Many of these over the top effects were fairly prominent with a lot of bands during this period. But Seikima-II didn't exactly "rip off" anyone else as much as create their own over the top image much of which is influenced by the Japanese Kabuki theatrical style. Anything else you see in an early video like this is merely a product of the 80's.
@@Treychik The problem is, this doesn't look like kabuki. I've seen kabuki and this is not all that similar lol. Seikima-II's image looks like KISS's interpretation of kabuki. (The star designs, the stylized dual line "whiskers," etc). Come on man. They're a good band but you're in denial if you think Kiss wasn't a visual influence.
@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262 bruh, that does have that kabuki visual looks coming from me that did research into japan history for years. Just because they look and sound like KISS doesn't mean its a rippoff. Next you'll tell me X Japan is a KISS rip-off. So Yeah, take the L before the fans come after you with pitch forks. Good day😊
BigTimeChanges is my most favourite Seikimatsu album, and Ace Shimizu is my most favourite guitarist of them as well. The last song called Angel Smile in this album, Ace Shimizu is on vocal without Demon, is so beautiful.- - - Their Japanese Lyrics sense is so great,"mouchou tsurushite kusokurae" can't be really translated into English without losing the original sense & smell, I suppose. And, thanks so much for uploading this!
Seikima-II pronouced "Saykeemas" or "Seikimatsu" in Japanese basically translates to "The End of The Century". This is the bands theme and part of what they call the "prophecy" which they are destined to disband in 1999 ending their earth conquest.
I agree, I am a KISS fan myself and I have also seen similarities between the two. The inspiration from kabuki i reffered to mainly relates to their makeup since KISS also very obviously were inspired by that style themselves. It is also a fact that Demon himself has stated in an interview with Kyoji Yamamoto, that " he was never very much into KISS" so it is also possible that the concept behind their personas could have been due to Damian Hamada's inspiration from such bands as KISS.
UA-cam music suggestions based on my playlist of JP rock and metal brought me here got the DMC vibes loved it did hyperfixation research and well one new favorite band
Yes, they disbanded on December 12th, 1999 at 23:59:59. Their last concert was called THE BLACK MASS FINAL 3 NIGHTS or The Ultimate Black Mass. Since then the band had a short limited time reunion including original guitarist Jail O'hashi. Two different lives were held in late December of 2005 for their 20th anniversary. After this the band has remained inactive but all members currently have active and successful solo careers.
@milkjamjuice yes they played at a con and it was the best concert ever! There weren't too many people there but enough to fill up the ballroom in the hotel it was held at. But since it was their first real American concert it's hard to find a bigger place even if it was for a band as big as they are.
(Queda poco tiempo) Déjalo rodar y rodar ... por todo el mundo Déjalo rodar y rodar ... por todo el mundo ¡Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaohhhhhh! La tierra está herida y huele a podrida ¡Hay que hacer cambios! La tierra está herida, teme por su vida ¡No te sorprendas! Ve que pasa el tiempo y le hacemos mas daño ¡Nos pide cambios! Si esto sigue así, le quedan cien años ¡Tal vez lo entiendas! Venid a luchar (Oh, dulces guerreros) No hay nada que perder (¡Que tiempos, aquellos) Con todo el corazón (Oh, dulces fronteras) Oh si! ... ¡Estallan cabezas! ¡Oíd la explosión! Vuestros dirigentes son unos farsantes ¡Hora de rupturas! Destrozan la Tierra ... ¡Dejadla como antes! ¡Sacad la basura! Salvad vuestras vidas, salvad el planeta ¡Basta de guerras! el tiempo se acaba y se aleja la meta ¡Salvad la Tierra! Vivir con honor (Oh, queridos emperadores) Crecer con amor (Oh, querido Cristo) Ojos que no ven (Oh, queridos presidentes) ¡Oh, si! ... ¡ !Mejor es cerrarlos, por vuestro bien! Déjalo rodar y rodar por todo el mundo Déjalo rodar y rodar por todo el mundo ... ¡Volved, Godzillas! ¡Esta en juego la vida! ¡Ganemos la partida!
Mas que una traducción, es una adaptación. La letra original gira en torno al concepto de la podredumbre y lo repite una y otra vez en la parte de la letra en japonés, con un verso final en cada estrofa de contenido mucho mas duro que el que he puesto yo. Seguiré corrigiéndolo. Se admiten sugerencias. Gracias.
Oh Come on!? E-Z-O had a checkerboard floor in the "Flashback Heart Attack" vid, and they also had a song called "Big Changes". They basically looked exactly like these guys too, only better.
Seikima-II are one of Japan's legendary heavy metal bands. Because they are a Japanese band, their style and image is most likely derived from Japanese kabuki style theatre. KISS most likely also took inspiration from this style as well, thus possibly contributing to their immense popularity in Japan. Many comparisons have been made, but Seikima-II alone are a very unique band.
But Seikima-II's image is full of things you see in KISS's image and not in kabuki. (The star designs, etc.) So the idea kabuki alone is what influenced their image is incredibly unlikely
@HawkBasham Whether some of the members were influenced by KISS is a possibility, but speaking for Demon Kogure, the vocalist, he once mentioned in an interview that he was never a fan of KISS in general. Musically, their influences were most likely European heavy metal and hard rock bands. Certain confirmed ones would be the likes of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow and Deep Purple for example. The NWOBHM scene was mostly likely another strong influence.
In my opinion, as far as related to rock music, they pick from everywhere up (as Deep Purple did), but the big difference is that they have created (maybe it is Demon work) a whole universe and a story that let them show incredible shows/performances that the rock audience has never seen before. Every other rock group, now, seems to be boring, compared to them, and their musical skills are on top too. Probably, the best rock band ever.
@Dkogure Looking back on my previous comment, I guess I found Seikima-II a little hard to process, and take seriously. The current truth is that I LOVE this band, and this is probably my favorite song of theirs.
Detroit Metal city brought me here, this band is awesome!!
サンキュー 聖飢魔ii∞
聖飢魔ii LOVE LOVE LOVE😍😍∞💯⭕‼️❗
Sadako vs kayako brought me here BUT when I saw a pic of them I was reminded of DMC🤣🤣
この曲、歌声
初めて聞いてから最高に好きだ
閣下、カッコよすぎ！
Many of these over the top effects were fairly prominent with a lot of bands during this period. But Seikima-II didn't exactly "rip off" anyone else as much as create their own over the top image much of which is influenced by the Japanese Kabuki theatrical style. Anything else you see in an early video like this is merely a product of the 80's.
thank you! For some reason some kids keep screaming that they stole image from KISS? lol
@@Treychik the funny thing about that is that KISS stole from Parliament Funkadelic wholesale.
@@Treychik The problem is, this doesn't look like kabuki. I've seen kabuki and this is not all that similar lol. Seikima-II's image looks like KISS's interpretation of kabuki. (The star designs, the stylized dual line "whiskers," etc). Come on man. They're a good band but you're in denial if you think Kiss wasn't a visual influence.
@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262 bruh, that does have that kabuki visual looks coming from me that did research into japan history for years. Just because they look and sound like KISS doesn't mean its a rippoff. Next you'll tell me X Japan is a KISS rip-off. So Yeah, take the L before the fans come after you with pitch forks.
Good day😊
@@PhoenixM252 the denial is real
AMOR A PRIMERA VISTA!!!!! LA PRIMERA CANCIÓN Y VÍDEO QUE ESCUCHE DE SEIKIMA II. AMO A ESTA BANDA POR SIEMPRE SEIKIMA II !!!!
BigTimeChanges is my most favourite Seikimatsu album, and Ace Shimizu is my most favourite guitarist of them as well. The last song called Angel Smile in this album, Ace Shimizu is on vocal without Demon, is so beautiful.- - - Their Japanese Lyrics sense is so great,"mouchou tsurushite kusokurae" can't be really translated into English without losing the original sense & smell, I suppose.
And, thanks so much for uploading this!
The hell with Kiss, Seikima II RULES.
I want the lead singer's hair, I don't care what anyone says. It's either that or a yankii pompadour.
did you actually get it in the end? how'd it go?
私が産まれて初めて好きになった男性はデーモン小暮閣下です。今このPV観てもほんとに素敵。
DAMN ! SEIKIMA ROCKS ! ive seen this for the first time 2 days a go n i just love it
エースソロカッコいいですよね
Ace as lead guitarist is rlly cool
この曲のギターソロ好き
"let it rollin" is the best line in any song i have ever heard.
Seikima-II pronouced "Saykeemas" or "Seikimatsu" in Japanese basically translates to "The End of The Century". This is the bands theme and part of what they call the "prophecy" which they are destined to disband in 1999 ending their earth conquest.
2016 still listening seikima ll 聖飢魔ll 最高 ,最讚
yeah they rock
2018 checkin in \m/
OMG, I just cant't get enough of that song...
Thank you so much for putting it out!! ^^
I agree, I am a KISS fan myself and I have also seen similarities between the two. The inspiration from kabuki i reffered to mainly relates to their makeup since KISS also very obviously were inspired by that style themselves. It is also a fact that Demon himself has stated in an interview with Kyoji Yamamoto, that " he was never very much into KISS" so it is also possible that the concept behind their personas could have been due to Damian Hamada's inspiration from such bands as KISS.
I fucking love that solo
I've watched this a million times, but I just noticed today that Ace has his guitar pedal strapped to the front of his armor. Sick!
It was amazing seeing them live.
@gurubhai01 It is an Ace Shimizu signature Aria Pro II which uses the same design as an earlier Charvel model.
IT´S BIG TIME!!!! THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE MEETING OF SEIKIMA II, THE YEAR OF JAPANESE DEMON´S. IT´S BIG TIME :D
UA-cam music suggestions based on my playlist of JP rock and metal brought me here got the DMC vibes loved it did hyperfixation research and well one new favorite band
カッコイイなあ♪
2020 HELLO..?!💕
2024.3.11
around and around and around the world!
this band is awesome.. now i can say i got a favorite japanese band. W00T
Let it roll and around and around and around the world
Let it roll and around and around and around the world
最高！！
ウガンダさんだぁ懐かしい！
OHH SWEET WARRIORSS \m/
この歌声いいよなぁ
Very good!
Обкательно!
Like K.I.S.S but this band have style
They dress like K.I.S.S but sound like Judas Priest
very cool!
excellent...je connaissais pas du tt mais j'adore.
omg the little chess pieces are so cuteee!!!
haha, it's like LASER EYESSSS *checkmate*
and that guitar part is really cool :)
Its gonna be great
this is so tuff 🔥🔥🙏🙏
demon's outfit when he is onstage is more than godly.
Wow...🔥
Hell Stew from Yakuza LAD brought me here, this is amazing
Thanks Dan
The 80s are dead, long live the 80s! This is a good thing for someone like me who came of age in the 80s, of course.
Yes, they disbanded on December 12th, 1999 at 23:59:59. Their last concert was called THE BLACK MASS FINAL 3 NIGHTS or The Ultimate Black Mass. Since then the band had a short limited time reunion including original guitarist Jail O'hashi. Two different lives were held in late December of 2005 for their 20th anniversary. After this the band has remained inactive but all members currently have active and successful solo careers.
Thank you so much!!! It is not easy to get info about them unless you understand japanese. Greetings from Madrid!!!
CA C EST UN EXCELLENT FORMIDABLE ET FABULEUX SOUVENIR INOUBLIABLE ET DE PAR FAIT DE BRAVO ! .. Singer L AMI LE CORBEAU D.J ... D.J.(L)
This clip is totally FUCKING AWESOME!!! i feel like building a CULT around it!! i am , of course, also totally insane!
ITS BIG TIME!!!!!!!
@milkjamjuice yes they played at a con and it was the best concert ever! There weren't too many people there but enough to fill up the ballroom in the hotel it was held at. But since it was their first real American concert it's hard to find a bigger place even if it was for a band as big as they are.
(Queda poco tiempo)
Déjalo rodar
y rodar ... por todo el mundo
Déjalo rodar
y rodar ... por todo el mundo
¡Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaohhhhhh!
La tierra está herida y huele a podrida
¡Hay que hacer cambios!
La tierra está herida, teme por su vida
¡No te sorprendas!
Ve que pasa el tiempo y le hacemos mas daño
¡Nos pide cambios!
Si esto sigue así, le quedan cien años
¡Tal vez lo entiendas!
Venid a luchar (Oh, dulces guerreros)
No hay nada que perder (¡Que tiempos, aquellos)
Con todo el corazón (Oh, dulces fronteras)
Oh si! ... ¡Estallan cabezas! ¡Oíd la explosión!
Vuestros dirigentes son unos farsantes
¡Hora de rupturas!
Destrozan la Tierra ... ¡Dejadla como antes!
¡Sacad la basura!
Salvad vuestras vidas, salvad el planeta
¡Basta de guerras!
el tiempo se acaba y se aleja la meta
¡Salvad la Tierra!
Vivir con honor (Oh, queridos emperadores)
Crecer con amor (Oh, querido Cristo)
Ojos que no ven (Oh, queridos presidentes)
¡Oh, si! ... ¡ !Mejor es cerrarlos, por vuestro bien!
Déjalo rodar y
rodar por todo el mundo
Déjalo rodar y
rodar por todo el mundo
...
¡Volved, Godzillas!
¡Esta en juego la vida! ¡Ganemos la partida!
Mas que una traducción, es una adaptación. La letra original gira en torno al concepto de la podredumbre y lo repite una y otra vez en la parte de la letra en japonés, con un verso final en cada estrofa de contenido mucho mas duro que el que he puesto yo. Seguiré corrigiéndolo. Se admiten sugerencias. Gracias.
Gintama brought me here
+sumo fred wahahaha... wagahai da UNO de aru.
Let it roll and around and around and around the world
Let it roll and around and around and around the world
♫
Лучшие!!!
Epic
Oh Come on!? E-Z-O had a checkerboard floor in the "Flashback Heart Attack" vid, and they also had a song called "Big Changes". They basically looked exactly like these guys too, only better.
初めてキムジョン見た時誰かに似てんなと思ってたけど学生の頃見たこのpvだったのかw
聖飢魔IIカッコええ！
momento nostalgia: não ouvia Seikima-II desde 2010. ahushau ~
Ue
they are like KISS visually and Motley Crew in the sound.... but still J-rock...... I can't wait to see them at a-kon.....
It is the promotion video of the band called seikima Ⅱ.
i got curious of this band because of saki from nemophila..very cool man, sounds like motley crue
Amazing
wow !! crazy singer
DMC brought me here, apparently the band in that anime is based on this one
buen tema buena banda
A kind of KISS that knows how to play a guitar!
Great
Que buena banda!!!!!!!.....such a great band....muy god!!!!!!!!!!
Seikima-II are one of Japan's legendary heavy metal bands. Because they are a Japanese band, their style and image is most likely derived from Japanese kabuki style theatre. KISS most likely also took inspiration from this style as well, thus possibly contributing to their immense popularity in Japan. Many comparisons have been made, but Seikima-II alone are a very unique band.
Seikima II is light years away better than Kiss.
KISS came first than Seikima-II but Seikima-II is much better in all angles though
But Seikima-II's image is full of things you see in KISS's image and not in kabuki. (The star designs, etc.) So the idea kabuki alone is what influenced their image is incredibly unlikely
In terms of visual style, Seikima is a knock-off of KISS. They blatantly copied KISS. Kiss debuted 1973 and Seikima debuted 1982.
@@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262kiss sucks
Is there an official DVD containing this and their other PVs?
This would kill on surround audio. LET IT ROLLIN'!!! \m/
come here because YuYu hakusho episode 49, lol '-'
same lmao
This might be the oldest UA-cam upload I've seen. I can't remember ever seeing 2006, only 2007 and forward.
great! it's like a japanese mixture of twisted sister and kiss!
yeah, there is one, i got in jpophelp, it have all the pvs, is great, i recommend u to get it now! ;)
BAAANDON !!!!
@MephistoTussand It says:
"Trample the rotten earth Big Time Changes
Paint out the rotten times Big Time Changes"
💜💜💜
エース清水長官様かっこいいよぉ・゜・(つД｀)・゜・聖飢魔II様最高！！
@WebbGnome0
They played an ANIME CONVENTION?! Were there a lot of people there?
It's kind of weird for such a huge band...
i think that like 4000 of the views on this video are mine lol, ive watched this video like 40 times every day this week
Japanese KISS!!
I really liked Kogures hair here, i wish he used this style instead of the weird spikes lol.
@HawkBasham Whether some of the members were influenced by KISS is a possibility, but speaking for Demon Kogure, the vocalist, he once mentioned in an interview that he was never a fan of KISS in general. Musically, their influences were most likely European heavy metal and hard rock bands. Certain confirmed ones would be the likes of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow and Deep Purple for example. The NWOBHM scene was mostly likely another strong influence.
In my opinion, as far as related to rock music, they pick from everywhere up (as Deep Purple did), but the big difference is that
they have created (maybe it is Demon work) a whole universe and a story that let them show incredible shows/performances that the rock audience has never seen before. Every other rock group, now, seems to be boring, compared to them, and their musical skills are on top too. Probably, the best rock band ever.
For instance, this song reminds me of Queen's "We will rock you".
me too.reminds me of 80ty bands like iron maiden.
good music
They are an 80's metal band though xD
Anybody knows if that tank at the end of the video was part of a live show, or just a footage made for this PV??
I'm sure it was part of their show. Such elaborate theatrics were very common with metal bands at the time.
famicomblog brought me here since 2010. happy to own Sekima II the game! lol
let it rollin
I gotta admit, this song is so fuckin awesome. Thats all I have to say.
2:30 LOL WTF???????!!!!!!!!!!! awesome lazer/lightning bolts from the mouth seems super effective against salarymen
"ITS BIG TIME"
exekebt abd epic video of SEIKIMA ll
and its a great band
@Dkogure Looking back on my previous comment, I guess I found Seikima-II a little hard to process, and take seriously. The current truth is that I LOVE this band, and this is probably my favorite song of theirs.
A little funny that an older you couldn't take these guys seriously but could KISS. At least you matured lol
new favourite band XD
WAGAHAI!!
This song makes me miss my mullet.
its BIG TIME!!
can someone tell me what guitar is he using ? ? 3:00 .. love the black stripe between white running on the side of the guitar...
I just saw them on tik tok.
At first I thought it was EZO.
Very similar
Both are awesome
pretty interesting :O
Eu também, hahahahahahahhaha. Nem sabia que existia essa banda! Boa dica do Anime! LOL