You should always do it, but then again it gets annoying after a while. The dead don't dance very well and you get all tired. And then the screaming kind of gets on your nerves.
@@burningbelow4424Show no mercy is terrible. the drums sound like someone hitting a biscuit tin over and over like a speed freak. I had it on vinyl and skimmed it off a bridge into the canal. It was the one with haunting the chapel and the best track was chemical warfare.
I was into Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax already. Slayer was the “scary” and “Satanic" band. The most bad ass kids in school, the ones with the creepy sunken eyes, were the ones with the Slayer t-shirts. Then I started listening to Monday Night Mayhem, on WSOU, the radio station of Seton Hall University in NJ. They played the craziest thrash and early black metal bands. I’d be in bed at 1AM, with my crappy headphones attached to my crappier red Radio Shack boombox, getting chills from listening to insane Slayer riffs. The rest of my life has been spent screaming SLAYER!!!!! at my frieneds from across busy streets.
Oh, how I missed those days. They played the best music back in the day. Loved how they called Sayreville Slayerville. From what I hear, they don't play Slayer anymore on the station. Was surprised they played Metal at all on a Catholic university radio in the first place. Very grateful they did tho. S-L-A-Y-E-R !!!!!!!!
Lombardo's playing on Reign in Blood, south of heaven and Seasons in the Abyss is the perfect drumming trifecta. So creative, technical, precise, atmospheric...funky? Every metal/hard music drummer's goal in life.
I've seen Slayer several times across a 25 year period. Always amazing, always brutal... Basically if you have survived the Slayer pit, you are officially an "S" tier metalhead. I taught myself how to play metal drums because Dave Lombardo is my personal Jesus.
Wait until you hear Sepultura's "Beneath the Remains" and "Arise" full albums. Matter of fact, just react to Sepultura "Live in Barcelona '91." No offense to any other thrash bands but Sepultura in those days were untouchable.
The first time I ever got the chills in my life was at a Slayer show, when they started their gig with "South of Heaven." I was 14 years old. Slayer opened for Judas Priest. It was their "Ram it Down" tour, 1988.
I've seen them live... no video on earth compares to the real thing. You can feel the music rattling your bones from the sheer volume. It's like thunder.
Ty for not meaning to disrupt the emotion joining SoH and silent scream, your the first reactor to make this attempt, that I have found,, very much appreciated and a shout out to the other fans that pointed this out to you, its so relieving, although it did just make me want to hear the album/cd/tape/record in its entirety... but thank you again anyways...
Silent Scream blew me away. And the transition into it from South of Heaven is beautiful. I cried. I got chills. I still can't get over it lol. Thanks for watching!
Same. 1st saw Slayer at the Moore Theatre in Seattle, i was 15 & what went on that night should never have been allowed indoors. I turned 50 last month.🤘🏽😤🤘🏽
The late Lawrence Carroll created the cover art for Slayer's Reign In Blood, South Of Heaven, Seasons In The Abyss and Christ Illusion. His work has been shown in museums across the world, including New York’s Guggenheim, the Contemporary And Modern Art Museum of Trento and Roverando and Stuttgart City Gallery.
I'm 50yrs old, I've been to 37 Slayer concerts, across 26 states, and 3 different countries. I witnessed(and felt), the Raining(stage) Blood, caught(or found on the floor) 19 guitar picks(Jeff, Kerry, Tom), caught 2 drum stick(1 Dave, 1 Paul). I even trash dug a faulty mic cord that Tom threw away backstage. I still own the concert t-shirt that my cousin bought me, at my first slayer show(I was 11 years old). I have countless other concert T's, jacket patches, and even multiple inlay cards for cassette tapes. I couldn't bring myself to throw them away, when I, bought a new album, because the old one wore out. Multiple Slayer tattoos are all over my body. I even got to meet them, and BS with them(pre-Bostaph) multiple times. Or at least what a fan would consider "BS-ing"with their favorite band of all time. Every single time I hear Slayer… I still get wicked excited, and feel just as motivated by their music, as I did the first time I heard them. Hell... I even learned to play drums, because I considered Dave Lombardo the God Of Thunder, and I wanted nothing more than to be just like him(no offense to Paul Bostaph). 🤘💀🤘
I saw SLAYER live in 2010 at Sonisphere in Finland and got an entirely different respect for them than I had before that concert, old men still playing like they were 20! Also when they came on stage the sky turned gray and Arya cracked a joke that this always happens at their gigs, then when they started Raining blood it started raining sideways and storming so heavily that some of the restaurant tents fell apart. That moment is ingrained in my head as one of the most memorable things in my life, and made Slayer one of my favorite bands of all time!
I was there too. Fortunately they just got to play their whole set to the end before the damn storm really hit and almost all the rest shows of the evening had to be cancelled due to it. I remember hearing the loud thunder thru Slayer's playing and thinking if it was an actual thunder or was it some backing track. During the show I concluded it had to be the latter, but eventually stood corrected in the middle of the fucking field with 2 of my friends barely able to breath in strongest storm-wind I've ever seen before or since 😂
Ahhhhhh Metallica. The Walmart of Metal. Resting on their laurels since 1988. Nothing more than a "brand" these days. At least you don't have to spend a lot of time on them. They only have 4 good albums from 35+ years ago.
Just stumbled across this, great reaction. Odd that no one recommended tracks off Show No Mercy, but imo Antichrist and Die By The Sword are top choices. Chrionics is a different flavour too. For me, Decade of Aggression (live album) is out of this world...grab yourself a listen on cd or whatever streaming platform: not a skip worthy track there
Let's not overwhelm her. But yes Decade Of Agression is most likely the best Live Slayer album ever. I'm 47 and Decade of Agression had been in my playlist since I first heard it back when it was released. Just listened to it earlier today when driving to the carwash
Probably THE most influential metal band of all time! They are easily my all time favorite band and I have seen them live more times than I can count. SLAYER!!!
First time I saw them live was in 1991 in Detroit, I was 20 years old, had no prior experience of slayer live, the lights went out and hell awaits comes on, and I hear I thunder storm behind me, I turn around to look at what the noise was and I was knocked down from people storming the stage, i stand up, oh fuck I'm in the middle of a mosh pit, I was like hell yeah let's do this......it was awesome.
One thing that sets Slayer apart from the rest of the Big 4 is drummer Dave Lombardo. Latin, swing-style drummer who stands head and shoulders above the pack.
Glad you are diggin SLAYER ! To me, they have always been the big "1". NO pretense, no b.s., in your face aggression at it's best. They influenced and directed the course of metal more than maybe any band in history, other possible challengers would be motorhead and well, that's about it. The panning between guitar solos as you put it, is the two different guitarist in the band playing solos. I've seen SLAYER play live many many times and am sure that they are the greatest live band ever. The interaction between the band and the crowd and just the intense feeling and aggression in the crowd is unmatched. Long live SLAYER AND RIP JEFF........
First Slayer records I got into was Divine Intervention, shortly after it was released. I had found raw sounding music few years earlier in hardcore punk and then thrash metal. Sepultura and Slayer was my introduction to metal music in general. I like most of Slayer records but I would say that my fav is Divine Intervention and South of Heaven. I wish we see Slayer Part II. There is a lot of insane tunes left to hear in their catalog after Seasons in the Abyss. \m/
Oh wow!! Thank you!! It only took a year to see this 😂 much love and respect for the double whammy!! I WAS 16 in 86 when Reign in Blood came out. It was an epic year for thrash metal!! Thank you so much again ❤
Hi, this is the first reaction that Ive ever seen from you and I picked a good one cause I love SLAYER. Ive seen them so many times live and I even have their logo tattooed on my right arm, and because of all that Im subscribing to your channel.
Reign in blood for part 2, I also recommend war ensemble, dittohead. Their "nu metal" foray was hit or miss, but overall their 40+ years of music was highly impressive!
Cheers to you for recognizing Slayer being signed to Def Jam and basically knowing who their producer is. Also for choosing Show no mercy. A thrash metal blueprint
Being old school and seeing slayer from 84 on . No one has a more violent pit ever.bone spurs in my neck to prove it .after wat at the warfeild I knew I was getting old so I trained for 4 months to see them again .to this day no matter how best up and broken I am I'll be in the pit for Fucking SLAYER.
16:51 Oh that is why he can't headbang for years now under medical orders... Tom Araya did damage his neck pretty severely from years of headbanging like that :)
I saw Slayer live twice. Clearly they blew away any other live experiences from any other band. For me Slayer is the ultimate. Absolutely untouchable. I discovered them in 85 when I was in high school. To say me and my friends were indulging in a lot of substances would be putting it lightly. We would drive around constantly blaring from my parents car bands like Suicidal Tendencies, Exodus, Venom, Possessed, Death Angel but the most played and most revered was Slayer Hell Awaits from beginning to end daily. The first two songs on Hell Awaits are still my favorite things ever and you should go delve into those immediately!
Slayer's drummer Dave Lombardo has been the Misfits (Danzig etc) drummer for all their reunion shows. Which he slays. But Slayer's drum parts are more more varied and overall complicated than Misfits drummers.
Subscribed tonight after watching your women of metal. Now watching this. I'll go down the rabbit hole of your vids before making recommendations, but I love unleash the archer if you've not heard them, I would recommend them. Slayer was the second band I saw live (10 times total), and loved every second of every pit
Funny thing about Silent Scream. Tom, being a very devout Catholic, used his platform with Slayer to write the most brutally descriptive, aggressively Pro-Life song ever created..
I saw SLAYER 3 times. And I was blown away. They were so pummeling and the vibe was spooky! Today I would not be down for a Slayer show (if they still played), probably. The world has gotten more tense. Btw I highly recommend the bands Kreator and Napalm Death!
I was 43 i think... floor seats in the pit.... spent the first day with death angel opened.... then some testament.... anthrax.... megadeth and then slayer at midnight.... for two days.... overkill replaced death angel on the second knight. Different set lists.
Singer Tom Araya, of Chilean descent, was raised a Catholic. Of the lyricism he explains 'They're just words to me, I don't live by them'. Kerry is an angry atheist who writes most of the lyrics but Tom is a kind gentle soul 😅 Kerry wasn't IN Megadeth as such he just played on a few songs. Jeff wrote the most notable songs like Angel Of Death but sadly died in 2013. Dave is regarded one of the best thrash drummers in the business. Amazing band with a vast catalogue. Listen to more and enjoy! 🤘
My personal recommendations from Slayer: Metal Storm / Face the Slayer, Angel of Death, When the Stillness Comes, Delusions of Saviour, Spill the Blood, Seasons In The Abyss.
The info on the video to At Dawn They Sleep was wrong. This entire concert was in Mesa AZ in 1995. I was at that concert. This was the first really big show they played after the part from drummer Dave Lombardo and pickimg up Forbidden drummer Paul Bostaph. I loved this show. 😊
It's funny how you mention being 16 at the time when REIGN IN BLOOD came out. It came out one week after my 17th birthday, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it completely blew my head off. There was nothing else like it, and to be perfectly honest there are only a handful of albums in this genre from that period that have held up as well. I never, ever thought I would be listening to it for the rest of my life but I just turned 53 and I listened to it yesterday. Thank you for this reaction and passing along the music.
Their original lineup was Dave Lombardo on drums Tom Araya on bass / vocals. Jeff hanneman lead / Rhythm guitar who would always be in your left speaker and on stage left. And Kerry King lead / rhythm guitar who would always be in your right speaker and on stage right. They always mixed it that way so you could always tell when they're trading off one playing solo while the other plays Rhythm back and forth and then both playing rhythm together. Great song selections, excellent video. Saw them first live in 1985 last in 2019, many times in between:)
@@zardoz1160 I guess you are confused about what stage left and stage right means. To the performer looking out at the crowd he'd be on the right side of the stage that's called stage left because it refers to what the audience sees. Hence why Jeff is always on stage left (or on the right side of the stage from his perspective).
@@zardoz1160 I just looked it up and you're right. I guess I've had it backwards all these years. Stage left or right is determined from the performers point of view not the audience's. So hannemann would be on left speaker and left side of the stage from the audience View right side of the stage from performers View to be clear
When this came out, I learned to play the album on guitar in about a week. I was already playing mostly Metallica and Anthrax and could play all of the first 3 Metallica albums. This album was brutal to learn and play. Talk about feeling like your forearm is on fire…Even though I was used to extended duration fast riffs, this album just ramped it up to another level. It literally hurt to play until I built the stamina up to be able to play it start to finish without having to pause in the middle of songs.
Great choice of songs, and glad you like Slayer, wasn't sure you would because it's not for everyone. It would be worth your time if you did a whole album reaction for Hell Awaits, with all songs in the original recording version. It's my favorite Slayer album, and it sounds more dark and evil then many black metal bands that came after it, while Slayer isn't even a black metal band of course. I don't think you can match this 1985 production anymore with all this digital equipment they use today. Anyway, thanks for your video's, I really like them!
I was into punk and thrash before, but hearing Slayer's SOUTH OF HEAVEN in 1988 (junior high school) rocked my world. That transition into Silent Scream!!!! Those drums!!!! Seen them live many times. I'm actually in a crowd photo in their live album DECADE OF AGGRESSION which was recorded during the "Clash of the Titans" tour in 1991, in Lakeland Florida (touring with Anthrax and Megadeth). Love them and love seeing people react to them. My BIG 5 (for thrash) would be Slayer, D.R.I., Sepultura, Pantera, and Vio-Lence. D.R.I.'s 1988 album FOUR OF A KIND also shook me.
On a similar note, I was at a Sam Hain reunion show at the Roseland Theater in Portland, OR. At one point they were all completely covered n dripping stage blood. So, epic. I got to meet Glenn that night. Pretty cool, guy.
I've saw Salyer multiple times over the years. Sorry, no pics as we didn't have cell phones for those events. We were so much in the moment of the show and the pit, even if we had phones, I don't think too many pics would have been taken. Amazing live shows.
Saw Slayer 4 times, starting with the one of "Big 4 for the first time in history in Warsaw, Poland". That time it was the classical Slayer - Araya, King, Hanneman (R.I.P.), Lombardo.
Imagine being a 13 year old me in 1983-84 during the birth of Bay Area thrash Slayer, Megadeth, Metallica, Exodus, Testament and NYC area Anthrax, Overkill, S.O.D. This was life changing. Thankfully I was able to see the Yankee Stadium Big 4 show. Dive into Exodus Bonded by Blood, Testament alone in the Dark. I could keep going. Love the reaction, subscribed!
A story I read was that Rick Rubin said just go nuts at the end of Raining Blood and let it all fall apart musically. Just go nuts. It worked. RIP Jeff H.
Saw them 6 or 7 years ago at an outdoor venue. The show was postponed due to thunderstorms. It was still raining when they went on. When they played Reign in Blood it was epic, one of my favorite concert experiences..also no Angel of Death on this list is a sin
To take away the spooky intrigue of Slayer, the band were a bunch of D&D nerds that binged the film Dragon Slayer (1981). The band got their name from that film. Saw them several times during college days. Good, clean fun.
Yes, that is the beauty of that song. I don't know why but Slayer give me chills when I lessen to them and you lessening to if for the first time. Saw them first time at the Felt Forum back in 1988. It was one of the sickest concerts I ever saw. Three mosh pits and tour up the seats. Just Crazy.
My first time seeing slayer was when I was 13 on their clash of the titans tour with megadeth, anthrax and alice in chains as the opener. My cousin took me to that show. Jeff Hanneman was the reason i picked up a guitar 31 years ago. Probably have seen them a total of 15 times from 1990 until they retired in 2019. Now my favorite live band is Lamb of God.
I have always listened to slayer when I was a teen they have been rocking since the 80’s and my go to group all of the time besides Elvis and Tom Arya is to cool nowadays I love their music
Black Magic is the song that got my vote on the first album. At Dawn They Sleep. Screaming from the Sky. Everything an aggressive bloodletting rush shed be.
-In high school, a girl in my class gave me grief for listening to Megadeth and talk about it being satanic. We were in Chicago for Mock Trial Nationals. I was listening to “Angel of Death” when she asked me what I was listening to. After I told her, she asked “Can I listen?” Not being sure considering her thought about Megadeth, I asked her if she really wanted. After she said that she did, I handed her my headphones and rewinded the tape.I asked her,”Are you sure?” After she said yes, I pressed “Play”(Yes, I had a Walkman. I know. I’m old.)and waited. Her eyes got big and she had a huge smile on her face. -For South of Heaven, look up Bill McClintock, who does mashup videos. He did one with South of Heaven with the vocals for Edwin Starr’s “War.” Such a perfect combination and made me actually think “Wait, you can actually dance to Slayer?” -For concerts, they’ll switch up the song that “South of Heaven” transitions into. On their Decade of Aggression live album, they did it with “Raining Blood”, which then transitioned into “Black Magic.” -If you’re looking for songs where one song transitions into another one, look for “Into The Lungs Of Hell”/“Set The World On Fire” by Megadeth. -The riff you mentioned in Silent Scream is a riff that has appeared in some fashion in multiple songs like “Raining Blood”, “Silent Scream”’ “Spill The Blood”, “Dead Skin Mask, and “213.” -Seasons in the Abyss is my favorite album by them. While there is some thrash/speed with “War Ensemble”, it has a lot slower but harder feel like South of Heaven. Give the title track a listen to. Jeff Hanneman’s solo is one of my favorites. -My favorite period is South of Heaven to Divine Intervention. Three really good albums with a great mix of heavy and thrash.
saw them live on the clash of the titans tour with megadeth,suicidal and testament.they were touring their sout of heaven album amongst other slayer classics.they were that powerful and amazing live i came out pumped with that much adrenaline i felt i was on something...oh and i was deaf what a gig
Slayer shows can only be described as "INTENSE" My suggestion for a reaction would be Madatory suicide. It has one of the best riffs ever. Its impossible to keep your head still. Headbanging is NOT something you learn how to do, its letting yourself join the music. P.S. I'm 58 and still a metal head. P.S.S. if you look closely at the album art, you can see depictions of every song on the album. Cool huh?! 🤘😝 F**kin SLAYER!!!
All Hell praise Jegarmister... Welcome to the Family... Solid Review!! Slayer is hands down the best live show to attend ,Period, saw them in Bakersfield CA twice In the late 80's, no other band to this day has the same experience.. MO but fact
i've seen slayer a few times in concert and every single time i went there always felt like some kind of bond going on from us fans who grew up listening to them. My cousin hated them for the longest time but after i took him to one of their shows he was very impressed on how well they were in concert. It was one of the best concerts i've ever been to.
I wasn't there for a show they rained blood on the stage but I was at a show where this was the last song of the set and 5 minutes later a downburst caused massive rain and wind destroying basically all equipment at the festival. Iggy Pop and Mötley Crue couldn't play and Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden had to play on a damaged stage with loan gear 3 hours late.
I'm surprised no one chose a song from the first album. It's their best album! Crionics tormentor and metal storm/ face the slayer are my favorite songs on the album.
Slayer was always pure thrash.. nice choices... The drum fill in at dawn they sleep is way better on the album cuz it's not the same drummer Dave Lombardo is in the album and that live version is Paul Bostaph
Raining Blood is the f4kn best extreme metal song of all times. I come from Obscura, Cannibal, Necrophagist and all that stuff but i still thinking that.
I think its my favorite track out of all of them. Would have loved to see all the blood literally raining down too. What a live show that would be... Really want to check out Necrophagist too. Lot of recommendations for them and CC just has a special place in my heart. Thanks for watching!
You should've listened to the title track from Hell Awaits and either War Ensemble or the title track from Seasons in the Abyss. Just my two cents. Good luck with your channel.
Great reaction! The choice of band and album were awesome!!! I would love to see your reaction to the album "INRI", by the legendary Brazilian band "Sarcófago". A hail from Brazil!!!! 🇧🇷
I don't always dance with the dead in my dreams, but when I do, I listen to their hallowed screams.
You should always do it, but then again it gets annoying after a while. The dead don't dance very well and you get all tired. And then the screaming kind of gets on your nerves.
Dead Skin Mask
That's mid for slayer. Show no mercy was the best album! I'm surprised no one picked a single song from that album.
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@@burningbelow4424Show no mercy is terrible. the drums sound like someone hitting a biscuit tin over and over like a speed freak. I had it on vinyl and skimmed it off a bridge into the canal. It was the one with haunting the chapel and the best track was chemical warfare.
You need to put REIGN IN BLOOD on from beginning to end it's an experience.
I guess this is what we're doing for Part 2 huh?
@@imaKaiya it's an experience.. like guitar hero.. just different
@@imaKaiya Hell yes :)
Definitely do some live performances if you do a part 2 for slayer look for the raining blood
Fully agreed. Every song on this album is amazing!!
I was into Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax already. Slayer was the “scary” and “Satanic" band. The most bad ass kids in school, the ones with the creepy sunken eyes, were the ones with the Slayer t-shirts. Then I started listening to Monday Night Mayhem, on WSOU, the radio station of Seton Hall University in NJ. They played the craziest thrash and early black metal bands. I’d be in bed at 1AM, with my crappy headphones attached to my crappier red Radio Shack boombox, getting chills from listening to insane Slayer riffs.
The rest of my life has been spent screaming SLAYER!!!!! at my frieneds from across busy streets.
My eyes weren't sinking in 😂
I’m Jersey Slayer head - our eyes may have been red but make no mistake- we got all the hottest chicks in school
Oh, how I missed those days. They played the best music back in the day. Loved how they called Sayreville Slayerville. From what I hear, they don't play Slayer anymore on the station. Was surprised they played Metal at all on a Catholic university radio in the first place. Very grateful they did tho. S-L-A-Y-E-R !!!!!!!!
Fellow jersey boy. 89.5 was gift…… Ti2 Jen what great DJs. We were so lucky
WSOU Pirate Radio was my soundtrack since I was 13
Lombardo's playing on Reign in Blood, south of heaven and Seasons in the Abyss is the perfect drumming trifecta. So creative, technical, precise, atmospheric...funky? Every metal/hard music drummer's goal in life.
IMO Dave Lombardo, is the best metal drummer of the history. Brutal, technical, perfect...250 bpm, what else? ❤️
I've seen Slayer several times across a 25 year period. Always amazing, always brutal... Basically if you have survived the Slayer pit, you are officially an "S" tier metalhead. I taught myself how to play metal drums because Dave Lombardo is my personal Jesus.
Dave Lombardo Godfather of double bass respect
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Love this ladies reactions and her love for music!!! Keep doing what you do, SLAYER!!!!!!!
Wait until you hear Sepultura's "Beneath the Remains" and "Arise" full albums. Matter of fact, just react to Sepultura "Live in Barcelona '91." No offense to any other thrash bands but Sepultura in those days were untouchable.
I wore that VHS out 2x before I found a dvd. Just saw them a couple weeks back doing Beneath the Arise and they fucking killed it.
@@jerkrepps6257 - Yep I just saw that tour too. It was one of the best shows I've ever seen.
Idk man slayer was top of their game at that time too
@@RandyBeans69 that’s the one. I still watch it a couple times a year.
“That’s how they end it”. “Is it just rain?” No…..it’s reign
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The first time I ever got the chills in my life was at a Slayer show, when they started their gig with "South of Heaven." I was 14 years old. Slayer opened for Judas Priest. It was their "Ram it Down" tour, 1988.
'Dead Skin Mask' is about the serial killer Ed Gein from the 1950s.
I've seen them live... no video on earth compares to the real thing. You can feel the music rattling your bones from the sheer volume. It's like thunder.
Ty for not meaning to disrupt the emotion joining SoH and silent scream, your the first reactor to make this attempt, that I have found,, very much appreciated and a shout out to the other fans that pointed this out to you, its so relieving, although it did just make me want to hear the album/cd/tape/record in its entirety... but thank you again anyways...
Very interesting track choice. Great representation of their prime. Silent Scream is an underrated masterpiece.
Silent Scream blew me away. And the transition into it from South of Heaven is beautiful. I cried. I got chills. I still can't get over it lol. Thanks for watching!
@@imaKaiya Spill the blood is creepy as hell
I bought Rain in Blood on my 16th birthday! Still love it to this day! 51 now,metal never dies!!!!🤘🤘
It's Reign in Blood
@@AUTOPSY666 You are correct my friend. Sorry for the misspelling.
Same. 1st saw Slayer at the Moore Theatre in Seattle, i was 15 & what went on that night should never have been allowed indoors. I turned 50 last month.🤘🏽😤🤘🏽
Seen SLAYER over 40 times since 1987 and I can honestly tell you there is nothing like a slayer concert.
The late Lawrence Carroll created the cover art for Slayer's Reign In Blood, South Of Heaven, Seasons In The Abyss and Christ Illusion. His work has been shown in museums across the world, including New York’s Guggenheim, the Contemporary And Modern Art Museum of Trento and Roverando and Stuttgart City Gallery.
I'm 50yrs old, I've been to 37 Slayer concerts, across 26 states, and 3 different countries. I witnessed(and felt), the Raining(stage) Blood, caught(or found on the floor) 19 guitar picks(Jeff, Kerry, Tom), caught 2 drum stick(1 Dave, 1 Paul). I even trash dug a faulty mic cord that Tom threw away backstage. I still own the concert t-shirt that my cousin bought me, at my first slayer show(I was 11 years old). I have countless other concert T's, jacket patches, and even multiple inlay cards for cassette tapes. I couldn't bring myself to throw them away, when I, bought a new album, because the old one wore out. Multiple Slayer tattoos are all over my body. I even got to meet them, and BS with them(pre-Bostaph) multiple times. Or at least what a fan would consider "BS-ing"with their favorite band of all time.
Every single time I hear Slayer… I still get wicked excited, and feel just as motivated by their music, as I did the first time I heard them.
Hell... I even learned to play drums, because I considered Dave Lombardo the God Of Thunder, and I wanted nothing more than to be just like him(no offense to Paul Bostaph).
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I saw SLAYER live in 2010 at Sonisphere in Finland and got an entirely different respect for them than I had before that concert, old men still playing like they were 20!
Also when they came on stage the sky turned gray and Arya cracked a joke that this always happens at their gigs, then when they started Raining blood it started raining sideways and storming so heavily that some of the restaurant tents fell apart. That moment is ingrained in my head as one of the most memorable things in my life, and made Slayer one of my favorite bands of all time!
Yeah, I've seen them 3-4 times over the last ~15+ years and they never seemed to lack any energy on stage whatsoever. As intense as ever.
I was there too. Fortunately they just got to play their whole set to the end before the damn storm really hit and almost all the rest shows of the evening had to be cancelled due to it. I remember hearing the loud thunder thru Slayer's playing and thinking if it was an actual thunder or was it some backing track. During the show I concluded it had to be the latter, but eventually stood corrected in the middle of the fucking field with 2 of my friends barely able to breath in strongest storm-wind I've ever seen before or since 😂
Good call to include Show No Mercy. Arguably their best album. Tom's voice was at its best back then.
Next up is METALLICA. Grab a snack, grab a beverage and get comfy because our metal journey into The Big Four has just begun. Stay thrashy 🌹
Symphony X is on yout plans? 👉🏻👈🏻
Fight Fire With Fire is a must listen for Metallica 🤘
Ahhhhhh Metallica. The Walmart of Metal. Resting on their laurels since 1988. Nothing more than a "brand" these days. At least you don't have to spend a lot of time on them. They only have 4 good albums from 35+ years ago.
Metallica trashy? Thrash yeah
Metallica is the taylor swift of metal. They are pathetic sellouts and a joke
Just stumbled across this, great reaction. Odd that no one recommended tracks off Show No Mercy, but imo Antichrist and Die By The Sword are top choices. Chrionics is a different flavour too.
For me, Decade of Aggression (live album) is out of this world...grab yourself a listen on cd or whatever streaming platform: not a skip worthy track there
Let's not overwhelm her. But yes Decade Of Agression is most likely the best Live Slayer album ever.
I'm 47 and Decade of Agression had been in my playlist since I first heard it back when it was released.
Just listened to it earlier today when driving to the carwash
Yes. The Anti-Christ. Flew into many a drunken rage under the influence of this song. Well, Peace Sells also. Same time period, same long mind-trip.
Die by the is the best 👌 absolutely perfect
You can hear the influences from Venom and Motörhead in Slayer.
My favourite record by Slayer is seasons in the abyss, not a weak song on that one .🤘
Probably THE most influential metal band of all time! They are easily my all time favorite band and I have seen them live more times than I can count. SLAYER!!!
First time I saw them live was in 1991 in Detroit, I was 20 years old, had no prior experience of slayer live, the lights went out and hell awaits comes on, and I hear I thunder storm behind me, I turn around to look at what the noise was and I was knocked down from people storming the stage, i stand up, oh fuck I'm in the middle of a mosh pit, I was like hell yeah let's do this......it was awesome.
Show No Mercy my first Slayer album at age 12 back in 83' still Loving it. All time fav album is Reign in Blood 🤘☠️🤘
Same here.
And another old fart here 😀
Same here, I also was 12 years old. Still enjoy listening to slayer.
One thing that sets Slayer apart from the rest of the Big 4 is drummer Dave Lombardo. Latin, swing-style drummer who stands head and shoulders above the pack.
Need to do the song Hell Awaits....one of best intros of all time in any genre. Just awesome!
Glad you are diggin SLAYER ! To me, they have always been the big "1". NO pretense, no b.s., in your face aggression at it's best. They influenced and directed the course of metal more than maybe any band in history, other possible challengers would be motorhead and well, that's about it. The panning between guitar solos as you put it, is the two different guitarist in the band playing solos. I've seen SLAYER play live many many times and am sure that they are the greatest live band ever. The interaction between the band and the crowd and just the intense feeling and aggression in the crowd is unmatched. Long live SLAYER AND RIP JEFF........
First Slayer records I got into was Divine Intervention, shortly after it was released. I had found raw sounding music few years earlier in hardcore punk and then thrash metal. Sepultura and Slayer was my introduction to metal music in general. I like most of Slayer records but I would say that my fav is Divine Intervention and South of Heaven. I wish we see Slayer Part II. There is a lot of insane tunes left to hear in their catalog after Seasons in the Abyss. \m/
Oh wow!! Thank you!! It only took a year to see this 😂 much love and respect for the double whammy!!
I WAS 16 in 86 when Reign in Blood came out. It was an epic year for thrash metal!! Thank you so much again ❤
Hi, this is the first reaction that Ive ever seen from you and I picked a good one cause I love SLAYER. Ive seen them so many times live and I even have their logo tattooed on my right arm, and because of all that Im subscribing to your channel.
Reign in blood for part 2, I also recommend war ensemble, dittohead. Their "nu metal" foray was hit or miss, but overall their 40+ years of music was highly impressive!
Cheers to you for recognizing Slayer being signed to Def Jam and basically knowing who their producer is. Also for choosing Show no mercy. A thrash metal blueprint
Being old school and seeing slayer from 84 on . No one has a more violent pit ever.bone spurs in my neck to prove it .after wat at the warfeild I knew I was getting old so I trained for 4 months to see them again .to this day no matter how best up and broken I am I'll be in the pit for Fucking SLAYER.
16:51 Oh that is why he can't headbang for years now under medical orders... Tom Araya did damage his neck pretty severely from years of headbanging like that :)
Love your channel, Slayer till I die!
I saw Slayer live twice. Clearly they blew away any other live experiences from any other band. For me Slayer is the ultimate. Absolutely untouchable. I discovered them in 85 when I was in high school. To say me and my friends were indulging in a lot of substances would be putting it lightly. We would drive around constantly blaring from my parents car bands like Suicidal Tendencies, Exodus, Venom, Possessed, Death Angel but the most played and most revered was Slayer Hell Awaits from beginning to end daily. The first two songs on Hell Awaits are still my favorite things ever and you should go delve into those immediately!
Slayer's drummer Dave Lombardo has been the Misfits (Danzig etc) drummer for all their reunion shows. Which he slays. But Slayer's drum parts are more more varied and overall complicated than Misfits drummers.
Dead Cross 🤘
Kerry and Jeff's solos are panned to different sides lol like when they're onstage and their amps are on different sides
Subscribed tonight after watching your women of metal. Now watching this. I'll go down the rabbit hole of your vids before making recommendations, but I love unleash the archer if you've not heard them, I would recommend them. Slayer was the second band I saw live (10 times total), and loved every second of every pit
Thank you😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Funny thing about Silent Scream. Tom, being a very devout Catholic, used his platform with Slayer to write the most brutally descriptive, aggressively Pro-Life song ever created..
Show No Mercy and Hell Awaits are godly!!!
I saw SLAYER 3 times. And I was blown away. They were so pummeling and the vibe was spooky! Today I would not be down for a Slayer show (if they still played), probably. The world has gotten more tense. Btw I highly recommend the bands Kreator and Napalm Death!
I was 43 i think... floor seats in the pit.... spent the first day with death angel opened.... then some testament.... anthrax.... megadeth and then slayer at midnight.... for two days.... overkill replaced death angel on the second knight. Different set lists.
Singer Tom Araya, of Chilean descent, was raised a Catholic. Of the lyricism he explains 'They're just words to me, I don't live by them'. Kerry is an angry atheist who writes most of the lyrics but Tom is a kind gentle soul 😅 Kerry wasn't IN Megadeth as such he just played on a few songs. Jeff wrote the most notable songs like Angel Of Death but sadly died in 2013. Dave is regarded one of the best thrash drummers in the business. Amazing band with a vast catalogue. Listen to more and enjoy! 🤘
My personal recommendations from Slayer: Metal Storm / Face the Slayer, Angel of Death, When the Stillness Comes, Delusions of Saviour, Spill the Blood, Seasons In The Abyss.
The info on the video to At Dawn They Sleep was wrong. This entire concert was in Mesa AZ in 1995. I was at that concert. This was the first really big show they played after the part from drummer Dave Lombardo and pickimg up Forbidden drummer Paul Bostaph. I loved this show. 😊
It's funny how you mention being 16 at the time when REIGN IN BLOOD came out. It came out one week after my 17th birthday, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it completely blew my head off. There was nothing else like it, and to be perfectly honest there are only a handful of albums in this genre from that period that have held up as well. I never, ever thought I would be listening to it for the rest of my life but I just turned 53 and I listened to it yesterday. Thank you for this reaction and passing along the music.
Playing drums to this is fire! Nice Video.🤘🤘🤘
Their original lineup was Dave Lombardo on drums Tom Araya on bass / vocals. Jeff hanneman lead / Rhythm guitar who would always be in your left speaker and on stage left. And Kerry King lead / rhythm guitar who would always be in your right speaker and on stage right. They always mixed it that way so you could always tell when they're trading off one playing solo while the other plays Rhythm back and forth and then both playing rhythm together. Great song selections, excellent video. Saw them first live in 1985 last in 2019, many times in between:)
Nitpicking here: Jeff almost always played stage right (left side of the stage from audience perspective) and Kerry played stage left.
@@zardoz1160 I guess you are confused about what stage left and stage right means. To the performer looking out at the crowd he'd be on the right side of the stage that's called stage left because it refers to what the audience sees. Hence why Jeff is always on stage left (or on the right side of the stage from his perspective).
@@zardoz1160 that's why they call it stage left not just call it left
@@Will_Wel wrong
@@zardoz1160 I just looked it up and you're right. I guess I've had it backwards all these years. Stage left or right is determined from the performers point of view not the audience's. So hannemann would be on left speaker and left side of the stage from the audience View right side of the stage from performers View to be clear
When this came out, I learned to play the album on guitar in about a week. I was already playing mostly Metallica and Anthrax and could play all of the first 3 Metallica albums. This album was brutal to learn and play. Talk about feeling like your forearm is on fire…Even though I was used to extended duration fast riffs, this album just ramped it up to another level. It literally hurt to play until I built the stamina up to be able to play it start to finish without having to pause in the middle of songs.
Great choice of songs, and glad you like Slayer, wasn't sure you would because it's not for everyone. It would be worth your time if you did a whole album reaction for Hell Awaits, with all songs in the original recording version. It's my favorite Slayer album, and it sounds more dark and evil then many black metal bands that came after it, while Slayer isn't even a black metal band of course. I don't think you can match this 1985 production anymore with all this digital equipment they use today. Anyway, thanks for your video's, I really like them!
The lyrics for South of heaven... so brilliant!
I remember back in 88 when i heard it the first time!
My first slayer album was seasons in the abyss and when I was in high school I did carve slayer into my arm
Great choice from Hell Awaits. At Dawn They Sleep from Live Intrusion 1995 is my favorite recording of the song.
I was into punk and thrash before, but hearing Slayer's SOUTH OF HEAVEN in 1988 (junior high school) rocked my world. That transition into Silent Scream!!!! Those drums!!!! Seen them live many times. I'm actually in a crowd photo in their live album DECADE OF AGGRESSION which was recorded during the "Clash of the Titans" tour in 1991, in Lakeland Florida (touring with Anthrax and Megadeth). Love them and love seeing people react to them.
My BIG 5 (for thrash) would be Slayer, D.R.I., Sepultura, Pantera, and Vio-Lence. D.R.I.'s 1988 album FOUR OF A KIND also shook me.
Pantera isn't thrash ...
@@danielhaines3940 Groove metal is part thrash, part heavy metal. Good enough for me.
Someone has probably mentioned this but the solos go from Kerry King to Jeff, they would each go back and forth with solos
On a similar note, I was at a Sam Hain reunion show at the Roseland Theater in Portland, OR. At one point they were all completely covered n dripping stage blood. So, epic. I got to meet Glenn that night. Pretty cool, guy.
Uh hello. I’ve loved Slayer since like forever and I’m now a guitarist for over 20 years I’ve seen them once and shook Kerry Kings hand.
I've saw Salyer multiple times over the years. Sorry, no pics as we didn't have cell phones for those events. We were so much in the moment of the show and the pit, even if we had phones, I don't think too many pics would have been taken. Amazing live shows.
Saw Slayer 4 times, starting with the one of "Big 4 for the first time in history in Warsaw, Poland". That time it was the classical Slayer - Araya, King, Hanneman (R.I.P.), Lombardo.
your channel is just wonderful i hope you continue forever reacting to heavy metal:)
For a CD listener Slayer is perfect. I can listen to their entire discography from beginning to end.
Kayia,You got something coming to ya'....Slayer... HELL YEAH...!!!! 😂😅
I love Slayer, specially 1988's South of Heaven when I was a senior in HS. My grandma bought it for me for Christmas that year. LOL. true story.
Kings of metal. Period.
Imagine being a 13 year old me in 1983-84 during the birth of Bay Area thrash Slayer, Megadeth, Metallica, Exodus, Testament and NYC area Anthrax, Overkill, S.O.D. This was life changing. Thankfully I was able to see the Yankee Stadium Big 4 show. Dive into Exodus Bonded by Blood, Testament alone in the Dark. I could keep going. Love the reaction, subscribed!
I seen Slayer live twice. They slay.
13 times here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A story I read was that Rick Rubin said just go nuts at the end of Raining Blood and let it all fall apart musically. Just go nuts. It worked.
RIP Jeff H.
Saw them 6 or 7 years ago at an outdoor venue. The show was postponed due to thunderstorms. It was still raining when they went on. When they played Reign in Blood it was epic, one of my favorite concert experiences..also no Angel of Death on this list is a sin
I love Slayer... I love your accent too. glad you liked their stuff.
A Slayer concert will be the most amazing experience you will have in your life guaranteed
To take away the spooky intrigue of Slayer, the band were a bunch of D&D nerds that binged the film Dragon Slayer (1981). The band got their name from that film.
Saw them several times during college days. Good, clean fun.
"Bunt caking daughters", waaahahahahaha😂🤣
Stealing that!
I had the pleasure of seeing Slayer in Manchester UK, supported by Lamb of God. One of the best days of my life!!
Yes, that is the beauty of that song. I don't know why but Slayer give me chills when I lessen to them and you lessening to if for the first time. Saw them first time at the Felt Forum back in 1988. It was one of the sickest concerts I ever saw. Three mosh pits and tour up the seats. Just Crazy.
My first time seeing slayer was when I was 13 on their clash of the titans tour with megadeth, anthrax and alice in chains as the opener. My cousin took me to that show. Jeff Hanneman was the reason i picked up a guitar 31 years ago. Probably have seen them a total of 15 times from 1990 until they retired in 2019. Now my favorite live band is Lamb of God.
I have always listened to slayer when I was a teen they have been rocking since the 80’s and my go to group all of the time besides Elvis and Tom Arya is to cool nowadays I love their music
Been to over 40 Slayer shows in my life they never did a bad show always on point No Cap Masters of their Craft
Black Magic is the song that got my vote on the first album. At Dawn They Sleep. Screaming from the Sky. Everything an aggressive bloodletting rush shed be.
Yep
-In high school, a girl in my class gave me grief for listening to Megadeth and talk about it being satanic. We were in Chicago for Mock Trial Nationals. I was listening to “Angel of Death” when she asked me what I was listening to. After I told her, she asked “Can I listen?” Not being sure considering her thought about Megadeth, I asked her if she really wanted. After she said that she did, I handed her my headphones and rewinded the tape.I asked her,”Are you sure?” After she said yes, I pressed “Play”(Yes, I had a Walkman. I know. I’m old.)and waited. Her eyes got big and she had a huge smile on her face.
-For South of Heaven, look up Bill McClintock, who does mashup videos. He did one with South of Heaven with the vocals for Edwin Starr’s “War.” Such a perfect combination and made me actually think “Wait, you can actually dance to Slayer?”
-For concerts, they’ll switch up the song that “South of Heaven” transitions into. On their Decade of Aggression live album, they did it with “Raining Blood”, which then transitioned into “Black Magic.”
-If you’re looking for songs where one song transitions into another one, look for “Into The Lungs Of Hell”/“Set The World On Fire” by Megadeth.
-The riff you mentioned in Silent Scream is a riff that has appeared in some fashion in multiple songs like “Raining Blood”, “Silent Scream”’ “Spill The Blood”, “Dead Skin Mask, and “213.”
-Seasons in the Abyss is my favorite album by them. While there is some thrash/speed with “War Ensemble”, it has a lot slower but harder feel like South of Heaven. Give the title track a listen to. Jeff Hanneman’s solo is one of my favorites.
-My favorite period is South of Heaven to Divine Intervention. Three really good albums with a great mix of heavy and thrash.
You had me at hello. Nah just kidding you had me at Slayer.
saw them live on the clash of the titans tour with megadeth,suicidal and testament.they were touring their sout of heaven album amongst other slayer classics.they were that powerful and amazing live i came out pumped with that much adrenaline i felt i was on something...oh and i was deaf what a gig
Welll what we have here...a metalhead cutie , now you got a new sub, hi from the Dominican Republic!
During "Show No Mercy" at 6:09 when you said, "So much going on"... I thought to myself, just wait until 30:17.
Slayer shows can only be described as "INTENSE" My suggestion for a reaction would be Madatory suicide. It has one of the best riffs ever. Its impossible to keep your head still. Headbanging is NOT something you learn how to do, its letting yourself join the music.
P.S. I'm 58 and still a metal head.
P.S.S. if you look closely at the album art, you can see depictions of every song on the album. Cool huh?!
🤘😝 F**kin SLAYER!!!
Panteras Domination and Primal concrete sledge live from Moscow. Check em out 😎👍
Early thrash back in the day sounds like it was recorded in a church. Very echoey. :) They tightened it up in later years.
The 'cunting daughter' lyric comes from the movie, 'The Exorcist' 1972
All Hell praise Jegarmister... Welcome to the Family... Solid Review!!
Slayer is hands down the best live show to attend ,Period, saw them in Bakersfield CA twice In the late 80's, no other band to this day has the same experience.. MO but fact
i've seen slayer a few times in concert and every single time i went there always felt like some kind of bond going on from us fans who grew up listening to them. My cousin hated them for the longest time but after i took him to one of their shows he was very impressed on how well they were in concert. It was one of the best concerts i've ever been to.
I wasn't there for a show they rained blood on the stage but I was at a show where this was the last song of the set and 5 minutes later a downburst caused massive rain and wind destroying basically all equipment at the festival. Iggy Pop and Mötley Crue couldn't play and Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden had to play on a damaged stage with loan gear 3 hours late.
If you like slayer it’s worth checking out a band from the UK called Venom they are also very cool and created black metal.
I'm surprised no one chose a song from the first album. It's their best album! Crionics tormentor and metal storm/ face the slayer are my favorite songs on the album.
The Antichrist is good 👍
Raining blood..... I saw what happened there..... you converted poppy into metal! YES, a new member of our gang!
Slayer was always pure thrash.. nice choices... The drum fill in at dawn they sleep is way better on the album cuz it's not the same drummer Dave Lombardo is in the album and that live version is Paul Bostaph
Raining Blood is the f4kn best extreme metal song of all times. I come from Obscura, Cannibal, Necrophagist and all that stuff but i still thinking that.
I think its my favorite track out of all of them. Would have loved to see all the blood literally raining down too. What a live show that would be... Really want to check out Necrophagist too. Lot of recommendations for them and CC just has a special place in my heart. Thanks for watching!
You should've listened to the title track from Hell Awaits and either War Ensemble or the title track from Seasons in the Abyss. Just my two cents. Good luck with your channel.
Great reaction! The choice of band and album were awesome!!! I would love to see your reaction to the album "INRI", by the legendary Brazilian band "Sarcófago". A hail from Brazil!!!! 🇧🇷
I've seen slayer 4. They are amazing every single time. It will blow your head off.
I've been lucky enough to see all the big 4 live , also exodus...sepultura..death and many other great bands of that time. Awesome concerts .