Btw im wearing a band maid shirt in this video and i forgot to show you and now im pissed

It's was filmed using an 8mm camera. It took inspiration from a J-Horror movie of the same name (Rinne/Reincarnation) where the killer films his victims using an 8mm camera. Saiki's idea.

Champ: ok I’m gonna guess akane is gonna come in with double bass again. Saiki: SHUT UP! Champ: I was wrong...

This is why we say that this is currently the most versatile band in the world. There is no genre or style of rock that they are not capable of composing and playing. And yet what makes them truly unique is that their music can only be classified within the new Band Maid Rock genre.

There is nothing cooler than when Kanami goes into her power stance. This one is for those who didn't think they could do this kind of metal.

Now I want a shirt that says: _Band Maid_ on the front and “Shut up!” On the back.

I like it when they go in their Destroyer mode. How can they play heavy stuff like this and manage to keep it catchy??? It’s really not fair to the other bands out there. 🤟🏻

Sad you got laid off. Happy for the future of the channel. I really hope it works out for you because you deserve it.

I think this could stand as the ultimate rock song of all time. The drumming ( as usual) is beyond exceptional matched by Misa's bass and Miku. The drive is superb, hard and tight and Kanami her usual mind blowing inventive best. Stairway to Heaven? Never!!!

The way they always change things up within the song, never repeating verse structure, and use 4 or 5 different riff, break, bridge and run ideas where each one could be the bases for it's own song... all wrapped around a memorable chorus and multiple solos by different members while Saiki's vocals focus the experience into a cohesive force with Miku's lyrics and backups, makes Kanami and the gang genius songwriters and musical executioners, imxo.

This song is such an insane contrast to the rest of the songs on Conquerer. It was quite the shock for the end of the album.

I have to listen to most BAND-MAID songs 2 or 3 times to fully enjoy/ understand them. Rinne, Blooming and Warning! are the 3 that I "got" the very first time hearing them. T minus 16 days and counting. ⏱

Band maid every song:"I've got a bridge to sell you"

Talking about the "big ones" i would say you still need to watch "Bubble" and "Gion-Cho" but that's just my opinion.

Band-Maid is a super versatile band with over a hundred released songs, spanning a wide spectrum from melodious ballads to hard rock. This particular song is right over at the grunge end of their spectrum. If I was asked to name the most “typical” Band-Maid, this certainly wound not be it. But it is a great listen when you are in the mood for a musical “punch in the face.” ❤🕊❤🌊❤🦍❤🥷❤👸🏻

Champ! Band-Maid! Happiness!

What do you live for? More Band-Maid! Love the double kick from Akane!

Band-Maid isn´t just a band... Band-Maid is an musicgenre...

This song is written about a 1970"s Japanese horror film called Rinne (reincarnation) that was filmed in 8mm. Thus the grainy film and subdued sound is the first part of the song.

They do have that rock and roll feel, no matter what they do, but I think it might have more to do with that rare and precious synergy that IS a proper "band"...Musically, they are IN EACH OTHER'S HEADS! And purely happy to be there, by the sound of it...

“Beauty and the Beast” contains their heaviest sound. Fight me!

DUDE!!!! 50+ year old headbanger here. This is FIRST time I have been excited about a new band since the 80's. I just got the album BRAND NEW MAID. It is like Boston's first album. There isn't a yawner on it. OMG. They were just 2-3 years old as group. YOU NEED THIS ALBUM. Maybe react to just the music on Spotify or something? It has ALONE and FREEDOM. The rest rocks!!!! You gotta check out LOOK AT ME and continue into ORDER. JUST AWESOME!!!!

It was used as the first track on Live at LINE CUBE SHIBUYA (famous for DOMINATION's live video). AKANE's spectacular drum solo intro was added, and I got goosebumps when I realized it was going straight to RINNE.

Exactly... I heard your words come out my 👄mouth just before every sentence. Rock on! Great reaction. I was feeling it.

would like to recomend FREEZER its an older song and i dont think is any video for it but i think you would love it and would like to hear your breakdown on it

Saiki is Japanese horror movie fan and this video shot to emulate the older movie vibe. Check out movie like Ring (US movie remaking Japan popular horror movie).

According to BAND-MAID legend, this song is their angry one written as a big fuck you to the people who were criticizing them for becoming too soft and poppy. Awesome review bro.

At moments like this i wish K-pop did more for me than it does, because i do like a champ of medium reaction video and this one has all the hall marks of a good Champ reaction video. 8 sec into the song "I'm gonna start this over....it's not loud enough..." 29 sec into the song, after explaining what he hears going on and the whys, wherefores and how good it is "I don't know how i feel about it yet guys....." Then "...really digging the bass, I don't know how i feel about the rest yet" 1:06 into song and he "...really like the chorus..." 1:08 the sound clears up and he starts talking about a second time round 1:15 stops to make a point about tuning 1:20 now he's got his head round it properly, back to the beginning. This is what reaction videos should be. Lots of stops to explain what the reactor thinks and feels and background knowledge that the viewer may or may not have.

Who’s attending “THE DAY OF MAID” ??? 👋🏼👋🏼

I hope you do the mv for Bubble. That’s such an underrated song. It’s crazy how they’re able to pump out so many songs in such a short time. They’ve released an album pretty much every year. They’ve released a little over 60 songs that they wrote themselves since 2017. That’s pretty insane.

At 12:04....I swear I hear my phone buzz on silent ringer.. i kept looking at it to see who was calling lol love every song Band-Maid does

I'm one of those classic rock guys (60s through 80s) that fell in love with Band Maid. I think a lot of it is they have a lot of blues at their core. There are a lot of classic bluesy elements in their riffs and watching their live videos...it is evident they really feel the music. When you get around to reacting to Choose Me...I suggest the MV over the live...a little better mix and Saiki looks great in the MV.

I commented before about how Miku seems to be concentrating on being a rhythm guitarist, but now I wonder if she's got some secret lead training going on. Maybe one day the pigeon will surprise us all and shred a solo.

“Hey, you kids! Get off my lawn.” Rinne is an answer song to their critics that closes Conqueror.

Good luck with the new venture, Champ. There's a world out there to explore. You'll never be short of things to watch, listen to or be amazed by.

Sorry to hear about the layoff, but if it's any possible consolation, reacting is your calling, man. You're informative and knowledgeable and it's obvious that you know how to truly appreciate music. Liked and subbed, keep up the great work. 🤘

Add NEMOPHILA to your bucket list

Saiki wanted the video to look edgy/ dirty old school filmed

When I first saw this video I wasn't really paying attention and I thought the intro was Slipknot with the double kick bass. Then I stopped and watched...fuck they rock! People seem to have a hard time categorizing this band. Harder than hard rock, not quite metal. So I thought about, what's the hardest mineral? Band-Maid should be put in their own category...Diamond Rock...because they're unique, beautiful and they fucking shine under the lights of the stage.

Playing Dreamcatcher during a Band Maid reaction.... Hell Yeah!

Just one point : look at the body language of Saiki … it’s speaking for itself

Not a Dual Lead. There may be two parts for the recording but they're both Kanami. Kanami does all the parts for the recordings. She may have double it, but on the part that sounds like the tape rewinding, it's all her. If you watch the Live-To-Tape version she's doing the lead and Miku does the rhythm. You'll see Miku doing the little slides in the middle, but it's still all Kanami on the recording. It's just more efficient for her do do the recording and then teach it to Miku, I'm glad you came around on the intro. It's supposed to be raw, which is why it's shot on 8mm film instead of HD Video.

Two syllables: RIN followed by NE as in “nest.”

I'd really like you to react to either Endless Story or Start Over from Band Maid for something a little different.

I know what peoples think when you said it sound like the new Mettalica......... Yes but with a great drummer!😉

Old school heavy rock/metal sound. Absolutely love it.

This song was their reaction to critics that were saying they were becoming to "poppy" and was the reason for the "shut up!" at the end. We've learned since that their record label might have been steering them in that direction as well which didn't make our maids happy.

*Champ* May I suggest going thru the *BAND-MAID* discography they have over 100 songs under their skirts 👗 and I believe you can access these songs thru Spotify 🎀 *Maid in Japan* 01/8/2014 This studio album has 10 tracks 🎀 *New Beginning* 11/18/2015 This studio album has 9 tracks 🎀 *Brand New Maid* 05/18/2016 This studio album has 9 tracks 🎀 *YOLO* 11/15/2016 This was a single that includes Matchless Gum and Unfair Game 🎀 *Just Bring It* 01/11/2017 This studio album has 13 tracks 🎀 *Daydreaming / Choose me* 06/18/2017 Single which contains these two songs 🎀 *World Domination* 02/14/2018 This studio album has 15 tracks 🎀 *start over* 06/25/2018 This was a single that includes Screaming 🎀 *Bubble* 01/16/2019 This was a single that includes Smile 🎀 *Glory* 01/16/2019 This was a single that includes hide-and-seek 🎀 *BAND-MAIKO* 04/03/2019 This studio album has 7 tracks 🎀 *Conqueror* 12/04/2019 This studio album has 15 tracks 🎀 *Different* 12/02/2020 This was a single that includes and instrumental Don't be long 🎀 *Unseen World* 01/13/2021 This studio album has 2 CDs and 14 tracks

MISA MISA MISA!

underrated band-maid song

Saiki and Misa , make this really primal for me. It bewitches me into another world. It's really a better arrangement than a song, but i love it ! Kanami's skill in arranging guitar parts and layers is astoundingly intelligent, and every little part works great. Kanami and Miyako from Lovebites are the modern trend setters and composer/arrangers in the Japan scene, which is overflowing to the west now. If those 2 ever write a song together, I feel like the musical universe would explode.

Champ: l think I’m getting to the end of all their big songs. Me: Checks and sees that there are still 10+ MV’s that haven’t been reviewed. Actually Champ......

glad you're back to Band-Maid! :D missed ya man!

Great reaction dude, you finally made it with RINNIE, the heaviest OST track by the girls. You should do this way earlier before the 'Unseen World', I mean you follow the sequence at least. I totally agreed while you mentioned about how these girls putting a lot of 60's and 70's Rock vibes in their song's. We can hear and feels there are bluesy, rock N roll and even jazzy sound in their song which make's Band Maid sound to us Maidiacs. The swarming bees sounds of Kanami Micho 3rd part lead there, reminds me of 'Sting of The Bumblebee' a bass solo by Joey Demaio of Manowar and 'Flight of The Bumblebee' the most famous orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Karsakov. Kanami Micho has done brilliantly on her homework!! 🔥🎸🔥

Love Kanami in her super hero pose :)

What a great reaction. I really like your comments, it helps to understand how amaze their musics are. Well, since you asked for new content in the end of the video.... If you are REALLY INTO female vocalists, I suggest to check out Unlucky Morpheus. "Black Pentagram" or "Knight of Sword" are the best to be introduced to them, and both have live versions on their official channel :) EDIT: Sorry, I thought that was a live version of Black Pentagram on their channel, but it was uploaded on another random one. I don't know if you only watch the videos that is on the offical channel of the artist, but if you do, I suggest then to watch the live versions of "Angreifer" and "Knight of Sword"' :)

This song. "About Us". Same band. _How?_

Song is in E-flat, they are not harmonics, she actually push down the strings when she picks the strings from what I've seen in other live videos. No Metallica in my view, it's Band-Maid genre. Black Hole is pretty hard on the new album.

Thanks Champ!

I love Kanami s Power Stance. at the Beginning

Really enjoyed your reaction and commentary!

Awesome reaction as always man. Your pause finger had to be sore as hell afterwards though. LOL Choose Me live at the Zepp is one you haven't done yet (I think).

I enjoy very much AC-DC, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and a lot of '70s hard rock music, also Heavy Metal from the '80s and his variations (start listening in the lates '90s, not an original old rocker). Band-Maid bring back a lot of the fantastic feelings of those "discoveries" and that make these ladies my favorite rock band today. I'm not a fanboy, I don't think they are "the best band in the world" or something like that, but they connect with the feelings in a lot of music lovers and bring happiness to them, to me.

BAND-MAID is it!!!

Champ, great break down of one of my favorite B.M. songs. When you say they have a nostalgic touch that will warm the hearts of aging rockers, it shows both your and Akane's knowledge of the music of the boomers and gen X. Would love for you to do a stylistic breakdown of the history of metal and how certain bands were really influential. For my money, "Am I evil" from Diamond Head really kicked things off.

MISA!!! MISA!!!! MISA!!!! 🥃🥃🥃

Cool. love Band Maid. As for suggestions promote your Patreon to keep the channel alive. A great way for veiwers to support you. stay the crap away from paypal and superchat requests. too many channels are "selling" requests. they end up with a bunch if garbage. just my 2 cents worth.

Good luck!

Ow yea, new stuff coming

for your channel format change: maybe have a dedicated day every week where you check out an artist that you haven’t heard before or are not familiar with! on that subject, please check out the j-metal band NEMOPHILA! I’d recommend their songs Dissension and RAITEI. I also saw someone’s comment that recommended the band Unlucky Morpheus- they’re great too!!

The end was the big FU to everyone saying they went pop on the album previous to this one. :)

I think it's great that you come back strong in June. There is so much music out there to dissect! It seems to me that it is good that you continue around jRock and KPop, there is a lot of theme there. As an idea, how about comparing a new topic with one from the past? Today's Metallica reference has been excellent, maybe a two song combo would be interesting to compare songwriting styles.

As usual, I enjoyed your reaction Champ, especially to this song. I know that I mentioned it a few times to you lol. This video was released after they received some criticism on conqueror for going too "soft". Pretty good answer , I think. I am looking forward to your new schedule. As far as new idea, have you considered getting a discord up and running? I think it would be helpful.

Totally agree on the death magnetic take. I hear it too. And I love death magnetic. Never understood the hate

I can not believe You have not reacted to this Yet. Its very Special if Foreshadows the Sound of the Future Album.

Sorry to hear you got laid off. For Japanese music to listen to, I'll admit to not having the widest library to pull from, but It'd be cool to see you revisit some Lovebites, especially some of their live stuff. Also, Doll$Boxx and Unlucky Morpheus are both amazing, if very different, bands that share a lead singer (her name is Fuki and she's sung in a lot of bands, all of them fun).

I liked the video! Pls react to Non Fiction Days!!!! heeheeehee

Thank you for reacting to this song. Love Band-Maid. I love another band more now though and that is Nemophila! I would recommend Oiran to start and then Dissension for originals. They also have done covers that are just amazing and they have so much fun doing them.

Bandmaid cross

...some of us didn't completely hate St. Anger. I feel like it was a necessary stage Metallica had to go through to actually grow up and start making some music. >.> I was dying as you led right up to the quick slide-stings in the second verse over and over, only to rewind again, but we got there in the end. :)

It's not nice to hear that you've been laid off... Somehow, the last lines of the lyrics of this song might fit. 'It's sink, or swim'. And i'm pretty sure you're not one of those who will go under. I'll keep my fingers crossed that whatever path you take from here will be successful. 🤞🏻 I'm really looking forward to your video about my favorite 'Daydreaming' and your opinion about the song. Until then, have a good one 🤘🏻 【 'Our rock never dies, ever. Forever!' - Band-Maid 】

Woohoo!! I'm been looking forward to your take on this one. I'm surprised you didn't comment on Kanami's power stance at 6:11 - she looked like she was having a blast playing this. :) Also, you talking about a couple of notes that you thought Kanami was making at 6:30 - were those from Miku like she was making at 7:45? Anyway, I appreciate your analysis, it goes into a lot of detail and information that I wouldn't know/understand otherwise. I know that you've hit a lot of the common Band Maid videos, but there are still more out there! Please keep going with them. Sorry to hear about the job, but happy you look at it as an opportunity. Can't wait to see where the channel goes!!

Support you as always 🤭

Man I have been watching u for awhile now I am amazed you have just got to the hard hole of Band Maid! Good job!

"I'm doing it" - I actually lol'ed

DUDE, you need "matchless GUM." Unfortunately, the main LIVE video is ONLY out there on other reaction channels as it got copyrighted by some DOUCHE. Do a Spotify if you can find it there.

It reminds me of 1986 Metallica and 1990 Megadeth

Day6 finally released their comback album with their title song "You Make Me" Would love to see you react to it!!

Hi. Can you react to Nemophila - Dissension? Thank you!

i couldn't explain it, but i think MISA's playing is a big factor keeping a foot in the rock circle. always doing her own groovy thing down low.. or up high as is often the case. major point for me about this song, is its place and presence on the Conqueror album. it's downright scary in light of the rest of the entire album.

LoveBites "Holy War" live at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo 2020

With your news in mind I wish you the best of luck with the channel from this point on man, as if I wasn't rooting for you anyway!

This song reminds me of the band Ash and the song 'petrol' for whatever reason... If you're gonna branch out the Jrock content might wanna have a go with the band *Nemophila* soon(just go with their latest *Dissention* 🙂 )

That was Miku "chirping" her guitar halfway through, I thought you were going to go back to it. Next to Akake's Flurry Feet, it's my favorite part of the song.

As mentioned by others, around the time it was suggested that some fans were critical of their slower stuff. So they reacted with a shut up song. As you said about the nostalgia value of much of their music. That is what draws me in. Music had become very stale until I fell across Band Maid. I would say I was sorry about your news but frankly I had the best time when not going to work even with no money....Suggestions for possible ideas, music from different decades, from the 60s up to the present day, prog rock, hard rock, rock with writing through it. Anything. Anyway good luck. Another informative review.

Any intention to react to audio only, like you did with Unseen World? I would recommend Beauty and the Beast, I think it is one of the most "japanese" songs they have, but also with other elements in extreme contrast to it.

Bro.. Check also Lovebites - Holy War another great female band in Japan

Don't worry, I'm half-baked right now ;) hehe

The tuning is actually just E standard but the song sounds so heavy!

At last, I've been waiting for this one, as for the statement that "it wasn't right up there", I agree at first listen but the more you play it the more you like it, also the back story. Now an idea for your channel why don't you do something like K-pop throwback Thursday and listen to some old groups that made K-pop popular in the beginning like 2NE1, 4MINUET, (F)X and maybe VIXX.