Death is the best metal band. R.I.P to The Godfather of death metal.

This whole album is a masterpiece.

Chuck was a genius. We lost him way to soon.

Chuck stands out, for many reasons. He wrote a lot about issues Death Metal bands used to shy away from. There are so many Death songs that are worthy of a reaction.

You definitely need to bring more Death reactions.

Chuck was a legend - this is Death's second best song in my opinion. Please, I beg you to check out Flesh and the Power it Holds at some point!

"This is weird." This is progressive death metal. The answer to your final question of what is death metal, is yes, and no. Yes, in the sense that death metal usually revolves around themes of death, and no because lyrical themes never make a genre. The origin of the term "death metal" comes from one of two places. The band Possessed's debut demo 1984 was called "Death Metal." They played a far more aggressive and extreme version of death metal mixed with thrash metal. Likewise, Death (the band you just listened to), released their debut demo in the same year called "Death by Metal." A lot of the early death metal acts did indeed base their lyrics around themes of death, but that is not a requirement for the genre. The albums that proceeded Symbolic, specifically their first two, 1987's "Scream Bloody Gore" and 1988's "Leprosy" dealt heavily with themes of death and also had a more aggressive sound. They slowly became more and more progressive and their lyrics tended to deal with themes of a philosophical nature rather than morbid. The thing that matters most about genres is how it sounds and not what any of the lyrics mean. Death metal has a specific sound, it's in the harsh growling vocals that often make the singer sound like a zombie, the riffs, the barrelling drums, etc. There are loads of death metal bands that don't sing about morbid themes. Chuck's voice is one of the most iconic voices in death metal--in all of metal. RIP. But if you want some truly bizarre and out there vocals, try the band Demilich.

If you want to listen to more Death in the future here are some songs -Pull the plug -Zombie Ritual -Crystal Mountain -Evil Dead -Left to Die -The Philosopher -Spirit Crusher -Together as One -Voice of the Soul

RIP Alexi Laiho. May he be never forgotten...

Death got me into Death Metal

Alex, the drums are done by the one and only Gene "The Atomic Clock" Hoglan.

E : Eluveitie - Deathwalker Also, glad you chose Symbolic, it's such a great track!

finally you've found Death! ^^ please,please,please do Voice of the Soul next! i proposed this one like 30 times allready. :) i promose you won't be disappointed! Voice of the soul! :p

DEATH "Voice of the soul - amazing instrumental art

Death got me obsessed into guitar, my love for this band is so big I learn how to shred within a year of guitar playing because of Chuck. RIP my hero.

E should be Emperor-The Loss and Curse of Reverence!

E: Exodus - Blacklist !

Death - Overactive Imagination

Ensiferum - Rum, Women, Victory Eluveitie - Rebirth Exodus - Toxic Waltz

Imo, Death's best record is "Spiritual Healing" his screams are lower and deeper with ecen chunkier riffs

Literally I was listening Death when i saw the notification LOL!

finally death react to more death metal songs

For E you should consider checking out Entombed - Left Hand Path. It's a death metal classic and that ending solo will blow your fucking mind.

First off. Rest In Peace Alexi Laiho. Second, Death is so amazing. Chuck's vocals change quite a bit album to album. You should do a deeper delve on them in your own time.

Man, read all the comments under last reaction of Everytime I Die, you missed the news Alexi has passed away..

E - ELUVEITIE - Inis Mona from Masters Of Rock 2019

Death-symbolic... The greatest death metal album EVER! Listening the whole album is a must... All songs together form an extreme experieance... On the end you can lay back, in sweting and reflect to the experience. Chuck is a God! RIP

React to 1000 Eyes by Death. Chuck predicted the future!! Beautiful song!

E - Entombed O - Obituary

Thank you for this! This is my favorite album and Death is really important band for me and for metal world 💚

Rest In Peace Chuck. A truly magnificent composer.

Exodus - Downfall Exodus - Blacklist Exodus - Children of a worthless god

E, Exodus- Blacklist

For E please check out Eluveitie-Rebirth!!!!

You were the first ever reaction channel I got into. Now whenever you release a video I try to watch them. Watching your videos and your infectious enthusiasm has become part of my daily routine. 😁

E - Enslaved - Roots of the Mountain, Thoughts like Hammers or Death in the Eyes of Dawn.

E- Ensiferum Rum, Women, Victory. Awesome, super catchy song and a really great video

“I” for Immortal - All Shall Fall

As someone who has grown up and lost their innocence long ago this song is so very meaningful. It’s one of my fav songs by Death. It saddens me that we lost Chuck so early. RIP.

I'm so happy that you finally grab some classics

This is the first time i heard this track and it's a freakin masterpiece.

Death takes patience, but they're oh so rewarding. Regarding "E," I think you would have a ton of fun with metal's dance anthem, Exodus' "Toxic Waltz."

Alex! This is my favorite song of all time! One of my favorite albums of all time as well. From the moment I saw the thumbnail, I knew you would love the lyrics if not anything else. I'm glad you liked the line "the open wounds expose the importance of our innocence". The lyrics gained really important meaning to me after a good friend of mine took his own life about 4 years ago now, and I suddenly felt as though I was much older and that the innocence of youth was fading. Lots changed around that time, and especially me loving this song more than ever. I found myself astounded by the musicianship and the profound words of Chuck Schuldiner, the frontman (and basically the heart and soul of the band throughout its career). That line "savor what you feel and what you see, things that may not seem important now, but may be tomorrow" gets me every time. He's saying don't let life pass you by without taking in all of the great things around you, and be appreciative of the good in your life. It helped me through a dark period, I hope you enjoy more Death in the future. By the way, that riff at 8:30 is a BITCH to play on guitar over and over and over like that you literally feel like you're dizzy from playing it over and over to end the song like that. Also, by the way, the "death metal" term really has less to do with the song lyrics and subject matter but more just the musical style. Death started as a normal death metal band that sang about gore, but progressed into a more technical death metal band as time went on, and Chuck's songwriting and technical proficiency got better. Learning the distinctions between the metal subgenres sonically is a whole other ball game, so if you really wanna know what makes death metal death metal... I am not your guy. I just know it when I hear it at this point.

Dude, you're progressing as a metalhead. Glad to see hip-hop fan checking all-time classics.. Let the Metal Flow!

E might stand for Exodus - war is my sheppard

Drummer on this album was Gene Hoglan. One of the best metal drummers.

Gotta give you props Alex for having a pair of good quality open headphones. Also love your lyric response, Chuck was amazing lyrically

One doesn't smile when he/she listens to death metal. DM invokes anger, aggression , violence and for true metalhead....serenity :D

Chuck was Mozart in death metal history.. RIP Chuck

One of the best metal albums I've ever heard!

I love how you thoroughly enjoy it it reminds me of when I first got into metal lolol

I'm glad you finally got around to some more Death. Chuck is my favorite guitarist, I feel like I've learned more about guitar from playing Death songs than from almost anything else. He was a genius, and honestly everyone in the band was, but as a lyricist/vocalist and a guitarist, he was almost untouchable. Great songwriter too!

I still say that Deaths Crystal mountain has one of the best transition cords ever recorded

Ensiferum- In My Sword I Trust.

excellent reaction 🤘

When you get to letter R checkout Rivers of Nihil "Where Owls Know My Name" or "The Silent Life"

Edguy - sacrifice, vain glory opera, until we rise again, the devil and the savant, the pharaoh.

For E- Eluveitie there's a long list of amazing songs so I'll list a few 'A Rose For Epona' 'Breathe' 'The Slumber' Also have to say it again when you get to F please do Fleshgod Apocalypse-Epilogue

This is such an awesome series please keep it going🤘🏿

Yeahhh Death is insane man, amazingly insane, hahaha love your reaction 😆

NEKROGOBLIKON WE NEED A GIMMICK PLEASE, been requesting this song for over a year! You won't be disappointed

For E, do Exodus, either Like Father Like Son or War Is My Shepherd. Everyone's saying do Toxic Waltz and, well, while a well known song from them it doesn't really encompass what they are.

This is good stuff dude, Chuck was the man!

E: Eluveitie, Evergrey, Exodus, Ensiferium, Epica, Escape The Fate.

O: Obscura - Akroasis N: Necrophagist - The Stillborn One

After the ABC's.... DEATH - Flesh and the Power It Holds. The song that hooked me in to them like a fishy

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR MORE DEATH! My favorite band.

E - Evergrey "Solitude Within", "Blinded", "A Touch of Blessing", "The Essence of Conviction" or "Wrong". You won't be disappointed by the feels.

E-Exodus Strike Of The Beast Paul Baloff Studio Version

Finally music from Death. You need to listen HAVOK- FROM THE CRADLE TO RTHE GRAVE

So glad you liked Death - Symbolic! I remember when I first heard that song and album 22 years ago like it was yesterday! The vocalist Chuck was very philosophical. They’re one of the more progressive/technical death metal bands. Death metal can have lyrics about anything, but death and gore and horror are common themes. For an E band I highly recommend ERRA - Skyline! You won’t regret it! (Or any song from ERRA, they’re so badass)

i love that you get the incredible depth and philosophy in the lyrics,

You should check some songs from the last Death album The Sound Of Perseverance. Musically is their most interesting album, especially songs like Scavenger Of Human Sorrow, Spirit Crusher, Flesh And The Power It Holds, To Forgive Is To Suffer or Voice Of A Soul

For E Eluveitie - Tegernako or Embers fall -We become fire

This is my favorite album and I love how into it u get it brings the nostalgia of when I discover this stuff

Loving this ABC's of metal🤘🤘

For L, check out Lacuna Coil. Their song "Swamped" is my favorite. You'll love the singer Christina's voice.

For E, "Ensiferum - Into Battle". DO IT!

I need more death reaction! Saludos desde Chile!

Sees Death in the title, immediately hits play and Like!! Amazing band!! RIP Chuck, RIP Alexi🤘🏻🖤🤘🏻

Eluveitie - breathe for [E], amazing song

For “P,” consider Paths of Possession “Promises in Blood.” It’s the side project of Cannibal Corpse frontman Corpsegrinder. Plenty of P’s there, too. Loved seeing today’s reaction. “Symbolic” is great!

There's so much to hear in this album. I remember when I bought it back in 1995... couldn't stop hearing it. What a classic !!!

that slam riff that comes up a few times and at the very end of the song🔥 is a great one of the many heard throughout

E: Exodus - Bonded by Blood or The Toxic Waltz

[E] Exodus - funeral hynm, live at Wacken

The name 'Death' was a tribute to singer/guitarist/founder Chuck Schuldiner's brother Frank, who died in a car accident at 16, when Chuck was 9. His parents bought him a guitar to help him cope with the grief.

Dude! Every time I die for E! After you got me excited on IG! 🤣

E: Enslaved- Homebound Or Entombed- Left hand path

For E: Eluveitie "Rebirth"

Hey Alex! Death is generally considered to be one of two bands that invented Death Metal in the late 80s. Their first album "Scream Bloody Gore" was conceived as the soundtrack to pretty gory horror movies that founder and leader Chuck Schuldiner enjoyed watching. The lyrics were about death, blood and mutilation and the like. So that is basically the core of the genre. Gory horror for the joy of the shock. But Death soon outgrew this. As early as the second album Leprosy there was the song "Pull the Plug" which is about Chuck Schuldiner's brother who had died tragically. For a while he was on life support with no hope for recovery, a traumatic experience for the family. From there it got ever more philosophical. Ok, it mostly revolved around philosophical matters of life and death so the death part was never abandoned, but it was no longer gory and no longer about the horror movie aspect.

Epica- Abyss of Time!

For E react to Eluveitie - The Call of the Mountains (Live at Masters of Rock 2019)

E - EPICA The official live video of "The Essence of Silence" is amazing!

You wouldn't have Alexi without Chuck. RIP Alexi and Chuck, 2 absolute legends!

Dude, Death is legendary. Chuck was an amazing vocalist and guitar player. So sad that he, too lost his life so early.

Epica - Never Enough Fit for an Autopsy "Still We Destroy"

Eluveitie - Inis Mona, let's show some love to folk metal!!!

Fun fact. Drummer Gene Hoglan recorded this with a broken back...

Death = The birth of progressive death metal. Used to clam bake with my buddy for hours in his car listening to this stuff back in the early/mid nineties. Brings back some memories. Good music. Inspired a lot of us guitar players still to this day.