Taka has a lot of friends in the music circle (one of the main reason OOR has landed many international collabs too) And from what I heard, all those vocalists from different bands are close friends of Taka, who came up together in their journey as rock bands in Japan. Btw give those bands a listen too. For a start, you can check out: Coldrain - Mayday Sim - The Rumbling Crossfaith - Monolith Alongside them, maybe give Crystal Lake a shot too. Their former lead singer Ryo is featured in Coldrain's Mayday. Crystal Lake was my fav metalcore band bar none (I still have a few emotional shiit to sort out since Ryo's departure 😅. His vocals are fire!) For them, you can start with "Into the great beyond" or "Apollo".
Coldrain has an amazing live performance of their song Runaway live with an orchestra at Budokan. It's really worth checking out. The front man from Coldrain, Masato, has actually helped write a couple songs with Taka. He's fluent in English so he's helped Taka with his English over the years.
Hello might I recommend you to do a reaction or listen to several Japanese Bands. First band to react to is SURVIVE SAID THE PROPHET try their songs like: FOUND & LOST RED BEAUTY QUEEN PARADOX PAPERSKY WIN/LOSE NETWORK SYSTEM S P I N E T R A N S l a t e d WHEN I HI I LOW MIRROR NE:ONE RIGHT AND LEFT MARY CALM;UNISON HEROINE HOPELESSLY YOUNG DRIVE FAR Listening (feat. Tielle) Just pick any song you want to react or want to listen. Also another band that I want you to react is a band called NOISEMAKER is a Japanese rock band with songs that mixes RnB, Hip-hop, Nu-metal, Post-Hardcore, Punk Rock, and many more genres/styles. Try their songs like: SADVENTURES APEX Better Days CROWN Because Dry Hunter or Prey SPEAK UP To Live Is THIS IS ME THE ONE Spineless Black Something New SUNRISE SORA SILENCE ONE DAY MY TIME MAJOR-MINOR MATADOR MINORITY FREEZE DHARMA LIGHT LAST FOREVER NAME ONE DREAM ONE ROOF FLAG CHANGE MY LIFE REASON THE NEW ERA Also other Bands that I want you to react to are the following bands: SiM (Silence iz Mine) are a Japanese alternative metal band from the Kanagawa Prefecture formed in 2004. The band currently consists of MAH (vocals), SHOW-HATE (guitar), SIN (bass), and GODRi (drums). Their musical style mixes heavy metal, alternative, hip hop, ska, reggae, dub and punk with rebellious lyrics (mostly in English) and songs with attitude. WHO'S NEXT? Light it Up Devil in Your Heart Amy ROSSO & DRY Blah Blah Blah CAPTAiN HOOK RED HiDE and SEEK Fallen Idols DiAMOND SAND CASTLE SAME SKY Dance in the Dark There's more songs to listen/react to from their singles and albums. COLDRAIN (coldrain) Japanese band from Nagoya, Japan. GONE ENVY RUNAWAY (FEAT. JACOBY SHADDIX FROM PAPA ROACH) MAYDAY (FEAT. RYO KINOSHITA FROM ex.CRYSTAL LAKE/KNOSIS [CURRENT BAND]) THE WAR IS ON THE SIDE EFFECTS R.I.P. UNINVITED (COVER) DON'T SPEAK (NO DOUBT COVER) SPEAK SEE YOU THE REVELATION REVOLUTION RESCUE ME PRETTY LITTLE LIAR SIX FEET UNDER NO ESCAPE NEW DAWN BEFORE I GO KNOSIS (A "CURRENT PROJECT/BAND" between former Crystal Lake member Ryo Kinoshita and Yosh Morita from Survive Said The Prophet) NARAKU YAKUSAI KAMIGURAI Or you can also just check out RYO's past band CRYSTAL LAKE any song from their albums is 🆗 Next band to react to is a Japanese band called Crossfaith. Try their songs (any song/s you want to listen/react): ZERO (new single 2024 out now, presumably new Album coming soon) Gimme Danger feat. ralph (Grime, Hip-hop, Rapper) Freedom feat. Rou Reynolds from Enter Shikari (Electronicore, Indie Rock, Alternative Metal/Rock, Pop) Monolith (either the Live Download Festival one or the OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) None Of Your Business feat. Jin Dogg (Rapper, Hip-hop, Trap, Grime) Omen (The Prodigy Cover) Faint (Linkin Park Cover) feat. Masato David Hayakawa from coldrain Wildfire feat. Benji Webbe from SKINDRED (Reggae, Nu-metal, Heavy Metal, Dub, Jungle) or the other LIVE ONE VERSION with MAH from SiM (Reggae, Dub, Heavy Metal, Punk, Hardcore, Hip-hop, Nu-metal, Metalcore, Symphonic Metal) ENDORPHIN DIGITAL PARASITE Scarlett SiMvsCrossfaith - GET iT OUT ONE OK ROCK - SKYFALL (FEAT. MAH FROM SiM, MASATO FROM COLDRAIN, KENTA KOIE FROM CROSSFAITH) Just take your time to pick any BAND/SONGS to react/listen. MAN WITH A MISSION (MWAM) DOG DAYS MY HERO RAISE YOUR FLAG DEAD END IN TOKYO 86 MISSED CALLS FEAT. PATRICK STUMP FROM PANIC AT THE DISCO FREAT IT! FT. TOKYO SKA PARADISE INTO THE DEEP EMOTIONS OUT OF CONTROL FT. ZEBRAHEAD TAKE ME DOWN SEVEN DEADLY SINS ROCK KINGDOM FT. HOTEI (The Guitarist that did the music for KILL BILL) 2045 WINDING ROAD BRAVE IT OUT LEFT ALIVE HEY NOW EVILS FALL FLY AGAIN (2019)
