FIRST TIME HEARING Slayer Angel Of Death BRITISH REACTION

[@Fynny1976]

You should read the lyrics. Its about Josef mengele and all the vile inhuman experiments he used to do.. been a slayer fan since day 1, the best line up was with the original drummer dave lombardo, also known as the godfather of double bass🤘🤘🤘

[@LORDFARQUADZILLA]

They should read the studies done about how people who listen to metal and heavy music are calmer and happier people. This music calms me. It’s helped me through a lot as a kid. It has quite the opposite effect of anger.

[@joeljones8066]

it's not angry.... It's energy. not everybody gets it, and that's ok. that's why different types of music exist.

[@Starlordqc]

i'll sign that! Well said! \m/

[@shmick6079]

I mean, there’s definitely some anger directed at the Third Reich and Dr Mengele in particular here.

[@joeljones8066]

@@shmick6079 I know what the song is about mate, has nothing to do with the musical style or the behaviour of a live audience, which is what I was referring to in reply to a specific portion of this reaction

[@shmick6079]

@@joeljones8066 righto no worries

[@AddMoreQuarters]

I don't know, it kind of angers me personally someone would do such terrible things to fellow human beings. To know there has been suffering like nothing I can't even imagine remotely.

[@robertglanville6558]

Music touches everyone. This music kicks you in the face! SLAYER!! 🤘🤘

[@enki4589]

Slayer is the heaviest of the big 4. Best.Band.Ever.

[@jenell56]

I LOVE this song! I bought the Album way back and literally hammered this to death LoL My son watched your reaction with me and still knows every word of it 😁 🤘 regarding the headbanging how would Mrs BP2 feel watching Floor's windmill 🤣

[@chueysmama2622]

HELL YEAH!🤘🤘

[@CelticFrost666]

Nice style of dress to listen to Slayer. Especially the light blue shirt with the white lace collar.🤘🤘🤘

[@chueysmama2622]

🤣🤣🤣

[@BritPopsReact]

@marioegger6877 MrsBP2 has an outfit for every occasion. 😁

[@CelticFrost666]

@@BritPopsReact So she must be richer than Johanna Mikl-Leitner, governor of Lower Austria. At the "Austrian World Summit" in Vienna, when asked what each individual could do to combat climate change, the ÖVP politician said: "It starts with the clothes, that you don't have to have ten ball gowns, but three ball gowns."

[@BritPopsReact]

@marioegger6877 Aha, I see you have seen her shopping receipts 😂

[@deementia6796]

There's an irony in her saying that the lyrics are hard to understand. Tom's vocals has good enunciation compared to the death metal style that came afterwards, where the "cookie monster" vocal effects became much more in vogue. This is from my favorite Slayer album, but they became much more dynamic in 1990 with Seasons of the Abyss when they slowed down a bit. Made them sound even heavier.

[@DanielCastillo-cn3pp]

Tom sings in received pronunciation 😂

[@LORDFARQUADZILLA]

I think people say that out of ignorance tbh. There’s no way you can’t understand Tom. He enunciates his words with the best in thrash metal. And the lyrical phrasing is unique too in Slayer’s music which makes it all the more impressive how clearly Tom sings.

[@anunearthlychild8569]

I'm German, and my English certainly wasn't any better 40 years ago than it is today. Nevertheless, I always understood Tom without any problems. It's funny that it seems easier for me as a German than to a brit. 🤣

[@LORDFARQUADZILLA]

Did he say Slayer used tracks 😂 that is pretty funny. Specifically regarding Dave Lombardo because it seems like that was directed to his drumming. That’s all him. He’s just that good.

[@chueysmama2622]

PASSION! Mrs. BP2 gets it!!! See, I fucking knew you'd get it, I didn't think you'd like it BUT I KNEW YOU'D GET IT! PASSION! BP2, this song is about Mengele, the Holocaust and man's cruel nature. I know "Seasons in the Abyss" is long but it is "mellow" and got a ton of radio play in the day. The music, Thrash, is a release, almost like a drug. There have been several studies done on aggressive music fans and we actually tend to be more relaxed and even keel. It definitely is not for everyone. So, Mrs. BP2, thank you for a sincere attempt at my beloved Slayer. You are a true lady and I could never be mad at someone just because we don't agree. I adore you all and as much as I slam all your Twits & Ballerinas it is all fair! 🐾🐾 🤘🤘

[@BritPopsReact]

@chueysmama2622 And now you now why I am always such a happy chap. I have Mrs.BP2, she is always fun.😁 Have a lovely day and enjoy your Slayer.

[@godropkicks3219]

Im so thankful that I got to see this band live. AMAZING! Yes, to each thier own. Well said Mrs. I have great respect for that. Be well!

[@roymcfall9580]

Love it! It was like watching my great,great grandparents listening to Jimi Hendrix!!

[@jessierodriguez7168]

It's an education it's a historical fact if you'll read the lyrics and understand them it's all history and the way it was performed by the doctor Joseph Mangele aka the Angel of death.. and I probably spelled his last name wrong

[@AddMoreQuarters]

Skeletons of Society and Expendable Youth have some of the most brilliant lyrics. Give those two songs a shot if you haven't already.

[@JMitch67]

That’s why I always say first time reaction should be studio recording. To get you to understand why people like this I’ll ask you this. Have you ever had a bad day? Just a real shitty day and you just wanted to scream all the anger and anxiety out of you. This music does that for the listener. The chaos, the speed, the angst is already there for you to just plug in turn on and tune out and decompress those feelings so you don’t go and punch someone, or yell at someone. Metal is a genre that is almost like that punching bag in the gym it gets you stronger but it also releases stress. This music has saved me from a whole host of bad situations that would have happened if I didn’t have this to vent through.

[@doc25000]

The song is iconic, Probably the most iconic thrash tune ever written, If you take out the music and have someone read it, They're getting a lesson in history about the horrors of WWII , Thanks for the video, It's fun watching these kind of clips. Enjoy!

[@lordlockdown64]

Hey guys that was pretty heavy, the drummer must be fit as a fiddle to keep that up.

[@BritPopsReact]

@luckyian64 You sure get your moneys worth at a Slayer gig, they must do twice as many songs as other artists

[@mitchellwilson-kr9kh]

Dave Lombardo is one of the best drummers in the world (RIP J.H you will always be remembered)

[@laurenfazenbaker9777]

Dave Lombardo is still, even at his age, one of the best drummers on the planet. He goes hard, always has. The man is an iconic drummer.

[@Starlordqc]

@@laurenfazenbaker9777 true! a loss they got him sacked over the contract. and a loss, jeff isn't around anymore. i saw them several times live and i am happy i could. but also a loss they aren't touring anymore...

[@bertpunkaficionado8357]

I've been a Slayer fan since the mid-80s. Been to numerous concerts. I even went to the big 1991 show they recorded for the first half of their live album Decade of Aggression (double album: Lakeland FL, and California and Wembley), even getting my photo in the booklet that accompanied the album. A top 5 band for me.

[@sephuris5555]

"Auschwitz the meaning of pain." That opening lyric set the tone for the whole riegn in blood album and from start to finsh they never take the foot of the gas.

[@jgage2344]

LYRICS,I’m 54 been listening to Slayer most of that ….it is anger for what the “Angel of death “did during the holocaust!

[@miathemalinoisgsdx1320]

If you had picked one of the original recording vids complete with lyrics you might have twigged on to the subject matter and appreciated the genius of this track. Slayer has a knack for making epic and chilling tracks from real life events and characters, such as dead skin mask and 213.

[@sonusworld5357]

You guys need to listen to the studio version and check out the lyrics- It’s about the Angel of Death - Josef Mengale 💀💀

[@adammayday6486]

This song was in Gremlins 2 for a small snippet.

[@Dissident303]

What a great song to introduce Slayer to you. Always appreciate people listening even if it isn't their thing. Remember, there is no God. There is only SLAYER 🤘🤘🤘

[@kronok5591]

Wait, what?!? Slayer 😁 I'll request Five Magics from Megadeth -- you'll love it! Starts mellow, melodic thrash, gets heavy.

[@chueysmama2622]

Preach it kronok5591!

[@firefighterchick]

"Not much like Lionel Richie is it?" 😂😅 Thanks, that's my first laugh of the day. Kudos for giving them another try for Chewy's Momma. 😊 It's not a style of metal that's my cup of tea either. Once it's nearly impossible to understand the lyrics it's less enjoyable for me. I do enjoy a couple of Megadeath songs though. Musically although still very talented. I look forward to more heavier rock!

[@geecee4746]

The song is about Joseph Mengele, "human mice for the angel of death, showers that cleanse you of your life"

[@firefighterchick]

@geecee4746 thanks for the info! A very powerful subject! Unfortunately, lost on me. I agree with BP2 some of its enunciations. They're still musically talented, even if it's not my favorite.

[@chueysmama2622]

Thank you ffc! 🤘

[@JC-te9ok]

Heaviest thrash album of all time…. 🤟🫡

[@vinster8884]

There's much to learn from this song. Read the lyrics and review album versions.

[@oversixtyandsassy9553]

Slayer would come in 4th on my list of that metal style. Not a huge fan but appreciate the style. Metallica comes in at #1 for me. I saw Metallica in the early days before they became mainstream and it was quite an experience. Extreme head banging but loads of fun! And a great songs! Nice to see the Mrs! 👋 happy weekend🌟

[@BritPopsReact]

@oversixtyandsassy9553 Hiya and thanks for checking this one out, not our usual playlist but Mrs.BP2 is getting to see other artists we would not usually listen to. Back with more soon

[@laurenfazenbaker9777]

Slayer was the extreme end of the big 4 Anthrax was the goofy end Megadeth was the angry, bitter, then political end. Metallica waa for beginners looking for something heavier than Iron Maiden, but not too much heavier. You bring Megadeth to a political rally You bring Anthrax to a hip hop club You bring Slayer to a battlefield You bring Metallica to meet your grandparents because grandma loves Bob Seger and Metallica does Bob Seger covers now. They aren't metal, they're a wet blanket. Chuck Schuldiner and Death laid waste to them all because he raised the bar

[@brettmarlar4154]

I would recommend cheking out "Seasons In the Abyss" or "South of Heaven" those songs might be more up your street.

[@robertserafin-uc3qn]

Basically a history lesson about Dr. Memgele aka Angel of Death , singing horrors of the Holocaust. Heavy Metal+ Punk = Thrash metal

[@daleheldberg6568]

Mrs.BP2 gets it more.... Brilliant she said

[@alexegoavil7590]

Infamous Butcher Angel of death

[@schelin1447]

Of the so called the big 4...Slayer is/was the biggest in my world!

[@socalnitro]

If you hear it enough and get into the lyrics, you’ll actually be able to fall asleep to it. There’s something in there that gives us what we need but we didn’t know we needed it.

[@everyonelovesmajima]

I legitimately fell asleep at a Slayer concert once.

[@Damoinion]

I used to run Slayer with headphones on so I could sleep when offwatch during the day to prep for mid. Generally ran a mix tape of Slayer, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Anthrax and Alice Cooper.

[@uweklein2181]

Since the 80s i listen Slayer 🤘Salut from Deutschland und Lloret de Mar 🤘🍺

[@psidvicious]

I had to check my playback speed to make sure I didn’t have it still jacked up from some other slow-talking video. Notice there wasn’t very many crowd shots. Who wants to see a bunch of 14 yr old, long-haired, sweaty, pubescent boys, all nodding there heads at 2000bpm, in unison, while flashing the horns sign with both fists. 🤘🤘 I wonder if Malakai Bayoh and Slayer would ever consider getting together for a collaboration? Seems like a natural fit. 🤪 Wasn’t Slayer the band that Beavis and Butt-head’s younger friend liked and they were always making fun of him for it? Another comment said the song was about Joseph Mengele? Really? Did I miss the outcry for an honorary Joseph Mengele song to be made? I thought he was one of history’s characters, best left on the dung heap of oblivion. But maybe I’m just prejudiced and not confessing guilt for my American privilege. (or some other nonsensical jargon like that you hear the “intellectuals” throwing around these days.) The ever-easy-on-the-eyes Mrs BP2 gets the thumbs up for this video.

[@japcar84]

Stewart always wore a Winger t-shirt. However, Winger isn't a heavy metal band, they are more in the vein of Poison, which was reacted to a few weeks back on this channel.

[@psidvicious]

@@japcar84 Haha! WINGER! That’s right. Both very forgettable names [and bands].

[@chueysmama2622]

Oh, I was a 40 year old woman last time I went to a Slayer show, but NOT for the 14 year old boys! 👀

[@psidvicious]

@@chueysmama2622 I have a sneaking feeling you have MUCH more energy than me! 💪

[@chueysmama2622]

@@psidvicious Maybe 20 years ago!

[@jamesbostrom3539]

There is a slower part to this song 😂 You two are awesome! SLAYER RULES! 😂

[@smftv]

The words are tough because it's a history lesson about the atrocities committed by Mengele at the Aushwitz oncentration camp when he murded, tortured and wickedly experimented on many thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. An important thing for us not to forget. Where I lost most of my family,, along with millions of others.

[@slayer666ere]

The the idea for this song If you want to know Angel of Death it was a nickname of one of the Nazis during World War II and that was Angel of Death was Mangler

[@trentwinston2914]

You, for the most part, are right about Slayer, but this particular song was about Joseph Mengele. Just a little reminder of who Joseph Mengele was. He was the German Doctor who experimented on the Jews in Hitler's Concentration Camps during World War II. Joseph Mengele was known as the "Angle of Death." He was, without a doubt, one of the worst people to ever live on Planet Earth. If you remember him, you remember how bad he was. If you don't, read the lyrics to "Angel of Death" by Slayer, and you might get an idea.

[@JoeJohn777]

LOL you are funny!

[@bigchief3917]

🤘👹🤘 Slayer

[@gregwunderlich4253]

Okay... The Big 4... *sighs * The Big 4 were not what we called "Thrash" back in the day. We called them "Speed Metal". DRI was Thrash Metal. Not this though.

[@BritPopsReact]

@gregwunderlich4253 Thank you for taking the time to explain it. All the best

[@blechtic]

Slayer gigs were the best. They always ended with Angel of Death, the last chance to dance. As I'm sure everyone has told you already, the song's about Mengele. Tom Araya actually enunciates very clearly. Live recordings are always messy, depending on the production and the band's condition and, of course, the genre, etc. For some fun drumming, you could watch Tomas Haake's (Meshuggah) drum cams or maybe Wintersun's Sons of Winter and Stars (live rehearsal). Probably not a very popular pick for more Slayer, but give Disciple a whirl. Slayer isn't particularly obscure, though. Hell, go folk metal and listen to Finntroll, maybe the song Nedgång or perhaps Nattfödd or how about Svartberg or Skogens hämnd (just not Trollhammaren, because everyone and their cat always does that one).

[@ritchieblackmore2711]

SLAYER LONG LIVE SLAYER WERMACHT

[@krisamagus1]

my favourite is Angelina Jordan nowadays, but I love Slayer too since like '95!!!

[@thetomgibson]

This is not an intro to Slayer song.

[@laurenfazenbaker9777]

This song is about Josef Mengele, Aushchwitz doctor nicknamed the Angel Of Death for all the horrible experiments he did on prisoners at Aushchwitz. It isn't a glorification song. It is descriptive of the evil of that man, and the horrors of all the victims. It's a stark look at actual history, which is usually toned down in books, which in turn takes the reality out of the history and dooms us to repeat it. This song makes you look at it, feel sickened by it, in the hopes enough people know how horrible war is, especially to the prisoners, and maybe stop doing it.

[@Robo99994]

😢 of course lyrics!!! Pity you had no idea about Auschwitz....and you had no idea what kind of drummer you just watched... Dave is phenomenal......

[@BritPopsReact]

@Robo99994 Well, as it happens I know quite a lot about Auschwitz and a bit about drumming, I was not quite getting the lyrics and the delivery. Yup Dave is a great drummer too.

[@Robo99994]

@@BritPopsReact I am sorry, my mistake, I am not native speaker- I should have explained myself clear- it would be better if you know the lyrics prior to listen the song. And in case od music like this- to make reaction of studio version first - to know details of song, melody, etc. Slayer is legend and of course I understand it could not fit to everyone. Naturally.

[@socalnitro]

Idk a bad Slayer song. Start at the beginning and watch their growth. Our Metal fathers?

[@gregwunderlich4253]

Sorry, not sorry. But y'all are fucking adorable. 😊

[@mitchellwilson-kr9kh]

Mandatory suicide the best song

[@slayer666ere]

He was a Nazi doctor and that's where the inspiration came from Angel of Death

[@UncleBuckRodgers]

I had roommates that went to a Slayer concert once. They returned looking like they had been mugged by an angry mob. Complete with ripped clothes and black eyes! LOL Crazy. Most Slayer fans have at least one problem with someone or something. They are just built different. Personally, it's horrible rubbish. It's Troy BTW, not sure why Unclebuckrogers came up?

[@chueysmama2622]

We Slayer fans confront our problems head on, and YES we are different. I have been a Slayer fan since their first album. Peace, love and joy to you, kind sir. Thank you for giving them a watch!

[@langurmonkey1]

I think the most fun I have had at a gig was down the front at a Slayer gig in Manchester. I was soooo sweaty by the end I had to wring my shirt out, but I had an endorphin rush for days. All the fans I interacted with were super cool too. Even now if I am wearing my Slayer shirt out people com up and just shout "Slayerrr" at you.

[@chueysmama2622]

@@langurmonkey1 SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYERRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@RonSteinroth]

This isnt true at all. Metal music is very advanced music, like math in a way. You need to be a great musician to play metal.

[@andydove7563]

Probably best you actually think about what the song is about , rather that listening to the music 👍

[@michaelpeel5414]

The head-banging cause Tom the singer to have multiple neck surgery and have to retire

[@213amp]

Try Slayer song METALSTORM FACE THE SLAYER

[@slayer666ere]

So Angel of Death was the nickname of Mangler a Nazi doctor

[@duaneanderson2671]

People need to slow down with slayer, you don't jump into the 80s stuff if you don't like thrash. start with the 90s like south of heaven or seasons in the abis or killing fields, then your ready for rein in blood, haunting the chapel. don't know why rappers, country, r and b, or easy listening or regular hard rock folks do these reviews and never listen to this band again. skeletons of society should be your next try from this iconic band.

[@brandonsimmons1695]

More heavy metal. Korn, Slayer, System of a Down, Slipknot

[@bluntforcetrauma2141]

Its hard to understand the words for you because you arent reacting to the produced recorded version that you should get your first listen of. Not something live. I was fortunate enough to see Slayer 29x. The 29th show was their very last one 11/30/19 in L.A.

[@jesperlauritsen3519]

Before you react you should read the lyrics so you know what the song is about !

[@nupraptorthementalist3306]

Holocaust lyrics.

[@eclat4641]

I love that song… but its not “heavy”

[@MrJimijoe]

all right everything aside you really don't know what this song is about... you see thrash but the meaning behind the song that's the reaction I want

[@jesperlauritsen3519]

its easy to see you dont know what he sings about !🤨

[@daviddewing9383]

You don't think it's about the lyrics, really?, look up the lyrics then tell us it's not about the lyrics!!!

[@stuarthepburn6508]

Well it's not Lionel Ritchie is it'? hahahahaha

[@kennethhaynes6168]

listen to it off the album,then play again.....