Best band in the world right here, next to City of Sound of course. 😀 All honesty, my wife and one of my kids asked who was playing when Lost City came on from my Spotify playlist. 👍 Keep up the hard work and keep up the LOVEBITES reactions! I agree with someone's recommendation to do Break The Wall live 2020 and A Frozen Serenade live 2021. Talk about polar opposites...it will just make you appreciate this band that much more when you see these epic, yet contrasting music styles. Frozen Serenade isn't even a music style, it's a F performance of a lifetime...an absolute MASTERPIECE! Seriously, it's a WTF was that moment. Best of luck on the premier and new album!! 🤘
Floor Asami and I would throw in Simone Simons of Epica her vocals are also awesome check out Epica The Kingdom Of Heaven Part 3 from Omega Alive (Don't mind the circus solie performers on the chandeliers)
Here's the crazy part: This is their first song of their first set of their first live tour after two years' hiatus. They lost their founder and bassist, and conducted a global search for a replacement. They wrestled with doubt and sadness through the pandemic. Two of them got married and had babies. And then they came back, more explosive than ever.
👏👏👏 And not to forget their iconic rehearsal video "Stand and deliver". They put fun, encouragement and Lovebites Metal against frustration, sorrows and loneliness. I could not be prouder of them.
I had to smile to myself when you said Fami is underrated and more need to know about her 😊. She has almost 700k following her on RU-vid. She has wrote and produced her own album before joining lovebites and she has just turned 21! This I may add is her first concert!
their first show after an over two year hiatus (hence "weeee aaaare baaaaack!") and the first live show with new bassplayer fami. you as a musician really can appreciate how much practising and determination is neccessary to reach this level. thanks for your precious time for this great reaction and best wishes and success for your new album from germany.🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🔥🤘
Well, long time no see! It was one of the best reactions to Lovebites, but then the total silence. Hope it is going to be more reactions this time around. Glad you chose the gig with the new lineup. Lovebites 2.0 were amazingly upgraded.
The most complete band in the domain of Metal: brilliant songs, stellar musicianship, awesome stage performances, strong and endearing personalities - it's all there in perfect harmony. Lovebites are unique.
Glad you came back to react to lovebites!! First Concert in 2 years Fami, new Bass player, first concert of this type. First song of the concert!!!! These ladies rock it!! Other songs from this concert (all 4 songs show their diversity in their style): Nameless Warrior Judgement Day Liar Also, they will be in the States next fall in Atlanta in the ProgPower USA Day 3 as 2nd Headliner.
Don’t think they have released a track where they have been this pumped up. The pent up energy of the best part of 2 years away from the stage flooded out and drove this brilliant performance. Everything was at 11!!!
The bassist is Fami who replaced Miho. She has more subscribers on YT than Lovebites!!! She is 21!! This is for me a Haruna - Fami showcase. They are killing it all the way through.
That was Faaaaaantastic song Miyhaco she is really a golden touch Midory still the crazy shredder Fami she is perfect bassist and so skilled ..Haruna amazing drummer she is my preferite drummer ..sooooo talented . Asami voice she is a Queen with big " Q " she is amazing vocalist ..I've loved that song so much ..Thank you to you guys to react to those talented ladies.
Keep a look out for live versions of their ballads; Empty Day Dream, Epilogue, or Edge of the World. These would be from their 2020 'Five of a Kind' or 2019 'Daughters of Dawn' concert DVDs. For that matter, pretty much everything from those two concert DVDs is top notch.
You mentioned their bassist is underrated. What you may not know is that their orignal bassist Miho is not longer with them. This is Fami their new bassist who is an absolute beast and an even better fit with the band. I love Miho, but Fami is a beast on the bass. An adorable one for sure. LOL
RESPECTFULLY I DISAGREE WITH YOU. I DON'T THINK IT IS NICE TO SAY THAT MIHO FIT IN LESS THAN FAMI. MIHO IS AFTER ALL A CO-FOUNDER OF THE BAND. IF YOU FOLLOW MIHO YOU KNOW SHE CAN PLAY BASS EVEN BETTER THAN SHE USUALLY DID WITH LOVEBITES. HER BASS PLAYING WAS MORE RESTRAINED AND THAT LET THE GUITARISTS SHINE MORE. JUST LIKE AKANE OF BAND-MAID DOESN'T HAVE ALL OF THE ATTENTION ALL OF THE TIME. SHE HOLDS BACK TO CREATE BETTER SONGS, IMO.
Fami is undoubtedly a technical bass player, a good person andand a nice young lady. Miho is an excellent bass player. No worse than Fami. One good bass player (Fami) replaced another good bass player (Miho) . But...... Miho for LOVEBITES was more than just a good bass player. LOVEBITES lost more with Miho's departure than they gained with Fami's arrival. The band lost the one who was the leader and the “brain” of LOVEBITES. Thanks to Miho's ideas and her vision of the development path, an unknown new band from Japan very quickly gained international recognition. The next year after the creation of the band , LOVEBITES already gave 3 concerts in London (2017)! Two years after the band's formation, LOVEBITES received the prestigious GOLDEN GODS Award from Metal Hammer (London, June 2018). LOVEBITES has lost a writer who wrote 23% of the band's songs ( in 2016 -2021).Many of which became hits LOVEBITES. Like, for example, the song The Hammer of Wrath. Which became the hallmark of LOVEBITES. Since 2016, this song has been performed at almost all LOVEBITES concerts ( and rock festivals in which the band participates). It was Miho who came up with the ideas: the musical concept (what kind of music the new band will play); the performance of songs in English; on stage in white dresses (which is not typical for metal bands and may not be accepted by fans of metal in the West, which Miho was primarily focused on when I created the band). Even the choice of Asami as a vocalist(who did not know what heavy metal was!!! sang only soul, R&B, jazz) was made largely thanks to Miho. If it weren’t for Miho, LOVEBITES as a band would not exist at all ! Etc. etc. When auditioning bass players, Fami says she found it difficult to play Miho's bass parts. Fami also says that she "had to go through a lot of trial and error before she could play the bass lines correctly" in songs written by Miho. For example, in Golden Destination. Two of the four songs (Golden Destination and The Hammer of Wrath) that candidates had to play during the qualifying competition ( 5th ELEMENT ) for the position of bassist in LOVEBITES were songs written by Miho!!! Fami still has to spend at least 5-7 years to gain that enormous experience (as a professional musician) that Miho had at the time of her departure from LOVEBITES. For example, when Fami was 11 years old, Miho was already performing in the US as part of DESTROSE ( in 2013 and in 2014). Etc., ect. In September 2023, the band CHAOS CONTROL's Album 'The Legacy Within' was released. Miho took part in the recording of this album (11 songs). If you haven’t seen it yet, I recommend watching the MV 'The Legacy Within', with Miho on bass.
@@GrayFox14 i guess that means you are off the LoveBites train, that is good news for the rest of us, because we don't have to endure anymore of your overly long comments..
I have a slightly different view. Miho for sure had the Great Original Idea to bring back the NWOBHM and update it. But over time I think Asami had become the 'leader', and it's always been obvious that Miyako is the 'brains' of the band. That said, Miho is a Great bass player, every bit as good as Fami. I wonder if that slap-bass solo in the new Chaos Control song was a Miho 'statement'. I'm just glad they found someone who 'fits' - that's the most important thing in a 'band'. They are all having a blast together and seem to really love one another . . and they don't have to deal with Miho's drinking.
Bro, check another all Japanese female Bands... BAND-MAID - songs live Shambles, Freedom, Domination, Dice, Thrill, Play, On Set, From Now On, Influencer... NEMOPHILA - songs Rise, Revive, Seize The Fate, Dissension, Raitei... HANABIE - songs We Love Sweets, Be The GAL, Pardon Me, NEET GAME...
I've been a fan of music since the 70's. My thoughts of great metal boils down to two things. You must have ELITE drummer and ELITE sound team. There have always been varied styles of vocals and guitar configurations. They all had great drummers and a team of people who were able to let you hear how great the band musicians were. Having a great sound team is a must and probably an art in itself.
This song was used to announce the restart of lovebites and introduce the members once again. Therefore, the purpose is to display "new lovebites" rather than musical enjoyment.
Gotta hear and see M.V. for Crusade Lovebites finest vocal performance by Asami is total perfection and the M.V. for judgement day an in studio m.v. with a demonstration of Asami's vocal prowess on display,and she is an actor in a passion play involving Excalibur that she pulls up and raises high. plus Stand and deliver,"Shoot Em Down" Power vocals perfection.
I agree…..Lovebites is one of the world wonders that never stops to stun us. In addition, they keep evolving from this super high level. Where are they going? I recommend studio version of Judgement day or Wind of Transylvania, live or studio; Vlad version.
Fun Fact: Fami (bass player) is the member with the biggest followers in social media, her own youtube channel has more subs than the lovebites channel lmao
Next time check out ONE OK ROCK, which is hopefully soon, you should check out "Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer" at Yokohama stadium Mighty Long Fall tour. They almost always play it for an encore or to end the show. If you heard it already then one of their more upbeat and fun songs that's a must hear is "kimishidai ressha" also at Yokohama stadium.
Welcome back! Thank you for your reaction to LOVEBITES. I think your analysis is very good. I would like to see more analysis. 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 678,000 RU-vid subscribers. You will be amazed by new bassist Fami's slapping and fast finger picking. If you watch "Alien Alien" on her RU-vid channel, which was uploaded 4 years ago with 10,880,000 listens on her content, you will be amazed at her world-class slapping skills. RU-vid channel "Fami。" [alien alien Bass cover]" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q_UqztwYAOU.html 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.
Not one bad song by this band. Next I recommend an older song of theirs - Shadowmaker (Live in Tokyo 2021) (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wmAKRiG89Qc.html)
I can’t believe you haven’t reacted to Band Maid yet. Try Domination Live. The drummer, after a show had a guy in the crowd that loved her ask to come backstage to meet her. He thought she was awesome. And he knows a little about awesome drummers. It was Jimmy Paige.
5 of the best rock musicians on the planet. As great as Asami is, I would put two other singers above her with Floor, Simone Simons of Epica and Brittney Slayes of Unleash the Archers. Listen to Simone on Unleashed and Brittney on Tonight We Ride to see what I mean. Both are stunning vocalists.
I agree. I love Asami, and she is perfect for LOVEBITES, but there are better female metal singers around, with Floor probably being the best of them all (in my opinion).
First: nice new tune! Next - I have given this quite a bit of thought over the last 24 hours so hope you will bear with me! I have really enjoyed your 3 reactions to Lovebites: Holy War, Swan Song and now, Hammer of Wrath are a good start. I will say that since I discovered them 1.5 years ago, I have listened to all of their stuff, and they don't have many bad songs (if any). That said, they are meant to be listened to live, so I eliminated any song that doesn't have a live version on YT. But my strong recommendation, in order to form a comprehensive view of this amazing band (including with the new bassist, Fami) is that you listen to these 5 next (in order!): Edge of the World - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sl0-U-ykJCU.html (This one actually has We the United afterwards, which is also worth your time, but you can stop after Edge) Shadowmaker - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wmAKRiG89Qc.html Frozen Serenade - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ae8pQVu-RN8.html Judgement Day - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yYEUGlFNBKc.html (from the new record I would actually recommend "Soldier Stands Solitarily" but no live version yet) Set the World on Fire - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-99zsH6iG_6c.html (though you could also go with Break the Wall live; its a close call!) Thanks for reading and good luck with your band!
Although LOVEBITES can mix musical styles in their songs, if you had to classify this song into a metal sub-genre, it would be best described as Thrash Metal.
Thanks for your reaction. Sorry, but this song is not power metal. This is thrash metal.😊 Sorry for the second time..... Why did you decide that bassist Fami is underrated ? Where are such conclusions from? Underestimated by whom ? 😳 Both bassists - Miho (founder of the band, 2016 - 2021) and Fami (since October 2022) are very highly regarded, have an excellent reputation and authority. For example, Fami is 21 years old, but her RU-vid channel has 678,000 subscribers. If in the West (in America or Europe) there are still people who do not know LOVEBITES, the members of the band, have not heard the songs of LOVEBITES, then these are the problems of these people. 🤭They deprive themselves of the opportunity to listen to great music. For example, the song 'The Hammer of Wrath' has been around for 7 years ...😉 Nothing personal. Thanks again for your sincere reaction !👍
@@pieterbulthuis Hello. Sorry, I didn’t quite understand what the question was? 🤗 I’ve been listening to NIGHTWISH for many years, I have NIGHTWISH Albums. I started listening to NIGHTWISH when Tarja Turunen was still in the band. I even went to Tarja Turunen's concert after she left NIGHTWISH))). You're right about EPICA. I haven't listened to this band much. LOVEBITES is currently #1 on my list of favorite bands.
