Godsmack - The Oracle (REACTION!) 

So glad you guys liked it!! I won't let you down! More requests to come🤟

Godsmack is very underrated. You got their tribal stuff ("Voodoo", "Serenity", "Spiral"), you got their acoustic stuff ("Touche", "Asleep", everything from the house of blues show), your alt metal ("Awake", "Enemy"), some good covers ("Good times bad times"), and some good hard rock ("Bulletproof", "Shine Down", some of their newer stuff). Plus Sully's solo stuff which is not rock or metal. Underrated musicianship.

If had played this and asked me to name the band....1,000,000% chance I would not have said Godsmack. Very nice.

Godsmack "Moon Baby" is so good and "Vampires" is an instrumental they won a Grammy for.

Fuck the haters! This one of the best live bands you’ll ever see! This whole album is 🔥🔥🔥

Godsmack has great instrumentals, 'Vampires' is great as well!.

You can’t deny the sinister vibes that godsmack supplies. They are solid

You guys have to listen to Godsmack-Vampires. It is an amazing instrumental song that earned them a Grammy for best instrumental.

Love Godsmack y'all should do more of their library. New stuff is great too. They have a lot of Alice and Chains influence in their older music.

The South of Heaven reference is spot on.

In keeping with your discovery of Godsmack...Try "Awake". The bridge alone is worth your time!

One of the best live bands I’ve seen. They bring it every show.

I have loved Godsmack since about 2004 and have seen them 13x and they have NEVER disappointed in my opinion.

Guys I have listening to metal since I was 8 years old. My uncle turned me on to metal. I am now 50 years old. I listen from classic rock to the darkest heavyest metal. But I always look for songs with this level of creativeness the transition the experimenting, the ability to make music that they don't care who likes it or not. Godsmack is a very underrated band from a musical stand point. I get excited for you guys to see how you react. It's like seeing for the first time after being blind all your life. Thanks for sharing.

It's music like this that makes you happy to be alive. The build up is epic & only rivals the rest of this mystical ride into fantasy. It's Beethoven, Mozart & Bach collaborating with Yngwie Malmsteen & creating this masterpiece. Bravo!

To me, what you're hearing in the intro that's familiar is Queensryche, since you did "Eyes of a Stranger." I'll suggest you go back to them as well. "Jet City Woman," "Spreading the Disease," "Suite Sister Mary," "I Don't Believe In Love," many more.

I’ve always thought Godsmack were underrated. They’ve got some dope groves and their drummer’s a beast.

"Straight out of line" . You will not be disappointed . The official video. The introduction to Shannon larkin on drums.. your mind will be blown..

In concert... they are one of the best... See them live!

You guys are the bomb to watch. I LOVE your reaction to this classic song.

I liked the first couple of Godsmack albums, but they were definitely more of a commercial radio-friendly band at the time and I kind of stopped listening to them. I hadn't heard this song before watching this reaction and I gotta agree - this is pretty great. Will have to check out their newer stuff I guess. Thanks, guys!

Most underrated Godsmack song

Godsmack was a breath of fresh air as far rock in the late 90s and early 2000s

If you're open to instrumentals, you'd be doing yourself a disservice not checking out "Death- Voice of the Soul"

Please do Megadeth's Wake Up Dead! It will blow your minds!

I’m not surprised that you guys loved this. Godsmack got their start as an Alice In Chains cover band, and we all know how much you love them. Godsmack took their name after a song entitled Godsmack off of the AIC Dirt album.

You guys are thinking of Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss, which is one of my favorite melody building song. Pantera's Cowboys from hell has a shorter build, but the beginning is pure fire.

Opeth - Windowpane. Not the typical Opeth you're used to. Great song.

Godsmack is from my home town and they've been a band we heard A LOT throughout their history and that opener was BRUTAL. Loved hearing that.. When George rolled off screen HAHAHHA

Another Great Reaction Guys. Love this song. Heavy Grooves and I'm a sucker for that Guitar everytime! 🎸🔥😋

For your next Godsmack reaction, i HIGHLY recommend you check out Awake.

I'm not the biggest Godsmack fan but I have to say one thing about them: they have become better songwriters and better musicians over the years. This is one of their more impressive tracks.

Damn, had no idea Godsmack has reached this level

Two bands you guy haven't done yet ( Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King ) and (Corrosion Of Conformity - Albatross)

The build up sounds like Alice in Chains to me.

I never understood the Godsmack hate in the metal community. I think Ryan nailed it because of their commercial success. I consider them one of the few straight up metal bands

I’ve seen Godsmack live a couple times and they kill. I just don’t get the hate. They put on a killer show and put out good tunes. End of story.

Love Sully. He's my second favorite behind Layne Staley. Tons of great music with Godsmack and solo

Love Hate Sex Pain by Godsmack. You will put this song straight to playlist, guaranteed

Holy Metal Heads🤘 Great reactions. Super refreshing to watch these dudes enjoy music. It gives me hope.

Godsmack - Inside Yourself. You won't regret it.

Godsmack has always been heavy guitar based. This one is solid. Loving it. Thanks for this reaction

Years ago they did an instrumental called Vampires which is a good piece in its own right, but you can tell how much they have improved over the years in musicianship and composition. So they haven’t been resting on their laurels and just banking cheques from the Scorpion King. They came to London back in about 2012, Sully was sick but played anyway, and they played The Oracle and went straight in to Forever Shamed right after and it was an absolute riot for about 8 minutes. Amazing

Every Time I Die - Just As Real But Not As Brightly Lit. For juuust the right amount of punk. These guys have been in the game for quite a while now. Just stellar lyrics and playing all around.

You guys are my favorite music reviewers! I remember when I first heard this song years ago. HOOKED since. Crank the volume to full, rip the knob off and toss it right out the window

Did you know that "Godsmack" was a Layne Staley song?

Yall should really have maybe a small livestream or something where you guys just randomly play songs that have been added to your playlist ever since you started this musical journey. I'm sure many of us would really love to see what songs made it in and stayed along with what songs were removed after being added after a second or third listen. Much love from Los Angeles

I Think the resemblance is especially with Metallica's "call of the ktulu". you should really hear that instrumental piece of music, its a masterpiece!

I really enjoyed the 3 first Godsmack albums. Several killer groovy songs, just like this.

I first discovered Godsmack when they performed at Ozzfest 98 or 99, (I forget which it was). They were the only band all day long that actually knew where they were. Everybody kept saying NY, but it was in NJ. Nobody had heard of them. They were getting zero airtime on local radio stations in this area at the time. Sully came on stage, and went 'Does anybody out there get pissed off' and got crickets, because we're all like 'who tf is this guy.' So he goes, 'come on, this is New Jersey. Somebody out there gets pissed off' so we're like 'alright, he knows where he is, let's play along and see where this goes' and go 'yeah.' He goes 'guys out there, do you get pissed off?' and we're like 'YEAH' and he goes and do you guys get pissed off when you come home and find your girl f*cking another guy' and we're like 'YEAH!!!' and then this skinny ballsy mf'er goes 'I'M THE OTHER GUY!' and just launched right into the first song of their set. I laughed my ass off. I've never forgotten that, and I'll always respect the band if for no other reason than Sully having the nerve to screw with an entire crowd like that, when we had no idea who he was, and he knew we didn't.

Proud you mentioned Slayer!! Does have that South of Heaven intro vibe. Love you guys. Keep up the good work. Love y'alls enthusiasm for metal!!!

Always loved Godsmack since I was a kid in the 90s, my dad use to play all the albums at the family bar we use to have. 👍

As a metal head just can say... RESPECT from Temuco, Chile. Cheers!!

Shannon Larkin is such an UNDERRATED drummer. If you watch him playing this live or in "The Making of..." video, he is fun to watch and just ABSOLUTELY KILLS IT! Check out "Devil's Swing" from Godsmack. They lay down a heavy version of an old school swing tempo.

I would highly recommend digging further into their back catalog too. I'd put them more into Hard Rock/Groove Metal personally. Lots of great stuff like Keep Away, Whatever, Greed, Voodoo, Awake, Straight Out Of Line, Serenity and many more.

Bro I’ve played music all my life, I grew up in the 80s and 90s with megadeth being my fav all time metal band. Loved ride the lightening, cowboys from hell. ALL OF THAT SHIT.. like devoted ! But godsmack is legit ! I ALWAYS loved GS That first album is still in my top 25 all time albums front to back ! Godsmack isn’t that commercial. I mean they have made hit songs, but THATS THE GOAL lol They are raw and real ! And of all the bands out there. NO ONE PUTS ON a better show live !!!!!!!

Straight out of line - GodSmack.

I'm on Patreon, only 1 request.. Mastodon, Tread Lightly. Thanks for the great reactions guys.

Muse - Knights of Cydonia I love Godsmack, don't think I have heard this instrumental from them before today though. Great suggestion! Really love the built up, like Ryan mentioned! And then the change up to a sort of Gojira vibe. Loved it!

Amazing song! One more band to thank you for (Gojira is the other one). Giving credit where credit is due: thank you guys! Keep up the awesome work! Cheers from Brazil

I was never really a Godsmack fan cause of all the radio play. I went to a concert to see a heavier band play and Godsmack was there. They tore the house down I was blown away been a fan since🤘

I rock Oracle Allllll the frickin' time. that song is Fire..!! Saints and Sinners, Goin Down, The Enemy, Speak, Greed are all HEAVY as hell and you should seriously check them out. You wanna rock the Gym make yourself a Godsmack playlist....You'll lift for Days.

This is the reaction I come back to rewatch most often.

My first listen to this song and like you guys, and I enjoyed it immensely

This song definitely has a Metallica / Slayer / Sabbath vibe.

I love how you guys really understand the whole rock / metal lingo and totally understand rock music now . Love watching you guys !!!!! Shout out to the free thinkers for sure !!!! Color is not music , music is emotion that all colors and nationalities have !!!

Godsmack is underrated AF.

"Purists" who don't like godsmack don't like them simply for the sake of not liking them. Nothing wrong with godsmack. First album blew me away. After that they got a little repetitive for awhile but broke outta that rut. Also check out chevelle, taproot and static x. Other (thrash) instrumentals that would blow you away: Call of Ktulu - Metallica Conquer or die - Megadeth Dialectic Chaos - Megadeth If you like those we will give you more.

Never underestimate Godsmack 🤩

Love Godsmack! Finally seeing them live I'm April 🤘🤘

Great reaction guys!! I think you’ll love Saints and Sinners from the Oracle.

Godsmack is a solid band. Not my favorite, but I've always appreciated their sound. If you want a hot Instrumental song with a great build-up, you should check out Pink Floyd's One of These Days!

Doesn't need lyrics when you have a tight knit group of professional metal musicians. ✅ especially Godsmack, they have had groove since they started the band. Like them or not, that's just facts.

Love Godsmack, Rock Legends, my top five all time songs of theirs (I stand alone, Straight out of line, Serenity, Greed, Awake.)

Wow, this late but I'm also this early. Would not have guessed. Can you guys do Bleed the Freak by Alice in Chains? I commented before listening. The first main riff absolutely reeks of Orion by Metallica, the intro sounds like straight out if Jerry Cantrell's playbook (if you didn't know, AIC has a song called Godsmack on the Dirt album), and the first solo sounds also very reminiscent of a Cantrell solo. You can so clearly hear the influences here!!

Radiohead- Paranoid Android!!! Will I stop spamming this eventually? Maybe 😂 Has the time come yet? Nope! But seriously it's one of the best songs I can think of and I imagine it'll get you on some level, if not be staylist

All That Remains-Two Weeks...AWESOME SONG

I love that, I haven't heard anything from them 25 years, that rocks!

Love Godsmack! Love Lost in Vegas! You reactions are the best. I would recommend Voodoo, Serenity, Keep Away, Under Your Scars, The entire Faceless Album. Also check out some of Sully's solo stuff, especially Until Then. His lyrics have a lot of meaning behind them.

Godsmack is awesome!! Nothing to write off about them!! They are just straight forward hard rockin bad ass musicians. And you know you're always gonna get that from them!!.

Def one of my guilty pleasures

Seen Godsmack multiple times, amazing live band. You need to listen the their first album. The entire album is great. Extremely underrated band, I dont understand how anyone can hate on them. Sully literally plays everything, great musician.

Godsmack: If a tribal tattoo was a band.

These guys.. Back in the late 90s after work I wandered into one of my favorite Chicago rock venues… Thurston’s. I had a few beers downstairs and then walked up to see the band. They had a van labeled Godsmack outside. The opening band was almost done and during the set change I went up to this cat who ended up being Sully and he was a cool dude, all rock vibes. Went on to see their set. They were awesome. A few months or so down the line, their first big record came. I was happy for them. I didn’t even know as a Chicago-Boston cat most of my life that they were from Boston. Then they stupid “stay away” stuff came in and I was done. I was with it until about 2004 but after? Not my bag. I am glad they had a career. It was never the same after that gig. I hope they are happy. Sully got too much ego into his head after.

You’ll love ‘Vampires’ - another great instrumental song

I am old school, being that I became a metal head around 1984 at age 12. I love Godsmack and the people around my age that I know, love Godsmack. I hear from those born mid-90's and later who are the haters of bands like Godsmack, Metallica and all the above. My personal opinion from what I seen. Take what you will from that.

The Oracle is actually my favorite godsmack album The song “the oracle” reminds me a lot of Metallica’s “Orion “ mixed with “the thing that should not be” Godsmack is one of those bands that just pulls you into their music. Wether is “commercial”, “generic” or just pure hard rock and nu metal.

Great reaction, guys! Please check out "No Place for Disgrace" by the band Flotsam and Jetsam! It's the title track from their 2nd album released in 1988, and it's about Japanese Samurai warriors. Jason Newsted formed this band before joining Metallica in 1986 after Cliff Burton (bassist) died in a bus accident. Flotsam and Jetsam are still going strong. They just released their 14th album last week. Thanks!

Gojira - Amazônia !!!

I been listening to metal since 80s. I am into all kinds of metal from super heavy to not so heavy. Godsmack are extremely talented and are absolutely fantastic live. I saw them open for metallica years ago and I'm betting metallica was thinking fuck we have to go on next. That's how good they were. There are always idiots out there that will say they suck which makes zero sense to me. There is no way as a fan of music in general you can deny they are talented. I absolutely can't stand prince but I won't deny his talent especially his guitar playing.

Fellas We need some more GODSMACK

Not my sound, but respect to the band and whoever mixed/mastered it. A+ production.

U guys rock!

Have you heard the new Gojira album?

Love your reactions, you guys are good at finding meanings to songs. Still waiting for W.A.S.P, Morbid Angel or Cradle of filth? Recommend all these bands early stuff, they were masters of their genres.

It's surprising to me that they haven't reacting to Deftones- The spell of mathematics

Amazing

This was great 👍

I'm digging this song so hard right now.

I was never into Godsmack until I heard Oracle and then 🤣 the rest is history.