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@dg3258
6 ай бұрын
Good heavy metal music is good heavy metal, and these ladies are GREAT heavy metal. They are metal AF and more talented than 99% of the bands out there today. Who gives a sh*t about how they look (I love their look, personally). Show me the heavy metal rulebook where it days you need to look a certain way. 🤣
@evilvolts
6 ай бұрын
I think you are fortunate to get 30 people to like your verdict because I don't see many more liking it the way you disrespect Asami's vocals is just beyond belief. Asami is an amazing singer and nothing is overproduced they play it the same way live, that's why someone asked if you ever watched a video. According to the one guy he'd only seen Stand and Deliver (Shoot 'Em Down") they have a live version so he can check to see they play it the same way. Just giving you a clue in that the hate for female singers is a thing of the past. Lovebites have earned their spot. I also don't see any other metal bands that also incorporate classical piano into their metal as done in 2020 with Swan Song with Chopin Intro also it has the piano Outtro.The piano in Empty Daydream at the beginning also is awesome.The one complaining they have only 4 albums fails to realize that since 2017 They have 4 albums also 4 EP/Singles and now 6 live albums and a collections album from 2017-2021 pre Judgement Day. By the way The single is actually more like an EP since there are 4 songs on it. Some of the best voice teachers have alot to say on Asami's singing and how much control she has and range. Any irritation you guys get out of it is the irritation of the mindset you go in with. You may want to shovel the snow in front of your driveway before trying to remove the neighbors snow don't let the log get caught in your eye take the blinders off and listen with no expectations or definitions of what it should or shouldn't be. Like a fine wine savor the flavor. ]:P Also This year they will be world wide in Spain,France at Hellfest with of all people Bruce Dickinson also there. They may get to also watch one of their idols it seems. They'll also be in Japan,Italy and the UK. Their appearance in Atlanta at ProgPower sold out in like less than an hour. They have way more peopl that love them then those who are critical of them. Just saying.........
@Treplo13
6 ай бұрын
Did you agree with Casey, Matt, or Nate’s rating? Which album should we review next? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Album reviews are not yours. You need to try yourself in something else. You are laughing well - maybe try stand-up? Nothing personal.
@bargenmark7
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for reminding me how dumb and stereotypically misogynistic American men can be. Horrible, bigoted, dumb and inaccurate commentary. I understood that you were here to review the album. The guy in the middle, you are the most disrespectful person I have ever heard.
@mattbowden1981
6 ай бұрын
@@Treplo13 thanks for the comment. We’ll quit right now.
@Treplo13
6 ай бұрын
Guys. According to your conversation, metal should be played by sweaty brutal bearded and tattooed men in leather. And they have to shout into the microphone in a bass voice. You are very strange.
@gorantamburic2000
6 ай бұрын
Lovebites make me to listen metal a lot again ! This guys are just deaf and live in the past cos Japan got best metal scene for over a decade now !
@alekhidell
6 ай бұрын
Sad. Desperately sad. Asami is the finest metal vocalist in generations and her range and power are off the charts. Host, you get a pass. The other two…get back under your rock.
@user-me2gg8fz6r
6 ай бұрын
I found the other 2 TROLLS in this channel. Please just react & review K-Pop music , you don't deserve Lovebites.
@ChadTheDragonLord
6 ай бұрын
The readers of Metal Hammer magazine voted Judgement Day as the #15 best heavy metal album of 2023.
@zeplica2004
6 ай бұрын
they are THE BEST METAL BAND IN THE WORLD and before them it was metallica. you guys have not a fkin clue!!!!!!!!!!
@mattbowden1981
6 ай бұрын
You’re telling me Metallica was the best metal band in the world in the early-2000’s? lol
@zeplica2004
6 ай бұрын
@@mattbowden1981 what metal band do you like and listen to that SELLS OUT 80,000 SEAT STADIUMS?
@mattbowden1981
6 ай бұрын
@@zeplica2004 I can’t judge bands by how many seats they sell. Just Bieber sells out everywhere all the time and his music is just awful. Plenty of popular bands that really suck out there.
@evilvolts
6 ай бұрын
also once ProgPower tickets in Atlanta went on sale they sold out in a very short amount of time@@zeplica2004
@Treplo13
6 ай бұрын
@@mattbowden1981 Do not confuse people who bought tickets for Bieber with sane people.
@christopherlidster3918
6 ай бұрын
People are still trying to gatekeep metal? Metal was all about saying fuck you and doing whatever you wanted, not conformity. Bunch of dudes in this review pretending to be metalheads. If you want role playing check out your local game shops, plenty of D&D groups still around, trashing women far more talented then any of you simply because they don't conform to your standard is a really fucking bad take.
@morganolsson1993
6 ай бұрын
haha...yes pretending to be hard and heavy...ending up just pathetic...
@dymyavalor6135
6 ай бұрын
A blatant demonstration of the extreme degree of musical incompetence and limitations. That's probably why these people took up the obviously unbearable task of commenting on the Lovebites album. Lovebites has released four studio LP's, four EP's and seven live blu-ray's in about 6 years of activity (taking into account the break). All releases are simply great in terms of technical sound quality, video and musical content. In terms of the number of blu-ray views, in my collection, they surpassed Dream Theater, which was in the first place for a long time. As for the Judgment Day album specifically, I do not know of any band that could compose and play it, and not a single vocalist who would have the breath and control to sing it. It's just a different level of musical skill.
@rainerzufall42
6 ай бұрын
Not surprised to hear some of the usual gatekeeper comments...
@evilvolts
6 ай бұрын
yeah they don't get it
@ChadTheDragonLord
6 ай бұрын
Heavy Metal is a club? And you have to basically be like everybody else to get in? Sorry - that sounds like a gatekeeper. LOVEBITES is a unique band - all women, in white, singing positive lyrics yet playing as hard and as heavy as the legendary metal bands at break neck speeds - there is no other band like them today.
@pinoypower69
6 ай бұрын
🤘🏽LOVEBITES RULES🤘🏽
@UltraHD.7
6 ай бұрын
A lot of assumptions, speculations and accusations without even knowing ANYTHING about the band. The usual gatekeeping towards something new is extremely strong here, especially from the guy on the right. I really do recommend to him staying in his club or pond or whatever dungeon and listen to the same old stuff he probably does for decades. Something not being your taste is ok, but be respectful to the artist and don´t throw clueless, silly accusations on them.
@morganolsson1993
6 ай бұрын
Yes, I wrote this too...talking shit without knowing anything!? Pure insults. Bright guy...
@CarolinaIsidoraMaherMunoz
6 ай бұрын
Not “genuine”? Just because they don’t look like everyone else in the metal scene, does not make them packaged. You are just not used to talented beautiful women being good at metal, metal is not a “club.” Yeah, just stay in your pond -.-
@morganolsson1993
6 ай бұрын
I said that too....I wonder what the "pond guy" thinks about Rob Halford performing with Babymetal?
@bernardbulwer3158
6 ай бұрын
The main host is quite balanced. His colleagues should watch the Judgement Day videos, plus few of their live songs starting with the Hammer of Wrath, MDO, Set the World on Fire, Break the Wall, Shadow Maker.
@mattbowden1981
6 ай бұрын
4:50 watched the video for Stand and Deliver for sure. When I review these albums, I review them for what they are. There are lots of super popular bands out there for reasons beyond just their recorded music. And that’s great. But that doesn’t necessarily make the album better. Just my approach.
@gorantamburic2000
6 ай бұрын
@@mattbowden1981 They are the best metal band in years ! Are you guys deaf ?
@boyzyu
6 ай бұрын
Nah, don't go "international", just stay in your "pond".
@mattbowden1981
6 ай бұрын
Gatekeeping dork.
@garykeeling2275
6 ай бұрын
Who the hell listens to the bass intro to Stand and Deliver (Shoot 'em Down) and thinks it's a guitar? What?
@info_public
6 ай бұрын
LOVEBITES: Awarded "Best New Band" worldwide by Metal Hammer 2018 First all women Japanese band to play Wacken, 2018 Chosen from over 120 bands to fill Main Stage vacancy, Bloodstock 2018 Electric Pentagram voted among 20 best Metal albums of 2020 Judgement Day 5th all genre Japanese sales (at release) Judgement Day 1st in Metal releases, all major Earth nations (at release) (Interplanetary ranking currently still being tabulated) All shows sold-out on 2023 Japanese tours, extra show sold-out First USA show sold-out in 30 hours, 11 months in advance (!) Every review by a 'vocal coach' has only praise for Asami's singing My 'review' of your "review" ... (as far as I got, about 8min) seated left to right = increasing ignorance. (ignoring reality) (You didn't identify individual names so can't identify that way) I looked for any of your original music recordings with no success... Your by-far 'most viewed' video is your very first, 2+ years ago. About as many views as a typical LOVEBITES reaction gets in less than a day. (An indication of how many people agree-with/interested-in your 'reviews'?) Obviously you 3 are part of an overwhelmed minority among Metal fans. Get a guitar, drums, learn to play, write a song, sing it, get signed to major-label? What are your accomplishments that qualify you to critically "review" ?? Enjoy your ongoing obscurity ... (?)
@mmcpa
6 ай бұрын
As far as I'm concerned, ANY metalhead who disses this album isn't a true metalhead. You can dislike a style but still highly regard the talent and ability.
@mattbowden1981
6 ай бұрын
I thought Nathan (right) and I (middle) were very complimentary of the playing. These girls can shred! My main beef is the bad vocals.
@mmcpa
6 ай бұрын
@@mattbowden1981 Overall, I just thought the vibe was off with your reaction. Doesn't matter if you don't like a musical style, but even with your "bad vocals" comment here, that sounds more mean than critical. There are much better ways to be critical than what I heard here.
@bargenmark7
6 ай бұрын
@mattbowden1981 you also seemed to have a recurring problem with manufactured Japanese bands, the band’s audition process for a new bassist and other things that weren’t relevant to this album. You spent more time bad mouthing the band about those issues than you did talking about the album. A very strange, negative review. As a person you came across as somebody with a hate of something that doesn’t fit your own small cube of acceptability.
@mattbowden1981
6 ай бұрын
@@bargenmark7 you’re correct, I generally do not like manufactured bands like Menudo or Backstreet Boys. They’re generally commercial on purpose to make money. Bands that play for no money because they love the art usually make better music in my opinion. There are always exceptions, though. I think BABYMETAL and N’Sync are pretty good. It doesn’t matter what country it comes from, though. I like a bunch of Japanese bands. I think Sigh was in my top 5 albums of 2022. I have no problems being called out for my performance on this show. But I think I was clear why I did not like this. The vocals are not very dynamic. Someone in the comments said she has huge range. Show me her highest and lowest notes on this album. Maybe I missed it. The enunciation isn’t very clear either. Someone also said no other vocalist could have done this album. lol. The playing on this is pretty killer. Super fast guitar playing, kicking drums. But none of this sounds very original to me. This could have came out 10 years ago. I get it, some people love throwback bands, but I just don’t get much new sounding out of this. Bands like Dragonforce do this style better. This episode quickly became one of our most viewed ever, has the most comments, and has the most dislikes. Sorry you didn’t like it (someone in the comments said it was a 1.2 out of 5.0 which made me chuckle), but thanks for the engagement. We got two new subscribers!
@bargenmark7
6 ай бұрын
@mattbowden1981 I still stand by my view that you spent way too much time frittering around the edges and not reviewing the album. To ask you a couple of questions to aid my understanding, why does it matter that this album could have come out 10 years ago? What revolutionary change has happened to change the landscape in the last 10 years? And for some context, my background is Hawkwind and Motörhead, they are the bands my love of rock/metal/whatever was formed. Beyond that, Metallica and Anthrax probably serve as my benchmarks. Now to LOVEBITES, you deserve the opportunity to explore their work further. I suggest you go to their own KZitem channel and watch any of the videos they have posted in the last year or so. I would strongly expect viewing those videos would dispel any of the myths around record label controls or attempts to create a package. Yes they have an image, but so did Slayer, so did Def Leppard and so do almost every band. But their playing is finessed but also incredibly powerful and you may actually start to appreciate Asami’s vocals in a different light. I found LOVEBITES purely by chance but they have got me listening to metal again after a lengthy period of relative disinterest. They are powerful, talented, genuine. They flow across a number of different styles. They have fun, they interact really well with audiences. Their greater force is as a live band. I really enjoyed Judgement Day and would rate it around 8 or 9 out of 10. Of course, others like yourself will have the different view. Out of interest, what album in the last year or so would you rate at the 8 or 9 out of 10?
@mantus2006
6 ай бұрын
This album rocks!!
@Walter_Kosmos
6 ай бұрын
Passion is not synonymous with darkness, Satan and his followers, or sweaty solos that make the lightweight seem difficult and heavy. Passion is going to the source to rediscover joy, energy and optimism.
@davidhersrud5139
6 ай бұрын
Really???? what a bunch of b.s. guys... 🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺💪🤘🤘🤘🤘
@michaellocher958
6 ай бұрын
Funny to hear some American guys judge about language skills from a Japanese band as they themselves are not able to speak one single language correctly...... And the comments about being genuine show that they have no idea what they are talking about. You should change your business - what you are doing here is absolutely zero added value !
@1970Phoenix
6 ай бұрын
I understand that you might not like Asami's vocal style. Everyone's entitled to their opinion I suppose, and vocal preferences is extremely subjective. I personally love Asami's vocals, and I have heard analyses done of Asami's vocals done by professional singers and vocal coaches who are very complementary of her control and power. The suggestion that they are "packaged" is just ignorant. Unlike baby Metal (which is 100% packaged), LOVEBITES are an organic band consisting of elite musicians. The guy on the right is (to be frank) a bit of a dick. Their history is public and easily discovered by anyone who can READ and CLICK a mouse. The fact that this clown goes by what he "feels" rather than spending 5 minutes doing some actual research says a lot about him. Very American of him to not let actual facts get in the way of his feelings. Seriously, that "we're in a club" comment is just arrogant gate-keeping. So, in order to be in the club, I suppose you need to cosplay bikers and look angry all the time and sing about depression and death. Barely half way through this video and can't watch any more. The bottom line here is that LOVEBITES are arguably THE most musically talented metal band on the planet. At the VERY least, they are in the top three, along with Dream Theater and Symphony-X.
@fab1901
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for your reaction to LOVEBITES. I am sure you are all familiar with "LOVEBITES", but for those who are not, I will promote it. LOVEBITES has about 60 songs. 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 Hammer Golden Gods 2018 awards organised by the British metal magazine METAL HAMMER. 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. LOVEBITES performed as a support band for "Arch Enemy's China tour at the Shanghai show on March 23 and the Beijing show on March 24, 2019". LOVEBITES 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. On January 10, 2020, a headline show was held at the venue "The Colosseum™" in the resort hotel Hard Rock Hotel Singapore Resorts World™ Sentosa. Asami(Vo) Miyako(G - Key ‐ Piano Black hair) Midori(G) Haruna(Dr) Miho(Ba) First Bassist New bassist from 'JUDGEMENT DAY' songs. Fami(Ba) New Bassist On 17 August 2021, LOVEBITES took an extended break after the departure of their leader, bassist Miho. The remaining girls organised an audition for a new bassist from around the world and recruited a new bassist called Fami(Ba). Fami is a five-string bassist who can dance, sing and play and has 692,000 KZitem subscribers. You will be amazed by new bassist Fami's slapping and fast finger picking. If you watch "Alien Alien" on her KZitem channel, which was uploaded 4 years ago with 11,130,000 listens on her content, you will be amazed at her world-class slapping skills. KZitem channel "Fami。" [alien alien Bass cover]" kzitem.info/news/bejne/spWL166qsItygoo Fami signed a contact for the "Bacchus Handmade Series signature headless bass WOODLINE5AC-HL Fami" at the age of 19. Fami is currently 21 years old. LOVEBITES, with new bassist "Fami", finally released their fourth original album "JUDGEMENT DAY" on February 22, 2023. LOVEBITES played a revival concert in March 2023. [WE ARE THE RESURRECTION] March 11, 2023 EX THEATER ROPPONGI TOKYO March 12, 2023 EX THEATER ROPPONGI TOKYO [Judgement Day Tour 2023] in Japan 8/26 Fukuoka DRUM LOGOS (Fukuoka) 9/2 Sendai Rensa (Sendai) 9/9 Sapporo PENNY LANE 24 (Sapporo) 9/15 Osaka Namba Hatch (Osaka) 9/16 Nagoya DIAMOND HALL (Nagoya) 9/24 Tokyo Showa Women's University Hitomi Memorial Auditorium (Tokyo) LOVEBITES live performances are currently scheduled as follows. [haruna 360°VIEW DRUMMING] Date: February 23, 2024 Venue: Sound Studio Noah Gakugei University(in Japan) [NEW CROSS INN LONDON] UK performance June 14, 2024 (Sold out) [Zik Zak] Ittre, Belgium LIVE "THE THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE" June 15, 2024 - Zik Zak, Itre, Belgium [Legend Club] June 19, 2024 Milan, Italy [ROCK IMPERIUM FESTIVAL] June 22, 2024 Spain [Resurrection Fest] June 26~29, 2024 Spain [French metal festival "Hellfest"] LOVEBITES will appear on the main stage on June 28, 2024. [THE THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE] World Tour Tokyo Garden Theater Performance September 1, 2024 Tokyo Garden Theater Capacity of 8,000 people <Arena seats> The distance from the stage to the back of the arena seats is 36 meters. <Balcony seats (1, 2, 3)> The distance from the stage to the back of the balcony seats on the third floor is 54 meters. [ProgPower USA 2024 Atlanta] September 6, 2024 (Sold out)
@klasgadd1895
6 ай бұрын
A lot of assumptions going on.
@ChadTheDragonLord
6 ай бұрын
And wrong ones at that.
@ChadTheDragonLord
6 ай бұрын
Why must someone get in our way? We won't let them We can go 'cause we believe Why must someone put out the light deep inside our hearts? Can you see, we can create a miracle!
@evilvolts
6 ай бұрын
exactly When destiny Unites.
@evilvolts
6 ай бұрын
These guys are totally clueless
@hans_Mustermann5000
6 ай бұрын
Stopped at around 8 minutes ... hearing this nonsense about "not genuine", "soulless" ...🤦♂... it's your loss, but totally ok, if Lovebites is not for your taste, but not doing the slightest homework before speculating about that nonsense is just poor ... 👎🤷♂
@raybl9295
6 ай бұрын
Totally agree. It's just not cool to mock the artist without knowing the background. It's hard to take these YT goofball critics seriously making the kind of obvious assumptions the way they do. That said, Asami's voice has been the most controversial of these talented ladies. Most LB fans have adopted or grown to love her mostly because the music these young ladies produced over the years. LB choose to sing in English because of the type of music they like. That's an artistic choice that the artists made. She can speak English reasonably well and clearly. I think some English voice could make a big difference to silence their critics. Her lone song in Japanese in their catalog shows her natural singing voice even better. I too wish they will write more Japanese songs.
@MichaelMukhoyan
6 ай бұрын
You guys, have very bad tastes for music, putting 2.x to these ladies. I wonder, who will seek your opinion in future.
@mattbowden1981
6 ай бұрын
You might prefer Casey’s taste in music. He rated it 4.x
@Myblacknova
6 ай бұрын
Dudes have been posting videos for over a year and only have 470 followers. At what point do yall realize that youtube ain't for you?
@morganolsson1993
6 ай бұрын
I still wait for some replies from them....
@hakosukar
6 ай бұрын
My thoughts exactly. (More than two years🤣 actually.) Laughed so hard at some of the reactions, I farted. That fart to me sounded more intelligent than their comments. Btw, I’ve got an 82-year old friend who has a channel on SNS broadcasting about his pet giant beetle. And guess what? His followers now total close to 50,000. And he doesn’t diss beetles from other jungles.🤣
@morganolsson1993
6 ай бұрын
@@hakosukar LOL!! I guess its a bit to 50000 for those guys. Maybe the left guy should kick the other two, since he seemed to have some intelligence...
@rainerzufall42
6 ай бұрын
Tia Carrera? LOL!
@rainerzufall42
6 ай бұрын
To see them live, they do a world tour 2024, with many more dates to come! THE THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE - WORLD TOUR 2024 June 14th, 2024: London, United Kingdom (New Cross Inn) Juni 15th, 2024: Ittre, Belgium (Zik Zak) June 19th, 2024: Milan, Italy (Legend Club) June 22th, 2024: Cartagena, Spain (Rock Imperium Festival) June 26th-29th, 2024: Vivero, Lugo, Spain (Resurrection Fest XIX) June 28th, 2024: Clisson, France (Hellfest 2024) September 1st, 2024: Tokyo, Japan (Tokyo Garden Theater) September 6th, 2024: Atlanta, Georgia, USA (ProgPower USA XXIII)
@Treplo13
6 ай бұрын
These three pseudo-experts are unlikely to be interested in this.
@rainerzufall42
6 ай бұрын
@@Treplo13 I still have hope for the left one!
@mattbowden1981
5 ай бұрын
At one point I said DragonForce is better than LOVEBITES. I listened to the new DragonForce album, and I realized I’m way wrong: LOVEBITES is better for sure.
@rainerzufall42
6 ай бұрын
General suggestions for LOVEBITES... - Holy War - Edge Of The World - A Frozen Serenade - Swan Song (with Chopin intro) - When Destinies Align [OMV] - Set The World On Fire - Break The Wall - Shadowmaker (live) - Shadowmaker [OMV] - Raise Some Hell - Epilogue (another "E" song, next to "Edge Of The World" and "Empty Daydream") - Glory To The World [OMV] - Rising (live) - Rising [OMV] - Rising [Acoustic version feat. Asami & Miyako] - Winds Of Transylvania (VLADLOVE version) - Thunder Vengeance - Don't Bite The Dust [OMV] - Dancing With The Devil - The Awakening / The Hammer Of Wrath - Nameless Warrior [OMV] - Liar - We The United
@rainerzufall42
6 ай бұрын
Live album 2CD/DVD/Blu-ray from August 23rd, 2023, of March 11th live concert [Trailer] Knockin' At Heaven's Gate - The Hammer Of Wrath (live 2023) (first promotional video) - Nameless Warrior (live 2023) (second snippet) - Judgement Day (live 2023) (third snippet) - Liar (live 2023) (forth snippet) Live album 2CD/DVD/Blu-ray from December 20th, 2023, of March 12th live concert [Trailer] Knockin' At Heaven's Gate - Part II - Stand And Deliver (Shoot 'Em Down) (live 2023) (first promotional video) - Swan Song (live 2023) (second snippet) - M.D.O. (live 2023) (third snippet) - We The United (live 2023) (forth snippet) New stuff (LOVEBITES 2.0, with new bassist Fami) - Judgement Day [OMV] - Stand And Deliver (Shoot 'Em Down) [OMV] Other new stuff from new album (audio and release party only) - Soldier Stands Solitarily - We Are The Resurrection - Lost In The Garden - Dissonance - My Orion - The Spirit Lives On - Wicked Witch - Victim Of Time
@rainerzufall42
6 ай бұрын
More unusual (but still very good) stuff - The Apocalypse - Under The Red Sky - Above The Black Sea - Empty Daydream - Scream For Me - Signs Of Deliverance - Addicted - Inspire - Spellbound - Bravehearted - Burden Of Time (must see with a special gimmick by Miyako!) - The Crusade - Today Is The Day - Journey To The Otherside - No Time To Hesitate - Pledge Of The Saviour - M.D.O. - The Unbroken - Warning Shot - Golden Destination Audio only - Puppet On Strings - The Final Collision - Mastermind 01 - Dystopia Symphony - Paranoia Covers - Eagle Fly Free (Helloween) - Painkiller (Judas Priest) - Love Bites (So Do I) (Halestorm) Fami。covers - Alien Alien (NayutalieN ft. Hatsune Miku) [bass cover] Miyako piano covers (Etude Op.23) - Eagle Fly Free (Helloween) - Burn (Deep Purple) - Battery (Metallica) - The Loner (Gary Moore) - Far Beyond The Sun (Yngwie Malmsteen) - Addicted (LOVEBITES) Documentation, Interviews, Extras * [Full Album Review] Judgement Day
@rainerzufall42
6 ай бұрын
This is an overview of LOVEBITES 55 self-written songs and 3 covers (plus 6+1 covers by band members) with your reaction marked with a star (*). All these songs are great, they have no bad, weak or meh songs, and no fillers at all. Every song is special, you could randomly select a song, best life, of course, and LOVEBITES won't disappoint you. They play many different Heavy Metal styles with a certain LOVEBITES sound, they revive the masters of the 80's (and 90's) in a fresh and modern way. LOVEBITES may have the most talented musicians around, all of them S tier. Drummer Haruna is relentless like a metronome, both Miho and Fami master their bass (for Fami's capabilities, you should visit "Alien Alien" from my list, it's in her KZitem channel will almost 700K subscribers), the dual guitars M&M (for Midori and Miyako) is most certainly the best duo for trading guitar solos and harmonizing, and Asami's voice is stellar with big range, powerful belt and good vibrato. She is also a trained ballerina with exceptional stage presence. One reactor caller her "Stage General", which is perfectly put. Hard, tight, fast, relentless, effortless and clean, that's LOVEBITES. Fasten your seat belt and enjoy your ride!
@mattbowden1981
6 ай бұрын
Just say “their discography” lol
@rainerzufall42
6 ай бұрын
@@mattbowden1981 Indeed, this is the complete list of what I know of their discography, except for those, they've been working on these days, and those, that were dismissed. This list shows the size and topology of the rabbit hole. I have no specific recommendation, because you can't go wrong with ANY of these songs!
@chrisnieschburg4676
6 ай бұрын
🤨🤣🤣🤣
@danw6048
6 ай бұрын
Well that was an interesting video. I looked to see what other albums they have reviewed and saw they had done a top 5 albums of 2023. I couldn't resist watching it. Here are my brief observations. The number one picks were interesting. Casey chose Levitation Sessions by GOAT which is a pick that I can't argue with. I am familiar with the album and, although it would not be on my top 20 list, I can understand someone really falling for it. I am a stoner/psych fan myself. Matt chose Homicidal Ecstasy by Sanguisugabogg which is also a pick that I can't argue with. The band is a talented death metal band but I would not have the album in my top 5 death metal albums from last year but likely in my top 10. The vocalist is of the literal one note variety that puts me to sleep despite the music. A few days ago I saw a much better death metal band (Crypta) with a vastly better vocalist that released a superior album last year. Nathan chose the newest album by Rancid. I haven't heard it and probably won't. Rancid hasn't been relevant or released anything good for 20 years. I doubt the new one changes my perception or it would have created at least a ripple of excitement last year (a year when many elder bands released some great material). The rest of their top 5 was enlightening. Casey's other 4 are uncontroversial. I like 2 of them also (Hanabie and Entheos) and Avatar has been on other lists. The biggest headscratcher for me is Powerwolf at 2 (I am not a Powerwolf fan). Matt has the most interesting other 4. I was genuinely pleased he included PJ Harvey and the album by Urne is fantastic. I decided to listen to it again while typing this. Queens of the Stone Age and Paramore are solid picks. I can't really say much about Nathans other 4 since I have never heard of them. I am guessing that they are all of the Hardcore Punk variety which means two things - he needs to listen to a lot more genres of music and his taste in music is polar opposite of the music of a Lovebites type band. As far as this video goes, I have heard the Asami bashing before and I still don't understand it. Her voice fits the genre perfectly and she is one of the best belters in the business. The decision to sing in English was not her decision but her experience with singing in English helped get her the job. The decision regarding English was very likely part of the vision of ex-member and founder Miho. The only thing in this video that I found equal parts arrogant and stupid was that somehow Lovebites isn't genuine. The band was formed by a member who was previously in another metal band who recruited other experienced musicians, one of which (Miyako) was also an experienced composer. Miho and the band's producer brought in another experienced metal composer to help the members with much less songwriting experience because, in the very beginning, Miyako was not yet an official member. Miyako, for the most part, composes alone and around two dozen Lovebites songs are her compositions. With the departure of Miho, the member to step up with the songwriting is the vocalist Asami. Stand and Deliver, the most popular song from Judgement Day, was cowritten by Miyako and Asami. None of the Lovebites albums have been mixed and mastered in Japan - they were done by Finvoxx in Finland who work with many other bands like Nightwish, Amorphis, Kalmah, etc. This decision to use Finvoxx was made, once again, by Miho who wanted Lovebites to have a more European sound. Lovebites made the auditions for a new bassist so public because they new it would excite their fans (which it did) and it would prove to the fans that they were, in fact, coming back as a band. They opened it up to be a worldwide search because I think they genuinely wanted to find a great bassist and weren't sure how many applicants would come from Japan (although I believe the new bassist would always be female and likely from Japan). It was fun guessing who the new bassist would be (my guess was in the top 5). If you watch her final audition, when it was down to 2 candidates, it is clear why she got the job - she is a damn good bassist, not to mention her look fits the band and she has the vocal chops to sing backing (as did Miho). What exactly was the basis for even a suspicion that this band is not genuine??? They are a band of world-class musicians, who write their own music and lyrics, and make their own decisions. How much more genuine can you get? Are Hardcore Punk bands more genuine because they are less known, less talented and vastly less musical??
@mantus2006
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for checking this and our top 5 video out. I was able to see Crypta live at Wacken in 2022 by sheer accident, I was actually heading to another stage to check out another band and when I passed by and heard them playing I was amazed and ended up watching the whole set, I wasn't aware they had released an album last year but I'm going to for sure check it out now.
@danw6048
6 ай бұрын
@@mantus2006 I became a fan of Nervosa 4 or 5 years before the split when Fernanda and Luana left the band and continued as Crypta. Prika has had difficulties in continuing Nervosa but Crypta started strong with the first album and the new album, Shades of Sorrow, is even stronger. Fernanda is a force of nature on stage.
@Treplo13
6 ай бұрын
@@danw6048 I listened to Crypta. There was not a single memorable melody left in my head. Just a scream. I apologize if I offended anyone.
@danw6048
6 ай бұрын
@@Treplo13 I am not offended. My wife has the same opinion of Death Metal, even Melodeath. Crypta's album from last year, Shades of Sorrow, has melodic songs and some songs very much less melodic. The reason I like Crypta so much are 1) Fernanda's harsh vocals have variety, from the low growl to the high scream and 2) the musicianship is outstanding. I am a sucker for dual lead guitars and the two guitarists are fantastic and will only get better (Jessica had just turned 22 when she officially joined Crypta). I don't know how much Crypta you heard, but listen to the song Lord of Ruins. That song really stuck in my head after I first watched the music video.
@ManekiNeko1972
6 ай бұрын
Lovebites is an acquired taste. Don't like them? Acquire some taste. These girls rip out beats, harmonies, rhythms and melodies harder than 90% of bands ever to exist. I'm sorry it makes you unhappy.
@user-ny9wp1dv8y
4 ай бұрын
I think you guys would not recognise talent of the highest order if it stood right in front of you
@Blenderstyle
4 ай бұрын
We literally talked about how talented the guitar & bass playing is.
@declanodonohoe9589
6 ай бұрын
You guys are weird. I've been listening to metal for 40 years and nothing you say about this band makes any sense.
@alexanderrichter9740
6 ай бұрын
472 Follower in 3 years shows your Musical Incompetence. Sry but you got no Idea about Music and Metal
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