Pantera - Floods (Reaction/First Listen)

[@Sandman60077]

Interesting fact. Dimebag wrote that outro riff for his girlfriend when she was having trouble sleeping and she would listen to it on repeat to fall asleep. Years later he put it in this song.

[@neilpatrickhairless]

Yep, that part of the song is actually named "Rita's Lullaby" and Darrell wrote it when he was still a teenager. He played it live often during the 80's as well

[@nikkireviews]

Oh wow that's a cool fact 🤔

[@Mrinal_173]

@@neilpatrickhairless is it available now? I mean "Rita's Lullaby", please reply :)

[@Ryan-bn3qk]

Thank you for this little piece of info. Beautiful.

[@lyriclangston9630]

I did not know that, but that's kind of weird bc I would listen to this on a loop to help me sleep. Crazy

[@ddevil4980]

If you want to learn about Pantera, the best way is to sit down and watch all 3 of the Pantera home videos. They're hilarious.

[@nikkireviews]

I will have to check that out. 🤔

[@BrysonBean-c1q]

​@@nikkireviewsfr, please please upload it. I promise it's worth it and will be a journey to get to know the greatest heavy metal guitarist. Pantera created there own genre and attitude.

[@katiemurray5862]

High class white trash 😂

[@Trendkiller196]

I 2nd this 1000%

[@DarkwingDuck1818]

For real!

[@xerodelacroix5552]

This song is written as a kind of second-person perspective of the apocalypse. The beginning is how far we've fallen, the middle is the destruction of everything, and the soft outro with the rain is a new beginning.

[@nikkireviews]

That makes sense!

[@aaronlevario8653]

Well put. I was wondering for years what this song was about and I think you nailed it.

[@roscoe9988]

I thought Mother Nature had enough of being polluted/ destroyed so she brewed up a hellacious storm ( as heard just prior to the outro) to rid herself ( wash away ) of mankind. The outro signifies the storm clearing out and that the earth has been cleansed …..

[@RethinkInc]

Saved me some typing.

[@profanepersonality]

The music in this song tells a story as well as the lyrics do. It starts with the build up to our destruction, then comes the destruction (when it gets heavier), then finally the cleansing of the world after the destruction. A true masterpiece of music in general.

[@FightTheGoodFight.]

Well put! I miss Pantera!

[@redhotchilifan98]

One of their most underrated songs. The atmosphere of it is incredible.

[@notu9315]

I don’t know if Rita ever released it, but she has 13 minutes of Dime riffing based on the end of this song. I could listen to it all day.

[@sneakyassassin8517]

@@notu9315would you have a link to this?

[@Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we]

God they could always be melodic & beautiful when they wanted to be 🙂

[@RolandDeschain1]

Yes, the solo is God-tier, but what Rex is playing throughout the song is awesome as well.

[@gravija666]

i say this all the time

[@kbrcstonerlad5348]

Rex is 1 of the most underrated bass players ever. Hes extremely clean, his tone is perfection and the fills behind dimes solos are god tier!

[@KlounAda]

One of the best guitar solo and outro ever...

[@drummerdude476]

Also that bit at the end, the melodic bit, was wrote for Dimes longtime GF, Rita, as a sort of a lullaby for her. They were together since they were kids

[@johncarpenter3751]

I quit my job to go see Pantera live in 2001. It was their last tour and I don’t regret for one second quitting that job to see this iconic band 😊 This version is new to me, it definitely has an extended outro which is dope as fuck. Be careful with their music videos, a few of them cut major parts of the song to shorten the playtime for the TV audience

[@robbluke3654]

Probably the best thing you ever did seeing dime play your never get that back

[@johnwhitaker545]

This is the studio cut track for the album. Nothing extended about it.

[@johncarpenter3751]

@@johnwhitaker545 your trippin bro 😂 I bought this album in 1996 when it came out. This is definitely an extended version, that was not on the original release, the original is 7minutes long this is over 9minutes. Just google stuff first before you decide to get on the interwebs and spew false information.

[@johnwhitaker545]

Dang man I didn’t catch it but yeah, you’re right. It sounds like they looped that outro. If I’m being honest this song and cemetery gates are about tied for being the lamest songs the band did. And Trendkill is my least favorite album. I’m not gonna pull some weak flex about quitting my 9-5 to go see them. I’m from DFW, trust I’ve seen them more times than I can remember but anyway… good internet watchdogging, pal. Ya got me, I learned a valuable lesson.

[@bjankowski27]

I seriously can listen to the outro all day

[@palladinodessa8988]

Pantera was so innovative with their groove and riffs in a metal structure - they have inspired countless bands in one way or another. Every single member was key to the success. They were exactly what was needed at a time when metal was too fractured - some bands sold out for fans, some went underground, and then Pantera came along and made it all about the music first, fans second, foresake everything else. RIP Abbott brothers - Icons taken too early. 🙏

[@aronaguilar5999]

Very emotional solo, rip dime

[@ddevil4980]

Yes! Best solo ever!

[@dhz781]

my all-time favorite guitar solo too. gives me goosebumps every time.

[@scottleavingweakness7602]

Deity level solo

[@pinzgauerbelgium]

Its a great one but Dimebag's best one is on powermetal....song "we'll meet again " its pre cowboys from hell and the first album with Phil Anselmo as there leadsinger.

[@ddevil4980]

@@pinzgauerbelgium Yes thats an amazing solo! But most people wouldn't know about power metal or projects in the jungle, their glamor days. 🤣 So my go to is always floods.

[@tonymoncivaiz7330]

Top three pantera solos: 1. Cemetery Gates 2. The Sleep 3. Floods Honerable mention: Domination

[@nikkireviews]

I'll have to check out The Sleep - that's the only one I haven't done on this channel of the ones you mentioned. I think Domination was my favorite so far (unfortunately that reaction was taken down 😕) but I gotta check out more stuff by them soon.

[@tonymoncivaiz7330]

@@nikkireviews Domination is my favorite song!!! I can't believe they took it down ☹️

[@gedece]

It's a modern take on the story of the biblical flood, that is what the lyrics were about.

[@eduardo0796]

This is Pantera's darkest and heaviest album. It is also my favourite. With that being said, I think you should do 'Hollow' by them.

[@keithbrooks3695]

Maybe the most heartbreaking solo ive ever heard at the end

[@theosarissky2129]

Hey Nikki. I want to thank you that you watched this version.Vinnie's double bass drums and Dimebag's riffs are so unique things in this world. God bless you on your journey with Pantera. Peace and Love❤️🙏

[@nikkireviews]

Thank you, and good - I'm glad! I saw it was the extended version and wasn't sure if that was that right choice or not lol.

[@blackthornpvp]

@@nikkireviews its the best version! the others cut off the calm vibe at the end with dimes guitar and the rains. its kind of (to me) the story of the ark in the bible. the floods come to wash away all men (and women) and everything else to reset the earth. rip dime and vinnie 😪

[@DougEfresh.]

It's about a flood that comes and washes away mankind.God was essentially disappointed with his creations and wanted to start fresh.

[@mathiasrain1480]

R.I.P. Dimebag Darrell Abbott and Vinnie Paul Abbott you Texas hellraiser's will forever be loved and truly missed..keep the metal faith alive

[@DarthRaider520]

The accuracy and finger stretch to play this outro is unmatched. Dime gave 100% all the time. A true wildman that didn't seek approval, he demanded it. My legend and who I looked up to reading magazine articles as a novice guitar player in the 90's and late 2000's. I live for that perfect harmonics. He made that motherfucker sing.

[@mikemayhem39]

Best band of all time RIP dime and Vinny

[@greatsoutherntrendkill8117]

This is one of my favorite pantera songs and the song is about genesis and God flooding the earth and washing away the sins

[@reelheel5919]

"I don't know what to expect next with this song I don't know which direction it's gonna go" Welcome to Pantera 🤘😎🤘

[@Artimesia]

I don't know why anyone would say anything unkind to you Nikki, you're a sweetheart...there's probably people watching this video who are new to Pantera as well, you never know..there's artists I wasn't aware of until I saw them on your channel, so you're not alone

[@nikkireviews]

Aw thank you 💛, and that's a good point - I never thought about other people new to Pantera watching. I gotta keep that in mind! 😊

[@pazwretzky4673]

they have a few slower songs, but all good, such as This Love, or 10's, but if you're wanting something a little more upbeat then Mouth For The War, I'm Broken, 5 Minutes Alone or Walk, I think you'll enjoy them, oh and so far as being new to bands, we're all learning something new every day, I know I am, I can't imagine why anyone would want take jabs at you for it Nikki, more the fool them

[@markclements7767]

I liked the sound of the guitar and the rain 😊 CONGRATULATIONS on reaching 5,000 subs! 😃😍💥

[@nikkireviews]

Yeah, it was an interesting song! And thank you, I just realized it the other day! ☺️💛

[@markclements7767]

@@nikkireviews I am really shocked that it is not much higher to be honest

[@davidhodowany8029]

Those were beautiful times. R.I.P brothers! Take care Nikki ♥

[@KingPonchoNut]

Hands down favorite Pantera song!

[@Duke_2373]

one of the best solos ever 🔥🔥

[@НикоэльСам]

In the nineties , Pantera was one of my favorite bands ... I had a cap with the Pantera logo and it was very cool for post-Soviet Siberia...

[@danadane2501]

The backdrop of this song and entire record "The Great Southern Trendkill" (1996) The band cut the music in Texas and singer Phil Anselmo cut all his vocals in NOLA during production. Phil turned to heroin and other hard drugs during this time in his life. As a matter of fact towards the beginning of Tour in 96 Phil died medically for about 5 minutes then was brought back to life. They played a concert the very next night. I can hear many subliminal references to this within the undertones of the song. I've been following Pantera since 1994 when I was just a kid which is why the music carries so much meaning personally. Just for kicks I'm gonna attach an interview with Anselmo the vocalist/lyricist if you or anyone else want to better understand him and the music as it evolved through the years. Took place a Loyola University. It's very hard hitting to put it lightly. In closing I'll say I appreciate younger fans getting into bands that saw me through almost my entire life. In all sincerity good review it was a different interpretation than what I've heard before. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5ykmal9nKyHnZo

[@jayman9910]

Pantera - Cemetery Gates

[@nikkireviews]

I think that's another one a lot of people suggested. I'll have to put it in the poll. 😊

[@ddevil4980]

If ya don't know ya don't know. People can't get mad at you for something you literally didn't know. 🤷‍♂️

[@ddevil4980]

Its about the floods in Genesis that wipped the world clean.

[@nikkireviews]

That makes sense!

[@musicminds247]

It’s not. It’s about a future flood. Phil has confirmed this

[@nomasker1360]

​@@musicminds247 Basically -Flood it again ...

[@DankieDickie]

I got to take my son to see Pantera last month. It was different from seeing them with Dime and Vinnie, but so glad he got to experience it. Pantera was a concert I had told him about seeing when I was younger many times and never thought he would get the experience. He went in knowing some of their music and left a huge fan. They played Floods and the emotion during that song was felt by everyone in the audience. It was hard to hold back tears.

[@nestero1000]

I rarely comment on KZbin, but i have to say. What this song meant to people living in the "Great Floods" of south Texas in the late 90S this song hits a spot. I remember being in High School and hanging out with friends ,getting high, and just the rains being NON stop for MONTHS.

[@DaviDamir]

new to pantera is a phrase i have never heard before

[@nikkireviews]

😂 Leave it to me 😜

[@randysieger4657]

TEXAS metal! RIP Dime and Vinnie. Best ever!!

[@JM-gj7de]

Yessir!

[@Billo1281]

I remember first hearing this song I was about 17 or 18. I use to listen to everything else they had put back then. Then I was smoking and heard this. It blew my mind away. Thankfully I got to see them about 3 times. RIP Abbott bros.

[@brent4209]

Throes of Rejection, guitar solo overlooked by so many. If you haven’t already, listen to it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kevinpeace994]

one of my most memorable concert moments - southern trendkill release tour, toledo oh, watching dimebag climb onto a stack of speakers to perform this guitar solo.

[@evanholman9703]

He isn't saying die, he's saying flood

[@cherylmontgomery9753]

After Pantera broke up Phil the frontman joined a group called DOWN. Awsome group, a lot like Pantera. I think you'd really like them.😊

[@nikkireviews]

I didn't know that 🤔 I'll have to check em out. Thanks!

[@rayv0125]

I almost always tear up at the end of floods! Got to see it live once i feel lucky for it. Rip to vinny and dime!

[@richlovn539]

Great reaction and review as always~ When it was released, I took it as a version of the 40 day/night flood that washed away the Sodom and Gomorrah to cleanse the world. I've been a close fan of PanterA since the mid 1980s.

[@nikkireviews]

That makes sense 🤔 Thank you for watching ☺️

[@fthomason93]

The solo in this song hits me in the heart everytime

[@musicminds247]

Been listening to this song since release day and honestly had no idea Phil was saying “die” during the breakdown until today. Glad you enjoyed this classic!🤘🏻

[@Paul-fu4jh]

I think he was saying "flood" and not "die". For me it matches better with the song. "Flood", "flood", flood" like a lot of water running in the earth and washing all.

[@nikkireviews]

That makes sense too 🤔

[@roscoe9988]

He wasn’t saying “ die “ he was saying “ Dive “.

[@enricomadrigal9168]

What an incredible voice Phil Anselmo, i love him, a unique singer in the metal world. With all due respect, I love Slipknot, but Corey Taylor can only shine Phil Anselmo's shoes.

[@nikkireviews]

Hehe yeah Phil does have quite a unique voice 🤘

[@aaronlevario8653]

Hey Nikki I am a huge Pantera fan and have been for 30 years. I would recommend you do a video about the song, 25 years from the album Far beyond driven!! By far they’re heaviest album!! You rock and I have a band that’s inspired by Pantera 🤘🔥

[@AndiJomsviking]

four of the greatest musicians of all time.. sad two of them had to go much to early. rest in peace dime and vinnie🤘

[@jckdnls9292]

As someone who was lucky to see them 12 times... To anyone who didn't get to... Dont worry I partied hard enough for all of you lol

[@nikkireviews]

12 times! 😮

[@Bolo2028]

Congratulations on reaching 5,000 subscribers!🎉

[@nikkireviews]

Thank you! 💛

[@Bolo2028]

I am interested in your fresh perspective on songs. Well done!

[@jordancobbs3795]

It’s about the evil of mankind and basically, how the world existed before us and how it’ll be a better place when we’re gone. The song is structured like a novel; the intro is melancholy…then the flood happens and it’s heavy. The song uses the rain sound effects at the end to illustrate the calm after the death of man. The pounding of the toms 1 2 3 4 during the second heavy guitar bridge is to illustrate the people drowning and “pounding on the Arc” as they’re drowning from The Book of Genesis during the story of Noah.

[@Grindtone603]

Still my favorite track of theirs 🤘🎸🔥

[@nikkireviews]

🤘

[@monikabeki6838]

What a great way to start with pantera! Not the „hits“, listend to the b-side with one of the best rated guitar solos! Respect young lady!

[@goldenruletv7301]

I freaking love the Abbott bros. R.I.P. Boys.

[@dong745r]

This full album is amazing, I listen this song playing Duken Nuken 64 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@matthewbarstow2173]

Love pantera.. time to get some Type O negative up in here...pantera and Type o toured a few times..they had some fun times

[@nikkireviews]

Hm do you have any particular song for Type O Negative?

[@matthewbarstow2173]

@@nikkireviews well their biggest hits were black number one and Christian woman..but the music videos cut them way too short...lyric videos are best

[@georgemunro9640]

My favorite song is Avoid the light definitely check the songs It makes them disappear, Mouth for war, I'll cast a shadow, Immortality Insane, The Sleep, 5 Minutes Alone , Domination

[@mattblatchley2061]

creeping death is a good analogue to this...good call...biblical apocalyptic theme...end of the world stuff!

[@masterp2269]

This album might be their best. This and Suicide Nt 1 & 2 are epic, emotional journeys...10s, War Nerve, The Underground in America, Sandblasted Skin..all crazy good!

[@unSTEVOED]

It’s my favourite album, in my opinion it’s Pantera’s darkest

[@richardsmith7322]

Welcome to the Pantera fan family

[@nikkireviews]

Thank you! Happy to be here! 🤘

[@Cam-sd9lh]

You are a beauty

[@nikkireviews]

Aw thank you ☺️

[@jbag27]

React to Pantera, Avoid the Light. Best song they have ever recorded

[@nikkireviews]

I'll add it to the list!

[@NHndrsn1234]

No disrespect to the bands that created heavy metal , but PANTERA is the best Metal band ever! Never again will a Metal band be this great.

[@nikkireviews]

Wow, guess you're a big fan, huh? 😁

[@josephberg1586]

This is possibly one of the hardest Song's and Guitar Solo's ever. But I knew a 15 yr. old kid who nailed it like it was nothing. But I've known guy's who've played for 20yrs +, more equipment, more money. My buddy had a Les Paul, a Marshall, and a Pedal or 2. He was a Genius. I believe Dimebag was too.

[@nikkireviews]

Wow, that is awesome!

[@MrOffroadjunkie]

RIP legends

[@LucasEduardo-km5fk]

Pantera - Cemetery Gates Good react 😊

[@nikkireviews]

Thank you!

[@Gws_8612]

The best dimebag solo

[@chaoznofx]

. MORE P A N T E R A

[@nikkireviews]

Tomorrow! ☺️

[@chaoznofx]

@@nikkireviews 😃😃😃😃😃

[@cristianfernandez1812]

Recommend Pantera "Sleep" oficial video 🤘🏻☠️ 🎸 the best solo guitar!!

[@fitzeefreshvids1888]

#1 rule one mustn’t believe words from jealous insecure individuals with minimal vocabulary, when you see a sentence full of 4,5 syllables maybe than reread the comment, continue on the road that you started your in control it’s not about trying to please subscribers it’s to please you not another breath should you waste on your channel ignore we all get through it stay the course deletes the ignorant! Love the channel love from St. Paul,Minnesota 🇺🇸🤘🏻

[@Crustychevrolet]

I’ve seen it live. Tremendous

[@illmuz1923]

I think now you can listen to part 2 too 😉

[@JasonMichael-p7d]

It's part of the whole album

[@curdledmayonnaise]

check out the solo from throes of rejection. its crazy. also an "other worldly guitar vibes" song would be medicine man. especially the solo and outro

[@whisper7637]

Planet Caravan is another great song by Pantera

[@fabianbravo6964]

Esa canción es de Black Sabbath. Pantera sólo hace un cover 👍

[@johnnyeproductions]

RIP St. Vin & Dime \m/ Watch it goooooooo \m/

[@lukaszslusarczyk2921]

Dime&Vinnie i miss You 🖤🖤

[@MidnightMaurader201]

Should listen to Mourn by down . Same singer., it’s Phil’s side band and he’s talking about how he was not allowed at dimes funeral even though he was waiting in a hotel to go

[@rattlehead6562]

Mouth for War.

[@BaldotheDon]

The righteous cleansing of humanity's filth from the corrupted earth. The mortal deluge rinsing the exhausted world of the iniquitous and the purified and the forgiven alike, leaving none to witness, leaving none to fall and fail, yet again. Ending the experiment of sentience, for all choice leads to damnation. None are worthy. Love cannot survive free will. Hate destroys everything. Indifference conquers all, in the end. And this song was before 2004. After what happened to Dimebag, how can you _not_ feel this way? So, yeah. Sometimes, I _want_ to root for the asteroid, but as long as there are cats and dogs, I don't think I can. Not really. I hate us all. I love us all. And I despair.

[@carleckert6794]

Funny I've always heard it as, Dive, dive, dive.

[@nikkireviews]

Hm 🤔

[@treyvus3]

Maybe he's wishing for a flood that lasts for 40 days and 40 nights that washes away man from the Earth for a fresh start and a new beginning. You should react to Aenima by TOOL.

[@Andres-zz6xg]

"Avoid the Lights" by Pantera... 🙄🎸

[@sheeitcuhhh6301]

It's about Biblical prophecy. And how it would be a blessing for God to flood the earth again. Nothing but truth.

[@DarkwingDuck1818]

Phil at his heroine high during this album

[@MoistureMagnet]

Regular People by Pantera!!! PLEASE

[@MoistureMagnet]

Note: I feel like this song really showcases their groove and puts an emphasis on it.

[@nikkireviews]

I will have to check that one out!

[@cristianfernandez1812]

Recommend Pantera Cemetery gates oficial video 🤘🏻☠️🤘🏻

[@ddevil4980]

Lol you were right, just without the biblical aspect to it. 👍

[@petherictopahe9616]

Omg dime

[@MidgetMafia01]

The songs is actually abt how terrible humans are, he mentioned rape and other crimes made by people in the song and how he thinks that humans should be flooded similar how the Bible says it during the seven trumpets

[@dominicdambrosio7904]

mouth for war

[@versistversist1517]

the bridge he says "Dive" not "Die"

[@kgindustries2937]

The start of the fall…

[@fabiansoto7488]

He said dive

[@nikkireviews]

Good to know 😬

[@Salomon_G]

The lyric is "Dive' not 'Die'

[@belewda]

I LOVED Pantera. Vulgar Display of Power is still in my top 10 albums of all time. That being said, the first half of this song is just pointless drivel. It's really all about the instrumental second half.

[@richardsmith7322]

Gods punishment sending the floods to all mankind for man’s sins