Miyako is talent at it finest. And the drummer.. who is only 4'8" tall never breaks a sweat.

Miyako the Piano player started when she was 3 yrs old. And became a concert pianist at 19. So 16 years devoted to the piano. She picked up the guitar when she was 18 and taught herself to play it. No formal training. She is an incredible talent.

Great reaction. Haruna is a human drum machine, she plays the drums along a piano backing track without falling off the beat at all.

Lovebites...incredible talented musicians.No sex appeal,no other tricks... The music does the talking.After 30 years of listening heavy power prog I can say This is a very very special band to me.They are one of my favourites.This is quality 100%.definitely not an ordinary band.

Prodigy level right there. Miyako is my all time favorite musician. She plays both guitar and piano at elite/prodigy level, and she' composes a bulk of Lovebites music. Go down the Lovebites rabbit hole - you will not be disappointed.

Miyako brings tears to your eyes when on the piano. Very elegant player.

Miyako has a supernatural talent.

fantastic reaction! metal + grace + elegance + beauty + sympathy + great musicians + great songs = LOVEBITES !!!

It's always so rewarding to experience Lovebites with someone who can see what a treasure this band is, and Miyako especially.

No matter how often I listen to Lovebites, I’m always astounded by their extraordinary talent. Swan Song is absolutely beautiful. The piano at the end is emotionally moving every time. Miyako is amazing.

This performance is like what I like to call "Miyako Magic" :) And Miyako can play bass, drums and she a pretty decent singer...she's got it all!

Thanks for a nice reaction! We are many Lovebites addicted...but sure not as many as the ladies deserve. But Japan is Japan...it seems its enough to be known there. So many incredible japanese girl bands, not known by many in the west

Miyako "The Golden Touch" Watanabe is a virtuoso on piano as well as guitar, in her compositions, she loves to incorporate and infuse classical elements to create a new phenomenal sound to metal. This is her song and it is quite evident in the style she writes her compositions. All five women are trained pianists but Miyako and Asami are the only ones who do play the piano on specific songs. So, because of this style of writing many confuse Lovebites as being symphonic metal and there is no way they are symphonic, otherwise they would have said in many of their interviews. Haruna is probably one of the best drummers out today, the way you witnessed her today on a two-hour show she is relentless and never breaks out a sweat. Asami the singer comes from RnB and Soul music background and she studied ballet as well, Midori started to learn piano at around two years of age and electric organ at eight but gave up both upon entering university and started to learn guitar at 20. She is a graduate of Musicians Institute Japan in Osaka and listed Kiko Loureiro, Nuno Bettencourt, and Yngwie Malmsteen as her biggest guitar influences. Generally speaking, Midori said that she plays the “flashy and aggressive” guitar solos in the band, while Miyako plays the “slower, more melodic” ones. Miyako has played classical piano since she was three and guitar since high school. Having grown up listening to classic rock bands like Deep Purple and Rainbow with her mother, Miyako ended up being very influenced by Ritchie Blackmore. But she has also been influenced by more modern guitarists, such as Timothy Henson and Scott LePage from Polyphia. It was Disarmonia Mundi’s Ettore Rigotti who inspired Miyako to start composing and arranging songs. Haruna has played drums since she was thirteen years old, and began writing songs on a keyboard at fourteen. From elementary school up to high school, her favorite band was B’z, but she became interested in heavy metal after hearing Halloween’s Master of the Rings. As a result, she stated her basic drumming style is that of Uli Kusch. She met Miho and plays drums in Destrose, another all-female metal band that disbanded in 2015. Lovebites were formed in Tokyo in 2016 by bassist Miho and drummer Haruna. The two met while members of Destrose, another all-female metal band that disbanded in 2015. Miho has been strongly into hard rock and heavy metal since junior high and started playing bass in high school. Her favorite bands are Iron Maiden, Pantera, Mötley Crüe, and Anthrax. She referred to her playing as more showmanship than technical and cited Steve Harris as a particular influence alongside the style of Nikki Sixx.

Its so obvious how different the guitarists are as persons too. One is outgoing and expressfull. One is more introvert and dont want to show off. They are just different beautiful in their musicianship. Yes they have backtrack sometimes on organ, synth, and piano only. And only when she obviously cant play both at a time. All is played by Miako And yes some choir and intro for the concert is backtrack. Absolutely amazing instrumentalists.....

For "Swan Song" Miyako combined two of her favorite classics; Chopin's "Revolutionary Etude" and Dvorak's "New World Symphony"

Great reaction to a phenomenal band. These ladies are brilliant in every possible way and their songbook contains only jewels.

Fantastic band, for sure my best find in the last few years! Great commentary, and I look forward to your continued Lovebites journey of discovery! Welcome to the Wolfpack!

Lovebites is an incredible band, five pure talented girls you won't find a bad song in all their discography, unfortunately last year the bass player and founder of the band left but soon the new member will be announced, Great Band and Great Reaction thank you!🤘🏼🎸🥁🎤🐺💖🇯🇵🇮🇹

Welcome to the World of Lovebites ....the best heavy metal band existing on planet earth 🌏 Miho.....bassist and leader of the pack... sadly she left the band last year in August and the band has been in hiatus since. But they have had recent auditions for a new bassist and will be known to the public soon. Miyako...dark haired guitarist/pianist Midori...blonde guitarist Haruna....drummer Asami....vocalist All of them are spectacular, phenomenal, technically perfect musicians with an aura of their own. 🤘 Miyako is a prodigy IMO Glory to Lovebites 🤘 🐺 🔥 Miho! Miho! Miho! 🤘🐺🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😍

Thank you for your thoughtful and expert analysis, it is truly appreciated. The genius of Lovebites is their homage to Chopin "Revolutionary" Etude Op.10 No.12 with their lyrics (regarding heroic sacrifice for the battle that drove Chopin to create this memorable composition) in keeping it in the same C minor key and melding classical music with hard rock. There have been many collaboration of classical compositions with classical hard rock, but this particular composition should sit in the hall of rock and roll fame as one of the best ever. And yes, Miyako (the pianist/guitarest) is an extremely special talent. Unicorn status.

Lovebites always impress us! It's amazing! I love Lovebites!

Mr. Cieslinksi, I found your analysis and reaction to this song refreshing and insightful because you are a music teacher. I grew up during the 50s and 60s when music was considered a very important subject in grade school and I know you can relate to the importance of music education. Many who react to Lovebites, particularly Swan Song, don’t really get the depths of talent that we’re witnessing with this band. You instantly saw that Miyako had years of classical piano training. She’s been playing since her parents started her lessons at the very young age of three. She truly is a world class concert pianist. I’ve subscribed, as one musician to another, to your channel because I hope to see more of your analysis of other Lovebites songs. Thanks for your reaction!

Great musicians!

LOVEBITES🔥🤘🐺🤘🔥

Miyako began piano at 3 yo and was on track to be a certified teacher and/or concert pianist. At 17/18 she decide she wanted to play Rock/Metal music. Got herself a guitar and a "How To" book. NO Lessons!! She wrote the music for "Swan Song" with Asami, vocals, is the lyricist. Miyako and Midori, guitar, practice/rehearse in Miyako's home studio to ensure they stay in sync. The arts are still taught in Japan from an early age. Talent/ability is recognized and encouraged with an infrastructure to support them. There are 200+ Rock/Metal bands in Japan with about half all female. Right now the best rock band in the world is touring the US now, Band Maid. Japanese and all female! Suggestions: "Freedom" - "Domination" the live version for both.

Miyako, classical trained pianist, has been playing since age 3. Current age is 32. Lovebites are evolving heavy metal to the next level, bringing elegance, refinement and a powerful positive message. They are the Metal Warriors, saving Heavy Metal from darkness & obscurity.🐺🤘

I like to see people react to LOVEBITES for the first time. Your reaction is one of the best, because you realized how amazing this band is. And you know, besides talent, the amount of practice and hard work it takes to be that good. Easy to understand, why LOVEBITES is my favorite band.

So good to hear the thoughts of a musician on these women. Bear in mind that this song is just a part of a 2 hour show. Most of it at this speed. Miyako is a trained concert pianist. Started at the age of three. I think she picked up the guitar at about 18, or 19, and turned her attention to rock & metal. Praise the Gods for that. So many more songs in their catalogue to watch. Try 'Scream For Me' (live in concert) for some sensational guitar solo's. Fourteen in one song. Ten of them in Battle Mode. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l8mnntOZzOCyl2w.html

Me encanta ver las reacciones de compañeros de profesion,nos damos cuenta de las conplegidades de tocar ciertas notas con sus respectivos instrumentos,un lujo escuchar estas mujeres virtuosas, que de vez en cuando salen a la luz grupos escelentes,

Welcome to the world of Japanese Metal/Rock, so many great bands to check out. Unique composition that don't stick to the norms we are used to hearing, and the musicians been in most cases highly skilled.

thanks for this great reaction and appreciation of this outstanding band. bands like lovebites are so rare. the lady with the two instruments is called miyako and also their main composer. they are influenced by the good old metal (iron maiden, judas priest, testament, pantera, metallica, anthray, slayer and more), but also from classical music. and they are able to combine that to fantastic lovebites metal. they have a backcatalogue of around 50 songs (first EP came out 2017) and there is no bad, stale or mediocre song in it. only very good songs, masterpieces and epic masterpieces (swan song is one of them).

LOVEBITES - Swan Song lyrics: If this was the last day you could live on this earth Would you still go on, accusing someone for today It’s better to fail than not do anything at all It is not the length, but depth of life that counts Oh brave soldier Oh gallant warrior Valor to those who died in battle to Valhalla Believe what’s in your soul For death will come to all You shall rest peacefully in God’s Heaven Floating lotus You are so graceful Saintly and glorious Till the end of time Floating lotus You are so beautiful Sing me your sweet song The legend of the swan If you’ve never hoped, you’ve never been though despair Ignorance is bliss, it’s easier to not care You might think it’s meaningless to sacrifice a life Sometimes the life of one can save so many more Oh brave soldier Oh gallant warrior Valor to those who died in battle to Valhalla Believe what’s in your soul For death will come to all You shall rest peacefully in God’s Heaven Floating lotus You are so graceful Saintly and glorious Till the end of time Floating lotus You are so beautiful Sing me your sweet song The legend of the swan SOLO: miyako / both Floating lotus You are so graceful Saintly and glorious Till the end of time Floating lotus You are so beautiful Sing me your sweet song The legend of the swan SOLO: midori ----- lyrics: asami music: miyako arrangement: LOVEBITES (miho, haruna, midori, miyako, asami) from Electric Pentagram 2020

Great reaction. Welcome to the best band you had never heard of and wish you had five years ago. Lovebites are definitely the real deal and IMO one of the most talented and vesatile bands out there today. A once in a generation band and Miyako and Midori (blond guitarist) are one of, if not the best, twin lead guitarists, male or female, playing today. The question is whether Miyako (guitar/piano) is a world class classical pianist who is also a world class rock/metal guitarist or is she a world class rock/metal guitarist who is also a world class classical pianist. She has played classical piano 29 of her 32 years and started to teach herself to play the guitar around 15 years ago. You should check out 'Edge of the World', 'Set the World on Fire', 'Frozen Serenade', ''Break the Wall; 'Epilogue', 'Empty Daydream' 'Shadowmaker' and 'Holy War' to really appreciate the range and versatility of Lovebites. Always choose the live performances which fans prefer to their their studio recordings, and having watched 'Swan Song' you can see why. There are around another fifty gems like this one to go.

welcome to the next level, the world of Lovebites the world of beautiful ballads, heavy, power, speed, thrash metal.

You're right - that was an experience. They are amazing and top of the line! Yes, they have a massive following.

That was absolutely mind blowing!!!!

My favourite band for the last 5 years.

My Western palate did a complete 360 and changed completely, on what I thought my assumptions of Metal was, upon discovering Lovebites.

The Chopin piece performed by Miyako (guitar/keyboard) as the intro is "Etude OP10, No12", known as "Revolution Etude" In 1831, an uprising of some officers and civilians against the Polish government under the de facto control of the Russian Empire, dubbed the "November Revolution", failed due to the direct intervention of Russian forces. Chopin is informed of this news during his travels. he lost his place to return to. When the Russian army invaded Warsaw, Chopin's agents released "Etude OP10, No.12" in Paris. People called it a "revolutionary etude" because of the agent's exaggerated promotion of the song. Miyako composed "SwanSong" with reference to this "revolutionary etude" and Dvorak's "New World Symphony". Former ballerina Asami (vocals) wrote a poem inspired by Norse mythology and "Swan Lake" based on the historical background of "Revolutionary Etude". "SwanSong" is a requiem dedicated to the warriors who fought to reclaim fatherland, a masterpiece that only LOVEBITES can complete. LB's songs will give you new discoveries and surprises for each song.

🐺-pack will be here soon . Love your reaction and you 're going be surprised how deep this hole gets . These ladies are phenomenal!🔥🔥

She's a great synth player too.

Hara is one of the top 3 drummers in the world

Hello Bob, hope you’re having a wonderful Christmas. I’m just starting to watch your older videos. Loved your reaction and appreciate your deeper analysis. This song definitely features Miyako, piano and guitar, but I am happy you could talk about the other members, especially Haruna on the drums. I mentioned in another video I’m a retired band teacher but also I’m a still currently multi-instrumentalist in many genres. One instrument are the drums (I’m more of a percussionist than a drummer) and I find her abilities outstanding. I know I could not play at that level and I appreciate everything thing she does. Have a happy New Year 🎉

Please do epilogue live, you’re in for a treat, these ladies are indeed legit 😂

Thanks for the terrific in depth review. Wolfpack USA here. Hope to see more reviews soon. The rest of the pack will point you in the right direction for future reaction material and explain the "inner" workings and history of the band members. Hope to see more of your reactions to them soon. 👹🤘🐺🐺🐺💯

The original song doesn't have a Chopin intro. It's just a bit they put into the show prior to the song because it's in part inspired by his work.

Thanks for the reaction! LOVEBITES is a phenomenal band, all the ladies are talented musicians! For 5 years they have recorded about 50 songs and all the songs are very good! 🐺Miho - bass, backing vocals (in August 2021 she left the band). 🐺Haruna - drums. 🐺Midori - guitars, backing vocals. 🐺Miyako (Mi-Ya)- guitars, piano, keyboards, backing vocals. 🐺Asami - lead vocals, piano. "Etude Op.10, No.12" ( or "Revolutionary Etude") by the great Polish composer Frederic Chopin, which was written in 1831 and is dedicated to the Polish patriots who raised an uprising (1830-1831) against the Russian Empire, whose troops occupied Poland. "Swan song" ( lyrics - Asami , music -Miyako) from the third album LOVEBITES "Electric Pentagram" (2020). For many centuries (starting from Ancient Greece) there is a legend, according to which swans, non-singing, "silent" birds, acquire a voice a few moments before death, and this dying singing of swans is amazingly beautiful. "Etude" by F. Chopin and "Swan Song" are dedicated to the warriors who died in battle. Therefore, at the concert, "Etude" and "Swan Song" are played together. In an interview given after the release of the "Electric Pentagram" album, Asami (a former ballerina, studied classical ballet for about 16 years before becoming a singer) said that when she wrote the lyrics of the song, she was thinking about the famous ballet P.I. Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" . During the performance of the song, Asami imitates the Swan (hand movements). And in the final part (piano Miyako), symbolizing the death of the Swan, Asami depicts the dying Swan on stage, as in the ballet Swan Lake. Because the camera at the end of the song is focused on Miyako playing the piano, Asami's "death of the Swan" was not captured on video.

👏🙂 Badass. Nice to learn about different kinds of music here

Thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 Lovebites is one of the best bands in our country. We say "Japan is the country obsessed by Rock Music". The history is very long and the obsession started in 1966 when Beatles visited Japan and held 5 concerts at Budokan. Speaking of hard rock / heavy metal music, a number of bands started to come to Japan since as early as 1970s : Led Zeppelin / Grand Funk Railroad (1971), Deep Purple (1972), Queen (1975), Kiss (1977), Cheap Trick / Van Halen / Scorpions (1978), Judas Priest (1978/79) and so on. Now, any type of rock can be enjoyed here, especially by many all-female or women-fronted bands. They are daughters of American / European rock, for sure. (Many are grand-daughters in terms of age.) Uh-oh, we also say "Japan is the country obsessed by Jazz". It had started earlier than rock 😄

More piano LOVEBITES Edge of the World Live at Zepp Diver City in Tokyo,

Great reaction and so good to see someone who appreciates Haruna's drumming on their first LOVEBITES reaction. Its so easy to be dazzled by the guitars that I think she gets overlooked initially. 👏👏👏👏👏👏

I don't want to sound repetitive, but I'm going to say it anyway, because it's true, This is the best heavy metal band today! The entire LOVEBITES discography is pure gold. Thanks for the great reaction! 🐺🤘 Asami👑❤️ Long Live LOVEBITES!🐺 Miho 💜 Thank You 💜

I believe that Lovebites currently has 45 songs in their catalog, not counting a couple of instrumentals. Miyako composed 20 of the 45 and both instrumentals. Three of the other members have also composed songs but in collaboration with a keyboardist/composer named Mao - Miho (10 songs), Asami (4 songs) and Midori (2 songs). Mao has written 5 songs for the band. Haruna has contributed one song which she wrote prior to the creation of Lovebites. Miyako and Miho have cowritten one song. Only one song, on their first album, was written independent of any member of the band or Mao. Other than the composition with Miho, Miyako works completely alone. She also works very fast. For example, the most recent full album called Electric Pentagram had 12 songs, 6 of which were written by Miyako (including Swan Song). She composed all six songs and sent out the demos before any of the other six songs. As well as she played in the video, she is really not a fan of electronic keyboards or plastic keys. She is old school and prefers the percussive nature of an actual piano as well as wood keys. I think swan Song would have been even better had she been at an actual grand piano instead of that Roland.. And if Miyako was not perfect enough, she is a huge Star Wars fan!

You should listen to Nemophila and Band Maid too!! Japanese female bands are in the top higher level.

Thanks for reacting to amazing Lovebites and spreading the word; they deserve more recognition. Well, it seems you’ve just been lovebitten, too. These women are extremely talented, skillful, versatile and proficient musicians. Some people say that they are redefining metal. Those twin lead guitar solos by Midori and Miyako are already legendary, in just six years. Their main influences are Metallica, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Slayer, Helloween, Angra, Dragonforce, and even Gary Moore, but they have been developing their own style. They really shine in their live performances.

I believe these ladies are top shelf when it comes to Metal in Japan, another Japanese band to listen to, although they consider themselves hard rock, is Band-Maid, in their genre they are the equivalent of Love Bites in theirs'

More piano LOVEBITES / Edge of the World (Live at Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo, Japan) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNhpbKVlt9zFfZc.html

And so, slowly but firmly, Japanese rock gets the recon it deserves.

Goddesses

Love Lovebites, and, yes, Miyako is a pure talent, and no the drummer never ever stops. Ever. LOL

Hi, its Esa from Finland. Iam very huge fan this amazing ladys so i just asking if you can reaction song Burden of time... miyako plays two instrument same time, piano and guitar...so i think you wanna see that 🤘

Lovebites deserves a million followers but sadly they are relatively unknown, especially in the USA. They have toured in Europe and the UK and played at a few major festivals in 2018 and 2019 but then the pandemic shut everything down. In August of 2021 the band lost their bass player and is just now about to announce the new person, so they haven't toured in a while.

My friend your reaction is about the same as mine was when I first discovered this band a little over a year ago. Mind blowing talent, every single member, just amazing how they fit so many notes together so perfectly and at this insane speed. They do this song after song. Midori, the blonde guitarist, is just as phenomenal on the guitar as Miyako is. They both do amazing solos in every one of their songs. Check out "A Frozen Serenade" live next. Use this link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d8too7SH2pO2fmw.html

hello Swan Song, I suggest you listen and watch a song by the Lovebites girls that is Holly War.

Thanks for the great commentary on this fantastic song by LOVEBITES!! 🤘🐺🤘 Miyako has been playing piano since age 2/3, picked up the guitar at age 19/20. All of them have basic notions of piano, but Miyako is on another level as you can see here! They play many styles from ballads to speed metal and all in between, they are phenomenal musicians and big fans of old school metal, Maiden, JP, Metallica, Slayer, etc. ASAMI - Vocals, MIHO - Bass (founder and leader, no longer in the band), HARUNA - Drums (founder), Miyako - Guitar, keys, Midori - Guitar. Miho and Haruna were together in a previous band and decided to form LOVEBITES! They wanted an old school metal band that sings in English! They dont go too crazy on stage, just not that kind of band, it's all about the phenomenal music!! Maybe try some thrash metal Break the Wall - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a7aTY7t8ldKynYk.html

She also plays bass and drums

1:49 Great observation of yours, Bob. I heard that in some radio programme these days: Many aspiring pianists do not have enough reach in their hands to get enough distance between thumb and smallest finger while playing. That reduced their musical options, but some of them nevertheless practice, practice, practice, and spread their hands in spite of their pain, to the point that their hands ache or the joints, tendons, etc. even painfully inflame. That is sad, and absolutely absurd. All joy of playing leaves them, and just tension, frustration and the will to "make it to the top, no matter what" is left. But that is not the way it should be. Miyako is just made for music, and for playing "her" instruments. But if someone is just *not* made for doing something: Better let go, than ending up in tension, frustration and failure. No-one wants to listen to a bad-mooded musician without charisma but covered with bandages and "full of painkillers".

When looking for impressive guitars and drums may I recommend Kanami and Akane from Band Maid?

Yoshiki must be very proud s2

I have to complain always, if somebody comes with "she is so talented". No. It's work. Hard work, hours over hours, many years!

Another awesome Japanese band to check out sir is a all female rock band BAND MAID they also will blow your mind and also that was a great insightful reaction sir 👍

It's alway nice to see a real reaction, Thanx sir

LOVEBITES 🐺 INCREDIBLE

Great reaction! I enjoyed your pleasant and knowledgeable delivery. Subscribed. Look forward to more.

Check out "under the red sky" the live version at Akasaka Japan. It is about the atom bombing of Japan in WWII. It's an absolutely amazing song and the crowd participation is good and the ending afterward is fantastic. Check it out!

Very enjoyable to witness the debut of your LOVEBITES experience. Besides your acknowledgment of "The Golden Touch" Miyako's piano skills, I appreciate your immediate recognition of "Little Big Engine" drummer Haruna. Her precision relentless dbl-kick work plus 'melodic' use of quick-decay 'china', splash & bell cymbals & drums through a plethora of fills/transitions that shape the foundation of these songs is unique in my 'drummer' experience over 60 years! Louie Bellson never dreamed the like! A 'feature' of LOVEBITES is how surprisingly unique each song is, different from the others, and their arrangements, modulations, breaks, break-downs, prog elements, and all those fascinating transitions with Haruna 'driving' the whole musical structure, in detail! Every song has a solo by each guitarist and only a few out of 50 lack a harmony-duet, though all contain many harmonized 'rhythm' parts (tremolo-picked palm-muted arpeggiated chords). Another aspect you noticed is "The One & Only Voice" Asami's "ballad" vocal styling over the hyper-guitars & drumming. The pace of the actual chord-changes support the vocal melody (as does Haruna's cymbal work, even while dbl-kicks are locked with "Natural Born Head Banger" Miho's hyper-bass-thumping). "Crazy Shredder" Midori & Miyako devote hours upon hours to their guitar parts before and during full band rehearsals. Each writes their own individual solo & collaborate on the duets. That they can perform like this for 2 hours is a testament to their fitness & training. Last song at least as demanding as their most challenging, and no visible fatigue or sloppiness EVER in any performance. All songs, including all solos, performed-as-written (no improv), note-for-note & beat-for-beat, and Haruna's 'drum arrangements' I do think are the most complex to remember, as you will see. Her timing on 'bell' use is becoming legendary, a 'trademark', as are the star-cymbals she 'adopted' before LOVEBITES. (btw, I am a drummer/guitarist.) I hope you find time to enjoy more LOVEBITES. I have said that their lyrics take them from 'a great band' to 'a meaningful experience' which you might have gotten a 'taste' of with "Swan Song". imo, humanity needs encouragement to self-empowerment, perseverance, integrity, dignity, personal-responsibility & unity-in-love, and that is LOVEBITES consistent 'theme', though often prefaced with honesty about the harsh-truths, pit-falls & challenges of life-on-Earth. Every song is 'worthy' but it will take watching/listening (with headphones) to at least a few songs in a row from a LIVE performance to really BEGIN to comprehend, not only their skill, but their talent in 'telling a story' with their songs. Also, to expand on your LOVEBITES experience most with just 2 songs, segued in performances, are as others have suggested, "Edge Of The World > We The United" begins as piano/vocal ballad where they lyrically ask meaningful questions & express their values, transitions galore through many genre, finding their way to offer encouragement & guidance. Both songs have [cc] lyrics and last little clip is end of show appreciation to audience & group-bow, a tradition. total time 13 min: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i8Caq7Cbp9XUZ6s.html 🐺

Welcome to lovebites,hopefully you enjoy lovebites music

Swansong is Miyako’s masterpiece. But the whole band is so ridiculously talented. Vocalist Asami plays piano (though to what degree I’m unsure) and she composed the song “A Frozen Serenade”. All the band members are gifted, and can read and write music, with a great depth of understanding. You didn’t get chance to see the other twin lead guitarist, Midori, in action. You get a snippet here, but she’s a match for Miyako on guitar…in fact Miyako defers to Midori, at least she did in 2017, I think she’s her equal now. If you like Swansong because it’s different, you’ll love “A Frozen Serenade”. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d8too7SH2pO2fmw.html

"Oh my gosh, and there's more!!" lol. Right there with you Bob. Curious was that the piano track at the end that was during the song. Minus the ending when she slowed down to warp speed.

Miyako could walk into any concert hall in the world, following any other pianist, and blow them off the stage imho.

Thanks! Next one: Holy War! Live at zepp diver city 2020

great reaction, please reacting more Lovebites. You will not find a bad song from them. These ladies are world class tatents.

Welcome to the Wolfpack! Midori and Miyako are one of the best metal guitar duo's nowadays!

Sick band. 👍🤘

In background you can hear prerecorded track from Miyako (piano player): Ocean, another Chopin etude. She begun on piano 30 years ago and 14 years ago on guitar with the guitar 's manual for dummies!

Here for my daily Lovebites fix 🐺

Wolfpack don't need Thor to bring a thunder coz we got Haruna ( the drummer ) to bring it with her drumstick... 🤘🤘🐺🐺🤘🤘... By the way.. good reaction my friend .. Glad that you found us and have a pleasant journey with us... Until to the next reaction... stay safe and stay LOVEBITES.. 🤘🤘🐺🐺🤘🤘....

Go back and listen again how the tension buildup once the piano is over is all drums. Haruna starts with the kick one speed for a measure, doubles the speed on the next and the next. Genius, and then near the end when the intro riff begins again she does the slower kick, next measure lays off the kick and uses toms then the last measure back to the kick at full speed. Haruna is now my favorite drummer with all the little bits she throws in. All the ladies are phenomenal but on her instrument Haruna is just a notch higher than other drummers. Miho the bassist is the real genius gluing Haruna's crazy drums to Miyako and Midori's playing.

It's always great to see a new member to the Wolfpack. Enjoy the Journey. They do not have a bad song in their entire catalog. When you have a chance, check out Edge of the World. It has Miyako on piano and my favorite guitar solo by her as well. Hoping they come to the US in 2023! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i8Caq7Cbp9XUZ6s.html

"Possibly even a decade." Closer to three decades, actually! She's been playing piano since the age of 3, and she's 32 now (if I remember correctly).

all of them are world class musicians - they always play one man live shows. would you want to follow them on stage ? nope. seriously they have no competition. right you are about pianist/ guitarist miyako. she is a classically trained pianist since age 3 and is now 32. then at 18 picked up a guitar and believe it or not is self taught ! wait till you hear something a bit heavier. try the live of 'holy war' and buckle up : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mM1xq9N21avHnqM.html

Masterpiece🤘🏻🐺🤘🏻

Always nice to see that it's not just me being all amazed by the talent of this band. You want suggestions for more treasures? Do you know Unleash the Archers - Awakening? Another highly talented and fast playing band. Or yet unknown but totally worth to check out? Fury - Burnout. Enjoy

Just like you didn't know them, neither do a lot of people.... may they have the attention and success they deserve....

Technical Level for piano.... Blasted out past Pluto.

So good to see you react to Love Bites and hear your expert commentary. Cheers Bob! If you want to hear more fantastic Japanese Rock, I highly recommend Unlucky Morpheus or Galneryus, both great bands, especially live.

Wow wow love bite my best band ever , thanks for reacting ⭐️

Good review, I hope you also check out Frozen Serenade by Lovebiyes

Miho Miho Miho!

If you like this, you should react to Band Maid.