If you want to hear the violinist go insane, just check out their live stuff. Angreifer and Tower of Blood are awesome. Also, their cover of Dance of Eternity by Dream Theater is just outrageous.
Their takes on RacerX,Vai and EVH are pretty stellar as well. They are a Superb group and one of the best in a technical sense. They have a wealth of Killer Material.
This band is incredible. And I think right up your alley. too many good songs to listen to. Tower of Blood live, Angriefer live, Dignity of Spirit live, Unending Sorceress, Knight of Sword. Cadaver/Revedac if you really want your mind blown
SHIREN 紫煉 is the owner of the harsh voice, SHIREN was also a member of KAMI BAND of Babymetal and a member of the band of an extraordinary, exceptional YOUSEY TEIKOKU, to hear his harsh voice well you have to listen to " Unending Sorceress " also by UNLUCKY MORPHEUS.
This band it's brilliant and the most underrated of all. Even a lot of reactors to the Japanese rock scene have few reactions to them. The growler is Shiren, leader, guitar player and writer of the music. Fuki it's the voice, Jill the violinist (who grow in importance in the last years), Jinya it's the other badass guitar player (the "boy face" of the two), Fumiya the ligthing speed drummer and Ogawa the bassist, the more grounded looking and less "game/anime like" character of the band. All are fantastic, really fantastic Fuki has the charisma of a Star and the tireless work ethics of Leonardo Da Vinci.
Excellent reaction! Unlucky Morpheus started as a side project and every member has been in other bands or projects. The singer, Fuki has fronted at least 4 bands and solo/collaborations. She even performed at a festival with 2 different bands and sang a 2hr set with each band. The guitarist who does the harsh vocals, Shiren, writes and composes their music. He is also an original Kami Band member with Babymetal. Fuki and Shiren are the founders of Unlucky Morpheus. If you want to hear more of Fuki's range, check out Dignity of Spirit. If you want more violin try Tower of Blood 🤘😊🤘
Congrats on finding Unlucky Morpheus-one of the best, most creative bands in the world today. My top suggestion for a live clip: “Angreifer” th-cam.com/video/gGKWgM4IOgc/w-d-xo.html -- a much bigger role for the violin as well. Amid all the (justified) excitement over the Japanese all-female metal bands, we forget there are plenty of guys who throw down. Shiren, founder and one of the guitarists, also does the growls. Fumiya (Drums) is, as you saw, insane and inexhaustible-one of the best rock drummers in the world. Jinya (G) and Ogawa (B) are solid as well. Fumiya and Ogawa also have interesting, “beast” personae which contrast with the “beauty” of Fuki and Jill. That contrast is a deliberate trope, similar to the “Beauty and the Beast” imagery of many European symphonic metal bands. Fuki (lead singer) is a legend in Japan, and one of the busiest artists anywhere. She is lead singer for UM, Doll$boxx, Lightbringer and her own ongoing project, Fuki Commune. Her style is very much out of the Japanese classical tradition, with the oversold vibrato and intense high notes. She collaborates with a lot of the top musical talents in Japan. Jill (violin) also has a busy dance card, including collaborations with Fuki outside UM. Jill is actually my favorite member of Unlucky Morpheus. I consider her the best rock/jazz/metal violinist in the world today, and probably the best since Jean-Luc Ponty. After Shiren (founder, original lead guitarist) started suffering from an injury that limits his playing, they rewrote a lot of his solos for Jill. Here are links to instrumentals featuring her in UM’s instrumental project Quadratum: Cover of van Halen "Eruption" th-cam.com/video/eTb0TQtVT6k/w-d-xo.html Cover of Malmsteen "Far Beyond the Sun" th-cam.com/video/E2hZDzJp9Pc/w-d-xo.html Cover of Dream Theater, played blindfolded: th-cam.com/video/8eZVVtaOBKk/w-d-xo.html I saw UM live in London in 2019, when they headlined Metal Matsuri. Great show, and the chemistry between Fuki and Jill was electric.
Fun fact: Shiren (Lead Guitar) played with the "Kami Band" (BabyMetal) in their early days. He also played in another great band Yōsei_Teikoku aka " Das Feenreich " They are another great Goth inspired rock/metal band.
If you really want to hear more of the violin you should check out their instrumental cover of the famous Far Beyond the Sun, part of an album that's basically dedicated to letting their violinist Jill solo her heart out.
What i love about these japanese bands is while they can shred the absolute shit out of their instruments and play insanely fast and all that, they don´t shred for the sake of shredding but every solo and every note brings something to the song. It´s not just "hey, now we´ll do a crazy solo just to show off" but more like "here is a solo that will blow your mind but also bring the song to the next level".
Fuki is an awesome vocalist and very prolific. She has been many different projects through the years. Solo projects like Fuki and Fuki Commune. Calaborations like Doll$Boxx with members of Gacharic Spin and featured vocalist on solo project with SYU of Gyneyrus. Lightbringer was another band she was in. UM is her main focus these days. She and Jill the violinist have done some singles together as well. Jill has done several things over the years as well. She was most recently featured on a Fate Gear album in a song called Sky Pirates. There is a video of that one if your interested.
If u love the violin try their song Tower of blood th-cam.com/video/OVKc7jJ54UI/w-d-xo.html Jill really shines also Angreifer th-cam.com/video/gGKWgM4IOgc/w-d-xo.html
Great reaction! Love this band also, UM is on a different level, Fuki ,the singer is amazing, the rest of the members are insanely talented!! Need to check out their official live videos, Angreifer, Dignity of Spirit! You won’t be disappointed 🤘🔥
If you love Fuki's (the vocalist) theatrics in this video, you're going to love their live performances, especially when she dances and headbangs around on stage. In my opinion she's the best metal vocalist there is today if you consider singing ability, stage presence and style. The thing with Japanese bands/musicians/groups is simply that if they're not as close to perfect as possible they won't get the chance to record music. The same goes for their live performances. If they can't replicate studio tracks (or dancing in music videos), or at least compensate with something else on stage, they embarass themselves and the people who produce/support them. It's part of their culture to never make mistakes in front of other people, regardless of your profession (this is also one of the biggest reasons why their foreign languages education is so bad).
Doll$boxx - Dragonet Live. One of my absolute favourite performances by Fuki. Had the absolute pleasure of meeting her in London when she performed solo at Hyper Japan. She is hands down my favourite vocalist. Such power and versatility in the range of music she has done in the past. She's just amazing. And Unlucky Morpheus are a fantastic unit. A lot of their music has deep roots in classical. And yes; it's Shiren (the guitarist with the tattoos up his neck) doing the growling. Would absolutely recommend checking out the highlight videos they did for Jill's violin playing. She is fantastic. Also worth checking out Lightbringer (her previous band), but she has worked with a lot of artists and is well known as a solo vocalist. Japan is fucking crushing it with acts at the moment and while this song is new, the band isn't. Japan has had amazing bands for a long time now, they're just only now getting the exposure they deserve.
You really need to react to Aldious (who many consider the band to kick start the modern all women metal band scene in Japan) , Wakkagi band, and Gacharic Spin. The J-rock metal scene is a serious rabbit hole that you disappear down....
Another great introduction - you have touched on so many of my favourites, thanks. More to go! One I'd like to see you discover is Gacharic Spin - try "Mindset" or "I wish I". Another project band that teamed the Unlucky Morpheus vocalist with Gacharic Spin musicians is Doll$boxx. Can't wait to see where you go next.
Fuyuki Tenge will always be my #1 metal singer from Japan, and Fumiya my #1 favorite drummer too🤘Unlucky Morpheus is "ART" 🎌 More Japanese bands to look out: Wagakki band Undead Corporation Hanabie Doll$box A-Z of Visual Kei bands and Alternative Idols too. All made from Japan 🗾
YESSSSS Unlucky Morpheus 🤘 I think they're my favorite japanese band since 2012. There is a lot of amazing songs for you to listen, its totally worth to go deep into their discography
Definitely check/react to their live performances when you can/have time for it, especially these 2 songs: [ Official Live Video ] Unlucky Morpheus - 「Angreifer」- th-cam.com/video/gGKWgM4IOgc/w-d-xo.html [ Official Live Video ] Unlucky Morpheus - 「その魂に安らぎを ～ Dignity of Spirit」- th-cam.com/video/x7W9DcUKY_U/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for your reaction to my favorite Unlucky Morpheus. It was a very nice reaction. I also like LOVEBITES, but the two bands are very common. 1. Overwhelming singing ability of vocals (Of course, your singing ability is also wonderful) 2. Overwhelming playing technique 3. Overwhelming speed metal 4. Overwhelmingly dramatic and melodious beautiful melody In addition, Unlucky Morpheus even has a transcendental violinist. Unlucky Morpheus is irresistible for the dark world view written by Fuki. All of their songs are wonderfully moving. In particular, LIVE videos are more impressive than MVs. Please continue to react to Unlucky Morpheus. I especially recommend "Opfer". Some fans even start crying when they hear it. In the current LIVE version of Black Penetagram, the guitar solo part has been replaced with a violin.
You can hear the influence of classical music in a lot of their songs, which is not limited to the fact that they have a violin. "Angreifer" the live version has a violin solo substituting for one of the guitars in the studio version. "Unending Sorceress" has a nice violin solo, and outstanding costuming and visual effects. If you can find translations, read their song lyrics too.
It's probably been recommended already, but I strongly suggest listening to the song "Cadaver-Revadac". It's actually two songs back to back, but it's in the same video. There's something very special about these two songs ;) , and maybe the the spelling will give you a clue. ;) Since you can read it, try to find the version of the video that has the sheet music running along the bottom. :)
Welcome to Unlucky Morpheus, what took you so long? 😁- If you want to see Fuki in full beast mode, check out some of their live performances. I'd recommend Angreifer th-cam.com/video/gGKWgM4IOgc/w-d-xo.html or Dignity of Spirit th-cam.com/video/x7W9DcUKY_U/w-d-xo.html to start.
The one making the screamo is the main Guitar Shiren. He works as a 2nd vocal of the band and the screamo voice come from him :) And he is just a phenomenon in the good meaning of the word as guitarist.
Hi Anastasia, I don't need to supply you with more suggestions on Unlucky Morpheus - all things necessary have yet been posted in the earlier comments. Plz stay on doing your refreshing and unique reactions (thanks!), and put your own music yet a little bit more frontwards, I'd appreciate it! And stick on reacting to Unlucky Morpheus, one single week just won't be enough to explore them fully, I guess. As it happened, I stumbled upon a brand new band with some quite famous members some days ago. This band, Saiseiga, will release it's first mini-LP in January 27, their vocalist Regan (formerly known as Azul) and drummer Tohko were members of the legendary girls heavy rock band "Zettai Club" (Saki from Nemophila is a fan of them). My suggestion: check Saiseiga's one-month old video "Ride On", it's a very fast paced, ultra heavy, but beautiful, melodic song. You'll be pleasantly surprised again ... (th-cam.com/video/4spnw5RJCKE/w-d-xo.html). Have a nice week!
Some Japanese bands. Take your pick: BAND-MAID [All their songs... really!], LOVEBITES [Break the Wall, Raise some Hell, and all the other songs], MAXIMUM THE HORMONE [Yoshu Fukushu], DEXCORE [Red Eye], CROSSFAITH [Catastrophe], SiM [Killing Me], NINGEN ISU [Heartless Scat], UNLUCKY MORPHEUS [Black Pentagram], YOUSEI TEIKOKU [Astral Dogma], COLDRAIN [Die Tomorrow], CRYSTAL LAKE [The Circle], GIVEN BY THE FLAMES [Ronove], ANGRY FROG REBIRTH [2Step Syndrome], SILENTLY SHOOTING TRAITORS [Manipulate], ALDIOUS [Dominator], BRIDEAR [Light in the Dark], CINQ ELEMENT [Destiny], MARY'S BLOOD [Marionette], GRAUPEL [Bereavement], DOLL$BOXX [Take my Chance], SOKONINARU [Tenohira De Odoru], HELLO SLEEPWALKERS [Flying Saucer], TELECiDE [Tied up Memories], NEKO [Ghost on a Record], ROTTENGRAFFTY [Hallelujah], LYNCH [Devil], DIR EN GREY [Ningen wo Kaburu], X JAPAN [Kurenai], DAZZLE VISION [Second], JUPITER [My Enemy], GALNERYUS [Angel of Salvation], BLOOD STAIN CHILD [Del-Sol], NEMOPHILA [Dissension], DADAROMA [Lucid Dream], JILUKA [Lluvia], HANABIE [We Love Sweets], and many many more...
If you want another completely unique sound from Japan you should definitely react to Wagakki Band. A very popular intro video is a live back to back performance of "Homura" and "Akatsuki no Ito".
Where to start with UM? As others have said, Fuki is quite prolific in her collaborations. She looks different in every video, too. Jill, the violinist, has her own TH-cam channel and goes live every so often. She's adorable; her eyes are so big that she looks like she's half gray alien. She's a graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts, quite the prestigious school. Shiren, the guitarist with red hair, is the one doing the growling. He has tenosynovitis, a painful condition that restricts his ability to play the guitar. That's why he almost always plays a headless guitar; it's lighter. If you ever see him playing a guitar on a stand or not playing at all, that's why. Jill covers his lead parts live when his condition is affecting him. Shiren played in Babymetal's Kami band once. It was in their early days (2012) during a show called Legend I, known as the first show in the live album Legend IDZ Apocalypse. I think he only played during the two encore songs, but I could be wrong. Fumiya, the beast of a drummer, used to be in Galneryus.
Awesome reaction, this was my reaction and my first UM song. Jill the violinist in later recordings takes on a lot of Shiran's guitar parts as he suffers from pain in the wrists. Cadaver is probably my favourite song live or MV they are my favourite Japanese band. So much talent and Fuki's voice is unique x
That was awesome. My thoughts exactly! I love this song and this band and this singer. Please check out Fuki singing with Gacharic Spin in the DOLL$BOXX side project. Start with Take My Chance or Merrily High Go Round and then get into Gacharic Spin with I Wish I and then Mindset. I promise they will absolutely deliver. Japan's rock and metal scene has blown my mind right open. You also need to check out Maximum the Hormone. Evil geniuses who planted many glorious seeds. Band-Maid's drummer Akane counts their drummer Nao as one of her main influences, Nemophila has covered their music. And they are bonkers AF. HIGHLY recommend Maximum the Hormone - Yoshu Fukushu. And keep the Unleash the Archers coming! They are damn near all I listen to that isn't out of Japan right now. But they might be tops. Depends what I am listening to at the moment. Brittney Inspires me. There are more. And they are important. I will save them.
If guitar solos give you orgasms you should definately watch a Japanese band called Versailles (no longer tour but one of the most epic bands ever) they are symphonic power metal
I really like Unlucky Morpheus. Fuki is one of my favourite Japanese singers. The violin makes them pretty unique, but you might be interested in Ne Obliviscaris as well. Another band that incorporates violins into metal. Their songs can get really complex and progressive. Also interesting to know: Mao, the keyboardist of Fuki's former band Light Bringer, is good friends with Lovebites and works closely with them. A shame that Light Bringer aren't active anymore. They were a good band in their own right.
I would pick up and move to Japan if I wasn’t afraid to go alone. Lol. All my top favorite bands are from Japan. I would be broke from all the concerts and merch I’d be buying.
A week of Ankimo? Yes please! You will not be disappointed in the least. More violin, check out Cadaver/Revadac if you want a masterpiece of musical art. Check out Unending Sorceress for more of Shiren's growls. And of course the lovely Fuki and her powerful vocals.
Great reaction. Next you have to check Doll$boxx - Take my chance Live & Gacharic spin - I wish i. (Doll$boxx is) a combination of Gacharic spin + Fuki (singer)
Great one Anastasia! Make sure to check out their live versions of "Get Revenge on the Tyrant" and "Dignity of Spirit". They're both considerably better than this song 😀🤘🏼
TL/DR Unlucky Morpheus great, better live. Jill is a goddess. Try Angreifer or Dignity Of Spirit. Unlucky Morpheus a band that was 8 years in the making, the band was started as a side project between the singer Fuki and Shiren (guitar). They started with metal versions of a popular Japanese game. They released a few albums and fans wanted to see them live, so they got some friends to help them out live. These concerts were also auditions for other band members, if they fitted in with the sound Shiren wanted in the band, after a few show he'd as if they wanted to join. The only one that didn't do this was Jill, as soon as Shiren her her play, he knew it was a sound he wanted in the band. Jill had played in a few rock/metal bands up to this point. Fuki is the only member of the band that has not had any training, she coppied her mothers style of singing. Most of the band went to MI Tokyo (Musicians Institute), that is were Shrien and Ogawa met 1st. Jill graduated Tokyo University of the Arts, playing violin, which is the most prestigious art school in Japan. Jill claims she can hear pitch perfect, due to the way she was trained at a young age. When she was 1st taught to play, it was by ear and not sheet music, and she can almost play anything on the violin that you can play on a guitar, inc pinch notes. Jill maybe the most popular member of the band, next to Fuki. Ogawa is really a jazz bassist, and was the protégé of Fujioka Mikio, who you may know from Babymetals Kami Band. And still plays in a popular Jazz band. Shiren The band's leader and co-founder. Guitars, Harsh vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Piano, Programming, Drums, Percussion, Arrangement, Composition, and various other instruments, and writes all the music and some of the lyrics. He was also in the 1st Kami band at Legend i. He is suffering from tendonitis of the wrist, so has to rest it at times when playing live, which is when Jill will take over his guitar parts on violin. Jinya youngest member of the band in age, and was found by Fuki, who told Shiren to check out. Fumiya, drummer and just a beast behind the drum kit. Fuki is just a force of nature, she is a workaholic, in18 years she has be involved in around 100 releases, mostly full albums. Apart from UM she is also the singer in a rock band called Doll$boxx another side project that is between her and Gacharic Spin (a all female rock/funk band). She also has her own solo project, as well asd being a guest vocalist in many other bands. She used to be in a band called Light Bringer, who are in hiatus. She also does voice acting, she used to run a radio show, she has a kanji kentai level 1 degree, and she is a Sugino fashion college costume creation graduate, she makes some of the costumes she and the band wear and she has also done some modling work. All the members of the band used to be in other bands, as UM were a side project, but after 2016 the band became more full time, and did their 1st tour of Japan in 2017. They released their 1st metal album of there own work in 2014. Black Pentagram was the 1st video they released, and yes Jill seems to be down in the mix, something they tend not to do now, down to her popularity with the fans, they even released an album of instrumetal covers in which, according to Fuki, the violin is the vocals. Some of the members still are in other bands, but tend to look on UM as their main band. They have played outside Japan once, which was at a festival in London, which is where I got to see and met them. Due to the popularity overseas they have said they want to do a world tour some day, when events let them. They are a band that just loves to play and play together, you can tell that they are really good friends by the way they interact with each other on stage, and you get the feeling that they would still play, if there was only 1 man and his dog turn up and still give everthing. They are also a truly independent band, they have their own label, produce everything, self promote, book tours, t-shirt design, everything is done by the band themselves, mainly Shiren and Fuki, and that is the reason why this great, overly talleneted band are not bigger than they are. Next try Angreifer or Dignity Of Spirit. or Doll$boxx - Shout Down th-cam.com/video/FVfRwBeCnE0/w-d-xo.html
4 members have a little sideproject called Quadratum. They do instrumental covers with the violin as main instrument. Jill on violin is amazing! Here is a cover of Dream Theater / The dance of eternity ( be amazed) th-cam.com/video/clB3yOKaayE/w-d-xo.html
Let me recommend you a song by MARY'S BLOOD - MARIONETTE, this group is also all female, SAKY, the guitarist, is the same who plays in the group NEMOPHILA and AMAHIRU, in this song is shocking how it sounds, really impressive, not to mention the very special voice of EYE, EYE comes from the dissolution of the group DESTROSE, where HARUNA of LOVEBITES also comes from, thanks for your attention.
Fuki is really gorgeous to look at isn't she? 😉 The style she is singing in is Shigin which is used in Japanese poetry. There's another style called Enka that is used in old Japanese pop music (*not J-Pop) back in the 1970's and 1980's. Fuki has no formal vocal training in singing or in Shigin. It just came naturally to her. She is a very busy woman with other side projects other than Unlucky Morpheus such as another band Doll$boxx that is like a super group. Please react to this song next, 'Dignity of Spirit' which really emphasize's Fuki's Shigin singing. th-cam.com/video/x7W9DcUKY_U/w-d-xo.html Edit: You'll notice Fuki has a lot of energy and always jumping around while she is singing.
Fuki is AMAZING! Do yourself a favor and react to Take My Chance by Doll$Boxx, Fuki will knock you off your feet! You still need to check out Galneryus - Angel of Salvation
Awesome commenting :D If you're gonna do UM week, i have some recommendations as they have several sounds to their music (check them live, their lives are the best ones) epic sounding: Satsuriku no Miseria, Get revenge on the tyrant, with dark sound: Angreifer, Opfer, Unending sorceress, Phantom blood straight up power metal: Knight of Sword, Dignity of Spirit, Dragon Force, Karasu Tengu.. Fun youthful: M revolution, Top of the M, Make your choice.. Cadaver/Revedac their acoustics live: Endless Control, Hyakki Hikou, imagimak.. Emotional somewhat sentimental but rather youthful sounding: Toraware bokura, Wings, Change of Generation, Kyoumo no koibito.. mixed with traditional Japanese chant: 鉄皇 And there are some that have dark children song/folklore sounds: Siva, Tower of the blood, Hyakki Hikou, Heaped Heart, imagimak, Perverseness, whole Vampir EP, 籠の鳥... Edit: they have sub-unit of 4 Quadratum (drummer-FUMIYA, bassist-Ogawa, violinist-Jill and one guitarist-Jinya) that did cover for many metal classics too.
Check out some of the live stuff; it's a lot easier to hear the violin. Try Knight of Sword, Angriefer, and (if you can find the live version) Cadaver/Revadac. Also, Carry on Singing to the Sky is actually in English, and has a sweet violin part. Her English sounds pretty good in it too. Also, the live version of this song is pretty good too, and the violin is way more prounounced.
I love your reactions! I would highly recommend the live version of Black Pentagram (violin solo) , and Angreiffer. Another band you are gonna love is Galneryus. Try Angel of Salvation. Especially the live Versions. Their guitarist Syu is even better. Before that song listen to tchaikovsky violin concerto 3rd movement. You will understand why!
Exceptional, I always follow you with great interest because it is important to explain what you are listening to, because it is one thing to listen but another thing entirely to understand how to listen, thanks for what you say to help us, and I would like you to listen to another extraordinary Japanese band, all female, GAHARIC SPIN in a live track entitled "MINDSET" I'm sure you will find this band very interesting, KOGA on bass is absolutely extraordinary.
So glad you have found The amazing Fuki, you should check some of her solo projects, Usually includes some of the Unlucky Morpheus members (Jill the violinist in particular.) Bloody Rain or Juliet are 2 good ones (Juliet linked th-cam.com/video/8PsEoS-3514/w-d-xo.html)
Please react to "Reason" also by Fuki, a special collaboration with Syu from Galneryus. Her voice is like unleashed to another level in this song. th-cam.com/video/958z1pk9_Ns/w-d-xo.html
If you love so much guitar solos you should listen to Versailles. Their guitarists, Teru and Hizaki are 2 geniuses.. Versailles - Faith & Decision th-cam.com/video/0_iRWVMM8-I/w-d-xo.html I don't know if you listened to this band, if not you definitely should react to X Japan. A lot of japanese were influenced by X Japan. X Japan - Kurenai th-cam.com/video/8ArAnXLbFck/w-d-xo.html If you have time you need to check their masterpiece song "Art of Life" (is 29 mins long 😅) th-cam.com/video/qPKw_V_4pJI/w-d-xo.html
Fuki is probably one of the top five Japanese singers (male or female) Of her many projects Unlucky Morpheus is the main one, but I personally prefer his work on Doll$Boxx: th-cam.com/video/GiWSW8YkBfs/w-d-xo.html , also I think Unlucky Morpheus is better live: th-cam.com/video/sKDjZ_pyeng/w-d-xo.html 😉
Great reaction Anastasia You haven't seen nothing yet with Unlucky Morpheus. They are elite musicians and in this particular song, you can't really hear Jill, the violinist. Ankimo (for short) are so much better live and songs like "Angriefer" or "Dignity of Spirit" will show you what they are capable of. Fuki's voice is a pure delight. Speaking of Fuki, she also has multiple side projects including DOLL$BOXX which consist of the band Gacharic Spin and her on the vocals. You should definitely start with the song "Take My Chance". Thank you
Really enjoyed your reaction! Unlucky Morpheus as well as the numerous Jrock/metal bands you already reacted to is saving rock. Here's a band I just recently discovered that you may want to check out. Interestingly enough, they are not from Japan, but rather from Korea (yes, the land of K-Pop). They are called Messgram. Check out their song "Karma". th-cam.com/video/lkK_OnehjaM/w-d-xo.html
Кстати. Идея переехать в Японию просто огонь. Ты сама все хорошо описала какие у тебя конкурентные преимущества. Я сам после знакомства с babymetal начал учить японский и я советую. Он элементарный. особенно если учить как я - русский первый язык, английский второй. В этом случае японский прямо простой. Он процентов на 30-40 это английские слова исковерканные японцами, а слова изменяются очень похоже на русский - подстановкой окончаний. Да придется учить эти закорючки котороми они пишут, но к этому можно привыкнуть. Ну и самое главное что это не Китайский с этими безумными тонами и т.п. тут четко можно понять где какие слова. С интересом слежу за твоим каналом. Меня японский метал вернул в мир тяжёлой музыки. Удачи тебе в творчестве.
Ok, if you are really going to do a week of UM, you HAVE to do this one. It is an acoustic version of one of their early anime soundtracks, rewritten to feature Jill, who joined much later, on violin. You will fall over, it's so gorgeous. "Hyakki Hikou" th-cam.com/video/b2nOvL1n7D8/w-d-xo.html See also the instrumentals I listed in my other comment.
Hello Anastasia. There are also very good bands in Germany, besides RAMMSTEIN. LEAVES' EYES, symphonic metal MOMO INC, gothic metal, EISBRECHER, industrial metal, electronic, MEGAHERZ, industrial metal. And many others. There are also very good bands in Spain. WIZARD OF OZ, folk metal, WARCRY, power metal, SOBER, alternative metal, A big hug
If you want to hear the violinist go insane, just check out their live stuff. Angreifer and Tower of Blood are awesome. Also, their cover of Dance of Eternity by Dream Theater is just outrageous.
Yes!!! 'Dance Of Eternity' (live) will make your toes tingle.
+1 for Tower of the Blood (live). 🤘
Their version of Yngwie's Far Beyond the Sun is magnificent.
Their takes on RacerX,Vai and EVH are pretty stellar as well. They are a Superb group and one of the best in a technical sense. They have a wealth of Killer Material.
This band is incredible. And I think right up your alley. too many good songs to listen to. Tower of Blood live, Angriefer live, Dignity of Spirit live, Unending Sorceress, Knight of Sword. Cadaver/Revedac if you really want your mind blown
Doubling the votes for Knight of Sword and Cadaver/Revadac, which is just incredible.
Fuki is a force of Nature.....for me..the Best japanese female vocalist by wayyy far..
Beautiful Fuki is the queen of female vocalists....that voice 😍
SHIREN 紫煉 is the owner of the harsh voice, SHIREN was also a member of KAMI BAND of Babymetal and a member of the band of an extraordinary, exceptional YOUSEY TEIKOKU, to hear his harsh voice well you have to listen to " Unending Sorceress " also by UNLUCKY MORPHEUS.
Unlucky Morpheus - Unending Sorceress
Her vocal is typical visual-kei style, dark atmosphere with emphasized vibrato.
You absolutly right
This band it's brilliant and the most underrated of all. Even a lot of reactors to the Japanese rock scene have few reactions to them. The growler is Shiren, leader, guitar player and writer of the music. Fuki it's the voice, Jill the violinist (who grow in importance in the last years), Jinya it's the other badass guitar player (the "boy face" of the two), Fumiya the ligthing speed drummer and Ogawa the bassist, the more grounded looking and less "game/anime like" character of the band. All are fantastic, really fantastic Fuki has the charisma of a Star and the tireless work ethics of Leonardo Da Vinci.
Excellent reaction! Unlucky Morpheus started as a side project and every member has been in other bands or projects. The singer, Fuki has fronted at least 4 bands and solo/collaborations. She even performed at a festival with 2 different bands and sang a 2hr set with each band. The guitarist who does the harsh vocals, Shiren, writes and composes their music. He is also an original Kami Band member with Babymetal. Fuki and Shiren are the founders of Unlucky Morpheus. If you want to hear more of Fuki's range, check out Dignity of Spirit. If you want more violin try Tower of Blood 🤘😊🤘
Congrats on finding Unlucky Morpheus-one of the best, most creative bands in the world today. My top suggestion for a live clip: “Angreifer” th-cam.com/video/gGKWgM4IOgc/w-d-xo.html -- a much bigger role for the violin as well.
Amid all the (justified) excitement over the Japanese all-female metal bands, we forget there are plenty of guys who throw down. Shiren, founder and one of the guitarists, also does the growls. Fumiya (Drums) is, as you saw, insane and inexhaustible-one of the best rock drummers in the world. Jinya (G) and Ogawa (B) are solid as well. Fumiya and Ogawa also have interesting, “beast” personae which contrast with the “beauty” of Fuki and Jill. That contrast is a deliberate trope, similar to the “Beauty and the Beast” imagery of many European symphonic metal bands.
Fuki (lead singer) is a legend in Japan, and one of the busiest artists anywhere. She is lead singer for UM, Doll$boxx, Lightbringer and her own ongoing project, Fuki Commune. Her style is very much out of the Japanese classical tradition, with the oversold vibrato and intense high notes. She collaborates with a lot of the top musical talents in Japan. Jill (violin) also has a busy dance card, including collaborations with Fuki outside UM.
Jill is actually my favorite member of Unlucky Morpheus. I consider her the best rock/jazz/metal violinist in the world today, and probably the best since Jean-Luc Ponty. After Shiren (founder, original lead guitarist) started suffering from an injury that limits his playing, they rewrote a lot of his solos for Jill. Here are links to instrumentals featuring her in UM’s instrumental project Quadratum:
Cover of van Halen "Eruption" th-cam.com/video/eTb0TQtVT6k/w-d-xo.html
Cover of Malmsteen "Far Beyond the Sun" th-cam.com/video/E2hZDzJp9Pc/w-d-xo.html Cover of Dream Theater, played blindfolded: th-cam.com/video/8eZVVtaOBKk/w-d-xo.html
I saw UM live in London in 2019, when they headlined Metal Matsuri. Great show, and the chemistry between Fuki and Jill was electric.
Fun fact: Shiren (Lead Guitar) played with the "Kami Band" (BabyMetal) in their early days. He also played in another great band Yōsei_Teikoku aka " Das Feenreich " They are another great Goth inspired rock/metal band.
If you really want to hear more of the violin you should check out their instrumental cover of the famous Far Beyond the Sun, part of an album that's basically dedicated to letting their violinist Jill solo her heart out.
What i love about these japanese bands is while they can shred the absolute shit out of their instruments and play insanely fast and all that, they don´t shred for the sake of shredding but every solo and every note brings something to the song. It´s not just "hey, now we´ll do a crazy solo just to show off" but more like "here is a solo that will blow your mind but also bring the song to the next level".
you need to hear their song Angreifer performed live, or Dignity of Spirit
Yes. Many Great Japanese bands. UM is Crazy Talented. Jill is a Goddess.
Fuki is an awesome vocalist and very prolific. She has been many different projects through the years. Solo projects like Fuki and Fuki Commune. Calaborations like Doll$Boxx with members of Gacharic Spin and featured vocalist on solo project with SYU of Gyneyrus. Lightbringer was another band she was in. UM is her main focus these days. She and Jill the violinist have done some singles together as well. Jill has done several things over the years as well. She was most recently featured on a Fate Gear album in a song called Sky Pirates. There is a video of that one if your interested.
You Really should check out galneryus. Syu is one of The best. He is a great composer
If u love the violin try their song Tower of blood th-cam.com/video/OVKc7jJ54UI/w-d-xo.html
Jill really shines also Angreifer th-cam.com/video/gGKWgM4IOgc/w-d-xo.html
Great reaction! Love this band also, UM is on a different level, Fuki ,the singer is amazing, the rest of the members are insanely talented!! Need to check out their official live videos, Angreifer, Dignity of Spirit! You won’t be disappointed 🤘🔥
Dignity of Spirit is their Magnum Opus.
If you love Fuki's (the vocalist) theatrics in this video, you're going to love their live performances, especially when she dances and headbangs around on stage. In my opinion she's the best metal vocalist there is today if you consider singing ability, stage presence and style.
The thing with Japanese bands/musicians/groups is simply that if they're not as close to perfect as possible they won't get the chance to record music. The same goes for their live performances. If they can't replicate studio tracks (or dancing in music videos), or at least compensate with something else on stage, they embarass themselves and the people who produce/support them. It's part of their culture to never make mistakes in front of other people, regardless of your profession (this is also one of the biggest reasons why their foreign languages education is so bad).
For me SHO (masatoshi ono) is The best from galneryus at his prime time (2010-2014). Because he is 55 right now.
Growling is pre recorded but the guitarist with the chestnut/reddish hair is their harsh vocalist.
Their live stuff is even better, i recommend angrifier live
Doll$boxx - Dragonet Live. One of my absolute favourite performances by Fuki. Had the absolute pleasure of meeting her in London when she performed solo at Hyper Japan. She is hands down my favourite vocalist. Such power and versatility in the range of music she has done in the past. She's just amazing. And Unlucky Morpheus are a fantastic unit. A lot of their music has deep roots in classical.
And yes; it's Shiren (the guitarist with the tattoos up his neck) doing the growling. Would absolutely recommend checking out the highlight videos they did for Jill's violin playing. She is fantastic. Also worth checking out Lightbringer (her previous band), but she has worked with a lot of artists and is well known as a solo vocalist.
Japan is fucking crushing it with acts at the moment and while this song is new, the band isn't. Japan has had amazing bands for a long time now, they're just only now getting the exposure they deserve.
You really need to react to Aldious (who many consider the band to kick start the modern all women metal band scene in Japan) , Wakkagi band, and Gacharic Spin. The J-rock metal scene is a serious rabbit hole that you disappear down....
Another great introduction - you have touched on so many of my favourites, thanks. More to go! One I'd like to see you discover is Gacharic Spin - try "Mindset" or "I wish I". Another project band that teamed the Unlucky Morpheus vocalist with Gacharic Spin musicians is Doll$boxx. Can't wait to see where you go next.
Fuyuki Tenge will always be my #1 metal singer from Japan, and Fumiya my #1 favorite drummer too🤘Unlucky Morpheus is "ART" 🎌
More Japanese bands to look out:
Wagakki band
Undead Corporation
Hanabie
Doll$box
A-Z of Visual Kei bands and Alternative Idols too. All made from Japan 🗾
YESSSSS Unlucky Morpheus 🤘
I think they're my favorite japanese band since 2012. There is a lot of amazing songs for you to listen, its totally worth to go deep into their discography
Thank uu
Great reaction, couldn't agree more with you, how Japan are producing such mind blowing music,,,
Jill the violinist is featured in their side project Quadratum
Definitely check/react to their live performances when you can/have time for it, especially these 2 songs:
[ Official Live Video ] Unlucky Morpheus - 「Angreifer」- th-cam.com/video/gGKWgM4IOgc/w-d-xo.html
[ Official Live Video ] Unlucky Morpheus - 「その魂に安らぎを ～ Dignity of Spirit」- th-cam.com/video/x7W9DcUKY_U/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for your reaction to my favorite Unlucky Morpheus.
It was a very nice reaction.
I also like LOVEBITES, but the two bands are very common.
1. Overwhelming singing ability of vocals
(Of course, your singing ability is also wonderful)
2. Overwhelming playing technique
3. Overwhelming speed metal
4. Overwhelmingly dramatic and melodious beautiful melody
In addition, Unlucky Morpheus even has a transcendental violinist.
Unlucky Morpheus is irresistible for the dark world view written by Fuki.
All of their songs are wonderfully moving.
In particular, LIVE videos are more impressive than MVs.
Please continue to react to Unlucky Morpheus.
I especially recommend "Opfer". Some fans even start crying when they hear it.
In the current LIVE version of Black Penetagram, the guitar solo part has been replaced with a violin.
You can hear the influence of classical music in a lot of their songs, which is not limited to the fact that they have a violin. "Angreifer" the live version has a violin solo substituting for one of the guitars in the studio version. "Unending Sorceress" has a nice violin solo, and outstanding costuming and visual effects. If you can find translations, read their song lyrics too.
Omg thank you!!! This band is amazing. Fuki the vocalist is amazing!!! Plz do a live they're so amazing live!!! ❤❤❤❤
It's probably been recommended already, but I strongly suggest listening to the song "Cadaver-Revadac". It's actually two songs back to back, but it's in the same video. There's something very special about these two songs ;) , and maybe the the spelling will give you a clue. ;) Since you can read it, try to find the version of the video that has the sheet music running along the bottom. :)
Welcome to Unlucky Morpheus, what took you so long? 😁- If you want to see Fuki in full beast mode, check out some of their live performances. I'd recommend Angreifer th-cam.com/video/gGKWgM4IOgc/w-d-xo.html or Dignity of Spirit th-cam.com/video/x7W9DcUKY_U/w-d-xo.html to start.
So glad you love this band like the rest of us. And you will love them even more with their live performances.
UNLUCKY MORPHEUS LIVE PLEASE‼️🔥🔥🔥 SUPERBAND🤘🏻 GREAT REACTION 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Yaaay, Angreifer (live) by them next please :)
The one making the screamo is the main Guitar Shiren. He works as a 2nd vocal of the band and the screamo voice come from him :) And he is just a phenomenon in the good meaning of the word as guitarist.
Thank you for the great reactions!👍👍👍
From Japan with love❤
Hi Anastasia, I don't need to supply you with more suggestions on Unlucky Morpheus - all things necessary have yet been posted in the earlier comments. Plz stay on doing your refreshing and unique reactions (thanks!), and put your own music yet a little bit more frontwards, I'd appreciate it! And stick on reacting to Unlucky Morpheus, one single week just won't be enough to explore them fully, I guess.
As it happened, I stumbled upon a brand new band with some quite famous members some days ago. This band, Saiseiga, will release it's first mini-LP in January 27, their vocalist Regan (formerly known as Azul) and drummer Tohko were members of the legendary girls heavy rock band "Zettai Club" (Saki from Nemophila is a fan of them). My suggestion: check Saiseiga's one-month old video "Ride On", it's a very fast paced, ultra heavy, but beautiful, melodic song. You'll be pleasantly surprised again ... (th-cam.com/video/4spnw5RJCKE/w-d-xo.html). Have a nice week!
My favorite band is Band maid ,and the guitarists are the MM combi from Lovebites.
However, I think FUKI of this band is the highest as a vocalist.
Some Japanese bands. Take your pick: BAND-MAID [All their songs... really!], LOVEBITES [Break the Wall, Raise some Hell, and all the other songs], MAXIMUM THE HORMONE [Yoshu Fukushu], DEXCORE [Red Eye], CROSSFAITH [Catastrophe], SiM [Killing Me], NINGEN ISU [Heartless Scat], UNLUCKY MORPHEUS [Black Pentagram], YOUSEI TEIKOKU [Astral Dogma], COLDRAIN [Die Tomorrow], CRYSTAL LAKE [The Circle], GIVEN BY THE FLAMES [Ronove], ANGRY FROG REBIRTH [2Step Syndrome], SILENTLY SHOOTING TRAITORS [Manipulate], ALDIOUS [Dominator], BRIDEAR [Light in the Dark], CINQ ELEMENT [Destiny], MARY'S BLOOD [Marionette], GRAUPEL [Bereavement], DOLL$BOXX [Take my Chance], SOKONINARU [Tenohira De Odoru], HELLO SLEEPWALKERS [Flying Saucer], TELECiDE [Tied up Memories], NEKO [Ghost on a Record], ROTTENGRAFFTY [Hallelujah], LYNCH [Devil], DIR EN GREY [Ningen wo Kaburu], X JAPAN [Kurenai], DAZZLE VISION [Second], JUPITER [My Enemy], GALNERYUS [Angel of Salvation], BLOOD STAIN CHILD [Del-Sol], NEMOPHILA [Dissension], DADAROMA [Lucid Dream], JILUKA [Lluvia], HANABIE [We Love Sweets], and many many more...
I'm glad you found a new love of your life. There wasn't enough Midori for the both of us anyways 😂
lmao
nice reaction😊
please next
UnluckyMorpheus - CADAVER/REVADAC+sheet music
If you want another completely unique sound from Japan you should definitely react to Wagakki Band. A very popular intro video is a live back to back performance of "Homura" and "Akatsuki no Ito".
Finally!!!! 😁🤘
Where to start with UM? As others have said, Fuki is quite prolific in her collaborations. She looks different in every video, too. Jill, the violinist, has her own TH-cam channel and goes live every so often. She's adorable; her eyes are so big that she looks like she's half gray alien. She's a graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts, quite the prestigious school. Shiren, the guitarist with red hair, is the one doing the growling. He has tenosynovitis, a painful condition that restricts his ability to play the guitar. That's why he almost always plays a headless guitar; it's lighter. If you ever see him playing a guitar on a stand or not playing at all, that's why. Jill covers his lead parts live when his condition is affecting him. Shiren played in Babymetal's Kami band once. It was in their early days (2012) during a show called Legend I, known as the first show in the live album Legend IDZ Apocalypse. I think he only played during the two encore songs, but I could be wrong. Fumiya, the beast of a drummer, used to be in Galneryus.
Also, if you're, um, into guitar solos, Asterism might kill you.
Awesome reaction, this was my reaction and my first UM song. Jill the violinist in later recordings takes on a lot of Shiran's guitar parts as he suffers from pain in the wrists. Cadaver is probably my favourite song live or MV they are my favourite Japanese band. So much talent and Fuki's voice is unique x
Thanks for the great reaction. Just amazing❣️I'm just wondering why Japan keeps producing so many talented musicians⁉️😉
That was awesome. My thoughts exactly! I love this song and this band and this singer. Please check out Fuki singing with Gacharic Spin in the DOLL$BOXX side project. Start with Take My Chance or Merrily High Go Round and then get into Gacharic Spin with I Wish I and then Mindset. I promise they will absolutely deliver. Japan's rock and metal scene has blown my mind right open.
You also need to check out Maximum the Hormone. Evil geniuses who planted many glorious seeds. Band-Maid's drummer Akane counts their drummer Nao as one of her main influences, Nemophila has covered their music. And they are bonkers AF. HIGHLY recommend Maximum the Hormone - Yoshu Fukushu.
And keep the Unleash the Archers coming! They are damn near all I listen to that isn't out of Japan right now. But they might be tops. Depends what I am listening to at the moment. Brittney Inspires me.
There are more. And they are important. I will save them.
If guitar solos give you orgasms you should definately watch a Japanese band called Versailles (no longer tour but one of the most epic bands ever) they are symphonic power metal
+1 for Versailles. The song "Faith & decision" has incredible solos
Or galneryus angel of salvation live lol, like 20 minutes of guitar solo madness. I do love me some Hizaki guitar though.
If you the violin then check out their instrumental covers!
If you're looking, I think IRONBUNNY may still have a vacancy. I recommend checking out their song "23" ^_-
Great reaction, there are many good songs, please listen, from Japan
I really like Unlucky Morpheus. Fuki is one of my favourite Japanese singers. The violin makes them pretty unique, but you might be interested in Ne Obliviscaris as well. Another band that incorporates violins into metal. Their songs can get really complex and progressive.
Also interesting to know: Mao, the keyboardist of Fuki's former band Light Bringer, is good friends with Lovebites and works closely with them. A shame that Light Bringer aren't active anymore. They were a good band in their own right.
I would pick up and move to Japan if I wasn’t afraid to go alone. Lol. All my top favorite bands are from Japan. I would be broke from all the concerts and merch I’d be buying.
One of the best bands today🤘🏻
Please check out《opfer》live or 《phantom blood》live next time!🔥🤘🏻
A week of Ankimo? Yes please! You will not be disappointed in the least. More violin, check out Cadaver/Revadac if you want a masterpiece of musical art. Check out Unending Sorceress for more of Shiren's growls. And of course the lovely Fuki and her powerful vocals.
ありがとうございます🤘
Their song cadaver/revadac!!! See whether you get what the fuss about the song structure 😆
Liking you discovered Ankimo. Dignity of Spirit is a great song with lots of solos.. especially a guitar-violin solo
Great reaction. Next you have to check Doll$boxx - Take my chance Live & Gacharic spin - I wish i.
(Doll$boxx is) a combination of Gacharic spin + Fuki (singer)
Great one Anastasia! Make sure to check out their live versions of "Get Revenge on the Tyrant" and "Dignity of Spirit". They're both considerably better than this song 😀🤘🏼
yes the guitarist is the one screaming try unending sorceress
TL/DR Unlucky Morpheus great, better live. Jill is a goddess. Try Angreifer or Dignity Of Spirit.
Unlucky Morpheus a band that was 8 years in the making, the band was started as a side project between the singer Fuki and Shiren (guitar). They started with metal versions of a popular Japanese game. They released a few albums and fans wanted to see them live, so they got some friends to help them out live. These concerts were also auditions for other band members, if they fitted in with the sound Shiren wanted in the band, after a few show he'd as if they wanted to join. The only one that didn't do this was Jill, as soon as Shiren her her play, he knew it was a sound he wanted in the band. Jill had played in a few rock/metal bands up to this point.
Fuki is the only member of the band that has not had any training, she coppied her mothers style of singing.
Most of the band went to MI Tokyo (Musicians Institute), that is were Shrien and Ogawa met 1st.
Jill graduated Tokyo University of the Arts, playing violin, which is the most prestigious art school in Japan. Jill claims she can hear pitch perfect, due to the way she was trained at a young age. When she was 1st taught to play, it was by ear and not sheet music, and she can almost play anything on the violin that you can play on a guitar, inc pinch notes. Jill maybe the most popular member of the band, next to Fuki.
Ogawa is really a jazz bassist, and was the protégé of Fujioka Mikio, who you may know from Babymetals Kami Band. And still plays in a popular Jazz band.
Shiren The band's leader and co-founder. Guitars, Harsh vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Piano, Programming, Drums, Percussion, Arrangement, Composition, and various other instruments, and writes all the music and some of the lyrics. He was also in the 1st Kami band at Legend i. He is suffering from tendonitis of the wrist, so has to rest it at times when playing live, which is when Jill will take over his guitar parts on violin.
Jinya youngest member of the band in age, and was found by Fuki, who told Shiren to check out.
Fumiya, drummer and just a beast behind the drum kit.
Fuki is just a force of nature, she is a workaholic, in18 years she has be involved in around 100 releases, mostly full albums. Apart from UM she is also the singer in a rock band called Doll$boxx another side project that is between her and Gacharic Spin (a all female rock/funk band). She also has her own solo project, as well asd being a guest vocalist in many other bands. She used to be in a band called Light Bringer, who are in hiatus. She also does voice acting, she used to run a radio show, she has a kanji kentai level 1 degree, and she is a Sugino fashion college costume creation graduate, she makes some of the costumes she and the band wear and she has also done some modling work.
All the members of the band used to be in other bands, as UM were a side project, but after 2016 the band became more full time, and did their 1st tour of Japan in 2017. They released their 1st metal album of there own work in 2014. Black Pentagram was the 1st video they released, and yes Jill seems to be down in the mix, something they tend not to do now, down to her popularity with the fans, they even released an album of instrumetal covers in which, according to Fuki, the violin is the vocals. Some of the members still are in other bands, but tend to look on UM as their main band.
They have played outside Japan once, which was at a festival in London, which is where I got to see and met them. Due to the popularity overseas they have said they want to do a world tour some day, when events let them. They are a band that just loves to play and play together, you can tell that they are really good friends by the way they interact with each other on stage, and you get the feeling that they would still play, if there was only 1 man and his dog turn up and still give everthing.
They are also a truly independent band, they have their own label, produce everything, self promote, book tours, t-shirt design, everything is done by the band themselves, mainly Shiren and Fuki, and that is the reason why this great, overly talleneted band are not bigger than they are.
Next try Angreifer or Dignity Of Spirit.
or Doll$boxx - Shout Down th-cam.com/video/FVfRwBeCnE0/w-d-xo.html
If you want to hear Jill their violinist better, watch their live videos or Spartan Army, she's got a solo in it.
4 members have a little sideproject called Quadratum. They do instrumental covers with the violin as main instrument. Jill on violin is amazing! Here is a cover of Dream Theater / The dance of eternity ( be amazed) th-cam.com/video/clB3yOKaayE/w-d-xo.html
Let me recommend you a song by MARY'S BLOOD - MARIONETTE, this group is also all female, SAKY, the guitarist, is the same who plays in the group NEMOPHILA and AMAHIRU, in this song is shocking how it sounds, really impressive, not to mention the very special voice of EYE, EYE comes from the dissolution of the group DESTROSE, where HARUNA of LOVEBITES also comes from, thanks for your attention.
Best reaction i've seen
Fuki❤❤❤ also you need check out their live, i suggest you [angreifer official live video]
Wait til u see knight of sword by unlucky morpheus :)
Fuki is really gorgeous to look at isn't she? 😉 The style she is singing in is Shigin which is used in Japanese poetry. There's another style called Enka that is used in old Japanese pop music (*not J-Pop) back in the 1970's and 1980's.
Fuki has no formal vocal training in singing or in Shigin. It just came naturally to her. She is a very busy woman with other side projects other than Unlucky Morpheus such as another band Doll$boxx that is like a super group.
Please react to this song next, 'Dignity of Spirit' which really emphasize's Fuki's Shigin singing.
th-cam.com/video/x7W9DcUKY_U/w-d-xo.html
Edit: You'll notice Fuki has a lot of energy and always jumping around while she is singing.
Fuki is AMAZING!
Do yourself a favor and react to Take My Chance by Doll$Boxx, Fuki will knock you off your feet!
You still need to check out Galneryus - Angel of Salvation
More UM please❣️
Awesome commenting :D
If you're gonna do UM week, i have some recommendations as they have several sounds to their music (check them live, their lives are the best ones)
epic sounding: Satsuriku no Miseria, Get revenge on the tyrant, with dark sound: Angreifer, Opfer, Unending sorceress, Phantom blood
straight up power metal: Knight of Sword, Dignity of Spirit, Dragon Force, Karasu Tengu..
Fun youthful: M revolution, Top of the M, Make your choice..
Cadaver/Revedac
their acoustics live: Endless Control, Hyakki Hikou, imagimak..
Emotional somewhat sentimental but rather youthful sounding: Toraware bokura, Wings, Change of Generation, Kyoumo no koibito..
mixed with traditional Japanese chant: 鉄皇
And there are some that have dark children song/folklore sounds: Siva, Tower of the blood, Hyakki Hikou, Heaped Heart, imagimak, Perverseness, whole Vampir EP, 籠の鳥...
Edit: they have sub-unit of 4 Quadratum (drummer-FUMIYA, bassist-Ogawa, violinist-Jill and one guitarist-Jinya) that did cover for many metal classics too.
Check out some of the live stuff; it's a lot easier to hear the violin. Try Knight of Sword, Angriefer, and (if you can find the live version) Cadaver/Revadac. Also, Carry on Singing to the Sky is actually in English, and has a sweet violin part. Her English sounds pretty good in it too. Also, the live version of this song is pretty good too, and the violin is way more prounounced.
I love your reactions! I would highly recommend the live version of Black Pentagram (violin solo) , and Angreiffer.
Another band you are gonna love is Galneryus. Try Angel of Salvation. Especially the live Versions. Their guitarist Syu is even better. Before that song listen to tchaikovsky violin concerto 3rd movement. You will understand why!
you want good music try wagakki band try homura + akatsuki no ito live 2015 you will definitly love it
they some nice violin heavy covers
Exceptional, I always follow you with great interest because it is important to explain what you are listening to, because it is one thing to listen but another thing entirely to understand how to listen, thanks for what you say to help us, and I would like you to listen to another extraordinary Japanese band, all female, GAHARIC SPIN in a live track entitled "MINDSET" I'm sure you will find this band very interesting, KOGA on bass is absolutely extraordinary.
Thank you! I will definitely check it out!
@@asenka11 Gacharic Spin is the correct spelling :)
@@2abug Yes, sorry but I didn't notice the mistake!
Please do Hanabie "we love sweets" you will be on for a trip
So glad you have found The amazing Fuki, you should check some of her solo projects, Usually includes some of the Unlucky Morpheus members (Jill the violinist in particular.) Bloody Rain or Juliet are 2 good ones (Juliet linked th-cam.com/video/8PsEoS-3514/w-d-xo.html)
unlucky morpheus will be live today concert bluray, official youtube ch. 9PM JST
O kay some get her a cig after that guitar solo heck give her the whole pack.
😂😂😂😂
Please react to "Reason" also by Fuki, a special collaboration with Syu from Galneryus. Her voice is like unleashed to another level in this song.
th-cam.com/video/958z1pk9_Ns/w-d-xo.html
Syu and Galneryus is Really amazing too
If you love so much guitar solos you should listen to Versailles. Their guitarists, Teru and Hizaki are 2 geniuses..
Versailles - Faith & Decision
th-cam.com/video/0_iRWVMM8-I/w-d-xo.html
I don't know if you listened to this band, if not you definitely should react to X Japan. A lot of japanese were influenced by X Japan.
X Japan - Kurenai
th-cam.com/video/8ArAnXLbFck/w-d-xo.html
If you have time you need to check their masterpiece song "Art of Life" (is 29 mins long 😅)
th-cam.com/video/qPKw_V_4pJI/w-d-xo.html
since you react to fuki vocalist of unlucky morphues you can try her solo raining blood or her other band try doll$boxx song take my chance thanks
Fuki is probably one of the top five Japanese singers (male or female)
Of her many projects Unlucky Morpheus is the main one, but I personally prefer his work on Doll$Boxx: th-cam.com/video/GiWSW8YkBfs/w-d-xo.html , also I think Unlucky Morpheus is better live: th-cam.com/video/sKDjZ_pyeng/w-d-xo.html 😉
if you love violin this is the metal bad for you!
Great reaction Anastasia
You haven't seen nothing yet with Unlucky Morpheus. They are elite musicians and in this particular song, you can't really hear Jill, the violinist.
Ankimo (for short) are so much better live and songs like "Angriefer" or "Dignity of Spirit" will show you what they are capable of. Fuki's voice is a pure delight.
Speaking of Fuki, she also has multiple side projects including DOLL$BOXX which consist of the band Gacharic Spin and her on the vocals. You should definitely start with the song "Take My Chance".
Thank you
Really enjoyed your reaction! Unlucky Morpheus as well as the numerous Jrock/metal bands you already reacted to is saving rock. Here's a band I just recently discovered that you may want to check out. Interestingly enough, they are not from Japan, but rather from Korea (yes, the land of K-Pop). They are called Messgram. Check out their song "Karma". th-cam.com/video/lkK_OnehjaM/w-d-xo.html
Есть отличная лайв версия где скрипку слышно гораздо лучше. th-cam.com/video/sKDjZ_pyeng/w-d-xo.html
Кстати. Идея переехать в Японию просто огонь. Ты сама все хорошо описала какие у тебя конкурентные преимущества. Я сам после знакомства с babymetal начал учить японский и я советую. Он элементарный. особенно если учить как я - русский первый язык, английский второй. В этом случае японский прямо простой. Он процентов на 30-40 это английские слова исковерканные японцами, а слова изменяются очень похоже на русский - подстановкой окончаний. Да придется учить эти закорючки котороми они пишут, но к этому можно привыкнуть. Ну и самое главное что это не Китайский с этими безумными тонами и т.п. тут четко можно понять где какие слова. С интересом слежу за твоим каналом. Меня японский метал вернул в мир тяжёлой музыки. Удачи тебе в творчестве.
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Actually....you should really consider moving to Japan. You could probably join a band.
Ok, if you are really going to do a week of UM, you HAVE to do this one. It is an acoustic version of one of their early anime soundtracks, rewritten to feature Jill, who joined much later, on violin. You will fall over, it's so gorgeous. "Hyakki Hikou" th-cam.com/video/b2nOvL1n7D8/w-d-xo.html
See also the instrumentals I listed in my other comment.
Damn, they wiped it out... This was one of the most favorite songs to me... How should I get it now?😭😭
@@nergal9234 It's back up on youtube
@@hiawatha.g I've already downloaded it:)
Thanks for this reaction, I suggest you Angreifer and also Galneryus th-cam.com/video/nsi9HEmZl9Y/w-d-xo.html
Fukiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii..........
Hello Anastasia. There are also very good bands in Germany, besides RAMMSTEIN. LEAVES' EYES, symphonic metal MOMO INC, gothic metal, EISBRECHER, industrial metal, electronic, MEGAHERZ, industrial metal. And many others. There are also very good bands in Spain. WIZARD OF OZ, folk metal, WARCRY, power metal, SOBER, alternative metal, A big hug
So dramatic.....dudette! all their songs are like that....