Most of it was Metallica, but Miyako's solo was more reminiscent of her hero (and mine) Gary Moore. You've earned yourself a subscriber. 🤘

Love these ladies so much. Best metal band in the world right now. No discussion

That sounded like some great old school thrash!

@Matou-photo

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah for me sounds like creeping death by Metallica

@barrygeistwhite3474

3 жыл бұрын

@@Matou-photo My first thought as well. I have to believe that's intentional - they know what they're doing.

@armandthevagabond8641

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it sounded a bit like Raining Blood. But thrashy for sure.

@cepho8349

3 жыл бұрын

@@barrygeistwhite3474 Of course it's intentional.

miyako the dean guitarist is also an amazing pianist and keyboard player and she records those parts you hear and then pipes it in during the live. i love it cuz it really makes the song complete. they are the most amazing team of guitarists on the planet imo. can play anything fast or even slow in any style they want. i love how in almost every song they trade off on lead solos and end up doing flawless dual harmonies to finish it off.i think that song is from the daughters of the dawn concert that is in my top 3 lives i've ever heard [and that is a lot]. if you have access to it you need to listen to the entire 1 hour and 47 minute concert and you just won't believe it. i think i may have heard one slightly missed note during the entire thing. they are the samurai power princesses and nobody can touch them.

my problem with western female rock/metal bands is that many of them try too hard to ACT like a rock/metal stars, the way the dress, sing and move like the male counterparts do. On the other hand, Japanese female bands act, sing and dress like ladies, maid, anime cosplay style characters, cute teenage girls or whatever but they also have great musicianship and stage presence. The contrast creates bigger impacts on people's minds. This is why I like Japanese female bands.

@daniel1138

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder what bands you think of. I also wonder how any of those bands (western and japanese) would dress if wasn’t that most of their audience and fans would be male.

@drumlord8772

4 жыл бұрын

I am curious as to what you'd think of Halestorm, the American rock band that inspired Lovebites name with one of their songs. Lzzy Hale is a badass rocker that does sport all the leather and black that is associated with Rock music, but it's her own style and far from masculine. I can see where the stereotype about western rock bands comes from, but then again, there is also a stereotype about how Japanese women look, so by dressing like anime characters and the like, it's propagating that stereotype. Not saying you're right or wrong, I just think they are a lot more similar in the aspect of the aesthetics mirroring some kind of stereotype. I do love that idea of the contrast between the Anime Girl stereotype and the kind of music that bands like Lovebites plays. It's a fun way of twisting the stereotype around.

@pete-m86

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's a Japanese pop-culture thing. They pick & choose components, using whatever they like while ignoring the rest. Japan also still has a thriving music industry where people are still willing to pay money to buy albums or attend concerts.

@Glynthepin

4 жыл бұрын

You have expanded on one of my regular comments about Lovebites and Band Maid. The ladies play their guitar solos and smile and are clearly enjoying playing. No pathetic grimacing, orgasm face during a part consisting of more than four notes and then a FU sign to the crowd or something similar.

@davidornberg

4 жыл бұрын

And then we have Versailles/Jupiter... thier dresses is on another level! :-)

Here's the thing: they're all YOUNG!! They are only going to IMPROVE with time! Go ladies!

This song was awesome. First time I heard it live. Wow. So much talent. What is in the water in Japan.?? I mean Band Maid has become my favorite hard rock band. BABYMETAL is one of my favorites. And Lovebites is my favorite power metal band among with Unleash The Archers. It’s sad that it took me a long time to discover these amazing bands. But thanks to reactors like you , they can get the exposure they all deserve.

@cepho8349

3 жыл бұрын

Is there something in the water? Not really. But music has a really high standing in Japan and their music education is excellent. Japan is the second-largest music market in the world. There have always been lots of great Japanese bands, but the internet has made Japanese music more accessible.

You want to be blown away again by them? Look at "when destinies align" please. And you are one of the only "reactors" that explaines the music so well...

@dwaynediamond6431

4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure he already has but I think he must've gotten copyright strikes or something because I don't think it's up anymore. I could've swore I seen him react to it.

@markoviitanen2671

4 жыл бұрын

@@dwaynediamond6431 He hasn't reacted to that yet.

One thing I really appreciate about live recordings from Japan is that they rarely clean up mistakes in the the post-production process. Which, for me, makes it feel more real.

Backing vocals: "DIE" "BY" "MY" "SIDE" . I was sure you would notice the "wrong" note in the chorus. I love Miyako so much that I always cringe but the explanation is easy: unison bends on a guitar with tremolo (especially Floyd Rose) are tricky because while bending, the tremolo tend to lower its pitch. Many floyd users use some kind of device like tremolo stabilizer (replacing a spring and stabilizing the pitch when bending). Organ is a pre-recorded track, but it's Miyako playing it in studio (she's an amazing keybordist! on the live bluray that's coming next july, she play Chopin etude op.10 on a white 4/4 grand piano)

@markoviitanen2671

4 жыл бұрын

I have preordered that one already :)

@OperationEndGame

4 жыл бұрын

Floyd bridges are a bitch on double stops.... I have to compensate by holding the bar in parallel while doing a double stop just to keep notes on pitch.

Hi Chase, totally agree with your great reaction, a live performance doesn't need to be note perfect to be fantastic. These ladies rock and long may they continue to do so.

@markoviitanen2671

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, See Metallica, they make a lot of mistakes live and are still one of the greatest... Only band that rarely do any mistake at all, is Nightwish... but style, technicality and speed is different between these bands. Some of the stuff these ladies play, is super hard that most people could not even dream of performing.

What can I say, great great band. Plus every time I watch you I learn something new. Now I can hear what you are talking about. I’ll try to describe it like you do. “How awesome is that?” 😎

Man, this is honestly my favourite new band in probably 20 years. Every time I watch them I end up with my jaw dropping or a huge smile on my face. It shouldn't be a shock to see a "girl" group playing like this as there aren't exactly any physical barriers to playing instruments, but even so it still carries something of a shock factor because there are so few, i fancy, playing this kind of music to this level. Every single one of them is incredible, and I always look forward to seeing what you think when you upload a new Lovebites video. Excellent stuff.

Great reaction! I really wish they didn't remove the live performance of "epilogue", you would've loved that one too. It's a beautiful power ballad.

This is totally their nod towards the old school trash metal... and it's great! :D

Great reaction! So happy you came back to Lovebites! Really enjoy your breakdown on certain parts of the song and how they're playing it. Very Happy you mentioned Miho on Bass too, she does so much work on that bass throughout there songs. Break The Wall is one of my favorites! Can't wait for you to listen/react to another Live song from Lovebites. Stay Safe!

🤘 classic timeless thrash

love the Scorpions Dynamite vibes in this when the chorus hits

these ladies are the best thing music has to offer keep up the good work

All their thrash metal songs reminds me so much of Testament's first couple of albums. Some of the vocal lines in this song is pretty much identical to the ones in Curse Of The Legions Of Death from Testament's first album.

I was anticipating this! Nice analysis, as always. Two comments: Some fans actually have said they think Asami is not hard-core enough for a band this intense--as you said, it's a matter of taste. Her background was R&B before joining Lovebites, so she has power but also some smoke in her voice, which I love. The keyboards were pre-recorded by Miyako, the guitarist who took the slow-burn solo in this one. She also composes most of their music. Thank you!

@timgove5337

4 жыл бұрын

Easy to forget, but some of the affectation is because she’s singing phonetically, she’s only conversational in English, not fluent. Writes with a metal thesaurus and an English coach. And just as you said, nice to know they’re human, they actually have pretty good lyrics, with just a handful of indicators in 40+ songs that English isn’t their first language.

@michaelcates9042

4 жыл бұрын

@@timgove5337 Actually Asami and Midori speak English pretty well. Here is a 40 min Q&A session: facebook.com/1626647444318005/videos/2431559097126767

@redityt5484

3 жыл бұрын

i like her voice,,, its just like a diva who sing with metal band... i love it

Whenever you mention the solos, I am once again excited for your reaction to Versailles when you get to them.

These beautiful ladies never disappoint

The backing vocals are so good on this concert, wish they would do more of that.

This is my second time around watching your reaction here. I keep learning something new every time I stop by on you channel. Great job as always! :)

I was one of the people who requested this one. I had user "Train 4 Beast Fitness", but yesterday I transferred all my channel subscriptions to this user, which is personal. So you did not actually lose sub. Still here and rocking! Thanks for the video. I knew you would like it :)

@ChaseCarneson

4 жыл бұрын

I remember!!! Thanks dude. Nice one

@markoviitanen2671

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChaseCarneson Thanks, now that the live one is out of the way... I think the next interesting reaction for lovebites would be "Crusade", which shows official video of their studio and concert a bit also. I have a link that is FULL song. There is other video that has commercials and is cut short. So, when you go for the next one. here it is: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p5l_27NtqKyTnbw.html

Great reaction again, Chase! Personally I'm in the 'love Asami's vocals' camp. Taking into account that she's not singing in her own language at all, and that she's getting better and better with each release, I think she's great. It would be cool if you could check out one of their slower tracks. There's a song on the latest album called A Frozen Serenade which is possibly my favourite thing they've done to date, and she's amazing on it. But, of course, there's no video for it and I don't think they've performed it live yet because the tour got cut short by the crisis. In fact, most of my favourite songs of theirs don't have videos, or fan cams of decent quality, on KZread. I hope at some point you'll get around to one of the other all-female Japanese metal bands, Mary's Blood, so you can see the Queen of Shred, SAKI, and my favourite vocalist, EYE. Again, with Mary's Blood, there aren't many videos available, or there are only short promo versions on YT. My favourite is Counter Strike, which you *can* find in full here: www.dailymotion.com/video/x516l1p or there's the live version of Coronation Day: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4x1sJKxqZepedY.html which is immense. Cheers!

@ChrisPage68

4 жыл бұрын

Rolling Start has a good live video.

@meteorrunner

4 жыл бұрын

Frozen Serenade is beautiful.

@redityt5484

4 жыл бұрын

Lovebites & Mary's Blood come from the same roots ----> Destrose . When Mary's Blood technically are the first original formation of Destrose & Lovebites The lastly formation of destrose

Miyako is a concert pianist I believe she has the keyboard incorporated through her guitar plus when you were asking who was that I could see her hands were moving in sync with the keyboard sound. Being a keyboardist I loved it.

I've struggled with Asami's voice - especially as it sounds like she has a soft R, which doesn't help with the overt vibrato - but that may well be an accent thing. And there is no denying the power. Plus, she knows how to work the crowd. Regardless of how anyone feels about her voice, she's a damn-good front-woman.

@ChaseCarneson

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed on all fronts.

Love this song, epic thrash. Having Midori semi-nonsense semi melodic thrash solo, and then the Gary Moore imitation over the major key yet oddly melancholy break, song practically has everything. Was the only song that main songwriters Bass Miho and Dean Miyako worked on together. Miyako is also a classical pianist, wish you could see the live intro to Empty Daydream where she and singer Asami show great variety, but uploaded made it private. They also collaborate with keyboardist Mao in the studio, he generally arranges half of the songs (the other half Miyako writes alone, both the songs you’ve reacted to before). Mao started off with Fuki in Lightbringer and works with her often, solo, Unlucky Morpheus, etc. But on his quest to write the perfect pop power metal song, he’s also collaborated with Mary’s Blood, and last year on Mardelas’s 4th release, temporarily jokingly called Maodelas. Singer Marina was in Destrose with Lovebites founders Miho and Drummer Haruna, to me she combines the best of Fuki and Asami, try their latest “Apocalypse” kzread.info/dash/bejne/iZhsspmwhNG9etY.html My fav Lovebites song was a challenge from Miyako to Mao to write competing songs based on a Rachmaninov theme (piano concerto 2, aka “all by myself”); both songs made the EP (same as Break the Wall), but prog & chorale, not blues n thrash. Live, “Under the Red Sky”, it also refers to a middle eastern musical theme from their Hammer of Wrath, and lyrically follows up their own song (also called) Apocalypse, music & lyrics (subtitled btw) really jerk listener around, finding hope in face of nuclear destruction. And listen in that left channel, they really let Midori run wild all over this one! kzread.info/dash/bejne/fXectpKKltjOe6g.html And just because, here’s Fuki Commune, featuring Mao, doing a song originally recorded by Doll$Boxx, love seeing Mao, and BabyMetal 8-stringer Isao, dueling on the extended solos (and I picture the original Doll$Boxx ladies nodding approval, they’re my favs tho) “Omocha no Heitai”(toy soldier) live kzread.info/dash/bejne/n36DzMWzfNLLgJs.html Not sure, but drummer is probably Galneryus & Unlucky Morpheus speed demon Fumiya, relentless as Haruna! (tho this one is practically a pop song...)

"Muster of puppets" Love bites the best female power metal band !! 🤘

Band Maid break the gate but these ladies break the wall,

If you reallllly want to see how amazing they are on live stage... Highly Highly recommend Epilogue & liar for power ballad style and it shows how truly skillful they are on the guitar. We the united prob the best duo lead guitarist for their final performance song

Thanks for introducing me to bands I would likely not have heard of, there is a lot of good music out there I would never think to listen to. A band that was introduced to me that blew me away with both musicianship and vocals is Spritbox, the songs Rule of Nines and Blessed Be are especially good.

DIE! BY! MY! SIDE! Love how dark the backing chants are.

They've several Touring Concert's since this one and they keep getting better and better. You should get back to them. It will be worth it.

This instantly made me think of Anthrax. More specifically Caught in a Mosh. Also I find that Devin Townsend said it best let me paraphrase here: Anyone can play fast but that doesn't mean they can play well. I've always taken that as you don't really get a real sense of skill until they slow it down. That solo was incredible.

Would love to hear your take on NINGEN ISU - "Heartless Scat"

I think part of the reason it also comes off wierd is she's singing in English but has a very strong Japanese accent. In many cases like Jinjer the accent is hidden while singing; hers isn't. Might be why the vocals come off a little "slurred". Maybe? Edit: I am a huge LoveBites fan, so don't take it as hate.

@pete-m86

4 жыл бұрын

@Aratha Sena As I understand, English is taught in Japanese schools but notoriously poorly and it's hard to shake bad habits afterward. Any good English speaker has most likely taken ESL classes overseas. There's also the alphabet issue. Other Asians have to use the English alphabet, but Japanese can get away with using their own phonetic alphabet (Hiragana and Katakana). I've tried to read English written in Katakana and sometimes it takes me a few seconds just to figure out what it's saying. That's because you get only an approximation. Unless you know what the word is supposed to sound like, reading Katakana verbatim will sound weird (ie ra-bu bai-tsu)

Mind blowing awesome!!! Love this song!!! and Japanese music is the best ever!!! enough said!!! Lovebites rules!!!!! Love Japan! Thank you Japan!!!!

Another Nightwish song you should listen to is: - Dead Boy's Poem (Live Buenos Aires 2018). Or Tuomas Holopainen and his wife, doing - A Lifetime of Adventure. Great songs.

@SandraNelson063

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! The McDuck album! Music for a comic concept! Love it!

Miho Miho Miho!

Great reaction, love your perspective on this song. Do you think you could make more videos on these japanese metal bands, I discovered you through your Unlucky Morpheus reaction video and damn near binged all your videos

@nightwishlover8913

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. More J-metal please! Try Galneryus - "Destiny" or "Angel of Salvation". Syu is a monster guitarist!

Songs to check out: - "When Destinies Align" by LOVEBITES - "And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope" by Ne Obliviscaris - "Knight of Sword" by Unlucky Morpheus Thanks man!

Love your content! Just a friendly reminder to check out Wagakki Band ;) Specifically the one that begins with Homura!

Also, your comment about Metallica--this is very reminiscent of Kill 'em All

Totally agree that a small mistake here & there is all part of the live performance.

More Lovebites live please

seriously this is even better than old mettalica

Chase Carneson, you are technically one of the best reacters, here in youtube. We are waiting for your professional expertise on the new 2020s live songs from Lovebites : "Thunder Vengeance" "Holy War" "Raise Some Hell" "Dancing with the Devil" "Swan Song" Let's go, there's work to be done ...please and thank you

Miyako recorded organ, a nod to Deep Purple, Jon Lord.it’s on a backing track.

on youtube you can find mostly live stuff than "official", in a way is better :D

if you like the backing shouts/ vocals you need to hear their somg 'M.D.O. from the clockwork cd. just a f'n amazing song. really thrashy. here's the link if you want to listen. the entire cd is just epic. it ranks up there for me like the first time i heard led zep 1 or jethro tull stand up in 1968. it ranks in my top 5 albums ever and every song just gets better and better. it took me a couple of songs to get used to asami's voice and now i just love her and yes she does get amped up in her lives but to me it just makes the show that much better. link for M.D.O. - DONT MISS THIS ONE;kzread.info/dash/bejne/aKiFlciMk5DUaZs.html

They just released a new blu ray and put up a video from it on their official channel, called "Thunder Vengeance". It would be great if you react to it!

Well...since you're doing multiple tracks from Lovebites....then you are, in my opinion, obligated to do a reaction to the song and band that inspired Lovebite's name. The song, "Love Bites (So Do I)" by Halestorm. I believe that such a reaction would greatly appease the Rock Gods.

Does anyone have a link to the original live video? I can't seem to find it anywhere on YT. All I can find are reaction videos.

Miyako has said that Epilogue was the hardest track to record properly on Clockwork Immortality BECAUSE it was a slower, more laidback composition. ANY errors would be very noticable.

Dude, "it's nice to know they're human".

Awesome masters of their instruments. The powermetal stuff doesn't touches me much - but that's more a question of my taste than how they deliver, but I really love when they go towards Trash-Metal. Yes, unfortunately Asami often overstresses her voice a bit to much for my taste, especially live. Exceptional musicians, saw them live four times, but in my opinion not the most novel ones from Japan, very much adapted to western taste. But they are young, technically allready top tier and there is a ton of potential to grow to a real interesting and diverse band like e.g. Band-Maid or Doll$Boxx/Gacharic Spin or Aldious, which in my opinion are much more refreshing interesting and novel. But I expect much more interesting stuff coming from Lovebites.

@ChrisPage68

4 жыл бұрын

They deliberately set out to conquer the UK and European markets. That's why they sing in English.

@cholatse6745

4 жыл бұрын

PageMonster I know and it‘s not that they sing in English that I‘m not fully concerned yet.

@cepho8349

3 жыл бұрын

@@cholatse6745 Why does everything has to be novel? Lovebites are intentionally playing an older, more European style of metal.

@cholatse6745

3 жыл бұрын

@@cepho8349 yes, you’re right and they do it exceptional good. As I say, awesome band, just doesn’t fit my taste fully. I like surprises in music. That’s all.

Why not look in to Versailles or Jupiter. 2 different projects by the guitarists Hizaki and Teru. And You HAVE to react to Galneryus... or MUST MUST react to Asterism! :-)

Check out Bridear as well.

Would love your take on Daria Stavrovich: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c4tnp6yigqeWmNI.html She's a Russian metal singer with the bands Slot and Nookie, and the above is Circles on the Water from her stint on the Russian Voice. (this is the full band doing it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/g3p_qZKjabOym7Q.html ) While there, she also did a cover of Sia's Chandelier, if you want to hear her sing in English, but 'Circles' is my personal favourite. (Fun fact: she only went on to promote Slot, and ended up having to ask people to stop voting for her as the Voice live tour would clash with the band's own)

I think her voice for this song, needs to be a forceful as it is. If she sang every song in the same manner, yes it would be too much. So happy you found this live version and it has remained on your channel. Not sure how many Lovebites, reactions get blocked but they do not seem as bad as Band Maid, for blocks.

Do holy war live by love bites. 🔥🔥🔥

I got heavy Slayer vibes from this song personally

@justdave9610

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe Metallica too because of the slowed down section

The Zepp DiverCity Tokyo 2020 live version is a step up from this version IMO. Please reactvto The Awakening/ The Hammer of Wrath from that same concert. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oah-vLKOc9rff7A.html

Intro sounds like Metallica.

How about a new Lovevites react? I would love for you to review some live music. For example: Raise some hell (live 2020) kzread.info/dash/bejne/rJWhtbN9YK27ds4.html Holy war (live 2020) kzread.info/dash/bejne/lJt12tJ-oKjJntI.html The Crusade (live 2021) kzread.info/dash/bejne/Ypupx9mJlNHYe7Q.html

This sort of reminds me of Krypteria (german band with a german/korean lady on main vocals). Krypteria is maybe a bit 'softer' or more catering to the european 'sound' or preferences, but the vocals and general style are very reminiscent.

Please react to my favourite MV Rising by Lovebites

@ChaseCarneson

4 жыл бұрын

That ones up already. Have a look when you get a second

There is an odd disconnect with me with Lovebites, and a lot of the J-Power Metal Scene. They are all immensely talented. Supremely so. But it's largely.... the same exact sound I hear whenever I pop on Germanic or Scandinavian P-Metal. I think if I came into them first, I'd feel the same way toward Sonata Arctica, etc. I did enjoy the melodic interlude a lot, though. It's fantastically performed but ...has nothing unique to it, maybe? I dunno. Doesn't help that it's not my favorite style of Metal, either though, which probably don't help. I appreciate they have a slightly thrashier feel than some though. I think what draws me to groups like Band-Maid more is they simply have a more unique sound to me. But just to ensure I get all the hate mail, I also just don't get into Dream theater, Yngwie Malmsteen, etc. lol.

@cepho8349

3 жыл бұрын

Well, who would have guessed that most power metal sounds more or less the same all around the world? That is true for every kind of genre. Apart from the fact that Lovebites are pretty diverse. They aren't exclusively playing power metal.

@jopesulaiman

2 жыл бұрын

nothing surprise if bandmaid fanboy come express his heart.band maid too chaos and mainstream vocal make my eardrum bleed

Ok. I guess I'll be that guy. I don't particularly agree with Chase on liking this specific performance. Parts of it? Absolutely. "Banging Head... GO!" is my favorite part of this whole song, and I'm not even sure that what she said. As a whole? I'm sorry, I don't like this all that much. Instances like this are why bands clean up live performances before they become official releases. In my opinion, the things which I see as problems in this performance aren't a reflection of talent or ability, just of (again, my opinion) bad decisions in the moment. Doc Loco gave a really good explanation of what was happening (thank you Doc!) with the guitar. When I first heard those out of tune notes start in the song, my thought was, "Whichever one is singing backup is a little pitchy. I'm sure they'll correct it." Oh, it's a guitar occupying what would often be the harmonizing vocal space... and it's pitchy... and it never got better. These ladies are INCREDIBLY talented. You don't play as well as they do without having a good ear. The rest of the song was in tune and well played. So I can only assume they heard it and chose to ignore it. I don't get that. If it's the guitar / parts of the guitar itself, as Doc mentioned as a possibility, then that's something predictable. Use a guitar with a different trem system for this song. If you can't reliably bend to the note live, whatever the reason, then don't bend it - just play the note straight. If you've only practiced it a certain way, and think doing it differently will foul you up, skip playing that part when (as happened in this song) it comes around again. Absolutely, live performances almost need flaws and song modifications to personalize them and give the audience a unique experience. I just didn't like that as the song went on I could reliably predict when my ears were going to cringe from (what I'm assuming was unintended) dissonance, and that it was going to continue through entire subsections of the song. It's not like Chase missed it - his face turned to stone for those parts of the song - he looked to the many positives within the performance in his commentary, and it's not like he didn't mention it. I couldn't quite get over the musical choice and it kind of ruined this performance for me. Happens to the best of them. Geddy Lee used to call attention to his own foul-ups by smacking himself in the head during shows, but it doesn't hurt his rep, and the same principle would apply here.

I think I can speak for every dedicated power metal fan here, if the singer isn't "oversinging" in the proper places, he/she is doing it wrong. Good dynamics first, obviously.

You wanna be blown away again - react to Unlucky Morpheus live, any song they performed live in last two years - there are quality recordings from "Change of generation" tour - 2018 and "Lunatic East" - 2019. My pick would be this - kzread.info/dash/bejne/qmuLm6acha6_j7g.html

You haven't done Lovebites in a while. It is time to do more of them, especially since they released new material two months ago. For your next Lovebites reaction, please do "Winds of Transylvania" a music video they created to be the theme song to an anime series titled Vladlove. Here is the link kzread.info/dash/bejne/eqd5lrebj7PQmJs.html

I think an issue with the vocals has to do with the language differences between Japanese and English. Almost all the sounds of the Japanese language are in the English language, the reverse is not true. When someone gets close to pronouncing something correct it can sound off putting, possibly even doing something of an uncanny valley effect. This could lead to native English speakers feeling off-put or uncomfortable when hearing a Japanese speaker using English words. The following is at the edge of my knowledge but I think I can make an useful example. A phoneme is a unit of sound that distinguishes one word from another. What is a phoneme is subjective to the speakers but it can generally give an abstract measurement of speech sounds. Japanese has about 5 vowel phonemes(very sharp and distinct) and 15 consonant phonemes. The number of phonemes in the English language is hard to nail down given the variation within the language but it is something like 14-20 vowels and 24 consonants. That is an insane gap to cross especially for someone who didn't focus on learning a difficult second language on top of musical skills. I love the sound of all the instruments the band has including their vocals. I grew up with a love for Japanese culture, people, history and.... video games so I like the sound of Japanese speakers using my language. I learned to fold paper air planes from Shibata Sensei who taught me while my dad was doing Aikido, its one of my earliest clear memories. So this is just me trying to think out loud and understand what others are hearing.

Here's a good Lovebites live song for you to analyze (I just found it): Empty Daydreamer (kzread.info/dash/bejne/noycwdeGfZyamrg.html)

I believe that their technic are good but I do not get a feeling of connection with them... No matter how much I listen 😧 I want to like them...

How dare you knock Asami, unsubbed in a righteous huff. Nah just kidding, power metal vocals can be a bit o.t.t. Good job Chase.

@ChaseCarneson

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha. Nice one.

I don't like the vocals, and not because they are clean, I like clean vocals. Something about it was off, not only the vibratos, but the tone/timbre. As you said, perhaps its a matter of taste, but its still strange, I like all sorts of vocal styles from power metal ones through hard rock belting to death-doom growls, but this one was actively not to my liking.

@HALberdier17

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe it is because she is compensating because English isn't her native language. The more she gets comfortable speaking and singing in English the better she gets.

@fastskipper777

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, i agree. Asami is a great singer (she has got the pipe for it) but her singing has that a bit of forced accent thing. It's typical of an Asian person trying to compensate for trying to enunciate the words correctly. It's what it is as she only lived a short time in Hawaii. I do understand her situation (trust me, I know) so even though her singing is NOT my favorite I still like them very much due to their songs; I like Miyako ;-) My favorite is still Band-Maid; I love Saiki's vocal as she is so clean and balanced.

@andrewfennewald9465

3 жыл бұрын

I like her vocals because they are a bit different but I can understand why someone wouldn't. I do think she would likely sound better if they sung in Japanese.

You picked out lots of good points in the song so I will just list my criticism. Those vocals were pretty lacking. She stayed within one octave and it was like she thought the vibrato was enough dynamics to carry the song. I don't know this band well enough to know if this is the norm, but it feels like a gimmick more than the obvious talent of the rest of the band.

@cepho8349

3 жыл бұрын

What a stupid comment.

while i have no problem with her singing so much that i have a hard time understand the words she is singing.

Metallica...With higher technical skill then.... 😊👍

maybe , that’s the way the song is supposed to be sang. it’s not your music it’s lovebites. the singer is fine and the two guitarist midori and miyako will always be better than you’ll ever dream of being as a guitarist. i’d like to see you play.

@ChaseCarneson

3 жыл бұрын

K. Thanks for watching.

@leemohhin4352

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

the band is great but I just don't like her vocals. The one guitar solo during the softer part reminded me a lot of Michael Schenker in style.

@funnyrailroadcrossing2767

3 жыл бұрын

the way she sings depends on the genre they play(thrash, power, hardrock, ballad). Check out: Holy War, Edge Of The World, Epilogue ... vocals are more better

Sadly you stoped your journey with Lovebites. There are a lot lovebites live videos with beautiful vocal and instrument such as : Epilogue, Edge Of The World, Holy War. I understand why you stick on babymetal and band maid...

@ChaseCarneson

3 жыл бұрын

There's so much music out there. Not about starting or stopping, just working my way through requests and then doing groups I feel like on the day. Gotta keep it fresh for me or I won't enjoy it.

@konohasempo1805

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChaseCarneson thanks

WAY TOO MUCH TALKING TOO SOON

@ChaseCarneson

3 жыл бұрын

I think your caps are broken. Anyways have a good day

I'm not at all into it... I prefer listening to Galneryus, Versailles, or Omyouza...