Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (pianist reacts to metalhead friend’s suggestion)

[@Greatmeasures]

We got new mics. Let us know how it sounds!

[@charleslinker2904]

Sounds great! Great album!

[@munkeeBraynStoo]

Awesome. I really, really wanna meet y'all and share original music with piano man!!! Make it happen, Jesus!!!

[@Greatmeasures]

@@munkeeBraynStoo I would love to make this happen one day.

[@MattKrogmeier]

Might be *slightly* overmodulated on your mic, Richard, but otherwise, sounds good!

[@kahwigulum]

You're nose raping the mic.

[@electronicweasel9083]

Oh man, you Slayered him?? He will never be the same..😮

[@scottpulver8692]

Dave Lombardo just SMASHING them skins on that one...love It!

[@Joe45-91]

The abuse my steering wheel has suffered from the amount of times I've heard this song

[@LuGer212]

as much as I'm a fanboy for Dave Lombardo and a drummer myself - it is really nice to see Judson taking in the whole thing, much more focusing on notes and the overall arrangement. you two guys have something special about yourselves, it's a great fun watching your vids - keep it up!

[@Greatmeasures]

Thank you!

[@TomNguyen]

Not gonna lie it was pretty mesmerizing to watch

[@nielgregory108]

Dave Lombardo really shows off on this one.

[@PositivePokemonPlayers]

Dave Lombardo made this song and album MAGIC.

[@alyssahudson1743]

Reign in blood, South of heaven, Seasons in the abyss this is Slayer in their prime

[@Maz08]

Perfectly said!!! Fuck yeah!

[@efogg3]

Reign in blood, South of heaven, Seasons in the abyss AND Hell awaits is prime.

[@alyssahudson1743]

I agree hell awaits is a great album just going with the order I bought them

[@wc1994]

Hell Awaits is just as good as any of their Major Label releases!!!

[@mike2590rrr]

I met a butterfly the other day. I was just hanging out in the backyard, about to mow the lawn, when a monarch butterfly flew over and landed on my finger. I asked him what he wanted. And he said: "Bring back 80's/90's speed metal" 😐👉🤘🦋

[@benmacdhui]

RIP Jeff

[@joshuacanipe7688]

This is my fav Slayer song, and their best album IMO. It had the best dynamics and Lombardo's best drumming. Reign In Blood is a thrash classic but mostly all one flavor.

[@Olivia_Neumann]

You guys are just the greatest. Thanks for the gorgeous snippet and the shout, I appreciate it. Excited to check out Rooster Blues now.

[@antichoice1]

This channel is underrated.

[@munkeeBraynStoo]

This is SOOOOOO fun to play on guitar

[@Greatmeasures]

Agreed

[@frogsnacks]

It really is isn't it, everything fits nicely under the hand, there's no unsecessary movement, it's quick but not too fast, and it's got that groove

[@DZelezen]

i always thought dave lombardo was the greatest metal drummer ever! godfather of double kick, every time i hear his drum fills just puts a massive smile on my face 😍

[@Z1GN1G420]

Loved hearing the rooster blues on the piano, i still jam that blue album all the time.

[@judsong]

My man

[@6ic6ic6ic]

Love to see a reaction to Death. Something from The sound of Perseverance maybe like Flesh and the Power it Holds or Spirit Crusher. Cheers

[@ChicagoTRS]

Dave Lombardo...the best

[@erolbulut2584]

Sounds great! Spot on. Only the sound matters

[@daveneave8311]

Lombardo is.. a.. beast !! Unbelievable drumming in this... even during the guitar solos, the drumming stood out even more for me ...😊

[@anthonyrancourt2131]

I discover so much new songs thanks to your videos!

[@HazzerFloppa]

You guys are like the Rhett & Link of heavier music reactions. I love it.

[@ytr3488]

Reaction videos are fake and staged. Duh

[@wickedfoxbodys1044]

SLAYERRRRRR

[@DM-pv4rw]

New mics sound great. I honestly come more for your amazing song choices and his piano renditions than the reaction. All the songs you've shown him are exactly what I would want to show him (especially all the Pantera).

[@Greatmeasures]

Thank you!

[@antichoice1]

Yeah, the piano renditions are what drew me to these videos as well.

[@stevenhenry5267]

Favorite Slayer song.

[@Flugmorph]

drums are the highlight of this song frfr.

[@pressman1788]

Sounds great! Love the SLAYER reaction!🤘🏻

[@Plan9-3127]

That was a beautiful piece you played at the beginning! I gonna check out that album you mentioned.. This was the the first Slayer song I ever learned to play on guitar.

[@BOOMBOOMPG]

One of the greatest slayer songs ever

[@s.e.gutierrez]

The Richard Cam is an awesome addition🤘

[@fabiolignelli7372]

Great reaction, guys! Slayer is fucking awesome! Unforgettable! The albums Show No Mercy (1983), Haunting the Chapel (1984 EP), Hell Awaits (1985), Reign in Blood (1986), South of Heaven (1988), Seasons in the Abyss (1990): masterpieces!!! Dave Lombardo (the drummer in these Slayer masterpieces): an extraterrestrial, the most absurd, the most impressive of his generation...

[@vorpalblades]

Gene Hoglan-The Atomic Clock

[@fabiolignelli7372]

@@vorpalblades Gene Hoglan: another alien! What he recorded with Dark Angel (Darkness Descends, 1986 album, is a Thrash Metal classic, fucking awesome), with Death (Symbolic, 1995 album: masterful in every aspect, a spectacular Progressive Death Metal) , in addition to what he did in other bands. But even so, my favorite is still Dave Lombardo, considering his generation...

[@robweeks1453]

Never realized how Exodus sounding the solos are on this song.

[@darrenmetal3338]

The drums for this track are out of this world. Lombardo was and still is a beast on drums!!!

[@TripleDippah]

Love the vids. He’s quick on figuring the songs out. 🤘🤘

[@DericAnslum]

...this music is 2+2 to an astrophysicist...

[@TripleDippah]

@@DericAnslumWell yeah, but I’m referring to how quickly he can transpose any of the songs they listen to, just from him being a pro.

[@LastRitesDesigns]

I’m so happy I found this channel

[@Judas3rd]

Love this track soooo much. Groovy slayer. Killer lyrics.

[@julianortiz4151]

Been waiting for this one for months… it’s about time. 😝

[@williamdavis5449]

He looked like he wasn’t enjoying enjoying it so damn much…

[@ZeroSkull80]

Watch Great Measures is the best thing I can do before starting the day!

[@vonclod123]

Sweet, hitting home runs, my favourite Slayer track! Slayer, before this album were getting some guitar instruction/lessons in theory to broaden their horizons, I love Jeff's solo in particular

[@metaldrummersonly4402]

Close your eyes and look deep in your soul

[@TunnelVisionAthletic]

perfect reatsctions. No BS talking and fake reactions jsut listening and appreciation

[@jymesbynd4931]

Only 6 min in and have to comment: Great song. Great idea with the pip so we see both of you and the mom joke had me rolling.

[@kytziaf]

Love that song 🤘

[@user-hf2ik1uf1l]

I love your restraint in this one Richard!! I myself was crazy ass air-drumming channelling my inner Lombardo 😅 That crisp snap of the snare on that track along with those insane drum fills and catchy riffs.. Good choice! 🤟🤟

[@RealLifeMassMultiplayerRPG]

ding dung donggggg snare sounds good. xD this guy is so real

[@Dkeene86]

YESSSSS!!!!! MORE SLAYER!!

[@MrBoomer513]

As much as I love these it would be cool to reverse rolls. Richard listens to something classics and under the radar

[@stecumo6459]

saw slayer do this live on the clash of the titan's tour,arguably the most brutal gig i've been to.i came out like i was on something i was that pumped with adrenaline oh and i was deaf.what a fucking gig

[@JohnnyGingy]

I have a signed poster from Alice In Chains from that tour they were the opener before they exploded in popularity

[@TSE_WOODY]

@@JohnnyGingythat’s pretty sick man, AiC are awesome

[@stecumo6459]

i went the english tour terrance it was suicidal last on the bill,i believe alice got a hard time from the crowd on that tour didn't they.fuck knows why as they're unreal@@JohnnyGingy

[@JohnnyGingy]

@@stecumo6459 yes they often got booed cause they weren’t thrash

[@wickedfoxbodys1044]

Judson is so awesome on that piano. Proceed Judson

[@FretboardToAsh]

Ahem... SLAAAAAAAAAAYYYYEEEEEEEERRRRRR!

[@TheLegendarySuperSaiyanBroly]

The one I've known since childhood with the flute is even more Metal.

[@superlink235]

I NEED to see you guys both react to the Careless Whisper/Seasons In The Abyss mashup. Wham and Slayer were definitely meant to go together. Look it up if you haven't! 😂

[@Greatmeasures]

That exists?? 🤯🤯🤯

[@superlink235]

@Greatmeasures1 yes!! Its called Careless In The Abyss, plsplsplspls you gotta react to it! Sware since hearing it, I can't listen to Seasons without hearing Careless Whisper 😂🤣💀 its that good.

[@thesoundpurist]

I'm not surprised they met each others in detox. I used to know a contrabassist who played jazz and had a professional gig in classical orchestra. Judson reminds me of him. We used to discuss philosophy, art, literature and music the whole night while consuming weed, good quality red wine and variety of cheese bread stick. Very good memories. I myself was more of an eccentric rocker with a lot of fascination for creativity, spirituality and psychology. For certain reasons, I had the attention of intellectual in the field of professional musicians and artists in general. These were the best years of my alien life, alien expressed as an outcast. Didn't changed much but solitude allows me to still experiment somehow. Otherwise, I might be dead by now. I'm surprised I made it this far.

[@judsong]

All of that sounds very familiar to my own life. We’re glad you made it this far as well..

[@TSE_WOODY]

I like this setup and the new mics!

[@rl318]

It is scary how he plays these songs on the piano by ear. I want to hear him do some classic arrangements of these metal songs.

[@wladimirfroes3220]

Symphony X - The Odyssey...Symphonic metal for a classic musician!!

[@haydenwhite4381]

Sounds good 👌

[@Last_of_my_breed]

I don't always listen to Slayer... but when i do, i bang my head !😅

[@ll7868]

Dave Lombardo's best album with Slayer. He formed the band Grip Inc. when he left Slayer in the 90s, they're more like a Groove Metal band than Thrash but definitely worth a listen. Ostracized has an infectious rhythm and beat. He also played for Suicidal Tendencies and is currently the drummer for Testament.

[@beatmet2355]

Dave left Testament earlier this year

[@Lord_Narcowookie]

and Mr. Bungle

[@PaulUndead]

Sepultura-Territory next 🔥

[@hextatik_sound]

Crowley was great poet, magic(k)ian and philosopher. He has some solid writings of both eastern and western esoteria/occult. Very classic but still fresh approach to magic(k) and psychology. Everyone should read Crowley. He's very much relevant still today.

[@philflipante]

What if he was built up to be the guy that he turned out to be, an initiated satanist who was into occult rituals and claiming to harvest energy of little boys by having sex with them?

[@grapeape325]

Dave Lombardo was at the peak of his game. Rivals Peart at times!

[@flacrazymama]

I think it's interesting the different postures Judson has while playing. Some of them he looks more relaxed and then on the Perfect Circle performance, I thought he was going to headbutt the keys.

[@6ic6ic6ic]

Like Schroeder from Charlie Brown.

[@flacrazymama]

@@6ic6ic6ic haha!

[@alexandremaireno-ni4ec]

Probably the best intro in thrash metal

[@scottpulver8692]

That or Hell Awaits...

[@knowwankeno1de1witdelongna85]

@@scottpulver8692my fave slayer track! FOOKIN SLAYER!!!! 🤘🏼

[@vorpalblades]

I don't know, Ghosts of War intro is killer...

[@hernanbernal5784]

Waiting for Mastodon /m/

[@Peter-mo3pr]

Get in, slayer time 😎

[@ronaldschenderlein2135]

Great reaction as usual! Everything sounds real good. Didn''t think Judson was gonna like that one. Oh and like the split screen with you Richard off in the corner, nice touch! Please react to Jaguar God - Mastodon...

[@brianvigneau2074]

I can't pick my favorite Slayer song without questioning myself?

[@Cujo8600]

Best Slayer song

[@urblotasunkynewulf615]

I used to sing this song in Karoake bars.

[@DavidPluimer]

I’ve been listening to this since that video shot at the great pyramids rolled on MTV. This is the first time I’ve thought to myself that when Tom comes in on the first verse that “this sounds like old hardcore punk rock”. Weird.

[@casteliero]

If you guys wanna know more about Alesteir Crowley and whole 60’s occultism and new age era, here’s a book for you: Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius. Excellent piece of that time through popular culture.

[@NOLA_Voodoo]

Different style of music, but I'd love to see y'all do Queensryche "Suite Sister Mary ". Or anything off of Operation Mindcrime or Rage For Order.

[@brettschacht4183]

A full album reaction to Mindcrime would be EPIC!

[@JohnnyGingy]

Always thought Old school Thrash from Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth were basically classical songs

[@tomspring213]

They are, lol. Just with electricity. The only real difference is the fact that there are vocals but a lot of metal instrumental pieces are amazing. Metallica’s, Chimaira’s, hell…even Cannibal Corpse has 2 instrumentals that are really good listens. The first is From Skin To Liquid and the other is Infinite Misery.

[@stefanjones202]

Sometimes I listen to South Of Heaven just for the drums. That and Police's Regatta de Blanc are the greatest albums for incredible drumming. Lombardo is out on his own.

[@Owlyross]

I feel like that with Mastodon. Brannn Dailor has such awesome feel

[@Ja50nification]

Would love to see you guys react to In Flames, maybe crawl through knives.

[@ThaiThom]

I knew he was going to mention the drums first... and he is right: 50% is the drums.

[@0mantra]

Can you guys please start pausing between sections in the songs so we can get a more in-depth perspective from Mr Piano Man. Love hearing what he has to say. Sorry for not remembering your names yet, I'm a fairly recent sub

[@electronicweasel9083]

You have to do 'Angel of Death' now. ..

[@BleaK1211]

This!

[@chupiconverge6034]

Lombardo, the máster.

[@jm53gripsou]

Kai Schumacher cover this song on piano on you tube. Amazing qualité performance. Awesome.

[@alexanderkozinjr.6665]

Does this listenings reflected in Judson's classical lessons, may be he become kinda uhhhm "heavier" in classical stuff in some ways?

[@Greatmeasures]

This is a great question

[@kennykelley5107]

The new mics👍. So much enjoyment watching you two enjoy some Slayer. Dave is a Beast is a Beast on the Drums his double bass straight epic. You need to do a reaction on Alien Weaponry these youngan are brutal.

[@urblotasunkynewulf615]

Have you guys ever checked out King Diamond?

[@Kate22178]

This is the best Slayer album for me. I really like your channel. I hope one day you play a Kreator song.

[@foresthalterman3458]

So when do we get to see Richard play guitar on some of these songs??.?

[@xnoiidb]

I mean... Bleed by Meshuggah has a great full drum sound and some string bending...

[@Greatmeasures]

It does. And it’s coming. Should be uploaded in the next week or so.

[@jjuutis]

Angel of death next :D

[@SteveCoronado2]

Oh my goodness that was so not fair but it was funny. I enjoyed this album even though it was thought of as them “selling out”🤘🏻💥🔥🙏🏻💯

[@SteveCoronado2]

Absolutely correct about Mr Crowley. For a less intimidating look into him you can always listen to Ozzy’s song “Mr. Crowley” It’s a fair depiction of said man

[@gerryj8839]

Pretty dang slick! I've got a request. Not sure how to submit this so I figure I'd try through the comments. I'd love to see BOTH of you listen/comment on a combination of 2, maybe 3 versions of the same classical song. Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain (Justin's forte) and Joe Parrish version - full metal cover- (Richard's forte) and as a bonus for both the disco version from Night on DISCO mountain on the Saturday Night Fever sound track. It would be a long video, but I'd love it!

[@Greatmeasures]

I just took a screenshot of this one. We’re actually going to be recording from the theater on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday so we’re planning to do a ton of videos. Going to try to work this one in. I’m definitely intrigued.

[@SayGex648]

great song to react too peruvian skyies

[@zeigbert1743]

This is the song that made me buy a China back in the day.

[@Knokkelman]

11:55 yeah, that's what I always say, if I like the drums, that's already half the deal, especially with bands I don't know, on festivals. It seems you have no video with an Obituary song, maybe that would fit, always like their drumming.

[@jeffmaltby6185]

Well now you guys just have to do Mr. Crowley by Ozzy and Randy Rhoads

[@georgiosdoumas2446]

abyss comes from the Greek word Αβυσσος and it means something that has no bottom (like an ocean that is very deep). Thelema (3:00) is the Greek word θέλημα, which means will (when you have the will to accomplish something, when you have a goal).

[@walidaf9491]

Dave Lombardo was Slayer.

[@geecee4746]

This song should have an instrumental version

[@ali965]

I’m convinced it could’ve worked as an instrumental. Not that the vocals are bad, but the guitar and drum work is spectacular

[@mattigator600]

You don't hear much of Toms bass playing especially while he's doing vocals , I'm sure he never played alot of fancy stuff under there 😅

[@coyC345]

Great song and reaction as always! Would love to see a reaction to Amongst the Low and Empty by Signs of the Swarm. (That song gave me a concussion lol)

[@adamwhite1977]

Hey guys, love the videos. Have a suggestion of a band for you, try a Finnish band called Amorphis. Death of a King, Narrow Path, Sacrifice, Bad Blood, Wrong Direction & The Wanderer are some of my faves.