Rappers React To Avatar "Bloody Angel"!!!

[@Garotte14]

Opinion: Johannes is the greatest all around vocalist in metal. He can false chord scream, fry scream, sing extremely clean in an incredibly wide range, sing with slight vocal distortion, etc. He has full closed vocal notes incredibly high and low. And one thing that often goes unnoticed, unless you know Avatar like I do, is he can actually mold the tone of his voice to fit the personality and tone of each song. They are the most versatile band on the planet imo. My favorite without question.

[@LEXLUTHER66666]

Seriously one of the most talented and artistic bands! All of his music is like poetry or art, you have to listen to it several times to understand. These boys will love the song America and Colossus

[@hiTocopter]

This made me laugh. The guy is okay, but by no means great, let alone greatest. What the hell are you on? And you know, you can have a favorite band/vocalist without them being technically the greatest. What he's best at in my opinion is the stage presence.

[@forizzle1649]

@@hiTocopter u need to listen to more then, hes super talented , he could be a vocalist for alot of genres of music and be just as impressive

[@hiTocopter]

@@forizzle1649 No, I've listened to quite enough, trust me. I also detest the word "talent" - like he hasn't worked at it for decades like every other artist. Again, he's good. He is not even close to being the greatest at something.

[@Garotte14]

J B You must’ve missed the first word of the thread where it said “Opinion.” So I don’t know what the hell you’re on. And I never once said he’s the greatest therefore it’s my favorite band. Or vice versa. He’s the greatest and it’s my favorite band. And I also specifically said he’s the greatest all around metal vocalist. So let me break it down for you since you clearly can’t read too well. So he’s not the best at cleans or the beat false chord screamer, or the best fry screamer. But he is the most versatile. I’m literally just repeating myself and I don’t know why. Go away troll.

[@azraelcales]

It's basically about a guy who worked the concentration camps and regrets what he did so he calls the bloody angel to end his pain.

[@Darthshadow46]

It's actually not about a guy in particular. In a interview, the lead singer stated how people are willing to shift the blame, even if it means shifting it on non-existing, unrelated things because they can't accept what they did.

[@hiTocopter]

It's Papers, Please in a musical format

[@ForgottenSqueack]

I was thinking of something from WWII. The title together with his dream with the saw and the soldier at the end got me to think about the angel of death. I didn't listen to the lyrics that much because I was so into the video trying to figuring out what it meant. There was a part I thought it was about the old hag syndrome/sleep paralysis because they did a scene similar to a picture I've seen were the mare/old hag is floating above him while he sleeps. images.app.goo.gl/hTyegnkmU6og6HGg7

[@azraelcales]

@@Darthshadow46 well yeah. I was just giving a general idea for the fellas.

[@garrettmckinney7565]

@@hiTocopter Glory to Arstotzka

[@TheSilael]

YES!!! YOU GUYS REACTED TO IT!! Check out "Hail The Apocalypse" by them as well!!

[@Hollywood6IX]

Yea we waited WAYYYY to long to hear this

[@TheSilael]

@@Hollywood6IX at least that means you have another rabbit hole to go down lol

[@Hollywood6IX]

@@TheSilael but here is the question.......How deep does this rabbit whole go?

[@TheSilael]

@@Hollywood6IX all the way to 2006. Though 2012 to present is what a lot of people know (I'm not claiming to be an OG fan, I just learned about them last year lol). Not as deep as Tool's rabbit hole, but still fairly deep. They also just came out with a new album this year.

[@lyricalrocker3410]

@@Hollywood6IX You guys have to watch Hail the Apocalypse, live at Wacken. Avatar are wildly entertaining live.

[@GhostReapers123]

Now they should react to smells like a freak show by Avatar

[@dkmcbigsley]

That was a mind bender live

[@jeremylacuna4824]

I've been rifling thru your video library & am honestly mad at myself for missing this 3 month old reaction. Avatar is one of the bands I've been waiting for you to react to without realizing... you have already. Lol That said, this band is AMAZING live. If you guys ever want to do a reaction to a full concert video, their set from Wacken Open Air Festival in 2015 would be at the top of my list for recommendation for your first. That show was absolutely fantastic from the buildup for "Hail the Apocalypse" all the way thru "Smells Like a Freakshow." Great energy thru the whole show, intelligent song placement (this particular song was right in the middle - song 4 of 7, and it's great for a bit of rest with bursts of energy sprinkled throughout - great for moshing), & the way "Bloody Angel" led into "Vultures Fly" is probably one of my favorite transitions I've ever seen at a concert not involving Corey Taylor. Lol. I could ramble all day, but i think I've made my point. Lol. Check out that set. You won't be disappointed.

[@henryward4783]

I believe that the dog ensures that the dreamer does not get to run from the horror he is responsible for.

[@jeffschreifels8651]

I saw Avatar with Babymetal last year. They are fantastic live. That was a great concert.

[@dakotahsmith8320]

I saw them like four times always a great show

[@ChaosMadness13]

Me too!

[@Darthshadow46]

The song is about how people are willing too blame anything, even if imaginary/unrelated, by shifting the blame for something terrible that they themselves have done. They can't live with the guilt of their actions.

[@niswonger45]

This song live in Poland 2019 is ridiculous!!! They are amazing live. Thanks for doing this band. They are so underrated. This song is about a prison camp guard who is having a conscience crisis.

[@vildonfire]

Yah, Pol'and Rock, this one and The king welcomes you to avatar country are so friggin great. I wish they would release the entire concert!

[@etessier87]

Avatar live is an experience. Stellar shows both times i saw them. They have some good music

[@lavondagreene504]

Avatar....is always an adventure!!! Please go and and see them live...the whole concert will keep you on your toes...and your body vibrating to the beat of the music!!

[@adrikmotka]

I took it as the man was a dude who worked for the hospital and back in the day medical treatments were life and death. He was tasked with denying those people, basically sentencing them to death or at least miserable lives of pain and suffering. The video is about his guilt manifesting in nightmares and a Dark Angel who begins to haunt him as his sanity slips

[@ryantannar5301]

a lot of people have taken it as a concentration camp or gulag worker. never considered the hospital angle but I think all 3 of those kind of draw from the same basic concepts in a way so all 3 seem fairly likely.

[@nessxerglingtowers8000]

The name Avatar, the founding members named it after a Hindu God representing potential, forming the band when they were 15/16 I think. Great reaction. Thank you. As others have said the song is about self guilt, finding others to blame until you recognise that you were responsible for what ever it was. It is about daring to be honest with yourself and recognise your own responsibility for what went on. The video itself represents this perfectly in a specific scenario of the man who has the job of stamping the final approval for people to be condemned to a concentration camp type facility, and his battle between blaming the system and recognising his own guilt in condemning these innocents. But the song itself is none specific, it is simply about recognising your own responsibility to the hurt you cause to others.

[@ccrider327591]

Avatar opened for Babymetal at the Orlando show in 2019 that I went to. They put on a hell of a good show, I was thoroughly impressed. Their videos are very good and live they rock out. Definitely a solid band with a cool look. Honestly, I was there for Babymetal 100%. However, I was happily surprised that this excellent band started the night off with a blend of showmanship and in your face music. Loved it.

[@yureikertia6940]

I personally interpret the video this way: The singer is the protags guilty conscious. He has tried to ignore it, continued to do his job that consisted of condeming other people to death, probably justifying it with being forced to do it by his higher ups (there are a few shots of that big portrait on the wall as though it is watching to make sure he does his job). In his dreams however, his consciousness shows him that he is guilty and can't deny his responsibility for his own actions. First his consciousness is just screaming at him that its wrong. Next it goes to seemingly harm the protag (maybe because it makes the protag feel bad when he tries to claim he doesnt have a choice), to the protagonist actually about to cut of his consciousness arm, maybe implying that he is trying or willing to throw his humanity and sense of morality out of the window out of fear. As the protag realizes what he is about to do, he tries to flee, only to be confronted by the consequences of his actions. A house with blood smeared around, implying someone was killed, possibly a child due to the teddy bear. Then the protag wakes up, shaken to the core because he cant really deny his guilt any longer. He tries to behave like normal, but can't. When he arrives at work, his guilty conscience is already there. Now there is a bit of an open end for me, either he now has to do his job fully aware of the guilt he has, or his guilty conscience takes over and does the job for him, meaning he can no longer watch the injustice happening and stops condeming people to death. But thats just my take

[@azuredragon7879]

Being such fans of wrestling, you need to check out the video to Avatar - "Torn Apart"

[@timhutchinson8485]

So glad to see this! They have so many great songs. Johannes Eckerstrom is one of my favorite vocalists.

[@jerpanils8875]

It's a Harlequin jester paint style. I think he has actually certified that paint style with the offical jester/clown guild.

[@realmetalbear4527]

Avatar - Hail the Apocalypse. Bloody good song!

[@camillaGorilla]

Avatar is beyond amazing, and this song is deep ! Have to give it to my Swedish neighbours, i love almost everything from the Swedish metal/rock scene.

[@nickheller8307]

The song is about Josef Mengele. He was a Nazi doctor who preformed experiments on prisoners in the concentration camps. He was known in the concentration camps as the Angel of Death.

[@Templarofsteel88]

I have heard 2 different explanations for what this song is about. 1. Josef Mengele or someone who worked at a concentration camp 2. A Russian man sending people to a gulag camp

[@BroNumsi]

Gulag camp, without a doubt. You even see the Soviet star. That guy is definitely not a sadistic sociopath doctor, but some small time clerk, whose life force is being drained by spending his days marking people as deceased in the camp.

[@MrScarcejason911]

AVATAR is complete entertainment live... I've seen them live 19 times and still crave more (headlining shows are preferred)

[@motardrem3419]

I think the bloody angel is the guy in the video, he talks about those bureaucrats in bloody regimes whose job is just to stamp a file, but that stamp is a death sentence for someone. That is why he says "the blood is in your hands" and in the torture room he exchanges the position of victim and discovers himself as a torturer. In the end he himself is expendable and discarded and the German shepherd (the security that the political regime gives him) abandons him.

[@twiztid-t3289]

I requested this a long time ago, thank yall so much for reacting to this

[@Hollywood6IX]

No problem, we see you my friend

[@twiztid-t3289]

@@Hollywood6IX Oh my goodness yall made my day, yall are the only youtubers thats commented back to me. Love yall so much keep doin what you do.

[@Hollywood6IX]

@@twiztid-t3289 man were just happy to have Trash Talkers such as yourself who send us such amazing music

[@twiztid-t3289]

@@Hollywood6IX I actually can't believe this man, I was having a rough day till now, I got another one for ya, Its Moth by Hell Yeah. Hopefully yall find a good place on yalls list for that one. My day is so much brighter now holy cow

[@kodekarlo13]

Great reaction, great band, great song, in 2019 on BabyMetal's US tour, Avatar was their opening band.

[@dkmcbigsley]

I saw them open for BabyMetal in Dallas 2019, and I'll be damned if they weren't almost as good. I'd never heard of them but their live set was amazing!!!

[@christopherbulington5975]

when the snow lies red, tsar bomba, murderer are all fantastic songs as well

[@aliciacarr9899]

Finally! I've been waiting to see you guys react to Avatar and you did not disappoint!

[@rcu1995]

Thank you for reacting to this, just subbed. Y'all stay well and positive!

[@jeremygreene5019]

Avatar is my all time favorite band. None of their songs sound the same. You guys need to check out more of them. They do not have a bad song.

[@vildonfire]

some of the old ones are a bit sketchy, but yeah I agree. There are very very very few songs that get the "skip" treatment :D

[@tycolbert6853]

Another great song by Avatar is, The Eagle Has Landed. I think you would really enjoy some of Rammstein's live performances as well. Their concerts are amazing. Some suggestions are: Rammstein - Paris - Du Hast Rammstein - Ich Will (Hurricane Festival 2016) Rammstein - Ich Tu Dir Weh (Live from Madison Square Garden) Rammstein - Engel (Live from Madison Square Garden)

[@f.b.jeffers0n]

Avatar is awesome! I suggest, "Hail the Apocalypse."

[@robwright7566]

Guys if you enjoyed that, I highly recommend either The Eagle Has Landed or Statue of the King by Avatar. Also, I recommend Redneck by Lamb of God... Keep up the good work guys!!

[@pockydoobles1767]

Rabbit Hole well and truly opened. Such an underrated band. They recently dropped a new album which is incredible. 'A Secret Door' is highly recommended from it. Slipknot's Corey Taylor does the whistling parts on that track.

[@brandy6281]

Great Band. Great Live Gigs. Hell of a show. Seem them 3 times.

[@astralgaze0169]

YES! You gotta react to more avatar, if you want the new stuff then A Secret Door or some of the older stuff then Smells like a freak show, the live version.

[@kevinjensen7765]

Study WW2,and you know what this song is all about...Epic

[@pyrrhusinvictus6186]

I could be wrong but when I first watched the music video the imagery reminded me of Soviet Russia. The guy works for the government and reviews files on citizens to find enemies of the state. Typically when citizens in communist or any dictatorship nations are believed to be a threat they end up getting....eh unlifed. This man's dreams are being haunted and he is dealing with a guilty conscience because he is responsible for the deaths of all of these people.

[@markdavies3556]

This video to me makes me think of someone who used to work in the death camps during WW2 and is now having to live with the things he has seen/done and the bloody angel is there to remind/haunt him

[@MacAnAirchinnighJM]

You guys are the best. It’s either one of my favorite bands or one I’ve never heard of. 50/50 😂

[@alomtz4359]

YES!! Love this band, next needs to be smells like a freak show (not the official video tho the audio is different there) or hail the apocalypse or the eagle has landed

[@toro55ful]

Avatar is just a blast!! Great reaction and so happy you two reach this band! I discovered this band thanks to Babymetal, they open almost all the Babymetal shows in their USA tour the last year... I only gonna to say that this band is amazing please react to more... Avatar Hail the Apocalypse live in Wacken 2015 is a great one! Not only they rock in their álbums they are an amazing live band so fun to watch 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

[@DarkAngel1985Mike]

That makeup design was used in the Crow taking from the theater mask Eric Draven finds but similar designs can be found in Native American cultures and the African Zulu tribe, the makeup is based on the animal crow or raven which was known as a trickster and a warning of death

[@raymondott6100]

Hail the Apocalypse Let It Burn Smells Like a Freak Show 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@puertoricoman9169]

hail the apocalypse by avatar for sure...but as a future react...Dead Black (Heart of Ice) by Soul Remnant...these guys are CRIMINALLY under rated but musically MINT!!!!!!!!!

[@HauntingHistory]

Heads up... if you do Smells Like a Freakshow, do the album version. They got a lot of good ones. Let It Burn, Torn Apart, Black Waltz, etc...

[@switchboardrevelry4275]

Megadeth from "megadeath" which is the measurement for 1 million deaths as a result of nuclear warfare. War is a major topic of Thrash metal. So there ya go.

[@thomazpacifico5850]

Avatar is awesome!! 🤘🤘 You should check this other songs too: - The King Welcomes You to Avatar Country - Silence in the Age of Apes - Hail the Apocalypse - Tsar Bomba - a capella in the car: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGnddaWfl8yLg8k

[@jessese.3686]

Love this song, love the lyrics of this song, love this band and please more Avatar songs reaction

[@HammeredReactions]

I first saw these guys at a bar in Chicago in 2015 and then 4 more times since then. I’m currently in the beautiful city and home of Avatar, Gothenburg Sweden and have met Johannes

[@disturbedfreak1372]

I love this band. I saw them in concert last year. Their great

[@tiges1972]

Just a few recommendations. Halo-Machine Head Vero-Somali Yacht Club Gardenia-Kyuss Tyrant-Wheel 🤘🤘

[@Godspeed1756]

Lmao I love The Crow.... I used to have my name on here as Eric Draven.

[@joshuadiaz270]

AVATAR!!

[@jean-yveskaczmarek7458]

One of the best band of the current metal from Sweden. Amazing live as well. Check the King Welcomes you to Avatar Country , Live at PolandRock.

[@zebra_son]

These guys are true riff kings

[@ron3365]

Avatar - The king welcomes you to avatar country, and after the burial lost in the static

[@derrickmason409]

You needed to do the live performance of this song from Polandrock 2019 to really get a feel for the band.

[@bassieadrieaan2430]

yes

[@kellymullins9706]

Gotta check out some live Avatar, even more impressive! Let it Burn Hail the Apocalypse Scream Until You Wake The Eagle Has Landed Statue of The King

[@peterjackson6011]

Avatar is the shit! In the future I recommend: -Hail The Apocalypse -Vultures Fly -Torn Apart -Smells Like A Freakshow -The King Welcomes You To Avatar Country

[@TheBradlad]

Great reaction the songs about a dude deciding who dies in the holocaust and him dealing with the stress and call out to a entity to kill him to end the pain very emotional song

[@Marie-xe9kk]

Thanks guys im from Sweden and love Avatar

[@metalman3987]

Can y'all do what the dead men say by trivium?!?!?!? Imma keep asking till it happens 😤

[@Adam-dh6rp]

Avatar is a swedish band, bloody angel is a song about what the swedes did to the Jewish refugees during WW2 fleeing the Nazis. Instead of letting anyone and everyone come to Sweden as the world thought they did, in recent declassified documents by swedish intelligence they picked and choosed who to let in and who to leave in Nazi hands. The German shepherd obviously represents the German ideal of the final solution and the man is a swedish immigration worker passing judgement. The man in the painting is their president of the time during WW2 Per Albin hasson. The dog showing up represents basically what the swedes did to the Jews was basically just as bad as what the Nazis did and the swedes knew what they where doing and Avatar who is portraying a ghost is their torment or guilt screaming in the immigration workers ear and giving him (the swedish government) nightmares. The end basically means now that the secrets are out and the public knows, just because the Nazis where stopped (the German shepheard leaving) there's a new person to pass judgement and it's the swedish people this time ( the lead singer sitting at the desk) but it's on the swedish government and deciding on how they want to hold their government accountable for how they treated the Jews.

[@RS159ti]

Some of the vocals in this brought to mind the late great Warrel Dane. That made me realise there really isn't anybody doing Nevermore reactions on KZbin which is a real shame! How about reacting to Nevermore "The River Dragon Has Come"? Mega chonky riffs and an incredible guitar solo

[@DarkAngel1985Mike]

Kane is now the Mayor of Knox County Tennessee

[@Hollywood6IX]

What....

[@MidLifeCrisisAdventures]

The character in the video is a German soldier suffering nightmares and wishing for his end after committing atrocities during WWII.

[@metaphoria3]

The word you were thinking may have been regalia. Btw Peaches in Regalia is an amazing vibe by Frank Zappa!

[@rozzya8437]

❤Avatar! Please react to Statue of the king and Hail the Apocalypse!

[@mightyowl19bloodstone77]

The word you were looking for is garb. I'd like to see a reaction to Sultans of Swing by Dire Straights. The lead guitar is AMAZING and perfect- I think they didn't get enough credit for their talent. I feel like the video/song is about a serial killer. His "angel" releases him from his inhibition to kill by telling him it's okay to "save" his victims by killing them. It also seems that he blames the angel for the killings, while over time, he allows the angel to take him over. By the end, the angel is in control and the man is the "passenger" in a life that he can no longer lead.

[@charlessummers8041]

Fun Fact they toured with Babymetal recently

[@davidramirez6152]

Avatar yeahhhh 🤘 please colosus by Avatar 🖤

[@TheNightInsideTheFir]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD...MORE AVATAR!

[@5amrunner112]

React to Avatar “hail the Apocalypse

[@chipcabaniss623]

Seen them live Blue ridge 2021, Awesome

[@ernestgarcia755]

THIS IS ONE OF AVATAR'S BEST SONGS EVER, AND THERE ARE ALOT MORE ULTIMATE SONGS BY AVATAR,,THE SONG IS ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AND THE BLOODY ANGEL IS THE YOUNG GERMAN X-ING OUT PEOPLE'S LIVES, MOSTLY JEWS, WHEN THE SINGER JOHANNES TELLS THE BLOODY ANGEL TO BREAK OFF THE CHAINS AND LOOK WHAT WAS FOUND IN THE DIRT,( IT'S A DEAD LADY )SEEMS SHE WAS STRUGGLING, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD, ( SHE WAS KILLED ) READ THE LYRICS AND WATCH THE VIDEO A FEW TIMES, IT'S VERY UNDERSTANDABLE AND SAD,, THRU THIS SONG IT'S REVEALING THE TRUTH ALMOST TO THE EXACT REALITY..AVATAR IS ONE OF THE BEST GROUPS EVER, THAT'S MY OPINION OF THEM.,TO EACH THIER OWN OPINION,.

[@rgbjojozahau]

Illegally Underrated band

[@maxviking3210]

Great reaction. I like Avatar a lot. Have you guys ever checked out another Swedish band called Orbit Cultur? If not… you should.. its the level!

[@beelzebub8756]

Unlucky morpheus - Carry on singing to the sky 🤟🏼😎

[@fredrikdunemo6184]

Something I know you guys would love is Hacktivist - Unlike us. Its a rap/djent metal group from England. Please, please, please react 🤘

[@cadenfeekes3256]

Good song! Who is gonna be the one by Jinjer?

[@veevamm3642]

Your reactions are gold! Do more AVATAR better yet Live it Wacken!

[@EldritchCelt]

Boys, please check out The Longest John's Oak & Ash& Thorn. Such a chill band and song!

[@matess666]

This band was created before the Cameron made the movie Avatar...

[@joshuadiaz270]

LETS GO

[@BarzaugcTube]

more Avatar please!. And if you have time, also react to "through the fire and flames" by Dragonforce

[@an1malsr0ck]

I don't really know this band, good song. Thanks guys!

[@darkerimage9123]

Check out their new drops "Dance Devil Dance" or "Dirt I'm Buried In". You won't be disappointed and are sure to be amazed.

[@tonyisbell9732]

Avatar torn apart

[@christerolausson2702]

This song is AWESOME! Avatar is tooo…

[@henryward4783]

The dog won't let him leave.

[@richardkraft8902]

His job was marking people to be arrested and later executed it was too much for him to handle so he created his bloody angel to do it cause he knew what he was doing was too much for him to handle

[@trishbarsby2516]

YES. Definetly should do some more Avatar. I am probably going to get some hate but this one is one of my least favs by them. Love Night Never Ending. Collossus is pretty good. I think you should do a Halloween thme for Oct. Bands who dress up/do makeup.

[@YourGodStalin]

If Heaven and Hell are real...aren't we all just avatars for our souls?

[@tomsteward2575]

Greetings from Guam! Please check out Amon Amarth: Twilight of the Thunder God 🤘🤘

[@odelldaniel7868]

recently discovred Avatar at a festival.....they stole the show, badass Mfr's

[@sentenced03]

dude avatar are amazing, do black waltz it would be funny as hell to watch you guys squirm at the video lmao.

[@ShadowedMage]

You guys should check out some stuff like Scar Symmetry, Soilwork, or Mercenary!

[@dombutterflies7727]

If you guys could please react to White Buffalo The Whistler. It’s one of the few songs that I really get goosebumps from.

[@moorematt11]

great song you'll should do some homework on it