Just a history lesson...and SLAYER being brutally honest....why? So it never repeats again, but it is repeating and Israel is the Nazis and the WW2 Jews are Palestinians....and who is funding it? Good ole USA. Damn I love honesty and Metal bands bring that honesty. Rappers can sing about the horror and disgusting acts of Slavery....why can't Slayer do the same but about another horrible subject? We need peace and sadly most of Israelites want this to end, but see if they do then Benji Yahoo is out of office, it's called job protection. Also, read Trump's Project 25...... they want to exterminate Transgurls like me...know the facts bro...peace to you and your family....SLAYER!!¡!!
Dr. Josef Mengele, who is the angel of death who basically tortured and did experiments on the Jews during the holocaust. Slayer sings a lot about stuff like this. They keep it real. And hard as hell.!!
"Sickening ways to achieve, the holocaust" I feel like Jeff wrote that to tell people he wasn't a nazi sympathizer, he was literally a big history nerd and WW2 is a huge part of said history.
Its not something that should be celebrated but its something that needs to be addressed so it never happens again..that's the whole point of the song..they aren't condoning it but educating people about the atrocities that happened during this time period..I get you don't agree with the subject matter..any sane person wouldn't but you can help to bring awareness to your generation who for the most part are ridiculously clueless..
Slayer’s iconic album cover for “Reign In Blood” was designed to reflect the band’s intense music and dark themes. The artwork, created by Larry W. Carroll, draws inspiration from the title track, “Raining Blood,” which evokes a sense of eternal torment in hell. The cover combines elements of 1980s horror and underground comics, resulting in a striking and memorable image. Despite its graphic nature, the cover didn’t create negativity for the band; instead, it contributed to the album’s impact and status as a classic in thrash metal history .Not a'lot of bands will bring attention to this kind of subject.. but Slayer will and ram it down your throats...this kind of subject needs to be remembered and not forgotten.
@tomfoolery342 Schopenhauer, surely. Camus I can't so much imagine, but I am glad they helped you. I think Arthur's one of the greatest men of all time(s).
Legendary hiphop group Public Enemy sampled this track for their song she watch chanel zero. IT's when the song breaks down and the awesome riff comes in and you got the stank face lol. It's worth reacting to Public Enemy's track
Good classic hardcore thrash choice, and, as many have pointed out, the subject of Josef Mengele was a very real monster. He was one of the heads of the Auschwitz death camp where he committed horrible experiments and did get away with his crimes. He died in Brazil in '79 from a stroke while swimming and drowned which was much kinder than what happened to his victims. Slayer has always gone for the dark subjects like him and many others. 213 on their 1994 album Divine Intervention is about cannibal murderer Jeffrey Dahmer is another example of their brutal songs and subjects. There has always been a fascination with the Nazis after their defeat, Slayer were not the first, as there were several movies about them and Mengele. The 1976 Dustin Hoffman movie Marathon Man has a Nazi doctor as the villain based off Mengele, I don't recommend watching that movie if you are having a dental appointment, and the 1978 movie, based off the Ira Levin novel of the same name, The Boys from Brazil with Gregory Peck playing the evil Nazi scientist. Still, dig your choice and keep up the content.
This song is a history lesson, not a glorification. Yes, the subject material is revolting. It should be. It should always be a harsh reminder of things to be vigilant against so it never happens again. Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it. Cheers.
This is a brutal song off of one of the classic 80s thrash albums. I first heard it in 98 and was like, WTF? Like a lot of metal, punk, hardcore, and rap from back then, the subject matter was dark, misanthropic, and based on real things that horrible people did. People think it is an endorsement of those actions, but it is a song about how terrible humans can be. And a funny side note, this song was featured in Gremlins 2. It is also sampled on the Public Enemy song "She Watches Channel Zero," probably because Rick Rubin produced for both groups then.
I get that the content is hard for some. I first heard this in elementary school. My mother never paid too much mind what kind of content I was consuming. In the 80s, I was all about horror movies, horror comics and thrash metal and it showed all through my development years. As I got older, I graduated from Slayer to Possessed, to Death and then to the pioneers of the nascent death metal scene with bands like Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel and Obituary. Today, I'm a middle aged ghoul with a sick sense of humor. It's all in good fun though
By the way Slayer isn't about White Supremacy. They made songs that were MEANT the shock the public. Rick Rubin, the owner of Def Jam, the producer of the album, is a Jew. Tom Araya was born in Chile. Dave Lombardo is Cuban-Italian.
Props if you began your metal journey with Raining Blood and Angel of Death, and lived to tell about it, because you didn't just jump into the deep end of the pool, you jumped into a shark infested ocean!! If you're looking for more inspiration, my YT channel is 99.9% metal lyrical videos of my own creation, no links or credit needed, just trying to prove to all the world that METAL RULES THE LAND
No matter how gruesome human history might be, it ought not be forgotten, in the hopes that one day we not only learn from it, but keep history from repeating itself.
It's funny how people are so grossed out about Slayer but will watch horror movies. That is all it was....horror film in the form of music. They talked about real crap that happened though. It's just the darker side that people don't want to really face.
It's a great song, don't ever feel bad for what other people did! Only feel bad for things you did. It's called self-esteem, which is a great song by Offspring.
BRUTAL ASF.......YES...more history then anything...SLAYER ARE FUCKIN MONSTER S IN THE GAME... thanks for your reaction brother....ya that one's tough...
Brutal fact: The solo part of this song represents the screams and pain just to show you how godawful painful and awful this experiment was to the Jews
Slayer always found the most controversial subjects and told them in the most brutal depiction. Of course, Mengele and the medical experimentation are a really controversial subject. Slayer also always tells the story but doesn't necessarily agree or disagree. In Angel of Death there are subtle hints of disagreement (infamous butcher, rancid angel of death flying free) - but most people see the song as a glorification of Mengele and what he did - it is just pure story telling, not approval. Controversial subject aside - Slayer rips your face off with the tempo and the "haunting" guitar tone with amazing speed. This album, Reign in Blood, is widely considered top 5, maybe 10, all time of influential metal albums. 🤘
my fav from them. everyone listens raining blood but for me that song is meh. this is the best one for me because the pure thrashyness, the vocals, etc. slayer in it's pure form, talking about obscure things no one wants to talk. those caotic solos representing the pain. pure slayer classic sound
The doctor preferred experimenting on twins. You always have a control subject, you subject one twin to some ordeal and see how they change compared to their twin. Dude was sadistic as f, hard to explain without being gruesome.
Reactors who can't handle damn near 40 yr old songs in metal.... it goes harder, it goes faster, it gets far far worse. In the words of Nattefrost "it's darker then you think" if this is too much quit now lmao
Slayer wants you to feel revulsion. There's not one grain of sugar in this song. They purposely kept the song vague so that you will not pre judge the lyrics from a certain perspective. This song bypasses many filters and makes you feel the raw emotion without our tendency to try to soften things in out brains before we think about them. I was a Junior in High school when this came out and it was the most intense thing I'd ever heard. The satanic thing was fun because it scared other kids but the raw emotional content is what really appealed to me.
Good call diving into this one. These guys were a major component of my musical awakening. This one is an honest look into the ugliness and hatred that embodied the devil nazis (nope, ain't gonna capitalise it). Maybe hit up War Ensemble from these guys. It's a commentary on some aspects of war in general.
A history lesson brought to you by Slayer. Iron Maiden does similar things just not this heavy. I actually watched a Jewish reactor do this and he loved it. Repentless official video please.
I prefer Gwar over Slayer salamizer or sick of you? Or have you seen me or slaughterama or the road behind or black and huge? Those are all pretty good songs
The thing is bro, all of those lyrics are real. That is what "The Angel of Death" did to fellow humans. Never forget that. Josef Mengele was a monster! And I'm not even Jewish.
super bad this happen in real life, but these forbidden experiments advanced medical knowledge a 100 years. I can not change history, it was terrible, but some good did out of it is a small plus
Don't listen to too much of this devil music, disgusting lyrics. Cover me Holy Spirit, & let's get it! Great observations in the end, great way to see their music.
