HEAVIEST Breakdown of the YEAR?! 

I swear if you had actually cockblocked that breakdown with a subscriber callout I would have committed a felony.

who knew dubstep was actually the heaviest metalcore all along

The thing is, for Japanese bands there’s no drugs in the creative process. We just be crazy like that. Jiluka make this shit sober.

Japanese metal has been lit for so long. I wish it got a bigger embrace by western audiences. Glad to see a bit of that on your channel.

Nik reacting to Visual Kei ???? In what alternate timeline are we ??????? I'm so happy by that

JILUKA has always been a crazy band, love them they're going too far everytime but it's exactly what is sooo good haha, glad you give them the attention they deserve!

Visual Kei is a very underrated quarter of music and metal in general. Their outlandish and extreme costumes can often overshadow how talented the musicians and songwriters really are. But all you need to do to prove it is listen to VK albums and ignore the aesthetics.

Finally, nik checking out on Jiluka! one of my favourite japanese metal band

THE ROOOOOOOOK!!

haha YES NIK!

Nick just can't get enough of it. We wait for " How to Visual Key symphonic dubcore in 30 seconds" now

I saw them live a few months ago with Dexcore, absolutely insane. Both bands sound studio perfect live, Japan's live production is the best I've ever heard at any concert I've been too.

Jiluka is amazing. Highly recommend more japanese metal and visual kei (that's what you are calling final fantastycore, it's literally a whole style) I recommend Dir En Grey, Alif Dopa, and DADAROMA!

Thanks Jiluka for making dubstep symphonic deathcore visual kei a genre

Best mix of dubstep and metal I’ve ever heard. Reminds me of what Korn and Skrillex did a while back ago - though this gets the heaviness that I was wanting from that genre mix!

It's like symph/death/melodic/dubstep/rap all in one song. I would LOVE to see the STEMs for this. I can't even imagine...

I'm not really into 'dubstep' and 'dance' stuff, but this is actually fire. Metal makes everything so much better 😊

Japan are seriously on another level. their creativity is unmatched

Good song. But song and breakdown of the year is synestia/disembodied tyrant the poetic edda. Is a masterpiece

Can't wait for him to react to bands like Imperial Circus Dead Decadence, japanese metal is truly a gem that deserves more exposure.

Japanese metal is underrated 😔

one of the chat comments at 1:46 said "Squenixcore" and it made me absolutely cackle

Sena is so bangin and also a savage on the guitar which I feel like goes completely unnoticed. Not as much the hot part as the guitar part but I am regularly impressed by both.

Highly recommend other Japanese bands like Nocturnal Bloodlust if you like heavy sound. If you like more melodic music with clean vocals try to Kizu and the GazettE. the GazettE is pretty old and popular, Kizu best young band with crazy energy and original sound.

It's cool to see Visual Kei gone deathcore

That last breakdown felt so unnecessary, but also feels right at home. One of the best bands to I was able to discover through this channel to date

The breakdown made Nik's voice crack in excitement lol

There are so many great Japanese metal/visual kei bands for over 2 decades now. Older ones are Dir en grey, Gazette, 12012, Sadie, Deluhi, etc. The guitarist of Babymetal used to be in Deluhi. Jiluka are one of the "newer" bands that I haven't been able to listen to much, but they're great too from what I've heard.

Fun fact: in Japan producers know each other and they are a "few", a decent amount of them like yuyoyuppe works for Babymetal, and almost all of them have had a solo project under some alias that was focused on Vocaloid Metal music, these producers well, produce everything on their own. And if you listen to their old songs, you can see these experimental stuff being done and practiced long time ago on their own. A few honorable mentions you should check out are: -yuyoyuppe -MuryokuP -OkameP -yokomin -UtsuP These guys keep themselves VERY busy. For instance: yuyoyuppe has another solo project in which he works as a dj called DJ tekina besides working for babymetal as a producer. UtsuP has his own band called OHAYOUGOZAIMASU and has also done some dj sets remixing his vocaloid songs. MuryokuP started focussing on producing music for VideoGames of course still in Japan. Nick if you read this I'd love to see your reaction and thoughts on some Vocaloid Metal stuff. I wouldn't know where to begin to suggest a song to react to.. I guess I'd suggest UtsuP - OGRE.

Jiluka's last few songs and the way their style has really popped off has been fu king amazing and I hope more people get into them for it.

I believe he actually is saying "Taste my venom", it just sounds like he's saying "bleghnom" because the "v" sound doesn't exist in Japanese. They use the "b" sound instead. That's why it sounds like he's saying "bleghnom", or "benom".

it's so rare to see a metalhead account reacting to Visual Kei bands! glad to see you're chosen, you'll find more interesting things from this movement (yeah it's not a music genre altho it's closely tied with music)... for starters, I'd recommend: Dir En Grey's Vinushka Deviloof's Goujin Sangoku Noctunal Bloodlust's Cremation (they're no longer visual kei tho) the GazettE's UGLY Dadaroma's The Waltz of Rain DIMLIM's Aharewata they're all fun and have so much to offer. the sky's the limit for them😆

when you discover the lead guitarist is not a chick ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

The venom blegh thing I guess it has to do with their accent, cause in japanese, the letter V in english is pronounced as B, as in Bideo instead of Video, so the vocalist may or may not said Benom instead of Venom, which may or may not make it sound more like bleghnom

JAPANESE Visual Kei's VISUALCORE scene has been advancing HEAVY from the start of SubMetal/ Core history & it's still the Future of innovative Music every Year /Decade. Limitless creativity no genre boundaries Thee Ultimate Glam 💋 Metal Experience 👹🇯🇵🤙

5:05 Nik laughing even harder when the guitar lick comes in is such a mood lmao

Thank you, Nik, this video honestly made me so happy. Ever since I found out about Jiluka in May, I've fallen in love with them. And this song? It's so crazy and incredible :D

"This is just noise..." *but also loves ten56.* .. .come on now dude xD

I know I'm late on this reaction but y'all don't be forgetting Beyond All Recognition did the full Dubstep x Metalcore first 😉 aka "Dubcore" 😏👌 Either way this single is damn insane, hoping to experience it live soon when Jiluka tour in London this month 🙏🔥

Has Nik reacted to Dir en Grey yet? Would to hear what he has to say about them.

Jiluka is the shit man, they’re brutal af! Totally love how they combine slapping core, dubstep and orchestral, it’s mindblowing 😂

Coming across this reaction made my day, came across Japanese metal a while ago, and love how experimental they are compared to a lot of metal around the world atm.

"That f*cking substep breakdown was sick, there's no way..." Nik's famous last words

Listen, i listen to a lot of different metal but this was truly uniquely chaotic. Last time i heard something equally chaotic was when i found straooing young lad in 2003

Sick song! FF Skrillex-core XVII. Also. Have you checked out The Poetic Edda? I think you are gonna like that one!

FINALLY JILUKA LESSS GOOO

Crabcore is so back baby, we really went from it's so joever to we're so back in an INSTANT. Also, I love when metalheads get giggly during a track. You know, as a band, that you made a BANGER track when all the metalheads can do is giggle at how insane it is. It's also the best feeling as a fan, just cackling when something's so heavy.

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS REACTION 🔥🔥🔥

Nik looks happier than usual. Nik you look happier than usual! We're happy for you

And just when you thought metalcore couldn't get any more overproduced.

5:19 comedy core, sounds about right.

For real though, Japan for metal music and South Korea for pop and rap, American music gonna get replaced real soon hahaha.

the sound V does not exist in japanese. It is replaced by the sound B.

JILUKA calls their recent songs EGM(electric gothic metal).It is their attempt to create a new territory.

Heyh Nik, you want more Japanese Visual Kei hardcore band like this? Please check Out Nocturnal Bloodlust, old and new stuff. They used to be final fantasy looking like this, and their songs were awesome now they're like your tipical American deathcore band.

Makes me miss the early days of Dir En Grey

Holy SHIT more bands need to try that out OH MY GOD

The instrumental of the „MAKE ME BREEEEEEAAAATH“ part reminded me a lot of the Doom soundtrack

The crazy thing is that they are pulling this off live as well!

been saying this for years, Japanese metal is SLEPT ON. Check out Nocturnal Bloodlust, The Gazette & Deviloof

Japanese bands are always unique and talented one!

I'm totally down with Dir en grey 2.0! Meant with massive love as a huge DEG fan, these guys seriously bring back that early visual kei excitement, sound, and experimentation I found and loved in early DEG and other jrock like 20 years ago.

im so glad nik posted this. have been a jiluka fan for a while now and these guys deserve so much more attention ♥️

They're like a more chaotic and extreme version of "Nocturnal Bloodlust" with a bit of "Crossfaith" thrown in.

Japanese metal is really good. There are some really heavy bands over there. My favorite is still Unsraw

Fear, and loathing in las vegas - virtue and vice i hope you react this song🎸🥁🎹🎤🔈🎵🎶🎶

I think I'm a seasoned metalhead and then Nik keeps introducing me to amazing bands I've never heard of. I already love these guys!

People may not like it, but it's a fact that Dubstep was ALWAYS meant to be paired with metal.

first time I heard this breakdown its just fuckin out there its gone, its no longer a part of this realm. This song is just insanely awesome.

100% impossible to groove to or follow. I still can't comprehend what I just heard.

Nik is seriously underrated. man needs MOAR SUBSCRIBERS

I know I'm the odd one out here saying this, and it *is* a good song, but it's just a shame how far so many visual-kei metal bands have fallen from being a uniquely Japanese thing. Like this could literally be any random American band, there's nothing so really special about it that totally denotes like "hey, this is a Japanese band" the way there literally is not a single band outside of Japan that sounds like a band like DIR EN GREY do.

why people be roasting the fuck out of dis i mean yeah they singing in english and bringing elements from american bands to the table but for me mad lit , is like dir en grey meet iwrestledabearonce and rings of saturn vibes, love it

I never knew I could feel so good when dubstep will violate me WTF

I can't get into this one. Sounds like a keeping fixing it until it's broken kinda thing. Did a little too much

Japanese metal has been killing it since forever. Makes western metal seem boring

Oh shit, love the dissonance. They sound like a mix of Fear, and Loathing In Las Vegas and The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza

That's definitely Final Fantasy-core. There isn't a better name for this genre. EDIT: You know da Japanese will fuse the hell out of genres just for the fun of it and I'm here for it.

I just listened to their track BLVCT or something it’s called, the breakdown is waayyyy heavier ! Have a look at that one man ! It’s hard AF

Check out Hanabie!! They are one of my favs right now.

I love how they have both perfect blegh and bree noises

Final Fantasy Femboy Core is pretty hype.

Nik, your confused reaction when the skrillex core breakdown hits (around min 3) is waaaaay much better than your allegedly fake laugh like at the end (or on your other vids). I love it.

This feels like a cheap knockoff of Fear and loathing in las vegas

Hell yea, Jiluka is one of the sickest VK bands out there.

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit that is SIIIICK

If you liked that dubstep breakdown, I think you should check out their previous single - Overkill. This one is even harder...

Dubstep breakdown was so sick but the rest of the song was ehhh at best

BLVCK also has a great breakdown in it. Venom is like a mix of BLVCK and OVERKILL.

You should listen to Let Me Hear by Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas! It’s a banger and it’s honestly a good song. It’s a genre change every 2 minutes and it’s some wacky fun.

im so thrilled jiluka is getting more popular they’re one of my top fav band

FYI there's no real "v" pronunciation in Japanese, so when Japanese people try to say "v" it might come out as a "b". So basically, he probably did say BLEGHnom.

"How to Visual Kei in 30 seconds"

This is deffo one of the most versatile and best metal bands of 2023!! You know there are lots of different metal styles: Heavy metal, nu-metal, Industrial metal, symphonic metal, death metal. Well, these guys are playing a METAL-METAL. They are like an EVERYTHING-CORE band😁😁 they literally have combined EVERYTHING from a metal world. All the possible styles and additional elements in one huge "WTF-cocktail". Absolutelly fuxkin unbelivable!🔥🔥

It's always the Visual Kei looking dudes from Japan that put out the hardest shit.

I've been waiting for you to react to this song. Jiluka is one of my fav bands and their recent tracks have been off the fucking CHARTS. They're coming to the US for the first time for some Anime Festival in GA this month. I don't care for anime, but I'm THIS fucking close to finding out which day they play and buy a one-day pass just to see them. Let's fucking gooooo \o/ There's so many good Japanese Metal out there. I loved the Crossfaith mention, they're one of my favs too.

Still waiting for the DISEMBODIED TYRANT/SYNESTIA - THE POETIC EDDA reaction from Nik

Watching this was like being in highschool listening to Excision and Datsik for the first time, it was really jarring and strange at first but the more I heard it the more I came around

Wait til you hear my song with Taylor Barber 👀 It's a Deathcore x Dubstep song 👀

Also, I See Stars did it first with Murder Mitten.