Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss (Official Video) | Reaction

[@andrewawakened628]

That's Dave Lombardo on drums, and he's arguably one of the best metal drummers of all time and a huge influence on the many who came up after him. Those fills were very creative and a bit different from what would normally be done for music in this genre.

[@Will_Wel]

Love your in-depth and detailed analysis. And your description of the feelings and mental imagery songs give you. And you are correct Slayer has always been mixed guitar heavy as the guitar is the main driving sound of the band. And most metal really. With the exception maybe of the South of Heaven album which is their album showcasing Dave Lombardo the drummer. This song is also mainly a drum song. And yes Slayer solos have a definitive sound that is characteristic and trademark to the band. I call them tormented solos. As the notes are purposefully chaotic and tormented sounding.

[@qualitycontrol2086]

Many Slayer songs feature both guitarists dueling/complimenting one another.

[@derangedhermit2879]

I'm an old metal head, and instrumental based improvisation guitarist, at it for over 33 years. I have mellowed out stylistically over the years, maturing into the Bitches Brew Miles Davis brand of heart attack rock fusion, and the boogie woogie blues, jazz, rock, funk stylings of Jimi Hendrix. & yet I still tend to fall back on my foundational metal upbringing every now and then where Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist Randy Rhoads put his G.O.A.T. high water mark way up on the absolute peak of heavy metal musicianship. The whole Seasons in the Abyss album specifically, in particular, is unequivocally, the most listenable Slayer album, of all the albums, in Slayers entire catalog. The Season of the Abyss album, should ranked amongst the top 10 albums of the entire 1990's decade, and it should be listened to straight through, in its whole entirety, several times, from front to back. Someone here in the comments, hit the nail right on the head, by saying that most Slayer songs are ruined, to the casual listener, due the Slayers penchant toward foreboding primally screamed vocals and dark lyrics, which tend to interfere with the bands focused raw heavy instrumental vibe, Slayers not anything quite approaching the degree that Sepultura's vocalizations, which often ruin the whole bands amazing raw heavy instrumental vibes. To my ear, the lyrics and vocals on Season in Abyss are the most tolerable, and mainstream that Slayer had ever gotten... Some other high level 1990's metal albums, that a jazz head should really have listen to, in their whole entirety, are listed in no particular order: Slayer's-Seasons of the Abyss, Sepultura's-Chaos A.D., Pantera's-Vulgar Display of Power, and Cowboys from Hell, Testament's-Low, Life of Agony's-River Runs Red, Megadeth's-Rust in Peace, and Countdown to Extinction albums, Carcass's-Heartwork, Suicidal Tendencies-Lights.Camera.Revolution, Rage Against the Machine's-Self Titled album, Corrosion of Conformity's Deliverance... ...& in roundin out the 1990's somebody should mention some alternative metal geniuses, Primus's Frizzle Fry, Sailing the Seas of Cheese, Pork Soda, The Red Hot Chilli Pepper's-Blood Sugar Sex Magik, NOFX's-White Trash Two Heebs and a Bean, Sound Garden's-Badmotorfinger, and Superunknown albums, Pearl Jam's-Ten, Tool's-Undertow albums...8)

[@MetalED]

War Ensemble. Dead Skin Mask. Silent Scream. Divine Intervention. Killing Fields. There's a shit ton of others. Great vid as usual!

[@nonserviam751]

And, Crypts of Eternity, and Necrophiliac

[@supercheese905]

THE INTRO IS FUCKING CRAZY. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE LAST TWO SLAYER LIVE SHOWS, OUT OF 5+. GREAT EXPERIENCE, GREAT REACTION. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, SLAYER. ROCK ON!!!

[@btrau9940]

Or SLAYER"S "South Of Heaven"

[@dalefleming6427]

Tom Araya is the bass player and lead vocalist, the first solo was Kerry King, second solo was Jeff Hanneman (RIP Jeff), and the awesome drummer is Dave Lombardo. By the way, love ya Dave

[@buckfuttler2877]

what a great way to describe a face melting solo, "Hype time in your heart"! OUT. STANDING!!! lol

[@brianchacon9191]

That's the spirit of the mighty Jeff Hanneman you hear screaming!

[@ashrogers1917]

There's a whole lot of "reacting to heavy metal" vids on here and this is probably the best one I've seen. As a Slayer fan of 25+ years this was genuine man. You put great thought into it and went in depth! Instant sub. Hail Slayer!!!

[@efakter1]

Great reaction to a great song. Time for Iced Earths “Dantes Inferno” alive in Athens reaction. Epic greatness!

[@jasongallegos651]

Man, I hope so

[@Chevymetal69z28]

Fun fact: Slayer couldn't go in the pyramids with lighting to film the video, so they used mirrors to project the illusion that they were in the pyramids.

[@randycomerford2038]

They are my favorite band and i love this song and album. I really like your breakdown of the music and the lyrics, great jpb.

[@halina8369]

Dynamic video !!! 🎶🎶🎸🎸 Thank you !!! 🍀🍀🍀

[@prestoncassise4813]

Great job! I like how deep you take the music in its entirety...I hope your journey into the metal scene is a good one brother!!!!! I'll def check out more of your videos , keep it coming!

[@wuphat]

Sometimes I forget Kerry King had hair.

[@TheAhirishman]

I love your reaction. Its cool to see someone feel the song.

[@troydioso3149]

Absolutely love your analysis of this.

[@drioslegacy]

I imagine things when I hear music too. Just a whirlwind of thoughts, visuals, colors, and emotions. Like visions that I can form however I want.

[@davidspivey110]

Awesome video man, Slayer is the shit. South of Heaven and Raining Blood are my personal favorites from them. They kick serious ass.

[@crungushakooter]

SLAYYYERRRR I love Slayer and I would love to see what you think of more of their work. They have a fair bit of range between groove and thrash, this album and the one before (South of Heaven) are imo the grooviest

[@ildranor]

Incredible analysis. I like your feeling

[@harvesterofsorrow4096]

Man I forgot how much I like this song. Another great video

[@purplebeard1526]

One of the Slayer tracks I am a huge fan of. I've been through multiple full albums of theirs on youtube and while musically I dig just about all of it, its the vocals that kill it for me in enjoying the material. That is kind of why I usually say Slayer is an important band in metal but its not for everyone and not a good gateway band to introduce new people to metal. They strike me as that band that after you have someone liking metal or a particular sound in metal then you go hey check out Slayer if you are liking ___.

[@elisacardenas3535]

This is my personal favorite song from Slayer

[@btrau9940]

React to SLAYER'S "Black Magic" Great reaction

[@nupraptorthementalist3306]

Great lyrics too.

[@vitoriomontanhaethes7374]

Yep!!!! 🔥🔥🔥👏

[@rosshixon6796]

Always loved hearing Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman bounce solos back n forth.

[@rosshixon6796]

Just found your channel. Bout to go down the rabbit hole!

[@vitoriomontanhaethes7374]

Dave lombardo 🔥🔥🔥

[@onemangang2010]

This video was filmed during the first gulf war

[@nupraptorthementalist3306]

My uncle gave me this album when I was 13; I used to listen to it about 8 hours a day-- I dare say their best album, and not just nostalgia speaking. Check out Spirit in Black or Dead Skin Mask.

[@andrewawakened628]

It's interesting about solos. Yes, a lot of solos are written improvising around the theme or idea in the studio, they save the best bits and build upon them until they arrive at something they are really happy with. And in live shows there is often a bit of on the spot improvisation depending on what the particular guitarist likes to do. BUT it can be a double edged sword, because fans fall in love with the way the solo was played on the album and can be disappointed if the guitarist does something that is too different.

[@chessmadness814]

great reaction and analisis, all you said get right to the point

[@ReverenXero]

It's called Synesthesia. It is exceedingly rare.

[@Dutchswish]

I like the slayer solos cuz they’re job is to pretty much keep the pit going, but in this one both of them snap 🤘🏻

[@jasperlit1345]

fun fact >> this was actually filmed on location in front of the pyramids :)

[@bloodyfishheads3316]

Idk if there's a correct meaning of the song, but the intro to me sounds very ceremonial, as if leading to some event. The chorus seems to be about releasing yourself to a bigger force. Like sacrificing your soul or conscience being to some Eldridge entity. Just my thoughts. Also, could you react to Slayer's "Skeletons of Society" of the same album? Musically, it's probably their simplest song but it has such a nice groove, and great lyrics.

[@glaxmogmail]

I do agree about the dueling guitars complementing each other, the one point I want to point out about how Dave has that jazz elements about how he plays and the different variations of rhythm he puts into the different songs that no one can compare It is true about how he says about iron maiden classic story telling

[@Skillgannon83]

WHAT IT DO MY MAN!!!! love listening to your interpretations of music and the music videos! you mentioned iron maiden and their story telling, PLEASE listen to the legacy, amazing song with great lyrics, you won't be disappointed!!

[@Deal-with-it-6]

Going to a Slayer show you had to have balls of steel to jump in the pit, pure chaos is what your going to get.

[@213amp]

SLAYER song AT DAWN THEY SLEEP

[@scottdahlberg4890]

As you go INSANE!!!!!! Innate seed , To watch you bleed, A demanding physical need. ALways got to me for some reason. To watch someone bleed out.

[@stashthevampede]

Guitalos I like that term homie I shall implement it thank you!

[@nielgregory108]

Listening to Slayer is listening to the soundtrack of Hell.

[@stashthevampede]

Holy crap my adolescence...

[@charlesjohnson8983]

These bands were completely propped up by their amazing drummers

[@cokyakr]

Hanneman and King imo the best dueling soloists ever!!! lml Dave Lombardo best metal drummer EVER!!! lml

[@mojoi_iv_v7_i975]

As someone coming from a jazz background, you really need to react to some Testament. Alex Skolnick's playing would be right up your ally. He left the band for a time to study Jazz and formed a Jazz trio in NYC before coming back to Rock with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra before eventually re-joining Testament. I guarantee that if you listen to a few Testament songs you will hear the jazz influence in his playing. He doesn't sound like any other metal guitarist. Check out 'The Ballad'.

[@StarsDie88]

Those drums tho.

[@dalefleming6427]

Silent Scream is a song I think you will find interesting.

[@scottsright456]

Chuck Norris checks under his bed for Slayer

[@mp9488]

Do next War Ensemble with the office video, it's Slayer's first official video

[@TS-kk9ei]

Slayers early stuff is amazing.. Check it out maybe

[@ehud87]

My favorite description is "The soundtrack to hell"

[@gsclarke1]

Good reaction as always bro. Try some slayer - dead skin mask.

[@megarocks911]

Great reaction my friend now do another Slayer song called "skeletons of society'

[@leonardokalinci9894]

If you like story telling songs I recommend you to listen to Jason Becker - End of the Beginning. I promise you that you will fly to another dimension. Love your analysis. (And of course SLAYER ARE THE BEST 🤘🏼🤘🏼)

[@aymanbbx7622]

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[@RÅNÇIÐ]

inb4 it gets taken down xD

[@maxwellstubbs2510]

If you're into trying a death metal song with a message, might I suggest "Call To Destruction" by NILE?

[@slantera]

When time and effort are put into solos, they do complete the song/story. There's another version of this song where the first solo was different and keyboards was added (near the intro and during the outro). Obviously, the final take was a much better fit, and honestly, the original solo sounded sloppy.

[@chrisreilly9942]

metallica am i evil

[@guitarbyrd3425]

I’ll probably get killed for this comment. But whatever... i like slayer, but the reason I don’t love slayer is the guitar solos. The solos are usually so chaotic and don’t really fit the song. They just kind of go off in their own direction. Away from the structure of the song. Not all of their songs, but most.

[@dalefleming6427]

No killing necessary....lol. That is how you feel about it and its neither right or wrong, it's subjective.

[@shazbatagatha6100]

Nah..no kill i..😂 slayer guitar solos give the chaotic feel as well as the beyond sanity masterpieces!!

[@israelmunoz4969]

the solos written are rarely improvised and each show are generally the same.

[@joeblow-tp6gz]

Not a set, they went to the pyramids, bribed the guards with smokes, booze and porno mags, angled light in with mirrors.....yes magazines...1990

[@dalefleming6427]

Sorry your original channel got hacked and lost.

[@benhutzel1223]

dead skin mask