FIRST TIME listening to SLAYER - "Raining Blood" REACTION

[@_rafael_b]

Fun fact; Tori Amos did a version of this song, of course with her own musical twist. The members of Slayer actually loved it and sent her a box full of merch after they heard it. Also, this track was used in an episode of South Park. Eric Cartman invaded a hippy festival playing this song. He said, "hippies hate death metal".

[@rofyle]

That SP episode was great.

[@shanebrown4146]

I LOVE TORI! Her version stunned all of us

[@philpennington826]

LOL I remember when that episode aired. You could actually hear Slayer fans in houses down the street yelling at the top of their lungs, "F**KING SLAYER IS NOT DEATH METAL!!!!" 🤣

[@adamrodgers2377]

God DAMNED HIPPIES!!!!!!!!!

[@gwaptiva]

And JBO crossbred it with the Weather Girls

[@cesarvidelac]

I'm 52 years old, I discovered Slayer when I was younger than you. Watching young people like you appreciating this music without talking shit is priceless. Subscribed🖤

[@ThatGuy-mu2rr]

Same here.

[@yougeneb]

Slayer is timeless.

[@Martin-di9pp]

50 myself, went to a concert with Kreator, Anthrax and Testament recently. There were a lot of young people that really enjoyed it.

[@tomtomthebear]

Ghosts of war is literally everything I love about slayer in one track..!!! A hidden gem in their catalogue

[@shealanger]

i agree! ghosts of war and live undead are my 2 favorite tracks on south of heaven, both are hidden gems.

[@JewKyle666]

​@@shealangerFuck Yeah! Live Undead is number 1 for me. It has every element of Slayer from the debut to their end in my opinion.

[@FredBeltran-o3d]

One of my personal favorites.

[@alemmingsdeath]

Fuck yes!

[@chairmanofthebored6860]

Yes please. More Slayer.

[@mloftus8618]

Yes! More Slayer. React to Ghosts of War, not enough people react to it, and it’s one of their best songs.

[@kampfer3146]

Yes please, War Ensemble 👍

[@ZERXERZANZIGER]

🤫

[@chairmanofthebored6860]

​@mloftus8618 Ghosts of War is my all-time favorite Slayer track, and nobody ever reacts.

[@hexeautoexport2704]

Slayer is my favorite band of all time. Silent scream or South of Heaven are other great lyrics. If you like guitar try suicidal Tendencies “ How will I laugh tomorrow if I can’t smile today(video version is the best not a big fan of extended one), can’t bring me down or also Insitutionalized

[@p1g5m0k3]

Huge fan of How Will I Laugh Tomorrow (When I Can’t Even Smile Today)? That’s my favorite Suicidal Tendencies track, followed by Trip At The Brain and You Can’t Bring Me Down.

[@hexeautoexport2704]

@@p1g5m0k3 Trip at the brain…I agree great song

[@p1g5m0k3]

@@hexeautoexport2704 💯

[@kellerzor7270]

Amazing reaction. Reign in blood is considered the best Thrash Metal album ever. This song proves why :)

[@justindevoe9556]

This whole album is pure aggression in audio form, now that you’ve listened to the opener and closer you gotta do the whole album. Postmortem is my personal favorite from the album

[@Seven50ml]

I got to see them play this live at an outdoor venue while it was pouring down rain. One of my best concert experiences \,,/

[@gabrielstratton1775]

Interesting fact, Slayer was known to have tuned their 2 guitars slightly differently from each other so they could play a synchronized riff and have extra harmonies and a fuller sound... as evidence here in the first 30 seconds after the guitars come in

[@MEDVE1978]

Raining Blood, the album is I think a genre defining piece. My introduction to Slayer was the Raining Blood / Black Magic live video. I watched that at the ago of 15 or 16 and I said "This is simply brutal, it hits you in the face and makes you go through walls". After that I got deeper into Slayer and I still love it. I attented 5-6 concerts and I can still remember Tom smiling while the first tempo speed up and us moshing like hell and everybody scraming.... It will always be one of my favourite moments.

[@LouisGiliberto]

Slayer has a song they always introduce as a "love song" (seriously!) - it's called "Dead Skin Mask"

[@MEDVE1978]

This is a song about a man named Ed who used to sleep and dance with the dead...

[@richardnewbold6155]

@@MEDVE1978 DEAD SKIN MASK Yeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhhhh🤘🤘🤘

[@GianlucaSoccio]

Necrophiliac too 😂

[@igaelvahgelt9890]

17 year old when I saw slayer. Tom introduced this exactly as stated and it completely freaked me out. Loved it.

[@pc574]

@@GianlucaSoccio That is the love story of El Duce

[@shmick6079]

I mean, that final solo is really intended to be chaotic af

[@scottmccarthy1531]

Nothing like seeing that song live. Hearing the drums in the beginning and knowing what's about to come. Pure chaos!!! The Slayer pit..... man I miss that.

[@Shiljamannn]

1986 was the best year for metalheads.... All the albums that came out that year... MOP, Peace Sells, Reign in Blood, Somewhere In Time...

[@michaelclements5793]

You need to hear the whole Reign in Blood album (starting with the much better studio version of Angel of Death). The whole thing is less than 30 minutes long, but it's thrash perfection. Also War Ensemble is a great next individual song to get to.

[@nate42nd]

When I saw Slayer live in UT at the Bonneville Salt Flats raceway, the sky literally opened up during this song and poured for like 5 minutes, at the correct timing of the song ! Raining Blood from a lacerated sky ! literally ! It was HOT, We all lost it and went wild ! An experience not many will ever have. Saw them along with Megadeth, Anthrax, Alice in Chains. (July 3 1991. Clash of the Titans tour) I'd love to know if anyone else remembers that and was there too.! ! I wouldn't believe me if I hadn't been there.

[@metalmark1214]

Enjoy your take on the song Lilly. I like to describe many of Slayer's guitar solos as sounding like a couple of cats fighting in a canvas bag.😆

[@motleydude73]

Kerry likens them to souls screaming and shrieking in hell.

[@markstrickland438]

Indeed. They are meant to convey chaos.

[@chrisduff503]

I just turned 18 when I saw Slayer perform this live in the Ulster Hall, Belfast Northern Ireland back in September 1988. And yeah, that guitar solo scrambled my brain back then too. 🤘

[@hollowbodymusic]

Not the most lyrical but Chemical Warfare is a hella good time 🤘 6:59

[@DavidRodriguez-yo7zw]

Been enjoying your reactions. Your very thorough on your comments and pay attention to detail of instruments and meaning of lyrics. ❤

[@timw8398]

Young lady! Watching you react takes me down memory lane!! Reminds me of the girls I went to shows with throughout my 20s in the 80s. Full of life, insightful and ready for all that life brings!!!! Thank you! Keep rockin on! 🎸🎸🎸

[@GrayNeko]

Give "War Ensemble" from Seasons in the Abyss a shot. Fun song! ^_^

[@DrSkeff]

I literally did laugh out loud at the last section when the outro “solos” take over! Great reaction Lilly, enjoyed watching your brain melt in real time.

[@nigeldepledge3790]

FWIW, what Tom Araya had in mind when he wrote these lyrics was a cavern with stalactites all over the ceiling; and, impaled on those stalactites were dozens of corpses. The blood dripped from the stalactites and, as they landed, they formed the structure of S'tan's new body. Dead Skin Mask is one of the most uplifting and beautiful songs in Slayer's oeuvre, so if that's what you mean by lyrical, that's what I recommend.

[@frankromero5782]

I remember this album being referred to as “the soundtrack to Hell”…sounds about right.

[@NaturalBornGriller]

There's a documentary called "still reigning" and it covers the entire album, etc.. this song they perform under a rain machine pouring red fluid on them as they play. It's pretty epic

[@sammylenjou4235]

First time ? 😳 I bought this vinyl when I was 12 and I still play it

[@slayersean30]

The greatest 29 minutes of metal ever recorded

[@іѕоторё]

And 'Seasons in the Abyss" is the greatest 42 minutes of metal ever recorded

[@DominusLuna]

I just couldn't go by without watching this. \m/

[@collo121]

Satan? No about us, the fans when we go to the after life. We will reign! 🤘 For real ive no clue. at 20th anniversary of the album they played the entire album from angel to reign. When Reign was half way through blood rained down on the stage! You can buy the video!

[@ntnt6557]

Funny that this song has no any hidden sense, in one interview Jeff Hanneman was asked what about this song, and he said "this is a song about a dude who got kicked out of heaven, and now takes his revenge on everyone"

[@mikkolappalainen9916]

Fucking Slayer!! The most bad-ass band in this planet!

[@randallfranklin7910]

Disciple would be another great song to review, Great lyrics!

[@philipfore7478]

I was going to suggest this one.

[@squashedeyeball]

6:16 and here my hopes for building up to bands such as Cryptopsy :) One band and genre at a time. Bless you Lilly! A great first, as always. Personally, I think that all other songs on Reign in Blood are in fact better than this closer. But there is no doubt that it's one of the two most popular Slayer songs. Slayer wrote about a lot of serious matters. "Silent Scream"'s lyrics are very grave, for any era. "Mandatory Suicide", "Expendable Youth", and also "Jihad" and "Unit 731".

[@MetalNCarnet]

A classic that never goes out of style. You can pop this on anywhere and a mosh pit will break out, and at least one person yelling out SLAYEEEEEERRRRR!!!

[@leatherbound4233]

One person?! lol

[@jcroomie8137]

@@leatherbound4233 at least

[@TheRenoReviews]

The album Christ Illusion is awesome, the song Jihad has an awesome riff, Skeleton Christ is another great one from that record

[@fthomason93]

I feel honored to say I’ve shed blood in the pit to this song lol one of my favorite concert moments

[@michaelcriger6359]

"Abolish the Rules Made of Stone." What a fucking brilliant, poetic lyric! Dang!

[@LouisWinthorpe622]

I saw Tom Araya being interviewed on a BBC documentary and asked about this. He broke into the shyest, most endearing big smile, like you would never have expected, and he said "Raining Blood, is basically, a horror story". He also wasn't a metal fan, when they recruited him into Slayer. He was basically some kind classic rock hippy. He claims never to have heard metal until he was introduced to it by the other guys. I think he picked up the general gist of Metal, pretty well. Most lyrical song: maybe War Ensemble. They were just writing it about what the horrors of war are, in an unironic way, with a few metaphors thrown in about it being treated by, maybe, the higher-up generals, etc, as a sport, but one where the score is measured in human life. Then, just like presidential candidates adopt songs like Born In The USA for their election campaigns, army officers, reputedly, adopted War Ensemble and blasted it out of massive speaker at Iraqui soldiers during the gulf war to frighten them into a state of semi-submission, even before any shots had been fired. If you listen to it with that in mind, you can imagine how somebody from a different culture, who isn't used to hearing something like that, might actually quiver in fear at the thought of what is about to ensue.

[@Vitericus1]

What's funny is that in the album's lyric/song notes, for those "solos" it doesn't say guitar solo, it just says, noise: King, Hanneman. It was just complete chaos for the sake of complete chaos.

[@ronny-2112]

Slayer never disappoint, especially their 1980's albums those are pure brutality back in the day. Love the Reign In Blood (1986) album it's a must for any Metalhead. Later those albums inspired the birth of Death Metal in the 80's, other extreme Metal genre with bands like Possessed, Poison (the German band), Death, Necrophagia, Autopsy, Morbid Angel, Slaughter (the Canadian band), Morbid Angel, Obituary, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, Bolt Thrower, Suffocation, Macabre, Carnage, Entombed, Dismember, Grave, Unleashed, etc.

[@jingtroc23]

They disappointed me, being into metal growing up i didn't understand the hype over Slayer. All their lyrics seemed like they were penned by either a 9 year old or an angsty teen. The guy can't sing. All other metal bands during Slayers era were bigger than Slayer (says a lot), a lot of their songs have the same boring repetition drum pattern. I think because they played fast and has demonic t shirts they got more cult status rather than it being down to actually writing great songs. If I'm wrong please point out why every metal band was bigger than them even though Slayer were hyped as being the biggest .. make it make sense.

[@karlbecker8775]

Seasons In The Abyss should be on the list. The intro is haunting.

[@brandoncomeaux1618]

Yes seasons one of my favorites the whole album really

[@Greg-om2hb]

Raining Blood is the climax of the Reign in Blood album, a seminal work the redefined Death Metal, with the assistance of producer Rick Rubin. To fully appreciate the song’s magnificence, you need to listen to it in the context of the full album (it’s only 30 minutes long). Slayer has no ballads, but they followed up Reign in Blood with an uncharacteristically slow album, South of Heaven. For something lyrical, try the title track or the closer, Behind the Crooked Cross.

[@steelrob7917]

It’s not death metal

[@LibertySpam]

South of Heaven is a groove metal album IMO, still love it....

[@anthonysuski9248]

I remember buying this tape and DEATH/ Spirtual Healing at the same time!! I was 10 or 11!! Was life changing!!! 😎 👍

[@nachoxm]

I saw Death at The Oak Theater in Chicago when I was a high school kid. Best mosh pit ever!!

[@collo121]

Lol right? You don't return the same after such a combo!

[@chriswatts9610]

I remember playing this song on guitar hero in like middle school 😂 goes hard af

[@raaab1212]

This makes you want to get a 100 mph speeding ticket

[@pyrogian]

goes crazy

[@slayer7682]

I have gone down the rabbit hole of watching your Slayer REACTIONS

[@jaymzgaetz2006]

Now imagine it live with red raining down on the crowd. Thanks for the memories, slayer.

[@MikeWerner24]

YES!!!!! 🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@paulporter5853]

That reaction was precious! :'D

[@battle66674]

Slayer are the OG kings of the breakdown and change ups!!

[@trias418]

"random but yet made sense notes" yep thats the power of kerry king and slayer lol, awesome reaction

[@chaospoet]

Lyrically I'd have to go with "World Painted Blood". Last time I saw Slayer was on their farewell tour. When they played this that "Marching" part, as you called it, it was me and about 7 or 8 other guys, none of us knew each other from Adam, stood in a line and just put our arms around each other and in unison headbanged to that. I'll never forget that for as long as I live.

[@thegorn68]

Imagine what we all thought hearing this for the first time in 1986. NO ONE was playing that damn fast.

[@Aethyrs]

yeah, it was the shit :)

[@fredlaroche6969]

Seriously, to this very day, if you divide the heavyness by the year it was released on, nothing even comes remotely close to Reign in Blood's ratio.

[@DeadlyRivfader]

Well... Bathory did back in 1984

[@bms9144]

I remember buying it when it first came out - I was absolutely blown away. In all the years since that time it is still defines the genre.

[@crookedvultrendall5581]

Even today's heavy metal doesn't feel has heavy as slayer!! Everything today in metal kindcof sounds the same. The Big 4 from the 80s definitely had their own sound!!

[@evilme1752]

instant thumbs up for my fav slayer song :D

[@SFforlife]

Dead Skin Mask and 213 are both really cool. Listen to the lyrics and you’ll quickly understand what they’re about. 🤘🏻

[@marcodepalma7635]

I love her comments.. She is smart.. Probably the most meaningful reaction videos you will find on youtube..

[@godropkicks3219]

For Slayer, that was their version of a ballad.

[@JG31392]

Slayer never went soft, unlike other bands. They stayed true to form and you always knew their songs were going to be terrifying.

[@godropkicks3219]

@@JG31392 I could not agree more.

[@alanstarr4373]

Wait until you hear, War Ensemble, or Hell Awaits or Criminally Insane

[@nebnep]

Really love how much she enjoys this masterpiece!

[@cleitonbelitzki9965]

Sepultura - Desperate Cry

[@derkabronen]

you can check the live version where actually rains blood... Jeff missed the spot, so it didn't rain on him... Tom and Kerry complained that they couldnt play well all wet, that they should have wait till the end of the song :D

[@trias418]

love the interpretation of that part being a march right before the lacerated sky. Awesome.

[@SuperSlymee]

I really like your take on the lyrical content of these songs.

[@KateHawk-w2w]

Slayer was ahead of it's time. Now it is Immortalized in music & song.

[@fightinggamefanatic]

I saw Slayer 10 times live and Raining Blood is my favorite song!! Listen to Divine Intervention or Fictional Reality. Also, where’s the Death Metal love?Try Obituary - Final Thoughts , Insane / Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague, A Skull Full of Maggots / Deicide - Trifixion, When Satan Rules His World / Sepultura - Territory, Desperate Cry, Dead Embryonic Cells, Orgasmatron / Torture Killer - A Violent Scene of Death, Written in Blood / Six Feet Under - Still Alive, Lycanthropy / Morbid Angel - Eyes to See, Ears to Hear, Fall From Grace / Death - Pull the Plug, Suicide Machine / Country songs - Reba McEntire - Fancy (Bobbie Gentry Cover) / Charlie Daniels - Long Haired Country Boy / Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. / Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe / Won’t hurt my feelings if you don’t like some of these, but try some!!

[@chrisbanks6659]

Here's what Jeff had to say - (Jeff) Hanneman explained that "it's about a guy who's in Purgatory 'cause he was cast out of Heaven. He's waiting for revenge and wants to fuck that place up." (Kerry) King later said that "the rest of the song explains what happens when he starts fucking people up. The lyrics 'Return to power draws near' is because he's waiting to get strong enough again to overthrow Heaven. And then 'Fall into me, the sky's crimson tears' is everybody's blood flowing into him. So basically, 'Raining Blood' is all the angels' blood falling on him. You're a smart cookie, lady 🤗

[@tywatts7834]

Listen to them all over and over and over and over again and again to and again

[@thelatentobserver121]

Slayer just sounds evil. The chord progressions, solos… they went all in. Have seen them a few times live….. so many cool stories from those shows. So awesome.

[@shmick6079]

Slayer lyrical songs… hmmm depends on what you’re after. I love Angel of Death, but maybe Dead Skin Mask or South of Heaven would be worth checking out. Or War Ensemble.

[@ResubidorSerial]

NOW I SHALL REING IN BLOOD!

[@its1ofthosedays562]

Hallowed point for sure has amazing lyrics

[@TheBsparks72]

I like em all, but this one is definitely overlooked.

[@jingo2259]

This song is the epitome of the hard ass speed metal of the 80's! Short & Loud ! Rock on Lilly!! 👹☠

[@jamescoleman8954]

Last time I seen slayer was on the big four tour. I wanted to see them on their retirement tour, but I didn’t have the money at the time so I missed out on that but I’ll be seeing metallic and Pantera this summer in New Jersey.

[@Aymungoos]

Please react to some early slayer from their first album it has a whole different vibe and is personally my favorite slayer. I'd recommend the antichrist or metal storm/face the slayer

[@kenrichards4838]

Dead skin mask is about Ed Gein. He danced with the corpses he unburied from local cemeteries. Cmon! He had a nipple doorbell. That alone should make the story worthwhile

[@Robert-li4cr]

Lily Jane would be so much fun to hang out and have her listen to music with. I love this channel. It's so much fun to see her enjoy great music

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Have her listen to Dimmu Borgir, Cradle Of Filth, Satyricon, Akercocke or Behemoth.

[@BluemanArthur]

By far my favorite band!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@renegonzalez6755]

Such a great way to end an amazing album. Perhaps the pinnacle point for Slayer.

[@julianortiz4151]

Have to come in here to correct something because I didn’t see anyone else mention it. This song is not written from the perspective of Satan… it’s about a serial killer and what could be possibly going through their mind when they commit the act. Even though there are some religious undertones, it’s more about the darker side of humanity and not necessarily Satan. When they say “abolish the rules made of stone” you’re correct it is a reference to the 10 Commandments but, they mean breaking the rule of committing murder out of a compulsion to do it. The devil is a scapegoat and not every evil thing done is due to him. Some people are just intrinsically evil. When you really think about it, it’s a bit more scary and disturbing. This is what Slayer are/were masters at. Painting a picture and letting your own imagination run wild with the suggestions. They’re not advocating or condemning anything just reflecting a side to human nature many would rather ignore.

[@Nicholas_Burmeister]

This song is worth watching a live version of if for nothing more than seeing the mosh pit in action.

[@alexojeda9048]

You want some spicy lyrics, check out South of Heaven.

[@shawnfate2656]

btw they do a live version where blood is actually pouring unto them from the top of the stage

[@mohnishverma]

If you want a lyrical Slayer song then you can check out - Silent Scream, Behind the crooked cross, or South of heaven. All are great choices.

[@noahzepeda4622]

Criminally insane is also a great flawless song

[@ronvanmullekom1993]

I'm a metal guitarist from Michigan and I think you are badass!

[@Godric_71]

The no.1 rule with SLAYER is to share your SLAYER. Turn it up so that your neighbors can enjoy them too.

[@adamrodgers2377]

Good morning! I and I would like to say three things. First you're awesome, glad to see the younger generation getting into Slayer and Metal in general 🤘🏼💀🤘🏼 Second my Daughter showed me this, she is 15 and is a Metal Head just like all of us, makes me proud 🥲🤣 and now I have subscribed to your channel because checking out your reaction and take on hearing this for the first time took me back 33 years to when I was 13 and heard Slayers Second Album Hell Awaits for the time. That was the first Slayer Album I heard and the first one I bought. My brother (RIP) was much older than me but new I liked Metallica handed me Hell Awaits and said listen to this, I think you might like it, well he was right. Scared the shit outta me but I loved it!!!!! & now hear I am 46 years old and still a HUGE Metal Head. 🤘🏼💀🤘🏼 Third, check out War Ensmble, 213, or Killing Fields those are awesome and my Daughter and myself think you will like those. Have a great day! 🤘🏼💀🤘🏼

[@brian95240]

In that solo, it always sou da like a goat screaming towards the end LOL. Angel of Death uses that sound in its solo too. It literally sounds like the final battle of the Apocalypse.

[@stevensorrell1625]

NOW you have entered Slayer!

[@darkhoursofday6250]

If someone asked me "What is the most metal song ever?" This would probably be my answer.

[@mudflapsmoviereviews]

Slayer!! 🤘🤘 this song is pure energy

[@LouisGiliberto]

Was waiting for this one! Raining Blood is their best song IMO \m/

[@deadish9613]

The solo in this song always made me think it represents torment. Slayer, South of Heaven DEF.

[@GarrisonsMadHouse]

It looked like you were in danger for a few seconds loved it 😂

[@rf5210]

This album is heavy metals supreme masterpiece, above all others!

[@michaelwalters2669]

To be honest there is not any bad Slayer songs they truly are one of the Greatest Bands Ever. Just saying glad you are enjoying them Lilly 🤘

[@gsanders4899]

Best time I ever had in a mosh pit was to this song at the decade of aggression tour

[@nickgarcia4941]

Dead skin mask is their most lyrical song