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LOVEBITES - Shadowmaker lyrics: Caught in the noise, my thoughts are destroyed Trapped in the silence, it's so hard to breathe But still I go on, my hunger is strong Hoping that someone will grab my hand Stranded by moonlight I realize the cold of this world Maybe it's too late？ No one can save me From all of the darkness and solitude Cry, like shadows of the night I carry all the pain inside to justify why I'm alive Despite going through this hell Cause still my heart has hope No matter if I'm torn apart, I'll play my part Before I drown with secret thoughts of my heart Reckless and fast, how long will I last？ Dancing like puppets, I'm empty inside Fighting the fear, and grieving the dear Hoping that someday I'll be repaid Only my echoing heartbeats can prove that I'm here Am I all alone？ Even a faint light is too bright for me, I can't see a thing Hide, in shadows I reside I tremble like a heartless soul, no place to go In desolated land knowing no escape But still I wish to live Just waiting for a somebody to notice me Before I fall down to depths of the abyss Caught in the noise, my thoughts are destroyed Trapped in the silence, it's so hard to breathe But still I go on, my hunger is strong Hoping that someone will grab my hand Stranded by moonlight I realize the cold of this world Maybe it's too late？ No one can save me from solitude Cry, like shadows of the night I tremble like a heartless soul, no place to go In desolated land knowing no escape But still I wish to live Just waiting for a somebody to notice me Before I fall down to depths of the abyss Like shadows of the night I carry all the pain inside to justify why I'm alive Despite going through this hell Cause still my heart has hope No matter if I'm torn apart, I'll play my part Before I drown with secret thoughts of my heart

Greetings. Awake Again Live from Abyss is LOVEBITES continuous live performance of their first album, a celebration of it's third anniversary of release, performed for Pay-per-view on October 25, 2020. A limited release of the 'made to order' Blu-ray shortly after, shipped on Christmas day. In concert they all wear individually unique white dresses, it has been said it is to be more visible as they are petite women, the keyboardist/guitarist Miyako being 5'2 and the other under 5' with drummer Haruna 4'9". Asami is vocalist, Midori guitarist and Miho is bassist-leader and co-founder with Haruna. The had been together in "Destrose" all female Metal previously. Miho's interest was in a band emulating '80s Metal, particularly Steve Harris of Iron Maiden. Ballet trained Asami had spent 2 years in USA after highschool studying Jazz Dance and speaks English quite well which fit the Euro Metal of Miho's interests. All are multi-instrumentalists.

KZfaq would not let me post this in reply, but here is the song with Miyako playing keys and guitar simultaneously. "Burden Of Time": kzfaq.info/get/bejne/arVymcJ4057Jlqc.html

I would like to point out that the sounds are most likely modified by uploader of the video. It has twice the bass than their normal versions, music video and live Bluray concert. That is factor that also might actually make lead and rhytm sound "less powerful", when they are faded in the background and not in original mix setting. go ahead and check their actual music video and you will notice the difference.

Thanks for reacting to amazing Lovebites. I understand that you, as a sound engineer, analyze this song from that perspective. By the way, I just checked the audio of this video vs the audio from the “Shadow star” channel, and the audio of the latter is better, at least for me.

As a musician and a fan of the band, i like your technical approach on this. Its reasonable true and fair, plus i learned alot with recordings and mics, set ups, EQ's.. i love it

Very interesting hearing how you view the sounds. I actually wish the band would sound much heavier, in which they do in their live shows. Lovebites are not just power metal, they actually play thrash, ballads, 80's style metal, practically many styles. It all comes from the bands they've all listened to (Iron Maiden, Metallica, and many others). Cheers to you!

I agree with you on one point, and only one point; music is a universal language. The vocal delivery of the lyrics is more important than the words themselves.

Thanks Friends , great reaction , great analysis , Lovebites my favorite Japanese female classic , power , speed , metal band , greetings from Chile 🇨🇱 , God bless you .

I don't think LOVEBITES needs an analysis. They're just SUPER 🙂

A new category guys ! We already had: Vocal coach, vocalist, band vocalist, metal vocalist, guitarist, metal guitarist, singer, metal singer, guitar coach, drum teacher, jazz bassist... And now Sound Engineer !

This band plays many different types of music, Ballads, Thrash, Power, Hard Rock and even classical piano (Miyako in back with the Dean guitar) is classical trained from age 3 and only took up the guitar at 18. Asami's has a R & B background and a great vocal range. They wanted a more European sound than the usual J/Metal when they formed in 2016. The guitar duo of Midori/ESP and Miyako/Dean are wicked good and harmonize amazing especially LIVE. They are insanely talented and all play multiple instruments, the singing in English is as you pointed out so they could have more appeal with that European (80's golden metal sounds) bent. Empty Daydream LIVE (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/or6Ykth-sp-Ymok.html) shows off that piano intro by Miyako before she switches to the guitar and her and Midori go for the power surge.

Btw, the engineers for their albums are mixed by Mikko Karmila and mastered by Mika Jussila usually. The same sound engineers who work with Nightwish Yep, a little strange. A japanese band who sings in english and the studio work is done by finnish Anyway, Lovebites is an exception, almost all the japanese bands use japanese with only some themes in english or put some english words inside their themes

The song is Shadowmaker, Awake Again:Live From Abyss is the name of the DVD this is from(it's a live in studio recording of their debut album, Awakening From Abyss which is where the name comes from)

Midori and Miyako's favorite song to play! The audio engineers of Lovebites are the Finnish Mikko Karmila and Mika Jussila they are one of the best in the world. The vocalist Asami has stated that she is now used to writing songs in English.

Shadowmaker was their second music video and as such produced for maximum impact as a recording. Miyako told in an interview that she mixed about 5 guitar tracks and 2 or 3 bass track for the heaviness in addition of a synth track. So I guess it is hard to transfer that into a live setting. In all live versions of the song that i know of, they play it with a little different backing track, so it seems they still search for a perfect transfer. The songs on later albums seem much more to be composed with a live setting in mind. Lovebites as a band cannot be judged from one song, since their style is much broader than the term Power Metal suggests. I would recommend to listen to any track of their Five of a Kind live DVD, since it has the best sound of all their live recordings and the whole band is on top of their game. The first two tracks "Thunder Vengeance" and "Holy War" are available on their official channel. "Edge of the World" and "Swan Song" from the same concert showcase more of their musical variety.

Miho Miho Miho! not sure why so many dislikes, liked what you had to say, I did not see this Live stream so I don't know for sure but the Guitars sounded Weird to me

Awakening from the Abyss was the name of the album this song came from

I agree with other commenters that the sound is compromised. I can hear low bit rate artifacts and the balance sounds off from what I have heard from other live recordings (more midrange?). Anyways interesting commentary from a different perspective on one of my favorite bands.

Hey, thanks for checking them out. As you realized they keys are there for other songs, the dark hair guitarist is a classically trained concert pianist from age 4, she only picked up the guitar at 18. I agree with you, having this DVD and 2 other Live DVD's, the guitars in this one aren't my favorite, i much prefer how they sound in the Live ones, they sound much heavier. It doesn't make a huge difference for me because i love their songs anyway, but for sure i'd say the Live DVD's are better mixed. They are not strictly a power metal band but they also do thrash, heavy rock and some (power) ballads too! They have been together for 5 years only and already have an amazing portfolio. I hope you check them out some more, they are fantastic! Stay safe.

Don't worry, Lovebites doesn't feel forced to sing in English. They do so out of respect for their musical influences which are primarily European and American.

Cool analysis...like it ! as sound engineer, definitely 'sound' is a important thing for you... Hopefully you would like to listen another lovebites' song...

Thank you very much for the opinion of the difference sound engineer who lacks knowledge. Occasionally get out of the studio and take a look at the world? There are lots of great sounds, music and culture for you who only know English. The days when the center of the music industry was in England and America were long gone. By the way, it's just a rehearsal studio. Still, that kind of sound can be recorded in Japan.

You have a different view of good sound than most Lovebites fans. That happens. But one more question for you: Is it possible that you were the Sound ENGINEER at the Bloodstock Festival in 2018? The main stage ? I am only asking for interest.

I hope you check out Lovebites - Holy War from Zepp Tokyo for ballad songs you can check out Edge Of The World or Epilogue Thrash metal : Thunder Vengeance thanks and I'm still like your video.. I hope more Lovebites in the next videos

hi , can u react Deadsquad - the curse of the black plaque ?

Hi, ooo you like maximum the hormone, we are 2 now ha ha, great work your reaction, for me is very important people that work with sound, and you can listen details that others youtubers cant, i have a question for you, what types of videos you prefer to analyze? Live? Official video? Only song? Greetings from Argentina, and see in this next video

I agree the bluray/dvd sound better than this, I think the uploader compress the quality to make the file size smaller. Just check from their Official channel, I recommended song called Holy War live at Zepp Tokyo for the next review.. better visual and audio. Or if you want to hear her vocal ability and piano, check out their song : Edge Of The World, Epilogue, Empty Daydream. Miyako (black haired guitarist) also play piano. Thanks

Bro, react to them live at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo 2020, songs Raise Some Hell, Holy War...

Very interesting overview. I agree for this performance the guitars did sound a tad off then their usual sound. This particular session was from one of their Live Streams, so I presume there was quite a bit of production going on. Not an expert in that, so don't come at me :) As someone who has listened to them for past two years and know their capabilities and compositions, they are, to me at least, the best band out there. This one and couple of others like When Destinies Align and Rising are intentionally made more to reflect more familiar sound of power or trash metal with showcasing their skill set and they have MV's for them. Like someone mentioned, they keyboards are used in some songs, with obvious distinction when Miyako uses both guitar and keys in harmony. In some of their live performances Miyako uses Roland piano and she's darn good at it. I am rather curious to see review of some other songs, that are less power/trash, like their magnificent ballad Epilogue, Swan Song, Edge of the World, Empty Daydream to some headbangers such as Holy War, Thunder vengeance, Raise Some Hell, Break The Wall, We United and dual guitar overhand tapping piece Signs of Deliverance. You can also check their live stream cover of Helloween - Eagle Fly Free, very well done.

You must see asterism, power trio from japan.

Mmmmm I mean no disrespect here because clearly you know your craft but 'A geeks guide from a sound engineer' would of been a better title. 😀 Thank you for your reaction and info'. Maybe one day, you could give a technical explanation with what an earth went wrong with the audio when Lovebites played at the Bloodstock Festival? The whole set is on KZfaq and you will only need one song to hear why many people comment on new reactors to Lovebites, never to use material from the Bloodstock show. I know it is to do with the ladies being switched to the main stage at the last minute and the set up was for an entirely different band but your technical knowledge, would be interesting.

Why all the dislikes? '-' WTF!

This is SPEED metal... Expert men

I enjoyed your reaction there, you told it like you saw it. I don't think you deserve all those thumbs down though. Great job!

The official mv for Shadowmaker is much better.

Learn how to speak a second language fluently then you'll really appreciate how much more work it is aside from being amazing musicians and performers. You should only do reaction videos to music you like that way you're not bias towards sound production.

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mired in your technical considerations you do not listen with the ears of the soul.