Slayer - Angel of Death (Live At The Augusta Civic Center, Maine/2004) | Reaction

[@RobertPeters-s9r]

This song is a History Lesson.

[@xerodelacroix5552]

The best story regarding this song is Jeff's (who wrote the song) recollection of being accused of being a notsee band, all he had to say was; "If you listen to that song and think we're glorifying it, what the hell is wrong with you?"

[@seannicholson8498]

Whats a "notsee"??? 🤣

[@Kanglar]

@@seannicholson8498 Doesn't want youtube to censor the comment.

[@nikkireviews]

@@xerodelacroix5552 Right?? I thought that too - like why would someone have to explain that? 😬

[@WakeMeSoon]

@@nikkireviews because there is the notsee and NSBM (national socialist black metal) scene, there are people who follow that ideology in metal, unfortunately.

[@roccoantoniosanza6376]

an absolute masterpiece not only of heavy metal but of music in general

[@TheRealMCJ74]

Simply Amazing as usual. Thanks for playing. RIP Jeff Hanneman

[@rohmarts]

You nailed it. Slayer often points out that history, and Humans can be very dark. It is a grim message and the wise learn from it.

[@nikkireviews]

Thanks. ☺️ I'm looking forward to seeing what else Slayer has to teach me. 🤔

[@francescorizzotti2429]

Dave Lombardo on drums is like an hurricane

[@nikkireviews]

Really, he is!

[@erolbulut2584]

Only more organized.

[@DaveMartin-h5o]

It’s a reminder of how cruel human beings can be towards each other And a warning for us all to be mindful that it never happens again

[@nikkireviews]

That's right.

[@davidgardiner4620]

Exactly Dave

[@BTAColorado]

It's too bad we are careening towards a period of history where those warnings were not remembered.

[@Gary_M]

I'm glad you're giving Slayer another chance and getting something out of it. I can understand why going to a Slayer concert blind could be overwhelming, it's a lot to take in at once. That's the reason extreme music will never be mainstream, it takes a little work on the listener's part with multiple listens to really "get" it, but you are rewarded with something deeper than pop music for your trouble. That's where the intense loyalty by fans of extreme genres comes from.

[@kreator73]

Thank you for having, so to speak, the "musical breadth" to listen to such a fierce band as Slayer, especially since you grew up on pop music, I appreciate your gesture even more. Slayer is my favorite band since childhood. Now I'm 50 years old and I still like to listen to Slayer because heavy metal bands don't play this style anymore. In general, I was attracted by the speed and accuracy of playing in this speed-thrash genre. I am from Europe and I know who Josef Mengele is and through the lyrics of the song it is so obvious that they are simply telling/singing the scarier stories of humanity that everyone somehow wants to forget. Slayer is here to remind us. You also have a song called Dead Skin Mask, which is based on a terrible, tragic event that took place in your country in the USA. Thank you again for handling the reactions to Slayer songs - all compliments from me!

[@darrellmchenry1372]

Fun fact, I typed Slayer reaction into the search bar and your video was at the top. Now you have a new subscriber. :) I like your style, it's perfect.

[@nikkireviews]

Oh wow, well thank you! Glad to have you here! 😊

[@tonykubilius9971]

Hello Nikki Thanks for playing Slayer We definitely need more like Raining Blood

[@PaulSink]

Thanks for your reactions and responses always looking forward to them .🤘🤘🤘Another great job Nonsense Nikki 👌😊!

[@nikkireviews]

Haha thank you 😁

[@DrSprigs]

Dave Lombardo's drumming is just so perfect he's extremely fast but you can hear every single beat he plays and its perfectly in time, it's like someone sticking a diesel engine on a metronome.

[@PaulSink]

The shredding duels are insane for sure .And the double kick drumming too .Facts you still need talent to make it worth watching/listening to .Thanks for your evaluation of the song and title .

[@nikkireviews]

As always, thanks for watching! ☺️ And yeah, being a GOOD intense takes talent. 😅

[@hardeavers8645]

legendary drummer right there!!! "Lombardo"

[@davidanderson1639]

He certainly didn’t deserve to be treated the way he was. For years the rest of the band were getting paid an obscene amount more than Lombardo was per tour, whilst the management (& clearly with Tom & Kerry’s knowledge) were skimming millions of dollars in revenue from tours.

[@shawnfate2656]

Slayer= controlled chaos

[@kindred5765]

I was at this show....they played the entirety of Reign in Blood. Crazy show

[@5ivetk347]

The album version with lyrics is a way better experience

[@nikkireviews]

Dang 🤦🏻‍♀️ I'll have to check that out.

[@mortenfrederiksen3063]

They always are, I get so sad when reaction channels dont just listen to album versions

[@uskissvinylreferencepage3388]

Postmortem/Raining Blood from that same show! Must be watched together... Nice little surprise halfway through

[@WakeMeSoon]

I was 15 years old when this song and album came out and hearing a song about Mengele was cool IMO because I was so interested in history, especially WW2, and I had recently learned about him in history class.

[@thomaslazarek6835]

Great reaction. The Reign In Blood album was my introduction to Slayer shortly after it was released on October 7, 1986. I was 15. Unlike anything I ever heard. Slayer and many other metal bands unapologetically say what needs to be said. Many metal songs are about history. Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. Those who don't want you to know history are planning to repeat it.

[@javirios9234]

Yeah Nikki. I've been criticized for requesting this song because of the subject matter like a lot of us are ignorant about what it's about. Like I told people before, you can admire a song for the music, structure, writing etc without glorifying it. Also, metal is known for bands that write great songs about history and other great subjects that is not about sex drugs and rock n roll i.e. Iron Maiden, Sabaton, Megadeth, Gojira, Metallica to name a few. Also, as an American I've learned that hiding history doesn't mean it didn't happen and we should be reminded so these things don't happen again. Bloodline by Slayer is another great one. It has the pinkish elements to it. Great review Nikki . Thank yoi!❤

[@nikkireviews]

Thank you for watching and requesting! I agree with you, I don't see anything wrong with someone writing a song talking about things that have happened. I don't look at it as glorifying it at all..and like you said, not talking about it doesn't mean it didn't exist. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@andreasekman2176]

THE 1of Great 4...Don't get me wrong,The other bands are ********* great tooooo,but this is objective...This is My childhood...Good choice,girl..😅😅 Love your work btw..😊

[@MikeOwen-u8j]

I saw slayer at glen Helen amphitheater Marilyn Manson opened for them 15 years ago fing awesome killer seats in the front right next to the pit free ticket epic never forget!!!!

[@erolbulut2584]

Merely a history lesson.

[@skydor5318]

You need to listen to Slayer - South of Heaven. 🤘

[@nikkireviews]

@@skydor5318 I will make a note of that, thanks!

[@seanmurphy637]

When I was getting into Metal in the 80's, South of Heaven was the first Slayer song that I loved, and that got me into Slayer proper. It's still the first song I think about when Slayer is mentioned.

[@NathanPerez24]

🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@nikkireviews]

😁🤘🏻

[@nathanpark1058]

Yeah, Jeff Hanneman really knew history! "Sadist of the noblest blood" refers to the fact that Josef Mengele was a member of the Habsburg Royal Family. I also learned a new word with this song lol. "Abacinate" - To cut off the eyelids so the victims see everything you're doing. Mengele was fascinated with twins and would try changing eye color by injecting acids. At the end the line "Rancid Angel of Death flying free." alludes to the fact the Catholic Church helped him escape justice. Something creepy is in the '90's old black and white photos of a Nazi Submarine surfacing in a South American jungle port and what looks like Hitler standing there. Mengele lived there the rest of his life after the war except for a brief time in the U.S. The creepy part is that there is a big stone swastika in the jungle and what looks like an auditorium for speeches and the kids in the area who should look probably Latino have a high occurrence of twins, they're fair skinned, blonde hair, and blue eyes.

[@davidgardiner4620]

That's a trip Nathan

[@TheEliminator1992]

Hmm.... Where they looking for El Dorado as well?

[@martinwhite3559]

With Slayer, it is a lot for a non metalhead. I preciate people reacting to this sort of thing. The whole album was a game changer at the time. Very brutal but so good. Most metalheads lieten more for the music than the lyrics but Slayer put the lyrics at the forefront of their songs. Metallica is another band that the lyrics matter. They wrote some of the most emotional songs in the 80s. Master of Puppets, Fade to Black, Welcome Home (Sanatorium) and One. They even did a few great instrumentals. Orion, To live is to die and Call of Ktulu. Orion is so powerfull. No lyrics but you can imagine a story that goes a long with the music.

[@davidgardiner4620]

Damn straight Martin

[@skerr808]

It's really amazing how Slayer's music tackles a lot of really important and yet personal topics like religion, fascism, genocide, etc. Believe it or not, I was drawn to heavy metal in the same way. I'm drawn to the importance of the lyrics and the true meaning and strength behind them. I'll admit though, I'm not always drawn to the same topics though, but I do love that they get addressed. I like to think that's how I got into bands like Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Slayer, Anthrax, etc. Nine Inch Nails song "Head Like A Hole" - check it out. :) Oh, and if you want more Slayer, I'd recommend "Seasons of The Abyss." I think the video was filmed in Egypt. Kinda cool.

[@nikkireviews]

Yep, I completely know what you mean - sometimes I'm not super interested in the topics as well but it definitely brings to light things that need to be talked about and acknowledged. Thank you for the suggestions! I definitely wanna check out some Nine Inch Nails soon cause I don't really know much by them.

[@dragonfire7734]

I was there, last time i saw them live

[@nikkireviews]

Oh wow, that's cool that you were actually there. 👀

[@dennisrichards2604]

Ice-T has a heavy metal band called Body Count. Talk Shit, Get Got is a good one. There Goes The Neibourhood. Institutionalized is excellent too. If ya havent checked out Body Count, you need too. All Black Band except 1 guy. Cheers from Canada eh.

[@igorgille]

because he made progress in medicine and did experiments on living people

[@josetarifeno1770]

la banda más Chacal del planeta

[@luisochoa9822]

Good good.... Bestial rock of slayer...

[@ExplosiveNotes]

Bloodline is different era of Slayer, but they never had realy bad era IMO.

[@Greatest1812]

I like the lyrics of this song, it's noticeable that the band also likes to sing it. They could write more lyrics in homage to Nazism.

[@drew3030]

5:56 I wonder if that was me lol. You didn't reply but I wrote on your Taylor Swift Postmortem clip "Even as a slayer fan... I don't think you should be emphasising the talent. It's all about the intensity and the feels with slayer. The solo's suck mostly, especially Kerry King, but if you just emphasise the chaos, then they fit the songs. I think if you're talking about the talent rather than the feels, you're just not connecting with it, so there isn't any point forcing it."

[@JoeJohn777]

At least Jeff is here!

[@nathanpark1058]

I can play most of the rhythm guitar on this one including all the main riffs. It sounds like it would be hard, but the tab shows simple notes. You just gave to practice alternate picking really fast. Now I only recently became able to play the riff change in Raining Blood where it gets super fast and this 11 year old Asian girl smaller than the guitar she was playing did it no problem lol. I figured it out, she cheated because I cheated and left of a note from the tab and you don't notice it. The entire riff was on the thick E string anyway.

[@nikkireviews]

Oh wow, that's great that you can play this! Maybe it is simpler than I think but it still blows my mind. 😅

[@igorgille]

america.....well done

[@igorgille]

Americans rescued him and took him to America

[@Falcon-m9w]

When slayer play we don't speak just listen...😅😅😅😅 its a school not music... planet ausvic....💀💀💀💀💀

[@nikkireviews]

Yeah that's a good reason to stop my yapping. 😅

[@jamesmcminn2953]

Dig your channel.... Dead skin mask!

[@nikkireviews]

Thank you! I had to Google, I thought you were talking about my face. 😂 Slayer song, got it! ✔

[@sumonjamal1653]

Slayer is one of those rare bands that sounded exactly like they did on their records. That was probably because the band was so seasoned playing live and like AC/DC, they recorded w/ the most basic production values. This particular tour (2003 - 2004) had Slayer playing the entire 'Reign in blood' album from 'Angel of death'... to 'Raining blood'... (The late) Guitarist Jeff Hanneman wrote 'Angel of death' about nazi atrocities against Jews in death camps... which included human experimentation... Dr. Mengele, who orchestrated the brutal torture of captive Jews, was the main reason why the 'Hippocratic Oath' (that doctors need to take before practicing medicine) were revised and drafted in 1948 after World War II by the World Medical Association so that doctors and medical professionals were legally and ethically obligated NOT to partake in such atrocities in the name of medical science. Rick Rubin had to distribute Slayer's 'Reign in blood' independently since his label American Recordings was distributed by Columbia Records, who refused to release the record because of the song 'Angel of death'...However, guitarist Jeff Hanneman was assumed by real nazis to be sympathetic to their cause because of the track, and that horrified him in life when they would approach him thinking he was 'pro-nazi'... and Hanneman would shun them. Same thing w/ Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister, who collected historical artifacts of war, including items associated w/ nazi soldiers killed in World War II... Lemmy said, "I only collect the stuff. I didn't collect the ideas." His collecting the artifacts of war was merely a reminder of the magnitude of atrocities committed by those groups of people.

[@MicaelaColin-k5i]

It's funny how people think slayer is a racist band when half the band is Hispanic

[@AgenteusaRR]

i told ya, my man Dave Lombardo on the drums kills it, you know what , i never heard "a drummer filled for Dave Lombardo". I wonder why :DDD you do have to listen to War Ensemble live , its from their channel too ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKLRdGhqq8eImLc

[@DesertNoyz]

Slayer wrote about dark subjects such as the dark side of humanity. You should listen to Megadeth. I think you'd find interest in the subjects they cover in their music

[@Proudkiwifarmer]

I hope you know the story behind this classic song

[@Jason-bi2hx]

It's amazing how naive people think Slayer glorifies this sort of thing. Check out War Ensemble, which the first line includes 'Propaganda war ensemble' which immediately craps on the thought of war. They really were just trying to educate about war is hopeless, in their own heavy way. I hope you continue the Slayer journey. Megadeth is also a great anti-war metal band. Rock on Miss \m/

[@igorgille]

he tortured and killed thousands of people, but all in the name of progress

[@diracio]

South of heaven the song next i suggest!

[@donculotta1551]

Truly a misunderstood song. This song got them banned forever from Israel (no joke) back in 87.

[@tommywilkins100]

Do the song dead skin mask by slayer keep up the good work

[@Finkele1]

raining blood...classic from reign in blood album. hmm

[@jessierodriguez7168]

I doubledare you actually I triple dare you to do Slayer "silent scream" ain't nobody got the guts to do that one😂😂😂😂

[@nikkireviews]

Now I am intrigued. 🤔🤔🤔

[@jessierodriguez7168]

@@nikkireviews , well before you take the chance I suggest you listen to it and read the lyrics.. a lot of people are going to start crying and having all kinds of fits about it.. If you do it I for one would be so proud of you and if you don't well you don't. Nonetheless I was still admire you for even considering it lol

[@jessierodriguez7168]

@@nikkireviews , basically that song today will strike many nerves, a lot of people can't hack it but to me it's the truth of how things are

[@timscott5827]

Love it if you don’t know educate yourself.

[@97warlock]

u should have the slayer song a little louder imo

[@nikkireviews]

@@97warlock Thank you! I'm always trying to have the right balance but older songs sometimes are a bit quieter so I have to keep that in mind. I appreciate the feedback though. ☺️

[@DarrellW_UK]

Not really my jam, it’s a bit too chaotic for my taste I like more melodic metal than this; that said it doesn’t stop me appreciating their skills, their musicianship is 🔥 amazing. I am absolutely certain that if they played something more melodic I would like them. Great reaction and analysis, I always like that you go through the lyrics, it’s great from the point of view for me half the time I miss a lot of them! 😂

[@drew3030]

I feel like world history isn't taught in the US?

[@MattSwain1]

I think it was controversial in its day because there was enough people who hated metal and it was an easy conclusion to reach that the song was celebrating what went on in the camps, in the same way that all metal fans were into Satan etc. When you look at the lyrics they don’t describe him as a great man, they call him an infamous butcher and a sadist. I don’t doubt that some people did enjoy the song for the wrong reasons but more is gained by openly discussing difficult subjects than sweeping them under the carpet. There’s a large number of Slayer fans are better educated as a result of this song who wouldn’t have otherwise looked at this awful period of history

[@davidgardiner4620]

So damn true MattSwain 1. I agree completely with what you stated here! So true brother

[@nickdangelo3266]

U should check out “repentless “

[@FransKoops]

yes repentless but better do the the whole video trilogy to understand the story

[@seanmayhew3888]

listen to the album version much better.

[@JoeJohn777]

LOL you are very late !

[@williamreiser3118]

Hello cutie the song is about Joseph Rudolph Mengele a German Nazi from world war II dubbed the angel of death because he performed horrific experiments on prisoners of war at the camp concentration camp he was in evil man Jeff hanneman the bass player of Slayer was accused in the band was of being Nazis so he got kicked off about it and wrote this song and if you look at the lyrics closely cutie it does not glorify it it says how evil the guy is that angel of death died when I was 17 years old in 1979 met that man burn in hell

[@cyborgx2078]

You have to look at the other bigger rock and metal reaction channels and see which bands get the most views and react too. KZbin delivers what people search for, if your video is about a song that a lot of people want to see, the reaction gets a lot of views!

[@nikkireviews]

@@cyborgx2078 That's a good idea. 🤔 I never really looked into bigger channels that do metal reactions before. I'll have to search them out. Do you have any favorites? ☺️

[@cyborgx2078]

@@nikkireviews You have to study KZbin, have a strategy and know what works and what doesn't. As I said, there are several large react channels that have a lot of views, you have to see what works on these channels. The Charismatic Voice,AileenSenpai,bisscute etc

[@Gary_M]

People can smell it when you're only doing it for the views. Nobody needs another "The Corporate Voice". Listen to whatever you like.

[@nikkireviews]

@@Gary_M Thanks! I do appreciate all feedback, really. I think it could be beneficial to see what other people are doing..but at the same time, the little bit I've seen of other reactors..I just don't wanna do. 😬 I don't wanna do the clickbait shocked thumbnails where it's not even a still from the video...or be too busy bobbing my head to really grasp the song. 🤷🏻‍♀️ No hate to anyone in particular, but I think that's what help draws in viewers and I don't like that. But as for which songs to take into consideration, I can see where it would help. But requests from you guys are always gonna be factored in first. 🎵

[@cyborgx2078]

@@Gary_M It's not just about views, it's about reacting to the most popular songs that most people want to see

[@user-kf1jy9wu8n]

GREATEST THRASH METAL BAND OF ALL TIME!!!!

[@seannicholson8498]

There's nothing shocking at all about the lyrics

[@nikkireviews]

Well, just not knowing who the Angel of Death was going into it took me off guard a little bit. But once it got started, no, it was very clear.

[@Keinerliebtmichsowieich]

Metal is not for Mainstream Morons.

[@nikkireviews]

Hopefully you don't mean me! 😅 But honestly I hope metal does reach the mainstream peeps. I've really never related to music so much until listening to rock/metal. I do enjoy pop and mainstream stuff, but it doesn't hit the same emotions. 🤷🏻‍♀️