People at the top of any field first learn the rules and then learn how to break them. Even though it's a B-side, Screaming feels like an important song in Band-Maid history. Up until then, they were creating music that was fresh because of the way they were blending genres together, but Screaming was the first glimpse of the path they were going to take - creating something wholly new with songs like Different and Giovanni. I think it's normal to be a bit confused by these songs at first. Sam seemed to love it instantly though!

Man, Kanami is a blessed genius. She's constantly coming up with these tones, grooves, hooks, sounds, whatever you want to call it. That You think it shouldn't work. And on its own maybe it won't. If anyone else tried it. It wouldn't work. But somehow that adorable Genius makes it work.

This is from an online stream during COVID. Much lower budget than a Blu-ray shoot.

The song IS called Screaming. The intro makes it clear.

When they played Screaming during the 2023 north American tour everytime it got better and better. I feel like Saiki's vocals got better and more impactful.

Pretty sure this is from the streamed live Akyu-Ji 11 Feb DVD 2021- Third song in. I keep forgetting how great all Band-Maid songs are in some way. This one is a killer. As you said, those drum fills towards the end are just mind blowing.

Keep The Band Maid Train Rolling Boys🤘.

This was from one of their live online streamed concerts. I "THINK" this was recorded direct from the original stream, as after it streamed it was available for anywhere from a week to a month, and the replays had a little bit of post processing done on the audio to clean up the vocals. And I saw this performed in Houston and it was a pulse pounding driving sound that hits HARD. And If I remember right it was performed at Harevutai a Club in Tokyo that they rented for most of their streamed concerts. It is managed by their Record Label and is located in the Ikebukuro area of Tokyo.

There's so much I could say about Band-Maid's willingness to experiment outside their base sound. After listening to about, say, 50 songs, one will have a better understanding of the "Maid Rock genre." Here's a list of some of their base sounds to get you a baseline.. and then a list of some experimental songs to illustrate how they don't stay planted inside a box: Rin’ne, Moratorium, Domination, Clang, Dice, Spirit, Turn Me On, Fate, Play, Hide-And-Seek, Secret My Lips, Puzzle, Glory, and Choose Me to name a few. Here's some that move into other genres that you could consider experimenting outside their base sound starting with powerful, beautifully written slower tunes like Daydreaming, Anemone, Endless Story and Smile... or more punky like Don’t Let Me Down and Screaming… or funky like Bubble… or bluesy rock like The Dragon Cries… or poppy like Start Over… or cultural like the Band-Maiko series. Bottom line, to hit multi genres like Punky-Hard Rock-Metal-Pop with a touch of funk and grunge -- a number of which can be found within one song - puts them in the experimental (or prog) category. Few bands can do what Band-Maid does if you'll consider the totality of their large, 120+ song catalog. (Note: Written 2019, so there's way more current examples.) Thx, Chris & Sam!

MISA and Akane the rhythm section played together in college and before Band-Maid.

There's a pretty good live video of this. Search Band-Maid Rockville. From Daytona in May

no need to apologise. what's important is that you get to know more and appreciate deeper the work of this five-piece juggernaut. 🤘

I knew it was gonna be a wild night in Houston earlier this year when they played "Dilemma" and "Screaming" in the first four songs. Dilemma might actually outdo this one on the weirdness scale but I love it.

Just remember who you're talking talking about kanami tono we call her mincho the genius that gives band maid their order out of chaos because they are the living legends known as band maid

Classic BAND-MAID move - put your coolest song on the B-side of a single and tell no one. I love this crazy combination of surf, punk, thrash, and rock. Reminds me of the Pixies a bit. BAND-MAID are the genre mix-masters.

Before I saw Band Maid perform "Screaming" live in Atlanta and then in Minneapolis, it was a high listen on my playlist. After seeing them perform it live, it blew me away. The intensity of the song got everyone in the audience moving. I hope Band Maid produces a much better official live video of the song. It is kick-ass!

Screaming is the B side of the single Start Over, but it is in my top 5 Band-Maid songs. It is on the World Domination Tour DVD and it sounds amazing.

Esta canción en su día Akane decía que era la más difícil de tocar para ella, pero sin embargo ella era capaz de tocarla con una venda en los ojos. Otras Bandas con una canción cómo esta hubieran sacado un álbum basado en ella y lo habrían explotado hasta la saciedad, ellas sin embargo la pusieron cómo la cara B de un humilde sencillo. Simplemente tienen otra filosofía. Se van poniendo escalones y los van subiendo y el próximo que suban tampoco será la cima.

Band Maid ❤ As odd as this song is at times, it’s absolutely a blast live. You hear exactly what I hear with the dissonance; that it sounds as if they’re messing up? When I saw them do this live, my ears were confused, but I watched Kanami and MISA closely. They were totally in sync, so I knew everything was purposeful. Thanks for another Offset Era reaction to start my day ☕️ Here’s something completely different from them that you ought to get under your belt: “About Us” It’s a slow jam, however, as musicians I know you have ears for anything. Sam, especially, needs to hear MISA’s tone in this one. (And see her play fingerstyle for a change)

This video is from a live stream during the corona period (without audience but with some interactions through social media). The weirdness of the song is totally intended..

The intro is what I call “The Batman Song”. This is one of their Online Live gigs during the Pandemic. I believe it’s located in one of the floors of the Record Label which they converted into a concert filming room. It most likely became like a Sound Studio already.

Yeah this was a Raw Covid era live stream and didn't have the production budget of that much of their DVD/Bluray live concerts had.

TBH this song should only be seen in good quality for the first time (or at the Rockville festival) A lot of fans only liked the song after Rockville because of the apparent chaos (IMO)

Since everyone writes their own songs, their own melodies, they can play whatever they want. This song and Givovani are beyond my ability to perceive.

This was one of BandMaid’s covid live stream performances. It is available on DVD, but this one looks like it was recorded from the live stream on their PC.

I have their catalog, I didn't need any more but I like them so much I bought the 10th Anniversary compilation anyway. I would suggest you guys get your hands on that if you don't want to buy everything like I did because there are 30 songs on the two disc set.

This one is a little more obscure - it's the B-side of *"Start Over"* which is a _completely_ different style of song. There was some controversy about "Start Over" because it's jazzier and poppier (except for the Saiki's f-bomb, and the music video isn't loved by everyone). _Some_ fans were worried about their "new direction," and all they had to do was flip it over and listen to the other side. MISA's birthday was about a month ago, and Akane instagrammed a picture with the caption "It seems that MISA and I are soul mates. (MISA said it came up in her diagnostic results). It's the best of the best when your rhythm partner is your soulmate!"

This is from their streaming show done in Feb 2021...if you want to hear a good acoustic song, go to Nishi Yukii and listen to Smile...I am sure you will like this song also...

This is from the Online live during COVID. The reason it has limited views is it probably keeps getting taken down.

Live Screaming in Rockville and Lollapalooza are very cool. Please check!

Looks like it might be one of their online okyu-ji's held during the covid days.

I'm pretty sure someone captured this from a live stream during COVID. The studio version is still crazy but the discord feels more intentional.

I always call this the EATON RIFLES intro as The Jam has a similar refrain back in the day. But again this is a typical Maid song. Anyone else could have made three songs out of the ideas in this one song. Band Maid do organised chaos like no other band. I think this is from an on line concert that was released as a DVD/Blu Ray. But others are more expert than me.

I really enjoy the Band-Maiko version of Screaming too. Miku’s back-up vocals are sick

This was from one of their online Okyuji during the covid time.

That opening dissonance was meant to be screaming I think?? The live version on the Shibuku Blu ray is awesome btw Great reaction per usual. Oh yes organized chaos fits well.

Yes more controlled chaos from BM girls. Misa sneaked in some great chromatic runs too. maybe this was a covid live stream. Which started rough but quickly improved in audio standard. There is a official clip of this somewhere, which the bass is louder. Eaton Rifles melody ( a song The Jam/ Paul Weller) is tacked onto end of chromatic riff. Sounds weird , but for Band Maid chaos girls, perfect. maybe Kanami doesn't even realise.

This BAND is aMAIDzing !!!!!

I like the fan cams of this song from some of the music festivals they played this year…ie. Welcome to Rockville and Pointfest

I suggest "Rinne" official music video!

There are no official music or live videos of Screaming. However, almost the entire BAND-MAID discography is available on their official KZfaq page as audio only. (The first album 'Maid in Japan' and the first single 'Ai to Jonetsu no Matador' are not on KZfaq, and there are some 'secret' tracks from special limited edition albums not on KZfaq. Just about everything else is available.) 'Screaming' studio recording is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gKiXgdtotL7YkaM.htmlsi=4AZLzK6Q1kHtpvma EDIT: Secret tracks from special limited edition VERSIONS of albums. There are no secret albums (that I know of - hmmmm), but sometimes limited edition versions of their albums have bonus tracks not found anywhere else.

The reason the sound and video is so bad is because this is bootlegged from an official live DVD (Band-Maid Online Okyu-Ji Feb 11th 2021 - 3rd track out of 31). I own a copy and it looks and sounds perfect. In fact it sounds 100% better. Great song too!

It looked to me like they took the original footage and magnified it

Put this towards some new Ernie Ball Prodigy picks

Greeting guyz!! Today, I would LOVE to suggest a brand new song entitled "Dissociation", by the French Canadian Death Metal/Classical project named "Disorientation". This is a lyric video* Thank you for your attention and have a nice day ;)

Great googleymoogely!! Now there's a word that is destined to take the place of the mudshark in your mythology!

This was from one of their live-streamed concerts which they did during the global COVID lockdowns. So yes, it's live, but it's their own team shooting it. The reason you don't see too much info on the video itself is because Band-Maid is still selling access to these concerts via their Band-Maid Prime membership, meaning this video is kind of stealing from them.

I think Screaming gets as close as they get to real punk, 70’s punk….

One of my 10 top 5 Band-Maid songs. Their "B" sides are always grade "A+". This was from their 5-10-21 "Day of Maid" streamed online concert. But is a quite bad rip especially the video but the song is great.

If you didn't stream the Yokohama Arena show, first of all you missed an epic concert. Second, sometime next year I imagine they will release a video copy so you should look up a play list and narrow down any songs you haven't heard yet.

I heard this first time, and found it odd, as opener for the simulcast of the Summer Sonic 2019. Not really a fan of the Psycho Circus Style Metal. And there are better versions of that like 'Different' or 'Black Hole'. I would put this at the bottom of the BAND-MAID discography along with 'The Dragon Cries' and 'Starting Over'. But still, props for the deep dive!

Thank you for your reaction! But you should really use a version with better video and audio... Maidiacs know there are parts of a funny blindfolded version of Screaming from Band-Maid camp on KZfaq too... 😉

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My ears are very happy but my eyes are just hurting. That is one blurry video.

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The drummer? Just watch what you're doing...hehe..

This recording was pirated from a live stream of one of their no audience COVID concerts in 2021, which explains the poor quality.

Sometimes Bandmaid gets to busy , the hooks also get very poppy at times . My only complaints about the maids

Looks like a rip from a pandemic stream. The lack of any audience is the clue.