Fun fact that you mentioned two Finnish bands and for Lowebites this is mixed and mastered by Finnish masterminds Mikko Karmila and Mika Jussila, who have worked on all of the band's studio albums
FYI - Both guitarists and the bass player were doing the tapping simultaneously all three times. The camera just focused on one at a time, but they were all doing it together.
Formed in 2016. Lead singer is Asami, Miyako and Midori on guitar, original bassist Miho (seen here), and Drummer Haruna. Miho left in 2021. New bassist ,Fami, joined in Oct 2022. Yep, twin lead guitars. The band is named after the Grammy winning Halestorm song Love Bites (So Do I). Asami has performed that song live with Lzzy and Halestorm. Did you see the piano on stage? It's not just for show. You can see it used in Swan Song(with Chopin intro). The new album, Judgement Day, just came out. the first with Fami. 2 singles so far, the title track, and Stand and Deliver (Shoot 'em Down)
In the video, it is hard to tell because each of them is zoomed in on the other, but they are tapping in three places at the same time during the performance of HOLY WAR.
Miho Miho Miho! Lovebites are about 3 years younger than band-Maid but if You compare the two at the 7 year mark Band-Maid had done way more international traveling/tours. Which doesn't mean Lovebites are NOT popular just not as well known globally and Lovebites are mainly a Powermetal (even tho that is not all they play) band and as such has less of an appeal in general. So singing in English may have done them some good but it is really hard to discern how much.
Welcome to lovebites, for me this ladys are so crazy good with their talents and skills they play the instruments, and that drummer is my favourite band members, she might be a master double bass, imagine she play for 1+hr at live concert, LOVEBITES ROCK
A great reaction, and welcome to Lovebites! There are many of us in the Wolfpack (the Lovebites fans who will be commenting A LOT on this video) who believe they are the best band in the planet. This is just the tip of the iceberg my friend. The band just released a monster album, Judgement Day, last week and it has topped the metal charts in several countries. There will be many songs from their great catalog that will be recommended to you. If you want other than power metal, try Break The Wall, Set The World on Fire, Hammer of Wrath and Dissonance for starters. For quintessential power metal that's MUCH better than Holy War imho, try Judgement Day and Soldier Stands Solitarilty from their new album. For a ballad, try Epilogue. I guarantee you will not be disappointed! As for singing in English, I think from the start they wanted to be more internationally known, especially since traditional heavy metal is more well-known outside of Japan and they would be more appreciated by true heavy metal fans, so they made this strategic move. Totally brilliant.
Haruna "little BIG Engine" drums 🧡 (4'9"; 1.45m) Asami "The One & Only Voice" vocals/piano ❤ (4'10"; 1.47m) Midori "Crazy Shredder" guitar 💚 (4'11"; 1.5m) Miyako "The Golden Touch" guitar/piano 💙 (5'2"; 1.58m) all LIVE performances currently available: Miho "Natural Born Head-Banger" bass 💜 (5'1"; 1.55m) new member: Fami - bass (5'2"; 1.58m) nicknames given by the band "Bravehearted": ua-cam.com/video/MaKtRMiSfMI/v-deo.html written by "little BIG Engine" Haruna Newest Music Video (02-21-2023) "Stand And Deliver": ua-cam.com/video/4ImGA7cPyrs/v-deo.html This performance Fami on bass, and "Judgement Day" CD & MV. All LIVE & other music videos have Miho, original founder on bass. 🐺
Miho the bassist on this video is the founder of the band and has written many of the songs unfortunately life happened and for personal reasons she left the band in August of 2021 which left Lovebites to go on a hiatus. In the summer of 2022 they held open auditions for a bassist and settled on Fami an internet sensation who had her own channel and already had over 700,000 fans. she won the audition then even before finishing the lovebites album she finished a solo album ahead of the lovebites release of Judgement Day, the 1st two Music Videos have had a heavy dose of Fami to start both videos. Here's links to both. Stand And Deliver (Shoot 'Em Down) ua-cam.com/video/4ImGA7cPyrs/v-deo.html Judgement Day ua-cam.com/video/m3uGjp-P7DI/v-deo.html
Ah, you got to Lovebites finally ! Great reaction, love hearing your thoughts! Band-Maid and Lovebites were my entry into the japanese music rabbit hole about 3-4 years ago. Haven't looked back since then. Might as well do Lovebites 'Swan song' next to get a feel for their diversity. But you can't go wrong with any Lovebites track! And just to tease you again, here are a few more japanese bands you have to check out (at some point): Hanabie (do 'we love sweets' first, then 'Pardon me I have to go now') Unlucky Morpheus ('Black Pentagram' the live version if possible) Sokoninaru (do 'Tenohira De Odoru' first, prepare to be amazed) Saiseiga ('Ride on') Could list 30 more, but those are be the ones I'd like to see you do in the near future 😁❤
Nice one. I would say Band Maid are more famous worldwide just now. They have just toured the US so that brings a lot of attention. Personally I prefer Lovebites, and I cant wait to see them in the UK. They did support Dragonforce in the UK in 2019 and I cant wait till they come back.
Awesome!! Lovebites draws inspiration from the 80's and 90's power and thrash metal scene, one of the key reasons why they sing in English. They are mainly known as a powerthrash metal band but they also take on different styles as you will soon discover!! After a long hiatus due to founder and bassist Miho leaving the band mid-pandemic they just released their new album with the new bassist Fami! Auditions were held and they made a mini documentary about it, really cool!! There's a video of it on their channel. The new album Judgement Day just came out couple weeks ago, so i will suggest that! Judgement Day - ua-cam.com/video/m3uGjp-P7DI/v-deo.html Stand and Deliver - ua-cam.com/video/4ImGA7cPyrs/v-deo.html Im also a Band Maid fan but the 2 bands are totally different from each other musically. BM mostly on the pop/rock hardrock realm with some hints of metal at times, while LB are a heavy metal band at their core! Fun fact, the drummers from both bands Haruna and Akane are good friends!!
Thank you much! That's a fun fact for sure, haha, but yeah they are obviously completely different bands. I need to listen more from LB to see their trash side.
Since you started out saying you liked 'some' Power Metal, I was pretty sure you would get Lovebitten. All musicians know that no matter how good you are, there is a 10yo Japanese girl who can play rings around you. Lovebites is 4 of those prodigies 20 yrs older - all in the SAME band. They found Asami (vocals & lyricist) through an audition where she sang Halestorm's Love Bites and picked her, even though she was a Soul and R&B singer and had never sung Metal before she joined Lovebites. Haruna is a 4'9" dynamo on drums. Guitarists Midori (blond) and Miyako (brunette) are world class shredders (Miyako is also a concert trained classical pianist, and composes most of the music) Miho was the bassist here. She quit in 2021 and Lovebites added a new bassist last October - Fami - a 20yo bass phenom. They were the first all-female Japanese band invited to Wacken and Bloodstock in 2018, toured with Dragon Force in 2019, and won the UK Metal Hammer of the Gods award as best new Metal band of 2018. To see Miyako shred some Chopin on piano and then shred guitar on the same song check out Swan Song [+Chopin Intro] ua-cam.com/video/WBhtqgiXEA4/v-deo.html 🤘🐺🤘
Great and thorough reaction. You appreciated and covered each element of the band. One thing you didn't mention is that they play in heels 🤣🤣. Please do more LOVEBITES from Edge of the World ua-cam.com/video/UZjxMjBop7w/v-deo.html to Set the World on Fire ua-cam.com/video/99zsH6iG_6c/v-deo.html
Oh yes! I was so invested in the music that in totally skipped over that, but i did notice it specially during the solo when the guitarrist on the right was standing on the monitor.
Not just 'power-metal' "Break The Wall": ua-cam.com/video/5Pc0XK0lNmU/v-deo.html Thrash, with a transition ... I consider their composition & arrangement talents to be on par with their musicianship. Unsurpassed. But, of course, you can't "arrange" a segment of hyper-tremolo-picked palm-muted arpeggiated-chords in perfect sync with 3 other musicians, song after song for 2 hour, 18-song shows ... unless you have musicians that can perform that. All songs are in English (1st EP 1 Japanese, translated for 1st album) Repeat listens reveal imaginative uses of techniques. Haruna's cymbal work combined with precise dbl-kick (!) While her snare-hit locks it tight. The 'conductor' (?) "Break The Wall" might dispel the "PowerMetal" limits altogether... but so many genre blended-seamlessly? hard to categorize. All 60 songs are worthy of your time. No kidding. 60 "Empty Daydream" Classical piano & R&B 'vamp' intro to ? ua-cam.com/video/C2QajtKS6b8/v-deo.html 🐺
A great into song for the Five of a Kind tour is Thunder Vengeance. Just like Stand and Deliver, another song they have fun in is Raise Some Hell from the same concert.
Welcome to the wolfpack you have been lovebitten and yes they sing all in English except 1 song that Haruna the drummer wrote before helping Miho form lovebites when she was still in Destrose. Bravehearted on the first EP is in Japanese Asami converted it to English for the 1st whole album this album they just released was their 4rth full album they have 4 EP's one is technically classified as a single (Golden Destination) but still there are 4 songs on it which to me signifies a four to five song EP. They don't have any bad songs so the rabbit hole is a fun one to explore.
A very interesting reaction video. Thank you for your opinion, that was very good. I've been a big LOVEbites fan for 3 years and fans never get enough so : S u g g e s t i o n s for next reaction V i d e o s: ALL LIVE !!! (Copy the following sentence lines and enter them into the UA-cam search bar, you will find the videos) Set The World On Fire - live from "Ride For Vengeance Tour 2021 - Tokyo Dome City Hall The Hammer Of Wrath - Zepp Diver City live 2020 Thunder Vengeance - Zepp Diver City live 2020 Break the Wall - Zepp Diver City live 2020 Members : Asami : Vocals, Piano Haruna Ishikawa : Drums Midori Tatematsu : Lead Guitar, backing vocals Miyako Watanabe : Lead Guitar, Keyboard , Piano, Keytar, backing vocals FAMI : Bass Founder : Miho Rosana : Bass (2016-2021) INFO : Miyako + Midori are the best guitar duo in 3 decades ! All Lovebites women are masters. These Ladies write, compose and arrange their own songs. Over 50 premium songs in 6 years and not a single weak song. Masters in live playing and geniuses in composing. LOVEBITES: Their gimmick is their ability! - This women play different styles, but always hard and fast. Thrash Metal + Power Metal + Speed Metal + Metal Ballads. 🤘LOVEbites🤘
You're falling down through the Japanese rock/metal rabbit hole, and i think you're enjoying it a lot so far right? lol So now you've reacted to Lovebites (pretty cool reaction btw), Nemophila, and of course Band-Maid. I'll suggest Gacharic Spin for a change of pace, they're a bit more "poppy" than the metal stuff but equally awesome; or you could try Hanabie, another kinda-metal-band that's making a bit of buzz these days and gaining new fans
Enough with the ballads. LOVEBITES also play proper THRASH METAL. Try these live performances: RAISE SOME HELL, Dimebag would approve of the pinch harmonic-based riffs - ua-cam.com/video/zamSQD0JUFk/v-deo.html SET THE WORLD ON FIRE - ua-cam.com/video/99zsH6iG_6c/v-deo.html BREAK THE WALL, sounds like SLAYER + Gary Moore - ua-cam.com/video/5Pc0XK0lNmU/v-deo.html ASAMI sounds even better singing in Japanese on the original version of BRAVEHEARTED, from the LOVEBITES EP - ua-cam.com/video/BbFXnzhJiiQ/v-deo.html
![LOVEBITES / Holy War [Live at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo 2020] First Time Hearing (Reaction)](/img/n.gif)
Fun fact that you mentioned two Finnish bands and for Lowebites this is mixed and mastered by Finnish masterminds Mikko Karmila and Mika Jussila, who have worked on all of the band's studio albums
Missed this when you first posted it, but welcome to the Wolfpack. Great call on seeing so quickly that both guitarists are co-leads.
Thank you so much!
FYI - Both guitarists and the bass player were doing the tapping simultaneously all three times. The camera just focused on one at a time, but they were all doing it together.
Yeah, After a couple of listens I can hear it now!
Formed in 2016. Lead singer is Asami, Miyako and Midori on guitar, original bassist Miho (seen here), and Drummer Haruna. Miho left in 2021. New bassist ,Fami, joined in Oct 2022. Yep, twin lead guitars.
The band is named after the Grammy winning Halestorm song Love Bites (So Do I). Asami has performed that song live with Lzzy and Halestorm.
Did you see the piano on stage? It's not just for show. You can see it used in Swan Song(with Chopin intro).
The new album, Judgement Day, just came out. the first with Fami. 2 singles so far, the title track, and Stand and Deliver (Shoot 'em Down)
Thank you so much for all the info!
In the video, it is hard to tell because each of them is zoomed in on the other, but they are tapping in three places at the same time during the performance of HOLY WAR.
Yeah, After a couple of listens I can hear it now!
Another bright and precious jewel from the treasure box that is female, Japanese, Rock and Metal bands. Welcome to the Wolfpack!
Thank you Tony!
Lovebites, a super talented musicians. All their songs (60s now) in various genres of metal were damn good. Check it out.🤘🤘👍
Will do!
You can be picky all you want, but it ain't gonna work with Lovebites. Your ass is HOOKED! 😆
( Add another one to the wolfpack! ) 🤘🏼🐺🤘🏼
😂 😂 I have to listen to some more, but yea I think I'll be joining the pack!
Miho Miho Miho! Lovebites are about 3 years younger than band-Maid but if You compare the two at the 7 year mark Band-Maid had done way more international traveling/tours. Which doesn't mean Lovebites are NOT popular just not as well known globally and Lovebites are mainly a Powermetal (even tho that is not all they play) band and as such has less of an appeal in general. So singing in English may have done them some good but it is really hard to discern how much.
Thank you so much for the info, That's super interesting though.
Not only Miho is tapping on bass same time harunas tapping on the drumz
Now that i've listened it a couple more times I can hear it.
Welcome to lovebites, for me this ladys are so crazy good with their talents and skills they play the instruments, and that drummer is my favourite band members, she might be a master double bass, imagine she play for 1+hr at live concert, LOVEBITES ROCK
I know! The stamina she has is crazy 😂 😂
A great reaction, and welcome to Lovebites! There are many of us in the Wolfpack (the Lovebites fans who will be commenting A LOT on this video) who believe they are the best band in the planet. This is just the tip of the iceberg my friend. The band just released a monster album, Judgement Day, last week and it has topped the metal charts in several countries. There will be many songs from their great catalog that will be recommended to you. If you want other than power metal, try Break The Wall, Set The World on Fire, Hammer of Wrath and Dissonance for starters. For quintessential power metal that's MUCH better than Holy War imho, try Judgement Day and Soldier Stands Solitarilty from their new album. For a ballad, try Epilogue. I guarantee you will not be disappointed! As for singing in English, I think from the start they wanted to be more internationally known, especially since traditional heavy metal is more well-known outside of Japan and they would be more appreciated by true heavy metal fans, so they made this strategic move. Totally brilliant.
Thank you so much! I will check those recommendations out!
Haruna "little BIG Engine" drums 🧡 (4'9"; 1.45m)
Asami "The One & Only Voice" vocals/piano ❤ (4'10"; 1.47m)
Midori "Crazy Shredder" guitar 💚 (4'11"; 1.5m)
Miyako "The Golden Touch" guitar/piano 💙 (5'2"; 1.58m)
all LIVE performances currently available:
Miho "Natural Born Head-Banger" bass 💜 (5'1"; 1.55m)
new member: Fami - bass (5'2"; 1.58m)
nicknames given by the band
"Bravehearted": ua-cam.com/video/MaKtRMiSfMI/v-deo.html
written by "little BIG Engine" Haruna
Newest Music Video (02-21-2023) "Stand And Deliver": ua-cam.com/video/4ImGA7cPyrs/v-deo.html
This performance Fami on bass, and "Judgement Day" CD & MV.
All LIVE & other music videos have Miho, original founder on bass.
🐺
Miho the bassist on this video is the founder of the band and has written many of the songs unfortunately life happened and for personal reasons she left the band in August of 2021 which left Lovebites to go on a hiatus. In the summer of 2022 they held open auditions for a bassist and settled on Fami an internet sensation who had her own channel and already had over 700,000 fans. she won the audition then even before finishing the lovebites album she finished a solo album ahead of the lovebites release of Judgement Day, the 1st two Music Videos have had a heavy dose of Fami to start both videos. Here's links to both.
Stand And Deliver (Shoot 'Em Down) ua-cam.com/video/4ImGA7cPyrs/v-deo.html
Judgement Day ua-cam.com/video/m3uGjp-P7DI/v-deo.html
Thank you so much!
Ah, you got to Lovebites finally ! Great reaction, love hearing your thoughts!
Band-Maid and Lovebites were my entry into the japanese music rabbit hole about 3-4 years ago. Haven't looked back since then.
Might as well do Lovebites 'Swan song' next to get a feel for their diversity. But you can't go wrong with any Lovebites track!
And just to tease you again, here are a few more japanese bands you have to check out (at some point):
Hanabie (do 'we love sweets' first, then 'Pardon me I have to go now')
Unlucky Morpheus ('Black Pentagram' the live version if possible)
Sokoninaru (do 'Tenohira De Odoru' first, prepare to be amazed)
Saiseiga ('Ride on')
Could list 30 more, but those are be the ones I'd like to see you do in the near future 😁❤
Nice one.
I would say Band Maid are more famous worldwide just now. They have just toured the US so that brings a lot of attention.
Personally I prefer Lovebites, and I cant wait to see them in the UK. They did support Dragonforce in the UK in 2019 and I cant wait till they come back.
Got it, Thank you for the info.
They're thrashpower metal 😂🤘
Lovebites is a Power Thrash band - check out "Set the World on Fire" next. ua-cam.com/video/99zsH6iG_6c/v-deo.html
Will add it to the list!
Awesome!! Lovebites draws inspiration from the 80's and 90's power and thrash metal scene, one of the key reasons why they sing in English.
They are mainly known as a powerthrash metal band but they also take on different styles as you will soon discover!!
After a long hiatus due to founder and bassist Miho leaving the band mid-pandemic they just released their new album with the new bassist Fami! Auditions were held and they made a mini documentary about it, really cool!! There's a video of it on their channel.
The new album Judgement Day just came out couple weeks ago, so i will suggest that!
Judgement Day - ua-cam.com/video/m3uGjp-P7DI/v-deo.html
Stand and Deliver - ua-cam.com/video/4ImGA7cPyrs/v-deo.html
Im also a Band Maid fan but the 2 bands are totally different from each other musically.
BM mostly on the pop/rock hardrock realm with some hints of metal at times, while LB are a heavy metal band at their core!
Fun fact, the drummers from both bands Haruna and Akane are good friends!!
Thank you much! That's a fun fact for sure, haha, but yeah they are obviously completely different bands. I need to listen more from LB to see their trash side.
Since you started out saying you liked 'some' Power Metal, I was pretty sure you would get Lovebitten. All musicians know that no matter how good you are, there is a 10yo Japanese girl who can play rings around you. Lovebites is 4 of those prodigies 20 yrs older - all in the SAME band. They found Asami (vocals & lyricist) through an audition where she sang Halestorm's Love Bites and picked her, even though she was a Soul and R&B singer and had never sung Metal before she joined Lovebites. Haruna is a 4'9" dynamo on drums. Guitarists Midori (blond) and Miyako (brunette) are world class shredders (Miyako is also a concert trained classical pianist, and composes most of the music) Miho was the bassist here. She quit in 2021 and Lovebites added a new bassist last October - Fami - a 20yo bass phenom. They were the first all-female Japanese band invited to Wacken and Bloodstock in 2018, toured with Dragon Force in 2019, and won the UK Metal Hammer of the Gods award as best new Metal band of 2018. To see Miyako shred some Chopin on piano and then shred guitar on the same song check out Swan Song [+Chopin Intro] ua-cam.com/video/WBhtqgiXEA4/v-deo.html 🤘🐺🤘
That's super cool thank you!
Great and thorough reaction. You appreciated and covered each element of the band. One thing you didn't mention is that they play in heels 🤣🤣. Please do more LOVEBITES from Edge of the World ua-cam.com/video/UZjxMjBop7w/v-deo.html to
Set the World on Fire ua-cam.com/video/99zsH6iG_6c/v-deo.html
Oh yes! I was so invested in the music that in totally skipped over that, but i did notice it specially during the solo when the guitarrist on the right was standing on the monitor.
Not just 'power-metal' "Break The Wall": ua-cam.com/video/5Pc0XK0lNmU/v-deo.html
Thrash, with a transition ...
I consider their composition & arrangement talents to be
on par with their musicianship. Unsurpassed.
But, of course, you can't "arrange" a segment of
hyper-tremolo-picked palm-muted arpeggiated-chords
in perfect sync with 3 other musicians,
song after song for 2 hour, 18-song shows ...
unless you have musicians that can perform that.
All songs are in English (1st EP 1 Japanese, translated for 1st album)
Repeat listens reveal imaginative uses of techniques.
Haruna's cymbal work combined with precise dbl-kick (!)
While her snare-hit locks it tight. The 'conductor' (?)
"Break The Wall" might dispel the "PowerMetal" limits altogether...
but so many genre blended-seamlessly? hard to categorize.
All 60 songs are worthy of your time. No kidding. 60
"Empty Daydream" Classical piano & R&B 'vamp' intro to ?
ua-cam.com/video/C2QajtKS6b8/v-deo.html
🐺
A great into song for the Five of a Kind tour is Thunder Vengeance. Just like Stand and Deliver, another song they have fun in is Raise Some Hell from the same concert.
Thank you!
Welcome to the wolfpack you have been lovebitten and yes they sing all in English except 1 song that Haruna the drummer wrote before helping Miho form lovebites when she was still in Destrose. Bravehearted on the first EP is in Japanese Asami converted it to English for the 1st whole album this album they just released was their 4rth full album they have 4 EP's one is technically classified as a single (Golden Destination) but still there are 4 songs on it which to me signifies a four to five song EP. They don't have any bad songs so the rabbit hole is a fun one to explore.
A very interesting reaction video. Thank you for your opinion, that was very good.
I've been a big LOVEbites fan for 3 years and fans never get enough so :
S u g g e s t i o n s for next reaction V i d e o s: ALL LIVE !!!
(Copy the following sentence lines and enter them into the UA-cam search bar, you will find the videos)
Set The World On Fire - live from "Ride For Vengeance Tour 2021 - Tokyo Dome City Hall
The Hammer Of Wrath - Zepp Diver City live 2020
Thunder Vengeance - Zepp Diver City live 2020
Break the Wall - Zepp Diver City live 2020
Members : Asami : Vocals, Piano
Haruna Ishikawa : Drums
Midori Tatematsu : Lead Guitar, backing vocals
Miyako Watanabe : Lead Guitar, Keyboard , Piano, Keytar, backing vocals
FAMI : Bass
Founder : Miho Rosana : Bass (2016-2021)
INFO :
Miyako + Midori are the best guitar duo in 3 decades ! All Lovebites women are masters. These Ladies write, compose and arrange their own songs. Over 50 premium songs in 6 years and not a single weak song. Masters in live playing and geniuses in composing. LOVEBITES: Their gimmick is their ability! - This women play different styles, but always hard and fast. Thrash Metal + Power Metal + Speed Metal + Metal Ballads. 🤘LOVEbites🤘
Thank you so much! Will add those recommendations to my list.
🤘🐺♠👸🤘
You're falling down through the Japanese rock/metal rabbit hole, and i think you're enjoying it a lot so far right? lol
So now you've reacted to Lovebites (pretty cool reaction btw), Nemophila, and of course Band-Maid. I'll suggest Gacharic Spin for a change of pace, they're a bit more "poppy" than the metal stuff but equally awesome; or you could try Hanabie, another kinda-metal-band that's making a bit of buzz these days and gaining new fans
Thank you so much Hanabie has been recommended a lot, so that might be next.
Enough with the ballads. LOVEBITES also play proper THRASH METAL. Try these live performances:
RAISE SOME HELL, Dimebag would approve of the pinch harmonic-based riffs - ua-cam.com/video/zamSQD0JUFk/v-deo.html
SET THE WORLD ON FIRE - ua-cam.com/video/99zsH6iG_6c/v-deo.html
BREAK THE WALL, sounds like SLAYER + Gary Moore - ua-cam.com/video/5Pc0XK0lNmU/v-deo.html
ASAMI sounds even better singing in Japanese on the original version of BRAVEHEARTED, from the LOVEBITES EP - ua-cam.com/video/BbFXnzhJiiQ/v-deo.html
Thank you so much Greg will check those for my next reactions.