I edited the video before they released the Metali live MV. That's a good amount of kamis screentime there!! Go watch it, what are you waiting for???

I like them more when the Kami band wore corpse paint and white robes

100% agree. Recently, I revisited the three Blu-rays back to back (Returns, Begins Black and Clear Night) and I noticed this. I even commented it a few times. I hope Koba rethinks the treatment they are giving the Kami Band in terms of screen time. 🤘🦊

The western Kami Band are great musicians but have zero onstage chemistry with the girls, that's my biggest issue with them. They look exactly what they are, faceless hired player's.The eastern Kamis on the other hand had personality and it was fun watching them interacting with the girls and they really seemed to be a part of BABYMETAL.

Back in the good ole days that you mentioned, the band was a huge part of the show, and each member had their own personality.. thats the Babymetal i fell in love with.. when i first saw the band having to wear mask, i honestly had trouble believing it.. it's humiliating for the members, it takes individuality completely out.. i hope they had to triple their pay to make them look that ridiculous..

I lost my way in the Foxhole for 3 months now (still mad i didnt discover them YEARS!! sooner) But i recently watched all Pro-shot live shows also bought the Blu-Ray Delorians till Tokyo Dome. (Wish i coud have gotten FoxFestival shows on Blu-Ray Delorian 😢) And this video you made is exactly my problem i had after Legend S Baptism XX live shows. The girls still doing an amazing job but the lack of Kami-Band footage bothered me fairly quikly and those MASKS!!!!!!!!!! Why KOBA................ Seeing BoH rock out doing his dances and Takayoshi Ohmura Facial expressions, Mikio Fujioka with GOD TIER RIFFS!! RIP😢 Hideki Aoyama Doing his clean drumming, and the others Leda ISAO that we saw at the early years and after Mikio's tragic accident 🦊 I saw streams from Legend MM they did Kami solo's again (STILL THOSE MASKS THOUGH GRRRRR KOBA!!!) so im hoping we are getting back to how it shoud but those masks wont change im affraid. But great upload im glad im not alone with this issue. 🤘🦊

Do you think the eastern Kami Band will ever return? 🥲

We really need the Band shown more. They are a integral Part of what we call Babymetal and really deserve to shine. It even would make their Shows better with all the little Interactions between Band and the Girls and the Audience.

I’m hopeful that Kami West will see a bit more screen time going forward, and maybe even the return of solos (more regularly). Pretty sure Kami East played st BM Returns, so maybe they were purposely cut to preserve consistency, as Koba knew Kami West will be doing rest of the shows? Doesn’t appear Kami East will return for the foreseeable future. Members with various projects already. Still miss them though. Also, now that Babymetal is “whole” again, Kami West became tighter as a band this year, and may be in the back end, demonstrated their dedication, Koba can get them more screen time. I believe the band focus was diminished post-Yui due to increased uncertainties, and perhaps it will return closer to the “original norm”. My guess is the masks will stay though. Regardless, I’m here for it! Lol. 🤘🦊

I’m glad that Kami solos is back in Legend MM

I miss more kami band to!

It's not just their presence, it's also noticable in the music. I feel like the instrumental music is kinda getting pushed more and more into the background and has been simplified significantly. On their first 2 albums if you removed the girls from the band the music itself could still be strong enough to hold its own. Nowadays it's mostly just accompanying and under the radar. To me Babymetal peaked with Resistance and kinda fell off the cliff after it. Sure they still bring out some bangers here and there but it feels like they're losing their uniqueness and trying too hard to reach bigger audiences (a tale as old as time).

Ok, I’m about to drop some theories in here, straight from my heart. Here’s my take on it: Babymetal has changed a lot since the hiatus, they now are a metal band more of their own, rather than three cute kawaii girls dancing in contrast with a powerful grownup musicians playing metal (the Kami band). This seems intentional. This wasn’t designed by them, they were a subunit club, we all know that, they had no say in anything, we don’t even know if they liked it at the time. Well, now they do have a voice, Su and Moa now seem to like way more what they’re doing and playing since their return, and it’s clear to me that they fought for this. (Might I add, Yui’s departure for me had a lot to do with this lack of control, they mostly did what they were told and that was it). The whole group performance now seems less scripted, the girls seem to have more control on what they’re doing. This is may be my western look at it, but in other words, this new Babymetal seems way less idol and way more like an actual band than before. I do love that old babymetal, but that concept is gone. There are changes in lots of aspects that points to that direction, and the kami band being just the band is one of them, in my opinion. They’re the band, but they’re not a thing. The girls are the whole thing. It’s all on the girls now and I love that. I love the Babymetal we had before, but I must say this new one is the Babymetal that I always wanted: Su, Moa and now Momo more in control and enjoying themselves like we have never seen before. The difference between their authenticity on the stage now and then is immense. So, bottom line is, the kami band no longer being a thing is a consequence of Babymetal changing as a whole. For me, for the better. After all, the seasons change.

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The footage you are showing seems to be the US guys who plays for Baby Metal. And they are not Kami band

Is three who noticed that there is different guitar tone between east kami and west kami? After listening all dvd that consist east and west kami's band i can say east kami guitar tone is more "heavy" in distortion and west kami is more "clean" sounding guitar. Dont get me wrong they all have a great sound. For example during megitsune breakdown. In 2023 bluray the other one black night (west kami) is more light guitar tone, there is no palm muted guitar and in 2020 japan extra show (east kami) there is palm muted guitar riff and noticeably more heavy guitar tone. And give me chocolate guitar solo so far is better played by the east kami than the west kami imho.

Perhaps $$$ the almighty yen/ dollar Is the reason for just about everything. I don’t wish to criticize this project that has brought so much joy to so many. My guess is If you reduce the importance of the musicians, and cover them, and reduce their screen time to near 0. . . You can swap them out more easily and yes, pay them less. . . Personally I find it disrespectful to the musicians, who are still all top notch, but it certainly doesn’t bother me enough to reduce my enjoyment of their playing or the project as a whole. I hope they don’t downplay it any further, because without the Kamis playing that heavy heavy music, the girls would be a pop group lost in the noise of all the others . The METAL aspect is the main thing that lets them stand out. I saw them recently and it was AMAZING! Thank you to all involved.🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼

I agree with many who also feel the painted faces were superior to the masks at least from a visual perspective.

I know this is a few months old but wanted to add my 2 cents. Has anyone actually asked the band members if they prefer the masks? I mean 3 of them are from Galactic Empire and they wore masks there too. I mean, there's plenty of artists and bands who wear masks. Some of them do it as a way to not have to deal with stage fright. Everyone just assumes this is Koba's doing but what if it was actually the bands idea?

The current band is exactly what management wants them to be. Faceless musicians. This way the focus is more on other aspects of the Production. I think as much as we liked the original Kami band they were distracting from the show. When the one guitarist died it put negative attention on the production. I think that was the final straw. Amuse knows exactly what they're doing.

The new members are not part of the Kami Band

Kan ini sdh sesuai judul babymetal jd yg dijual babynya, sumetal, Yui metal, moa metal, momo metal, kami band emang konsepnya dibelakang babymetal, inikan gebrakan baru dr kobametal, ingin buat yg beda, lain dr pada yg lain, jd janganlah cari cari kesalahan orang, buanglah sifat iri dengki itu, klw mau anda buat sendiri grup band yg sesuai dgn konsep anda, anda ini yg suka merusak selera pasar musik, babymetal ini termasuk experimen yg sukses diterima pasar musik dunia, kita harus Terima kasih sama koba metal, dan semua yg terlibat kelompok mereka ini, paham anda kan

Agreed. It bothers me that the musicians wear masks, almost dehumanizing them. It bothers me that they stay in the background, having next to no interaction with the girls or the audience. For me, it came to a head during the perfomance of Akatzuki at the Budokan in 2021. The guitarists nail that double guitar solo perfectly. They should be in the spotlight, right beside Su. Instead, they are kept in the shadows like wild animals, while some dancers do a mok fight that doesn't even make sense for this song. And we are talking about the musicians that were literally instrumental in providing some continuity during the difficult years, thus helping to keep the act together when everything might just have fallen apart. A great injustice is done to them. The Fox God taught us to let our voices ring and to never cease to demand justice, did he not? So here is my demand: #FreeTheKamis Spread the word. Set them free.

Ini mungkin satu kesalahan kobametal, tp maaf ne cuma pendapat, koba kan orang Jepang, kenapa koba harus ganti kami band Jepang sama kami band barat, apa koba takut grupnya ini gak bakalan dilirik sama dunia lagi,tp apapun yg terjadi saya tetap suka su, Yui, moa, momo. Good job buat kalian semua, apakah ini artinya orang asia selalu takut sama orang barat, apa apa yg ada di Asia selalu harus melibatkan orang barat, sama halnya kaya team pabrikan dimoto HP, motornya real aslin Jepang, tp pembalap utamanya selalu orang barat,emang selalu miris melihatnya, sedangkan pabrikan barat gak pernah mau memakai pembalap dr asia, apa emang asia orang orangnya selalu dibawah barat, serendah itukah level kita orang asia dibandingkan dgn orang barat, orang asia selalu diatur sama orang barat

I don't see any issues. Why are you even looking problems when there is none?

I appreciate what you're trying to do. But that mashup of Kami Band bits and pieces is more of an audio train wreck than an homage. The band is great, I wish they didn't have to wear the masks. But they're all still part of the Babymetal experience and I'm not gonna set about to trash that.

Babymetal´s peak was 2015/2016. Since then the positive craziness and the fun more and more disappeared. Imho BM never recovered from the departure of Yui Mizuno. Even Momo can´t fill the gap properly. But it is still more pleasant than various girls on a rotation, of course. With the original Kamis, BM appeared as a real metal band. Then came the weird masks, and the eastern Kamis were no longer used. Western Kamis are nothing but paid mercenaries, staying behind, to play the music. BM need to go back to their roots.