I'm glad you got to Unlucky Morpheus! They're a group of friends who came together to cover songs from video games then began creating original pieces together. The red haired guitarist is one of the founders, song writer and composer and does harsh vocals. All of their songs are great, but from a composer perspective I feel you would greatly appreciate their song CADAVER/REVADAC. With the exception of the drums and lyrics, the song is played note for note forward (Cadaver) and reverse (Revadac). I recommend the sheet music video that has the notes scroll at the bottom of the screen! Here's a link 🤘😊🤘 ua-cam.com/video/_yrNRhIreyE/v-deo.html
Correction Shiren is the founder not co-founder And used to do everything on his own but the vocals it wasn't a "friends getting together making music"but him starting on his own. He used to program everything Also,they spent a lot of years covering touhou music until the affected album
Great reaction again! Killing it, dude! I suggested before, but I’ll suggest again: how about some Band-Maid, for some more Japanese hard rock (Domination (live) would be a good jump-in point), and also try the Latin-influenced prog group The Mars Volta (Drunkship of Lanterns is my favorite). I’ll be on the lookout! Keep up the good work!
Great reaction. Glad to see Unlucky Morpheus here. I would love to hear your analysis towards their song Cadaver Revadac where as spelling suggest that latter is the first song played backwards note for note only the exception of the drums and lyrics. An amazing musical composition.
Glad you're enjoying doing your chanel. You've got a great positive energy that's needed in these tough times plus I get to hear a load of new tracks I probably would never have heard (apart from tool which is always good to hear again 😁)
Unlucky Morpheus were started in 2008 after the break up of a short lived band that did covers of songs from video games. The singer, Fuki, told the guitarist, Shiren, that she had enjoyed working with him so much that she wanted to do it again. So they started Unlucky Morpheus, who did rearragements of songs from a video game series called the Touhou project, they started to write their own metal songs in around 2014. It started out with just the 2 of them, with Shiren playing all the musical parts, as a side project. Then over time they started to get a bit popular and the fans want to see them play live, so they asked some friends to help them out playing live, then slowly over time they started to add members of the band, all of them were full time in other bands, Jill (violin) was the last to join in 2016. Black Pentagram was released in 2016, so was proberrly writen before Jill joined, one of the reasons why she is more in the bachground, she becomes more prominent in later songs. Shiren is now suffering with tenosynovitis of the the arm, which made him stop working in all the other bands he was in, but as Unlucky Morpheus was his band, he stayed with it. He sometimes rests his arm on stage and just sings or growls and Jill takes over his guitar parts on the violin, with this song being one of them. Over the last couple of years they have stared to realise that they have become popular, inclueding overseas, so have become a full time band, with most of the members looking on it as their main band who go off and do songs with other bands. The only 2 that are in other full time bands are the bassist, who is really a jazz musician, and the 2nd guitarist, who has now become the main guitarist due to Shiren's issues. They did their 1st tour in Japan in 2017 and played for the 1st time out side Japan, in London in October last year. Thay hoping to do a world tour, when the curent crisis is over. They have a new group coming out of the band now "QUADRATUM From Unlucky Morpheus" which is an insturmental band and is Unlucky Morpheus without Fuki or Shiren, and have an album out Jan next year. Seeing as you liked DANCE OF ETERNITY you may like this cover of it, by Jill ua-cam.com/video/LUtdC-9jaPc/v-deo.html&ab_channel=JillviolinChannel
すごい! I never expected these guys on ANY reaction channel, thank you! These guys have become a staple in my japanese immersion as I'm learning the language. I think checking out Dir en Grey would be a a good next step into japanese metal. ありがとう!
You remind me of Rick Beato quite a bit in that both of you are very tenured and experienced musicians who have the ears for the most minute details in music, so your insight as a musician myself is always appreciated. Also love the chakra healing music you do, that's relevant to my interests as well. Keep doing your thing! Hope your channel gets bigger and bigger. And if I may recommend a song; Byzantine - The Cicada Tree Cheers!
Ha, and jill was just a background character for this song. As Socrates said, "Cadaver/Revadac" is a must listen for Unlucky Morpheus. So many talented and great hard rock/metal bands from the Land of The Rising Sun, and really no one does the neo-classical/power metal better. Recommend checking out Versailles. They completely changed the way I think about playing guitar and writing metal music (also re-inspired me to learn to write orchestral music!) ua-cam.com/video/ilzoDGcKF9M/v-deo.html
Great reaction sir, maybe you should check out female heavy metal band called Lovebites, they sounds like mix of Iron maiden, Judas Priest, Helloween etc. Their music composition is very good and all song in english.
Old decomposer, I hope there’s Ginko in that beverage! These musicians can indeed play whatever they want, I’d call this symphonic metal, harpsichord, violin, string synth... in fact the two guitar parts and violinist have all switched parts at times, esp violin covering growler/guitar/writer/programmer’s guitar parts when his chronic pain flares. Japan in general is killing it in rock and metal, esp the women, and especially at reviving refreshing and mashing up old styles, Japanese flair to European roots. I’d love to hear more geeked out analysis from Japanese prog rock and pop metal! This song really stresses harmonic minor, especially in descending vocal chorus (as opposed to melodic minor), but also plenty of major 4s(Beatles), and dim2s (dissonant classical) Try Singer Fuki’s other bands, esp Doll$Boxx, eclectic funk pop techno metal. Try Dragonet MV, song about last dragon banished to cry blood from the stars forever, drummer in English “dominated the ancient world wars, his name is Dragonet”. Esp in Unlucky Morpheus, she loves to write using old literature nerd language 😉 ua-cam.com/video/nH4TEyJwpm4/v-deo.html And check out Lovebites, also all female Japanese, but sing in English. How about ease you in with Edge of the World. Subtitled I think (she has an accent, but great writing), and live, and a touch of multi instrumentalism ua-cam.com/video/FGRxXCDtRFA/v-deo.html Enjoy!
Japanese metal is not typically my thing but I really enjoyed this one. I never would have heard of this band if I didn't stumble across your channel, so thanks to you and the people who suggested the song. If you're looking for some more funky/jazzy prog rock check out a band called Thank You Scientist. I think you would really enjoy them. Feed the Horses, Blood on the Radio, Mr. Invisible, FXMLDR, and Son of a Serpent are some of my person favorites by them. Anyways keep up the good work!
Also every member of this band were members of other bands when they first got together. At leat one member, the guitarist Jinya, is still a member of a metal band called Undead Corporation. The singer, Fuki has fronted at least 4 different bands at the same time. She even performed at a festival with 2 of the bands on the same day (2 separated 2hr sets) glad you enjoyed this and I hope you get back to more of Unlucky Morpheus! I left a link in another comment for what some considered a masterpiece for this band 🤘😁🤘
I definitely heard the harpsichord at the beginning of the solo section. I think it disappeared by the time the other guitarist did the part (but the rhythm guitar behind it could have hidden it), though. What really caught my ears was in the little section between the two solos when the drummer did that fast tap on the cymbals...it almost sounded like the harpsichord section was back, since it brought back that percussive pluck sound. That was super neat.
Jill, the violin player, is extraordinary good. She's been in many projects, as well as session work for some notable musicians (Hizaki from Versailles being one for his solo work). I noticed you did DT dance of eternity... Jill did a cover of that on violin and with her guitarist from Hollow Mellow. It's worth a look. Jill's top tier. ua-cam.com/video/LUtdC-9jaPc/v-deo.html
Unlucky Morpheus has a song, that has an interesting musical decision (to my opinion at least): Cadaver - Revadac (ua-cam.com/video/gxN3L2jrrEI/v-deo.html). Unfortunately, I cannot find it live aside from reaction videos.
Thanks for checking out this amazing band and giving such an in-depth and thoughtful breakdown of this track. If you want to try more by them I'd suggest trying Angreifer live: ua-cam.com/video/gGKWgM4IOgc/v-deo.html I'd also suggest checking out another project the lead singer from this group works with called DOLL$BOXX, I think you might find their track Take My Chance interesting: ua-cam.com/video/mu2z4Uf9Tgc/v-deo.html Whilst conceptually a simple track, mostly being based around the "Sensitive Female Chord Progression" (Am F C G) and an A Phrygian Dominant verse/bridge they demonstrate how many textures can be extracted from the same chord sequence through clever arrangement and use of textures. In particular there's a really wonderful bit of counterpoint in the pre-chorus/chorus that first contrasts the main melody, then joins it, then starts interweaving with it in a really smart and smooth way creating one of the most successful bits of complex but catchy melody I've heard in a very long time.
First time hearing these guys! Very cool! Loving the reactions! I'm an old metal head, so its nice to see some new and fresh stuff coming out! Would love to see you sneak some Zeppelin, or Allman brothers. Thanks for doin what you do! ✌✌🤙🤙
I hope you give some love to "ANTHEM - Black Empire". They are a Japanese heavy metal band and have been around since the 80's. They're now signed to Nuclear Blast. They are killer. 🙂👍
Their song Knight of Sword ua-cam.com/video/TiQdl2toBtg/v-deo.html is one of my favorites, I especially like the bass and guitar solos that start around 2:53 I also really love their song Angreifer, it's a bit longer but really good. It has more death growls in it, I would say angreifer ua-cam.com/video/hz6nMsQPSJk/v-deo.html is in my top 2 by Unlucky Morpheus. Thank you for reviewing them, hopefully, you will make another review of them.
Welcome to the world of Japanese rock & metal. You'll be amazed at how much is out there. It's interesting to see someone start with a band that's not one of the two reaction channel "big hitters" in Band-Maid and Babymetal, too. Of those two, I'll recommend Band-Maid, who are an all-female rock band who have a look designed to deliberately contrast to how they sound. People normally recommend live performances, but I'll offer "Dice" which is a rare one where the MV is probably better, just because the mix is perfect. ua-cam.com/video/ZpAYnVJX9CY/v-deo.html I'll also offer a 2nd recommendation - The Let's Go's. They are a much less well-known band, and unlike nearly every other Japanese recommendation you'll get, you won't be blown away by technical excellence or the high level of production, but are still a lot of fun. They are an all-female three piece, who play a kind of old style stripped back punk, but with a rare upbeat attitude of enjoyment to everything they do. Simply, 'energy, character, fun' could sum them up. ua-cam.com/video/Za98RjpKnK8/v-deo.html
The BAND-MAID song I'd like him to react would be "Wonderland" live at Line Cube Shibuya 2020 from the official channel. It's a very interesting song to analyse, especially from a musician perspective
Great reaction, currently my second favorite band from Japan, the first one is Band Maid. I've seen that you have a mate, this caught my attention because I'm from Argentina, haha. Saludos capo!
Since you noticed the violin, you should really check their recent videos, where they did covers of famous bands with the focus on the violin, it's reaaaaally good
I think you would also like Galneryus if you like this sort of symphonic/neo-classical power metal. I suggest the album Angel of Salvation and play the whole thing through because Syu the guitarist and main composer is a master at musical concept albums. I also suggest checking out these songs Spawn of Possession - Apparition (Swedish tech death), Disentomb - The Decaying Light (Aussie tech death), Deathspell Omega - Malconfort (French experimental black metal), Ulcerate - Dissolved Orders (NZ tech death), Tricot - Potage audiotree live version (Japanese Math rock)... I have lots more to share, love the videos and keep on being awesome!
Man, you really need to check out Lovebites, Band-Maid, Nemophila, Bridear, and Hanabie just to name a few. Many of these have awesome official live videos that are amazing. They will blow your mind.
Hey, all the way from Portugal. I really appreciate your reviews with a composer ear and I would like to suggest some bands for you to react that I find have interesting compositions and careers. -> TESSERACT - Nocturne - ua-cam.com/video/get0cXOsSXg/v-deo.html -> Karnivool - All I Know - ua-cam.com/video/18SUFbABxNQ/v-deo.html -> LEPROUS - The Price - ua-cam.com/video/0G9Qd_84YZs/v-deo.html And finally, a band with awesome musicians and a video that will make you laugh as well! Twelve Foot Ninja - ONE HAND KILLING - ua-cam.com/video/r-v9Aeb7Pr0/v-deo.html Hope you find the time to get to these and keep doing what you're doing because it's a delight to watch!
An US composer, listening to a Japanese band on his Austrian headphones while drinking Argentinian mate. This multicultural content is why i'm here lol. Great reaction!
listening to a lot of "touhou remixes" which led me to undead corporation, they play some songs together with unlucky morpheus. very western metal compared to other Japanese music i've heard. guess i've gone full circle now, or back to metal. Touhou is kind of interesting, it's a game but it's music seems really popular and there are a lot of remixes.
Including the link this time. I think you'll appreciate the whole album, but it must be listened to in order and I recommend reacting to the first two tracks. ua-cam.com/video/91eo0NXIsgQ/v-deo.html
wow this was great! You are spot on on your analysis , can tell you know what you talking about. Unlucky Morpheus label themselves as "technical melodic speed metal" and yes, they have tons of neo-classical elements. This is the first video i watch from you, so I dont know what's your stance on Live videos, as you are a composer you might prefer listening to studio versions, but i highly recommend checking them live. Unlucky Morpheus - Angreifer ua-cam.com/video/gGKWgM4IOgc/v-deo.html if you really want to stick to studio versions, i highly recommend Cadaver / Revadac ,revadac being cadaver backwards and lets just say that the word isnt the only thing backwards. ua-cam.com/video/_yrNRhIreyE/v-deo.html For another great J-Metal band I recommend Lovebites, all female power metal, also amazing live Lovebites - Holy War (live) ua-cam.com/video/bgAxpEpEcno/v-deo.html Lovebites - When Destinies Align (studio) ua-cam.com/video/hLFelI93VkM/v-deo.html
If you react to Unlucky Morpheus from the standpoint of a composer, you should check out the song "Cadaver/Revadac". No song in the world has such a strange structure. They're doing incredible things :)
If Unlucky Morpheus then should have recommended him the official sheet music vid of CADAVER REVADAC without any information on it before the reaction :D Subscribed btw, been following your vids for quite a while but that button eluded me until now ...
Awesome seeing you react to this band, been following you since your reaction to Sober. Would love to see you react to the band japanese band Ningen Isu, the song Heartless Scat comes to mind. Also a Japanese band, but a bit less intense 3 piece setup. ua-cam.com/video/CbI79e5iZKs/v-deo.html
Back again with a request for tesseract. Here's a link to a popular song: ua-cam.com/video/Le27ejQdhq4/v-deo.html . This is a good introduction because it takes you through a good idea of what their general style looks like, but they have some much more complex songs than this.
I've got three more suggestions. First, Agostina by Puscifer. Which is one of Maynard's bands, and probably my favourite of the three. Their albums are usually concept albums in a very particular way. Conditions of My Parole was built around banjos and mandoline, while still remaining in their alt-rock/post-industrial groove. On the newest album, Existential Reckoning, they took a synth that was used heavily by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush etc. in the 80s, and built the album around that, but still in that alt-rock/post-industrial groove. I can't really remember the "concept" for Money Shot, which is where you'll find Agostina, but it's got a lot of processed synths and ambient layers. ua-cam.com/video/NpjuUfV3Qss/v-deo.html Then a couple Mew songs. They're an alt-rock/indie rock/prog-rock group from Denmark who like to play around with meter changes, to no one's surprise. But they keep most of their songs to around five minutes while still retaining prog-rock sensibilities. But what I had first is mind was Comforting Sounds. It's nine minutes long, but is a simplified 3 chord progression (might be 4, but you get the idea) "pop rock" song. They do a lot of this turning ideas on their heads. And I figured you'd get a kick out of it. ua-cam.com/video/jej__CepHWU/v-deo.html And my last suggestion (for the day is) In The Wake Of Your Life from their latest album, Visuals. For this album they said they flipped their song writing process up side down, which in their case might mean anything. They might have started with the lyrics, but I don't presume to know what their song writing process is. What I do know, is that this whole albums sounds like Tony Banks from Genesis produced it. And I love it. ua-cam.com/video/bQBqwAcrzE8/v-deo.html
I know there are a lot of requests, but I would love to hear any of the following: Angra - The Shadow Hunter ua-cam.com/video/aE3GkuykCKM/v-deo.html Brazilian metal band, so it has some nice South American flavour, a number of different sections, and wonderful soaring Iron Maiden-esque vocals. When I first heard this one I was blown away. Haken - Somebody ua-cam.com/video/kLIyBYQkr3w/v-deo.html American English prog metal band. This particular track has some Gentle Giant vibes at times with polyrythmic vocals. After listening to this earworm I am humming the vocal melodies all day. Keep on goin' man! Aloha. :)
Just a heads up! The link under the headphones takes you to the Unlucky Morpheus album. Also, I'll just throw this out there and cross my fingers, these dudes were monumental in my foundation as a musician. I love when a metal band can convey such a range of emotions throughout the course of a song. ua-cam.com/video/ocnjFCfm5G8/v-deo.html
Would love to see you dive into some Animals as Leaders. Most would classify them as prog metal/djent, but their sound dips into several genres. Hard to pick one song to recommend, but I think this is a good start - ua-cam.com/video/3UqlXHE56r0/v-deo.html
didnt expect you to jump to Unlucky Morpheus, theres a lot death metal japanese band you can react... just beware of copyright issues. anyway, i give you two subscribe count, one with this label account :D
great reaction sir, please react to galneryus they are neoclassical power metal from japan, they sound like dragon force with dream theater prog. i suggest you listen to angel of salvation or destiny. thanks again !!
ok i have some suggestions with links here igorrr - houmous ua-cam.com/video/_QMDPC6Lwj0/v-deo.html Gojira - Art of dying ua-cam.com/video/HTr7bqKHvgE/v-deo.html igorrr - tout petit moineau ua-cam.com/video/1Rk1K5Mmnbg/v-deo.html :)
Great reaction! Now that you've entered into Japanese rock/metal music, you should check out the band Sokoninaru ua-cam.com/video/Nl4Z5f4QwEY/v-deo.html 🙏🏻
I think you would get a kick out of Ensiferum's Eternal Wait. You do have to be drinking Mead and wearing a Viking helmet while you are listening to please the gods of war: ua-cam.com/video/L9R5H8o14sI/v-deo.html
Can someone make a music video of All Might and Deku from My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia) to this song? Hell, the entire main cast is pretty boss. I dont have the chops to do it myself.
Can you react to Dysrhythmia? Really interested to hear what you think about their instrumentals, for me they're too complicated, I recommend "When whens end".
Yeah man, was thinking of Malmsteen there too in sections, especially the solo. Nice Legato and sweeps. Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth was heavily influenced by Malmsteen and even Paganini during his early development as a musician. Here's a link for an Opeth track that I'd love to see you Decompose - ua-cam.com/video/vQbH4vFYYVs/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Opeth
As good as the singer is, something just didn't quite work for me in terms of a lot of her singing meshing with the music, otherwise it's awesome, but not quite there.
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I'm glad you got to Unlucky Morpheus! They're a group of friends who came together to cover songs from video games then began creating original pieces together. The red haired guitarist is one of the founders, song writer and composer and does harsh vocals. All of their songs are great, but from a composer perspective I feel you would greatly appreciate their song CADAVER/REVADAC. With the exception of the drums and lyrics, the song is played note for note forward (Cadaver) and reverse (Revadac). I recommend the sheet music video that has the notes scroll at the bottom of the screen! Here's a link 🤘😊🤘
ua-cam.com/video/_yrNRhIreyE/v-deo.html
I second, third, and forth this. You would definately appreciate this one...well two, actually.
@@chadwicker147 Same. They have so many great songs, especially anything live.
Definitely a must! Excellent songs.
Correction
Shiren is the founder not co-founder
And used to do everything on his own but the vocals it wasn't a "friends getting together making music"but him starting on his own.
He used to program everything
Also,they spent a lot of years covering touhou music until the affected album
Try the Japanese female rock bands Band-Maid and Lovebites, they are great !
And try aldious or Mary's blood
Thrill by Band-Maid
sounds fun
Nice reaction! Waiting for more unlucky morpheus 👍
Great reaction again! Killing it, dude! I suggested before, but I’ll suggest again: how about some Band-Maid, for some more Japanese hard rock (Domination (live) would be a good jump-in point), and also try the Latin-influenced prog group The Mars Volta (Drunkship of Lanterns is my favorite). I’ll be on the lookout! Keep up the good work!
Jinya's guitar solo and Jill's violin solo is amazing
Great reaction. Glad to see Unlucky Morpheus here. I would love to hear your analysis towards their song Cadaver Revadac where as spelling suggest that latter is the first song played backwards note for note only the exception of the drums and lyrics. An amazing musical composition.
Please, react to Band -Maid - Different. They are an amazing hard rock band with great genre-bending composition.
Glad you're enjoying doing your chanel. You've got a great positive energy that's needed in these tough times plus I get to hear a load of new tracks I probably would never have heard (apart from tool which is always good to hear again 😁)
Unlucky Morpheus were started in 2008 after the break up of a short lived band that did covers of songs from video games. The singer, Fuki, told the guitarist, Shiren, that she had enjoyed working with him so much that she wanted to do it again. So they started Unlucky Morpheus, who did rearragements of songs from a video game series called the Touhou project, they started to write their own metal songs in around 2014. It started out with just the 2 of them, with Shiren playing all the musical parts, as a side project. Then over time they started to get a bit popular and the fans want to see them play live, so they asked some friends to help them out playing live, then slowly over time they started to add members of the band, all of them were full time in other bands, Jill (violin) was the last to join in 2016. Black Pentagram was released in 2016, so was proberrly writen before Jill joined, one of the reasons why she is more in the bachground, she becomes more prominent in later songs.
Shiren is now suffering with tenosynovitis of the the arm, which made him stop working in all the other bands he was in, but as Unlucky Morpheus was his band, he stayed with it. He sometimes rests his arm on stage and just sings or growls and Jill takes over his guitar parts on the violin, with this song being one of them.
Over the last couple of years they have stared to realise that they have become popular, inclueding overseas, so have become a full time band, with most of the members looking on it as their main band who go off and do songs with other bands. The only 2 that are in other full time bands are the bassist, who is really a jazz musician, and the 2nd guitarist, who has now become the main guitarist due to Shiren's issues. They did their 1st tour in Japan in 2017 and played for the 1st time out side Japan, in London in October last year. Thay hoping to do a world tour, when the curent crisis is over.
They have a new group coming out of the band now "QUADRATUM From Unlucky Morpheus" which is an insturmental band and is Unlucky Morpheus without Fuki or Shiren, and have an album out Jan next year.
Seeing as you liked DANCE OF ETERNITY you may like this cover of it, by Jill ua-cam.com/video/LUtdC-9jaPc/v-deo.html&ab_channel=JillviolinChannel
すごい! I never expected these guys on ANY reaction channel, thank you! These guys have become a staple in my japanese immersion as I'm learning the language. I think checking out Dir en Grey would be a a good next step into japanese metal. ありがとう!
You remind me of Rick Beato quite a bit in that both of you are very tenured and experienced musicians who have the ears for the most minute details in music, so your insight as a musician myself is always appreciated. Also love the chakra healing music you do, that's relevant to my interests as well. Keep doing your thing! Hope your channel gets bigger and bigger. And if I may recommend a song; Byzantine - The Cicada Tree
Cheers!
Yngwie is big in Japan. Many japanese guitarists were influenced by Yngwie.
Glad you got into the Japanese side of things, Japan definitely has an amazing presence in metal
Love Unlucky Morpheus. Fuki's voice is amazing. Her other band 'Light Bringer' are also great.
ce qu'elle fait avec doll box est pas mal aussi,
Fuki is great in Doll$Boxx as well
Ha, and jill was just a background character for this song. As Socrates said, "Cadaver/Revadac" is a must listen for Unlucky Morpheus. So many talented and great hard rock/metal bands from the Land of The Rising Sun, and really no one does the neo-classical/power metal better.
Recommend checking out Versailles. They completely changed the way I think about playing guitar and writing metal music (also re-inspired me to learn to write orchestral music!) ua-cam.com/video/ilzoDGcKF9M/v-deo.html
Great reaction sir, maybe you should check out female heavy metal band called Lovebites, they sounds like mix of Iron maiden, Judas Priest, Helloween etc. Their music composition is very good and all song in english.
More Unlucky Morpheus reactions please! Unending Sorceress or Cadaver/Revadac would be nice
Their instrumental theme, Spartan Army, is one of their best with a proggy sound.
Nice vid 👌🏼
Old decomposer, I hope there’s Ginko in that beverage! These musicians can indeed play whatever they want, I’d call this symphonic metal, harpsichord, violin, string synth... in fact the two guitar parts and violinist have all switched parts at times, esp violin covering growler/guitar/writer/programmer’s guitar parts when his chronic pain flares.
Japan in general is killing it in rock and metal, esp the women, and especially at reviving refreshing and mashing up old styles, Japanese flair to European roots. I’d love to hear more geeked out analysis from Japanese prog rock and pop metal!
This song really stresses harmonic minor, especially in descending vocal chorus (as opposed to melodic minor), but also plenty of major 4s(Beatles), and dim2s (dissonant classical)
Try Singer Fuki’s other bands, esp Doll$Boxx, eclectic funk pop techno metal. Try Dragonet MV, song about last dragon banished to cry blood from the stars forever, drummer in English “dominated the ancient world wars, his name is Dragonet”. Esp in Unlucky Morpheus, she loves to write using old literature nerd language 😉 ua-cam.com/video/nH4TEyJwpm4/v-deo.html
And check out Lovebites, also all female Japanese, but sing in English. How about ease you in with Edge of the World. Subtitled I think (she has an accent, but great writing), and live, and a touch of multi instrumentalism ua-cam.com/video/FGRxXCDtRFA/v-deo.html
Enjoy!
Would it be a good idea for you to do an educational video on composing/engineering once a week? Possibly by breaking down a song you already know?
As I go into next year I'm thinking of things to try with what I'm doing here. That's a great Idea John. Thank you.
Japanese metal is not typically my thing but I really enjoyed this one. I never would have heard of this band if I didn't stumble across your channel, so thanks to you and the people who suggested the song. If you're looking for some more funky/jazzy prog rock check out a band called Thank You Scientist. I think you would really enjoy them. Feed the Horses, Blood on the Radio, Mr. Invisible, FXMLDR, and Son of a Serpent are some of my person favorites by them. Anyways keep up the good work!
Also every member of this band were members of other bands when they first got together. At leat one member, the guitarist Jinya, is still a member of a metal band called Undead Corporation. The singer, Fuki has fronted at least 4 different bands at the same time. She even performed at a festival with 2 of the bands on the same day (2 separated 2hr sets) glad you enjoyed this and I hope you get back to more of Unlucky Morpheus! I left a link in another comment for what some considered a masterpiece for this band 🤘😁🤘
I definitely heard the harpsichord at the beginning of the solo section. I think it disappeared by the time the other guitarist did the part (but the rhythm guitar behind it could have hidden it), though. What really caught my ears was in the little section between the two solos when the drummer did that fast tap on the cymbals...it almost sounded like the harpsichord section was back, since it brought back that percussive pluck sound. That was super neat.
Jill, the violin player, is extraordinary good. She's been in many projects, as well as session work for some notable musicians (Hizaki from Versailles being one for his solo work). I noticed you did DT dance of eternity... Jill did a cover of that on violin and with her guitarist from Hollow Mellow. It's worth a look. Jill's top tier.
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Unlucky Morpheus has a song, that has an interesting musical decision (to my opinion at least): Cadaver - Revadac (ua-cam.com/video/gxN3L2jrrEI/v-deo.html). Unfortunately, I cannot find it live aside from reaction videos.
Thanks for checking out this amazing band and giving such an in-depth and thoughtful breakdown of this track.
If you want to try more by them I'd suggest trying Angreifer live: ua-cam.com/video/gGKWgM4IOgc/v-deo.html
I'd also suggest checking out another project the lead singer from this group works with called DOLL$BOXX, I think you might find their track Take My Chance interesting: ua-cam.com/video/mu2z4Uf9Tgc/v-deo.html Whilst conceptually a simple track, mostly being based around the "Sensitive Female Chord Progression" (Am F C G) and an A Phrygian Dominant verse/bridge they demonstrate how many textures can be extracted from the same chord sequence through clever arrangement and use of textures. In particular there's a really wonderful bit of counterpoint in the pre-chorus/chorus that first contrasts the main melody, then joins it, then starts interweaving with it in a really smart and smooth way creating one of the most successful bits of complex but catchy melody I've heard in a very long time.
Maybe try Angreifer live next
First time hearing these guys! Very cool! Loving the reactions! I'm an old metal head, so its nice to see some new and fresh stuff coming out! Would love to see you sneak some Zeppelin, or Allman brothers. Thanks for doin what you do! ✌✌🤙🤙
Thank u sir for this
Dude, could you react to another japanese band, its called Lovebites and I recomend the song Swan Song live in Five of a kind show.
I hope you give some love to "ANTHEM - Black Empire". They are a Japanese heavy metal band and have been around since the 80's. They're now signed to Nuclear Blast. They are killer. 🙂👍
Their song Knight of Sword ua-cam.com/video/TiQdl2toBtg/v-deo.html is one of my favorites, I especially like the bass and guitar solos that start around 2:53 I also really love their song Angreifer, it's a bit longer but really good. It has more death growls in it, I would say angreifer ua-cam.com/video/hz6nMsQPSJk/v-deo.html is in my top 2 by Unlucky Morpheus. Thank you for reviewing them, hopefully, you will make another review of them.
Welcome to the world of Japanese rock & metal. You'll be amazed at how much is out there. It's interesting to see someone start with a band that's not one of the two reaction channel "big hitters" in Band-Maid and Babymetal, too. Of those two, I'll recommend Band-Maid, who are an all-female rock band who have a look designed to deliberately contrast to how they sound. People normally recommend live performances, but I'll offer "Dice" which is a rare one where the MV is probably better, just because the mix is perfect. ua-cam.com/video/ZpAYnVJX9CY/v-deo.html I'll also offer a 2nd recommendation - The Let's Go's. They are a much less well-known band, and unlike nearly every other Japanese recommendation you'll get, you won't be blown away by technical excellence or the high level of production, but are still a lot of fun. They are an all-female three piece, who play a kind of old style stripped back punk, but with a rare upbeat attitude of enjoyment to everything they do. Simply, 'energy, character, fun' could sum them up. ua-cam.com/video/Za98RjpKnK8/v-deo.html
The BAND-MAID song I'd like him to react would be "Wonderland" live at Line Cube Shibuya 2020 from the official channel. It's a very interesting song to analyse, especially from a musician perspective
The Drapery Falls by Opeth, I think it's a good introduction to the band ua-cam.com/video/YeTNkPXRrVY/v-deo.html
Great reaction, currently my second favorite band from Japan, the first one is Band Maid. I've seen that you have a mate, this caught my attention because I'm from Argentina, haha. Saludos capo!
Since you noticed the violin, you should really check their recent videos, where they did covers of famous bands with the focus on the violin, it's reaaaaally good
I think you would also like Galneryus if you like this sort of symphonic/neo-classical power metal. I suggest the album Angel of Salvation and play the whole thing through because Syu the guitarist and main composer is a master at musical concept albums.
I also suggest checking out these songs Spawn of Possession - Apparition (Swedish tech death), Disentomb - The Decaying Light (Aussie tech death), Deathspell Omega - Malconfort (French experimental black metal), Ulcerate - Dissolved Orders (NZ tech death), Tricot - Potage audiotree live version (Japanese Math rock)...
I have lots more to share, love the videos and keep on being awesome!
Man, you really need to check out Lovebites, Band-Maid, Nemophila, Bridear, and Hanabie just to name a few. Many of these have awesome official live videos that are amazing. They will blow your mind.
Hey, all the way from Portugal.
I really appreciate your reviews with a composer ear and I would like to suggest some bands for you to react that I find have interesting compositions and careers.
-> TESSERACT - Nocturne - ua-cam.com/video/get0cXOsSXg/v-deo.html
-> Karnivool - All I Know - ua-cam.com/video/18SUFbABxNQ/v-deo.html
-> LEPROUS - The Price - ua-cam.com/video/0G9Qd_84YZs/v-deo.html
And finally, a band with awesome musicians and a video that will make you laugh as well!
Twelve Foot Ninja - ONE HAND KILLING - ua-cam.com/video/r-v9Aeb7Pr0/v-deo.html
Hope you find the time to get to these and keep doing what you're doing because it's a delight to watch!
An US composer, listening to a Japanese band on his Austrian headphones while drinking Argentinian mate. This multicultural content is why i'm here lol. Great reaction!
listening to a lot of "touhou remixes" which led me to undead corporation, they play some songs together with unlucky morpheus. very western metal compared to other Japanese music i've heard.
guess i've gone full circle now, or back to metal.
Touhou is kind of interesting, it's a game but it's music seems really popular and there are a lot of remixes.
song might remind me a bit of hizaki grace project or Versailles, didn't listen much to them though
Including the link this time. I think you'll appreciate the whole album, but it must be listened to in order and I recommend reacting to the first two tracks. ua-cam.com/video/91eo0NXIsgQ/v-deo.html
wow this was great! You are spot on on your analysis , can tell you know what you talking about.
Unlucky Morpheus label themselves as "technical melodic speed metal" and yes, they have tons of neo-classical elements.
This is the first video i watch from you, so I dont know what's your stance on Live videos, as you are a composer you might prefer listening to studio versions, but i highly recommend checking them live.
Unlucky Morpheus - Angreifer ua-cam.com/video/gGKWgM4IOgc/v-deo.html
if you really want to stick to studio versions, i highly recommend Cadaver / Revadac ,revadac being cadaver backwards and lets just say that the word isnt the only thing backwards.
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For another great J-Metal band I recommend Lovebites, all female power metal, also amazing live
Lovebites - Holy War (live) ua-cam.com/video/bgAxpEpEcno/v-deo.html
Lovebites - When Destinies Align (studio) ua-cam.com/video/hLFelI93VkM/v-deo.html
If you react to Unlucky Morpheus from the standpoint of a composer, you should check out the song "Cadaver/Revadac". No song in the world has such a strange structure. They're doing incredible things :)
If Unlucky Morpheus then should have recommended him the official sheet music vid of CADAVER REVADAC without any information on it before the reaction :D Subscribed btw, been following your vids for quite a while but that button eluded me until now ...
Awesome seeing you react to this band, been following you since your reaction to Sober.
Would love to see you react to the band japanese band Ningen Isu, the song Heartless Scat comes to mind. Also a Japanese band, but a bit less intense 3 piece setup.
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Back again with a request for tesseract. Here's a link to a popular song: ua-cam.com/video/Le27ejQdhq4/v-deo.html . This is a good introduction because it takes you through a good idea of what their general style looks like, but they have some much more complex songs than this.
Yep, I second this request. Tesseract are really great and this live session shows their range ua-cam.com/video/O-hnSlicxV4/v-deo.html
Please bring some attention to Enslaved. Viking Pink Floyd metal. Try the song "Storm Son". I think you'll appreciate their arrangements.
You might wanna change the link to your AKG 240s. It's the same URL as the Unlucky Morpheus link.
I've got three more suggestions.
First, Agostina by Puscifer. Which is one of Maynard's bands, and probably my favourite of the three. Their albums are usually concept albums in a very particular way. Conditions of My Parole was built around banjos and mandoline, while still remaining in their alt-rock/post-industrial groove. On the newest album, Existential Reckoning, they took a synth that was used heavily by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush etc. in the 80s, and built the album around that, but still in that alt-rock/post-industrial groove. I can't really remember the "concept" for Money Shot, which is where you'll find Agostina, but it's got a lot of processed synths and ambient layers.
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Then a couple Mew songs. They're an alt-rock/indie rock/prog-rock group from Denmark who like to play around with meter changes, to no one's surprise. But they keep most of their songs to around five minutes while still retaining prog-rock sensibilities. But what I had first is mind was Comforting Sounds. It's nine minutes long, but is a simplified 3 chord progression (might be 4, but you get the idea) "pop rock" song. They do a lot of this turning ideas on their heads. And I figured you'd get a kick out of it.
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And my last suggestion (for the day is) In The Wake Of Your Life from their latest album, Visuals. For this album they said they flipped their song writing process up side down, which in their case might mean anything. They might have started with the lyrics, but I don't presume to know what their song writing process is. What I do know, is that this whole albums sounds like Tony Banks from Genesis produced it. And I love it.
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I know there are a lot of requests, but I would love to hear any of the following:
Angra - The Shadow Hunter ua-cam.com/video/aE3GkuykCKM/v-deo.html Brazilian metal band, so it has some nice South American flavour, a number of different sections, and wonderful soaring Iron Maiden-esque vocals. When I first heard this one I was blown away.
Haken - Somebody ua-cam.com/video/kLIyBYQkr3w/v-deo.html American English prog metal band. This particular track has some Gentle Giant vibes at times with polyrythmic vocals. After listening to this earworm I am humming the vocal melodies all day.
Keep on goin' man! Aloha. :)
For more stuff from Japan try wagakkiband
Just a heads up! The link under the headphones takes you to the Unlucky Morpheus album. Also, I'll just throw this out there and cross my fingers, these dudes were monumental in my foundation as a musician. I love when a metal band can convey such a range of emotions throughout the course of a song. ua-cam.com/video/ocnjFCfm5G8/v-deo.html
Thanks for the heads-up and for the link to review. :)
The beginning of the guitar solo was dubbed by a violin, you should react to their live performance of this
Yeah the best band ever! check out Unlucky Morpheus - Angreifer Live... you won't regret it!!!!
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Neoclassical definitely is a genre of metal.
React to Wagakki Band songs Homura + akatsuki no ito live.
live version is even better
Would love to see you dive into some Animals as Leaders. Most would classify them as prog metal/djent, but their sound dips into several genres. Hard to pick one song to recommend, but I think this is a good start - ua-cam.com/video/3UqlXHE56r0/v-deo.html
Ankimo/Fuyuki = 💗👍🎌
didnt expect you to jump to Unlucky Morpheus,
theres a lot death metal japanese band you can react... just beware of copyright issues.
anyway, i give you two subscribe count, one with this label account :D
If you're into the "Metal + Culture" mix, give Alien Weaponry a go.
Death metal with Maori influence - ua-cam.com/video/5kwIkF6LFDc/v-deo.html
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Not sure if you're familiar with The Mars Volta but I think you'd enjoy em. ua-cam.com/video/4B76mnzf4Wo/v-deo.html this is a fun one
great reaction sir, please react to galneryus they are neoclassical power metal from japan, they sound like dragon force with dream theater prog. i suggest you listen to angel of salvation or destiny. thanks again !!
ok i have some suggestions with links here
igorrr - houmous
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Gojira - Art of dying
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igorrr - tout petit moineau
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Are you familiar with symphony x? If not you should check out the odyssey.
Great reaction! Now that you've entered into Japanese rock/metal music, you should check out the band Sokoninaru ua-cam.com/video/Nl4Z5f4QwEY/v-deo.html
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I think you would get a kick out of Ensiferum's Eternal Wait. You do have to be drinking Mead and wearing a Viking helmet while you are listening to please the gods of war: ua-cam.com/video/L9R5H8o14sI/v-deo.html
Hey! Been loving this reaction series! I think you should check out Sithu Aye, specifically this one ua-cam.com/video/tUnVIdaTgbU/v-deo.html . Thanks!
good mate drinkign mate nice
Igorrr - Downgrade Desert
Can someone make a music video of All Might and Deku from My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia) to this song? Hell, the entire main cast is pretty boss. I dont have the chops to do it myself.
react to tears of tragedy and galneryus
There are more opera-like songs. The title is "Knight of the Sword".
How about Maori metal - Alien Weaponry - Kai Tangata ua-cam.com/video/5kwIkF6LFDc/v-deo.html
please react GALNERYUS！
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Deftones.
Right on.... but what song? Something off of White Pony no doubt. As long as it isnt 'Change'.
Can you react to Dysrhythmia? Really interested to hear what you think about their instrumentals, for me they're too complicated, I recommend "When whens end".
Tool: You Lied (live) off of Salival. Most underrated Tool song. Humble 2cents.
Yeah man, was thinking of Malmsteen there too in sections, especially the solo. Nice Legato and sweeps. Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth was heavily influenced by Malmsteen and even Paganini during his early development as a musician. Here's a link for an Opeth track that I'd love to see you Decompose - ua-cam.com/video/vQbH4vFYYVs/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Opeth
Ok I lied - I actually really do wanna see your reaction to Wave of Synergy by Angel Vivaldi and Andy James. I'm pretty sure you will be floored.
As good as the singer is, something just didn't quite work for me in terms of a lot of her singing meshing with the music, otherwise it's awesome, but not quite there.