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[@DrewFortune97]

Drop a like for more SLAYER 🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼

[@charlesoliviersdufaux6943]

Infant Annihilator - Behold The Kingdom Of The Wretched Undying

[@JeffWheezingGrampusGoddard]

Hehe. I love your 'i'm getting a kicking face'. Try Seasons in the Abyss, South of Heaven or maybe Dead Skin Mask for a broader representation of Slayers catalogue 😁🤘🏻

[@koedeen4985]

Definitely more Slayer 🤘 Check out Seasons of the Abyss or South of Heaven. Slower and more groove in those. Maybe even Dead Skin Mask or Repentless

[@buchta420]

Gotta do 'Seasons In The Abyss' man

[@myproject13ttt]

Living Sacrifice

[@NooDLES411911]

Slayer isn't glorifying Josef Mengele, they're shining light on atrocity

[@Made_In_Heavenn]

More like telling a story and not encouraging sadist killing like other people believe that Slayer did 😆

[@michaeldrennan9932]

ABSOLUTELY!!

[@MC2RD]

Hanneman wrote this. He's Jewish.

[@davidg1612]

@@MC2RD Jeff was German on his father's side. Not sure about his mom's side.

[@MC2RD]

@@davidg1612 Yep. A German Jew

[@thelonewolf9983]

Slayer - South Of Heaven .... This One Has To Be Next..... 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@denjazzer]

Ow yes!! It has to be!!!

[@Iceman452293]

South of Heaven, Dead Skin Mask, Raining Blood and... Angel of Death (Radio Disney Version)

[@mojoriot2293]

SoH album is a masterpiece of thrash metal...Seasons in the Abyss is my #2.

[@futurewavecs]

With Slayer it is important to realize they like reading horror novels and watching horror movies. They wrote predominantly horror songs. The vocalist/bassist is actually a practicing Catholic. He is a nice guy. I don't see anyone calling Stephen King or Clive Barker satanic. For some reason when it is music that is the place many people go to. Perhaps it is because music is so emotionally powerful.

[@Scott64a]

LOL Remember when Tipper Gore, (TIPPER???? Bitch please,) and her DC busybody wives' club tried to get music banned from store shelves?!? hahahaa

[@timothyholmes4588]

facts

[@xOhrwurm]

Stop exciting bad behavior

[@sylmen1111]

Sad most people don’t get it, I got tired of explaining👍

[@user-li4do2go6e]

Yeah man espacially back then the shock factor was essential there were metal bands that had satanic lyrics.... they were not satanists you know what im talking about

[@waltsuboy]

Seasons in the abyss!

[@eddiehanley1249]

Fucking Slayer

[@timothyholmes4588]

seasons is there best complete album but there are so many great songs spread out through the entire catalogue. slayer fuckin rules🤘💀🤘💀🖤

[@cesaremunoz33]

Dead skin mask!

[@pathallahan3016]

The pause right before Dave's double took a day off my life. 8:34

[@bentchristiansen8795]

me to like blasfemi .. but hey he is new in SLAYER .. think he should warm up with south of heaven and then seasons ... .. should have been playing with dolls .

[@weevil5269]

They never was swastikas, they wore German Iron Crosses.

[@expo.productions1676]

Weevil exactly, thank you

[@petegrusky2715]

What the fuck are you talking about. Iron Cross is a common name for the medal issued for military valors.

[@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8]

Same difference

[@weevil5269]

OVI-Wan Kenobi Swastikas endorse Nazism, while Iron Crosses were given as an award. Like a Medal of Honor.

[@hunnerd4566]

OVI-Wan Kenobi except it’s not, the iron cross is still used on Germany military vehicles

[@jmiester25]

Songs like this exist so that people know never to do this ever again. Slayer was bringing much-needed awareness that people are uncomfortable with accepting. Too bad. We need to learn what NOT to do.

[@xXturbo86Xx]

Yeah sure, because Slayer is now history. Come on man, enough with the BS. All these crazy over the top crap they accused them of during the Nuremberg trials have already been debunked by those who said them in the first place.They've already confessed that none of the "atrocities" ever happend. They were given a script with all the things they had to say. I'm not making this up, look it up. It was all BS.

[@jmiester25]

@@xXturbo86Xx Lol I believe you're the very first holocaust denier I've ever come across. Please occupy reality with the rest of us.

[@multiestonian]

''You take away the music, and it's a history lesson''' -Kerry King

[@janhanmer4830]

Incidentally, you mentioned Slayer wearing swastikas in photo shoots. I haven't seen them ever wearing swastikas, however they have used some German military imagery.

[@DeeDee-eb6fe]

Maybe Drew meant the flash-shaped 'S' as it was used in the SS-Logo?!

[@LucefieD]

Probably Iron Crosses, which is honestly a metal thing in general. A lot of bands wore them back in the day.

[@Daniel-fo2qf]

Some of Jeff's signature guitars have SS symbols and SS death's head on the fret inlays. But no swastikas.

[@ws7295]

More Slayer: Dead Skin Mask, Season in the Abyss, Chemical Warfare, Postmortem+Raining Blood, Jihad, Repentless Exodus, an awesome thrash band from the San Francisco bay area and hugely influential for many bands in the last 40 years or so: Bonded by Blood, Piranha, Metal Command, Lesson in Violence, Blood In Blood Out, Toxic Waltz, Fabulous Disaster, Blacklist, War is my Shepard

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

South of Heaven, World Painted Blood...

[@skylermozier1044]

Seasons in the abyss is my favorite album

[@DerTyp01]

War Ensemble

[@alexbaum2204]

Skyler Mozier War Ensemble

[@antich2656]

Till death do us part

[@23skidoo46]

the fast,slow,fast tempo changes are the signature of 80's thrash, punk and hardcore songs. what made that era so good. circle dancing perfection.

[@slayerfern]

This is a song from the album Reign in Blood, most of the songs in that album have really fast tempos, not really the type of songs I would recommend to someone who has never listened to Slayer before. Except for maybe the songs Postmortem and Raining Blood (Postmortem serves as an intro to Raining Blood so It's better to listen to them one after the other ) They aren't nazis, they just like to tell stories about war and horror. Blood Red is about commies/soviet horror, Jihad is about islamic extremism Recommended songs: Postmortem+Raining Blood, South of Heaven, Silent Scream, Live Undead, Mandatory Suicide, War Ensemble, Blood Red, Expendable Youth, Dead Skin Mask, Skeletons of Society, Seasons in the Abyss. All of those are from the best era of Slayer and much more easier to listen than Angel of Death

[@patrickmills5425]

Criminally Insane is a good listen as well off this record...for someone not accustomed to their frantic speed...but almost anything off the next 2 albums is much more digestible

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

Right, probably he better started with something like Bloodline or South of Heaven

[@johnbyrnes3790]

this was my introduction to Slayer. i was a kid that was still listening to Scorpions and the like when i heard this song. this song and record changed all of that. from the moment i heard it, and to this day, Slayer is still my number 1 band.

[@m.c.ruckus2032]

@@patrickmills5425 another song from this album that is widely overlooked and underrated but, doesn't have a long play time that needs serious recognition is "EPIDEMIC", (which coincidentally is quite relevant to the current state of our planet right now.) It starts with a quick, tight & punchy, galloppy guitar riff but, then settles into a really "PITty" slaming groove before finishing with another, quick picking, in-your-face kind of a guitar riff. This song will launch a newbie to SLAYER into a instant die-hard slayer fan for life! "EPIDEMIC, Permanent Disease"

[@jeremyweems4916]

War Ensemble

[@tiesdumont517]

Slayer- Raining Blood!

[@janhanmer4830]

He won't like Raining Blood. I'd definitely suggest a slower one like South Of Heaven

[@prathamdangi3388]

@@janhanmer4830 lmao angel of death is more fast than raining blood

[@mikemartell365]

This was my intro to slayer as a freshman in HIgh School 1987 the min I heard Tom scream I knew I was hooked for life. RIP Jeff H. 🔥

[@theorc9098]

Hard to believe this song is 35 years old... seems like only yesterday that I bought it... By the way, the bridge was used by Public Enemy on She Watch Channel Zero and Kerry King played guitar on The Beastie Boys Fight For Your Right.. They also had Jewish management and a Jewish producer (Rick Rubin) Tom Araya (vocals and bass) is of Chilean descent.. They are definitely not a nazi band.

[@bretthouston5448]

Right. I don't know why every info post about this song says they wear swastikas. The iron eagle yes but no swastikas

[@xerodelacroix5552]

Also Dave Lombardo is Cuban.

[@UnculturedGaming]

he played the solo on no sleep till brooklyn

[@alexbaum2204]

Xero Delacroix Dave Lombardo also is Slayer.

[@tazzmachazz1355]

It was No sleep til Brooklyn

[@Kaptaintrips2831]

Jeff Hanneman, the member of Slayer who wrote this song, received criticism for never explicitly condemning Mengele. When asked in an interview why he never explicitly called Mengele evil, he reportedly chuckled and replied; "I shouldn't have to tell you that."

[@shaneward756]

His "cringing " during certain parts is like when I hear today's music

[@onithademon9555]

i dont think hes cringing, he's genuinely scared of what hes hearing lmao

[@muskieslaya187]

Dead skin mask, south of heaven or seasons in the abyss! If you’re looking for some more slower groovier slayer!

[@JoeJohn777]

I met Slayer a couple of times they are great! I ve been a fan since 1991

[@muhammadadil2653]

Been requesting for this a long time next is seasons of the abyss its groovy as hell , Thank you brother , ❤ love from Pakistan

[@phillooksdoom]

yeah, seasons in the abyss or south of heaven are far more accessible I’d suggest checking those out next...also death skin mask is a shout.

[@iDEATH]

Finding someone honest enough to admit when they don't totally like something is a reason to click that subscribe button, if you ask me! I'm an old school Slayer fan too (my favourite band on even numbered days; Iron Maiden gets the odd numbers). Like a lot of other people in the comments I'd suggest South of Heaven or Dead Skin Mask for slower tempos. I'm a huge fan of the frantic thrash myself, though!

[@tidewell]

I'm surprised you're starting off the Slayer journey with a ballad! 😜

[@zemaneiro292]

Hell awaits... my favorite track by them

[@nickshalygin9930]

🔥🔥🤟🤟Slayer - War Ensemble 🤟🤟🔥🔥

[@matteominetto7661]

Slayer - Repentless PLEASE

[@fuckwad2024]

You can definitely headbang to this. You just have to feel it, if you don’t feel it you won’t be willing to go through the exhaustion you will get from headbanging like that. For me I don’t even care how much my neck hurts the next day, I want it, I feel it

[@stamaalexgabriel2262]

Your perfect Slayer song will be South of heaven! Midtempo, grovy

[@dcs2690]

Skeletons of society!

[@ollyhudson9931]

You’re right...it’s amazing live. They usually finished their concerts with this song.

[@disenfranchisedamerican6804]

One of my favs from back in the day. I don't believe it celebrates the Holocaust but speaks about an evil man who actually did these things, and I love history.

[@pedroventura4733]

Thank you for keeping me entertained during quarantine AND YOU'RE FREAKING DOING GOJIRA NOW SLAYER keep em coming brother! 🇵🇹🇵🇹

[@DomTheDragonSlayer]

Don't sweat it ! This song freaks everyone out the first time ! Keep up the good work.

[@gcruz1028]

It's great to see the introduction and self-exploration of the music that metalheads hold dear. As an older metal dude, it warms my heart to see all these younger generations get introduced to all this kick-ass music we've enjoyed sometimes for decades before they have discovered them. I only wish, I could whisper some anecdotes and tidbits in the reacting person ears, so they're analysis didn't make us scream at the damn video so much!

[@coreysmith9847]

Just started watching you last week. I fucking love ur reactions

[@taisvincentbjerregaardjens6232]

I like how the tempo in Angel of Death reminds you of Judas Priest - Painkiller as Slayer in there earlier days ways highly influenced by Judas Priest. Actually if I remember correctly Slayer started as a Judas Priest coverband. It's kinda shows on their Show No Mercy album 🤘

[@pressman1788]

SLAYER- Gemini - is a slower tempo transitional song -Between the Divine Intervention and Diabolus in Musica albums

[@alexsaucedo8032]

Love this SONG. Love the guitar work. Love me some SLAYER. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@fjeldfross9327]

I love Slayer exactly for their crazy speed, raw aggression and pure chaos and madness. Live it was breathtaking- you just go completely nuts. Like a lightning strikes you right into your lizard brain. i will miss them forever.

[@blablabla82a]

I saw their second to last ever concert, outside under a huge full "blood moon", it was PERFECT.

[@TheMorganRose]

Just discovered your channel- love these reactions! I grew up in this era and Slayer was a little too much for me back then. The track that got me to understand them came a few year later, "Seasons In The Abyss", as it's slower with a very hooky chorus. From there I was a fan for life and I was able to understand and truly love songs like you just experienced...

[@MakooWallinen]

I like watching these and realizing just how far down the rabbit hole I am when it comes to Metal.

[@jetmetal4737]

Good honest reaction. Gotta love SLAYER!

[@steinarpalsson4919]

The drop you grooved to was sampled by Public Enemy for their track "She Watch Channel Zero" on their album "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back." Both records are produced by Rick Rubin

[@RubberDuckTrucking]

At the end "well, that was a lot" yep sums it up pretty good ahaha

[@dirkriley3004]

Thanks dude ! Chicago Love 🤘😜🤘

[@Superelderscrollsman]

I would definitely say that something that’s a bit more mid tempo that you would like by Slayer is a song called At Dawn they Sleep off of their second record, Hell Awaits. I think you’d like it quite a bit.

[@davidmurphy8364]

ITS ABOUT TIME!!! I asked you this about a year ago!

[@FF1emthawk]

The thing about slayer over it’s damn near 30 years career, is that it always made you look at the darker side of things in society. It put it out there, it made you look at it, and made you come up to your own conclusion. In the time Slayer came became popular it was the time of glam rock bands and grunge metal. Things with flowers and daffodils and feel good music. This was in your face heavy riffs, blistering guitars, brutal drumming, and if you made it to a show, he would find a way to get out your aggressions with two or 300 other like-minded individuals in a pit.

[@vinceruland9236]

Closer to 40 years

[@footnotedrummer]

This song was great live, in 1986, on the album release, in a small venue in Detroit (Royal Oak) MI. A day I will never forget. Epic!

[@bitcoinog3713]

Man alive this track never gets old.

[@Spiller333]

Dude been a favorite song of mine for a long long time 😂 so happy to see you react to this ❤️🤘☠️🤘☠️🤘☠️🤘☠️🤘☠️🤘 oh, btw it was the 80s late 80s cause I had just graduated high school

[@narzoggash]

reign in blood is one of the best metal albums ever

[@cyclopsvideo1]

Jesus(pun intended),watching your reaction and not hearing this song for a minute brought back the feelings of the 1st time experiencing this song and the opus that is-Reign in Blood album.Epic and heavy as fuck.Like a straightline of audio violence.

[@house9Tube]

You might want to checkout Public Enemy ‘Channel Zero’ they sample the slow riff from this song (both albums produced by Rick Ruben)

[@timbob1145]

The solo is such a good musicalisation of the pain, misery and evil that happened at the hands of an absolute monster.

[@FerretChloride]

Bruh your tats are fookin’ dope!

[@benhogan6732]

Slayer started out more or less as a Judas Priest cover band, also that one part of the song that you were actually into, Public Enemy sampled it for the track She Watch Channel Zero.

[@toriandicapmond161]

The first breakdown (and dying cats samples🤪) I ever ever fell in love with as a wee child

[@darkdeceptionkillsthelight9653]

Ohhhh yuuurrrrr... LET'S FUCKING GOOOOO SLAAAAAAYYYYAAAAAAAAHHHH

[@gorkie6998]

dude love your reaction but never talk during or stop the audio in the middle of one of the greatest riffs in metal history...

[@iancraig5415]

You hit the nail on the head when you said it's better live. Watch the drumcam video of the original drummer (Dave Lombardo) playing this, the dude is an absolute monster and the video makes the middle section sound 10x better.

[@poppys34]

This song is basically a thrash metal documentary of the atrocities that occurred. You would not say people who create a video documentary of the Angel of Death were glorifying it. It is a part of the weird human condition that we are fascinated by this material. Slayer just goes into it through thrash.

[@Patriots-vs1kz]

Yes, it's about time!!

[@johnthornton5386]

Saw SLAYER in concert with Exodus and Suicidal Tendencies back in 2013, That was the most hardcore concert I've ever been to, brutal mosh pits, my knee is still messed up from that mosh pit, well worth it

[@blablabla82a]

I saw Slayer's second to last ever show. It was at Riotfest in Chicago. Testament, Anthrax and Slayer back to back. It just don't get better than that. All 3 bands sounded just as good, or better, than they ever did. What a night that was!

[@nathaneverett533]

If you like the slower, groovier, riffs, check their ENTIRE album called "South of Heaven" DEADSKIN MASK!!!

[@dontreadonme5331]

You will soon become familiar with the mastery with which the guitars often speak to the subject matter in a stronger way than even the lyrics at times

[@josueblackmetal1202]

Megadeth_ Holy Wars

[@Gravityys]

I believe he did that reaction already and he's Irish as well

[@Infernalhermit]

We ALL made that face when THAT riff kicked it. Just...URGH! Greetings from Wales, fella. I'd recommend some Morbid Angel, but that may a touch too far for you yet. Try Wars is My Sheppard by Exodus, there's a lot of mid paced groove and the kick drumming it nuts. Old by Machine Head also contains much chonk.

[@WorldOfConan]

the faces during the solos absolute perfection hahaha *chef's kiss

[@brkschmergins2993]

Cracking what should have been a beer over your head, is what a lot of us feel like when listening to Slayer for the first time

[@BunglesBreh]

you should do a little peek into the history between china, japan and korea. there are tons of messed up things in our history unfortunately the holocaust is just in "recent" memory. slayers singer tom araya actually is a pretty strong catholic. I believe you would like seasons in the abyss - lots of slayer is slow and more groovy they just like to play fast and in your face most of the time :)

[@ragingstorm79]

Don't like the full thrash tempo? Try Seasons in the Abyss, South of Heaven, Diviine Intervention, Bloodline

[@dvdkllmn9574]

Your face during the solo man 😂 Okay, the obvious choice to go with next is Raining Blood. However, I say go with Desciple, that's a damn good song

[@97warlock]

In 84 or so it started becoming a thing, Speed. Kerry King,one of the guitarists here went to see Exodus playing & he was impressed by how fast their drummer was, Tom Hunting . So that sorta spark an influence for speed , also Mustaine recoieved a challenge letter froma fan something about see how fast is was , which sparked him to makes something really fast. and Metallica in 83 were already playing really fast stuff with the merge of Punk x Metal , …..The speed...…..which this song has just makes that breakdown even that much better.

[@priscillaasagiri4913]

this music always make me cry because IT HAPPENED! ALL THOSE BAD THIS WERE REAL!

[@sonusworld5357]

You need to react to War Ensemble, Mandatory Suicide, Raining Blood, South of Heaven, Spirit in Black, Skeletons of Society, Temptation, Evil has no boundaries, Post Mortem, Dead Skin Mask, Die by the Sword, Hell Awaits and TONS More - Slayer FOREVER 🤘🤘

[@barrydoyle2961]

Hey Drew, originally from Kildare man, out in Australia now. Hope you all not goin mad with the isolation, great effort by all the Irish indeed. Listen check out Dead Skin Mask or skeletons of society. These tracks are a lot slower in tempo, nasty riffs and plenty of groove! Cheers man!

[@harrymanback8933]

Slayer evolved check the album Seasons in the Abyss it’s a masterpiece and you would like it; much more groovy Produced by Rick Rubin of Def Jam

[@rustycamaro]

Behind the Crooked Cross, and South of Heaven have that groove you are looking for.

[@DeRothschild]

My favorite Slayer song.

[@johnnyka-pow7481]

Check out the tune "Godlike" by KMFDM. It uses that awesome guitar breakdown as a repeated sample throughout. I had to convince KMFDM fans that they were sampling Slayer back in the early 90s. Had to play them Angle of Death to convince them. LOL

[@vovindequasahi]

Yeah live you would go crazy!

[@iranianbeast4527]

Bruh it’s been 10 minutes and there’s already a dislike......this guy needs to chill.

[@Apollyon.King.of.the.Locusts]

It just amazes me when young people who reacts for the first time to this song pop-up all around. Well, I'm 42 so obviously this is the metal that I grew up with. :)

[@civiumardor6344]

🤟🏻 Hope you're safe and well man

[@davidbernick3161]

Bro I saw slayer live at there last concert, at the forum and this song is awesome

[@grantphy1420]

Yes!

[@Legijauwu]

Greets from Bosnia...SLAAAAAAAAAAYEEEEEERRRR🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@jro341]

I’m new but good videos so far! Michigan here. I went through slayer a long time ago. Gojira is key for your soul from here on out.

[@lukehewko260]

Drew that green Monster energy is the BEST

[@faceplantor7372]

“We’re making the jump to ludicrous the speed!” The speed makes the breakdowns more epic..

[@jimofthenorth8090]

I'll continue my shouting out for you to check out Mastadon, The Last Baron, Jaguar God or Halloween for starters. Oh man, you like guitar riffs and groove, Mastadon have them both in loads :) Lol after 7.57 I had to go back and watch that again your reaction (or lack of one) is great

[@peeweewallabowski7084]

Mastodon is a must 😍

[@phidipidies]

Personal opinion, but anything after crack the skye is just .... meh ... Blood mountain was my favourite album by Mastodon. Heavy , Groovy, experimental clean vocals, and suuuper dirty growling vocals. I have seen them live 8 times, the last was last summer on their 10 year anniversary of CTS. I can sadly say I have no need to see them again after that tour. They lost their spunk live, and their vocals were actually terrible. I was so bummed after that performance.

[@RockDoctor]

I think of this as a protest song, if we forget these historical events we are bound to repeat them. So I feel if we scream out those horrific lyrics we keep it in the forefront of societal mind in protest against these behaviours.

[@CreepyNeighbor666]

Some of Slayer's music is really heavy but slow tempo. I highly recommend "World Painted Blood". You'll dig that one for sure.

[@kevinschoenekase1934]

Hell awaits slayer

[@gsclarke1]

It's a heavy metal history lesson.

[@corrob]

definitely need to ease into Slayer, try seasons in the abyss or dead skin mask

[@rudolphmcvay8487]

My first Slayer song was this song. I fucking loved it and went crazy with head banging to the rest of the album. I had a terrible headache and my neck was stiff. I still head bang to the whole album.

[@pfinnerty]

16 years ago i was working in Galway and a workmate asked me id if i wanted to go see Slayer Still Reigning tour in Dublin and turned it down....... Wish i had gone

[@stinkdaddy2373]

Kerry King, Jeff Hennamen. (Of SLAYER) Their biggest influencers were Judas Priest, Glenn Tipton and K.K. Dowining, that is why you mentioned a similar thing between SLAYER and JP.

[@thor7356]

Slayer - Raining Blood is probably their most popular song and worth checking out. Any of the songs off of Reign in Blood are going to be really fast and super fucking aggressive. I'd definitely recommend you check out songs off of Seasons in the Abyss like the title track Seasons In The Abyss and Dead Skin Mask. Both are a bit more pulled back speed wise and both have pretty nasty groovy riffs. Dead Skin Mask is about the famous serial killer Ed Gein. South of Heaven is another more groovy yet aggressive as hell song to check out. I got to see Slayer live last November on their Final tour and they were killer man!