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You should check out Band-maids heaviest song Black Hole

Thank You for your reaction! BAND-MAID is an awesome band! There is no other band that I know of that both gives and receives SO MUCH JOY in there music and its performance! You can't really go wrong with ANY BAND-MAID song (test me, randomly pick one from there channel). BTW, there is a play-on-words here with the English word "HATE." The Japanese word "HATE" (はて, pronounced HAA-TAY) can mean "the end" or "the limit," or "Dear Me!" or question mark!

ty Bill!

No sweet love songs from Band Maid. Check out Rinne MV and Black Hole Live. Black Hole is on a two song video with Manners and starts at about 4:10. Manners is very different if you want to listen to it as well although I don't think you'll like it much.

You tend to like every song more than the last one you watched. It's sort of a thing.

One interpretation is that the "Why don't you try to understand me?" is actually mocking the whining of the jerk the song is addressed to.

The timing was off because your computer is lagging. Akane's timing is never off, ever, even if they make faces at her. They use backing tracks. So if anyone was off, even a little, it would stick out like a sore thumb. Go back and look. The video was freezing up! But yes! Guitar and Bass Call & Response "Battles" are BAND-MAID's forte.

Dude, wait until Mika hears Lovebites, Nemophila, Hanabie, Mary's Blood, Aldious, and a whole lot of other all-female bands from Japan.

Thanks so much nice reaction! Their genre is band-maid may be. How about Puzzle is the next song? I hope you`ll enjoy it!

MISA!!! MISA!!! MISA!!! 🥃🥃🥃 Badass Bass Assassin 🤙🏽 I always love the "conversations" between MISA and Kanami

There is no competition in art. Musically it is a "call & responce" - no 'battle' is implied or intended.

You want harder Band-Maid check out Rinne

You will get gobs of suggestions for the next reaction. It doesn’t matter what you pick! Band-Maid doesn’t disappoint.

2 more Maidiacs in the making 😂. Well done! Nice reaction and good observations 👍

Try black hole

MISA MISA MISA!!!!!

Band Maid is one of my 3 favourite japanese Hardrock/Heavy Metal Bands. If you like pretty good Metal, singing (and rough singing) listen to Lovebites and Nemophila too. They are all outstanding. And from Band Maid listen to the live Versions of Domination, Onset and Moratorium

11 years and 130+ songs if pure greatness 🔥❤️ They have it all..Passion Work Heart Talent Groove 🔥❤️ Greatest band of our time for me. Magical band, amazing musicians, best friends. Band-Maid forever 🤘❤️

First...shout out to @BillHallisey! Thank you sir. To Dastardly Hamster, welcome to the amazing world of Band-Maid. You will find the bass is quite prominent in Band-Maid, as the Maids like to have everyone shine. The "I Hate You!" repeated at the end of the song was inspired by the Simpsons. Saiki, the lead singer, and the one who wrote the song is a huge fan and she commented in a interview Bart used to tell Homer "I hate you" repeatedly from time to time and she thought it would be fun to do it. The lyrics was her way of voicing her displeasure of all cheating which was being reported in the media during the pandemic. One thing we all learned from this song...don't pi$$ off Saiki!😂😂😂 PO!🕊 🤘😆🤘

I adore Band-Maid, but as Mika mentioned, they are not truly metal--more a mix of styles. Sounds like Mika is looking for some hard-core metal. So here you go: Japan has had an active all-female metal scene since at least 1981. Here are just a few of the bands that have made a mark: Show-Ya (1981 The original female J-metal band, founded before Metallica-this is from their 24th (!) anniversary concert-and they are still touring) They belong in any rock or music hall of fame: “I am the Storm” th-cam.com/video/oJ_5Gv3vFjQ/w-d-xo.html Aldious (2008 Glamorous and kick-ass rockers-one of the first generation all-girl metal bands, along with Destrose) th-cam.com/video/sfkJT0rra-8/w-d-xo.html Bridear (2011 Heavy, technical-and their tiny bassist also growls): th-cam.com/video/LQIDqudG_DQ/w-d-xo.html Doll$Boxx (2012 Insane mix of metal, electropop, and god-knows what else; a collaboration between Fuki and Gacharic Spin) th-cam.com/video/mu2z4Uf9Tgc/w-d-xo.html Hagane (2018 Started with Sakura posting blistering metal guitar covers on youtube while in high-school, and the rest of the girls finding her; full lineup came together in 2019) th-cam.com/video/k8NTRJ_yTxY/w-d-xo.html Hanabie (2019 Kawaii death metal, deathcore, thrash. Technical. Most frequent comment is “That’s nuts.” One of the bands to watch in 2023) th-cam.com/video/G18yyvPCiTM/w-d-xo.html Lovebites (2016 Modern Power, Speed, Thrash and Heavy Metal. Already making a global splash. Here is their most famous official MV. After this, you have to see their live clips. th-cam.com/video/hLFelI93VkM/w-d-xo.html Mary's Blood (2008 The first major Destrose Spin-out; recently disbanded) Here, Saki murders her guitar without breaking any nails: th-cam.com/video/MLM2unV0kwU/w-d-xo.html Nemophila: (2019 Supergroup of ex-Mary's Blood guitarist Saki, ex-Lipstick vocalist Mayu, ex-Disqualia guitarist Hazuki, ex-Hölderlins bassist Haraguchi-san, and ex-Soramimi drummer Muratatam.) th-cam.com/video/lh-dVLKP314/w-d-xo.html Unlucky Morpheus (2008 Female leads Fuki (vo) and Jill (violin). This band is a deep well unto itself, they cross many subgenres of metal; Fuki and Jill also do other projects and Fuki is lead for at least two other bands including Doll$Boxx, above) th-cam.com/video/gGKWgM4IOgc/w-d-xo.html If you want growls, Hanabie and Nemophila will give you a dose. Other bands to check out for harsh vocals: Saisega and Broken by the Scream, Fate Gear, Galmet, MergingMoon.

I had the privilege of standing ten feet from MISA (the bassist) when they performed this in Sacramento. The whole concert was magical but that was life-changing.

Lyrics by Miku (Red rose/Band founder/Backing vocals/Rhythm guitar) and "Why don't you try to understand me"? Her Subjects include Astro physics "Black Hole" Official Live Video, to Music reactors- "Influencer" Official Music video. The lead vocals- Saiki and Lead guitar- Kanami are always obvious in their songs, but in this band, you will always hear plenty from the bass by Misa and her partner in the rhythm section, Akane on drums. Great reactions and comments from both- Thanks. Seen both so far. (UK)

Liam /Mika thanks for doing BAND-MAID , but Hamster come on make the video Larger , when she sang , why don`t you try to understand me , the vice was different cause it was a different singer , Miku Kobato 2nd vocalist n band founder , well Mika seems like you figured out which way the lyrics were going , MISA !!! MISA !!! MISA !!! the Barefoot Bass Assassin .

The next you should check out is Domination LIVE (NOT the MV). After well over a decade of cynicism towards new music, especially on the rock side, I found Band-Maid’s music in late 2021 and they made me love music again. That’s a powerful feeling and they’ll forever hold a place in my heart for that gift.

If you want to dig a little bit in all female bands history. There is 2 bands that still plats after 40+ years. For the hard rock the band SHOW-YA is sort of grandmother s to the female J-metsl wonders that we see the result of today. The pop punk band Shonen Knife is something else. Their topics is about food, cute animals and having fun in life. Songs like Ride the rocket and Like a cat is classics.If you want to go on a proper J-punk route. The fantastic all female band Otoboke Beaver is something to explore, on the male side you got The Erections and the Scandicore bands like Axe Helvete and Slang (Släng). Just a few bands that pops in my head for the moment.

Don't forget they do acoustic versions and even acoustic concerts. Puzzle and Anemone are great.

Band-Maid Checklist For Hate... brutal cutdown lyrics: ✔ vocal harmonies: ✔ heavy drums: ✔ guitar vs bass duel: ✔ play part of guitar solo with eyes closed: ✔ do a cute spin at the end of the song: ✔ Some song suggestions for you are Moratorium, No God, Rinne, Onset, From Now On, Without Holding Back, About Us, Play, Why Why Why, Clang, and Matchless Gum. A couple more live videos from this same Yokohama Arena Okyuji are Don't You Tell Me and Endless Story. Don't You Tell Me is a straight up banger with another guitar vs bass duel, and Endless Story is a tear jerker that even choked up the singer, Saiki, and the drummer, Akane, since it was the last song of their 10th year anniversary tour. Also, they just released a collaboration with The Warning called Show Them which is a must listen.

The question mark is present as a classic Band Maid play on words. The word for " Huh?" In Japanese sounds similar to Hate !

If you feel compelled to interrupt a solo, it would be nice to go back to the beginning and replay yhe whole thing. It's great you liked it. Try NO GOD live.

Love Band Maid🤘 Not just talent but so fun to watch...

If you're into the scream and a harder, heavier metal... you may want to check out a Japanese Metal band called "Nemophila". Check out "Rise" or "Revive" MV or Official Live. Their newest is a song called G.O.D, just a few suggestions to get you started.

Thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 My wife and I witnessed this very performance at the venue on Nov.26, last year. Very exciting 3-hour-40-minute-long show with 33-song setlist. We were in bliss (and happy fatigue thereafter 😄). The title of this song is interesting. It is not just "Hate" but "Hate?", with question mark. The lyric is a little bit contradictory or ambivalent. If the girl hates the guy so intensely, why she hanged around with him so long enough to know his daily behavior (10 minutes of limp gymnastics 🤣 etc.) and she wants him to try to understand her. Is she giving him the last chance to restore their relationship? That is the point I talked with my wife on my way home. Band-Maid is one of the best bands in our country, especially in live performance. We say "Japan is the country obsessed by Rock Music". The history is very long and the obsession started in 1966 when Beatles visited Japan and held 5 concerts at Budokan. Speaking of hard rock / heavy metal music, a number of bands started to come to Japan since as early as 1970s : Led Zeppelin / Grand Funk Railroad (1971), Deep Purple (1972), Queen (1975), Kiss (1977), Cheap Trick / Van Halen / Scorpions (1978), Judas Priest (1978/79) and so on. Now, any type of rock can be enjoyed here, especially by many all-female or women-fronted bands. They are daughters of American / European rock, for sure. (Many are grand-daughters in terms of age.) Uh-oh, we also say "Japan is the country obsessed by Jazz". It had started earlier than rock 😄

Wait till you hear lovebites. 🤘🎤🥁🎸🎹🐺

All 5 of these ladies are top tier musicians, probably why they have been together for 11+ years with the same lineup and 100+ songs to their credit, theres none of the rock star ego crap about one member carrying the band, also thanks for reminding her about interrupting solo's, music reactions 101 right there

....and the *Maidiac* attempt to convert *Liam* and *Mika* to: *BAND-MAID* - BAND-MAID / Choose Me (4/4) - BAND-MAID / HATE? (5/5) - BAND-MAID / secret my lips (?/?) - BAND-MAID 🤗🤗🤗 _Looking Good_

If you like Japanese all-female hardrock/pop rock bands, then as metal/punk fans, you should absolutely love Japanese all-female metal bands. There are many, but my favourite is LOVEBITES, arguably one of the three most musically talented metal bands on the planet (along with Dream Theater and Symphony-X). ANY song from them will impress you, but this is one of my favourites ("Hammer of Wrath" live) th-cam.com/video/pHrWRT0Jeac/w-d-xo.html

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I would have liked and subscripted,, you never ever interpret solos.

Please react to one of their newest tracks "Forbidden Tale". It will rock your world!!!!

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Six stars out of five is about right for this one. Also near-perfect is the official live for "Freedom" -- if only because the maids are having such a criminal amount of fun on stage. And I cannot recommend highly enough the MV for "Secret Maiko Lips," which they did as an April Fool's joke but in true Band-Maid fashion used April Fool's Day as an excuse to create one of the most visually beautiful music videos I've ever seen. It's a tour-de-force of blended musical genres as well.

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The metal/rock scene in Japan, especially all-female bands, is just outstanding.

Thanks guys for reacting to my request. "Hate?" really showcases the Maid's rock prowess. I do have a few suggestions for future reactions. Going back to past videos that show their musical versatility, I suggest "Manners/Black Hole", a two-fer official live video of two very different songs. One is a pure-funk groove and the other is an almost chaotically frenetic shred metal banger. Another favorite Band-Maid song of we Maidiacs is "Moratorium", the official live video from a performance at the Tokyo Zepp Theatre. The last one I will suggest, for now, is "Wonderland". It's a beautiful almost jazzy rock song that shows the band's musical versatility and showcases Saiki's, their lead vocalist's vocal range.

Thanks! Keep it up!

Choose me, is always in my top 10 of band maid. There are so many intricacies in this song. Hate is also very good. There are other songs which are in top 5 for me. For example, Blooming and Moratorium.

Having a face melt while watching a reaction it counts as a reaction too

Saiki (the singer) wrote these lyrics on behalf of her close friend whose husband cheated on her during covid. She gave her a friend a voice and made her feelings clear :)

Band Maid is not a Japanese sound at all in comparison to many others. They're really an international sound that just happens to be from Japan.