From an old American Rock musician, well said.

A big piece split off and went to Mexico re The Warning.

...put on a maid outfit and apron and rocked the world!!

i can't agree no more

Kanami is pretty much perpetually lost in space, until she picks up her PRS or slams on her keyboard. To top it all off, she has a degree in Economics...and, is pretty ecchi. LOL

About the ages : Akane (31) Miku (30) kanami (30) saiki (28). Misa ( 28)

I agree with you! BAND MAID is a great hard rock band. With all due respect to BAND MAID, they have nothing to do with metal . LOVEBITES - heavy, power and thrash metal.😊

​@@GrayFox14 Well, there are many metal songs in BAND-MAID's repertoire. Usually, people say RINNE, but I would also consider Screaming being a speed metal-if we talk about their older songs. THRILL is definitely metal, both by the music style and by the content of the lyrics. FREEZER is also metal, as well as REAL EXISTENCE. With Unseen World, we've got a lot of songs that are definitely from the metal domain. Sense is metal, and Hibana probably also may be categorized as such. Corallium is similar to Screaming in pace, but with all the vocal layers, I don't perceive it as metal, though. But BAND-MAID rather defies any categorization. BAND-MAID is doing BAND-MAID things in BAND-MAID style, that's the best description of what they do. 🤷‍♂️ But I was really surprised to hear "death metal" being spoken of in connection with FREEDOM 🙄 FREEDOM is plain and classic Rock'n'Roll, that's what I would say about it. Energetic, bouncy, with a lot of groove and fun. A bit simplistic, but that's done on purpose, for the sake of increasing the catchiness. No prog elements, like in many other songs. No bass solo from MISA... although Akane's drum solo in it feels like being right in place.

​@@VladimirChupin I respect BAND MAID👍, I still like them, but still they are mostly closer to hard rock. I was fond of BAND MAID at one time, but in a dispute between LOVEBITES and BAND MAID, LOVEBITES won (in my case), because there is real power & thrash metal of the highest standard. I don't consider "Thrill" metal, sorry. 🤗 And when "Freedom" называют is called death-metal, it's fun🤣

Ultra HD7-What he means is aggressive but has the words "Death Metal" misplaced, "Nemophila" are more in line with the term through the vocal style but even they aren't 100%.

Yes. Truth.

And maybe Hate?

hanabie is just hilarious :) i love them

💯% true 🤙🏼

Yep, amazing and will be seeing them in DC in October. Can't wait

Nowadays, when I see a band without at least a female drummer and a female bassist, I'm sceptical from the start. The chances are slim that such a band would be interesting. There are exceptions, like ASTERISM with HAL-CA on the guitar being the only girl there, but nevertheless. I'm becoming a sexist. (ASTERISM would benefit a lot from a female drummer, I'm sure. But the rhythm section there is a family business, so...)

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Haruna from Lovebites and Akane are also friends.

I feel I need to add _Gacharic Spin_ here, especially since you've mentioned Doll$Box.

Yeah, Freedom is nice, but they got way better songs in their catalog

I believe that Band Maid and Dizzy Sunfish have had a pretty tight friendship for a while, especially with Akane.

Awesome performance, Akane is so amazing!! 🤘🙂🎶

Nemophila is a definite must see! What song would you recommend for the first timer?

@@markmathewssgbcpenaltyboxs6389 I think "Life" is the way to go for this channel, here is the link - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fqyeeLyZx6uloZs.html

BAND-MAID members are friends with a lot of other Japanese musicians. Notable among them is the friendship between Akane and Kanami and the members of Kami Band from Babymetal. The late Mikio Fujioka was very dear to the heart of Kanami, and both Akane and Kanami attended his funeral. MISA is very close friends with the bassist from Silent Siren, Ayuna. Akane is great friends with Haruna from Scandal and Chittiii from BiSH. They have celebrated Haruna's birthday on September 10, 2020, Akane tweeted about it. Although they themselves complained that they are very shy, and usually at the festivals they don't dare to approach other musicians, thinking they are too great to be bothered by the humble musicians they consider themselves.

You are doing good work, Sensei :D Band-Maid Forever!

+1 Nemophila eg Revive kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sNOCoLmUmduVaKs.html so Sean can legit freak over some unique screams and vocal technique. Think Hillary Duff meets Meshuggah;-)

@@paulg-sg I'm not keen on either of those artists and I think NEMOPHILA have a great sound of their own it's certainly recognisable as hard rock. You should probably listen to some of their covers that are very popular and you will see a certain amount of punky NESS coming through. One of the guitarists is from a reasonably well known band called Mary's Blood and they are more metal. This was meant to be a side project for Saki from Mary's Blood but it's just taken off its a bit of a phenomenon.

Agreed!

Very well said!

You would have thought the name Band-*MAID* would have alerted them of that, but there they go thinking of Lolitas......

I can see how easy to mix it up because they near each other.

Yeah definitely since they are one train stop away from each other.

Much like the "Warning" band out of Mexico a trio of sisters 22 to 17 just signed to a label last year after being chased by labels for few years they just were looking for the right deal and creative control.

Not just the female bands, although there are a bunch of connections there, from Show-Ya and Princess Princess on. Japanese Rock/Metal bands in general seem to be on friendly terms with each other. BAND-MAID members have worked with BRADIO guys on different projects. BABYMETAL's Kami Band are good friends with Gacharic Spin. Ohmura and Hana have been friends for years, and GS join him on stage for his birthday shows.

tastes are varied, Lovebites seems to me a much more complete band in all senses than Band Maid and that has all the infusions you mentioned from the 80's, 90's etc etc but in metal and those of us who listened to them were smiling a lot.

@@alexzenteno1 I can't say I would agree with that, but I haven't heard all that many tracks of Lovebites. But the reason is that all 5 to 10 tracks I have heard from Lovebites sound like the same 2 songs to me. Either it's melodic power metal (which I am not a fan of) or more heavy metal with a melodic power metal chorus. I am not saying that that's bad as they clearly do both of these styles very well, but it's not that varied imo. Although they might be able to play whatever they want, since they are clearly talented musicians. Band-Maid have way more variety from what I have heard (which is probably close to everything), but again I can be wrong since what I heard from Lovebites is not that much since it's not really for me. I typically don't enjoy a lot of power metal and am not a huge fan of the vocals, so I haven't listened to that many tracks. That being said I have a lot of respect for their musicianship and the enthusiasm of their fans can't lie. I have nothing but love & respect for them and their fans, it's just not my type of music. But I do think it's really difficult to compare them except for both of the bands being Japanese. They play different genres of music and are clearly both really good at what they do. So, from what I have heard, I would say Band-Maid is the more "complete" band (whatever that would mean), but they are both great at what they do and I'm sure fans of both of them are smiling whenever they play. It's just a difference in taste in the end and I'm sure there is plenty of overlap between the fanbases. It's great that both of them (and other great bands like Nemophila) are getting more and more known in the west.

@@powertothebauer296 I am in no way shape or form putting Lovebites down, I wish I was clearer in my explanation if it seemed to you that I did. To be clear, I have shifted through basically most genres in music over the years (I'm 37). I still put on a lot of ambient and modern classical music at night to relax before going to sleep and mostly Metal or Rock during the day. But I also enjoy some electronic music as well. But I typically didn't listen to anything remotely close to Band-Maid for about 20 - 25 years before discovering them. I mainly listened to metal during the day a bit over the least 20 years (and basically didn't listen to anything more radiofriendly for about as long) and most of it the last 10 - 15 years or so has been black, thrash and a bit of death metal. Both bands weren't in any way inside my wheelhouse. I had parts in most Band-Maid songs I didn't like in the beginning as I didn't really like most of their poppy chorusses (I only discovered them last year in March to May or so) and I have still tracks by them that I don't like a lot, but I appreciated their technical ability and stuck with it because of that. I am actually still not really sure why they spoke to me like they did. It shouldn't have worked, but it did for some reason. That doesn't mean I don't appreciate Lovebites' technical ability, I think they really shine in that aspect. I think the main difference for me is the vocals. I typically am not a huge fan of a lot of power metal vocals for some reason. I think it depends on their timbre. For example, I appreciate Fuki of Unlucky Morpheus a lot as far as technical ability goes, but it really depends on the day if I can sit through multiple of theirs songs or not because her voice tires my ears after a while. The same goes for a lot of power metal bands and that means this also goes for Lovebites. That doesn't mean I think they are bad, far from it. It just means that the style they play (or that I have heard from them) is not for me. For some reason Band-Maid's Saiki's voice doesn't make my ears tired, I actually really enjoyed it from the beginning. I think it's because she doesn't have that high pingy timbre to her voice. The same goes somewhat for Eye from Mary's Blood. Her voice is somewhat of a mix between Saiki and Fuki/Asami. It's weird because the vocals are usually the part that I gravitate to the least in a song. I love instrumentals and I typically don't listen to lyrics for a long while until I really know the song. Vocals are usually somewhat like an instrument to me (again, I am used to black metal screams), but for some reason it sounds like a deciding factor in this case. An other thing I don't like as much is melodic power metal choruses (as far as melodies go). They sound really cheesy to me for some reason. I have the same thing with a lot of male power metal, so it's not any of those bands fault. It's just not for me. Again, I really apologize if I came off as dismissing Lovebites, it wasn't my intent. I would probably not go to a concert of power metal bands in general as I really have hard time listening through full power metal concerts. I have a couple of blu-rays from Unlucky Morpheus because I really enjoy their musicians (especially Jill on violin), but there has been plenty of times I had to turn it off after a couple of songs and there have been times that I could listen to way more before being tired of it. That being said, I recently heard Lovebites - Holy War and I did enjoy that one quite a bit more as it was more heavy metal and less power metal to my ears. I will keep giving Lovebites a chance every once in a while together with some other Japanese power metal bands (they have plenty) and who knows if I enjoy most of it after a while. Again I do wish all the best for the band and the fans. They are extremely talented musicians and I have always appreciated them from a musicianship standpoint. I also wish all the best for them in their search for a way to go forward and finding a great new fitting bassist. I was honestly really sad to read that news even though it doesn't have a lot of impact on me personally. Let's hope they can find a way to make it work because I do believe their fans and the world deserve way more music from them. Edit: As a last note, I do agree that it's funny that you see it the other way around as far as variety in the music goes. Band-Maid songs of 3 years ago sound usually nothing alike their new songs. But I guess that's just me having heard most of their music at this point. If me saying that I have basically only heard 2 types of songs from them is what ruffled your feathers, I am sorry. That's just whay my untrained power metal ear picks up. I have that feeling with a lot of power metal bands and it's basically what I don't tend to enjoy about power metal. I probably don't know enough about Lovebites to make that claim for sure. I never wanted it to sound like I don't understand people loving this band, I do. Their music style just isn't for me and that's ok. I still wish them and their fans the best and hope they can keep growing, because me falling in the Band-Maid "pigeon" hole has taught me that there are a lot of talented Japanese Rock and Metal bands who deserve to be way bigger in the west than they are right now and Lovebites is certainly one of them. If someone had told me a year ago that I would buy 50 or so mainly female Japanese Rock and Metal CD's and blu-rays in the next year, I would have laughed in their face. But here we are after discovering Band-Maid less than a year ago.

Well, the best to you.

lol🤣

What the 😂😂😂

They're the same band...

I agree. Band-Maiko are the only ones that can match Band-Maid vocally and instrumentally.😇

No, they are literally the same band! Same members, dressed in traditional clothing and using some traditional instruments to cover their own songs.

...it's about depressions right? Did read the translation once.

Depression and being different...and the world accepting different people as who they are...

Wow, I used to love this band years ago, then the Doll Box singer kicked it up into a stronger sound but she left and the bands sound/style was all over the place again. This incarnation is better, clean sound, consistent rock sound. Ditched the dancers, new lead singer, new drummer, rotate old drummer to guitar and singer where she always wanted to be. Its nice without all the dancer fake energy and weird costumes. The music should speak for its self. I know they got their name from some old anime or character, but it sorta sucks to figure out how to say it.

statue but epic.dont bias