Nothing in this world brings me more joy than Tom Araya screaming “WAAAARRR EEEENSEEMMBLLEE” in live shows. The “Slayer - War Ensemble Live in Tokyo” is absolutely priceless. Thanks for reacting to my favourite Slayer album!
The child you referenced in Dead Skin Mask is saying “Hello, Mr. Gein?”, as in Ed Gein, the infamous serial killer, who would make masks and other trinkets out of human remains.
SLAYER ( Huntington Park, California) Line-Up "Seasons In The Abyss"" album, 1990 Tom Araya: Bass, Vocals Kerry King: Guitars Jeff Hanneman: Guitars Dave Lombardo: Drums Guest Matt Polish: Voice on "Dead Skin Mask Production Rick Rubin: Producer Andy Wallace: Co-producer, engineering, mixing Chris Rich: Assistant engineering David Tobocman: Assistant engineering Allen Abrahamson: Assistant engineering Howie Weinberg: Mastering Larry Carroll: Artwork, illustrations Robert Fisher: Graphic design Sunny Bak: Photography Marty Temme: Photography Rick Sales: Management Recording sessions began in March 1990 at Hit City West and Hollywood Sound, and ended in June 1990 at The Record Plant in Los Angeles, California. It was the band's last album to feature their full original line-up with drummer Dave Lombardo until his return on the band's 2006 album "Christ Illusion". It peaked at number 40 on the US Billboard 200. It was later certified gold in the United States and Canada. Cheers from CHILE!!!
"Skeletons of Society" is the track that got me into Slayer when I was a kid. Dave Lombardo's drums give it such a driving groove that hooks you in. I wore this cassette out having it on repeat constantly. Great review as usual.
I was just watching a mini-documentary on this today. This album got heavy rotation in my car when it came out and still does to the day. Playing "Seasons in the Abyss" and "Blood Red" on drums always ruled too! Still get chills while listening to several tracks on this banger. Watch the video for "Seasons" if you get the chance. Dave was an inspiration and still has chops!
It's a fantastic album, so many great tracks on this one. And yeah the drums are absolutely killer! I'll have to check out the video for Seasons In The Abyss, thanks :)
My personal favorite Slayer album! Definitely a proto-type to the Groove Metal sound, similar to the Black Album and many other Thrash records. It's dark, heavy, fast but also brooding and evil at times. Perfection
Hi Molly, I’m watching this now. I have seen the album in stores back in the day but don’t really know about the group. I’m enjoying reacting to it with you!
Thanks for watching! Slayer certainly is a talented band, these first five albums from them have all been great. Definitely check out more of their music if you get the chance!
I remember hearing Slayer for the first time as a teen in 1992 (?) and it was 'Seasons in the Abyss'... and I've been a Slayer devotee ever since. I've seen them in concert over 8 times and every single one was an unforgettable experience. Producer Rick Rubin was a revelation for Slayer and worked on their trifecta of albums - 'Reign in blood'... 'South of Heaven' ... and 'Seasons in the Abyss'... They've never been able to replicate the perfection of those 3 records. This was also the album where they first made music videos to promote the album and made it on MTV. They capped off 1991 w/ an unforgettable 'Thrash of the Titans' tour alongside Megadeth, Anthrax + Alice in Chains. Unfortunately, Slayer parted ways w/ Dave Lombardo (drums) by 1992 after they complained that his live performances were unsatisfactory and was replaced by drummer Paul Bostaph... Dave Lombardo said in an interview that he realized his drum set was being a larger drum tech on tour and playing drums w/ his smaller body frame and wide berth was what wore out his body and drumming skills on that tour. The other factor was producer Rick Rubin being unavailable to work on the next Slayer album 'Divine intervention' in 1994... the band was still on Rubin's label American Recordings but they were left without creative guidance and the album, despite selling gold in the US, was a disappointing record... 'Seasons in the Abyss' was played in entirety by Slayer on their 2010 tour... only 1 of 2 albums ('Reign in blood' being the other) that got the treatment and is still a fan fave and their biggest-selling record to date. Props to the talent of late Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman for his invaluable writing contributions to Slayer songs.
Molly! I just had back surgery lol, you shall be the first video I watch on the road to recovery. This album is awesome, can't wait to see your reaction!
I’m glad you liked it, it’s my favorite Slayer album. I figured you probably would seeing as how you liked the other albums up until this point. Dead Skin Mask is about the famous killer Ed Gein. I don’t know if you’ll remember this by the time you get to their next album Divine Intervention, but there’s a similar song on there called 213 that is about Jeffery Dahmer.
Yeah, this album was amazing! Probably tied with Reign In Blood as my favorite Slayer album out of the five I've heard so far. When I get to a Divine Intervention reaction I'll keep that point in mind about the track 213.
Nailed it again, cool review. Divine Intervention is a different album compared to this one but it's one of my favorites, have the album cover tattooed on my arm.
I mean, if you're going to get a Slayer album cover tattooed on you, there's no better album cover than Divine Intervention. That is a heavy metal masterpiece of an album cover.
saw them do all this live back in the day on the clash of the titans tours with megadeth,i came out of that concert pinned on adrenaline and deaf.SUPERB!
Yep, I'm right there with you. Hard to pick a favorite between the two but both albums showcase a different side to Slayer's sound that are equally amazing.
Hi Molly! I think I got this album the day it came out many years ago, like quite a few you have reviewed. I think it's great the classic old tunes are still finding new listeners all these years on. You probably know that one of the guitarists on this Jeff Hanneman sadly died 12 years ago, he provides a lot of the atmospheric sound. Always great to see you pop up on my feed here anyway!
Something I think you'd might enjoy is the self-titled album 💿Conquering Dystopia (2014). "Conquering Dystopia is an American instrumental technical death metal supergroup founded by solo guitarist Keith Merrow and guitarist Jeff Loomis."
Happy New Years Molly. This album is my favorite album by Slayer. Every song on it has just the right songwriting. This album, South of Heaven, and Reign in Blood are the perfect trilogy of albums by Slayer and they really knocked it out of the park with this one.
Awesome reaction👏👌🤘. Next album which I propose is Divine Intervention, awesome drums by Paul Bostaph, very technical playing and variety of tempos and sinister atmosphere with some another horror - serial murder - story. Very underrated album.
So classic...that brace of the first 5 albums is unbeatable. You definitely should investigate Entombed 'Left Hand Path', Death 'Leprosy' , Kreator 'Extreme Aggression' and Coroner 'No More Color'...epic bands, epic albums. Keep up the good work Molly!
Yeah, these first five Slayer records have been a blast getting into here on the channel. Thanks for the further suggestions, I'll have to make sure they're all on my list :)
I sort of departed from Slayer for heavier realms after this album but they certainly kept a steady supply of great releases throughout their career. I wonder if you'd like Obituary, The End Complete.
Hopefully this audience will back me up. Would love to hear a reaction to Overkill's The Years Of Decay album, released the year before Seasons In The Abyss (after touring with Slayer on the South of Heaven tour). An absolute masterpiece that will tickle every Slayer nerve and then some, from lightning fast to slow sludge to melodic with bite, and guitar riffs that hold up decades later driving every song (on par with the best of 80's Metallica, Megadeth & Slayer). Hopefully, if you sample a clip or two and the feedback here is positive, it will convince you it's worth your time.
Yeah I definitely back you up when it comes to Overkill bro!Years of Decay would absolutely be a great start, for it was this album that made me fall in love with the band too! I keept on saying since then that it is my favorite one,but I think over time Horrorscope took the Nr.1 spot for me today.Anyways...I truly would love her to enter the Overkill rabbit hole!They are my personal favorite Thrash Band!Seen them live for about 6 times and they never disappointed.Always giving it all on stage!🤘🤩
I like Overkill, but for other thrash to check out I’d suggest Anthrax’s Spreading The Disease, Testament’s New Order, Coroner’s No More Color or Voivod’s Killing Technology over it. Having said that… Elimination & Skullcrusher are bangers 🤘
Dead Skin Mask would be my favorite songs on this album if not for Seasons In The Abyss which is my favorite Slayer song period. I saw them sometime in the 2010s (I forget off hand which year). Except for War Ensemble, they hadn't played anything off this album since like 1995 tops. They had played War Ensemble so a song from this album was done. Then in the middle of the set, no set up, no warning, they play Seasons In The Abyss. I may or may not have involuntarily squeed like an excited little girl with the clenched fists thing like I was using invisible free weights. I do know it was one out of three times I can remember at a concert where I completely blew out my vocal chords screaming "F***********CK YES!" When the heavy riff came in. For anyone wondering the other two times were Metallica playing Master Of Puppets (so late into the set I was convinced they weren't playing it) and Iron Maiden playing Powerslave.
Damn….glad you’ve gotten to this!!! It’s a perfect mix of the aesthetics of the doomy “South of Heaven” & the speedy ferocity of “Reign in Blood”…songs like “War Ensemble”, “Temptation”, “Born of Fire” & “Skeletons of Society” perfectly encapsulates the “Reign in Blood” grind…while the title track, “Dead Skin Mask” & “Expendable Youth” perfectly capture the haunting vibe of South of Heaven….all in all: a perfect album….great reaction amiga 🤘🏽😎🤘🏽
Absolutely, they go so heavy and sludgy on this record but still infuse so much power and aggression too, the perfect combo. This was a fantastic record to listen to!
yea this album is a banger. would love to see you react to more opeth though, Ghost reveries and Blackwater park (which you've already reacted to) are my favourites. Watershed and Damnation are two of their other albums which i love. Damnation is quite unique in Opeths discography, super calm and melancholic
this album was my introduction to Slayer when I was about 13, blew me away, I couldn't work out how music so on point could drip with such atmosphere. To be honest, you have covered Slayer's "greats" but if you were to stick with the Divine Intervention which followed this is great and I also love Christ Illusion, think it's massively underrated. Or Diabolus in Musica if you wanna hear them try a very different sound!
Yes I absolutely love the atmosphere on this album as well! So dark and sludgy, it's amazing. I'll have to check out more of their albums from this point on and see what I'll think of them.
Molly, great review on this Slayer album. "Seasons In The Abyss" is my second favorite Slayer album with "Reign in Blood" just taking first. Great that you have now listened to 5 Slayers albums. On that note, when will you be moving back to some classic Megadeth. You have listened to 3 of their their first 5 albums. You needed to listen to "Killing is My Business...", Megadeth's first album. Raw energy. Also "So far, So Good, So What", their third album. More main stream Thrash sound compared to their first 2 albums. Keep it up.
I'm glad you're back with another Slayer reaction! Please keep going! Their next album, Divine Intervention is amazing. I know somebody keeps saying it is a bad album, but I predict you will love it. Sure, they didn't have Dave Lombardo on drums anymore but Paul Bostaph is a beast in his own right. They sound like a band with a chip on their shoulder looking to prove they are heavier than ever on that album. Highly underrated.
This album is Dave Lombardo's crowning achievement as far as I'm concerned; his drumming on this album is off the charts! One of the VERY best to ever sit behind a drum kit.. 💯👌
YES, SEASONS IN THE ABYSS BY SLAYER. Now you see why I enjoy that album just as much as Reing in blood, and South of Heaven. War Ensemble, Dead skin Mask, Expendable Youth, and of course Seasons in the Abyss just make this album go really really hard. Long Live Slayer!
Absolutely, there are so many great tracks on this album! I love how murky and sludgy they take the tone on this one too. It's very hard to pick a favorite from them so far, I'd say it's an even tie between Seasons In The Abyss and Reign In Blood for me at the moment.
@@mollyesanborn it's really easy for me. Reign is pure speed. Seasons you have speed but also slower songs and heavy. So that makes the win for me, more variety.
Haha, thanks for waiting on this reaction! Seasons In The Abyss did not disappoint, I absolutely love the sludgy tone that Slayer embraced on this album.
I haven't broke this one out in a long time and thanks to this, I'm going to have to. The last great Slayer record in my book. 11:22 is the best reaction.
good stuff Molly. Another classic from one of the best. Here are some other 80s suggestions, if you wan to delve into more of the formative years of metal and its sub-genres. Celtic Frost 'To Mega Therion' 1985, Possessed 'Seven Churches' 1985, Morbid Angel 'Altars of Madness' 1989, Kreator 'Endless Pain' 1985, Entombed 'Left Hand Path' 1989.
Uh oh! Have we lost Molly again? Hope all is ok there. We need to be making a start with Seven Spires soon, there are four glorious albums of theirs to fall into ;)
Surprisingly, this is also a band I never got into, despite being a metal enthusiast. I like how organic the drums sound, and the guitar tones and overall mix and production seem solid through my EQ'd Sennheisers. Fun stuff. I guess I went from Metallica/Megadeth and skipped right into death metal and haven't looked back until maybe 5 years ago. These days I listen to basically any genre if it's quality songwriting haha.
My favorite album by Slayer. I love the meaning I get from "Expendable Youth" it reminds me of gang warfare or how The .1% use young people to fight their own wars. Yes Ed Gein was a serial killer so when you heard that voice it's who it was referring too.
Divine Intervention is my second favorite as well. Mostly because it was the first album of theirs I was able to buy with my own money, which I did as soon as possible after seeing the video on MTV for Dittohead.
My first Slayer album was the double live Decade of Aggression. All these great songs from their first 5 albums, just exploding on stage. The studio albums never quite compared, always missing that extra kick of energy. That being said, F**king SLAYER!
This is my favourite Slayer, when they slow down and mess around with atmosphere. Dead Skin Mask being a perfect example. Easily my favourite album of theirs.
My favorite slayer album, dark, intense and to me compared to other thrash examples, this and south of heaven were very "classy thrash"... U read it right, Exists even more extreme thrash bands like kreator, sodom, destruction, overkill and exodus. But I'm sure u will loves even more than slayer the band: testament, specially their albums since 2008 and the remakes of 80s in the 2001 compilation. Big four of thrash was a success in 80s, but any other named thrash I said, was even better in the 2000s
"Spirit in Black" is easily in my top 5 Slayer songs of all time. Full of killer riffs and when they speed up the song after the solo, all hell breaks loose. Sooooo good. I would recommend "Divine Intervention", as it is a cover album and they somehow made already aggressive punk and hardcore songs sound even more aggressive. All the albums after that sadly are kinda meh in my book. "Seasons" is truly peak Slayer.
I read u where also a fan of movies...🤔 u seem open, so if u care to check out. I would recommend Troll Hunter 2011 The Collector 2009 Turbo kid 2015.. GREAT CHANNEL BTW
Expendable Youth is explicitely about LA gang violence, which was insanely bad at the time they wrote it (yes, they’re very much an LA band). I never heard it got better. Neither did Slayer. Their best album, hands down.
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It's a perfect album and Dave Lombardo killed it with his drum fills
YESSSS the drums are incredible on this record!
Fun fact: Singer and bassist Tom Araya taught Sunday school. Let that marinate in your brain.
That's quite a contrast of professions 😂
@@mollyesanbornit makes sense, he’s Catholic ✝️
In fact Tom Araya's father is (or was) an acolyte
@@sergiodavila5269 When you think about it, you have to be religious to believe in satan.
Nothing in this world brings me more joy than Tom Araya screaming “WAAAARRR EEEENSEEMMBLLEE” in live shows. The “Slayer - War Ensemble Live in Tokyo” is absolutely priceless. Thanks for reacting to my favourite Slayer album!
Definitely. Ironically though War Ensemble is my least favorite track on the album. Still a killer tune though.
The child you referenced in Dead Skin Mask is saying “Hello, Mr. Gein?”, as in Ed Gein, the infamous serial killer, who would make masks and other trinkets out of human remains.
Ahh, thank you for clarifying that. I'm not gonna lie that part of Dead Skin Mask kinda freaked me out, I was not expecting those vocals to come in 😂
@@mollyesanbornfirst time I heard it I thought I was going crazy
The first time I heard it when it came out I thought they were saying "Mr King" as in Kerry King lol.
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Great reaction again, Molly! Catching things I missed on my first go round is awesome. Cheers!
Dave Lombardo doesn't disappoint.
1000%, the drums are absolutely killer on this album.
SLAYER ( Huntington Park, California)
Line-Up "Seasons In The Abyss"" album, 1990
Tom Araya: Bass, Vocals
Kerry King: Guitars
Jeff Hanneman: Guitars
Dave Lombardo: Drums
Guest
Matt Polish: Voice on "Dead Skin Mask
Production
Rick Rubin: Producer
Andy Wallace: Co-producer, engineering, mixing
Chris Rich: Assistant engineering
David Tobocman: Assistant engineering
Allen Abrahamson: Assistant engineering
Howie Weinberg: Mastering
Larry Carroll: Artwork, illustrations
Robert Fisher: Graphic design
Sunny Bak: Photography
Marty Temme: Photography
Rick Sales: Management
Recording sessions began in March 1990 at Hit City West and Hollywood Sound, and ended in June 1990 at The Record Plant in Los Angeles, California.
It was the band's last album to feature their full original line-up with drummer Dave Lombardo until his return on the band's 2006 album "Christ Illusion".
It peaked at number 40 on the US Billboard 200.
It was later certified gold in the United States and Canada.
Cheers from CHILE!!!
God damn it’s always a good day when Molly uploads Slayer!! 🥰
Haha, thanks for watching! Slayer is awesome, I'm loving getting into their music here on the channel.
@@mollyesanborn that’s so freaking badass! I love your music taste! I mean so do lots of other people obviously but god damn you’re amazing lol
So funny to watch Molly do the Stevie Wonder sway while listening to Slayer!!! 😂
Haha! Sitting in my beanbag chair is pretty limiting, I'd be letting loose a bit more at a show for sure 😂
"Skeletons of Society" is the track that got me into Slayer when I was a kid. Dave Lombardo's drums give it such a driving groove that hooks you in. I wore this cassette out having it on repeat constantly. Great review as usual.
I love how much fun you have with Slayer.You definitely feel the band!You are a true Metalhead girl! 🤘😘
I was just watching a mini-documentary on this today. This album got heavy rotation in my car when it came out and still does to the day. Playing "Seasons in the Abyss" and "Blood Red" on drums always ruled too! Still get chills while listening to several tracks on this banger. Watch the video for "Seasons" if you get the chance. Dave was an inspiration and still has chops!
It's a fantastic album, so many great tracks on this one. And yeah the drums are absolutely killer! I'll have to check out the video for Seasons In The Abyss, thanks :)
My personal favorite Slayer album! Definitely a proto-type to the Groove Metal sound, similar to the Black Album and many other Thrash records.
It's dark, heavy, fast but also brooding and evil at times. Perfection
Awesome! Cant wait for you to get into their later stuff (Christ Illusion, World Painted Blood), they are really underrated albums. Keep it on!
Hi Molly, I’m watching this now. I have seen the album in stores back in the day but don’t really know about the group. I’m enjoying reacting to it with you!
Thanks for watching! Slayer certainly is a talented band, these first five albums from them have all been great. Definitely check out more of their music if you get the chance!
Love that you are listening/reviewing metal from 1990 and before. A special time indeed.
I remember hearing Slayer for the first time as a teen in 1992 (?) and it was 'Seasons in the Abyss'... and I've been a Slayer devotee ever since. I've seen them in concert over 8 times and every single one was an unforgettable experience.
Producer Rick Rubin was a revelation for Slayer and worked on their trifecta of albums - 'Reign in blood'... 'South of Heaven' ... and 'Seasons in the Abyss'... They've never been able to replicate the perfection of those 3 records. This was also the album where they first made music videos to promote the album and made it on MTV. They capped off 1991 w/ an unforgettable 'Thrash of the Titans' tour alongside Megadeth, Anthrax + Alice in Chains.
Unfortunately, Slayer parted ways w/ Dave Lombardo (drums) by 1992 after they complained that his live performances were unsatisfactory and was replaced by drummer Paul Bostaph... Dave Lombardo said in an interview that he realized his drum set was being a larger drum tech on tour and playing drums w/ his smaller body frame and wide berth was what wore out his body and drumming skills on that tour.
The other factor was producer Rick Rubin being unavailable to work on the next Slayer album 'Divine intervention' in 1994... the band was still on Rubin's label American Recordings but they were left without creative guidance and the album, despite selling gold in the US, was a disappointing record...
'Seasons in the Abyss' was played in entirety by Slayer on their 2010 tour... only 1 of 2 albums ('Reign in blood' being the other) that got the treatment and is still a fan fave and their biggest-selling record to date.
Props to the talent of late Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman for his invaluable writing contributions to Slayer songs.
My favorite Slayer album because it feels like the culmination of everything they've done up until that point.
Molly! I just had back surgery lol, you shall be the first video I watch on the road to recovery. This album is awesome, can't wait to see your reaction!
Ooh I am sorry to hear that... I am wishing you a recovery as speedy as Slayer's guitar solos! ❤❤
I’m glad you liked it, it’s my favorite Slayer album. I figured you probably would seeing as how you liked the other albums up until this point.
Dead Skin Mask is about the famous killer Ed Gein. I don’t know if you’ll remember this by the time you get to their next album Divine Intervention, but there’s a similar song on there called 213 that is about Jeffery Dahmer.
Yeah, this album was amazing! Probably tied with Reign In Blood as my favorite Slayer album out of the five I've heard so far. When I get to a Divine Intervention reaction I'll keep that point in mind about the track 213.
Nailed it again, cool review. Divine Intervention is a different album compared to this one but it's one of my favorites, have the album cover tattooed on my arm.
I mean, if you're going to get a Slayer album cover tattooed on you, there's no better album cover than Divine Intervention. That is a heavy metal masterpiece of an album cover.
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the video! I'll have to plan a reaction for Divine Intervention as well, I look forward to hearing it.
Terrific Review.
Yeah...Loving The Percussion!
Skeletons of Society riff always sounds like the beginning of a boss battle to me
saw them do all this live back in the day on the clash of the titans tours with megadeth,i came out of that concert pinned on adrenaline and deaf.SUPERB!
1 of their best albums (my fave) and YEAH! for another REACTION by Molly, thank you for more SLAYER!
This one might just be my favorite from them as well (from the five I've heard so far). Such an amazing album. Thanks for watching :)
I love Reign in Blood for its speed and intensity, but I think Seasons in the Abyss is musically Slayer's best album.
Yep, I'm right there with you. Hard to pick a favorite between the two but both albums showcase a different side to Slayer's sound that are equally amazing.
Oh absolutely, a lot of tracks on reign in blood feel a bit too similar imo, while they branch out a lot more in seasons
Awesone reaction again!!! I keeping my 🤞 for you know what album 😁🤘🤘
Thanks for watching! And Avatar - Dance Devil Dance is on my list ;)
@ awesome 😁 looking forward to it and all of your reactions. 😁
Hi Molly! I think I got this album the day it came out many years ago, like quite a few you have reviewed. I think it's great the classic old tunes are still finding new listeners all these years on. You probably know that one of the guitarists on this Jeff Hanneman sadly died 12 years ago, he provides a lot of the atmospheric sound. Always great to see you pop up on my feed here anyway!
Something I think you'd might enjoy is the self-titled album 💿Conquering Dystopia (2014).
"Conquering Dystopia is an American instrumental technical death metal supergroup founded by solo guitarist Keith Merrow and guitarist Jeff Loomis."
Kind regards from Poland🇵🇱
Thanks for watching!
My country baby
Happy New Years Molly. This album is my favorite album by Slayer. Every song on it has just the right songwriting. This album, South of Heaven, and Reign in Blood are the perfect trilogy of albums by Slayer and they really knocked it out of the park with this one.
Awesome reaction👏👌🤘. Next album which I propose is Divine Intervention, awesome drums by Paul Bostaph, very technical playing and variety of tempos and sinister atmosphere with some another horror - serial murder - story. Very underrated album.
So classic...that brace of the first 5 albums is unbeatable. You definitely should investigate Entombed 'Left Hand Path', Death 'Leprosy' , Kreator 'Extreme Aggression' and Coroner 'No More Color'...epic bands, epic albums. Keep up the good work Molly!
Bunch of great thrash & death metal albums. I’d throw Testament’s New Order & Morbid Angel’s Altars of Madness to that list 🤘
@JKBarker101 indeed yes, also Bolt Thrower's 'Warmaster' and Carcass' s 'Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious' as well ❤️
Yeah, these first five Slayer records have been a blast getting into here on the channel. Thanks for the further suggestions, I'll have to make sure they're all on my list :)
i'm from brazil, and i love how you react! this album is not my favorite from slayer but is really good. SLAYEEEER!!!
Thanks so much for watching! Slayer are a fantastic band and I'm really enjoying getting into their discography here on the channel.
my fav album by slayer👍
Certified Banger!
Yep, such a great album with fantastic instrumentation!
I sort of departed from Slayer for heavier realms after this album but they certainly kept a steady supply of great releases throughout their career. I wonder if you'd like Obituary, The End Complete.
@@subohmcircus Obituary has been suggested by some others as well, I'll make sure that The End Complete is on my list.
Hopefully this audience will back me up. Would love to hear a reaction to Overkill's The Years Of Decay album, released the year before Seasons In The Abyss (after touring with Slayer on the South of Heaven tour). An absolute masterpiece that will tickle every Slayer nerve and then some, from lightning fast to slow sludge to melodic with bite, and guitar riffs that hold up decades later driving every song (on par with the best of 80's Metallica, Megadeth & Slayer). Hopefully, if you sample a clip or two and the feedback here is positive, it will convince you it's worth your time.
That's a great album but Horrorscope is the one I would vote for from Overkill. That's one of my all-time classics.
Yeah I definitely back you up when it comes to Overkill bro!Years of Decay would absolutely be a great start, for it was this album that made me fall in love with the band too! I keept on saying since then that it is my favorite one,but I think over time Horrorscope took the Nr.1 spot for me today.Anyways...I truly would love her to enter the Overkill rabbit hole!They are my personal favorite Thrash Band!Seen them live for about 6 times and they never disappointed.Always giving it all on stage!🤘🤩
I like Overkill, but for other thrash to check out I’d suggest Anthrax’s Spreading The Disease, Testament’s New Order, Coroner’s No More Color or Voivod’s Killing Technology over it. Having said that… Elimination & Skullcrusher are bangers 🤘
My favorite album ever!
I hope you’ll check out bands like Lutharo, Seven Spires and Kassogtha sometime in the near future!
Yeah this album is awesome, I'm so glad I've finally given it a listen. I'll be sure that all three of your band suggestions are on my list :)
Dead Skin Mask would be my favorite songs on this album if not for Seasons In The Abyss which is my favorite Slayer song period. I saw them sometime in the 2010s (I forget off hand which year). Except for War Ensemble, they hadn't played anything off this album since like 1995 tops.
They had played War Ensemble so a song from this album was done. Then in the middle of the set, no set up, no warning, they play Seasons In The Abyss. I may or may not have involuntarily squeed like an excited little girl with the clenched fists thing like I was using invisible free weights. I do know it was one out of three times I can remember at a concert where I completely blew out my vocal chords screaming "F***********CK YES!" When the heavy riff came in.
For anyone wondering the other two times were Metallica playing Master Of Puppets (so late into the set I was convinced they weren't playing it) and Iron Maiden playing Powerslave.
This was my first slayer album, to this day my favorite song is Born of Fire
Damn….glad you’ve gotten to this!!! It’s a perfect mix of the aesthetics of the doomy “South of Heaven” & the speedy ferocity of “Reign in Blood”…songs like “War Ensemble”, “Temptation”, “Born of Fire” & “Skeletons of Society” perfectly encapsulates the “Reign in Blood” grind…while the title track, “Dead Skin Mask” & “Expendable Youth” perfectly capture the haunting vibe of South of Heaven….all in all: a perfect album….great reaction amiga 🤘🏽😎🤘🏽
Absolutely, they go so heavy and sludgy on this record but still infuse so much power and aggression too, the perfect combo. This was a fantastic record to listen to!
@ yes it is amiga. I was floored by it when it first came out. I’m glad you enjoy Slayer so much! 🤘🏽🤩🤘🏽
yea this album is a banger. would love to see you react to more opeth though, Ghost reveries and Blackwater park (which you've already reacted to) are my favourites. Watershed and Damnation are two of their other albums which i love. Damnation is quite unique in Opeths discography, super calm and melancholic
Thanks for watching! I'll definitely plan on more Opeth here on the channel, Blackwater Park was a fantastic introduction to their music.
this album was my introduction to Slayer when I was about 13, blew me away, I couldn't work out how music so on point could drip with such atmosphere. To be honest, you have covered Slayer's "greats" but if you were to stick with the Divine Intervention which followed this is great and I also love Christ Illusion, think it's massively underrated. Or Diabolus in Musica if you wanna hear them try a very different sound!
Yes I absolutely love the atmosphere on this album as well! So dark and sludgy, it's amazing. I'll have to check out more of their albums from this point on and see what I'll think of them.
Fun fact: 14:30 background vocalist is Satan himself
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Dear Molly, don't forget me my Swans (Filth).
Great reaction!
Yeah I've got Swans on my list! I'll try and get to them soon :)
Molly, great review on this Slayer album. "Seasons In The Abyss" is my second favorite Slayer album with "Reign in Blood" just taking first. Great that you have now listened to 5 Slayers albums. On that note, when will you be moving back to some classic Megadeth. You have listened to 3 of their their first 5 albums. You needed to listen to "Killing is My Business...", Megadeth's first album. Raw energy. Also "So far, So Good, So What", their third album. More main stream Thrash sound compared to their first 2 albums. Keep it up.
I'm glad you're back with another Slayer reaction! Please keep going! Their next album, Divine Intervention is amazing. I know somebody keeps saying it is a bad album, but I predict you will love it. Sure, they didn't have Dave Lombardo on drums anymore but Paul Bostaph is a beast in his own right. They sound like a band with a chip on their shoulder looking to prove they are heavier than ever on that album. Highly underrated.
this one, and divine :)
I'll definitely have to do a reaction for Divine Intervention as well, I look forward to hearing it!
Skeletons of society!!!!!!
Such a great track!
Um dos melhores álbuns dos años 90
This album is Dave Lombardo's crowning achievement as far as I'm concerned; his drumming on this album is off the charts! One of the VERY best to ever sit behind a drum kit.. 💯👌
Yeah his playing is amazing across this entire record!
YES, SEASONS IN THE ABYSS BY SLAYER. Now you see why I enjoy that album just as much as Reing in blood, and South of Heaven. War Ensemble, Dead skin Mask, Expendable Youth, and of course Seasons in the Abyss just make this album go really really hard. Long Live Slayer!
Absolutely, there are so many great tracks on this album! I love how murky and sludgy they take the tone on this one too. It's very hard to pick a favorite from them so far, I'd say it's an even tie between Seasons In The Abyss and Reign In Blood for me at the moment.
Great vid and album! Check out the opening monologue of Dead skin Mask Live in Donington, Monsters of Rock 1992.
Thanks for the suggestion, I will have to check out that live session.
Definitely listen to next album, it's very love or hate
Yeah, I'll be very interested to give Divine Intervention a listen next.
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'Nuff said.
yes keep going with slayer, all of their albums are great
Definitely, I look forward to hearing more of their albums!
My favorite Slayer album. Dave Lombardo also drums with Mr. Bungle.
One of my favourite thrash movies albums ever. Controlled chaos.
Controlled chaos sums it up perfectly. I love the more slowed down and sludgy sound they embraced on this record.
@ 💯 agree. I just noticed the typo error *metal not movies, damn auto correct 😂
I believe the vocal layering on Temptation was an accident and they just decided to keep it.
Yes! Finally!
For me this is better than Reign in Blood
They're pretty much tied for me! Right now I don't think I could pick a favorite between the two.
@@mollyesanborn it's really easy for me.
Reign is pure speed.
Seasons you have speed but also slower songs and heavy. So that makes the win for me, more variety.
This is my favorite slayer album!
Good choice, this one is pretty awesome!
The best Slayer album. Dead Skin Mask and the title track are probably my all time favorite tracks from Slayer
Those are my favorites from this album as well, I love the really sludgy and drawn out tone that Slayer embraces on them.
My suffering finally ends. 🔥
Haha, thanks for waiting on this reaction! Seasons In The Abyss did not disappoint, I absolutely love the sludgy tone that Slayer embraced on this album.
I haven't broke this one out in a long time and thanks to this, I'm going to have to. The last great Slayer record in my book. 11:22 is the best reaction.
Yes, such an amazing album! Thanks for checking out the reaction :)
Spirit in Black is my favorite track.
Such a great song!
Are you gunna to do anymore album rankings in the future
good stuff Molly. Another classic from one of the best. Here are some other 80s suggestions, if you wan to delve into more of the formative years of metal and its sub-genres. Celtic Frost 'To Mega Therion' 1985, Possessed 'Seven Churches' 1985, Morbid Angel 'Altars of Madness' 1989, Kreator 'Endless Pain' 1985, Entombed 'Left Hand Path' 1989.
You're the best Molly
Uh oh! Have we lost Molly again? Hope all is ok there.
We need to be making a start with Seven Spires soon, there are four glorious albums of theirs to fall into ;)
SLAYYERRR!!
God hates us all if very different but unbelievably heavy and probably my favourite Slayer album overall. Would highly recommend a reaction to it 🤘
I first picked this album up 1990 on a bootleg tape in Cyprus along with tapes of Souls of Black by Testament and Persistence of Time by Anthrax.
you should definitely watch the music video for 'seasons'
I'll have to check it out, thanks for letting me know.
Surprisingly, this is also a band I never got into, despite being a metal enthusiast. I like how organic the drums sound, and the guitar tones and overall mix and production seem solid through my EQ'd Sennheisers. Fun stuff. I guess I went from Metallica/Megadeth and skipped right into death metal and haven't looked back until maybe 5 years ago. These days I listen to basically any genre if it's quality songwriting haha.
My favorite album by Slayer. I love the meaning I get from "Expendable Youth" it reminds me of gang warfare or how The .1% use young people to fight their own wars. Yes Ed Gein was a serial killer so when you heard that voice it's who it was referring too.
My fav Slayer album. Unpopular opinion...my second fav is Divine Intervention.
Divine Intervention is my second favorite as well. Mostly because it was the first album of theirs I was able to buy with my own money, which I did as soon as possible after seeing the video on MTV for Dittohead.
I'll definitely have to plan on a Divine Intervention reaction as well!
My first Slayer album was the double live Decade of Aggression. All these great songs from their first 5 albums, just exploding on stage. The studio albums never quite compared, always missing that extra kick of energy. That being said, F**king SLAYER!
slayer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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More Slayer!!! :D
God Hates Us All is a must. Their best work imo. Very, very, intense. The most brutal and horrifying lyrics too.
I will have to give that album a listen as well!
long time ago "Seasons In The Abyss" was my vacuuming music \(￣︶￣*\))
Abyss packs a powerful punch. I’m sure the album Christ Illusion you’ll love as much.
Mr gien .
LET ME OOOOOOOUUUUUUTTTT!!!!!
So cute!! 😍
Need to go back and do Haunting the Chapel EP
I will keep that in mind for a future video!
Chemical Warfare is iconic, top 10 live song all time. Haunting the Chapel and Captor of Sin very underrated; this 3 son EP is a stone cold classic
FUCKIN' SLAYER!!!!!!
This is my favourite Slayer, when they slow down and mess around with atmosphere. Dead Skin Mask being a perfect example. Easily my favourite album of theirs.
Try to listen to Belly - Star, one of the coolest underrated 90's album out there.
I'll make sure and add it to my list, thanks for the suggestion!
Imo slayer just gets better and better with each album
I'm looking forward to continuing with their discography!
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From now on, when I talk about Slayer I’m going to highlight their squeaky and bouncy qualities. 😉
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Gotta react to their album, “God Hates Us All”.
My favorite slayer album, dark, intense and to me compared to other thrash examples, this and south of heaven were very "classy thrash"... U read it right, Exists even more extreme thrash bands like kreator, sodom, destruction, overkill and exodus. But I'm sure u will loves even more than slayer the band: testament, specially their albums since 2008 and the remakes of 80s in the 2001 compilation.
Big four of thrash was a success in 80s, but any other named thrash I said, was even better in the 2000s
I'll definitely have to check out Testament at some point, thanks for the suggestion.
If you like crazy guitar sounds, I recommend the album Passion and Warfare by Steve Vai. You will NOT be disappointed. :D
"Spirit in Black" is easily in my top 5 Slayer songs of all time. Full of killer riffs and when they speed up the song after the solo, all hell breaks loose. Sooooo good. I would recommend "Divine Intervention", as it is a cover album and they somehow made already aggressive punk and hardcore songs sound even more aggressive. All the albums after that sadly are kinda meh in my book. "Seasons" is truly peak Slayer.
I'm waiting for Ghost infestissumam.
I will certainly keep more Ghost in mind for the channel! :)
Static X - Machine 🙏
Great album, especially Dead Skin Mask. Still unsettling every time I listen, in a way only Slayer can accomplish.
METAL🤘MOLLY.
I read u where also a fan of movies...🤔 u seem open, so if u care to check out. I would recommend
Troll Hunter 2011
The Collector 2009
Turbo kid 2015..
GREAT CHANNEL BTW
Expendable Youth is explicitely about LA gang violence, which was insanely bad at the time they wrote it (yes, they’re very much an LA band). I never heard it got better. Neither did Slayer. Their best album, hands down.