you can't see it in this video but T. Johnson the other guy singing with Kyo is just blown away by Kyo's voice he keeps looking around and talking to the drummer ... especially towards the end when Kyo lets out this EPIC scream ... the man's ultra tiny and has a 300 lb. voice ... amazing! This concert was SICK! Best ever! So glad I found out about it. They didn't advertise it with their regular scheduled tour cities.
To be honest, I never thought Kyo would do a Apocalyptica song, but once again they have suprised me. To me, Kyo just adds a new feel and emotion to the song. He just can do almost anything: Sing cleanly, belt out amazingly soaring lines, creepy whipsery sounds, and a whole range of low growls I don't see alot of singers do. That's why he endures as a faovrate singer of mine, because the tonality and range he has is so huge, even though he is so small :)
Guys, the thing is Kyo's the man. He goes hard and he really has unique vocals. I love his singing and screaming and I have yet to find anyone that has a variety and range such as he.
I knew Kyo was short but I never knew he was this short. I knew Kyo has great vocals but damn, I never knew his vocals were this great. On another note, I have to listen to this band. They sound like something I'd listen to. And to those who are in a debate: Beauty is in the eyes (or in this case, ears) of the beholder.
lets all hope everything turns okay in the end. i would hate to see his voice fked up. he's the best vocalist there is for me, and hell what a huge stage presence for such a tiny man. Anyone that has ever went to a Die en grey concert can't shake that guys moves/voice out.
AMAZING! wow! I can't believe it! Kyo has never done a collaboration live before! This is historic! I hope the album version of the songs also features Kyo! THANK YOU APOCALYPTICA!
The blond vocalist is Tipe Johnson, a talented Finnish musician, who I think is most famous for being a singer in Leningrad Cowboys. He toured in America with Apocalyptica.
when he walked back onto the stage in Portland, my first thought was "oh my god, this is so freaking cool"; and the second thought was "dear god that man is short".
This is so much better than the "official" video which is going in and out of extreme bad focus and it was driving me completely nuts. The video was ruined. Thank you so much for posting something visible. Also I am so insanely happy that this happened and I wish I'd been there! :D
Kyo gave some new flavour to this song (screeching, very low growls and singing in high notes), but tipe did well too. I think apocalyptica should collaborate with dir en grey in future...(thumbs up if you agree)
@WORLDCOLLIDE Hearing you talk about 'true metal' kind of reminds me of myself about 5 years ago. You see, up until that point, I basically stuck with classical music. In my eyes, classical music was the only 'true' music and everything else was a pale imitation. The classical maestros still kick the asses of just about everyone in terms of pure composition, but somewhere down the line, I realized that music is not just about the technical prowess, its about making you feel something.
@Snyblind Well I heard that Apocolytica gave up on this song because they didn't have the proper vocalist but then they heard Kyo during their join tour and decided to ask him to play the song with them. He agreed, he practiced the song the band members of apocolyptica really liked his voice and then a couple days later (as shown in this video) they preformed it. lol
kyo's version of this song i think is amazing because his gritty voice matches the feelings portrayed in the lyrics. it's also the closest version i've heard to the Gojira frontman's version.
I like both of these bands and nope I wasn't on the concert, but I heard most of people left after Kyo left the stage. That's REALLY unrespectful for Apocalyptica and I'm also sick to read these comments about "Kyo this Kyo that". As far as I know there's 2 musicans on the stage: Apocalyptica AND Kyo. A little more respect to Apocalyptica as well. It's their song after all. Kyo is FEATURING it.
I still want this on a CD. Was this ever made into a special feature on any of either bands CDs? Maybe limited edition? I WANT this! Tell me, please! If it wasn't: WHY NOT? THIS. IS. AWESOME.
Oh, my god. I freaked once knowing that Kyo [my idol.] would team up with Apocalytica [my top fav. band]. I was mostly all.. "Holy shit! I have to see this!"
Wow, i like Kyo and this guy vocalizing. To be honest, Kyo is one of my favorate singers, but sometimes his low growls are just, idk kindda sloppy. But still, i think he did a good job here. And he cut his hair, haha crazy.
@Bishitsu I don't really think it was totally random, because of of the times he needs to sing the lyrics and things like that. And Kyo probably has other stuff to do besides learning lyrics. So probably not really all that random
So they were together on tour? Oh, cool! I'm surprised, but i shouldn't. I just never thought about this before- Apocalyptica use Kyo as a vocal. That is great idea! They have to make another song, specially for him to take part in. I've seen Apocalyptica live and they are one of the best bands to see. Still i've not seen Dir en grey :( I hope some day i will. Thanks for uploading! I'm glad i know about this now.
Seeing Kyo on stage with another band is strange.. Anyway, that was a great performance! I love Kyo's voice and I'm so relieved to hear that he's better.
@PatriciaDiru Yes I was right in front on the right side! You can see me going crazy and headbanging in the video actually lol. It was the most amazing experience ever and i'm happy I was there to see this happening!
@GuitarNiimura Being able to resonate sounds lower and higher than someone has nothing to do with singing ability. If someone buys a 28 fret 8 string and plays the highest note, does that make him better than kaoru?
kyo a small man with a big voice
you can't see it in this video but T. Johnson the other guy singing with Kyo is just blown away by Kyo's voice he keeps looking around and talking to the drummer ... especially towards the end when Kyo lets out this EPIC scream ... the man's ultra tiny and has a 300 lb. voice ... amazing! This concert was SICK! Best ever! So glad I found out about it. They didn't advertise it with their regular scheduled tour cities.
To be honest, I never thought Kyo would do a Apocalyptica song, but once again they have suprised me. To me, Kyo just adds a new feel and emotion to the song. He just can do almost anything: Sing cleanly, belt out amazingly soaring lines, creepy whipsery sounds, and a whole range of low growls I don't see alot of singers do. That's why he endures as a faovrate singer of mine, because the tonality and range he has is so huge, even though he is so small :)
Guys, the thing is Kyo's the man. He goes hard and he really has unique vocals. I love his singing and screaming and I have yet to find anyone that has a variety and range such as he.
He's so small! With such a big voice! It's amazing!
Aaah, that little man... He's going to kill me with his voice at any time.
Oh my god Kyo. You have done it again, you never cease to amaze me.
El mejor crossover de mi vida KYO todo un hombre con la voz poderosa y con la estatura perfecta para mí..... me derrite escucharlo
That was so cool of Kyo to do!! His voice works so well with the song.
I knew Kyo was short but I never knew he was this short.
I knew Kyo has great vocals but damn, I never knew his vocals were this great.
On another note, I have to listen to this band. They sound like something I'd listen to.
And to those who are in a debate:
Beauty is in the eyes (or in this case, ears) of the beholder.
one of the best DIR shows ever :)
kyo the little monster
this was one of my dreams! apocalyptica together with kyo
Ah! Kyo! *_*
He is just so talented singer ever!
Kyo-san's thoughts after the song: fuck this, I'm out XD
this small Japanese between the tall skandinavier xDDDD
and than THIS VOICE!
Amazing
Mind is blown. That was beautiful.
dudes headbanging while playing a cello or whatever that instrument was. amazing, and Kyo's growls always delightful without fail
HE'S SO AMAZING
kyo is the fucking man he blew away everyone and in my opinion hes the best vocalist alive today he has the best range and most diverse styles/ vocals
lets all hope everything turns okay in the end. i would hate to see his voice fked up.
he's the best vocalist there is for me, and hell what a huge stage presence for such a tiny man. Anyone that has ever went to a Die en grey concert can't shake that guys moves/voice out.
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Bro I remeber this so well, when they brought Kyo out on stage to do a song with them. Fucking blew everyone's mind.
AMAZING! wow! I can't believe it! Kyo has never done a collaboration live before! This is historic! I hope the album version of the songs also features Kyo! THANK YOU APOCALYPTICA!
Cant get enough of kyos vocals in this.
OMG! I love this. I LOVE Kyo!
2 MORE DAAAAAAYS! SEATTLE SHOW HERE I COME!
This will be my 3rd time seeing Diru!
oh my god oh my god oh my GOD this is good quality.
YAY KYO! This song rocks, and i want to hear it MADE and RECORDED! ^_^ Thanks for the good quality! :D It's so much better then the other one!!! :DDD
Lol I had no idea how short Kyo was, but make no mistake, his voice packs a power punch! These guys are amazing \m/
when kyo came back on stage me and my friends went crazy xD it was an amazing show :3
love Kyo's voice ♥
The blond vocalist is Tipe Johnson, a talented Finnish musician, who I think is most famous for being a singer in Leningrad Cowboys. He toured in America with Apocalyptica.
oh god..simply..love it.
THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
when he walked back onto the stage in Portland, my first thought was "oh my god, this is so freaking cool"; and the second thought was "dear god that man is short".
Great, simply great!
So fantasticcc~~~
LOVE KYO!!!!! LOVE APOO!!!! awesoomee!!!!!
woo!! amazing!!
Aaaah Kyo is awesome!!!!
This is so much better than the "official" video which is going in and out of extreme bad focus and it was driving me completely nuts. The video was ruined. Thank you so much for posting something visible. Also I am so insanely happy that this happened and I wish I'd been there! :D
Mind = Blown
oh my god kyo's voice is so beautiful dnfdjkfhjf is it okay to cry here
Mikko tearing up those drums!!!! :D Awesome!!
Kyo gave some new flavour to this song (screeching, very low growls and singing in high notes), but tipe did well too. I think apocalyptica should collaborate with dir en grey in future...(thumbs up if you agree)
Kyô is god
SO FULL OF AWESOME.
I didn't think that little god would be able to scream like that. O.O
:DDDDDDDD
FUUU that's so awesome.
Little things like that just make me smile.
@HoriiMiruku I agree...its a little rough...but its friggin and he is by far the best screamer I have ever heard. And it is inspiring!
wow i've been waiting for so fucking long to see a kyo collaboration with another band i havent even watched the video yet but fucking awesome
Need studio version!!!
Kyo is amazing! he looks cute xD
Way better than the video they posted on Dir en Grey's blog. I'd definitely download this. (yes legally too!)
so awesome, my footage wasn't this clear- very very very win :)
That moment....
when viking met samurai...
so good:)!
OMFG EPIC!!!! YAAY KYO!!!!!! :)
Are they together?
Woww!That Such a really epic show especially Kyo's voice.\m/
and this is very very good quality,Thank you
They should make a studio version with Kyo.
Kyo se ve tan chiquitito!
I wish they had done this at the Atlanta show last week ;___;
- 4- apocalyptica why have you not made a song with kyo yet?!!!!!
@WORLDCOLLIDE
Hearing you talk about 'true metal' kind of reminds me of myself about 5 years ago. You see, up until that point, I basically stuck with classical music. In my eyes, classical music was the only 'true' music and everything else was a pale imitation. The classical maestros still kick the asses of just about everyone in terms of pure composition, but somewhere down the line, I realized that music is not just about the technical prowess, its about making you feel something.
@Snyblind Well I heard that Apocolytica gave up on this song because they didn't have the proper vocalist but then they heard Kyo during their join tour and decided to ask him to play the song with them. He agreed, he practiced the song the band members of apocolyptica really liked his voice and then a couple days later (as shown in this video) they preformed it. lol
kyo's version of this song i think is amazing because his gritty voice matches the feelings portrayed in the lyrics. it's also the closest version i've heard to the Gojira frontman's version.
I like both of these bands and nope I wasn't on the concert, but I heard most of people left after Kyo left the stage. That's REALLY unrespectful for Apocalyptica and I'm also sick to read these comments about "Kyo this Kyo that". As far as I know there's 2 musicans on the stage: Apocalyptica AND Kyo. A little more respect to Apocalyptica as well. It's their song after all. Kyo is FEATURING it.
Damn did people actually leave when Kyo left? Fucking first timers dude I tell ya.
@crazymanthomas1654 Tipe Johnson. He's not part of Apocalyptica, but he was their tour vocalist :) They were great together!
It would be nice if they made a studio version :)
kyo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so jealous they didn't do this at the Philly show >_<
It sounds amazing
@IndoJaps totally agreed. :D One of the best bands around.
Kyo my God
I still want this on a CD. Was this ever made into a special feature on any of either bands CDs? Maybe limited edition? I WANT this! Tell me, please!
If it wasn't: WHY NOT?
THIS. IS. AWESOME.
I have no idea dude we should start a petition to get them to record this in the studio tbh
Hess soo tiny>.
This is very rare. Kyo always said he wouldn't want to sing someone else's lyrics. He looks so teenie weenie next to those big rockerguys :D
Aww, he's so short and cute :D
Omgf, they hugged Kyo xD
I still think it was a random event, otherwise Kyo would have learnt the lyrics. But still this is so freakin awesome!!!!!!!!
Oh, my god. I freaked once knowing that Kyo [my idol.] would team up with Apocalytica [my top fav. band]. I was mostly all.. "Holy shit! I have to see this!"
for a short guy kyo has a shit ton of energy.
Wow, i like Kyo and this guy vocalizing. To be honest, Kyo is one of my favorate singers, but sometimes his low growls are just, idk kindda sloppy. But still, i think he did a good job here. And he cut his hair, haha crazy.
I can just imagine Shinya, Kaoru, Die and Toshiya off at the side thinking "Come on Kyo!"
i love how kyos voice is louder than the entire band XD
FUCK YES, KYO. ;D
I saw them on the 11th, such a badass concert. Of course, Dir en Grey is who I went to see.. but still. Fucking YES.
@eatallpiepods oops my bad thats the guest vocalist on the album version of this song
@MandaWTH I apppreciate it.
@Bishitsu I don't really think it was totally random, because of of the times he needs to sing the lyrics and things like that. And Kyo probably has other stuff to do besides learning lyrics. So probably not really all that random
So they were together on tour? Oh, cool!
I'm surprised, but i shouldn't. I just never thought about this before- Apocalyptica use Kyo as a vocal. That is great idea! They have to make another song, specially for him to take part in. I've seen Apocalyptica live and they are one of the best bands to see. Still i've not seen Dir en grey :( I hope some day i will.
Thanks for uploading! I'm glad i know about this now.
it's so cute how he can't make a thing ppl are saying to him ! lol XD
but he is my god, and shall get better soon !
@Averyfane Yeah a bit, but I'm glad at least SOMEBODY managed to record this in high quality. Got to take what we can get! :)
別のアングルver初めて見たわ
10年前からあったのね...!
@MadKetz this made me giggle a little.
Seeing Kyo on stage with another band is strange.. Anyway, that was a great performance! I love Kyo's voice and I'm so relieved to hear that he's better.
@PatriciaDiru Yes I was right in front on the right side! You can see me going crazy and headbanging in the video actually lol. It was the most amazing experience ever and i'm happy I was there to see this happening!
@RandomMusicBox kyo from dir en grey
I love the high vocals though.
@GuitarNiimura Being able to resonate sounds lower and higher than someone has nothing to do with singing ability.
If someone buys a 28 fret 8 string and plays the highest note, does that make him better than kaoru?
@SleepyFroggy Oh, singing you mean, I thought you were talking about the "screeching" he does, like in stuck in the third verse.
Guys, make a studio version of this and I'll buy ANYTHING you put it on.
Nice! I got told to stop by security when I tried to record it..