defiles a witch, lost boy 🔥
5:46 Love your metal face.
Nice! I think Dying Fetus - Homicidal Retribution would fit this new section.
I believe the other video you read the lyrics on was Radiohead: Let Down. I know this cause I watched it yesterday, lol.
Repentless is an underrated Slayer album and i like its production a lot. Of course it's not as good as the 5 firsts but quite good for a final album in a (fabulous) discography.
ah Slayer! what a band! always liked the solo gimmick of being off key just enough to create dissonance and craziness! it starts on the first album all the way to the last! lyrics are always on point! drummer is nuts! riffs are crazy! I'm sad that I'll never see them live!
Some of the songs you have looked at have amazing or funny lyrics. I would love to see some more.
Gotta love Gary Holt, he is a monster on the electric twanger. Have you checked out his old band Exodus? If not check out Black List. The music between the 2 bands are related for sure and still different.
Sometime you should listen to Delusions of Savior -> Repentless. It's a cool instrumental transition that I think you'll enjoy. It was also their opening song(s) to their farewell tour.
Great powerful song, typical Slayer material!
Also
Check out "Mandatory Suicide", "Angel Of Death", Raining Blood", "South Of Heaven", their 4 masterpieces IMO!
Thank you Geebz! Let’s go!!!!
Gary Fucking Holt on the guitar. Would love to see Geebz do some EXODUS!
Oooooo. Anything off Exhibit B, such a beast of an album
@@fictionwerks To be honest I never got into the Rob Dukes stuff, I'm a Zetro and more importantly a Baloff guy. The "Another Lesson in Violence" Live album from 97 is their best release IMO. It's all good though. Saw them open for Anthrax last month 🤘
@@brettanomyces7077 nice! Fabulous Disaster and Impact is Imminent are my 2 faves from them. But I really liked the way they wrote exhibit b
Brother I googled it but I'm just going to ask - Is Scott Weiland's "Lady Your Roof Brings Me Down" a polka? (I've learned more from you on my music quest than anyone - thank you) Edit: the drummer fills on this track are intense.
Would love to see you do some No Doubt!
Thank you for a great reaction to this awesome band
music video that goes along to this is absolutely brutal and just 1 of a 3 part story. more blood than john wick.
When are you gonna check out Daughters?
Urrrrgh; so hype for this. Last great song Slayer did. Not a great album but this song SLAPS!! Yes Geebz x *edit* video is silly fun aswell; check that out it's ace haha
Dave Lombardo is the drummer in the current lineup of Mr Bungle. He's still a beast behind the kit, even after all these years.
More, much more Slayer.
"Get that shit out". Yeah.
🤘
Lyrics are poetry!
Bad ass song
Sup Geebz 🤙. I used to love Slayer growing up but now my ears have shifted to just more of a prog metal and death metal vibes. Thrash metal I just struggle with. Lyrics are awesome tho
You should try Allamedah - Forgive and Forget
Kerry stated in an interview with Guitar World if I remember correctly, he used a thesaurus while writing up until the release of Diabolus, at that point he got sick of it and started writing as he spoke in his day to day life, and I have to say while they certainly had some decent offerings post Divine Intervention, I definitely prefer the old school Slayer.
Slayer❤
Yes.... Sllllaayyyyeeer. But fun fact about the word "repentless". Slayer invented it. Repentless wasnt in the dictionary till they came out with the word
You should check out motorhead and Suicidal Tendencies
Lights Camera Revolution or How will I laugh for albums.
The core value of metal? Get that shit out! Sounds about right... 🤘
Anyway could you do RATM the ghost of Tom Joad?”
SLAYER wears the Crown of Thrash! Not these Metallica traitors! SLAYER!!!
hmmmmm thrash metal ahhhhhhhhhh. If my personality was a music genre. It explains a lot, i know. It's about the rawness of the tone and topics. There's a song by them called angel of death about Josef Rudolf Mengele a SS C*nt. It kinda makes you stare at the horrible things he did, like a nauseating history lesson.
If you could add the lyrics to the video then we all can follow the bouncing ball.
In your suggestion vid i was talking about how my uncle died... well today i got to keep his music collection. It is crazy how someone you know liked a lot of the same music. Like Chopin. At the same time if you listen to all their music it paints a clear picture of the person.... that maybe no one could really know.
I have to suggest you Between the Buried and Me, their Colors album, if you didnt heard it before it will be an awesome discovery
Geebz, Who's SALYER?!! Typo RED ALERT!
OMG thank you!! My dyslexia in full regalia.....
Metal Sailor?! 🤘⛵️😅
@@KeyOfGeebz Thanks! Could you PLEASE cover Palms, which is Chino Moreno with the guys from ISIS. Great project/band! Song is called Mission Sunset. It's so awesome. I know you love them both.
Silent Scream is one of the most aggressive pro-life songs in existence, Spill the Blood is also really good, I'm skipping over the standard cuts that always get mentioned.
Rotting Christ - Athanatoi Este
Hi Geebz, I just wanted to let you know that an amazing female fronted Progressive Death Metal band called Vintersea just dropped a new song called "At The Gloaming Void".
The song is an absolute banger! Can you please check it out? It would be amazing to hear your thoughts, thanks my friend. Awwriiight 🤘🤘🤙🤙
Hi Steve!! Got it on my list for next week :)
@@KeyOfGeebz awesome! Thanks soo much! You're gonna love Vintersea's guitar solos, Jorma (lead guitarist) knows how to make his solos tell a story. Vintersea is a very underrated band that should be just as popular as Jinjer and Spiritbox (Vintersea has actually toured with both bands), thanks again Geebz! I'm soo excited!
Released so long ago, all the way back in 2015.... 🤔😂
But yeah they've pretty much kept their 80s thrash style the whole time, so it sounds older.
Hey how'z it please tell me you plan to do the music video maybe you could do the trinity I dare you 🤞😳😎🤘🔥🤘🔥
Their last 2 albums are (in my opinion only) way too clean in term of production. But they acknowledged their time was done and retired, so they now stay in history as a great band.
Thanks Geebz! It’s SLAYER not Slayer lol. I think you should read the lyrics when reacting. Maybe read the lyrics first without the music? It would depend on the song but you wouldn’t be as distracted in a real time reaction.😊
I haven't watched this reaction yet but I don't think this is a good idea with this song. The video is so powerful in its imagery that I don't see how you can read the lyrics and take in the video at the same time. As I am writing this I see that you are not watching the video so what I just said does not apply. The fact that you did not put the lyrics on the screen for your audience is very disappointing. Now can I suggest watching the video, it tells the story perfectly and it is very intense...
I'm a huge slayer fan but after Jeff died i kinda called it a day.
I find the phrasing of the lyrics post jeff to be really bad and they all follow the same pattern.
As for the situation with their ex drummer that was another issue that made me think I'm done with the band.
Seen a guy the other day wearing a Slayer hoodie. I said 'sick hoodie. What's your favourite track?'
He couldn't name one 🤦♂️
Been a fan since 1986. This isn't Slayer...Slayer severely declined (with the odd minor peak) after Seasons.
focusing on lyrics is not what i want to see. have them there for reference, sure, but don't focus on them while you're listening.
Uhg, slayer
Is it just me or does Paul’s drumming sound slightly ahead of the rest of the music and feels slightly out of place? Maybe it’s why I have never really liked a lot of the stuff they did without Dave though God Hates us all is fantastic
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