I'm very impressed with MISA'S ability to pick, slap and pop at lightning speed, her thundering riffs that weave through the songs and Akane's machine gun double kick drumming. I am a Maidiac who found them quite recently, but I very quickly became a fan 🍌🎸🤘

Kanami and the Maids have unlimited ability and creativity. The next 10 years are going to an incredible sonic and emotional ride from Band-Maid. Thx Cheez!

You're totally right - there's not one bad Band-Maid song. They are all killer. It's been four years now and every day I've thanked the universe for finding the Maids. They've totally enriched my life with their peerless music, and with how they play with genuine joy. Band-Maid are the best band on the planet, and my all time favourite band.

Akane (A-Chan, the Gorilla) is the drummer. Kanami (Mincho) is on lead. MISA (the Barefoot Assassin) is bass. Miku (small pigeon and BOSS) on Rhythm.

Without Holding Back is such enjoyable, I didn't know Don't be Long, thank you for the discovery, Kanami is on fire.

This is prog rock, jazz rock, fusion, whatever you want to call it. Fantastic!!!

They released a whole version of their Unseen World album as an instrumental (the album Without Holding Back is on) and they work as instrumentals just as well as songs with lyrics. It’s excellent

There is a great fan cam of them playing Don’t Be Long - search Don’t be Long Dallas and you will find it. Mincho in full force.

The "Without Holding Back" video was part of the "Unseen World" First Press Limited Edition DVD/Blu-ray, it also included videos that focused on each band member for each song. AFAIK the only videoed performance of "Don't Be Long" was in the 12/13/2020 Online Okyuji stream. Others have mentioned the remaining songs written as instrumentals. They have also released many of their songs, that have vocals, as instrumental versions, likely to help other musicians figure out how to play their songs.

Kanami wrote this as an exercise to get Miku more confident to play "Different" It's funny to see people finally discovering Band Maid after I've been listening to them since 2015. Welcome to the madness that is Band Maid, the most relevant Rock Band on the planet.

There are a few more instrumentals. One is very different! You do not want to miss this one: "Dawn Winery Theme" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ps2ng8WgmcvTd4E.html

I believe Kanami-san mentioned somewhere that Don't Be Long is like a Guitar recital for Miku-chan in preparation for recording Unseen World. They performed this song live in NYC and Dallas (uhhh, not in 2022 but a few years ago). There're videos for them here. :)

I don't know how many times I've heard this song. But sharing your first reaction like this sounds very fresh. I don't understand the language, but I notice that it makes me smile at the same point.

There are some great hand cam videos of *Don't Be Long* from New York and Dallas 2019

You might like Misa's play through for 'Without Holding Back'. The other maids are available too as single play throughs. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/osylmc16uc7Ik5s.html

Those white room instrumentals are so fun to watch. You can not only clearly see their jaw Dropping talent, but also how much fun they have playing! Another great one is the instrumental version of Giovanni. At times, Akane and Kanami are going so fast, it looks like they sped up the film. Of course they didn't, but that's how AMAZING it is! Thanks again!🤘🤩🤘

Surely. Akane's drum skills leave me speechless. 😱😱😱

Miku once said "Laugh at me will you. well you can stuff your crummy cafe job cos i will form my own awesome Hard Rock band then i'll come back , buy this place & sack you :)

Yep there's Band Maid and then there's.......... Err more Band Maid, Viva the Maids 👍🎼🥁🎸🎤🍻

Without Holding Back is my favorite Band-Maid track. Absolute banger.

Thank you for this. Great songs.

Great reaction!! Don't You Tell Me live and Turn Me On live should be next sir!!!

Band-Maid is just a ROCK Powerhouse!! There's a couple LIVE videos for Don't Be Long from fan-cams, one from Germacy and the other from Dallas.......can't see Akane though.

Caught them in Dallas and they were so dedicated to awesomeness. They even seemed to be having a blast. When not knowing a word of a song and it can still affect you is a sign of a brilliant experience. Catch them if you can ...

I LOVE Band Maid. A good companion group is Ningen Isu. My great grand daughter calls them Band Maid's grandpas. I suggest Their recent song Heartless Scat for an introduction. First listened to them in 1990 or 91. Old guys (though they are much younger than I) can still rock.

What can you say? Musical excellence!

I"ve been really struggling to get into Bandmaid for a bit but these instrumentals really hit me.🤘 They remind me of the intro from Mighty Morphin Powerangers song of the 90's by Sting.

They played "Don't be long" during their 2019 US tour. Here is a link to a decent fan-cam recording: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rdR_ZrFyyJbafKs.html&ab_channel=RonAyala

Band-maid music can make people smile!

MISA MISA MISA!!!!! MISA MISA MISA!!!!! "Don't Be Long" has tto be My fav instrumental only because it is the one I saw LIVE in 2019 in LA, it is the one they did for the whole US leg of their 2019 World Domination tour while in Europe they played "Onset"

The only possible outcome after listening to these - heart on the floor, tears in the eyes, remember to breathe!

Nice reaction video. Two songs works great. Band Maid has a couple of live videos with two songs each. Check out the video with Manners and Black Hole. There's also a video with Dice and Different, but I believe you've reacted to Dice and the MV for Different is better mixed than the live version. So add the Different MV to your list.

Cheezy mate! Greetings on a suddenly brightening day after plenty of rain! Mount Fuji will wear a big white cap today! You have already become a maidiac what with your language changing! Next move/reaction should be From Now On, the instrumental they released this year and played at all their concerts in their recent US Tour! My favorite Don't Be Long live video was taken in Dallas a few years ago by Vladimir Chupin: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fa6jobRe0MWzoJ8.html And that was way back. It will give you an idea of their progress! Take good care of yourself! Best regards, Robert-Gilles

Akane - the happiest and best drummer on the planet. She is a goddess.

You have to listen to The Dragon Cries. Oh btw, it's required to give 4 Misa... Misa... Misa.. Misa.... chants for our awesome bass Goddess/Assassin

Fancams of "Don´t be long" live in Dallas (Kanami focus) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fa6jobRe0MWzoJ8.html and New York (Kobato focus) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rdR_ZrFyyJbafKs.html on their USA Tour in fall 2019.

Great reaction Band Maid 👌 the best 👌 👍

You can sign up for Band-Maid Prime, it's not that expensive, and they upload their live videos, each member doing self-cover of their part in different songs. Tons of fun.

ね？ここでこんなの欲しいってとこで、欲しい以上を放り込んでくるんだから、スゴ過ぎて笑うしかないよね。

P.s If you want to hear some amazing bass work, Check out Their 'No god' live. The live version that comes after manners in the 2 song video is the best version imo. It has amazing bass work all the way through if you really listen to it - like she is playing a bass solo the whole song lol. You could find the end of manners if you dont want to do a 2 song reaction. (Tho manners is great, imo the MV/studio version is a lot better). And another amazing song for bass is play - specifically THIS concert version kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gLOngMmax9Tcm4k.html With some extra bass stuff not in other versions. Hope you get to these songs at some point, they are top tier. BTW No god is also great for Akane's drumming :)

If you want something to groove to, check out their Manners/Black Hole live video.

Hi Cheezyzyz. I've been here since 2018 every day with these angels, as you will be for now on. Welcome home. Rock reborn. Wait until you check out the acoustic stuff and Band Maiko. Po!

The last albums just awesome/Unseen World,Sense, Unliesh/Couple request from earli year's: Matchless gum, Decided to Myself, Unfair game, Puzzle, Secret My lips,Yolo, Rinne,You,The non fiction days, Before yesterday,Alone,Cross, Moratorium, Don't you tell me,Take me higher,The dragon cries,..They had a side project Band Maiko...Well I am sure soon or later you just will do same as all Bandmadiac 😉and start collecting they stuff 🙂But if not...they have some more instrumental version of some song.Giovanni,After life, Domination,Dice,Yolo...and they have multiple cameras video from lot of song/Sadly just on Band Maid prime.../But of course we support for them 🙂 I actually try collecting they all original album...well not easy from my country...but I do my best.I see you enjoy they music and it's great...Be honest I was totally regret before I find them,mean music way...the west the born place of rock...but the last couple years...just getting boring...Well I don't know what happens in the Japanese music school/Actually I know...they use same method as here in my country We call Kodály method.../The country of rising sun make a new music revolution 🙂 Some other band what I suggest to you/Japanese: Sokoninaru, Glim Sparki, Maximum the hormone, Gatcharic Spin (from they the song Forever my personal favorite)India. Bloodywood,Korea.Jambinai.Well I hope you just go further on your way and discover this talented Japanese lady's music 🙂 Enjoy

As many have already mentioned, 'Giovanni (instrumental)' is a killer. Then, I recommend you to check out the 'Brand-New Road'. Misa's jazz break and Kanami's freaking guitar solo combination, which is awesome.

I just knew that you were going to pick up and smile about that Akane fill with the double kicks on Without Holding Back- just a bar of genius.

I always thought the dedicated kind of “solo” in this song sounded middle eastern lol, but the whole song may as well be a solo

I suggest the songs "Real Existence" and "Play" Official Live. If you want two MV's, I suggest the songs "Warning" and "Manners" Official Music Video...

Like you I often say "man!" to express astonishment. Considering how great Band Maid is, we probably ought to say "woman!", or the Japanese version "Uuman" :)

I'm sure Kanami knows of Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats). 2022 will go down in my memories of being privileged to see these two Phenoms live. Suge, Po! 🦍

Don’t be long BANDMAID two guitarists and Herman Li from dragon force collaboration is funny to see

Don't be long is a training song written by kanami for miku (rythm guitarist) so it doesn't have any mv. Of all instrumental song this one for me has the most structural instruments show off

Your reaction is lovely and I can relate. I think that this song should be the theme song for the auditions of all bands aiming to debut.

Yes! We love Akane😍💥🤘

There a few videos of the ladies before BAND-MAID..Akane playing in the club where she worked...Doing drumming for a singing act....Playing "Venus"...Shocking Blue..and "Blue Suede Shoes" Elvis..if I recall...Also of Miku in her idol days in the singing dancing trio "Lil Cumin"..Plus clips of Akane and Kanami playing in the side project "Mochi to Chizu"..Which would have been their new home if BAND-MAID had not worked...And also MISA and Akane playing backing for the singer "Becky"..well..miming..hehe!...Though tricky to do as a drummer....And various other interviews with the ladies are on KZfaq..Just have to do a search.

4:14 to 5:06 part got me all emotional too, so so good!

He’s having eargasms lol

Too often "instrumental" (in mainstream rock) conjures words like "filler" and "boring". Band maid doesn't understand 'filler" or "boring". They do understand "excellence" and "classy".

There are a few LIVE fancams of "Don't Be Long" ..if I recall....

Oh, holy sh*t!

That’s face melting music .

When you said There’s nothing to say. That’s when we say It’s Band Maid doing Band Maid things.

"....................................." - Every person rendered speechless by BAND-MAID! Thanks again!🤘🤩🤘

and there you have it...... Band Maid doing Band Maid things

Wasn't WITHOUT HOLDING BACK what Kanami and Miku did with Herman Li.

Another Instrumental from the same series as Without holding back is Giovanni.

As you know they dont do naff songs,ever,,İ would suggest YOLO MV,its an early song,but a banger and they had there musical expertise way back then,enjoy,great reaction.

The main riff in Don't Be Long sounds like early I Mother Earth

FROM NOW ON next? It's their latest instrumental.

Giovanni (instrumental version)...

How about that Flying V? She doesn't get it out often but when she does look out.

Told ya! 😀

Band-Maid's B-sides are often times better than their singles.

If you want to branch out, check out Nemophila. Dissension, Raitei, and Revive OMVs.

Just for your enjoyment, here is a fan cam video of Don't Be Long: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rdR_ZrFyyJbafKs.html

Freezer is good instrumental too👍

Reminds me of Satriani

Can you find a more melodic creative egoless synergistic consistent Hard Rock band? Their worst songs (very few) are not bad but their best songs (most) are Awesomazing and beyond. For my money there is no better Rock music out there. Currently and Before Yesterday. Peace. 1.37

Yup, they are kind of good, lol

...And now you have at least four reasons I'm a Band-Maid fan. Here's a link to "Giovanni" instrumental version kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jMiKYMSk2rmac4U.html

From Now On, maybe?

Band Maid doing Band Maid things...

It's an incredible band, isn't it？♪ It's a terrible skill that makes me shudder.😱

Actually this is someone else's reaction video but this one broke the camel's back and made me an official Maidiac. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jMiKYMSk2rmac4U.html

How do you rate perfection?

Perhaps a change of pace next time? Try Daydreaming and Alone. OMVs.

You seem to know a fair bit about music- are you a musician?

ついにこの楽曲にたどりましたね、おめでとうございます。