“Judgment Day” - Lovebites REACTION 

phenomenal musicians. Midori & Miyako are mesmerizing to watch.

As an agnostic I’ll say thank you, you sound like the most Christian, Christian I’ve heard in some time. Also, Lovebites is the most metal, metal band I’ve heard since the late 80s . 🤘🏻🤘🏻

LOVEBITES' song titles such as "Crusade," "Holy War," and "Glory to the World" are so evocative of religion that one might mistake them for a Christian band, but like many Japanese, they are neutral when it comes to religion. In fact, the lyrics of "SWAN SONG" are inspired by Norse mythology. And the song title "Judgment Day" was chosen for the title of the album they are working on, not because of its religious connotations, but because of their own desire to let their fans judge the new LOVEBITES by the finished music. (They made the decision with the intention that the album titles would be in alphabetical order.)

“Bring Down Justice to the Wicked” 🎸🔥

LOVEBITES - Judgement Day lyrics: Never lived Never died Never end No way to go Every night Everywhere Everything Arriving of darkness What is “right” What is “wrong” What is “sin” Who’s to decide? Hide and seek Truth or dare Playing tag Chased by the evil Another back and forth of gaining and losing Running out of my time Each tick of the clock’s taking down piece of my life again Who’s ally Who’s against Who’s to pick All in your hand Up and down, in and out, left or right, answers turn around What do you see in this world full of insanity? When the rain come to end, what’s waiting us Don’t look away This is the truth RISE! THIS IS JUDGEMENT DAY! Life - Given the “foreverness” RISE! THIS IS JUDGEMENT DAY! Life - Leaving name in history Tragedy in the past find salvation Now with the great will, the path lay in front of me Starting here, this is the day! SOLO: midori / miyako /midori /miyako / both Never lived Never died Never end No way to go Every night Everywhere Everything Arriving of darkness What do you see in this world full of insanity? When do we come to ask what's awaiting us, don't look away! This is the truth! RISE! THIS IS JUDGEMENT DAY! Life - Given the “foreverness” RISE! THIS IS JUDGEMENT DAY! Life - Leaving name in history Tragedy in the past, find salvation Now with the great will, the path lay in front of me Starting here, this is the day! Judgement day! Judgement day! Judgement day! JUDGEMENT DAY! ----- lyrics: asami music: asami & Mao arrangement: Mao & LOVEBITES album: "Judgement Day" 02/22/2023

Note that Lovebites is not a religious band. They may have some religious symbolism in a couple of their MVs but they are meant to be metaphorical. For this particular song, Asami (lead vocalist) highlighted in an interview the context of "Judgement Day" here. After their previous bassist left the band, they went on a long hiatus and there was a lot of uncertainty. People questioned if they would be back, and if they did, whether they would be as good as before. Instead of focusing on the past, she wanted the band to be judged by the music they produced and performed after they were "resurrected" from the dark times of uncertainty (their long hiatus coupled with the COVID pandemic). Hence the "dark" (symbolizes the past and uncertainty) and "light" (symbolizes the future) segments of the video mirroring each other.

The next song I suggest Glory To World official MV I thing that Judgement Day is continuation of Glory 🤟🐺

Glory to the world would be another Song from Lovebites for you. Its a MV and use a Video with Lyrics. I am shure you would love the Music AND the Lyrics- This song was written to give hope thru the Pandemic

LOVEBITES. They are listened not only by metalheads. Ladies came out of their metal genre and have wider spectrum of fans. They play Eclectic Metal. It means they blend as the first band in history all kind of metal mainly power and thrash with NWOBHM, heavy metal, symphonic metal, speed metal,hair metal, hard rock, rock, rock'n'roll, jazz, progressive pieces, funk and even punk. They mix all with classical music using operatic, R&B, soul and gospel skills of vocalist and grand piano and Spanish guitar skills playing. Sometimes they use typical Japanese melodic lines which are included in ENKAs_ melancholy ballads singing by Japanese women. Only their can do it. Obviously they draw a lot from British, German and American metal. All this makes their style unique. 🐺🤘LOVEBITES 🤘🐺 the team of five thrashpower metal goddesses from Japan_Tokyo. "We're not here to be cute, we're here to be heavy" Asami🎤 R&B, jazz, soul, metal, rock singer, lyrics, (only English all songs one is exception in Japanese language) she trained ballet. Haruna 🥁⭐one of the best drummer worldwide, founder, (PEARL drums) Fami🎸 bass guitar player and composer (FREEDOM guitar, BACCHUS hand made, bespoke guitar) Midori🎸 lead, rhythm guitar, Spanish guitar, back singer, (ESP guitar) Miyako🎸 lead, rhythm guitar, Spanish guitar, piano, keyboard, back singer, main composer but all Ladies compose. (DEAN guitar, GIBSON guitar) classic influences, piano virtuoso Welcome to the magic world of Lovebites. Thanks for Great review 🌹🌹🌹Miho Rosana🎸 ex_bass guitar player the legend and boss of the band, lyrics, founder, back singer, (ESP_AMAZE guitar) "OK, Haruna give me the beat" Asami to Haruna. "Scream for Me" Daughters of the Dawn~Live in Tokyo 2019 Nickname of Lovebites Fans WOLFPACK 🤘🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🤘 UNOFFICIAL ANTHEM_ WE THE UNITED [Official Live Video taken from "Knockin' At Heaven's Gate - Part II"] TOKYO 2023 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UnNxvgLI_Rg.html Lovebites - Interview - Paris, France - November 20. 2018 Subtitles: English, Français, Deutsch, Español, русский, Italiano ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5KpJBe3s2i0.html The name of the band "Lovebites" derives from the song "Love Bites, So Do I" by Halestorm ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OCRaHKul8xY.html Lovebites and Dragonforce London 2019 fall common tour ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KnGPZxfOAmg.html NO TIME TO HESITATE LISTEN TO LOVEBITES ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3x85sIiWUrw.html LOVEBITES SOCIAL MEDIA facebook.com/LovebitesTheBand WOLFPACK SIDES LOVEBITES fans WE PLAY HEAVY METAL🐺🤘 facebook.com/groups/278200502817260 LOVEBITES Fans Worldwide 🌏🤘 facebook.com/groups/lovebitesfansworldwide LOVEBITES WORLDWIDE 🐺🌏 facebook.com/groups/Rosana.miho.lovebites LOVEBITES International Fanclub 🐺🌏 🤘 facebook.com/groups/lovebitesinternationalunofficialfanclub LOVEBITES_The Lovebites & Miho appreciation group 🐺🤘🌹facebook.com/groups/603076340973012/posts/613670429913603 LOVEBITES_European Wolfpack 🇪🇺🐺🤘facebook.com/groups/206362524872803/?ref=share LOVEBITES Latinoamérica 🌏 ⭐ facebook.com/groups/1154061975000348/?multi_permalinks=1204418293298049&notif_id=1642516878521875&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif LOVEBITES BRASIL🇧🇷 facebook.com/groups/651554215413256 Alcatéia LB FangsBrasil (Lovebites Brasil Fangs) 🇧🇷 facebook.com/profile.php?id=100058773859494 MY LOVE FOR LOVEBITES_WOLFPACK FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC❤🐺🤘🇨🇿 facebook.com/groups/263888918331316 LOVEBITES FANS HUNGARY 🇭🇺 facebook.com/groups/633995108124762 LOVEBITES France🇨🇵 facebook.com/LovebitesFrance LOVEBITES Fans Deutschland🤘WE PLAY HEAVY METAL 🇩🇪 facebook.com/groups/2234697443332496/?ref=share LOVEBITES / FANS ESPAÑOL 🇪🇸 facebook.com/groups/1160707970996372 LOVEBITES FANS ITALIA🇮🇹 facebook.com/groups/456590596125468 LOVEBITES KOREA FAN CAFE 🇰🇷 ttps://cafe.naver.com/orangejt3su?fbclid=IwAR0xJlRBIt0Y4nwPG3VXAwAJegpXqYH8hpn_DqodiAPZvnX7gsL2A31-MmE LOVEBITES POLSKA GIVE ME THE BEAT🇵🇱 facebook.com/groups/215822307683239 LOVEBITES Fans Philippines 🇸🇽 facebook.com/groups/948336928906800 LOVEBITES Nordic Wolfpack 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇳🇴🇸🇪🇮🇸🇫🇴🇬🇱 facebook.com/groups/770366954491570/?ref=share LOVEBITES fans USA🇺🇸 facebook.com/groups/423390070089881 LOVEBITES USA🇺🇸 mobile.twitter.com/lovebites_usa LOVEBITES - Đàn sói cua Vietnam 🇻🇳 facebook.com/groups/953020418670941/?ref=share "WE ARE LOVEBITES AND WE PLAY HEAVYYYY METAAAAL!!!" Stay safe. Stay Lovebites.

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This track is LIVE !

Fami's bass work on this, is sooooo GOOODDD.

❤❤❤❤❤🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺 she is running from her dark side the two sides battle and she finally escapes to the light they do not represent any religion in their music but they do stress positivity in most of their lyrics and in the signature white out fits as apposed to most metal bands with the black leather look and dark themed lyrics . they do use some religious iconography in some songs and vids but only because they were inspired by something they found in them not taking the side of the beliefs themselves

I think you understood very well what the song is about... facing your past hurt and smashing it instead of encasing and enshrining it as in glass. Part of this hurt comes from ourselves (the band members have both a dark side and a light side in the video, as we all have), and there's always another battle to be fought tomorrow (that's why the song cycles back to the beginning). Asami (the singer) has a lot of lyrics about battling inner demons, finding hope, overcoming depression etc., so this song fits right in with that. That said, as Japanese they're not Christians, and I would be careful not to infuse your own beliefs into the interpretation of their lyrics. They do adopt a bit of Christian imagery in a few songs, but in the song where that stands out the most (Glory To The World), I think you would find their "theology" a bit iffy from the Christian standpoint; although I'm an atheist, I'm an ex-Christian, and I do think I know that "the greatest love is loving yourself" is not exactly a Christian thing to sing. You have to understand that to the Japanese the Christian faith is mostly colorful foreign folklore, to be adapted to one's own esthetic purpose when the fancy takes them.

This song does have multiple layers of meaning. On one level, it is about fighting against the darker part of yourself. But Asami has also said that part of it is about the band's struggle to be a force for light and positivity in the typically dark and violent world of heavy metal, a dichotomy they have portrayed in several ways, including in their costuming as well as in the lyrics of multiple songs. Another video you will probably be interested in is "Glory to the World." While LOVEBITES are not a Christian band, per se, some of their songs mirror Christian messages, and Glory to the World is their most overtly Christian song (at least the video is overtly Christian, as Asami stated that it imagines what it would be like for Christ to be reborn into the chaotic modern day). Lyricaly, it was written as a song of hope for everyone suffering from the COVID pandemic, while the video element was tailored to Christianity because it was released during the Christmas season.

Great reaction and brilliant interpretation Pastor. Although I'm "supposed to be (practically no religion)" a Buddhist, I have a total compassion with your thoughts.

LOVEBITES are 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The girls know their stuff.

🐺LOVEBITES RULES🐺

Lovebites are the metal queens. My interpretation of Lovebites Judgement Day is not of the Judgement day the bible describes in Revelation 20:12. From a commenter @boyzyu here below in the comments section, Asami describes what Judgment Day means to them. For me personally, it's God who decides what is right and wrong and what is sin and why the world as it is today is explained in 2 Corinthians 4:4 " Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe."

here is the link for the official mv for their song 'glory to the world'. shot inside of a church religious references are very strong in this. i will leave at that and let you draw your own conclusions as to the meaning. i think you will love this : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--wJtD2XEXH4.html

That is cool the way you have the MV followed by the live version. Now you have a better idea how good this band is and there is so much more like this from them. 🤘 As for the religious interpretations, I get that you have those, being a pastor and all, and I appreciate very much that you are not the Bible thumper type, although I don't think we see eye to eye on very much in matters of religion. To me "faith" is believing in something without evidence, and I will never, could never, adopt that position. If you want to know where I am coming from there is a guy on you tube named Seth Andrews that has a similar background as mine and has a ton of excellent videos about religion and atheism. I can tell you are someone he would love to have on his program. What we can see eye to eye on is that Lovebites is a great band, my favorite in fact, and you love music, and I can tell you are a great guy despite our differences. Keep up the Lovebites journey, these ladies are going to knock your socks off. Try Frozen Serenade live. 🐺🎸🎶

There white and gold dresses remind me of greek goddesses so the Columns do fit

Fami the bassist went up by drummer Haruna

My brother in Christ.... Did you notice in the live the backdrop that said Lovebites also had the images of 5 empty caskets? I know that the vocalist Asami is Christian as is Midori the blonde haired guitarist 🎸. In Japan that is not a good thing to be. Christians are only about 1% of the population. I LOVE these ladies!!!!

the day of judgment is the coming of a manifestation of God. What is a manifestation of God? It's a human being like you and me, but spiritually in the perfect image of God. In other words, it reflects the divine spiritual qualities to perfection. Because God has granted his soul the ability to connect with and reflect the holy spirit that emanates from him. This means that the actions and words of this human being correspond spiritually to God's will. God's will is expressed through him, and is visible in the destiny God has chosen for his messenger. This is why Jesus said, "He who has seen me has seen the Father". The very nature of God is never incarnated in the real world. If there are verses suggesting this in the Bible, they are merely metaphors to be understood in a spiritual or secondary sense. God as Creator cannot be a creature at the same time. The painter does not incarnate himself in his own painting. That's why he gives his spiritual power to a human being, so that he can judge the actions of men by his word. "The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son. To take an image to illustrate this explanation, God is like the sun - his messenger is like a pure, spotless mirror turned towards the sun. In the mirror we see only the sun and its light, but the sun is independent of the mirror; what we see in the mirror is its reflection. When such a person asserts that he comes from God, and that he really has this divine power within him, the time that his earthly life lasts corresponds to the "day of judgment". For his mission is to divulge the message of God who judges mankind.

I'm just curious - so don't answer if you'd rather not. I see you describe yourself as a "Pastor", but you are employed in the secular workforce (you said this in a comment below). In my experience, Pastors are employed by a church. Do you have a congregation and if so, why are you not paid by them? Again, if you'd rather not answer, then that's fine. I realise these questions are a bit personal. Full disclose: I'm an atheist who spent 30+ years in Fundamentalist Evangelical Christianity, before "escaping" about a decade or so ago.