crionics is such an underrated song. probably the best off there first album

@metalfanatics666

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Crionics is gigantisch 😍

@mp9488

Жыл бұрын

The best in that album and one of their best songs

@elcaminosoldier1

Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite songs off Show no Mercy that solo is next level

@AdamCantFathom

Жыл бұрын

It's so damn good. The guitar work is brilliant.

@doomslayer4433

Жыл бұрын

@@AdamCantFathom yeah one of the best outros in metal i think

Crionics, Die by the Sword, Black Magic. even though 1st album is very Madien influenced, this whole album is great! This is my favorite Slayer album, front to back

Actually, Metallica's debut album "Kill 'em all" came out in mid- 1983... just months before Slayer's debut album 'Show no mercy' in late '83... Anthrax's debut album 'Fistful of metal' came out early 1984 (on Megaforce Records, same label as Metallica)... Megadeth was signed in 1985 and recorded their debut album "Killing is my business..." that year, released in mid '85... Exodus recorded 'Bonded by blood' in 1984, but it was not released until mid-1985... Those were the first thrash metal records 🤘🤘 However, there were metal albums that pre-dated Metallica's debut album in 1983, delivered by bands that helped inspire thrash metal... Motorhead was the obvious inspiration, playing faster than most in 1979 - 1983... Also from the UK (besides Judas Priest, Iron Maiden & Saxon), u had Venom... their albums 'Welcome to hell' (1981) and 'Black metal' (1982) were a huge inspiration to thrash metal... Raven also brought the aggression w/ 'Rock til you drop' (1981)... 'Wiped out' (1982) and 'All for one' (1983)... Germany's Accept were also cranking up the volume since 1979, and their 4th album 'Restless & wild' (1982) was a landmark album that doesn't get enough credit. Manowar was formed in 1981 and debuted in 1982 w/ the album 'Battle Hymns'... the record was not a success, and Manowar was dropped by their label... They signed w/ Megaforce Records in America and released 'Into glory ride' in 1983. Canadian bands also brought the heat w/ Anvil releasing "Hard n' heavy" in 1981... 'Metal on metal' in 1982... and 'Forged in fire' in 1983... Exciter released 'Heavy metal maniac' in 1983 and 'Violence and force' in early 1984... Voivod released 'War & Pain' in 1984... followed by 'Roooaaaarrr' (1986)... None of these bands should be overlooked for their contributions to the extreme metal scene.

@nerijusvilcinskas7851

Жыл бұрын

I really hope they see and read this, great comment.

@MKLST2

Жыл бұрын

yer :D I own all of that albums u mentioned myself, 1982-84 imports to Germany from USA. and it´s been a great time to see most of them live on their 1st Europe tours. Still a Metallica fan at age 58 and got tickets for 2023-24 tour @ Hamburg.

@randy_jmazure5671

Жыл бұрын

Possessed - 7 Churches has to fit in somewhere as well. Bathory was in there too. Celtic Frost, Hellhammer(?), so many, need to pick up a metal mag from 1984 lol.

@pc574

Жыл бұрын

Venom was a big influencer of Thrash

@rockdrigo9326

Жыл бұрын

Suck Your Bone by Voivod (from War And Pain) is a hidden gem. What a banger, especially the solo

On this song is very evident the influence of the new wave of British heavy metal

@JuanMartinez-ib7mz

2 ай бұрын

this one sounds a lot like Maiden

This is what Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Venom would sound like if they were a supergroup. You can totally hear their earliest influences in this song. I love it. My first slayer was this album so hearing this is special to me 🤙🏽💯💕🎸

@SGtem

Жыл бұрын

And Mercyful fate

@deut3ron10

Жыл бұрын

@@SGtem Agreed Indeed 🤙🏽💯

@krzysztofherdzik1500

Жыл бұрын

@@SGtem Right on dude

@PraiseJesusOurKing

Жыл бұрын

Yah I can hear maiden and mercyful fate for sure.

@strungth666

Жыл бұрын

sooo much Venom... just came here to say this...🤘🤘🤘🤘

Spill the blood! Heavy nasty riffs! They would love that one

@bradphillips780

Жыл бұрын

Best song on the album and possibly my favorite Slayer song.

@davidd6854

Жыл бұрын

@@bradphillips780 possibly my favorite as well!

@gentelmanjunkie542

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I've been hoping they'd do Spill The Blood.

I love their entire first album

The guitar work in old school metal always reminds me of the string section of an orchestra, or more prominently; the horn sections of a film score. I get the same visceral yet uplifting vibe I feel when I hear the trumpets and trombones in something like Conan the Barbarian, Lord of the Rings, or something set in ancient or fantasy settings. Big, bombastic, triumphant, and victorious. Another good example of that kind of fanfare is Ides of March by Iron Maiden. It's the intro track to their Killers album.

I still remember listening to my step dads iPod and slayer black magic was on there and omg it changed my life forever so original so raw and heavy and fast.

Slayer has heavy punk influences - good ear. The intro description was prefect; that's exactly how Slayer shows start. \m/ Fkn SLAYEEEEER!

Show No Mercy is my favorite Slayer album by far, love every song in that album. ps. You guys gotta do Show No Mercy from this album

Early Sepultura is where you get those insane long sustained dark guitar notes

Black Magic and Die by the Sword off this album. Haunting the Chapel is an extended play album of songs that didn't make the first album.... Haunting the Chapel, Chemical Warfare and Captor of Sin are all "bangers", however their next album Hell Awaits really takes a turn more into the brutal thrash and really amplifies their talents as a band. The opening track to this album has one hell of a intro (sounds similar to one of the numerous openings of headbangers ball on MTV which is actually Prongs Lost and Found song), At Dawn They Sleep, Crypts of Eternity and Praise of Death are my favorites. 🤘😎🤘

@gentelmanjunkie542

Жыл бұрын

Yeah those two songs realistically are listenable off S.N.M. They've been my favorite band since about '88, I just tried to listen to S.N.M. to remember if any were better than I remembered to recommend to these guys...its all pretty bad jeez. Of all those early 80s thrash debuts Kill Em All is the only one I still get excited when I hear it.

@r.deanmcknight136

Жыл бұрын

@@gentelmanjunkie542 well considering how thrash has evolved since then yeah it would be horrible when compared to bands today but back then that shit was mind blowing. I grew up in the 70's and got to experience how metal evolved over the years but personally those same songs are still epic. Of course Kill em All was an awesome album but there's a reason why Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax became the big 4, each had their own style of thrash that was unique to other thrash bands that pretty much had that generic style of thrash.

@markcavich1871

7 ай бұрын

@gentelmanjunkie542 You sure you’ve listened to Show No Mercy? Or like any of the thrash debuts you’re referring to? Could me just me, but Kill ‘em All is definitely one of the most underwhelming debuts behind Killing Is My Business.

My favorite songs off this album, in order: Black Magic, Chemical Warfare, Die by the Sword, Haunting the Chapel. 🤘🏻

@Mastercreek

Жыл бұрын

I love Tormentor too 🤘

@TheExtremeCube

Жыл бұрын

Chemical warfare is not from that album

@abbieandus

Жыл бұрын

@@TheExtremeCube He must have a re-release. They threw the Haunting the Chapel on CD versions

@randybobandy9061

Жыл бұрын

Your thinking of Haunting the chapel Warhogg

@Mastercreek

Жыл бұрын

@@randybobandy9061 it was on the CD version

WAR ENSEMBLE !!! One of my all time favorite drum songs! My top favorite Slayer song!

You guys should just do the entire "South of Heaven" album because it's more your style. Then 213 off of their "Divine Intervention" album. Also from the "Seasons in the Abyss" album, Expendable Youth, Dead Skin Mask and Skeletons of Society

@troublemagnet1

Жыл бұрын

War Ensemble, Spirit in Black, Hallowed Point, and Born of Fire are my picks.

@vorpalblades

Жыл бұрын

"Fate,silent warriors, sleeping souls will rise Once forgotten soldiers come to life Fallen mercenary, dormancy is done Not content with wars we never won."

@williamsk001

Жыл бұрын

South of Heaven while not my personal favorite Slayer album, is definitely a favorite for a certain type of Slayer fans. I think George and Ryan could certainly be that type of Slayer fan!

@MrOctober44

Жыл бұрын

@@troublemagnet1 all good songs, but they never like the fast stuff

@gentelmanjunkie542

Жыл бұрын

@@troublemagnet1 yeah those aren't good picks for them. They like the groovy stuff.

This is both a thrash metal song as well as a first-wave black metal song. It's very reminiscent of early Mercyful Fate and a bit of Celtic Frost

What amazes me about this song/album is that Slayer waded their way out of all the bands that sounded just like this back then. Plenty of bands at that time had this same sound, but apparently Slayer is the only band that learned to evolve and continue to dominate. A simply amazing accomplishment.

Great tune. One of the closest to Priest and Maiden musically. Might be my favorite Slayer deep cut.

I remember listening to Slayer in the late 80’s as a young teen. Saw them for the first time for the Clash of the Titans tour in 1991 in Hampton, Va. slayer, megadeth, anthrax, and Alice In Chains)

@johnsambo9379

Жыл бұрын

Saw them on that tour in Kansas City. AIC got booed.

@cptjusticegmail

Жыл бұрын

Saw them in Houston. Megadeth got the Slayer chant.

This one is a deep track....Early SLAYER....LOVE IT!

This is one of my all time favorite Slayer tunes. Super happy yall have got this deep into catalogs

Great reaction! I'm glad you guys got around to Show No Mercy. It gets overshadowed by albums like Reign In Blood, but this album is a masterpiece in metal. Like you guys were saying on how liking Slayer gives you street cred, liking Show No Mercy shows you have an appreciation for metal. The riffs and lead work are that good. If you guys react to this album again, I highly recommend Crionics.

@Floyd690

9 ай бұрын

Best rotting Christ album ever

Solid choice, Tom channels his inner King Diamond at points, and you won't get any bad suggestions for more Slayer, like Hell Awaits or Killing Fields, but I once brought up Skeletons of Society and I'm going to stick with that. It's just one consistent heavy grove that you don't want to have end. Oh, and speaking of skeletons... 'Skeleton Chr*st" is a great groove one too! (youtube wouldn't let me spell the name...).

@randywissler9923

Жыл бұрын

Skeletons got a groove that they would definitely get into!!

@smftv

Жыл бұрын

@@randywissler9923 I think so too.

It's just so fun to watch you guys....reminds me when first started listening to rock/metal with my friends when was like 10 years old.....now I'm 45....:) Keep it up guys ...you guys always put a smile on my face ....thank you....:)

Man this is such a sound of the times! I still have this vinyl from High School.

I love you guys! Greetings from Portugal!!!!

This was a great example of change of tempo in Metal. An exquisite sample of tempo change for the inspired to learn from.

Show No Mercy is great from beginning to end. 🤘

Kill'em All was '83

Slayer had some of the best guitar riffs ever

@myfaceismyshield5963

Жыл бұрын

I can't agree. But they had some of the best guitar riffs each year they released an album in the 80's. There however are better riffs by many other 80's thrash bands, but they often came after Slayer had raised the bar. Slayer were thrash trend-setters, but they were always overcome by somebody

I use too have this tapestry in my room 🤘😎nice review fellas keep up your awesome quest

Yes you guys must do "Chemical Warfare" by Slayer

So good. I grew up listening to this in the 80s...great album man...rocks.

Hey! I love metal and I love your videos! I've started branching out into rap and hip hop more thanks to you guys. Have you considered doing a video about different rap/hip hop artists that you think fans of certain types of metal would like?

Been a while. True music lovers

Slayer song I know you’ll 1000% love is skeletons of society 🔥 I promise you that

Their first couple albums are like listening to early ass Priest/ Maiden/ Fate/ Venom just sped up. It wasn’t til they met Rick from def jam that they got into the production that turned them into what was the slayer sound for the next 25 years. Each album has highlights that will go down in history. My fav is god hates us all. Christ Illusion, and repentless. But each release has epic can’t live without songs on them. Just my slayer two cents. Love your guy’s channel. ❤

I am the same way George, I am a bit more lenient with the vocals in Metal than other genres. With metal, in many cases the vocals compliment the music which they can get away with when the guitar riffs reign supreme while in most other genres the music compliments the vocals.

If you dug this, you may wanna give something from Death Angel's first album, the Ultra-Violence, a shot. Mistress of Pain or Voracious Souls are my recommendations. These guys were teenagers when they made this album too.

@magnumpineapple277

Жыл бұрын

Seconding this. The vocals and drums especially on Mistress Of Pain blew my fuckin head open when I first heard it and still do.

@margento101

Жыл бұрын

They should do 'Shores of Sin' from the second album. Love that song.

@AdamCantFathom

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure they've reacted to Voracious Souls, though I don't see it on here. It might be a patreon post.

I'm so glad to see this from you both... I bought this in 83. It's generic fare from the debut... top songs are Die By the Sword, Black Magic, Evil has No Boundaries, and the Antichrist. And then jump to Hell Awaits with the title track and At Dawn they Sleep!

Love the debut album. Has a great groove to it.

I mean, as a 51 year old Slayer fan that bought that albumin 1983 at Tower Records I. Sacramento CA, I love this. However, it was hard for me to go back to this since the 3 following albums.

@gentelmanjunkie542

Жыл бұрын

right

@russkate88

Жыл бұрын

This is my favourite Slayer album.

Die by the Sword off this album really epitomizes early Slayer to me, it's got that that sinister feeling and aggression that they really built on heading into later albums, I saw you guys reacting to this and I immediately wished that you were doing that one.

“Crypts of eternity” and “at dawn they sleep” from Hell awaits

Ohh man thank you for doing this song. Very underrated.

This song is soooo cool!

glad u liked it...Slayer did some experimentation on this one and let the minds just go.Their older stuff like this was awesome and kept the listener from being bored.

you guys n slayer means i hit like even before i watch it. nice!

Skeletons of Society please lads.

I about fell out of my chair when Ryan said, "Everbody Slayer f@*kin A!"Good stuff man, you cracked me up.

Don't know Slayer that much.. But for me it's really cool to realize that early Slayer sounded kind of similar to early Iron Maiden.. love it! :D

@SuperTugz

Жыл бұрын

The "early" thrash sound was amazing: Slayer - Show No Mercy, Metallica - Kill Em All; Exodus - Bonded by Blood; Megadeth - Killing Is My Business Back then they still tuned in standard, played predominantly blues or pentatonic scales, and had unhinged vocals full of raw voice cracks and goofy lyrics, and the NWOBHM and punk influences were much more clearly evident. Unfortunately it didn't last long, as lyrical content became more serious, the strings were down tuned more and more every album, traces of blues influence were virtually eliminated, and every thrash band was just trying to 1-up each other in brutality which was a dead-end game that ultimately just lead to thrash being completely replaced by death metal and grindcore. If I'm in the mood for heavy music I go for death metal, but when I'm in the mood for thrash, it's the early 80s thrash records like this that I reach for, a short-lived and unfortunately forgotten sound

@Thijscube

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperTugz I think the sound you're looking for is more speed metal than thrash and it's not forgotten at all! Check out bands like Ranger, Wraith, Evil Invaders, Hellripper and Skull Fist. It's obviously not the same as the classics from the 80s but this style is alive and kicking and certainly not all downtuned bands who try to be as heavy as possible.

@SuperTugz

Жыл бұрын

@@Thijscube It's funny you mention that because a few days ago a buddy of mine showed me Hellripper and I LOVE it! Will definitely check out your other recommendations, thanks

This is the first slayer song ive heard that ive actually enjoyed, cheers fellas!

Listen to Black Magic off this album. But Hell Awaits is a great album of there's.

Dave Lombardo was 18 when this was recorded.....

Hahahaha!! When you said the ukelele I spit out my beer bro!! I got this image in my head of this song being played by frogs with straws in their mouth (for some reason) playing this song with ukuleles and fiddles... I agree the vocals here are more of a "geez we got this awesome song full of great riffs, but I guess we need to have some vocals in there too" kind of vibe. You know Tom Araya is the bass player as well as singer so he wouldn't care, but the record company probably did. This song has shows their great admiration for Iron Maiden.

SLAYER!

The Antichrist is THE song off this album

Guys, it's Seasons IN the abyss, hehe cheers... you should go and listen Behind the Crooked Cross, outta south of heaven too.

Show no mercy is amazing from top to bottom

the great thing about this album for me personally is all of the early NWOBHM influence from Iron Maiden, Judas Priest , Venom and Def Leppard. Great album

My absolute favorite Slayer song and only saw them play it once in 1985.

That was a great point George made about the vocals and different genres. I think with metal, It's more about the 'character' of the vocals rather than any innate singing ability and the instrumentation takes precedence over everything else. It's just like with horror movies going in you know what to expect. The harsh vocals just 'fit' with the overall theme of the music.

@TheDude-cu5ex

Жыл бұрын

@Theriom Rasputin Yes, Carcass Is a great example of what I mean by 'character.' The High and low vocals trading off one another along with the gruesome lyrics like two 'Mad surgeons' from hell in the operating room, lol. Symphonies of Sickness Is my all time favorite from them. Also doesn't hurt that the music is great as well. I think alotta people don't realize how much blues Influence Is In Carcass mainly because of Bill Steer. He was actually in a straight up blues rock band with clean vocals for many years (Firebird) while Carcass was on hiatus. But yeah, definitely nothing beats the old school and I think that element of character is what's missing from a lot of bands today. You could play me just about any vocal track of any Death Metal band from the golden era and I can tell you exactly who it is. I think that's why I can't stand Metalcore (aside from the stale, mechanical production and prerequisite, goofy, breakdowns they have to have in every song) but every vocalist from every band sounds like the exact same teenager having a temper tantrum In his bedroom because his parents shut off his XBOX account, lol.

My favorite song off this one is Tormentor. Very underrated riffs and a great jam!

@awdremcthehunter

Жыл бұрын

My fav song from Slayer🤘🤘

@ronnycollins9125

Жыл бұрын

I think the intro would go great with a tv show or movie introducing an extremely badass and monstrously evil villain.

@fredriksixtensson7665

Жыл бұрын

What a great song that is

You guys need to check out a song from Katatonia's new album! Colossal Shade would be playlist guaranteed.

@Ismarburazerovic1993

Жыл бұрын

Nah, first they got to hit up Brave then they can do the new album!

@wastelander1015

Жыл бұрын

Katatonia and My Dying Bride should have reactions for sure. Id suggest Impermanence from the new album. But before that songs like Dead Letters, Forsaker, Lethean, Leaders and Evidence would be better introductions. My personal choice would be Takeover.

@mikebiggums1921

Жыл бұрын

@@wastelander1015 Well, they just did Leaders on Patreon

@wastelander1015

Жыл бұрын

@@mikebiggums1921 that's nice

For the love of all things Slayer do Ghosts of War!!!

14:16 what a beautiful scene two hiphop heads headbanging to FUCKIN SLAYER 🤣🤘

Skeletons of Society or Dead Skin Mask would be good for you guys

You also did Mandatory Suicide. Which was a great song. I discovered it on this channel.

Ha. I love Araya's style of singing. It's perfect for slayers sound. Even his screams are awesome. I think an over technical style of singing would kill the vibe.

Also Slayer were on Def Jam records in the 80s, fun fact.

Never understood why they didn't open the album up with this set of songs. Great intro material.

2nd greatest debut metal album behind Exodus “Bonded by blood”

Haunting the chapel wasn’t that first can’t recall I have the cassette for it still

I haven't heard this in so long

slayer were extremely young here on this album - defining their sound and vocals - this is my favourite slayer album due to its rawness and appreciation for a bunch of kids just smashing it out

a good thrash metal song is like a wild roller coaster

Created in LA, forged in the Bay Area, btw Jeff was huge into punk rock

South of Heaven and Seasons in the Abyss. Sure, good introduction to Slayer. They became the songs during their live show when I go take a leak though.

This was my first album I bought by slayer and instantly fell in love.....also the first album I heard tripping on shrooms.....Love x 1,000,000!

the intro is the metal storm....when it kicks in...that is when you face the slayer!!!!

"World Painted Blood" would be a good one.

MORE SLAYEEEEER!!!

Awesome video. Metal storm / Face the slayer is one of the best Slayer songs. also can you react to the Slayer song Tormentor ? It's on the same album as Metal Storm / Face the Slayer.

I really like this album; they're from my hometown and I can picture the environment the lyrics describe in these early songs. Divine Intervention, low-key, has some of their best stuff.

for me its the song (postmortem)🤘🤘🤘

It's too bad they don't tour anymore, because I would pay **SERIOUS** money to see your reactions at a Slayer show!

You can actually listen to the fusion of nwobhm, venom sound and punk turning into thrash metal in this album.

Guys, you really need to react to Hirax - "Demons Evil Forces." That intro and opening riff is iconic in terms of old school thrash!

Spill The Blood. The drums are the star of that one for sure.

Slayers Disciple is a real gem. One of the few songs that gives me goosebumps every time. Piano Man is another one so you know it's elite company.

@gentelmanjunkie542

Жыл бұрын

Billy Joel???

@IainJChrist

Жыл бұрын

@@gentelmanjunkie542 the very same. Several great bits stir me up. The bit that ends" ...and say maaan what are you doing here?" Especially

Definitely the heaviest of the ‘Big Four’ thanks mainly to Rick Rubin’s production,often cited as the band that directly influenced the rise of death metal,pure aggression,graphic and violent lyrical content and down-tuned guitars…. FUCKIN’ SLAYERRRRRRRR 🤘🏻

I bought this album when I was like 12 years old. I was looking for the most brutally evil face ripping thing I could find. Been a fan ever since. You mention that there are a lot of riffs in this, but a lot of the riffs in the middle and end of the song call back to elements in riffs in the intro and earlier in the song. Cool compositional flex for a band that were basically teenagers at the time. Anyway, FUCKIN'SLAYERRRRRR!

Y’all should hear Demolition Hammer if you want some “brutal” thrash Edit: .44 Caliber Brain Surgery or Skull Fracturing Nightmare would be perfect

@FearNoGrave

Жыл бұрын

Skull Fracturing Nightmare would be a great reaction to see them do.

@TheMlvswoll

Жыл бұрын

Neanderthal

@michaelbarrett7664

Жыл бұрын

Carnivorous Obsession is the most bruuuutoool!

@Ebastine

Жыл бұрын

Demolition Hammer - Human Dissection

@hypolyxa7207

Жыл бұрын

.44 Caliber would be best for them. The first album have more of a groove which they are into. Skull Fracturing would probably be too much.

That's what you need to hear

Great choice, had a feeling this one is more up your alley. Wanted to recommend a prog thrash song Semtex Revolution by Coroner. I think its your guys speed, medium speed thrash.

@Moveplaylift

Жыл бұрын

Probably the most underrated band in metal history...

@badmotorbreath5206

Жыл бұрын

Masked Jackal and Nosferatu, great songs

AT DAWN THEY SLEEP👍-Hell Awaits

The Ocean, Jurassic. Great post metal. Play it and trip out. Very old Slayer takes me back though.

Excellent pick! Show No Mercy is a great album. Keep rockin bros :-) \m/

love that bruthas know about metal.