If Slayer "Raining Blood" Was Made In 2021

[@NikNocturnal]

EDIT: This track is now available on Spotify and other streaming/download platforms! Smash like and comment which other classic I should ruin :D

[@jtron1991]

Slpoop Plz touch

[@junioroliver9455]

FUCKING SLAYER you should do Dio holy diver or rainbow in the dark

[@shivanshmehra3365]

Good fucking job

[@w4tt58]

Djent version of a song from kill em all.

[@LegionGamingTV]

What program is this?

[@airconditioningunit9777]

it’d probably be the same as it normally is, but an octave lower and with more A M B I E N C E

[@Ryo7_7]

More A M B I E N C E plz! Then bass 😆.

[@thealien2411]

AmbiONCE

[@liberatorkramit]

@@thealien2411 Take your pinky up mentality and gtfo.

[@joshuamoore1091]

Oh my frig I'm ded

[@Metalton95]

Less tremolo picked palm muting, more staccato djent style rythm too.

[@gkfrey95]

This is sick, couldn’t even imagine what vocals over this would sound like.

[@papasith7766]

I’m thinking this would require Alex Terrible from Slaughter To Prevail 🤘😎🤘

[@gkfrey95]

@@papasith7766 Alex or Ben would be nuts

[@metalstorck1625]

We need "If domination by pantera was made in 2021" imagine that breakdown

[@NikNocturnal]

HEVY

[@boltagethecat]

that would be DEVASTATING

[@metalstorck1625]

@@NikNocturnal HEVY AF

[@metalstorck1625]

@@boltagethecat It would definitely!

[@rickyknapp7388]

Do it!

[@kaldaraohrmann3641]

As a metalhead in my 40's, no hate whatsoever. This is just fucking amazing.

[@theriskid]

Ditto.

[@tylamason6712]

@@theriskid head

[@deaconholmes3426]

“My arm feels like it’s not there right now” Slayer does that to you.

[@NikNocturnal]

It does

[@butchered_deathmetal]

@@NikNocturnal I’ve got too much experience with that hell, only been playing 5 years and I’ll probably have carpel tunnel soon.

[@Chrome262]

@@butchered_deathmetal already in physio because of work and guitar for 6 months, learning slayer and lamb of god

[@Purgatoriesify]

Straight up, this is one of the most creative series you’ve come up with. You just don’t miss, man.

[@qzollo345]

I need an album of these classic metal songs made in the modern era

[@NikNocturnal]

Ok

[@WookieWarriorz]

@@NikNocturnalsame

[@rich7752]

That would be great

[@malcolmrff]

I second this.

[@Brutality_and_hammers]

@@NikNocturnal with vocals please

[@JMetalGuitarist]

Actually, I’ve heard this song so many times I’m glad something fresh was finally done with it.

[@hydraglyphics]

"We're just gonna take it piece by piece". I don't think that pun was intentional but it was great.

[@vandersonjunior8018]

I thought that too lmao I think it was intentional

[@vonicrimson3619]

Death is not defeat

[@davidcloud5886]

Added this same comment before I saw yours, great minds think alike lol

[@jonathanmcleod9551]

I lol’d

[@m.c.ruckus2032]

@Lucas T , trust me. It was intentional. There is literally 0% chance that he said that coincidentally. Do you really think that this 'Nik' guy just discovered this single song on its lonesome without any knowledge of the other tracks on the same album with a title (Reign In Blood) that is actually a play on words of the name of this song, that he has obviously listened to a countless number of times (because he's gone this far as to dissect, alter and recreate the structure and music writing of Raining Blood) to never have noticed the song "Piece By Piece", which immediately follows THE most popularly known song of all time by SLAYER, "Angel Of Death" in the track order on the same album? Yeah, sure...he knows this song all too well but, never heard the rest of the album or even what album this song was released on. Uh-huh, right... THAT could happen! S.M.M.F.D.H. 😜🤣😂

[@vincecotton127]

WoW.... So much technique and intricacy to totally fuck up one of the greatest songs ever recorded.

[@erreip_]

This is the type of reimagining/cover i love. Changes enough yet keeps the spirit of the original. Well done !

[@amosmj]

“It sounds like circusey spiders hanging out with bees” I couldn’t stop laughing long enough to explain to someone around me why I was laughing.

[@thebusinessgoose3350]

That right there is what kept me til the end. 🤣 You beat me to the comment!

[@NikNocturnal]

Yes

[@dark___passenger7446]

it does tho

[@davidswiggett8389]

Love it.

[@Dwarfgrinder]

Good stuff. My 18 month old son loves this song!

[@JackAllman]

Please! That was effin sick! I love covers that are true to the original, but when you stay true to the song AND throw in some cool shit that fits? Awesome sauce!

[@CalvinJourno]

I’m thinking there needs to be a “If Judas Priest ‘Painkiller’ was written in 2021” video in the near future. ;)

[@NikNocturnal]

It's on the to-do list ;)

[@rusherdasher8826]

Oh god that solo

[@robertfoster1596]

@@NikNocturnal You should try taking songs from the the more modern era of metal/HC and remaking them as if they were made in the 70's 80's and 90's.

[@vicmariodeth]

THIS

[@jg5752]

@@vicmariodeth IS

[@Hotelsonfire]

This had me head banging hard. I want to hear you do St. Anger by Metallica, just to finally have a decent version of that song.

[@metalliket8356]

That was great man. You are such a talented guitarist. I would love to see this on Spotify!

[@NikNocturnal]

Thank you!

[@deltasemple383]

Please Spotify this

[@Denkersis]

YES PLEASE Maybe you could upload a bunch of your modern-boomer covers in an album format?

[@Estradiol_Emma]

"This is an absolute monster of a track, you know, we're just gonna take it Piece by Piece..." I see what you did there :D

[@hollischeblume6393]

Yes when I heard that I thought he will play Piece By Piece 💀

[@Undaglibenglaubengloben]

Beat me to it

[@metalawka1971]

MODULISTIC TERROR

[@looeegee]

I was going to like your comment but I saw the Trans flag in your pfp and I cringed hard ;(

[@hollischeblume6393]

@@looeegee lmao

[@thatonerat3005]

"My arm feels like it's not actually there right now" -Nik Nocturnal 2k21.

[@NikNocturnal]

Tru

[@infelicitas]

how hard is it to just put a 0... In all seriousness though good quote

[@flexmasterize]

more like if Raining Blood was recorded by a Rings Of Saturn cover band. this is a sacrilege to the original

[@ryukenoh8898]

This track makes the DoomSlayer load his shotgun with malicious intent

[@NikNocturnal]

D:

[@ctooleyrun]

I fuking love SLAYER and I think you did amazing! Subscribed and excited to dissect your channel! Should LISTENED to this before work. BLOOD IS PUMPING!

[@jasonwoodward3697]

Hey man, I was actually one of those boomers who saw slayer when the song came out. You did a beast of a job. Keep it up, nice spin.

[@TheChampoo]

Ok, but this is unironically great.

[@NikNocturnal]

D:

[@FA9082]

Nah its worse than the original lmao The overkill on the double bass ruins the track, and the tuning makes the song sound like generic metalcore

[@1m3agle]

@@FA9082 bro the two step through most of the song is crushing and the end was literally just noise in the original song too

[@MajinFernie]

It sounds like shit.

[@Dudeamis17]

@@MajinFernie well that was the assignment

[@apfelmistnutte]

i've waited too long for this!

[@junioroliver9455]

This isnt a meme, this is a cry for help

[@NikNocturnal]

D:

[@TheSamuraiApocalypse]

@@NikNocturnal I appreciate all the hard work that goes into your videos. I've tried doing what you do. There are a lot of obstacles you have to overcome, and you do it on a daily basis. A true inspiration! You're very talented at what you do, and you deserve all of our respect.

[@boltagethecat]

Every 80's thrash metal fan within in a 10 mile radius: ₛₗₐₐₐₐₐʸₑₑₑₑₑₑᵣ!

[@NikNocturnal]

^^^ YES

[@hollischeblume6393]

Slayer is nice but I find Kreator way more awesome

[@Metalton95]

​@@hollischeblume6393 Kreator, Sepultura (86-91), Testament, Demolition Hammer, Vio-Lence, Forbidden, Overkill.. too many to mention. Araya's sounded so bored since South of Heaven when he lost that rasping lisp, anyway.

[@slayerem]

Yes!

[@pixeldelic]

@@hollischeblume6393 Aw that’s cute

[@AyJ-vk4tq]

“If raining blood was made in 2021” *writes a song for the 2017 game doom eternal*

[@therippedemon]

I need an album of remakes like this for the gym so I can induce maximum rage!

[@NikNocturnal]

Yes

[@nightlust]

Nik: "So faaast" *dies from exhaustion* Me who plays brutal death metal: 'tis my pre-workout

[@rangamsarmah2061]

So if you downtune slayer, you get slaughter to prevail's new album. Huh, that's pretty neat.

[@kjl3080]

dude how are you everywhere

[@Sergio-nb4hj]

@notwastd bad opinion

[@medusa6491]

@@Sergio-nb4hj Overrated & overhyped.

[@curranbrownlee9671]

@@medusa6491 I agree to some extent, but you have to admit demolisher is one of the top deathcore tracks of the last few years

[@karlmikhailtibule1481]

@@kjl3080 well just like just some guy without a mustache, kirk wahmett will be comment every videos

[@tylergreen9283]

We need a Spotify playlist of these 😩😩

[@adrienjippov6989]

"Raining Boomers." -Nik 2021

[@NikNocturnal]

It did indeed rain

[@leblon712]

Boomers....they have my respect!

[@asms_music417]

it's gen x tho, isn't it really?

[@АлексейКузенков-х2э]

Awaiting the hour of reprisal Your time slips away \m/ Nicely done, my friend

[@DJENTISNTNOTAGENRE]

This is literally my favorite thing you've started doing on this channel. Please never stop.

[@NikNocturnal]

Ok :D

[@Undaglibenglaubengloben]

You know, I get that I’m a boomer and I don’t expect to like all the modern metal stuff, and I made peace with it. What saddens my heart though is that everyone seems to have gone full Lars and completely abandoned the ride cymbal while overusing the crashes. A well used ride is the heaviest, nastiest and grooviest you can get in metal.

[@mangogoat4691]

Modern metal often lacks dynamics, not allot of good songwriting. Bunch of great stuff though, but horrible dynamics

[@collinmackin5911]

@@mangogoat4691 Most of modern metal. Not all.

[@JacobsKrąnųg]

oh gott, I love the sound of ride, especially in darker songs. "Chaoplasm" from Blood Incantation is a perfect example of it for me.

[@Undaglibenglaubengloben]

@@JacobsKrąnųg Yes! I’m with you! The grooves that Blood Red Throne throws around all the time (e.g Homicidal Ecstacy), the breakdown in Vomitory’s Serpents, main riff of New Level by Pantera, Darkside’s absolutely crazy ride work on MGLA’s Exercises in Futility V… I could go on forever

[@benwise9081]

@@mangogoat4691 there’s a lot of dynamic stuff to be found in the hardcore and skramz scenes still though

[@boltagethecat]

that breakdown made my bowel move... thank you nik for curing my constipation

[@NikNocturnal]

Anytime

[@kamilzasucha822]

Awesome, the title of the song ...'Organized Static Distortion Noise'... thanks for reminding me why old metal is so much better and for curing my tinnitus with this white noise. Keep up the good work.

[@FUHDAHSHII]

This is just Slipknot covering Slayer 😂

[@Fkod88]

Great stuff, very well modernised with all them bam bams and jangle-jangles. And the ending teerlee-tibble too! I love the sound, it’s fat!

[@RiffsThatCrush]

I’m such a Slayer fan, and watching this makes me laugh so much 🤣🤣. It’s so friggin ridiculous that I absolutely love this hahaha. Thanks for adding to my killer weekend hahaha SLAYER!!!!

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Yes.... Fk'nSSSLLAAYYURURGGHH

[@AngusJo]

The endpart reminds me of "Rings of Saturn".

[@kingrey3528]

SLAYER!!!!!!

[@bos13_mr-handy40]

🤘🤘🤘

[@WanderingGhost77]

The majority of modern metal sounds would never hold a candle to what came before it.

[@rich7752]

Hey Nik can you put this in Spotify, and put the other "if it was made in 2021" songs on Spotify to.

[@NikNocturnal]

Ok

[@lucasjyamaguchi]

@@NikNocturnal hell of a reply

[@alternativeaccount6568]

We’re just gonna take it “piece by piece” lol

[@CountOxymagomedovMMA]

"What if Mick Gordon wrote the notes of Raining Blood."

[@3ngi_n33r]

Create a “modern metal” tune with all old school analog gear. 😜🍿 I like that guitar you’re guitaring there.

[@dropdead8886]

Please do "If The Only Thing They Fear Is You was made in 1985"

[@arielramos9614]

Pleaseeeee we need this

[@JustinAntitheist]

Slayer arose in the Generation X period, not the Boomer period. Slayer terrified boomers.

[@NameLast-q9y]

My dads era just shit themselves to much of the squeeleys and wub wub dubs and the chug chug chug. Always my favorite series on this channel.

[@theabbot88]

That shit has been around since the late 90s. It ain't even your generation. Sounded like shit then. Sounds like shit now.

[@LI-md2cb]

@@theabbot88 hur dur I can't fathom change I'm so much smarter than everyone else

[@NameLast-q9y]

@@theabbot88 you know my age? Oh geez he's a spy!

[@theabbot88]

@@LI-md2cb Hur dur how is it change when it's a 20 year old technique?

[@LI-md2cb]

@@theabbot88 lord you're dense

[@devagr]

Ooh ooh do Motorhead "Ace of Spades" next

[@RafaCalderon02]

The Breakdown sounds so much more br00tal and disgusting i love it

[@TheROOTminus1]

Felt more Phobos-mecha-demon than pure modern -core, but that ain't no bad thing.

[@jjharson7344]

sounds awesome.... love that ending - yes please put it on spotify, I will deffo listen! thanks dude.

[@kodylovgren26]

This is amazing😂 I think making an AC/DC song absurdly heavy would be a good video to do. Do something like thunderstruck or back in black but modernize it

[@NoSwagProductions]

The intro is a little rough but goes with the whole tongue in cheek manner. Great idea and great execution as always

[@Crantrex]

Hey Nick you should Do like Oldies too, Like Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Maybe Van Halen (not as classic but You get what I’m saying) and turn them Djenty Also you should genuinely make an Album with the 2021 covers but with cover vocals too

[@takokyatto8874]

you are at the wrong youtuber lol, he makes metal and post heavy metal rock

[@neotheone6796]

@@takokyatto8874 actually it would be cool af to take something that’s not metal and make that shiz slam🤣

[@Crantrex]

@@neotheone6796 It would

[@Crantrex]

@notwastd I can actually think of a lot of Classic rock sounds that would sound Sick turned Metal

[@EthanRom]

Too memey imo.

[@Undaglibenglaubengloben]

“Take it piece by piece” I see what you did there

[@metalrob1537]

I was scrolling the comments to see if someone else thought the same thing.

[@Undaglibenglaubengloben]

@@metalrob1537 some guy couple comments down actually beat me to it

[@doomzy8622]

Thy Art is Murder: there goes our slayer cover we were gonna release tmrw🤬

[@joelmacdonald6994]

“We’re just gonna take it piece by piece” I see what you did there. Show no mercy in your criminally insane attempt to update this track.

[@sethjohnson9340]

Dude pleeease do Blackened on the 8 string!! The intro and opening riff would sound killer moderned up!

[@Phantom-kc9ly]

Nope

[@JizzusWept]

no.

[@jacktodd5730]

Listen to btbam's cover

[@karllindahl7288]

Yes please, add all these bangers to Spotify.

[@justarandomdude928]

We need this on Spotify or something cause this is fucking DOPE

[@cwthomas]

The best modern version of RIB was done by Body Count. The End.

[@kirillsviderski4739]

Agreed 100%

[@yomommagon]

3:27 100 gecs when writing half the songs on 1000 gecs

[@elijahrodarte6510]

That’s actually kinda fire

[@NikNocturnal]

:D

[@GooseRider808]

That’s was sick. I must say your final breakdown was still more coherent than the original lol.

[@445evansmith]

PLZ PUT THESE ON SPOTIFY in my opinion (as a peroson who hasn’t been a metal perosn that long) I really enjoy these “remakes” they make them a lot heavier and sometimes even more funny😂 ik some of y’all are gonna disagree but that’s my opinion (also maybe apple music😳)

[@EnvisionedBlindness]

I didn't disagree with anything except your openness of being new to the genre. Maybe keep that to yourself if you dont want your opinions picked apart. Say shit with conviction. Fake it till you make it kiddo

[@EnvisionedBlindness]

@notwastd without fakeness, metal would sound like pure cymbal crashes and the occasional undistorted pluck of a high e string on guitar. I get what you're saying I just like being a contrarian

[@liberatorkramit]

@notwastd That's the lovely (and terrible) part of the internet. People cant really tell when you are being fake. Unless you lead them to that well.

[@vinyredx9220]

Just gonna thrown this out I'm with you in this opinion, honestly, iron man in the new version for me is really awesome, but as a person who listens to metal for at least 10 years, don't talk about this with everyone, some people are really annoying to new things. But at the same time, every community has it's toxic side, but if your friends have a similar taste or an open mind, just go with it, good luck my friend

[@papaflowf2133]

What's so funny?

[@txblackstar3563]

Doomguy would be pleased with this Def set to track 2 in his helmet for all his ripping and tearing needs

[@onekidneystan4330]

ayo Nicky boy where's the Ice Nine Kills reaction?

[@NikNocturnal]

Tomorrow 5PM EST

[@MK7-MephistoKevin777]

From the first second you did a guitar riff, I was very surprised and really impressed !!! You have taken one of the all time greatest Death Metal classics, and somehow turned it into more of a Cannibal Corpse version !!! Much heavier But perfectly accurate !!! You are excellent at playing Death Metal guitars !!! Seriously you should be in (Or start) your own band, This is the coolest slayer cover Ever (Including Slaytanic Slaughter Volumes one an two) , Hail Slayer !!! hail Nik Nocturnal !!!

[@SeenFeen]

This rips! The original content from you is 🔥🔥🔥 as always

[@NikNocturnal]

Thank you!

[@mowichi4491]

the mini stroke at 0:15 destroyed what essence I had left, it afflicts me far more than I'm willing to admit.

[@thomashalley7258]

Nik: It sounds like noise no matter what I do. Me: isnt that slayer in a nutshell?

[@MacxDaddy]

Yo. Absolutely face melting. Awesome job.

[@djdanger9812]

Hey Nik this is cool as fuck! I wanted to ask, As someone who is always practicing my mixing and looking for new challenges it would be killer if you would consider sharing the multitracks on occasion to something like this. Perhaps the unprocessed guitar stems and the midi bass/ drums tracks so we can use our own drums and bass plugins for those instruments. I think it would be a great way to interact with your followers, along with gaining some more subscribers that mix like myself (there are a lot of us) who are always looking for heavy music to practice the art of mixing with. We can post the mix on KZbin and tag you which helps spread your channel too. Anyways keep crushing it I enjoy you content dude!

[@KennethKillOfficial]

These never disappoint

[@loqjaw]

I never comment on your videos but this was epic. Next stop: Megadeth - Holy Wars

[@edgargiese8984]

LOL! "Circusy spiders hanging out with bees" is exactly wtf that part sounds like.

[@lord_Errykson]

Do a Bon Jovi song and make it metal 😂. Imagine what you can do with “You give love a bad name”

[@JizzusWept]

LMAO I SECOND THIS

[@dudewithissues9045]

I think Atreyu already did that

[@DimeRiscos]

Bad medicine!

[@The_Spogg]

bro the other songs in this series were funny experiments, but this actually SLAMS

[@kenshin5150]

SLAYEEEEERRRRRRRR...!!! But seriously, its just so good im not even mad

[@lithiumirl2238]

that solo made way too much sense bro! good one!

[@leonfrost2829]

Ok I have perfect songs that are crying to be zommerfied. Don't fear the reaper and Hotel California!

[@NikNocturnal]

Good picks

[@omarassem2188]

This is the most beautiful thing I have ever heard.. ty for this. 🤘🤘🤘

[@Angry_Viking]

It would have been cool to still hear Tom Araya's vocals in this song if I'm honest :)

[@babrou]

That's an absolute banger tbh

[@IridescentJess]

Gimme the content

[@NikNocturnal]

Ok

[@IridescentJess]

@@NikNocturnal tyvm for the content

[@jadonclark4315]

This was freakin awesome bro!

[@vitorfofonkamoraes5134]

Bro, i need more thrash influence on my everyday djent. The boomers would love, for sure Btw, i would find really interesting if you tried to do the same thing with Rush Cygnus X-1 book 1. I know, i sound like a boomer, but that song, specially the first five minutes or so, would be really interesting with all the modern metal stuff. Great video nik, as always!

[@mxrush76]

As a Rush and Djent Fan would be amazing to hear Cygnus X-1 in Djent version.

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

See BOG studios

[@Joshua-kc3of]

This breakdown give me goosebumps every time i listen to it wtf

[@brandonsegura1542]

Im curious on how “One” by Metallica would sound on an 8 string lmao.

[@firemetalhead5863]

“The devils interval spppspsospsps” sounded like Dwight from the office putting on the CPR dummy masks 😂😂😂

[@diamondsbloodydiamonds]

lately ive been wanting a Nik Nocturnal cover of raining blood so badly just so i could watch him do the part at 5:33 also this def sounds like something slipknot would make with all those pinch harmonics

[@NikNocturnal]

Slayerknot

[@r.t.fletcher5603]

I find you are have the badest and cooles Cover of All i loved bro 💪🏽

[@keithedeadlierreaper5661]

What if Hammer Smashed Face Deathcore?

[@NikNocturnal]

Deathsmashed face

[@danielblair824]

Lycanthropy DC plx

[@TobikunOuO]

Uhh how about no

[@forrestperkins6237]

Leave cannibal corpse alone

[@archangelofcoffee922]

CC have already been downtuning since "Vile". No need.

[@halfspickandspan4421]

My brother got me into slayer. He would have loved this. Thank you Nik, for creating this. Literally brought tears to my eyes. R.I.P big bro.

[@feliciab5019]

I’m sorry for your loss. May his memory continue to be a blessing. 🤗

[@halfspickandspan4421]

@@feliciab5019 thank you. It has been.

[@Colby_Purrins801]

RAINING BOOMERS 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@Gabe-vj5ho]

You talking about picking hand fatigue reminded me of an interview with Kerry King saying how he can only play this song about once a week due to how taxing it is.

[@shona5512]

Welp... Guess we're not getting that INK reaction then. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[@NikNocturnal]

Tomorrow 5PM EST

[@thekramer1097]

NIK reacts to INK nice