Hi, Gent! Thanks for the video as always! The fun part of older BABYMETAL is that the band gets to be a bit more on the spotlight. I'll throw some hopefully accurate background on the band here before going to my suggestion... haha (Sorry in advance for the looooong text) The musicians playing with BABYMETAL are known as the "Kami Band" (Band of Gods, sort of). Through the years, some members became really consistent, to the point that they were kind of considered as part of BABYMETAL. The ones you see here are Hideki Aoyama (drums), BOH (bass), Leda Cygnus (guitar, first solo) and Takayoshi Ohmura (guitar, second solo). Besides from the West Kami Band, which are musicians from the US that played with them in their 2019 world tour, other consistent names in the Kami Band are Yuya Maeta (drums), ISAO (guitar) and, before sadly passing away, Mikio Fujioka (guitar). They all play on different projects besides BABYMETAL and one I enjoyed a lot is KARI BAND (something like provisional or temporary band in english). I'm guessing the name comes from twisting a bit the name "Kami Band" and it is a project started by Yuya Maeta (dr.), BOH (ba.) and Mikio Fujioka (gt.) where they sort of keep some of the heavy sound you get from BABYMETAL but they go a little bit more towards Jazz on their music. Despite Mikio's passing, they kept the band going and they play with some other guest musicians. They been doing some amazing stuff that you'd probably enjoy, so hope I you can check them out. Even if not for reactions on the channel, I think they're reaaaally worth listening. Little something before ending this, Mikio's probably a big influence on Takayoshi's guitar technique. His technique was ridiculous..!!! So, if you can go and check some of the random stuff of him around KZfaq, it'll blow your mind!! That's it, Gent! Sorry if this went too long haha Thanks again and see you next time!

When you said “backup band” about the Kami Band. I assure you, BabyMetal fans .... The One... love the Kami Band as much as they love BabyMetal. Whenever they listen to Starlight, the first thing they’ll say is “RIP Mikio”.. “Miss Mikio”. I have never seen, read, etc nothing but praise from the Kami Band members when they talk about the ladies of BabyMetal.

Can't wait to see your face on Boh's Bass tapping 😁

Queen SU and her Kamis! :)

You might enjoy SU-METAL’s vocal performance on “Amore.”

You'll find your Flamenco sound in Night Night Burn, but here, Babymetal gives you a Metal Waltz.

kami band.Takayoshi Ohmura (Guitar) Leda Cygnus (Guitar) ,BOH (Bass) Aoyama Hideki (Drums)

Great reaction! Yea, the Kami's have some insane talent, this intro will never get old. Glad you enjoyed the actual song as well though. Looking forward to your Tales of the Destinies reaction! 🤘🦊

Theres a reason they called the Kami 's, god's in japanese 😀 BOH (bassist), in one of his video talk highly about the girl's and how they influence him as the musician. Its easy to tell thats the Kami's had a good time to play the role as a support band, furthermore you can find the antics between them and the girl's on the stage, its very enjoyable to watch

The synergy between the Kami Band and Babymetal is the whole secret. Neither would be as big a deal without the other. Consider that they sold out some big arenas in Europe, which Japanese bands hadn't been able to do. I'm pretty sure the Kami Band members know that we fully appreciate how good they are.

Now, you know why they named Kami band, literally God.

Thank you for this reaction. About BOHs playing, their is a KZfaq channel called: Terra Music Which has 2 short videos: Bassist BOH Bass Play Demonstration 1 and Bassist BOH Bass Play Demonstration 2. The first one has more of that tapping. About the stage Babymetal show, I remember a metal magazine journalist who said: "as much pyro as a Rammstein show". Which I don't think is true, but it's definitely a lot ! And they, I think, are definitely the metal band which spends most time on their stage show. About the size of Babymetal: Metallica plays stadium shows in a couple of countries, Babymetal plays arena shows and stadium in Japan (and they had 2 arena shows outside of Japan). Rammstein and Metallica get to perform as the last band (closer) at metal/rock/music mainstage of festivals. Babymetal has only played mainstage at festivals. About physical endurance, part of the reason they have these Kami band solo's and the Su-metal solo songs is because of endurance. The other 2 girls also have 4 songs they perform as a duo. During the Su-metal solo song they get a rest and during the duo songs Su-metal gets a rest. The longest Babymetal shows have been 1.5 hours, which also had short videos showing story line before some songs. A straight Babymetal show is 1 hour. And they hardly do solos anymore these days, the girls are old enough and trained enough they can do that whole show for 1 hour straight. They have no basically no break. Their is no talking between songs. And no encore. The mixing of styles and instruments/vocals/contrasts is one of Babymetal's best strengths. Babymetal music is actually very dangerous... their are many fans who say they list to Babymetal every day. Like some kind of addiction. They have a very high repeatability-rate (you can play them often without getting bored). PS Your description says: Road of Resistance.

An instant classic !. Do you know the Kari Band ?. It is a side project of Mikio Fujioka (RIP), Yuya Maeta and Boh. They play a very interesting mix of Jazz Rock fusion. After Mikio's death, the lead guitar is Satoshi Oka, his disciple. This year they have released an EP, Nimaime (traduction: Second Piece), a kind of tribute to Fujioka. Their best known song is Samurai Groove.

If you want some more impressive musicianship I recommend Tales of the destinies (live) Amore (live) Akatsuki (live) Yava (with kami band intro live)

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Great reaction. One of my favorite performances by the Kami-band and Su-Metal. Great musicians. This song also shows the amazing voice of Su very well. Thank you for this reaction.

Ohmura (the one who played the second solo) is such an impressive guitarist. As you said, his picking hand technique is incredible. Sometimes you can hardly see his hand move at all. I think he uses just a little bit of wrist movement, while most of the movement comes from the finger joints. In addition to that he also has great phrasing and a great sense of tone and melody. I love watching him.

The “Mischiefs of Metal Gods" intro is a ritual performed by the gods of guitar, bass & drum to summon the Metal Queen Su-Metal. because in this song her human soul has been trapped in the recurring nightmare with no way to escape. the Kami Band in this show are : - Leda Cygnus (1st guitar solo) in the past usually play with 6 string, but now he's using 7 or 8 string. - Takayoshi Ohmura (2nd guitar solo) in this song he's using 7 string guitar named "Golden Moon". but, during the extra show "BM Metal Galaxy World Tour in Japan" in 2019, both him & Leda was using 9 string guitar (ESP E-II MF-9 BabyMetal). - B.O.H (6 string bass) - Hideki Aoyama (drum) his little brother (Yuki Aoyama) and father (Jun Aoyama) also a drummers. but, sadly both passed away. his father is consider as one's of the best drummer coming from Japan.

Nice reaction & thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 Kamis' (=Gods') super plays were excellent enough as a main event in the show, but once the 16-year-old Queen emerged from the underground, she colored everything differently and turned Kamis' plays into a ritual to summon her. Kamis are all remarkable session musicians and they also paly in their own bands or other activities. The 3 girls once said like "We feel we have been protected all the time by Kami band" and Kamis said "The girls took us to stages in the world, outside of Japan. We have nothing but gratitude towards them". This is a very ideal relation between talented and attractive front performers and super supporting musicians, isn't it ?

Mindblown.

Good reaction! More BABYMETAL!🦊🤘

This one is my favorite SuMetal solo and top 5 Babymetal songs, beautiful darkness in there

Night Night Burn by Babymetal next! Love your reactions bro

Takayoshi Ohmura's solo stuff is worth checking out. BOH sometimes joins him on bass and other times it is Shoyo from Cross Vein (also supports Jupiter) and Kuze on vocals ex-Concerto Moon and currently with Jupiter.

Babymetal has 4 songs that Su does solo and also 4 songs with only Yui and Moa. Or they did before Yui left the group. But they still perform them. Moa does them alone now. They are great too. My favorite is 'Onedari Daisakusen'. It's in the style of Limp Bizkit but they make it super cute. It's the cutest Babymetal song. It was ridiculously cute when Moa and Yui were 13 or 14.

⚡ / 🔥 😱 🔥 Not sure which required more courage from Su. Dancing on a small raised platform in the dark with no net or railing, or following that Kami Band showcase with a solo. Little known fact: They had to rebuild Budokan overnight, because she burned it down when she premiered this song the previous night. : ) And… that's why we made her our Queen at sixteen years old. Her voice has only gotten better since that March 2014 concert. Su performed three solos that night. She did 'No Rain, No Rainbow', followed by 'Akatsuki' earlier in the set. That Black Night Budokan concert is still one of my favorite shows of all time. This performance is my standard answer to anyone who says that BABYMETAL aren't really metal. : ) They just finished playing their 10th out of 10 new Budokan concerts on April 15th, 2021. There will be a paid online stream in June with footage from those ten shows.

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BUDOHKAN is the legendary place for all musicians🎸 They have played there so many times！🤘🦊🤘

Kami Band is such an amazing band with sickly-talented musicians. Songs like Ijime Dame Zettai, Megitsune and Headbanger are always several songs that I really love Kami Band play. So great and fun. Rondo of Nightmare I always thought of as more of progressive metal of Babymetal/Kami Band, and it showcases the players' personal skills so greatly. Thanks for the reaction GG. Cheers!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

Great reaction and analysis. Recommend Akatsuki live for Sumetal’s outstanding vocals and a fantastic dual guitar solo

I am so happy you liked this one! For more epic guitar check out Karate For more epic guitar and drums check out BxMxC For another epic intro check out Catch me if you can with the intro

Excellent! Arigatou! 🦊🤘 #notacult

What music when Su was singing i could only hear Su 🤣 Just think if you had followed up Gimme Chocolate all that lost time you of probably seen them live by now . Great reaction and really enjoyed you explaining about the musical bits made it very easy to understand. 🤘🦊🤘

Yeah this is an excellent showcase of the Kamiband's talents. Was looking forward to this reaction. I was already hooked on Babymetal by the time I got to this song, but this is the one where I really noticed the Kamiband and started looking into them more. I'm going to go with a less common recommendation because it also has a Kamiband intro, with Mikio Fujioka this time, and probably the best breakdown this side of Megitsune. "Yava!" - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mMiDgZudsNG-pZ8.html (make sure to watch the clean video linked in the description rather than the watermarked one on KZfaq)

Great reaction, thanks! BABYMETAL was formed around SU-METAL's singing and performing skills so I guess it has always been a SU-METAL-centric group. But yes, thanks to the solos (even nowadays) you can appreciate how incredibly talented and skilled the band members are. And what is more impressive is the fact that Su was only 16 here and this was just the second time she performed this song live (the song premiered just the previous day). Until next time!

The first guitarist was Mikio 'Kogami' Fujioka. HE dead in an accident 3 years ago. Here him: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h7p_eMp3zNm5lZc.html And the bassist, 'Boh'.. a beast! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/frh4d7x817umgps.html

You mentioned flamenco guitar style so why don't you check out one of their more recent songs, Night Night Burn?

Expert composition performed by expert musicians. One of their best songs... and still they have even more songs that compete with it.

Ok, now a few facts: - one of these 2 guitaristrs, Ohmura, said that the singer (SU) must be a genius, because in this song the music and the singing are following 2 different Tempo's, and that's extremely difficult to do for a singer! - at 8:13 when the music stops and Su sings on a different way, there is a Singer reactor that said that she is doing that Live, using a technique called Nasal Resonance by pressing the mic on the nose and singing at the base of the Mic (if I recall correctly, i'm no expert :D ). On another reaction I heard a sound engineer saying that that part was surely on a backtrack... Even among fans there is no one who can be certain about it :D - Su has 4 solo songs (Rondo of Nightmare, Amore, Akatsuki, No Rain No Rainbow) while the other 2 girls Yui and Moa have 4 BlackBabymetal duo songs (song 4/4no uta, GJ, Onedari Daisakusen, Sis Anger). They used to do so in longer shows everyone could have a rest! After Yui left the band in 2018 they haven't been doing a lot of those anymore.

Traditional Flamenco dancers would be awesome at a Spanish metal concert.

🦊❤️🦊❤️🦊❤️ Every time I hear Rondo of Nightmare, my eyes fill with tears of emotion. Ever. It is a song with a very strong lyrics and the melody, together with the visual is at the right point. I thought for several moments that you would arrive at the same point ✌🏼😎 Hugs from a Babymetal Fan 🦊. It was the first band to introduce me to that rabbit hole 🐰 from Rock Made in Japan 🇯🇵 #KitsunesUP #BabymetalBrasil fans #LovebitesBrasilFANgS 🦊🐺 Walk Together! 🤘🏼

YAVA!, Akatsuki, Catch Me If You Can, Kagerou also have a Kami Band solo.

So you want piano, guitar and vocal epicness with a dramatic vibe from classic metal band from Japan, X-Japan, without those two backing vocals/dancers (a.k.a Yui and Moa) and only powerful vocal of Su? AKATSUKI RED NIGHT is the perfect next reaction of Babymetal playlist🤘🤘🤘

Great reaction next one to do catch me if you can also from budokan black night the kami band.do an intro on that and you’ll probably have that running through your head the songs about playing hide and seek with an oni (Japanese ogre/demon) the growls represent the oni.and it’s yui and Moa as well as Su.

The bands are very happy and glad to be their 'back up' because they love Metal and Babymetal. Someone mentioned that they won't do backup if it's not Babymetal, i don't know if it's true. Ohmura (yellow guitar) is a guitar prodigy imo, he's always doing funny expression. Felt sorry that he lost his mate and teacher Mikio (him and Mikio is the regular performer in many Babymetal concert)

It seems that the Japanese bands do a lot more bass tapping than Western bands. Between the Kami Band, LOVEBITES, and BAND-MAID, I’ve seen more bass tapping in the last six months than I have in the last ten years. I don’t know if you know this about Babymetal, but back when Yui was still around, Su had a few solo songs so Yui and Moa could take a break and Yui and Moa had duo songs so Su could take a break. Yui and Moa together was known as Black Babymetal. Some of Babymetal’s heavier songs are Black Babymetal songs, most notably “Sis Anger.”

Kami god😇

You should react to the Beginners guide to BABYMETAL. It would give you more context and help you remember the girls' names 🙂 Kitsune up! 🦊🖤🤘

After seeing your reacts to Megitsune and Road of Resistance, I was really hoping to see your reaction to live Rondo of Nightmare with the intro. I love reactors' faces when BOH melts them with that bass solo.

Late to the comments, everyone else has said in even greater detail what I was going to say. Over the course of a larger arena show there would have been a solid high energy 100 minutes or more. They would pace the show with a Kami Band showpiece or two to give the girls a rest - a Su sol would have given Yui and Moa a breather and a solo spot for Yui or Moa, or their duet known as Black Babymetal, would have given Su a break

The Kami band background is jazz fusion and there are a few KZfaq videos of them outside of BABYMETAL.

Waiting for some nemophila😃

You might wanna check out these guys for more J Metal if you havent: Ningen Isu - Love Nirvana Aldious - Sweet Temptations Crossfaith - Monolith The GazettE - Filth In The Beauty

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What a beautiful song, what a great performance and amazing reaction 🤟🏽🦊❤️

Waiting with eager anticipation...

I see you haven't yet reacted to "Karate" which has some of their heaviest guitar riffs, or "Tales of the Destinies" which is their most progressive (but not popular) song. They could change your perception of Babymetal

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アリガトウ!!!

While you have indeed managed to pick some of the biggest fan favorites to react to, those few songs are only the tip of the ice berg. There is so much more to discover. And now that you've listened to some songs from their first two albums, perhaps it's time to revisit the third? If I understand correctly, the only song you've heard is "Pa Pa Ya"? Why not try "BxMxC", which is quite different, or maybe "Starlight", which is probably my personal favorite? Then we can return to the classics, like "Headbanger" and "Babymetal Death", which you will absolutely love.

The Kami Band are some of the finest musicians Japan has to offer and compliment Babymetal well. Do not use the term backup band cos The Kami Band is The Kami Band. They are much loved by Babymetal fans as much as the Babymetal girls. Babymetal and The Kami Band are a whole unit. Alice in wonderland with darker theme. You cannot categories Babymetal into a specific genre of metal because they have everything in their discography. Great reaction. Kitsune Up 🦊🦊🦊🤘

Thank you from Japan🤘 I recommend CRYSTAL LAKE / Apollo Japanese metalcore band

Starlight , Shine and also Arkadia the trilogy is good to hope i can see next in your channel 😁👌

Ahemmmm… One should refer to them as “the Kami Band”. They’re not “backup” by all means! “Kami” can mean “white”, “paper” or “GOD” - all fits perfectly. These guys are the best the genre has to offer. \m/ BABYMETAL \m/

Great reaction, next song BABYMETAL Death legend 97 live.

Yui and Moa were taking a break. They might have been energetic-mid-to-late-teen-professional-dancers, but they are humans too. Both of them had duo songs, in order to give Su a break too. The song is about Su having a nightmare. She's been chased and cant lose whatever is chasing her. When she finally gets caught (the "lullaby" part at the end), she asks to at least see its face, since she's going to die anyways. 🤘🏻🦊🤘🏻

Suzuka is amazing on this one, a much 'darker' song for BABYMETAL...agree with other's recommendation of 'Tales of the Destinies' for some absolutely brain melting instrumental work from the almighty Kami Band....

Please listen to Babymetal's "Arkadia"!

haven´t seen the reaction video yet. but the owl has a recommendation for you: "Serenity in murder - land of the rising sun OV" japanese metal in premium quality, a koto (the lying harp) is involved and a fine female growler, guitars doublebassdrum galore too. maybe the GG is interested? cu later.

This intro,when with Mikio on stage even better ,just saying.

5:51 BOH: Are you not entertained?

Metallica??? Pfff... Watch Tokyo Dome or Legend Metal Galaxy... Babymetal are in a league of their own in stage design... Great reaction ... Love this performance, it's just incredible, really showcases the level of the Kami band.

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please next react Babymetal - Night Night Burn - LMG with logo and English subtitles (Check Descrption)

If like Djent try maybe KARATE

Grande intro....la canzone invece non mi piace molto....se non sbaglio uno dei 2 chitarristi è morto qualche anno fà....purtroppo

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