they intentionally chose the white and gold outfits for not only visibility but to throw a wrench into the all black leather with tattoos covering them look of all the other metal bands. they are musicians of the highest level and are all beautiful ladies that epitomize class and charisma. and vocalist asami has a ballet background and replicates the swan with her movements at the start of the song. this is actually one of their softer songs so you will be amazed by them when they go heavy. and they do it a lot. the band that can play anything
Lovebites’ dress style was on purpose for the exact shock value you experienced. They wanted to set themselves apart from all the other heavy metal bands.😊
It's clear to me, they're showing the world you don't have to be male, wear black, or have tattoos to play ELITE level heavy metal. I absolutely LOVE their look and Asami's vocals. They purposely chose her for her R&B background. Let's be honest, you're not going to find many bands who can pull off what they just did, not even NW. React to their latest live video they released, Hammer of Wrath live from Mar 2023 show. Features new bassist Fami (former bassist Miho in this video). Hammer is straight up in your face thrash metal. 🤘
Lovebites... Beauty, Class, Elegance, and brilliant musiciens..Breaking all the norms in a good way.. So refreshing to see beautiful classy women playing metal.. Enjoy the ride..
@@redsaob You have alot to see.. So enjoy the ride.. Check out The song Reincarnation by a band called Aldious.. More norms broken they are awesome, and one of the pioneers of all female Japanese metal.
Here is the link to their newest live performance: th-cam.com/video/pHrWRT0Jeac/w-d-xo.html The hammer of wrath (live 2023) This song is straight thrash metal and they don’t hold back on stage. The energy on stage and in the audience is amazing!
Formed in 2016, the band is named after the Grammy winning Halestorm song, Love Bites(So Do I). Lead singer ,Asami, joined Halestorm at 2019 Download to perform that song. Miyako on piano(classically trained) and guitar, Midori on guitar, drummer Haruna, and original bassist ,Miho, seen here. Miho left in 2021, replaced by Fami last Oct. Some songs lean towards power metal, some towards thrash, and some ballads. Sure, at first it may seem the vocals don't go with the music. but, keep listening and you may come to realize that it works very well. Yes, go down the rabbit hole. lol . More from this Zepp DiverCity Tokyo 2020 concert: Holy War, Break the Wall, and Thunder Vengeance.
The white dresses are mainly worn for visibility because they are not very tall and helps them stand out, they're also known as the white wolves and the Goddesses of metal. Enjoy your journey through the den, aĺl songs are good, great or masterpieces. 🤘🎸🎤🎹🥁🐺
Congratulations, you just found the best new metal band to come along in decades, and you jumped right in the deep end with "Swan Song". In their first five years of existence, they put themselves on par with the greatest bands of metal’s golden age. Other reviewers have described them as alien superheroes disguised as young women, angels, princesses of metal, and angry bridesmaids. They recently went on a year-and-a half hiatus while they searched for a new bassist. They announced the new bassist in October 2022 (see below) and dropped their first new song on December 22. Their new album, “Judgement Day”, was released two months later. Some background: They were formed in 2016 from the remnants of a legendary all-girl Japanese metal band called Destrose (yes, all-girl metal has been a thing in Japan since at least 1981). Miho (bass, chief headbanger and founder of the band) had a vision of a new band in the style of the great European bands of the golden age of metal. She recruited her former bandmate Haruna (drums, 4'9" “pocket nuclear reactor”); they needed two world-class guitarists, and so they went and found Midori and Miyako, who were with other groups. The four of them then found Asami, the singer, who was doing soul and blues at the time (she was also trained in ballet). Miyako has composed a little more than half of their music, with Miho composing a lot of their thrashier songs in collaboration with Mao, the lead composer of another band called Lightbringer. Midori has also been getting into the act, and they regularly perform a song written by Haruna as well. Asami writes most of the lyrics and is also getting involved in composing. In mid-2021, Miho left the band she had founded, for personal reasons. They went on hiatus while they searched for a new bassist, and during that time, two of them had babies, even as the band were writing and rehearsing their new album. They recently announced the new bassist, Fami, who is a young phenom and herself a composer and multi-instrumentalist. Their first song with Fami is “Judgement Day” th-cam.com/video/m3uGjp-P7DI/w-d-xo.html The instrumentalists studied all the great historical metal bands going back to Purple and Sabbath, through Maiden, Priest, Metallica, Helloween, Slayer etc. They have incorporated some of the best of each of those bands into their arsenal, and have created a sound that is fresh and cutting edge while paying tribute to the old masters. They toured with Dragonforce in 2019, and word from those in attendance was that next time around, it will be the ladies headlining. They do everything from soulful power ballads to heavy thrash. Almost every song includes face-melting solos by Miyako and Midori. The two guitarists are quite different in style and tone. Midori (blonde ponytail) is the extrovert and speed demon; Miyako is the introvert, with the more soulful feel (though she can also shred like crazy). Midori uses a cleaner tone, Miyako uses more distortion, pinch harmonics and pedal effects. The contrast makes their duets rich and dynamic. It doesn’t hurt that either one can smoke most of the shredders in the classic metal bands. As another reviewer said, "It seems criminal these two are allowed to be in the same band." Here are more clips you should check out: “Set the World on Fire” th-cam.com/video/99zsH6iG_6c/w-d-xo.html from their 2021 concert DVD “Heavy Metal Never Dies”. “Don’t Bite the Dust” th-cam.com/video/oHnKGEj1CMc/w-d-xo.html, from the same concert; "Edge of the World" and "We the United", back to back: th-cam.com/video/sl0-U-ykJCU/w-d-xo.html They form an incredible journey from darkness and despair to light and hope. Also, “Empty Daydream”, which starts as a ballad and becomes a real rocker: th-cam.com/video/lXh_uMM94jU/w-d-xo.html; Perhaps their greatest masterpiece, a showcase of multi-instrumental virtuosity and even classical dance “A Frozen Serenade” th-cam.com/video/Ae8pQVu-RN8/w-d-xo.html; And their most reacted-to video, “Holy War”: th-cam.com/video/bgAxpEpEcno/w-d-xo.html For a thrasher with heavy Slayer and Metallica vibes, “Break the Wall” th-cam.com/video/5Pc0XK0lNmU/w-d-xo.html includes two gorgeous and completely contrasting solos by M&M. For a heart-stopping ballad, “Epilogue” th-cam.com/video/1ynnXDfEnnY/w-d-xo.html (this includes a second song, your choice whether or not to react to both) While you will sometimes hear you should only react to live clips, actually their MV’s are epic and worth seeing. Here are four of the most spectacular: "Shadowmaker" th-cam.com/video/Brmoln5Gxus/w-d-xo.html This is the song that blew up and melted faces all over the world "When Destinies Align" th-cam.com/video/hLFelI93VkM/w-d-xo.html "Glory to the World" th-cam.com/video/-wJtD2XEXH4/w-d-xo.html "Winds of Transylvania" th-cam.com/video/HsE4Ub_Pjh8/w-d-xo.html. Finally, the audio tracks of some of the new album are up on youtube, and worth checking out. The band clearly came out swinging and wanted to make a statement. Every song on the album is a showcase of their incredible talent and songwriting capabilities. “Stand and Deliver” is a thrasher with a fun video of them in the studio. “Soldier Stands Solitarily”, the final song on the album, is being touted by some as the best thing they’ve done so far-I encourage you to see and decide for yourself! You'll get lots of suggestions, just one thing: don't bother with Bloodstock footage, the sound quality is poor. Best to take suggestions with actual links. Also, you can’t go wrong with any of their official clips. Welcome to the Wolf-Pack!
Haha "Disney princesses meet Van Halen". Spot on! It was the same way I felt when I first saw them a few years ago. However, once I got over that, I was constantly blown away by their talent. I've listened to nearly all of their albums and they are incapable of composing a bad song. Over the years they have become my favourite metal band of all time.
How many musicians on the planet could do what Miyako does in this song. Perhaps a dozen? Maybe less? She is an elite musicianship and I consider it a privilege to be able to enjoy her talents.
This song, especially the singing, is NOTHING like 95% of their songs. She has a very powerful voice and sings much more aggressively, like a true rock goddess. This is a great song, but it's like you listening to Stairway to Heaven or Kashmir for the first time and thinking most of Zeppelins songs are like that.
I'm an very big fan of LOVEBITES and Asami's singing. But the reactor was correct in saying Asami doesn't have the power that Floor Jansen from Nightwish has. There would be very few (if any) women on the planet with the range, control and power of Floor Jansen.
@@1970Phoenix Surprisingly, I have heard of Nightwish but never actually heard them. So I can't compare them. But just to be clear in case you misunderstood, All I said was Asami has a powerful voice. I am not saying you misunderstood what I said. Just the possibility that you did from your comment. 😀😀
@@boki1693 Thanks for clarifying. I think I may have misinterpreted your comment. Anyway, if you like metal, you should check out Nightwish. They play mainly symphonic metal. They are different that LOVEBITES, but they are a great band that writes some great songs. Here's a suggestion: th-cam.com/video/JYjIlHWBAVo/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=NuclearBlastRecords LOVEBITES remains my number one favourite band, but Nightwish is definitely in my top 5.
You're right the white stylish dresses are not what you expect but that is the point. They didn't want to be like all other metal bands attired in black etc. Also as they are not very tall (singer is 4ft 10in. Tallest member at that time 5ft 2in) being dressed in white helps them to stand out on stage. I also think they wanted to resist the Simon Cowells of the world saying that they had to look a certain way. The singer's movements are a result of her spending more than 10 years learning dance, including ballet, before taking up singing. She also has said that this song had elements that reminded her of the ballet Swan Lake. You are right about this being a deep "rabbit hole" to get into and IMO it is a very, very rewarding one. Perhaps you should check out their music video of Stand and Deliver (Shoot 'em Down) to see another side to them.
And this is one of thesofter songs in their portfolio. Imagine you had done one of their straight up thrash metal songs first. The disconnect between their attire and their music would have been a lot bigger lol.
And no, Lovebites is not like other Japanese metal bands, Lovebites music is based on New Wave Of British Heavy Metal like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, and European Power metal like Helloween!, and they also do Thrash metal like Metallica, Anthrax or Slayer!🤘
they have evolved: after an over two years hiatus (big C, two members married and had babies, bassplayer and founder left), they used the time to get better and to find an awesome bassplayer. check "the hammer of wrath 2023 live" th-cam.com/video/pHrWRT0Jeac/w-d-xo.html I promise, the dresses won´t be an issue after that. or you first check their offcial MV of "stand and deliver" also from this year: th-cam.com/video/4ImGA7cPyrs/w-d-xo.html they are wearing casual clothings there. good reaction.
@@redsaob looking foreward for more reaction. founded in 2016 they played in the UK in 2017 already (two shows in london), in jun 2018 they won metal hammers golden gods awards as best newcomer. in august 2018 they played wacken as first female japanese band, the audience loved them. 2018 and 2019 they played in UK, netherlands, belgium, germany and france. in 2019 they also joined dragonforces UK tour. the dresses are no coincidence. as you said, they want to surprise. they also said that they wanted to show that it´s possible to play real metal and stay elegant, feminine and looking sophisticated. and, a joke from them I believe, for better visibility on stage, since they are so tiny.
@@redsaob Then you got the point of it - Lovebites is UNIQUE in the heavy metal scene. There is no one like them. Phenomenal band with phenomenal talent across all five members. When was the last time you saw someone shred the piano and then stand up and shred the guitar and then go back and shred the piano again? They have a song where in one part of it she plays guitar and piano AT THE SAME TIME - one with each hand.
They wear black in some parts of their song Judgement Day, and it’s a darker side of the band as well. It’s one of their newer songs too, with their new bassist Fami. It’s on their channel, check it out.
Thanks for an honest Reaction, Red. Their look is actually kind of rebellious. All metal bands wear jeans, and black. These ladies say they don't see any reason why they can't dress nice and still blow your face off - which they proceed to do with every song. This is not one of their typical songs. Next I would suggest reacting to their Heavier side with *Break the Wall* th-cam.com/video/5Pc0XK0lNmU/w-d-xo.html The J-Metal/Rock rabbit hole is a Deep and Wonderful journey. I hope to watch your adventures going forward. There is a LOT more to explore, and lots of folks more than willing to help you along the way. 🤘🐺🤘
Thanx for the shout out Red, yeah I love their multi talent displays.Another such performance is Frozen Serenade , where we see singer Asami ballet training .
Swan Song is one of their tamer songs. They play heavier than this mostly. They also have some ballads that are softer. Lovebites mixes thrash metal and power metal and plays it at super fast speeds. Midori and Miyako are one of the greatest guitar duos in heavy metal history. Lovebites won the 2018 Metal Hammer Golden Gods award for best new band. You will be amazed with every song.
I'm sorry for another big comment, 🤗 but I think this will help you understand LOVEBITES better (including the movements of vocalist Asami during the song) 'Etude Op.10, No.12' ( or 'Revolutionary Etude') by the Great Polish composer Frederic Chopin, which was written in 1831 and is dedicated to the Polish patriots who raised an uprising (1830-1831) against the Russian Empire, whose troops occupied Poland. 'Swan Song' ( lyrics - Asami / music - Miyako) from LOVEBITES third studio Album 'Electric Pentagram' (2020). For many centuries (starting from Ancient Greece) there is a legend, according to which Swans, non-singing, "silent" birds, acquire a voice a few moments before death, and this dying singing of Swans is amazingly beautiful. 'Etude' by F. Chopin and 'Swan Song' are dedicated to the warriors who died in battle. Therefore, at the concert, 'Etude' and 'Swan Song' are played together. In an interview given after the release of the 'Electric Pentagram' Album, singer Asami (a former ballerina, studied classical ballet for about 16 years before becoming a singer) said that when she wrote the lyrics of the song, she was thinking about the famous ballet P.I. Tchaikovsky 'Swan Lake' . During the performance of the song, Asami imitates the Swan (hand movements). And in the final part (piano Miyako), symbolizing the death of the Swan, Asami depicts the dying Swan on stage. Because the camera at the end of the song is focused on Miyako playing the piano, Asami's "death of the Swan" was not captured on video. Asami added some Scandinavian mythology (Valhalla) to the lyrics. The attitudes towards death among the Japanese Samurais and the Scandinavian Vikings were very similar. For Samurais and Vikings, death in combat with weapons in their hands is a death worthy of a warrior. Death in battle is better than death from old age in your bed. All Vikings dreamed of dying in battle because then they could go to Valhalla (Hall of warriors killed in battles) where they would meet God Odin and other Vikings who fought bravely and died in arms.
Thank you for reacting to LOVEBITES. LOVEBITES has about 60 songs. Please keep up the good work LOVEBITES. LOVEBITES was formed in 2016 by Miho(Ba) and Haruna(Dr), members of the band "DESTROSE", which went on hiatus in 2015. The girls made their major label debut in 2017 (March 24) with "THE LOVEBITES EP". On 18 June 2018, LOVEBITES won 'BEST NEW BAND' at the Metal Hummer Golden Gods 2018 awards organised by the British metal magazine METAL HUMMER. On 4 August, LOVEBITES performed on the W.E.T stage at WACKEN OPEN AIR 2018, one of the world's largest annual metal festivals in Germany, with the 10,000 capacity venue almost full. "Bloodstack open air 2018(Aug. 10)" also participated. On August 20,2018, LOVEBITES announced that it has partnered with X-ray Touring, one of the largest players in the UK booking agent industry. LOVEBITES toured the Netherlands, Germany, France and UK from November 13-21, 2018. Asami (Vo) of LOVEBITES appeared as a guest on stage at Halestorm "Download Japan 2019(March 21)", singing alongside "Lzzy" Hale on Halestorm's 'Love Bites', which gave the band their name. I participated in "dowload Festival 2019(June 15)". And Asami of LOVEBITES appeared as a guest on stage at Halestorm Download Festival UK 2019, singing alongside "Lzzy" Hale on Halestorm's "Love Bites" again after Japan. LOVEBITES join DragonForce on UK tour 2019(Nov. 2-14). On 2 December 2019, LOVEBITES was the support act for the Tokyo leg of Halestorm's Japan tour. P.S. To be continued, fill in next time. Asami(Vo) Miyako(G - Key ‐ Piano Black hair) Midori(G) Haruna(Dr) Miho(Ba) First Bassist (Bassist of this song) New bassist from 'JUDGEMENT DAY' songs. Fami(Ba) New Bassist
Welcome to Lovebites my friend. You will be more amazed the deeper you get into this. Midori and Miyako are one of the greatest metal guitar duos of all time. Miyako is the piano player and she shreds the guitar just as well as she can shred the piano. Asami studied ballet so she was performing the swan dance and ended it with the dying swan from the famous ballet while Miyako closed it out on piano, but it was mostly off camera. Asami has a really powerful voice and can really belt out the notes over the top of the guitar wall of sound. You'll see. Lovebites intentionally chose to wear white and gold to be the complete opposite of all the other heavy metal bands who wear black. Next song "Set the World on Fire" or Holy War from their official channel.
These were : 'Etude Op.10, No.12' ( or 'Revolutionary Etude') by the Great Polish composer Frederic Chopin & 'Swan Song' by LOVEBITES. LOVEBITES is a heavy metal band that mainly plays speed, thrash, power, progressive, neoclassical metal, often mixes these genres. They play classical music. Some of the band's songs contain elements of hard rock and symphonic metal. LOVEBITES is the best thing that has appeared in the world of metal in the last 20 years . You will be able to verify this if you continue your journey into the World of LOVEBITES (since 2017, the band has recorded about 60 original songs and musical compositions + 3 covers of songs from other bands : HALESTORM, HELLOWEEN, JUDAS PRIEST ). LOVEBITES is a phenomenal band, all the ladies are talented, extraordinarily technical musicians ! But, unfortunately, for most metal fans in Europe and America, LOVEBITES is like a distant planet in the Galaxy, the existence of which they do not even suspect.☹ LOVEBITES are the GODDESSES of heavy metal! These Ladies play like GODDESSES , are dressed as GODDESSES of Ancient Greece (white dresses with gold), won the prestigious Metal Hammer GOLDEN GODS Award for 'Best New Band' ( 2018, London, UK). The winners of the GOLDEN GODS Award in different years and in various categories were such famous bands and musicians,such as: BLACK SABBATH, IRON MAIDEN, MOTöRHEAD, JUDAS PRIEST, TWISTED SISTER, OZZY OSBOURNE, LEMMY KILMISTER, ZAKK WYLDE, NIKKI SIXX, JOE PERRY, ANTHRAX, SLAYER, TESTAMENT, SAXON, NIGHTWISH, TRIVIUM, RAMMSTEIN, SABATON, CHILDREN OF BODOM, ARCH ENEMY, MACHINE HEAD (and this is not a complete list). Although some music critics call LOVEBITES the QUEENS of metal.🤗 LOVEBITES has repeatedly performed successfully at various major international rock festivals. In the spring of 2018, LOVEBITES performed on the Japanese leg of the Warped Tour. In August 2018, they performed at Wacken Open Air (Germany), becoming the first Japanese all-female rock band to perform at the festival in the history of the festival (since 1990). Also in August 2018 they performed on the main stage of Bloodstock Open Air (UK). In 2019, LOVEBITES performed at the Download Festival in Donington (UK) and Download Festival in Madrid (Spain). Their performance in Donington was named by the festival organizers and Metal Hammer magazine as one of the highlights of the festival! In the same year they performed at the Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium) and the Summer Sonic Festival (Japan). LOVEBITES' third Studio Album 'Electric Pentagram' (2020) was included by Metal Hammer (April 2020) in 'Top 20 Metal Albums of 2020' list. LOVEBITES' EP 'Glory, Glory, to the World' (2021) was nominated for the 2021 Global Metal Apocalypse Award as 'Global Metal Release of the Year' and won #2 place. LOVEBITES' fourth Studio Album 'Judgement Day' (February 22, 2023) topped the iTunes Metal Chart on its first day of release in countries: UK: #1; US: # 1; JAPAN: #1; CANADA: #1; GERMANY: #1; SPAIN: #1; AUSTRALIA: #1 ; NETHERLANDS: #1; SWEDEN: #1; FRANCE: #2 ( leaving behind the albums of METALLICA, IRON MAIDEN, OZZU OSBOURNE, TRIVIUM, MACHINE HEAD, BLACK SABBATH, SLIPKNOT, RAMMSTEIN, PANTERA and other famous bands)
What's more metal than saying "Were gonna wear whatever we want, and you still can't play at our level?". I look at it as more of a "Were not asking for permission, we will just play harder and faster than you" You will see in your next few reactions as they get heavier and faster. They really are on a different level, like 1980's thrash metal arms race kind of level.
These phenomenal ladies play an innovative blend of speed-power/thrash/prog/neoclassical metal/power ballads to afford their own unique sound. For example, "Swan Song" is primarily a mesh of speed-power and neoclassical metal with a bit of symphonic element mixed in. As such, you have barely scratched the surface in terms of what this talented band can do. Enjoy your Lovebites journey !
Does it really matter what you wear to make great music ? As Lovebites' members say "Just because we play heavy metal (and IMHO, better than most male bands) we did not see the need to give up our femininity". Do they really need to ape male groups and wear leather and torn T-shirts to be taken seriously ? No, because they can outplay most of those male bands with one hand tied behind their backs. They show that great metal can be played with a smile rather than a snarl. My guess is that if you had only HEARD this track you would have assumed the band to be male fronted by a female vocalist and be amazed to have discovered that the drummer is a 4ft 9in woman who is also licensed nutritionist and chef and clay model maker in her spare time.
I doubt there is another female metal singer on the planet as good as Floor Jansen (from Nightwish). Her power, control and range are amazing. So, there is no shame in Asami not having the power that Floor Jansen has. It's a bit like saying a basketballer is not quite as good as Michael Jordan was in his prime, which probably describes every current basketball player in the world. Asami is a great singer in her own right. Her range and control are excellent, and she sings exclusively in a non-native language, which in my mind is pretty impressive.
In fact, there are many singers of this level. Floor a good singer, but one of their most overrated. She's does not know the technique of academic vocals, and her so-called opera singing is just an imitation by means of pop vocals and sounds terrible. I wish she'd never done that. She can't give it up, because that's what provides a significant part of her popularity. But, of course, Nightwish now exists only thanks to her, as it used to exist thanks to Tarja.Tarja is really an outstanding singer who owns the technique of academic vocals and has developed her own vocal technique for rock and metal performances. Asami is a singer more unique than Floor. Singing in Lovebites is not the same as singing in Nightwish. This is a much more difficult task. I don't think Flor could handle it.
I am tired of wearing only dark costumes on stage. I want to wear feminine costumes once in a while. These were the words of the band's founder and leader, Miho (bass), at a meeting to select stage costumes at the time of the band's formation.The band members agreed with this soliloquy and decided to wear feminine stage costumes with white as the base color. However, white was taboo in the metal scene, and the band risked being isolated. Nevertheless, the band remained determined to do what they wanted to do, even if it meant becoming lone wolves.And those who were bitten by LOVEBITES began calling themselves "wolfpack". The Chopin piece Miyako (guitar/keyboards) is playing in the intro is "Etude OP10, No. 12" known as the "Revolutionary Etude." In 1831, some officers and citizens rose up against the Polish government, which was under the de facto control of the Russian Empire, in what was called the "November Revolution" but ended in failure due to the direct intervention of Russian troops. Chopin received this news during a performance tour. He never set foot on the soil of his homeland again. When the Russians invaded Warsaw, Chopin's agent presented "Etude OP10, No. 12" in Paris. Because of the agent's exaggerated publicity, people called this piece "Revolutionary Etude. Miyako composed "Swan Song" based on this "Revolutionary Etude" and Dvorak's "New World Symphony. Asami (vocalist), a former ballerina, wrote the lyrics based on the historical background of "Revolutionary Etude" and inspired by Norse mythology and the ballet suite "Swan Lake. "SwanSong" is a requiem dedicated to the warriors who fought to reclaim their homeland, a masterpiece that only LOVEBITES could complete.
NEMOPHILA、Unlucky Morpheus、sokoninaruもお勧め。 LOVEBITES / Stand And Deliver (Shoot 'em Down) [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO] th-cam.com/video/4ImGA7cPyrs/w-d-xo.html NEMOPHILA / RISE [Official Music Video] th-cam.com/video/rD3VMAm-9iA/w-d-xo.html [ Official Live Video ] Unlucky Morpheus - 「Black Pentagram」 th-cam.com/video/RUiRlUGMTwY/w-d-xo.html そこに鳴る / 掌で踊る【Official Music Video】Sokoninaru / Tenohira De Odoru th-cam.com/video/n7MyoBki9wk/w-d-xo.html
My favorite band. They're just unbelievable. Welcome to the Wolfpack! As someone else said, you jumped right into the deep end with this one! Talk about brilliance, this one is one of their masterpieces. However, they have a lot more that will no doubt impress you, and a range of styles as well. Miyako, the guitarist who was first on the piano, who made you raise your eyebrows in surprise at her guitar run - yup. She's a virtuoso, and there's no other word to describe her. However, they are all absolutely brilliant.
They are 80% powermetal (from first album 2017 "Shadowmaker", from latest 2023 "Judgement Day") and the other fifth thrash metal ("Set the World on Fire") and other styles, By speed and technicality you can compare them with Dragonforce, 2019 they even performed together Closest thing to symphonic metal from Japan is Unlucky Morpheus - "The Black Death Mansion Murders" aso
Yes, it’s difficult to get your head around, but the point they are making is that metal doesn’t have to be black, dark and doom laden. In fairness this is one of only two songs in a 60 song catalogue that is liable to catch a first time viewer off guard. But I’m older than you (in my 60’s) so believe me when I tell you that you have never, and will never hear metal (no specific genre) played to this standard, this well composed if you live to be as old as Methuselah. Lovebites, for me, is the perfect metal band. No attitude, no posturing, just great, melodic, hard, fast, slow, in between metal with a positive attitude played by beautiful young women who eclipse any male band you care to name, and who have the most amazing relationship with their fan base that it’s possible to have. Their clothes are not wrong for the type of music, the type of music *was* pioneered by men, but is now owned, lock, stock and barrel by women. Japanese women. I realise you experienced a mind fuck…but we all did before deciding that Lovebites was worth devoting a lot of attention to.
Lovebites showing that females DON'T have to cosplay biker chicks to play metal. Women can maintain their feminity and shred your face off with elite musicianship.
Best metal band on the planet right now.....period!! Do you're research, only 60+songs to react to by these super talented ladies......get on with it!! Try Winds of Transylvania.....that'll put some hair on yer chest jock!
Firstly, I must say I love the LFC stuff in the background. The image the band portray is great - everyone expects metal bands to dress in black and it surprises everyone when they hear Lovebites and surprise is a great selling point. At the end of the day though, it's the music that counts and for me Lovebites are unbeatable in that regard.
For many years after the early Metal in the 70's and 80's I lost Interest of this kind of music. Partly because everyone of thousands of Metal-musicians looked like fresh from the grave or a S/M-convention, it just became boring and tiring. So, a band like Lovebites brings back fun and style into music. 3 times a hooray, for these ladies who dare to bring back femininity into this art, as completely cis-less women of taste and elegance, while preserving the power of Metal.
Get over the dresses......the Lady's just proved you can play metal music while looking elegant & classy. I very much enjoy the contrast !! 😏❤️🎙🎸🎹🥁😎🤘P.S. The Lady's just dropped an official live video of " The Hammer of Wrath. "
We in the western world when we see women in white dresses can only say: wedding dress or Disney princess. Sad truth. No sense of dressing cultures from other continents. Narrow-minded views of what artists should look like, narrow-minded views of what voice goes with what kind of rock or metal. This is what monotony and western commercialization has done to us in the last 30 years. Such artists don't exist anymore in Europe and America, for what reason ? Think about it my English music friend. As for LOVEBITES, never order this band after one song - you will be surprised in the future ... Lovebites has been around since 2016, and the women became more famous worldwide after performing at several major festivals, mainly in Europe, starting in 2018. 2018 - Wacken - Open Air in Germany 2018 - Bloodstock Open Air in England 2019 - Graspop Metal Meeting Festival in Belgium 2019 - Download Festival in Spain In 2020, their career was abruptly interrupted by Corona. But they masterfully overcame the crisis, got married and had babies. In 2021 the founder Miho left the band for personal reasons and it went into a hiatus which lasted until the end of 2022. In the fall of 2022 they found a young fantastic bass player and in 2023 they released a new LP. The new LP reached the 5th place in the Japanese charts. Japan is the 2nd largest music market in the world and it is very rare that in these times a rock band comes so far forward. I've been a big LOVEbites fan for 3 years and fans never get enough of it so : S u g g e s t i o n s for next reaction V i d e o 's: (Copy the following sentence lines and enter them into the TH-cam search bar, you will find the videos) 🤘🤘 New Songs from the new LOVEBITES - LP Judgement Day : LOVEBITES music video - Judgement Day 2022 LOVEBITES music video - Stand and Deliver 2023 🤘🤘 Songs ALL LIVE !!! LOVEBITES - Raise some Hell - Zepp Diver City live 2020 LOVEBITES - The Hammer Of Wrath - Zepp Diver City live 2020 LOVEBITES - Thunder Vengeance - Zepp Diver City live 2020 LOVEBITES - Set The World On Fire [Live from "Ride For Vengeance Tour 2021"] Members : Asami : Vocals, Piano🎤 Haruna Ishikawa : Drums🥁 Midori Tatematsu : Lead Guitar, backing vocals 🎸 Miyako Watanabe : Lead Guitar, Keyboard , Piano, Keytar, backing vocals🎸🎹 FAMI : Bass🎸 Founder : Miho Rosana : Bass (2016-2021)🎸hand-purple-blue-peace INFO : Miyako + Midori are the best guitar duo in 3 decades ! All Lovebites women are masters. These Ladies write, compose and arrange their own songs. Over 60 premium songs in 6 years and not a single weak song. Masters in live playing and geniuses in composing. LOVEBITES: Their gimmick is their ability! - This women play different styles, but always hard and fast. Thrash Metal + Power Metal + Speed Metal + Metal Ballads. 🤘LOVEbites🤘
How can you possibly be thrown by Asami's voice or what they are wearing. I never understood how a visual can distract you from what you are hearing (you're not the only one). In 50+ years of listening to metal, and seen enough black sweaty guys in t-shirts with tattoos playing and singing, and most don't hold a candle to Lovebites musically. This is something to be embraced as it's refreshing and extremely good. It's metal played at the highest level with class. Also, in my opinion, where they come from is irrelevant. This is metal, not Japanese metal.
The starting point with every new band on the channel is always the hardest one to get right - this one was chosen as at the time I had only a couple of recommended songs for them and this was the most recommended - now have quite a few more and a clearer direction for the next one.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but you are complaining about crap I fought against 6 years ago, and I quote "the way she walks on stage" "Disney meets Van Halen" if this is throwing you off why even bother reacting to Lovebites. Do you talk trash about the bogus band maid and their ridiculous maid outfits and pop-rock? you get no thumb of any kind from me
You have to understand that I go into these reactions totally blind and it was the surprise 'difference' that got me - and, as other comments have mentioned, this was their intention - but musically they are superb and thats what matters most at the end of the day - looking forward to my next visit to the Lovebites catalogue.
@@redsaob When you watch Japanese bands, keep in mind that they have their own cultural traditions, their own fashion, including clothing, etc. Therefore, Japanese bands playing heavy music may dress differently than Western audiences are used to. Friendly advice, pay attention first of all to the musical component. If you like the music, then after a while, you will get used to their appearance (for example, the beautiful white dresses of LOVEBITES). Moreover, perhaps you may begin to like their appearance. The white color was chosen by the ladies for several reasons and it makes sense (as in the group's mascot - the Wolf). They risked not being accepted by western metal fans (whom their music is oriented to, among other things), having certain stereotypes of how a metal band should look. But the ladies went for it, deciding that they would play the music they like and look the way they see fit. Result: the number of fans in the West is constantly growing. P.S. Today, few people are surprised by the outfits of KISS, GHOST, LORDI, etc.🤗 I have nothing against their looks, but I personally enjoy seeing the LOVEBITES on stage in their beautiful white and gold outfits rather. Than the above bands in monster costumes, etc.
@@redsaob Did the Band Maid outfits throw you off the first time you saw them? Those costumes are even more outrageous in my opinion. But it never bothered me.
they intentionally chose the white and gold outfits for not only visibility but to throw a wrench into the all black leather with tattoos covering them look of all the other metal bands. they are musicians of the highest level and are all beautiful ladies that epitomize class and charisma. and vocalist asami has a ballet background and replicates the swan with her movements at the start of the song. this is actually one of their softer songs so you will be amazed by them when they go heavy. and they do it a lot. the band that can play anything
And I think that wrench is what through my mind for a bit - really looking forward to my next trip down the Lovebites rabbit hole
Lovebites’ dress style was on purpose for the exact shock value you experienced. They wanted to set themselves apart from all the other heavy metal bands.😊
It's clear to me, they're showing the world you don't have to be male, wear black, or have tattoos to play ELITE level heavy metal. I absolutely LOVE their look and Asami's vocals. They purposely chose her for her R&B background. Let's be honest, you're not going to find many bands who can pull off what they just did, not even NW. React to their latest live video they released, Hammer of Wrath live from Mar 2023 show. Features new bassist Fami (former bassist Miho in this video). Hammer is straight up in your face thrash metal. 🤘
Agree - its superb that they chose to show a different side, and really looking forward to my next session listening and reacting to this great band
@@redsaob If you like metal, you won't be disappointed with Lovebites.
Lovebites... Beauty, Class, Elegance, and brilliant musiciens..Breaking all the norms in a good way.. So refreshing to see beautiful classy women playing metal.. Enjoy the ride..
I certainly will - its one of the things I love about doing this channel - getting to see bands/artists showing you dont have to fit the 'norm'
@@redsaob You have alot to see.. So enjoy the ride.. Check out The song Reincarnation by a band called Aldious.. More norms broken they are awesome, and one of the pioneers of all female Japanese metal.
This rabbit hole is a BIG one. Have fun! 🤘🏼🐺🤘🏼
The Angels of Heavy Metal are dressed in white. ;-)
Here is the link to their newest live performance:
th-cam.com/video/pHrWRT0Jeac/w-d-xo.html
The hammer of wrath (live 2023)
This song is straight thrash metal and they don’t hold back on stage. The energy on stage and in the audience is amazing!
Formed in 2016, the band is named after the Grammy winning Halestorm song, Love Bites(So Do I). Lead singer ,Asami, joined Halestorm at 2019 Download to perform that song.
Miyako on piano(classically trained) and guitar, Midori on guitar, drummer Haruna, and original bassist ,Miho, seen here. Miho left in 2021, replaced by Fami last Oct. Some songs lean towards power metal, some towards thrash, and some ballads.
Sure, at first it may seem the vocals don't go with the music. but, keep listening and you may come to realize that it works very well.
Yes, go down the rabbit hole. lol . More from this Zepp DiverCity Tokyo 2020 concert: Holy War, Break the Wall, and Thunder Vengeance.
The white dresses are mainly worn for visibility because they are not very tall and helps them stand out, they're also known as the white wolves and the Goddesses of metal. Enjoy your journey through the den, aĺl songs are good, great or masterpieces. 🤘🎸🎤🎹🥁🐺
Congratulations, you just found the best new metal band to come along in decades, and you jumped right in the deep end with "Swan Song". In their first five years of existence, they put themselves on par with the greatest bands of metal’s golden age. Other reviewers have described them as alien superheroes disguised as young women, angels, princesses of metal, and angry bridesmaids. They recently went on a year-and-a half hiatus while they searched for a new bassist. They announced the new bassist in October 2022 (see below) and dropped their first new song on December 22. Their new album, “Judgement Day”, was released two months later. Some background:
They were formed in 2016 from the remnants of a legendary all-girl Japanese metal band called Destrose (yes, all-girl metal has been a thing in Japan since at least 1981). Miho (bass, chief headbanger and founder of the band) had a vision of a new band in the style of the great European bands of the golden age of metal. She recruited her former bandmate Haruna (drums, 4'9" “pocket nuclear reactor”); they needed two world-class guitarists, and so they went and found Midori and Miyako, who were with other groups. The four of them then found Asami, the singer, who was doing soul and blues at the time (she was also trained in ballet).
Miyako has composed a little more than half of their music, with Miho composing a lot of their thrashier songs in collaboration with Mao, the lead composer of another band called Lightbringer. Midori has also been getting into the act, and they regularly perform a song written by Haruna as well. Asami writes most of the lyrics and is also getting involved in composing.
In mid-2021, Miho left the band she had founded, for personal reasons. They went on hiatus while they searched for a new bassist, and during that time, two of them had babies, even as the band were writing and rehearsing their new album. They recently announced the new bassist, Fami, who is a young phenom and herself a composer and multi-instrumentalist. Their first song with Fami is “Judgement Day” th-cam.com/video/m3uGjp-P7DI/w-d-xo.html
The instrumentalists studied all the great historical metal bands going back to Purple and Sabbath, through Maiden, Priest, Metallica, Helloween, Slayer etc. They have incorporated some of the best of each of those bands into their arsenal, and have created a sound that is fresh and cutting edge while paying tribute to the old masters. They toured with Dragonforce in 2019, and word from those in attendance was that next time around, it will be the ladies headlining.
They do everything from soulful power ballads to heavy thrash. Almost every song includes face-melting solos by Miyako and Midori. The two guitarists are quite different in style and tone. Midori (blonde ponytail) is the extrovert and speed demon; Miyako is the introvert, with the more soulful feel (though she can also shred like crazy). Midori uses a cleaner tone, Miyako uses more distortion, pinch harmonics and pedal effects. The contrast makes their duets rich and dynamic. It doesn’t hurt that either one can smoke most of the shredders in the classic metal bands. As another reviewer said, "It seems criminal these two are allowed to be in the same band."
Here are more clips you should check out:
“Set the World on Fire” th-cam.com/video/99zsH6iG_6c/w-d-xo.html from their 2021 concert DVD “Heavy Metal Never Dies”.
“Don’t Bite the Dust” th-cam.com/video/oHnKGEj1CMc/w-d-xo.html, from the same concert;
"Edge of the World" and "We the United", back to back: th-cam.com/video/sl0-U-ykJCU/w-d-xo.html They form an incredible journey from darkness and despair to light and hope.
Also, “Empty Daydream”, which starts as a ballad and becomes a real rocker: th-cam.com/video/lXh_uMM94jU/w-d-xo.html;
Perhaps their greatest masterpiece, a showcase of multi-instrumental virtuosity and even classical dance “A Frozen Serenade” th-cam.com/video/Ae8pQVu-RN8/w-d-xo.html;
And their most reacted-to video, “Holy War”: th-cam.com/video/bgAxpEpEcno/w-d-xo.html
For a thrasher with heavy Slayer and Metallica vibes, “Break the Wall” th-cam.com/video/5Pc0XK0lNmU/w-d-xo.html includes two gorgeous and completely contrasting solos by M&M.
For a heart-stopping ballad, “Epilogue” th-cam.com/video/1ynnXDfEnnY/w-d-xo.html (this includes a second song, your choice whether or not to react to both)
While you will sometimes hear you should only react to live clips, actually their MV’s are epic and worth seeing. Here are four of the most spectacular:
"Shadowmaker" th-cam.com/video/Brmoln5Gxus/w-d-xo.html
This is the song that blew up and melted faces all over the world
"When Destinies Align" th-cam.com/video/hLFelI93VkM/w-d-xo.html
"Glory to the World" th-cam.com/video/-wJtD2XEXH4/w-d-xo.html
"Winds of Transylvania" th-cam.com/video/HsE4Ub_Pjh8/w-d-xo.html.
Finally, the audio tracks of some of the new album are up on youtube, and worth checking out. The band clearly came out swinging and wanted to make a statement. Every song on the album is a showcase of their incredible talent and songwriting capabilities. “Stand and Deliver” is a thrasher with a fun video of them in the studio. “Soldier Stands Solitarily”, the final song on the album, is being touted by some as the best thing they’ve done so far-I encourage you to see and decide for yourself!
You'll get lots of suggestions, just one thing: don't bother with Bloodstock footage, the sound quality is poor. Best to take suggestions with actual links. Also, you can’t go wrong with any of their official clips. Welcome to the Wolf-Pack!
Thank you for all these recommendations and links - all added to my list
Haha "Disney princesses meet Van Halen". Spot on! It was the same way I felt when I first saw them a few years ago.
However, once I got over that, I was constantly blown away by their talent. I've listened to nearly all of their albums and they are incapable of composing a bad song. Over the years they have become my favourite metal band of all time.
Midori and Miyako are one of the best guitar duo's in metal music today!
How many musicians on the planet could do what Miyako does in this song. Perhaps a dozen? Maybe less? She is an elite musicianship and I consider it a privilege to be able to enjoy her talents.
This song, especially the singing, is NOTHING like 95% of their songs. She has a very powerful voice and sings much more aggressively, like a true rock goddess. This is a great song, but it's like you listening to Stairway to Heaven or Kashmir for the first time and thinking most of Zeppelins songs are like that.
I'm an very big fan of LOVEBITES and Asami's singing. But the reactor was correct in saying Asami doesn't have the power that Floor Jansen from Nightwish has. There would be very few (if any) women on the planet with the range, control and power of Floor Jansen.
@@1970Phoenix Surprisingly, I have heard of Nightwish but never actually heard them. So I can't compare them. But just to be clear in case you misunderstood, All I said was Asami has a powerful voice. I am not saying you misunderstood what I said. Just the possibility that you did from your comment. 😀😀
@@boki1693 Thanks for clarifying. I think I may have misinterpreted your comment. Anyway, if you like metal, you should check out Nightwish. They play mainly symphonic metal. They are different that LOVEBITES, but they are a great band that writes some great songs. Here's a suggestion: th-cam.com/video/JYjIlHWBAVo/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=NuclearBlastRecords
LOVEBITES remains my number one favourite band, but Nightwish is definitely in my top 5.
You're right the white stylish dresses are not what you expect but that is the point. They didn't want to be like all other metal bands attired in black etc. Also as they are not very tall (singer is 4ft 10in. Tallest member at that time 5ft 2in) being dressed in white helps them to stand out on stage. I also think they wanted to resist the Simon Cowells of the world saying that they had to look a certain way. The singer's movements are a result of her spending more than 10 years learning dance, including ballet, before taking up singing. She also has said that this song had elements that reminded her of the ballet Swan Lake. You are right about this being a deep "rabbit hole" to get into and IMO it is a very, very rewarding one. Perhaps you should check out their music video of Stand and Deliver (Shoot 'em Down) to see another side to them.
And this is one of thesofter songs in their portfolio. Imagine you had done one of their straight up thrash metal songs first. The disconnect between their attire and their music would have been a lot bigger lol.
You will learn to love the White Wolves as you delve into their catalogue. You won't be able to help yourself. They are a force of nature.
Welcome to the world of Lovebites the world of beautiful ballads, heavy, power, speed, thrash metal.
Next Lovebites song: "Set The World On Fire" Live! 🎸🔥🤘
And no, Lovebites is not like other Japanese metal bands, Lovebites music is based on New Wave Of British Heavy Metal like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, and European Power metal like Helloween!, and they also do Thrash metal like Metallica, Anthrax or Slayer!🤘
And they sing in English which most Japanese bands do not do.
@@ChadTheDragonLord 👍
Quote from Lovebites ' "We aren't here to be cute. We are here to be heavy." Lovebites won the 2018 Metal Hammer Golden Gods award for best new band.
they have evolved: after an over two years hiatus (big C, two members married and had babies, bassplayer and founder left), they used the time to get better and to find an awesome bassplayer. check "the hammer of wrath 2023 live" th-cam.com/video/pHrWRT0Jeac/w-d-xo.html I promise, the dresses won´t be an issue after that. or you first check their offcial MV of "stand and deliver" also from this year: th-cam.com/video/4ImGA7cPyrs/w-d-xo.html they are wearing casual clothings there. good reaction.
I think the dresses were more of a surprise - but really looking forward to my next trip with these ladies - stay tuned 😀
@@redsaob looking foreward for more reaction. founded in 2016 they played in the UK in 2017 already (two shows in london), in jun 2018 they won metal hammers golden gods awards as best newcomer. in august 2018 they played wacken as first female japanese band, the audience loved them. 2018 and 2019 they played in UK, netherlands, belgium, germany and france. in 2019 they also joined dragonforces UK tour. the dresses are no coincidence. as you said, they want to surprise. they also said that they wanted to show that it´s possible to play real metal and stay elegant, feminine and looking sophisticated. and, a joke from them I believe, for better visibility on stage, since they are so tiny.
@@redsaob Then you got the point of it - Lovebites is UNIQUE in the heavy metal scene. There is no one like them. Phenomenal band with phenomenal talent across all five members. When was the last time you saw someone shred the piano and then stand up and shred the guitar and then go back and shred the piano again? They have a song where in one part of it she plays guitar and piano AT THE SAME TIME - one with each hand.
They wear black in some parts of their song Judgement Day, and it’s a darker side of the band as well. It’s one of their newer songs too, with their new bassist Fami. It’s on their channel, check it out.
Thanks for an honest Reaction, Red. Their look is actually kind of rebellious. All metal bands wear jeans, and black. These ladies say they don't see any reason why they can't dress nice and still blow your face off - which they proceed to do with every song. This is not one of their typical songs. Next I would suggest reacting to their Heavier side with *Break the Wall* th-cam.com/video/5Pc0XK0lNmU/w-d-xo.html The J-Metal/Rock rabbit hole is a Deep and Wonderful journey. I hope to watch your adventures going forward. There is a LOT more to explore, and lots of folks more than willing to help you along the way. 🤘🐺🤘
Thanx for the shout out Red, yeah I love their multi talent displays.Another such performance is Frozen Serenade , where we see singer Asami ballet training .
I liked it but I was wondering the same thing about the dress style. Can’t wait to see more from them! ♥️
Swan Song is one of their tamer songs. They play heavier than this mostly. They also have some ballads that are softer. Lovebites mixes thrash metal and power metal and plays it at super fast speeds. Midori and Miyako are one of the greatest guitar duos in heavy metal history. Lovebites won the 2018 Metal Hammer Golden Gods award for best new band. You will be amazed with every song.
I'm sorry for another big comment, 🤗 but I think this will help you understand LOVEBITES better (including the movements of vocalist Asami during the song)
'Etude Op.10, No.12' ( or 'Revolutionary Etude') by the Great Polish composer Frederic Chopin, which was written in 1831 and is dedicated to the Polish patriots who raised an uprising (1830-1831) against the Russian Empire, whose troops occupied Poland.
'Swan Song' ( lyrics - Asami / music - Miyako) from LOVEBITES third studio Album 'Electric Pentagram' (2020). For many centuries (starting from Ancient Greece) there is a legend, according to which Swans, non-singing, "silent" birds, acquire a voice a few moments before death, and this dying singing of Swans is amazingly beautiful.
'Etude' by F. Chopin and 'Swan Song' are dedicated to the warriors who died in battle. Therefore, at the concert, 'Etude' and 'Swan Song' are played together.
In an interview given after the release of the 'Electric Pentagram' Album, singer Asami (a former ballerina, studied classical ballet for about 16 years before becoming a singer) said that when she wrote the lyrics of the song, she was thinking about the famous ballet P.I. Tchaikovsky 'Swan Lake' . During the performance of the song, Asami imitates the Swan (hand movements). And in the final part (piano Miyako), symbolizing the death of the Swan, Asami depicts the dying Swan on stage. Because the camera at the end of the song is focused on Miyako playing the piano, Asami's "death of the Swan" was not captured on video.
Asami added some Scandinavian mythology (Valhalla) to the lyrics. The attitudes towards death among the Japanese Samurais and the Scandinavian Vikings were very similar. For Samurais and Vikings, death in combat with weapons in their hands is a death worthy of a warrior. Death in battle is better than death from old age in your bed. All Vikings dreamed of dying in battle because then they could go to Valhalla (Hall of warriors killed in battles) where they would meet God Odin and other Vikings who fought bravely and died in arms.
Thank you for reacting to LOVEBITES.
LOVEBITES has about 60 songs.
Please keep up the good work LOVEBITES.
LOVEBITES was formed in 2016 by Miho(Ba) and Haruna(Dr), members of the band "DESTROSE", which went on hiatus in 2015.
The girls made their major label debut in 2017 (March 24) with "THE LOVEBITES EP".
On 18 June 2018, LOVEBITES won 'BEST NEW BAND' at the Metal Hummer Golden Gods 2018 awards organised by the British metal magazine METAL HUMMER.
On 4 August, LOVEBITES performed on the W.E.T stage at WACKEN OPEN AIR 2018, one of the world's largest annual metal festivals in Germany, with the 10,000 capacity venue almost full.
"Bloodstack open air 2018(Aug. 10)" also participated.
On August 20,2018, LOVEBITES announced that it has partnered with X-ray Touring, one of the largest players in the UK booking agent industry.
LOVEBITES toured the Netherlands, Germany, France and UK from November 13-21, 2018.
Asami (Vo) of LOVEBITES appeared as a guest on stage at Halestorm "Download Japan 2019(March 21)", singing alongside "Lzzy" Hale on Halestorm's 'Love Bites', which gave the band their name.
I participated in "dowload Festival 2019(June 15)".
And Asami of LOVEBITES appeared as a guest on stage at Halestorm Download Festival UK 2019, singing alongside "Lzzy" Hale on Halestorm's "Love Bites" again after Japan.
LOVEBITES join DragonForce on UK tour 2019(Nov. 2-14).
On 2 December 2019, LOVEBITES was the support act for the Tokyo leg of Halestorm's Japan tour.
P.S.
To be continued, fill in next time.
Asami(Vo)
Miyako(G - Key ‐ Piano Black hair)
Midori(G)
Haruna(Dr)
Miho(Ba) First Bassist (Bassist of this song)
New bassist from 'JUDGEMENT DAY' songs.
Fami(Ba) New Bassist
The first live videos of the following songs are now available.
"Nameless Warrior" (LIVE at Knocking on Heaven's Door)
Try “The Hammer Of Wrath” (live) from 2023 - Lovebites latest 🤘
Welcome to Lovebites my friend. You will be more amazed the deeper you get into this. Midori and Miyako are one of the greatest metal guitar duos of all time. Miyako is the piano player and she shreds the guitar just as well as she can shred the piano. Asami studied ballet so she was performing the swan dance and ended it with the dying swan from the famous ballet while Miyako closed it out on piano, but it was mostly off camera. Asami has a really powerful voice and can really belt out the notes over the top of the guitar wall of sound. You'll see. Lovebites intentionally chose to wear white and gold to be the complete opposite of all the other heavy metal bands who wear black. Next song "Set the World on Fire" or Holy War from their official channel.
These were : 'Etude Op.10, No.12' ( or 'Revolutionary Etude') by the Great Polish composer Frederic Chopin & 'Swan Song' by LOVEBITES.
LOVEBITES is a heavy metal band that mainly plays speed, thrash, power, progressive, neoclassical metal, often mixes these genres. They play classical music. Some of the band's songs contain elements of hard rock and symphonic metal.
LOVEBITES is the best thing that has appeared in the world of metal in the last 20 years . You will be able to verify this if you continue your journey into the World of LOVEBITES (since 2017, the band has recorded about 60 original songs and musical compositions + 3 covers of songs from other bands : HALESTORM, HELLOWEEN, JUDAS PRIEST ).
LOVEBITES is a phenomenal band, all the ladies are talented, extraordinarily technical musicians ! But, unfortunately, for most metal fans in Europe and America, LOVEBITES is like a distant planet in the Galaxy, the existence of which they do not even suspect.☹
LOVEBITES are the GODDESSES of heavy metal! These Ladies play like GODDESSES , are dressed as GODDESSES of Ancient Greece (white dresses with gold), won the prestigious Metal Hammer GOLDEN GODS Award for 'Best New Band' ( 2018, London, UK).
The winners of the GOLDEN GODS Award in different years and in various categories were such famous bands and musicians,such as: BLACK SABBATH, IRON MAIDEN, MOTöRHEAD, JUDAS PRIEST, TWISTED SISTER, OZZY OSBOURNE, LEMMY KILMISTER, ZAKK WYLDE, NIKKI SIXX, JOE PERRY, ANTHRAX, SLAYER, TESTAMENT, SAXON, NIGHTWISH, TRIVIUM, RAMMSTEIN, SABATON, CHILDREN OF BODOM, ARCH ENEMY, MACHINE HEAD (and this is not a complete list).
Although some music critics call LOVEBITES the QUEENS of metal.🤗
LOVEBITES has repeatedly performed successfully at various major international rock festivals. In the spring of 2018, LOVEBITES performed on the Japanese leg of the Warped Tour. In August 2018, they performed at Wacken Open Air (Germany), becoming the first Japanese all-female rock band to perform at the festival in the history of the festival (since 1990). Also in August 2018 they performed on the main stage of Bloodstock Open Air (UK). In 2019, LOVEBITES performed at the Download Festival in Donington (UK) and Download Festival in Madrid (Spain). Their performance in Donington was named by the festival organizers and Metal Hammer magazine as one of the highlights of the festival! In the same year they performed at the Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium) and the Summer Sonic Festival (Japan).
LOVEBITES' third Studio Album 'Electric Pentagram' (2020) was included by Metal Hammer (April 2020) in 'Top 20 Metal Albums of 2020' list.
LOVEBITES' EP 'Glory, Glory, to the World' (2021) was nominated for the 2021 Global Metal Apocalypse Award as 'Global Metal Release of the Year' and won #2 place.
LOVEBITES' fourth Studio Album 'Judgement Day' (February 22, 2023) topped the iTunes Metal Chart on its first day of release in countries:
UK: #1; US: # 1; JAPAN: #1; CANADA: #1; GERMANY: #1; SPAIN: #1; AUSTRALIA: #1 ; NETHERLANDS: #1; SWEDEN: #1; FRANCE: #2 ( leaving behind the albums of METALLICA, IRON MAIDEN, OZZU OSBOURNE, TRIVIUM, MACHINE HEAD, BLACK SABBATH, SLIPKNOT, RAMMSTEIN, PANTERA and other famous bands)
Thank you for all this information - and yes they will be reappearing on the channel very soon
@@redsaob Thank you.
Another aspect of wearing white is their intention to spread positivity and not darkness!
What's more metal than saying "Were gonna wear whatever we want, and you still can't play at our level?". I look at it as more of a "Were not asking for permission, we will just play harder and faster than you" You will see in your next few reactions as they get heavier and faster. They really are on a different level, like 1980's thrash metal arms race kind of level.
These phenomenal ladies play an innovative blend of speed-power/thrash/prog/neoclassical metal/power ballads to afford their own unique sound. For example, "Swan Song" is primarily a mesh of speed-power and neoclassical metal with a bit of symphonic element mixed in. As such, you have barely scratched the surface in terms of what this talented band can do. Enjoy your Lovebites journey !
The best japanese band ever, no doubt! Thanks for reaction, dude! Best wishes from Bulgaria, Europe!🐺
Does it really matter what you wear to make great music ? As Lovebites' members say "Just because we play heavy metal (and IMHO, better than most male bands) we did not see the need to give up our femininity". Do they really need to ape male groups and wear leather and torn T-shirts to be taken seriously ? No, because they can outplay most of those male bands with one hand tied behind their backs. They show that great metal can be played with a smile rather than a snarl. My guess is that if you had only HEARD this track you would have assumed the band to be male fronted by a female vocalist and be amazed to have discovered that the drummer is a 4ft 9in woman who is also licensed nutritionist and chef and clay model maker in her spare time.
I doubt there is another female metal singer on the planet as good as Floor Jansen (from Nightwish). Her power, control and range are amazing. So, there is no shame in Asami not having the power that Floor Jansen has. It's a bit like saying a basketballer is not quite as good as Michael Jordan was in his prime, which probably describes every current basketball player in the world.
Asami is a great singer in her own right. Her range and control are excellent, and she sings exclusively in a non-native language, which in my mind is pretty impressive.
In fact, there are many singers of this level. Floor a good singer, but one of their most overrated. She's does not know the technique of academic vocals, and her so-called opera singing is just an imitation by means of pop vocals and sounds terrible. I wish she'd never done that. She can't give it up, because that's what provides a significant part of her popularity. But, of course, Nightwish now exists only thanks to her, as it used to exist thanks to Tarja.Tarja is really an outstanding singer who owns the technique of academic vocals and has developed her own vocal technique for rock and metal performances.
Asami is a singer more unique than Floor. Singing in Lovebites is not the same as singing in Nightwish. This is a much more difficult task. I don't think Flor could handle it.
I am tired of wearing only dark costumes on stage. I want to wear feminine costumes once in a while.
These were the words of the band's founder and leader, Miho (bass), at a meeting to select stage costumes at the time of the band's formation.The band members agreed with this soliloquy and decided to wear feminine stage costumes with white as the base color. However, white was taboo in the metal scene, and the band risked being isolated. Nevertheless, the band remained determined to do what they wanted to do, even if it meant becoming lone wolves.And those who were bitten by LOVEBITES began calling themselves "wolfpack".
The Chopin piece Miyako (guitar/keyboards) is playing in the intro is "Etude OP10, No. 12" known as the "Revolutionary Etude."
In 1831, some officers and citizens rose up against the Polish government, which was under the de facto control of the Russian Empire, in what was called the "November Revolution" but ended in failure due to the direct intervention of Russian troops. Chopin received this news during a performance tour. He never set foot on the soil of his homeland again. When the Russians invaded Warsaw, Chopin's agent presented "Etude OP10, No. 12" in Paris. Because of the agent's exaggerated publicity, people called this piece "Revolutionary Etude.
Miyako composed "Swan Song" based on this "Revolutionary Etude" and Dvorak's "New World Symphony.
Asami (vocalist), a former ballerina, wrote the lyrics based on the historical background of "Revolutionary Etude" and inspired by Norse mythology and the ballet suite "Swan Lake.
"SwanSong" is a requiem dedicated to the warriors who fought to reclaim their homeland, a masterpiece that only LOVEBITES could complete.
NEMOPHILA、Unlucky Morpheus、sokoninaruもお勧め。
LOVEBITES / Stand And Deliver (Shoot 'em Down) [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]
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NEMOPHILA / RISE [Official Music Video]
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[ Official Live Video ] Unlucky Morpheus - 「Black Pentagram」
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そこに鳴る / 掌で踊る【Official Music Video】Sokoninaru / Tenohira De Odoru
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Unlucky Morpheus only.
Thank you for your honest reaction. 😊
My favorite band. They're just unbelievable. Welcome to the Wolfpack! As someone else said, you jumped right into the deep end with this one! Talk about brilliance, this one is one of their masterpieces. However, they have a lot more that will no doubt impress you, and a range of styles as well. Miyako, the guitarist who was first on the piano, who made you raise your eyebrows in surprise at her guitar run - yup. She's a virtuoso, and there's no other word to describe her. However, they are all absolutely brilliant.
They are 80% powermetal (from first album 2017 "Shadowmaker", from latest 2023 "Judgement Day") and the other fifth thrash metal ("Set the World on Fire") and other styles,
By speed and technicality you can compare them with Dragonforce, 2019 they even performed together
Closest thing to symphonic metal from Japan is Unlucky Morpheus - "The Black Death Mansion Murders" aso
Power metal max 60%, often combined with other genres. Thrash metal 15 -18%. The rest is speed, progressive, neoclassical metal and some hard rock.
Yes, it’s difficult to get your head around, but the point they are making is that metal doesn’t have to be black, dark and doom laden. In fairness this is one of only two songs in a 60 song catalogue that is liable to catch a first time viewer off guard.
But I’m older than you (in my 60’s) so believe me when I tell you that you have never, and will never hear metal (no specific genre) played to this standard, this well composed if you live to be as old as Methuselah. Lovebites, for me, is the perfect metal band. No attitude, no posturing, just great, melodic, hard, fast, slow, in between metal with a positive attitude played by beautiful young women who eclipse any male band you care to name, and who have the most amazing relationship with their fan base that it’s possible to have.
Their clothes are not wrong for the type of music, the type of music *was* pioneered by men, but is now owned, lock, stock and barrel by women. Japanese women. I realise you experienced a mind fuck…but we all did before deciding that Lovebites was worth devoting a lot of attention to.
Lovebites showing that females DON'T have to cosplay biker chicks to play metal. Women can maintain their feminity and shred your face off with elite musicianship.
Best metal band on the planet right now.....period!! Do you're research, only 60+songs to react to by these super talented ladies......get on with it!! Try Winds of Transylvania.....that'll put some hair on yer chest jock!
Firstly, I must say I love the LFC stuff in the background. The image the band portray is great - everyone expects metal bands to dress in black and it surprises everyone when they hear Lovebites and surprise is a great selling point. At the end of the day though, it's the music that counts and for me Lovebites are unbeatable in that regard.
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Not Japanese. World level metal! 🤘
For many years after the early Metal in the 70's and 80's I lost Interest of this kind of music. Partly because everyone of thousands of Metal-musicians looked like fresh from the grave or a S/M-convention, it just became boring and tiring.
So, a band like Lovebites brings back fun and style into music.
3 times a hooray, for these ladies who dare to bring back femininity into this art, as completely cis-less women of taste and elegance, while preserving the power of Metal.
Get over the dresses......the Lady's just proved you can play metal music while looking elegant & classy. I very much enjoy the contrast !! 😏❤️🎙🎸🎹🥁😎🤘P.S. The Lady's just dropped an official live video of " The Hammer of Wrath. "
Looking forward to my next trip into the world of Lovebites
We in the western world when we see women in white dresses can only say: wedding dress or Disney princess. Sad truth. No sense of dressing cultures from other continents. Narrow-minded views of what artists should look like, narrow-minded views of what voice goes with what kind of rock or metal. This is what monotony and western commercialization has done to us in the last 30 years. Such artists don't exist anymore in Europe and America, for what reason ? Think about it my English music friend.
As for LOVEBITES, never order this band after one song - you will be surprised in the future ...
Lovebites has been around since 2016, and the women became more famous worldwide after performing at several major festivals, mainly in Europe, starting in 2018.
2018 - Wacken - Open Air in Germany
2018 - Bloodstock Open Air in England
2019 - Graspop Metal Meeting Festival in Belgium
2019 - Download Festival in Spain
In 2020, their career was abruptly interrupted by Corona. But they masterfully overcame the crisis, got married and had babies. In 2021 the founder Miho left the band for personal reasons and it went into a hiatus which lasted until the end of 2022. In the fall of 2022 they found a young fantastic bass player and in 2023 they released a new LP. The new LP reached the 5th place in the Japanese charts. Japan is the 2nd largest music market in the world and it is very rare that in these times a rock band comes so far forward.
I've been a big LOVEbites fan for 3 years and fans never get enough of it so : S u g g e s t i o n s for next reaction V i d e o 's:
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New Songs from the new LOVEBITES - LP Judgement Day :
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LOVEBITES music video - Stand and Deliver 2023
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Songs ALL LIVE !!!
LOVEBITES - Raise some Hell - Zepp Diver City live 2020
LOVEBITES - The Hammer Of Wrath - Zepp Diver City live 2020
LOVEBITES - Thunder Vengeance - Zepp Diver City live 2020
LOVEBITES - Set The World On Fire [Live from "Ride For Vengeance Tour 2021"]
Members :
Asami : Vocals, Piano🎤
Haruna Ishikawa : Drums🥁
Midori Tatematsu : Lead Guitar, backing vocals 🎸
Miyako Watanabe : Lead Guitar, Keyboard , Piano, Keytar, backing vocals🎸🎹
FAMI : Bass🎸
Founder : Miho Rosana : Bass (2016-2021)🎸hand-purple-blue-peace
INFO : Miyako + Midori are the best guitar duo in 3 decades ! All Lovebites women are masters. These Ladies write, compose and arrange their own songs. Over 60 premium songs in 6 years and not a single weak song. Masters in live playing and geniuses in composing. LOVEBITES: Their gimmick is their ability! - This women play different styles, but always hard and fast. Thrash Metal + Power Metal + Speed Metal + Metal Ballads. 🤘LOVEbites🤘
How can you possibly be thrown by Asami's voice or what they are wearing. I never understood how a visual can distract you from what you are hearing (you're not the only one). In 50+ years of listening to metal, and seen enough black sweaty guys in t-shirts with tattoos playing and singing, and most don't hold a candle to Lovebites musically. This is something to be embraced as it's refreshing and extremely good. It's metal played at the highest level with class. Also, in my opinion, where they come from is irrelevant. This is metal, not Japanese metal.
Lol don't show this guy Kiss, GWAR, Slipknot, any black metal band etc if dresses are throwin him this much haha.
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41 Thumbs down - 41 people who don`t like music?
They didnt like my comment on how they were dressed - it was just very surprising
Bro totally the wrong song to start with, I suggest shadow maker or holy war
The starting point with every new band on the channel is always the hardest one to get right - this one was chosen as at the time I had only a couple of recommended songs for them and this was the most recommended - now have quite a few more and a clearer direction for the next one.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but you are complaining about crap I fought against 6 years ago, and I quote "the way she walks on stage" "Disney meets Van Halen" if this is throwing you off why even bother reacting to Lovebites. Do you talk trash about the bogus band maid and their ridiculous maid outfits and pop-rock? you get no thumb of any kind from me
You have to understand that I go into these reactions totally blind and it was the surprise 'difference' that got me - and, as other comments have mentioned, this was their intention - but musically they are superb and thats what matters most at the end of the day - looking forward to my next visit to the Lovebites catalogue.
@@redsaob When you watch Japanese bands, keep in mind that they have their own cultural traditions, their own fashion, including clothing, etc. Therefore, Japanese bands playing heavy music may dress differently than Western audiences are used to. Friendly advice, pay attention first of all to the musical component. If you like the music, then after a while, you will get used to their appearance (for example, the beautiful white dresses of LOVEBITES). Moreover, perhaps you may begin to like their appearance.
The white color was chosen by the ladies for several reasons and it makes sense (as in the group's mascot - the Wolf). They risked not being accepted by western metal fans (whom their music is oriented to, among other things), having certain stereotypes of how a metal band should look. But the ladies went for it, deciding that they would play the music they like and look the way they see fit. Result: the number of fans in the West is constantly growing.
P.S. Today, few people are surprised by the outfits of KISS, GHOST, LORDI, etc.🤗 I have nothing against their looks, but I personally enjoy seeing the LOVEBITES on stage in their beautiful white and gold outfits rather. Than the above bands in monster costumes, etc.
@@redsaob don't forget that you've already screwed us once. you don't seem to have a clear line between what you can say and what you can't say.
@@redsaob Did the Band Maid outfits throw you off the first time you saw them? Those costumes are even more outrageous in my opinion. But it never bothered me.
@@GrayFox14 Agree - I never got into Kiss, or Ghost, or Slipknot.