FIRST TIME HEARING!!! Skillet - Legendary REACTION & REVIEW!!! Stupid Allergies...

[@THEDavidHeretic]

HOLY HELL IT'S BEEN UNBLOCKED!!!

[@slpreg8214]

im slowly watching all 30 of your skillet reactions, glad i can see it unblocked

[@THEDavidHeretic]

@@slpreg8214 Awesome. Glad to hear you're enjoying the show. Take your time, they're not going anywhere.

[@slpreg8214]

@@THEDavidHeretic yeah i like that u understand music, it isn’t your ordinary reactions. someone who can appreciate the music

[@Callsign_Magman]

Can you do some songs by Parkway Drive Absolute power is great 😊

[@cooperscheider7197]

My guy in this band is john cooper

[@boberhavok]

I am a huge fan of Jen Ledger. She is like a hidden gem in the music industry. She is incredibly talented.

[@Pianomn626]

I think Jen was the last piece that Skillet needed. They hit a new level when they brought her on.

[@boberhavok]

@@Pianomn626 I agree. Her drumming along with her and John's vocals together just kind of created magic. Jen is my favorite musician altogether. I think she has the most beautiful voice in the industry in my opinion. But I love all her stuff with LEDGER. Plus her music helped me through a dark time. So I may be bias lol.

[@Pianomn626]

@@boberhavok The tenor of Jen's voice is very distinctive; it has a smooth strength to it. I'd love to have heard her go old school in a duet with Phil Collins...I feel like the blend between Jen and Phil would be staggering. Imagine her voice in "Separate Lives" with Phil's...

[@boberhavok]

@@Pianomn626 I feel like Jen's voice could blend in well with anyone. Besides John Cooper she blended well with another Christian artist named TobyMac and she blended well with the group From Ashes to New in there cover if Gravity. The little bits they sing together in the Skillet song Breaking Free Jen blended well with Lacey Strum too. She sounds amazing regardless if she is singing with someone else or alone.

[@ianfranks541]

Rewatched this video cause it’s just an awesome song and you’re reaction to this song is amazing! But can we just sit here and admire how “legendary” Johns beard is! That beard is absolute perfection!

[@THEDavidHeretic]

The dense beard of intensity.

[@MesozoicLad]

Crazy. I had the same situation with MY personal favorite Skillet song, Circus For A Psycho. I replayed the first minute 8 times. And the first 20 seconds of each made me tear up. Chills-

[@hthuseby]

Your reaction is a 9.5 on this one! Absolutely amazing and I love it!! Gotta check out your other Skillet reactions now for sure. This song is incredible!!

[@ErikStone1]

Glad to see you're enjoying Skillet. I used to play in a band with the singer, John, before he started Skillet. Can't believe how big they've become! Oh, and in regards to guitar tones...Triple Rec when playing live, but on the records, it's actually plug-ins. Crazy, right?

[@Cattttt802]

Are you talking about the band Seraph?

[@ErikStone1]

@@Cattttt802 haha, yes!!! I’m the bass player from Seraph. 😎

[@JJK-le2yj]

Love your videos! Love Skillet! Your input brings reaction videos to a whole other level, great job!

[@THEDavidHeretic]

FEELIN' YOU JJK!!! I do my best for you guys and gals, because you all deserve nothing less than the best from me.

[@JJK-le2yj]

@@THEDavidHeretic keep it up, subscribed!

[@kevintucker6000]

I just saw Skillet in concert a couples week ago in St Louis, MO. If you haven't you have to see them live. You will not be disappointed.

[@ellier_games7280]

David you’re the best reactor on KZbin hands down!!! I respect your dedication, passion and honesty so much, it’s so refreshing. Skillet is one of my favorite bands without a question, so I always enjoy watching other people fall in love with them like I have

[@Bruuuuuuh.]

Every time when I listen to Skillet, it feels like pool of electricity ❤ They are amazing...

[@ericernandez1655]

Im glad I’m not the only one who cries when Skillet jams out! Lol

[@christhornycroft3686]

You earned a sub there, man. I've never seen anyone on YT with so much passion for the music and understands music from a musician's point of view. I stopped playing keyboards 20 years ago (which I regret), but I still appreciate great music and others who appreciate it as much as I do. Great reaction!

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Thank you for the kind words Chris I really appreciate them. Really glad you enjoyed the show, hope you check out some of the other shows on this channel. I understand you stopped playing keys 20 years ago, but here's the thing about instruments....they're like bikes. If you learned how to play them once before, you can pick it up again. Yeah it's gonna take some work, but not nearly as much work as it took when you were learning. You just gotta get the muscle memory and the feels back into your fingers. The good news is, you still have time. There's literally nothing stopping you from picking it up again. Totally up to you obviously, personally I'd love to hear that you got inspired by something and decided to get back into it again.

[@Pianomn626]

Bro, I've played for 40 years now. Started on piano, switched to a keyboard focus (vs piano) about 25 years ago. It's a joy and a challenge. I truly don't believe there is a more complex part to play in most bands than keys; between layers, patches, effects, tones, and notes. I always tell people I have two parts to play; first, I have to play my parts flawlessly (which, of course, ALWAYS happens :-P ); second, I have to cover the mistakes that every other member of the band is making because oftentimes the keyboard player is the only true musician in the band :-P Get back out there, man! You can take the keys away from you hands, but never out of your soul!

[@80srocker67]

This band is absolutely Awesome!!!

[@micahransler8316]

You should review Skillet's new song "Surviving The Game" It's really catchy, and has a great feel throughout the whole song! It's absolutely amazing and I think you would really love this one!

[@dianadurfey]

This song sounds amazing live too.

[@shae482]

That guitar tone is absolutely awesome! I don’t know what they use in the studio but for live it’s a dual rectifier and a PRS archon 50 (with the bright switch on) running at the same time on Seth’s side, and for Korey it’s a dual rectifier and a Marshall MK2!

[@THEDavidHeretic]

It's definitely got the thickness of a dual rectifier, and the harmonic sensitivity.

[@Pianomn626]

Dude, I can't wait to see your review on their newest song Surviving the Game. Heard it today for the first time and it is way off the charts.

[@Pianomn626]

Fun fact: each number Dave picked for the spot on his Gym Playlist was a prime number. That is all.

[@Pianomn626]

I enjoyed the breakdown of the music. What's really interesting about this song is that, in some parts of it, the drum beat almost...ALMOST feels like a shuffle, a rocked-up version of a shuffle beat; notably the verses and the bridge. It's interesting how Skillet on the Victorious album used more post-production than they have in the past. This song is phenomenal.

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Yeah there's a lot of post-production done, but it was done tastefully. I hate it when albums are SOOOOOO overly produced the instruments all start sounding Pro-Tooled and digital.

[@Pianomn626]

@@THEDavidHeretic Absolutely agreed. I'm going to guess based on the grey hair (no offense! I have more than you do!) that we are close to the same age. I majored in music education originally so I've been through all the training, theory, etc, and played for 40 years. Over production, autotune, and the digitization of music, while originally a great TOOL, has become the majority of most music and it's leaving true musicianship out in the cold. I saw Skillet for the first time only about 3 years ago. I was not a metal guy- I'm more into prog rock (show me the KEYBOARDS!)- and I was not familiar with ANY of Skillet's work. By the third song in the set I was really impressed. After the concert I bought four albums and have seen them several times since. If they are metal, I'd call it either an evolved metal or "adult" metal. Since the addition of Jen, their sound has rounded, become more diverse, mature, but still staying true to their roots. Their last album featured more production than the previous ones, but like this song it was tastefully done and used as an ACCENT to the music rather than as the whole song. I enjoyed your breakdown, by the way. You are definitely someone I'd love to sit and have a beer and talk "shop" with.

[@forgingfire5831]

​@THEDavidHeretic funny enough idk if you will ever see this but they actually rewrote the song like 3 separate times because it didn't have the feeling in it that they wanted.

[@jmkqfnvyl87]

@@Pianomn626i think they would call it "industrial rock" cause of the use of synths and stutter effects and such . .

[@MrEdg]

I have seen this reaction many times. Really good!

[@dpwellman]

Rewatching all your Skillet reviews. I hope to hear more how you enjoyed seeing them live. I hadn't been much if a fan myself, but I like this track.

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Concert review coming as soon as we can film it, dealing with some family issues right now but we will get to as soon as possible.

[@dpwellman]

@@THEDavidHeretic Sorry to hear of family troubles. I hope everything works out in the best possible way.

[@Persholm1]

Damn, you're even better than I hoped for. You've earned a sub today sir. I know it's an old video and you probably wont see this, but you are awesome.

[@THEDavidHeretic]

I do my best to see and read all the comments that are made. If your comment gets a heart, that means I read it. Welcome to The Fanbase, glad to have you among us.

[@Persholm1]

@@THEDavidHeretic Thank you for having me!

[@BackFromTheDead-m1g]

MesozoicLad new account! I am here to review LEGENDARY!! Legendary for me gets a mid S ranking, holy heck. This is number 8 in my Skillet songs, and for GOOD REASON. There is not a single part in this song where the epicness drops. The intro, the part where you said “WHOA!”, is one of the best riffs of Skillet, period. The heavy slam, followed by several shreddy strings reminds me of Feel Invincible. The guitar in the verses are just as good, if not a little less awesome. But skipping ahead, the CHORUS. THE CHORUS SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL. That guitar sounds so heavy and powerful, it’s fast sounding and I love it, those drums are going with it too! I especially loved the layout before the title of the song was said. The chorus of Legendary is seriously a call to arms. And that BREAKDOWN. Talk about heavy. Talk about strong. Talk about Jen Ledger is carrying. And the fact that John and Jen are singing together at that moment.. oh yeah vocals. This is one of the strongest I’ve heard John. That “OH!” is pure power. (TBC)

[@b3rger825]

You have great reactions! Top notch

[@carloscauson6537]

Keep reacting to very good music, I can see a big future for you cause you're honest on reacting

[@THEDavidHeretic]

FEELIN' YOU Carlos!!! I've said from day one this channel will always be about honest, genuine reactions. some people like it, some don't. Some can handle the truth, some can't. No matter what, I'll never change who I am or what I do on the channel. Glad you're enjoying the show so far.

[@keithramey4962]

You need to watch the live version. There's another 3 minute jam section they do in the live version with big guitars and just bad ass way to end it.

[@apec335]

Dont remeber is i gave this but Skillet-saviour is a great song as well, its older music from them kzbin.info/www/bejne/i17SfGqMj69nZtk Link to music, u will have no issue with copyright as its just music

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Yup it's in the que already

[@Skilletfan]

I know this video's an old one, but I love your reaction to this song!

[@Daligar00]

👊🏻 booom Great power song

[@jonathanlemonwrestlingshow2025]

This song was the Theme song for WWE Monday Night Raw until WWE changed it for dumb reason 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@MesozoicLad]

Ok yeah Legendary has one of the most badass openings I’ve ever heard.

[@jmurray2018]

Yipppeeeeeeee my best Skillet Song ever it’s a SKILL et 10 from us thank u for the Dolphin noises mom approved (kinda lol)

[@7118ToNoodleOrNotToNoodle]

I love how Skillet is becoming more and more popular with Falling In Reverse, Bad Omens, Evanescence, Bring Me the Horizon all those other rock bands when Skillet is a Christian band!!!! I love it!!!! 👍🏻👍🏻🤘🤘

[@kellystrickland7412]

Nice! They let you post the whole thing!

[@THEDavidHeretic]

I didn't even know.....I received no notification of it getting unblocked.

[@MrEdg]

I cried too😢

[@willisrose4995]

At first the lead singer didn’t want Jen as the drummer and the wife did. We see who won.

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Happy Wife = Happy Life

[@perrytilton5221]

Funny thing is that both Jen and John tried to sabatoge Jen. Kory had to pull 2 teeth for Jen to be in.

[@flashbackphotovideo9360]

One of the best reactions about my favorite band!

[@philliplaubert1988]

Their new song " surviving the game" is also very good, it will rock your socks off.

[@benjamindavis4974]

Skillet are massive sounding

[@sethwalton2008]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨

[@briannarichardson9511]

Call and response is the perfect description

[@Persholm1]

Also, I like you. You'e a true reactor; don't change!

[@THEDavidHeretic]

That'll never happen, I like who I am.

[@Persholm1]

@@THEDavidHeretic Awesome!

[@TristanHanneken]

Great song huh. This band is my favorite. What's your favorite band, David??

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Kiss, Soilwork, Motorhead are always going to be my top 3 favorite bands.

[@TristanHanneken]

@@THEDavidHeretic KISS is really good. Rock and Roll All Nite is a good song.

[@timothydavid4565]

Did they unblock you and that’s why it was reposted? My previous comments still apply, but seeing the video was cool.

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Huh?

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Holy crap....I read your comment and was like "Who unblocked me?" Dude in all seriousness, I didn't receive a notification or anything....it literally just became unblocked and posted on it's own

[@andrewsawyer1375]

Check out the drummer's album called Ledger. It's all her.

[@THEDavidHeretic]

.....keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep watching....all I can say.....

[@apec335]

If i may ask, what somg will be ur next skillet reaction?

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Not sure yet there's a few to choose from in the que.

[@adquilantang]

Male soap opera. I love that

[@Seanph25]

Have you already heard pneuma by tool?

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Kinda....I did a reaction to the Danny Carey drum cam, but it was really focused on him. I wasn't paying too much attention to the song, I was really focusing my attention on what Danny was doing. Here's a link to the reaction video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGnXYWuciNV1fJI

[@Seanph25]

@@THEDavidHeretic ok cool, but yeah the song itself really is pretty amazing, tons of really interesting instrumentals and great guitar work from Adam Jones. But I’ll for sure go check out that reaction to Danny Carey.

[@justinaustin4795]

👍 Try Bullet for my valentine "SUFFOCATING UNDER WORDS OF SORROW"

[@Persholm1]

This is your reaction man, you go back or forward all you want.

[@donjackson5522]

Funny how much you enjoy their vocal chemistry because John originally didn’t want Jen when she auditioned.

[@forgingfire5831]

That's due to her being so young at the time. He originally thought she was 21 but after she got accepted she mentioned that she was turning 18 the following weekend. And he mentioned that if he knew that she was that young he wouldn't have let her audition

[@josephhylton125]

Skillet- the Resistance or Skillet- Finish Line

[@THEDavidHeretic]

I could definitely add either of those to the que. Which one would you like? And please include a link, so I watch the correct video.

[@josephhylton125]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXzRg5eHnq1mY80

[@josephhylton125]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3WTk3iDpt2MmK8

[@josephhylton125]

I added both because they both are great songs 😁👍

[@jethromarkromero2145]

Try reacting to popular monster by falling in reverse

[@ArcExiOus]

React to Demons By starset, its sooo gooood

[@THEDavidHeretic]

You mean "My Demons" by Starset? I found "My Demons", but not "Demons". I just want to make sure I don't add your name to the wrong request.

[@ArcExiOus]

Yeah that one 👌🏽 and no worries! Thank you David!

[@THEDavidHeretic]

@@ArcExiOus Added your name to the list of requesters.

[@ArcExiOus]

@@THEDavidHeretic thanks David!

[@viviendoenjapon3306]

You make me feel Invencible!!! by Skillet

[@THEDavidHeretic]

I've already done a reaction to that song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ-tf4iZaK2Ynac

[@viviendoenjapon3306]

Thank you. I recommend you the band Whitecross, other old Christian rock band, so good. Songs like In the kingdom, Love Is our weapon, etc ....

[@christhornycroft3686]

Have you reacted to Queen’s Gimme the Prize? It’s real heavy metal done right.

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Love that song, my favorite off that album and from that movie. Don't get me wrong, Princes Of The Universe is a great tune....but Gimmie The Prize is my favorite.

[@aaronmayernik8973]

David, you realize you basically listened to a literal ice cream sundae of a song.

[@midari2shima]

you HAVE TO react Starset

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Got a song in the pipeline to be filmed, should be coming soon.

[@Persholm1]

Skillet is a Christian rock band from USA. I don't know know if *they* know how many atheistic fans they have. They are godly

[@benedgar7129]

React to Skillet "Back from the Dead" kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKTFood-nsunlZo

[@THEDavidHeretic]

It's actually already in the pipeline for filming and editing....should be coming out soon.

[@timhuff5624]

Sorry but this song just feels very generic and not in a good way. I don't really feel anything from it. Just sounds like the same old crap skillet has been doing since unleashed.