"Incredibly talented madness smushed together and somehow it's still catchy" is a perfect description of this song.

Band Maid. A true Full House of Aces and Queens. Very few bands can muster as much talent on their instruments as MISA, Kanami and Akane. And on the other hand Miku and Saiki have managed to put the icing on top of this prog-metal-hard-pop-funk rock cake with their voices. What else to say. This is a miracle band, one of which doesn´t comes out often. I'll bet something: Unseen World is STILL not their best masterpiece.

Not all heroes wear capes....some wear blue bandannas.

I have really enjoyed going through this journey with you with this album. All I can say is thank you!

We had Kanami’s song. We had MISA’s song. This is Akane’s song.

Lets hope we get a MV for Black Hole!

It's like they hit you with 11 great tracks that blow your mind then end with last track that fries your brain... just because they can!!!

That last comment you made about every member getting their time to shine, has mostly to do with Kanami. By the very nature of their position in rock bands, L guitarist often tend to be ‘possessive’ of their spotlight esp. when they’re the main songwriter. Kanami is also the arranger on top of that but in pretty much every song she tries to give everyone a time to standout. She doesn’t even take the credit officially & lists it as Band Maid. In pretty much all their interviews, everytime Kanami is brought up they often talk about her pushing them to work harder to improve by giving them harder assignments, etc. It’s esp. the case with Miku and Akane. Despite Kanami’s love for the spotlight herself, evident by how many solos they have, she manages to always place the song and the group first. They’re honestly fortunate to have such a genius workaholic at the core, without the arrogance and attention seeking traits that often comes with it. Btw I’m not saying Kanami is the only reason behind their success. But she’s definitely the main one coz in any work group the one who has the most responsibilities can often make or break it, depending on how well they manage the overall balance of the work distribution and how much are they able to make each one feel appreciated/rewarded at the same time. In BM’s case, she knows how to push them to their limits but also gives them free reign of their spotlight. This balance of mutual benefits is essential for any work group to function efficiently and remain productive in the long run And Kanami knows this principle well. Though it’s not surprising, considering she is an economics and management graduate.

Saiki: Are You Ready Lets Go. No Saiki i wasnt Ready for that.

When you go beyond BAND-MAID's event horizon you can never escape the attraction of a Black Hole :)

ATENTION SPOILER Our ladies have played this song today live and, not a surprise, they nailed it. My Lord, I´m still trying to recover my melted face. Must be somwhere. Oh, and Akane has played it smiling whole time. Damn, I love these girls...

This album is actually insane. To listen to all of the craziness they've done on this album...and then to top it off with this song...and then with the way this song ends...they all done lost their dang mind. But somehow still created possibly the best album i've ever heard. And my goodness, this album has shown that Akane is an absolute nut...of course I mean all this in the best way possible, but holy cow...Akane just slayed every song on this album. They all did. But Akane, for me at least, was the one who shined the most. I cannot wait to hear them perform these songs live...I might not make it through that concert, tbh.

If Harley Quinn once decided to write a metal song, it would probably sound close to Black Hole - only a little wiser. There was an escape at The Maid Asylum. And I love it madly.

Just for your reference.... There is a different version of this album called “完全生産限定盤” (Complete Limited Edition) and it has two disks with the different order as follows; Disk:1 AFTER LIFE WHY WHY WHY YOUTH (This song is only in this edition) サヨナキドリ(Sayonakidori) CHEMICAL REACTION MANNERS I STILL SEEK REVENGE. Disk:2 GIOVANNI H-G-K MANNERS BLACK HOLE 本懐(Honkai) NO GOD WARNING! Also pointed out, in the interview of BAND-MAID they named disk1 as “Original Point Regression” and disk2 as Current Point Evolution”. “Manners” are in both disks but they regard the song as the bridge between two disks or two styles... This might be fitted for your preference.

In reaction to what you said about very few writers being able to write like this, Kanami's style of writing appears to be polyphonic, which comes out a lot more vocally in the tracks on this album. Only other living composer of non-classical music who's doing this that i'm aware of is Yoko Kanno. Prince would be another example. every instrument has their own "melody", a part sonically different and unique to the others but when put together creates something completely new. Personally my first introduction to this concept was the "40 part motet", Spem in Alium by Tallis (tons of vids of it on youtube) which was played to my music class as an example of the method some 25yrs ago. so far every artist, or composer, who's used this method has always stood out for me. Check out some of Yoko Kanno's work (she does a lot of anime soundtracks), and some of the earlier stuff by Prince and listen to how each part is off in its own little world, contributing to this massive larger whole that is the piece, and see how Band-Maid are also doing a similar thing.

Curiously, the 2-disc special edition of unseen World, runs a differernt track order: Disc 1 ( 'Roots') goes: After Life....Why Why why....Youth ( bonus track) ....Sayanakidori.... Chemical reaction.... Manners....I Still Seek Revenge And disc 2 ( 'Progress') runs: Giovanni....H-G-K....Manners ( again) ....Black Hole... Honkai....No god.....Warning. It certainly alters the balance of the whole thing. - But since I had the download version before the Special edition on pysical media, I kinda got used to the flow of the download order, and marginally prefer it. There is also a Blue-ray featuring Afterlife, No God, Giovanni and Without Holding back, which are all instrumentals, with the camera solely on Miku, MISA, Akane and Kanami and then all together as a group - So 5 for each track. Sadly Saiki isn't present, even sitting it out on the sidelines, but after her performance on the album, the Queen of Miads deserves a break. - But it'd be nice to see her even jsut enjoying the others as they play, maybe with a thumbs-up or gentle applause at the end. Much love to all the ladies and to you, Champ. You all have certainly lit up the start of 2021!

Band-Maid and Nightwish stand above the crowd, easily the two best bands founded since 1975. The measure of their greatness is that they have each created an entire new genre of music. You can't say that of many bands, maybe the Beatles, Cream, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, followed by a 30-year gap. And it looks like Nightwish maybe headed for retirement, so it's on Band-Maid to reinvent rock. So grateful to know about them.

Rush's Cygnus X-1 ... now the second most crazy song about a black hole. When Unseen World first became available for digital download, this was the first preview track I happened to click on. Still my favorite track. It's god damn genius. Nothing for me to do but be grateful I'm alive to be able to listen to it. No idea how they will pull this off live... but I can't wait to see it!!

Kanami definitely wasn't in a ballad kind of mood this past year. I would describe this song as a glorious clusterfuck.

Not quite finished yet, still need to hear Youth and Without Holding Back (instrumental). Shocking spoiler - both are fantastic.

This is the sickest drumming i ve ever heard by Akane. I didnt even know she could Play like This This is the next Level.

I think this is one of those albums where you can feel all the competition jawless and seriously thinking to each other "Now what?... let's go pop instead?" ... This is a very special band, it's all about the music. I can imagine them calling each other during these pandemic days sharing ideas for this and that song. I dunno, maybe they had all this time without the "normal schedule" of interviews, appearances, concerts and what not and had a big chunk of time at their disposal that they could use to just sit back and relax but instead they used it to "level up" and do anything/everything they wanted applying each new abilities or technical upgrades. "Unseen World" is a perfect name for the album. I am really anxious to watch the live stream next 11th this month and see some of these songs played... I'm guessing we will see MISA, Miku, Saiki and Kanami doing what they do and a big doodle in the back that is Akane moving at light speed... and maybe taking a little break, a little rest playing "Rinne" or "Screaming" ... I'll be in a pool of drool... Loved these reactions from top to bottom. Cheers!

Amazing ending to a brilliant album. - would lke to see/hear your thought on the whole thing, Champ. I feel I learn a lot listening to your comments, pointing out stuff I may have missed. Makes me appreciate these ladies even more.

*insert press F for respect meme* Thank you for the nice reaction, as always Mr.champ 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 What a great song and a great album 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Akane going Super Saiyan mode with 220 bpm. Saiki was the one supervising and directing the flow of the song.

It´s with Warning! my absolute favorite on this album and the end there with AKanes drums sounds like she is mowing down enemies with an AK-47 in burstfire mode, it´s crazy and i love it!

I don't think it's even so much how much each member gets to shine in their songs as much as how much they give room to each other. They genuinely seem to want each member to have a chance to stand out.

On this album, MANNERS is the ballad. BOOMboomBOOMboomBOOMboom OctAkane the 8 armed drummer

When Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin caught a BAND-MAID concert live in Tokyo he was so impressed with Akane's drumming he wanted a picture with her, and he said she was one of the best drummers he had ever seen. When Akane heard Jimmy Page was asking for her after the concert she, as you would, assumed it was a prank. He said she was "like a reincarnation of John Bonham"

I might be biased because I am a serious Maidiac, but I think they are developing their own genre of rock.

Really love this song as well. I like hearing unique and interesting sounds in music and this song has that kind of stuff in spades. It's like they wanted to write a prog rock song but decided they'd do it in 3 minutes instead of the 12 minutes some people take on. Just shove all those ideas in there and don't waste everyone's time. Honestly they're all so hyper talented to pull something like this off.

Best song of the album (for me). Cool and insane song writing, instrumental talent and vocals

Loved your overall reaction to the whole album. You're insights, analysis, your shock and awe did justice to this masterpiece. My only complaint is, why wasn't it 24 songs? Another year waiting for what follows this will be the longest year ever. I have no doubt that the next one will be even better (is that even possible?). Kanami is a genius and I hope she has the time to fully develop her already exceptional skills even further. With the pandemic still raging around the world, it still looks like live concerts are at least another year away and this continued break will also help them continue to grow stronger.

EVERYTHING ...you said........And Saiki. IMO she is soooo underrated. , But at least I know how good she is...

What if all of prog rock compressed into a three minutes so dense that it creates a lensing effect

rinne, different, warning and after life: let's have a drink-off. black hole: hold my beer.

Legend says the title has been found when Saiki turned to Akane to make a face and see a black hole forming between her drumsticks.

This is a great ending to the album because it just throws everything out the window and says to the listener: "wait till you see what we do next." Thanks for this review track by track...I really enjoyed it and it just makes me listen to the album more carefully and appreciate each song more. I doubt I'm going to hear something better than this in 2021 or maybe for awhile. I know your channel covers a lot of K-Pop, but I am interested in your rock reactions/reviews as well, particularly of the bands that come along that you like.

It is just what the song title suggests , black hole a controlled chaos of music ingenious great reactions over the hole album champ love it keep them coming. Long Live the PO !!!!

This one plays on my headphones when i go heavy in the gym...its SOOO soooo awsome!

Man Black Hole is such a banger. It also has one of my favorite kinds of guitar riffs. At the bridge around 1:49 in the song (4:16 in this video) we have what I call "the metalcore riff", though it's been used by At The Gates and even Death, but what it is is a palm muted bass note with unmuted higher notes being played between the chugged bass notes. Hear it all the time in Metalcore from Miss May I to As I Lay Dying, and especially a lot in early Asking Alexandria. For whatever reason I always find that kind of riff just sounds sick. No exception here.

Great reaction.. for me, i prefer melodic soulfull happy rocknroll type, but i can accept this album too.. cause like other great and talented band out there and before, i just think this is their experiment, expand their musicality, their journey, their discography.. exciting to see their presentation about this album in the live show and for what they will achieve in the future

If you get a chance check out one of their extra songs on the album Youth. It is like hard rock to straight pop rock and then back again. It is on the deluxe album. These 5 ladies have so much respect for each other and push each other to their best. Man when they play in front of a people again will be one epic show for sure. I wish I could be there for that show

"I need a cigarette man" might be the best and most concise reaction ever given.

This track is fucking incredible I love it to death ❤️

When I was younger, I was into bands like Blink-182, Linkin Park and Taking Back Sunday....a lot of bands with multiple vocalists, so I'm VERY pleased that Miku is prominently featured in this album and hopefully going forward. I can't say enough how happy I am to see her progress as a musician. And for that matter, Saiki sounds better than ever, and Akane hit a new level as well that makes me excited for their future. And they all get a chance to shine thanks to Kanami's brilliant writing.

"If my calculations are correct, when BAND-MAID hits 220 Beats Per Minute...you're gonna see some serious shit." Dr. Emmett Brown (1985)

Band Maid Q : This is due to what is called a black hole, you know? Le Champ :

220bpm baby! This song is faster than your life!

This whole new album was impressive, but this song in particular really made me happy to be alive. Black Hole was probably my favorite track as well. Really cool to hear that you're a fan of the old Thrice.

So, how many times did you have to listen to this to appreciate the all the detail and the madness? Loved it the first time, but continue to find parts that keep me coming back.

Band-Maid is really too unique to the world.

This song makes me think of Kanami in wonderland, writing new music with the Cheshire Pigeon.

After such a heavy album, take a break, try "Daydreaming" for a change of pace and thank you for your reaction.

Black Hole is the song that NO ONE saw coming! I mean Akane just absolutely UNLOADS on this song!!! To me, this song was the unexpected gem in the way that B.M.C was for Babymetal

Champ, you have made it thru *Unseen World* and seem to like it below is the rest of *BAND-MAID* a discography the 🐦 is a music video from *BAND-MAID* official channel. Enjoy. *Maid in Japan* 01/8/2014 This studio album has 10 tracks *New Beginning* 11/18/2015 This studio album has 9 tracks with some awesome songs on it and they could have used any of the tracks from this CD and made a music video and it would be a hit. 🐦 Thrill(スリル) 🐦 REAL EXISTENCE 🐦 Don’t let me down 🐦 REAL EXISTENCE Live (April 13th, 2018) *Brand New Maid* 05/18/2016 This studio album has 9 tracks with some awesome songs on it. 🐦 alone _(This was the first song BAND-MAID wrote the music and lyrics)_ 🐦 the non-fiction days 🐦 Before Yesterday 🐦 FREEDOM Live (Feb. 14th, 2020) 🐦 CROSS Live (Apr. 13th, 2018) *YOLO* 11/15/2016 This was a single that includes Matchless Gum and Unfair Game 🐦 YOLO *Just Bring It* 01/11/2017 This studio album has 13 tracks which includes Puzzle and Moratorium which is very popular with the MAIDIACS 🐦 Don't you tell ME 🐦 Secret My lips *Daydreaming / Choose me* 06/18/2017 Single which contains these two songs 🐦 Daydreaming 🐦 Choose me 🐦 Choose me Live (Feb. 14th, 2020) *World Domination* 02/14/2018 This studio album has 15 tracks many fan believe that this CD is one of the best of *BAND-MAID* 🐦 DOMINATION 🐦 DICE 🐦 Play Live (Feb. 14th, 2020) 🐦 DOMINATION Live (Feb. 14th, 2020) *start over* 06/25/2018 This was a single that includes Screaming 🐦 start over 🐦 onset live (Apr. 13th, 2018) *Bubble* 01/16/2019 This was a single that includes Smile 🐦 Bubble *Glory* 01/16/2019 This was a single that includes hide-and-seek 🐦 glory (full ver.) *BAND-MAIKO* 04/03/2019 This studio album has 07 tracks from what I understand this was made as an April Fools to the BAND-MAID Universe. 🐦 secret MAIKO lips 🐦祇園町 "Gion-cho" *Conqueror* 12/04/2019 This studio album has 15 tracks when this CD came out there was some mixed reviews. 🐦 endless Story 🐦 輪廻 "RINNE" 🐦 Blooming 🐦 The Dragon Cries 🐦 Wonderland Live (Feb. 14th, 2020) *Different* 12/02/2020 This was a single that includes and instrumental Don't be long 🐦 Different *Unseen World* 01/13/2021 This studio album has 2 CDs and 14 tracks 🐦 Manners 🐦 Warning! 🐦 After Life

I heard that the song arrangements came about due to Kanami being frustrated that they can’t do live shows and touring

Bro, i dont know if you will see this comment but I wanna say that I REALLY love your reaction video. I feel our sensitivity to music is similar but your perception and how you deliver analysis always make me admirative ! Thanks for uploading all those videos. Ps: I miss your funny editing in early Band-Maid videos though.

This song is the definition of organized chaos. I had on repeat for about 2 hours.

I have already described it a few times as follows: These ladies are 5 equally strong pillars in the construct 'Band-Maid'. Without exception. ✌🏻 【 'Our rock never dies, ever. Forever!' - Band-Maid 】 🕊️

Kanami generates the sound, Miku develops the lyrics, the whole band contributes to the overall composition. They are phenomenal!

This song is living proof Akane can keep up with the big boys. Not that there was any doubt.

I would 1000% sign up for your Patreon if you do a full listen through of their past albums (Conqueror, World Domination, Just Bring It, etc)!

I think Kanami is accidentally exploring "musical space", as a side-effect of having to give Akane an F'n breather--regularly! hahaha...But, seriously, "musical space" is the direction they have to move in...Otherwise, speed-demon Kanami might just burn out the band!

Definitely the most hardcore album they have done. A great contrast from Conqueror. Awesome.

Band maid just drop a new surprise single "About Us". Have a look mate, but its WAYY different from everything in the album.

1:32 / 12:52 Rrrratatata-tata! 10/10

Best song on the album, Hands down. Akane goes out of her mind.

Great Job on the whole album reaction!! Enjoyed every minute of it!

i was waiting for you to do this one and loved your reaction, this might be my favorite song on the album it is INSANE thanks for the reaction to the album bro

The Best album. And there are two more songs on the Limited Edition that make this album so much better. I hope you can react to those songs.

If at least one of the Shinkansen trains, preferably one near Saiki's place of residence, who as you know loves these bullet trains, does not receive the Band Maid logo after this album, I will be very disappointed.

Thanks for taking a step by step look at this album man.. It's been a joy to share in and it's a blinder isn't it!? 😎

Akane on parade.

Nice way to close out the album review. Ty for the time you put in to this. Very appreciated.

ドラムビート220か230かな😉 この曲をカンコピできる日本の女子プロバンドも少ないはず。 そして今までに聴いたこともない音作り。　 過去のバンドというか、音楽には無い音が流れていく。 アルバムが出たばかりだが、次があるのか？？と言うアルバムに仕上がってる。 次が楽しみです😄

Thank you for reacting to the entire album!

AKane-47. She really has a machine gun in her feets/pedals.

They wrote and recorded this album in a few months. They released Conqueror in December 2019. They were gearing up for a world tour and a Japanese tour to promote it. They were booked solid for like the rest of 2020 and I think into the beginning of 2021. Then the pandemic happened and they canceled everything. So everything gets canceled in April. So between at least April and at most December, they write and record a whole-ass album. That’s bananas. They already released an album that they didn’t even get to promote. And they were like, “I’m bored. Let’s make a new album.” And this was that album! Who the fuck are these girls?! They’re not human!

RA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA!

Drum machines look up to her... sweet review btw!

The order on the 2xCD+Blu-Ray Limited Edition is different: BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - Roots CD1 #01] After Life BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - Roots CD1 #02] Why Why Why BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - Roots CD1 #03] Youth BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - Roots CD1 #04] サヨナキドリ BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - Roots CD1 #05] CHEMICAL REACTION BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - Roots CD1 #06] Manners BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - Roots CD1 #07] I still seek revenge. BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - Progress CD2 #01] Giovanni BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - Progress CD2 #02] H-G-K BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - Progress CD2 #03] Manners BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - Progress CD2 #04] BLACK HOLE BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - Progress CD2 #05] 本懐 BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - Progress CD2 #06] NO GOD BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - Progress CD2 #07] Warning! BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - instrumental videos CD3 #01] After Life (instrumental) BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - instrumental videos CD3 #02] NO GOD (instrumental) BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - instrumental videos CD3 #03] Giovanni (instrumental) BAND-MAID - [Unseen World - instrumental videos CD3 #04] without holding back I actually rearranged now my tracks in the player to correspond to this setlist. But for the life of me, I would not be able to tell why some of these songs are "Roots," and others "Progress"...

The impact of this album brought back memories for me of first hearing pyromania in 1983. I know this sounds like hyperbole but it honestly isn’t. Well done champ

finally the black hole react. been waiting for this glorious song to make its introduction. Edit: Thrice was a good band. Their guitarist was pretty good and he happens to be Japanese too so there's a bit of Jrock influence in his riffs.

Akane-47 at it again as usual!

I get Maximum the Hormone vibes from this. The Sickness Levels

These women are out of their minds. If they perform this whole album live, there is going to be left of them. Kanami is going to need an iv in her to keep hydrated. And alot of sushi.

Also apparently Akane made various different levels of drum difficulties for this song for the band to choose from for this track and the highest was Hell... Unsurprisingly enough this is Hell difficulty... 😂

The vocal gymnastics on that one are insane.. Props to Saiki and Miku for that.

Crazy song. I'd love to see a video for this.

I wanna see people try THIS on Guitar Hero and Rocksmith games. haha THIS SONG NEEDS AN AMV. Somebody get on that STAT.

5:01 Madness....Madness???? No, this IS BAND MAID!!!

They just dropped a ballad; About Us. Curious to hear what you think.

Their latest single “About Us” is out. If you have not, check it out. I think you would like it.

chek for this music from the end of 1960 and early 70: Van der Graaf generator Peter Hammill Band-Maid has listened to these people, they have incredible musical culture, the second part of this song, in my opinion, is peter Hammill inspired.

Yep. When I hear about great guitarists, my first question is always, "What did HE write?"

Regarding the track listing, I much prefer the order of the 2CD limited edition (Manners is so good it had to be on there twice!😁). I think this flows better. After Life Why Why Why Youth Sayonakidori Chemical Reaction Manners I Still Seek Revenge Giovanni H-G-K Manners Black Hole Honkai No God Warning! Admittedly It's a bit weird having Warning! last but it somehow works for me. 🙂

Dood I was waiting for the moment you said "I see the structure" and "I expect..."

All of us the first time hearing Black Hole 0:48 and yes go Miku and Saiki

The girls just killed it in this one! The best ending in all their albums, and they had excellent endings in all of them if I have to say. I really don't understand fully why the limited edition album had another order of tracks, the regular one is just perfect! Thanks for the album review!