**Awesome NEW Symph Metal*** Versailles (Faith and Decision) Kel-n-Rich's first reaction
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- KnR's first reaction to Versailles Live Performance of Faith and Decision for RABIDBLACK!!!!
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I'm a huge fan of Versailles and traveled to Japan from Mexico to this specific concert lol. This was to celebrate their 10th anniversary. Also, as you say, this song was composed for Jasmine You, their bass player who passed away on 2009. MASASHI is the one who joined as bass player in 2010. The song was composed by HIZAKI (the GUY with dress lol), and the lyrics are pretty touching. Also, Jasmine's "symbol" was a butterfly and his color was purple, that's why a purple butterfly appears and they remain in silence a few seconds. We, all fans, were completely silent (I was crying lol). In this part, the lyrics say something like "In this place we dreamed,
together with you, my friend, we will sing. In destiny, forever". And finally, Jasmine's dream was that Versailles could play at Nippon Budokan, that's why that song and that moment was so important. Glad you enjoyed them! They are the best! You should listen to KAMIJO solo project, he has an interesting story to tell ;) (Symphony of the Vampire would be a great start) and HIZAKI's solo project and also Jupiter, a band created by HIZAKI, they sound more heavier than Versailles~
Just to clarify, music was by HIZAKI and lyrics by KAMIJO ^^;
@@ElleAyakashi OH MY GOD WHAT YOU HUGGED HIZAKI?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?
Teru and Hizaki are phenomenal guitarists, especially together.
Really my tears are flowing, I felt every thing I listened! Great! Majestic! Amaizing! Wonderfull!! I enjoy It a lot!!
Wow, something else. Another gem found for my collection of wonderful music.
I'm so glad to watch this video and for your respectful reaction. This song tells a story of friendship and fellowship with Jasmine, when the fate come over us, and it means very much for the fans who crying her.
This is prog symphonic metal,very great band
Versailles have been out there by more than 10 years, Ive waited years to watch them play in my country (Brazil) and "wow, thats why they are my favorite band". You guys need to watch more japanese metal, like Galneryus, Versailles and Unlucky Morpheus! Most of Japan metal bands are just PERFECT!
HIZAKI is the guitarrist, he played the bass in the album. The new bassist is MASASHI, he is a monster!
Next Versailles reaction, there song "Masquerade" :D
Yeahh :D
Zandman26 or God Palace
They are all guys, lol. They're also not unknown, they have a HUGE following. Also all of the members were in high profile bands before this one. Check out Masquerade, Aristocrat's Symphony, Libido, Vampire and The Love From a Dead Orchestra from them.
You forgot one, God's Palace.
Enough already! How many times do I have to go in & have my jaw sewn back together? You 2 are awesome! Keep crankin' out the awesome music! I needed that! Thanks for all you do!
Hizaki is the guitarist in the dress. He covered the bass to finish recording the album after jasmines death. Hizaki is actually a male. And you should look at some of his solos
I believe he did bass on Jubilee, but on Holy Grail Masashi had fully taken over bass duties!
One of the best bands to come from Japan
This band changed my life after playing guitar for nearly 20 years. Do check out more of their stuff-- Ascendead Master is true piece of musical theater. Try checking out Galneryus' Angel of Salvation as well--it's a Japanese power metal band and they rearranged parts of Tchaikovsky's second violin concerto to make the song.
Your story sounds similar to mine, Versailles and Galneryus is special bands for many guitarist I believe (of cause there not as prevalent so many guitarist might have missed out on them).
Best reaction to Versailles ever. Really, from the bottom of my heart: thank you for enjoy it.
Our sincere pleasure. We lived it and lived it Yesenia Ruiz! KnR
Galneryus - Angel of salvation (live)
To be sure you should suggest it on there website as well:)
@@Zandman26 Thanks for the tip!
Thank u guys I never seen these guys we r on the same ride with yall so yeah but its hard to do because we have to watch it twice lol first time the song the second time yall so sorry for yalls lost and yeah love yall
Rich, your reaction wa the same as I felt the first time I heard Versailles. Phenomenal band full of phenomenal musicians.
Versailles are Vampires.
Versailles have a new álbum in 2017 called "Lineage".
This video is that tour
Galneryus angel of salvation live version
Yes,must have!!! Live version
Nothing like squeezing a week of fantastic music in one day. I LOVE THIS!!!!
I NEED to know more about this band! What a great find. Loved every minute of it.
I will suggest more songs to them, and probably rabid black aswell as we seem to tag tail here on YT.
I learned about them in 2012 the year they broke up 😭
@@captainteeko4579 that's around he same as me lol. I think I discovered visual kei during 2013, and basically Versailles was my gateway into it. I was literally 12 back then, and we'd just gotten an internet connection. And being the anime fan I was i scoured the net for anything Japanese. And boy did I hit the grail. When it came to visual kei, everyone else just didn't compare to Versailles, and even with Jupiter I only liked some songs; though that doesn't mean Jupiter was bad or that other bands were bad. They just didn't hit the same for me. Now I'm just glad that within a small period I managed to introduce myself to many things, and especially Japanese music (and even more especially in the rock genre) is something I continue to love and treasure to this day. It's quite sad that I never really got to experience the heyday of any of my favourite bands but hey, that's just how life goes.
I had to listen to it a second time. Well worth a replay. :-)
SO COOL!!!
Something wonderful happened when I discovered this group of perfect humans. As an old hippy this is pure joy! Love and peace people x
i love this song because of the emotion and hizaki cries in some the performances
I'm happy you guys are checking out more Japanese metal bands.
As a Japanese from Tokyo I’m super happy to see how you two were impressed by one of my favorite bands from my country. Well, just so you know, they’re all male(and are straight), and most of them are in their early forties...
Yes!! I'm a huge fan of Versailles!
I LIKE and want to hear MORE!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!
Yesss! I subscribed immediately. May I suggest DIR EN GREY - Macabre Tabula Rasa live ? This is a live version of a pretty impressive japanese Metal Band that will probably woo you if you are into technique and composing.
Lot's of people suggest this band below Versailles songs. However I never got into them, might be the singer that throws me off.
@@Zandman26 for me it is the music videos, lol. They are weird as fuck but nice
React to Hizaki solo Rosario, too is beautiful.
言葉分からないけど、最高の動画です！Versaillseファンとしては、感動してくれて嬉しい！
They're next level musicality and since more than one of their songs are dedicated to the original bassist that suddenly passed away, dont be surprised if you see them emotional and in tears while they perform one of their musical masterpieces. Also check out the further evolution of the band which was renamed Jupiter as well as Hizaki San's solo music projects.
Never heard them before. Pretty awesome.
Kel, love the Pepe le Pew cup. He has always been an inside joke for my wife and I.
Actually HIZAKI is the main guitarist (right-side) and he’s the one who composed the song because he was the closest to Jasmine You.
i recommended u to react another song. history of the other side and god palace ❤️
Watch Versailles Masquerade live or and the red carpert day, theses songs Are fantastics. lml
VERSAILLES are probably the most elaborate Visual Kei band standing. Of course they have to be rococco in all its plenty and splendor, seeing what the band's name stands for! Personally I am always taken not only by their virtuosity, visual effects and dress-up, but how each of them has their distinct character on stage, very convincing and elaborate.
However, Japan is a country crazy about this style, so there is a bunch of those bands that would easily fall into Rich's "best of the best" category. GALNERYUS is one of them (and prolific as hell to boot), if you liked the long-winded "plugged symphony" - well check out their song "Angel of Salvation" - it will deliver the emotion it promises!
But first, you owe to yourself to go back to the icons of this strange but beautiful movement (it is more than musical genre) - X JAPAN. If you take one request from me this year [I know, I know - I already posted numerous] let it be #painintheask X JAPAN "Art of Life". It is a song, an album, and life-altering story of perseverance all in one. The country of the Rising Sun capturing the emotion of humanity. Nuff said. \m/
And now to Visual Kai?! You guys are exploring every side of the metal world. X Japan would be a natural prosecution of this video.
The song was written by Hizaki, and he is lead guitar player.
10:28 me too, and reminds me of Malmsteem
it gets progressive metal at times
I remember first getting into Versailles shortly before their bass player died, then sort of got caught up in other Japanese bands
Hizaki is the badass guitar player. Masashi is the new bassist, the guy with the long black hair. Good friend of the old bassist Jasmine, Masashi was the right person to replace him
Versailles!
I do have one of their cds. 'Noble' it's not bad, I love the music but have a hard time with the vocals.
The Aristocrats - Get It Like That
Here's The Main Entrance To The Versailles "RabbitHole". I Just Looked It Up And Intend To Explore And Post Some Of What's There...These Folks should Be Known, And Can Hold Their Own With The Likes Of Nightwish, Within Temptation Or Epica. [The Vocal Reminds Me A Bit Of Kamelot.] Link: th-cam.com/channels/advx8p2yoAoSWo7PLiYemQ.html AND Here's A Link To The Entire Nippon Budokan Concert This Came From: th-cam.com/video/bgnFC9njn1w/w-d-xo.html ENJOY! #RicFromBelmond
More react Versailles plsss :D
Dont miss ..All members are male ;P
If you dig this, the originals were a band called X-Japan. I know this isn't where to request songs, but for those reading comments, Check out a couple songs.. I rec Rusty Nail, Kurenai, and Silent Jealousy.
you should try the original version of this song.U gonna love it ;)
I'm Japanese, but I think it's like Metal Rock + Classical Rock + Kayou Kyoku (Japanese) in Visual Kei. Check "Kayou Kyoku (Japanese)" on Wikipedia.
In particular, songs written by KAMIJO have a lot of Kayou Kyoku style.
React to:
Being As An Ocean - Even The Dead Have Their Tasks - Audiotree Live
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Would love to see a reaction to Grace Project as well.
You guys should listen to Malice Mizer and Moi dix Mois
Try the band Jupiter which is both guitarists other band, very similar in style
Do you know if the drummer is Jupiter too?
All four were but drummer & bassist no longer
Japanese audiences are very respectful and usually dont make noise when the singer is singing.
This Japanese symphonic metal band is just great, but just to let you know, they are all male.
Nope there's a female guitarist the one wearing the dress obviously.
@@gravenwolf6535 Sorry to disappoint you, but "she" is actually a "he" and his name is Masaya Kawamura. He is better known by his stage name Hizaki.
@@tarmotyyri6733 As he have stated he does not dress as a woman when he is not on stage.
I think he does this to conceal his identity, similar to Slipnot and Lordi.
But that's just my own hypothesis.
@@Zandman26 Hizaki does dress like a woman when not on stage. I've seen her shopping in some interviews dressed as a woman.
I think this clip tells you the story even if it's not saying something out right about it.
th-cam.com/video/3qjb88BnsIw/w-d-xo.htmlm32s
To think that for me this is the "lesser version" of this song, best one being the one from the Holy Grail live performance, maybe give it a shot during your free time. Also highly suggest Masquerade, Philia and Glowing Butterfly from that same performance
if you like this then Galneryus Angel Of Salvation live would blow your mind
More Steve Hacket meets Herman Li for a jam session
Heeeyyy… does anyone remember Joe Satriani? His solo instrumentals and riffs would make for some great reactions.
Why dont you react Versailles anymore? :D
React to KAMIJO's, the vocalist, song th-cam.com/video/iSqo8FsM4RE/w-d-xo.html Its amazing, and features the guitarist of another band who is very, very famous in the visual kei community. His name is mana-sama.
The band's costumes reflect the ornate fashion of the Royal Court under Louis XIV King of France (1682) in the Palace of Versailles ^^
Pain Of Salvation? :p
New Tool song?
They have to have electric fans under those dresses or they'd pass out from the heat 😮
Please please please!!!! react to Philia by Versailles , it's the best one by them!!!!
Nice but not in the same league as Nightwish.
It's the quality of operatic voice and metal gruffness combo that really makes them unique.
As a fan of both, being a Nightwish fan since the Tarja days.
I will say that Nightwish has more heavy songs than Versailles.
And when it comes to vocals noone can beat Floor.
But the skill of either of the Versailles guitarist far out does anything Nightwish ever done, they are closer to Malmsteen, Vai and Satriani.
And they tackle the genre in different ways, Nightwish takes inspiration from movie scores while Versailles takes inspiration from composers such as Bach, Vivaldi and Beethoven.
So saying one is in another league then the other is just making an uninformed statement.
@@Zandman26 You name it yourself....Versailles sounds more like the stuff of Malmsteen, Vai, Satriani. Nightwish's mastermind is, as we all know, the synthesizer-wizard Tuomas Holopainen , who is a huge original score-fanatic, that's why Nightwish's music sounds a lot like movie scores with some finnish, irish and other folks-stuff influences here and there....so it is more like a matter of different genres to me.
All of the members of this band are men, this is a colcher in Japan. The player in the red dress is Hizaki, Teru is the other guitar player It is hard to believe be thay are men. there is a video showing them with out all the dressup and makeup on youtube. (Versailles with no makeup / visuales )
"New"? They disbanded in 2012!
They are all men by the way. In my opinion, this performance of it is musically better and was the first time: th-cam.com/video/0_iRWVMM8-I/w-d-xo.html
If you want a real challenge, try listening to a band called Seventh Wonder. They have a 30 minute masterpiece called “The Great Escape”.
Mmmm. I've gone past the point where I want to watch a guitarist see how high they can throw a plectrum into the air, or play arpeggios with their left toe nail. While I don't doubt their technical proficiency. Give me dave Gilmour any day of the week.
Well there's TH-cam for everyone... My respect goes for either performer and their styles, even if I acknowledge too much Visual Kei can be like eating too much cake - and still HARD to stop! :))
Thank you to whoever suggested this....haven't laughed so loud in ages.
bro what
Noveria=utopia..my opiniom.
Can't tell if they're Japanese men or Japanese women. Sorry, this is a little too happy sounding to be Metal. Maybe Symph Hard Rock..., maybe.
Well this is as they said, a song honoring there late bassist. Might not be the right time to go full trash metal when you trying to convey to someone that has past that they are still a part in your life and the sorrow you feel about there passing.
Kel, I just can't get used to the thought that you can enjoy this electronic modern day elevator music by a nobody band, well played but forgettable, my opinion, so much yet not like a masterpiece like A Day In The Life by the best band that ever was. It's mind boggling really. Don't get me wrong I think you guys are great! Very loving and likeable people! So much so that I will subscribe to your channel but not without a little hesitation about your judgment of this inspiring masterpiece. This song, ultimately, is about how mundane and suffocatingly oppressive society can be with it's bad news about deaths' celebrity obsession, wars, mind numbing stories about potholes etc... Which is why Lennon says sarcastically and yet so playfully and insightfully " now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall. I'd love to turn you on! Also this was recorded in 1967 on a 4 track tape and to give you some insight EVERY other band from 1964 and afterwards, waited for The Beatles to put out a record so they would know which direction to go in musically and lyrically! They evolved and grew so quickly with each album reaching new heights and new sounds. Also the video that accompanied the song was from the film ' Magical Mystery Tour' and really shouldn't have been used. Turn off the video and the music will speak for itself. It's funny that you say that classical music plugged in was one of your fantasies and that it happened 'long ago'. That was long before this band, 'Versailles' ever existed. Because that would be in 1967 when, as I stated previously, the best band in the world, which is popular consensus and not mere opinion, released Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band! Listen to it in it,s entirety and you will know what I mean! It opened the door and the minds of all who followed! Please don't take what I'm saying in a negative way. I respect your musical training and you have good taste. I just feel that you might have been a bit overwhelmed and that the video threw you off track too. Love to you two! Take good care! Minding the fort here in Canada for you Kel! Peace, Love and Justice forever!
I can understand being partial to a specific band, however if you have actually played music yourself I would know that this is not elevator music.
And I guess you don't even looked at the english translation of this piece.
And even funnier is that you then point to a band that is actually more or less forgotten in today's world, but if you cant appreciate metal music then maybe do not press on a video that has the title Symp Metal in it.
@@Zandman26 I wasn't talking to you and neither do you know anything about me or what you are talking about so take your uninformed opinion and tell it to someone who cares. Thank you.
@@Zandman26 Also you say 'forgotten' well check out record sales and I would bet that The Beatles have outsold this nobody band of yours ten fold this year alone. The only thing that will be forgotten is your uneducated opinion.
Sure, but comment sections are public forum and I thought your comment was so out of touch that I needed to respond to it.
And as classically trained guitarist I am not totally uninformed about music, so I thought I would give you some insight so you don't do a mistake like this again.
But if your style is to shit on all bands that is not your favorites then go ahead, just don't be surprised when you get blow back.
@@Zandman26 Again I really don't care about your naive opinions. If I hurt your feelings then too bad. You keep trying to qualify yourself as a 'Trained' guitarist well why couldn't you just teach yourself and play by ear if you know music so well. Your whole schtick is based on assumptions and ill informed notions of musical knowledge superiority but again, you don't know me or if I play ten instruments or none and you never will so just go on your illusionary way and feed your ego some other way. Like maybe in a mirror.
Not bad, but I wouldn’t call this symphonic metal.
So what would you classify it as? I can't really place them better then that.
It's definitely "Japan-Rock" or "Visual Kei", even Yngwie J. Malmsteen himself is not the same "Symphonic Metal" as Nightwish is delivering...and I love the opus of Malmsteen.
@@NicholasCorvin Yeah, Versailles might be closer to neoclassical then symphonic.
But the genres are very similar in there sound.
Just can't take the male guitarists in a dress seriously
So your just not going to give one of the best guitarists in the world a chance because of his stage clothing?
Don't understand people like you, is music not about how it sounds and not about how the artist present themselves?
Thats your problem
I'm sorry, I guess musical standards are just not what they used to be.