I have no idea how the drummer is still alive. He kept going, full attack mode. I was almost passing out just listening to him keep going, my legs are sore. There is just nothing like babymetal. They are a genre of their own, and its just so damn catchy and heavy at the same time
Hidecki is one of the most powerful drummers I've ever heard. He becomes the mighty heartbeat during his tenure. And like you said in this song...how can any mere human generate such massive, emotive power? Incredible!
You don't have to like the music but you cannot deny the charm of Babymetal. What Babymetal is all about involves the smile that inevitably crosses your face when watching them. I call it the "Babymetal Smile". This was recorded when Su (lead singer) was 17 years old. They just released a new song, Divine Attack. You'll need to check it out to hear what she sounds like at 25 years old.
"The crowd's gonna chew up 30bpm and they're gonna take you down probably a whole octave." I knew it was one of these reactions I got that from, and truer words have never been spoken.
SUMETAL's stage presence is undeniable. You asked how long the band has been together. It's been about 10 years now, but, at the time of this recording, it was closer to 5 years. SUMETAL had those 22,000+ (sold out Tokyo Super Arena) concert goers under her charming command. Did you notice how she parted the crowd at the beginning, to make space for that giant mosh pit (which I've read, is very polite and friendly, as you predicted). BABYMETAL's stage presence only becomes rightfully respected when you realize that this show was less than 3 weeks after SUMETAL turned 17! YUIMETAL and MOAMETAL were just 15 at this performance!
BabyMetal, during the darkest hour of the pandemic, did a long distance colab w/ Bring Me The Horizon, "Kingslayer" Although it was only a Lyric Video, folks are still talking about it. It came out late in 2020, but not much was happening. I consider it as the '21 "song of the year".
Well, it was their Corona-Collab and more or less an example of all other Collabs that they created from that time on. These Collabs are Commercially really lucatrive as they observed. But in fact they were in Hiatus and obviously Job Hunting since Babymetal was a 10 year project. But while they were Job Hunting they also wrote a propoasal under which circumstances they would be ready to continue Babymetal. And Koba agreed that they would try it. Since April 2023 they are the new Babymetal and the success shocked Koba, they dud dare things that he would not have dared and they worked. While the girls got older, they now dare to appear younger. The idea to wear cat ears in a video or on stage. And what do their fans say? "Cute!". Another change, they are respected. They can speak with Bands that never talked to them before. Since Sick New World 2024 there was a general change among many Bands.
⚡ 💀 💕 / 🏴 🏴 🏴 "Stand up and shout, Shout!, Justice Forever!" - (Road of Resistance) - Pretty much a master class in audience control. BABYMETAL believe that if a song sounds too much like one genre, then it's not a BABYMETAL song. You can definitely feel the speed metal in this one though. This performance was at Saitama Super Arena (SSA) in January of 2015, with a sold out crowd of over 20,000. BABYMETAL's lead singer, Suzuka Nakamoto first appeared at SSA in 2008 as the youngest member of the J-Pop trio Karen Girl's, when she was 10 years old. She's been back many times since, headlining with BABYMETAL. Guitarists for this concert were Takayoshi Ohmura and Leda Cygnus. The bassist was BOH, and the drummer was Hideki Aoyama. Hideki's father and younger brother were also drummers, so it's kind of in his blood.
Polite mosh pit is called mosh'sh pit. 😁 Suzuka is a true professional. She has been working stages since the age of 5. There are videos on RUclips showing her performing as young as 7 years old. Her first pro gig was at age 10 as a member of Karen Girls before becoming a founding member of Sakura Gakuin, out of which Babymetal was born. The guitar tracks for RoR was arranged and recorded in the studio by Herman Li and the other guitarist, whose name I forget of UK metal band DragonForce. Side historical note; DragonForce snuck Babymetal on stage and performed "Gimme Chocolate" with them at Download 2015 after one of the event organizers put a pre-emptive ban on Babymetal ever performing at Download. The following year, BABYMETAL rocked the main stage at Download 2016 for 55,000 attendees. Kawaii conquers all! 🤘🦊🤘
Hideki Aoyama the drummer just might have legs made of steel springs😝 After a long hiatus Babymetal released a new song last week you might want to check out called"Divine Attack". But it's always fun to go back and look at classic BM like this song of which there are many. Megitsune, Karate and Headbanger just to name a few, you'll get many more suggestions from commentors I'm sure. The best way to experience this band is live just like you did here with R of R, live performances is where this band shines and thrive. they're going to start touring again early next year beginning in Japan so you might get your wish to see them live 🦊🤘
Great reaction. This video was from January 2015 at the Saitama Super Arena. Su was 17, Yui and Moa only 15 and that was over 20,000 people completely under their control. This was also the end of a 90 minute concert and yes, they had been keeping that same energy up without any drop in quality for the whole time. It is what they do - they appreciate people have often paid a lot of money and travelled a long way to see them, they never give anything less than 100% for every song at every concert, whether that is one of their big arena concerts in Japan or at the many various sized venues as they tour the world. This was the official video, they actually cut that outro short by at least a couple of minutes (with Hideki and the Kami Band going at it non-stop) while the girls went to each different side of the stage to shout "We are ... BABYMETAL" with as many of the audience as they could get near to. As well as that long central bridge out to the small stage there were two more bridges at either end of the stage leading to a couple more small stages that they used at various points in the show. About 18 months later they sold out the Tokyo Dome (55,000 people) two nights running ... their stage there was spectacular. About the song itself. 'Road of Resistance' is a very positive song, I'm not sure the translation really works so well to convey what it is really about, but it isn't the usual "resist the machine or the system etc" that we might expect from the title. It is about forging your own road even where a road doesn't already exist, not necessarily going the easy way or following the path already made by somebody else, so if the way you want to go has never been trodden you may have to get past the resistance of the undergrowth, obstacles, hurdles and things blocking your way etc to find your own way. It could easily be used to describe BABYMETAL's own story - they could have followed the well trodden path of J-Pop and been very successful, but they chose to go with Metal ... but again they didn't just follow the same old format of every other metal band, they have done it their own way and it hasn't always been an easy route to follow. Herman Li and Sam Totman from DragonForce did the guitar arrangements for this song (it is the only one they were involved in) and recorded the guitars for the album version - this performance was all the Kami Band's interpretation of course. I will second includenull's recommendations for your next reactions: BABYMETAL - Ijime,Dame,Zettai - Live at Sonisphere 2014,UK (OFFICIAL) BABYMETAL | Catch Me If You Can (with Kami Band Intro) | LIVE at Budokan Black Night (HQ) and BABYMETAL | BABYMETAL DEATH | LIVE at Legend 1997 (HQ) [Intro subtitled] but to be honest I will second everybody else's recommendations for whatever other BABYMETAL songs they have added, they are all great - I'd have to think hard about which might be more drum oriented - maybe xDeleilax's suggestion for 'Kagerou' with intro.
I sometimes feel bad for reactors when they react to something like this, because there's always a bunch of people who have a text file open to copy/paste a wall of text with information nobody but the act's hardcore fans care about in the youtube comments.
@@markmckeown87 This isn't a full length wall of text - but I read all the longer ones as well. I like that he keeps it relevant to the content, he isn't one of those who just copy the same thing over and again regardless of what the reactor watched or said.
Great reaction and good job getting this one unblocked, thanks! And good job noticing Su-metal putting back in tempo the crowd chanting too fast. Just a few noticed that and it seems incredible to me that being 17 years old at the time Su-metal already had this level of professionalism. Well, after all, she's been doing this her entire life. And congrats, since I believe you must have now a real YT 100K badge. 😁
Thanks for the re-upload, you should listen their new single "Divine Attack - Shingeki" which is a blast and witness another new BM side we've never seen before.🦊🤘🔥
Nice reaction. Most of Babymetals bigger shows in Japan are full of stage theatrics. Makes them a lot of fun to watch. The Road of Resistance. Babymetal took that road. It was hard, dirty, rocky, unpaved, and mostly unknown with metalhead gate keepers. Babymetal paved it. Now thanks to Babymetal a lot of heads turned East to figure out what the heck is going on over there. Turns out. It was a lot. Now we have over the last 10 years new Japanese invasion. The last one was way back when Bands like X Japan and Loudness from Japan toured the world. Babymetal putting their own stamp in the metal world. Babymetals music is a Jpop vocals with heavy metal base along with whatever other musical style they want to use. Sounds easy but it turns out that it's actually kind of hard. Babymetal have made 3 albums this way and a 4th on its way in March. Rob Halford called them the monster ladies of metal. Which made them giggle. Because they're Kawaii metal after all. While the Kawaii part normally refers to the pop vocal and the dance. Sometimes it's just them. Here we get a fantastic combination of all of that. Plus the must have at every Babymetal show. The audience participation. The Babymetal fans are call the One. As in One with the band. Sometimes Su the lead singer will call for it. Like she did here. And other times they'll just point the mic at the crowd. Look for the many versions of Headbanger for that. Road of Resistance is a journey they took us on right along with them. Now it's your turn to go down the foxhole and into the Babymetal galaxy of music. Enjoy the ride.
Kami Band are gods of instruments but BABYMETAL as a whole are gods of crowd interaction. Su-metal, Moametal AND the Kami Band just engage the audience with natural flair and hard-earned skill. So far I've only seen them on video but I really want to catch a show for real - even a small one.
@@AndrewRooneyDrums Hm, if you are not aware of it, then I‘m probably misremembering and confusing it with another BABYMETAL reaction of yours. I thought I had seen it about a year ago or so.
A pro who gets the croud back in tune who's only teenager. Nice reaction, nice to see the suprise when you see her get the crowd back in line with the chanting.
Thanks again from Japan 有難う💛, especially for re-uploading this. The crowd involvement (mosh pit, call & response, chant etc.) occurs wherever they go on this planet. In your video, Su shouted some words at 10:39 meaning "Bring them on!". Fans analyzed that the provocative shout was thrown at people who had been ignoring, underrating, mocking, hating and even trying to discredit BABYMETAL. That shout may have been necessary in 2015 but not any longer. She shouted it rarely since then. Last year (2021), on the final day (April 15) of 10 BABYMETAL BUDOKAN concerts, Su shouted the same words in the end-all of the show. She did it smilingly with matured, mild and friendly voice. It meant, I believe, "come on guys!" The audience smiled her back. I was there at the venue ヽ(^o^)丿
Now that you’ve seen two concert videos, I recommend their two biggest hit videos, “Karate” (I think it’s their best visually) and the song that made them famous, “Gimme Chocolate.” That’s the ultimate example of their pop metal formula. They are such a blast to watch.
NEVER could figure out why Andrew did no more than one single reaction to the fabulous Babymetal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ----Pleeeeeeeease look up the ( live !) concert of MEGITSUNE !----also Syncopation ,live.
This is your 2nd reaction of BABYMETAL live performances and is a good reaction. I enjoy it. You are also missing out for few years of enjoyment of their live shows and these crazy talented musicians. Please react more BABYMETAL especially the live versions. Thank you!
Some people says this one sounds like DragonForce, and they are half-right since Herman Li & Sam Totman from DF arranged and recorded the guitars for the studio version of this one. Great reaction!
syncopation or tales of destinies + the one for next reaction maybe? speak from drum technique i think those 2 song a good representation for babymetal. they capture the tenacities, technicalitty, tightness and fluidity of the musicians
This is one of my favorites, because the crew of Dragonforce collaborated on it. Meaning two groups from almost opposite sides of the world came together and made it happen.
Enjoyed your reaction the supprised look as the girls took change of the audience and they can do this no matter where they are in the world . They also definitely better live as in there live . Not seen them since 2020 but just got my tickets for OAO Wembley Arena next April 😁🤘🦊🤘
I saw Babymetal down the front in Tokyo when they opened for Gun's n Roses and then saw Gun's n Roses in the front in Australia three weeks later. Have to say the Tokyo crowd went harder. At first the Japanese were apoligising a bit but we got to know each other, gelled and had a blast.
Great to finally have it released, on Reddit it said 10 months, auch ! Good reaction too. Can I say worth the wait ? You are right, a Babymetal pit is the kindest in metal. In Japan especially, but also still in Europe. In the US they attract some casual fans or even non fans who can be drunk idiots. So far closest Babymetal has been was a festival in Australia. 12:08 Funny thing is: their are 3 long stages at this show and they've actually ran over to all of them and thanked the fans, it was just shortened for the video .At Tokyo Dome second day, Babymetal's biggest shows, thus also biggest show, drummer Hideki kept it up much much longer and legend is that he had to be helped of the stage by his follow musicians or staff. I wasn't there, I didn't see it. 13:12 yes, lots of people like that in metal, who use the loud music and extreme vocals as an outlet for their anger or rage. It really has worked for lots of people. With other metal bands, some do end up in the moshpit and using that as a way to vent their anger, they are not appreciated. For some bands they are tolerated and sometimes even kind of expected though. Babymetal tries to give us a much happier kind of metal and it also has helped lots of people out of a depression, etc. Also Babymetal is a gateway band into metal. A metal with a softer side to get into first. Babymetal's rise in Japan has supposedly even increased the sale of other metal bands foreign and domestic.
I paid for this after it got blocked and don't regret it one bit now that it's been unblocked. Still a great reaction, man! Hope you do more BM soon :)
Now that I've gone older, re-watching this I'm reminiscing this with teary eyes, still get the goosebumps after all these years :). By all means, please do come to their European tour in 2023 (if you're in Europe), SABATON will be there too :)
Amazing. thanks for reacting to BabyMetal . you will not struggle to find other amazing songs. Look at the Drum Solo in the live version of Kagerou. another drummer another genius.
This performance is the one that truly sold me on Babymetal. I'd already seen Gimme Chocolate and Megitsune and had replayed those videos many times, but I wasn't yet a fan. The emotional ride on the Road of Resistance was my Babymetal Road to Damascus moment. By the end I was an emotional wreck. They took me from one peak to the next and it shows the talent and professionalism of the whole Babymetal team. I realized that BM wasn't a gimmick or even just heavy metal but a cross between metal/J-pop and a Broadway show carefully choreographed to manipulate your emotions in the best possible way. Su, Moa and Yui are able to control tens of thousands of people in the audience, which never fails to leave me astounded given their young age, but all the years in Sakura Gakuin, rehearsals and touring makes it seem effortless even as we worry if they can pull it off. The song is about fighting against the odds and never giving up and talks about beacon fires which brings to my mind the resistance of Japan against the Mongol invasions. It has a strong DragonForce feel because Li and Totman from that band collaborated on it and played it on the album. There are many places that amaze in this performance including Hideki Ayoma's drumming or the guitar solos, but I really get the chills right after the crowd "wows" finish and there is the fast guitar riff and the girls' dance break end up with them standing strongly outlined by the stage lighting. For me that's where the music, choreography, staging and emotion all come together perfectly. One thing to realize is that the crowd is a critical component in many Japanese band performances and they will have moments when they sing and even have choreographed movements. This is definitely the case for Babymetal and a big part of Yui's and Moa's job is to lead and encourage the crowd. There are online instructions for the crowd and even non-Japanese fans know what to sing in Japanese and when to join in with the dancing. You can see this participation in "Headbanger". So to see that, and for something fun, check out "Headbanger - Legend 1997".
Oh you made me laugh! I was going to say " polite mosh pit" too. Thank heavens some nations have respect and manners. We can all learn a lot from their example. ✌️❤️🤗
3 little Japanese middle-schoolgirl rock stars. Babymetal live performance is something so special. They're small but each of them is an unstoppable force, a power house, they're flag bearers of their generation!
Nice to see this one finally make it to RUclips! I hope this is a sign of things to come and you react to some more from BABYMETAL. I'm not sure what I could suggest that would be of particular interest to a drum teacher, maybe Akatsuki. There are of course some great performances from BABYMETAL in general. These are titles of videos on RUclips: BABYMETAL - Ijime,Dame,Zettai - Live at Sonisphere 2014,UK (OFFICIAL) BABYMETAL | Catch Me If You Can (with Kami Band Intro) | LIVE at Budokan Black Night (HQ) and this very special performance too: BABYMETAL | BABYMETAL DEATH | LIVE at Legend 1997 (HQ) [Intro subtitled]
This is such a good live performance, i absolutely love this band. Didn't care much for the 3rd album, as (in my opinion) it lacks the crazy, fast, hysterical and downright weird stuff they did on the first two records which i play really regularly. In fact, Babymetal is a band both me and my 7 year old daughter enjoy, she does entire dance routines and sings along phonetically, it's awesome. Couldn't be more proud :) Fantastic band as well, can't wait to see them live once. They're coming to The Netherlands next year, but just as support for Sabaton. Which probably means 30 minutes, and really scaled down because the Sabaton tank is in the way... Hopefully they'll come back for a full headlining tour. Great reaction, as usual!
Welcome back to BabyMetal. Hideki is a monster on the drums. You’ve reacted to another BabyMetal drummer… Anthony Barone. Good decision to react to live performances. If it can be helped, always react to live performances.
Yah, Babymetal came originally from a school for pop idol girls. Thats why it sounds so pop-y because these girls were trained in pop, and pretty much weren't even introduced to havy metal until their producers had the idea of making a mix between pop idols and heavy metal
Good reaction. SuMetal (the lead singer) has been on stage for more than 8 years despite her youth. In Japan, idols start very young (I think she was 8 years old and her companions were... 10?)
@@AndrewRooneyDrums Let's just say they love to gatekeep and when Babymetal first came to the scene, some metalheads were being overly dramatic saying things like it was going to kill metal. But just like with Nu metal, it brings in more metal fans and keeps it alive, and hey we got System Of A Down out of that wave.
@@SlainByTheWire one of the reasons I like this performance so much! SUMETAL slips a little jab at their naysayers in there. At one point, near the end of this song, she yells out, "sorta o motarasu" which translates to "bring them on!" To me, this song, specifically this performance, was BABYMETAL's declaration of success, in spite of many obstacles and all the naysayers. They traveled the "Road of Resistance" and we're standing/dancing up on that stage as successful victors!
You might already know this but the instrumentals for this song was written by Dragonforce, i believe it's Dragonforce playing it on the album version aswell!
I love how the melody of this song is almost kinda very Green Day pop punk, combined with anthem type energy, and it had added constant guitar solos, hair guitar metal tones, along with the double bass.
If you want to see Babymetal live in the UK, they are supporting Sabaton in April 2023. The Fox God has blessed me a ticket for Cardiff on the 16th, I hope you can get the same blessing too!
As I recall, at this show they were opening for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. I know RHCP are an established band, but I can’t imagine how it feels to go on after a crowd interaction like that for your opening act.
Hooray. Finally unblocked. Maybe Amuse are finally going to chill out on reactors? Babymetal's live shows, especially in Japan, are legendary for how grand and theatrical they are. Seeing Babymetal live is not just seeing a band play, its seeing a stage production. Its what sets them apart from almost any other band.
As a professional drummer, I think you would find interesting their song "Distortion". Their drummer went totally god mode in that song, i have never seen anything like that.
Sorry to say Andrew but you are late to the show! "The show" is BABYMETAL! The story behind this is epic also. I've been a fan since 2015 and I still can't get enough! Su-Metal (we call her the queen of metal) was born to do this! It's refreshing, it's different, it's the best thing to happen to metal in a long, long time. The girls combined with the Kami Band is electrifying and I love the "shock!" I don't like every song but I do like everything they bring to the genre' of metal. "Kawaii Metal forever!"
This is when they played Road of Resistance for the first time in Japan although it's debut was in Brixton Academy on their 2014 World Tour, their crowd always participating on their songs. Amazing right?
I always felt this sounded very Dragonforce. Catch me if you can in my opinion is their best song and definitely their best choreography. The song is absolutely magnificent!
Love them or hate them you cannot help smiling. There's just a charm to these girls even knowing its all a production. The band kind of reminds me of Helloween, but they're all in a lower register to let the girls' voices soar above them to keep it clear. Then when there are no lyrics, the guitarist moves up to a higher tone.
Greatest RnR video ever. It's just so epic. Sus vocals are spot on, and Kami band us just awesome. Brings tears to your eyes. Welcome to the Baby Metal rabbit hole - it's so fun down here.
You’re not going to receive hate from most metalheads. You’ve described Babymetal perfectly. J-pop metal. (Edit they’re Japanese not Korean lolz) They’re a really good and highly respected band. They’re pioneers of their genre.
Brilliant, if you don't put words in the sing along but everyone can join 😁 also she is a pro, ofcourse she handles the crowds like a Pro 🤣 I always exercise my demons through music, that's why I have very fit demons 😇
I adore these girls and their energy! All I can say is while they’re kind of like an idol group set to metal, I really hope they aren’t subjected to the absolute horror that is the idol industry.
BABYMETAL trilogy 「Starlight」「Shine」「Arkadia」 watch me please Japanese next METAL BAND SEIKIMATSU 聖飢魔II vo. デーモン小暮（DemonKogure） 「Fire After Fire」 reaction please！
Road of Resistance Saitama Super Arena (SSA):- "Road of Resistance" is a song by the Japanese Kawaii metal band Babymetal. The song was released worldwide as a digital single on February 1, 2015 by Toy's Factory, serving as the lead single off the international re-release of the album Babymetal, as well the opening track from Metal Resistance. "Road of Resistance":- •Single by Babymetal. •Album: Metal Resistance. •Language: Japanese, English. •Released: February 1, 2015. •Genre: Kawaii metal, power metal. •Length: 5:19. •Label: BMD Fox, Toy's Factory, Sony Music Entertainment. •Composer: Mish-Mosh, Norimetal, Kyt-metal. •Lyricist: Kitsune of Metal God, Mk-metal, Kxbxmetal. •Producer: Kobametal. •Kyoto: (arrangement). Babymetal singles chronology:- •"Megitsune" (2013). •"Road of Resistance" (2015). •"Gimme Chocolate!!" (2015). Background and release:- "Road of Resistance" includes guest appearances by DragonForce guitarists Herman Li and Sam Totman. The song would be used to mark the beginning of the band's lore, Metal Resistance Episode III, at the concert held on November 8, 2014 at O2 Brixton Academy in London, which was also the final tour date for the band's Babymetal World Tour 2014. A trailer for the song was released on January 5, 2015, integrating footage from the debut performance of the song in London. The song was first released as a digital bonus track off the live album Live at Budokan: Red Night, with limited editions of the album containing a download card with a code to download the song at no additional charge. The song was later released as a dedicated digital single on the iTunes Store on February 1, 2015. Li and Totman are featured on guitars, although they are listed as featured artists in various regions of the re-release of the album Babymetal, on which the song appears as a bonus track, mainly in the United Kingdom. Composition:- Rolling Stone described the song as "power metal" with "shiny pop harmonies". Rock Sound called the song "everything we’d expect from [Babymetal] with a bit of Dragonforce’s exhilarating, flame-fingered guitar added in for good measure." Matt Evans of The List called the song an "empowering hyperspeed anthem". According to Kadokawa, the song consists of twin shred guitars courtesy of Li and Totman, with a dynamic sound derived of melodic speed metal. The lyrics are described as a narrative on the Metal Resistance, which the band adopted on their world tour. It has also been considered the "final stage" of Babymetal and the prologue to Metal Resistance, and a transition performance that demonstrates the band's growth from the previous album. According to Su-metal, the song refers to the Metal Resistance lore, described as "the story of Babymetal traveling across the world in the hopes of creating a new metal to unify the world as we break through the barriers of language and borders. In the middle of the song there is a part where we go, ‘Wow, Wow’ and this is where our fans from around the world can sing with us at our concerts. I hope people will listen to our album and support us at our shows." Yuimetal stated in an interview with Metal Hammer that "Road of Resistance" is her favorite song from Metal Resistance, explaining that it "has been performed at so many concerts, so a lot of memories are jam-packed. The lyrics are positive, the sound is so cool, and [the] dance is so powerful." •Recorded by Watametal and Adrian Breakspear. •Mixed by Ettore Rigotti Personnel:- •Suzuka Nakamoto (Su-metal) - Main vocals. •Yui Mizuno (Yuimetal) - Backing vocals. •Moa Kikuchi (Moametal) - Backing vocals. •Kei Kobayashi (Kobametal / Kxbxmetal / Kitsune of Metal God) - executive producer, lyrics. •Miki Watanabe (Mk-metal) - lyrics. •Norikazu Nakayama (Norimetal) - music. •Nobuaki Miyasaka (Mish-Mosh) - music, arrangement. •Sari Miyasaka (Mish-Mosh) - music, arrangement. •Keiji Kusama (Kyt-metal) - music. •Kyoto - arrangement. •Leda - bass (Kami Band) •Herman Li - guitar (courtesy of Electric Generation Recordings Ltd. and Warner Music Japan Inc.) •Sam Totman - guitar (courtesy of Electric Generation Recordings Ltd. and Warner Music Japan Inc.) Saitama Super Arena:- "Saitama Super Arena (さいたまスーパーアリーナ, Saitama Sūpā Arīna) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It opened preliminarily on May 5, 2000, and then officially opened on September 1 of the same year. Its spectator capacity is 36,500 at maximum settings,[3] making it the second-largest indoor arena in the world. The main arena capacity is between 19,000 and 22,500". •Owner: Saitama Arena Corp. •Capacity: 36,500 (stadium setting) 18,000 (arena setting). The arena was designed by Dan Meis, who at the time was working for architecture firm Ellerbe Becket, together with Nikken Sekkei. Meis's design was selected as a result of an international design competition. The arena features a gigantic movable section of seating which can reduce capacity for smaller events and create a more intimate setting. It is a favorite venue for puroresu (Japanese professional wrestling) and mixed martial arts (MMA). It has also hosted other sports events such as boxing, basketball, volleyball, tennis, ice hockey, and gymnastics. It is the only Japanese arena equipped especially for American football. It formerly housed the John Lennon Museum, which displayed John Lennon memorabilia and closed in 2010. LYRICS OVERVIEW:- The light of the smoke signal that dyes the eastern sky bright red 東の空を 真っ赤に染める 狼煙の光が A new way to signal the end of the darkness of loneliness 孤独の闇の 終わりを告げる 新たな道しるべ Burn the flames of your heart as many times as you like くじけても 何度でも 心の炎を燃やせ Now is the time! Is the time! Now is the time! Is the time! Now this moment 今この瞬間を Is the time! Is the time! Is the time! Is the time! live together 共に生きる Just now is the time! Is the time! Just now is the time! Is the time! I'll sing to you tomorrow Now it's time 明日の君に歌うよ さあ 時は来た Go for resistance! Resistance! Go for resistance! Resistance! Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow One heart Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow 心はひとつ If you believe 君が信じるなら 進め 道なき道でも Forever! Forever! Forever! Forever! Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow In the depths of my heart Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow 心の奥に Burning steel soul That is our resistance 燃える 鋼鉄魂 それが僕らの resistance Wow, wow, wow, wow Wow, wow, wow, wow Never turn your back as long as your life lasts 命が続く限り 決して背を向けたりはしない Today makes tomorrow 今日が明日を作るんだ Yes our future on the way そう 僕らの未来 on the way Resistance! Resistance! Resistance! Resistance! Stand up and shout! Justice forever! Stand up and shout! Justice forever! If you believe, go ahead and the answer is here 君が信じるなら 進め 答えはここにある Forever! Forever! Forever! Forever! Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow In the depths of my heart Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow 心の奥に Burning steel soul our resistance 燃える 鋼鉄魂 僕らの resistance Songwriters: KxBxMetal / KYT-Metal / MK-Metal / Norimetal / Kitsune of Metal God / Mish Mosh Kitsune Up 🦊🦊🦊🤘🤘🤘🇯🇵🇸🇬 #notacult .
So this video gets often blocked, so I don't know if you can keep it up. Usually other reactors had to tweak the video a bit to keep it up, like lowering the transparency of the video, or adding a watermark on top of it! If it gets taken down again, you can try one of those things and upload it again
It takes a very special front person to control a crowd of 50,000 people like this at the tender age of SEVENTEEN - she has insane charisma !
Taylor Momsen of the pretty reckless had the same gift at the same age,first album at 16 and stage presence to die for
@@everettmcintosh4754 the greats are truly great for a reason!
"THEY" have insane charisma. don't forget the other two...
This was after a 90 minute show, this was the song they used to close and end the show and they all had THAT MUCH ENERGY!! It’s impressive.
I have no idea how the drummer is still alive. He kept going, full attack mode. I was almost passing out just listening to him keep going, my legs are sore. There is just nothing like babymetal. They are a genre of their own, and its just so damn catchy and heavy at the same time
Hidecki is one of the most powerful drummers I've ever heard. He becomes the mighty heartbeat during his tenure. And like you said in this song...how can any mere human generate such massive, emotive power? Incredible!
You don't have to like the music but you cannot deny the charm of Babymetal. What Babymetal is all about involves the smile that inevitably crosses your face when watching them. I call it the "Babymetal Smile". This was recorded when Su (lead singer) was 17 years old. They just released a new song, Divine Attack. You'll need to check it out to hear what she sounds like at 25 years old.
Oh right!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums Check out "Monochrome" (their newest) as well. They are back!
That's exactly right. You cannot help smiling, even if its a bit cheesy, you have to like the girls.
i would say listen to either BxMxC for the real metal side of Stairway to living legend for Su's qualities as a singer
Every time I hear this song I just get a chill running over me and smile.
"The crowd's gonna chew up 30bpm and they're gonna take you down probably a whole octave."
I knew it was one of these reactions I got that from, and truer words have never been spoken.
🤣🤣👌
SUMETAL's stage presence is undeniable. You asked how long the band has been together. It's been about 10 years now, but, at the time of this recording, it was closer to 5 years. SUMETAL had those 22,000+ (sold out Tokyo Super Arena) concert goers under her charming command. Did you notice how she parted the crowd at the beginning, to make space for that giant mosh pit (which I've read, is very polite and friendly, as you predicted).
BABYMETAL's stage presence only becomes rightfully respected when you realize that this show was less than 3 weeks after SUMETAL turned 17! YUIMETAL and MOAMETAL were just 15 at this performance!
BabyMetal, during the darkest hour of the pandemic, did a long distance colab w/ Bring Me The Horizon, "Kingslayer" Although it was only a Lyric Video, folks are still talking about it. It came out late in 2020, but not much was happening. I consider it as the '21 "song of the year".
Sounds amazing Gary!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums Awesome Juxtaposition with Kingslayer! Have a listen to it Mate! I'm sure you'll enjoy it! 🤘😊🤘
Cheers!
Kingslayer brought me out of my darkest days
Still believing the "pandemic" shit? OMG
Well, it was their Corona-Collab and more or less an example of all other Collabs that they created from that time on. These Collabs are Commercially really lucatrive as they observed. But in fact they were in Hiatus and obviously Job Hunting since Babymetal was a 10 year project. But while they were Job Hunting they also wrote a propoasal under which circumstances they would be ready to continue Babymetal. And Koba agreed that they would try it. Since April 2023 they are the new Babymetal and the success shocked Koba, they dud dare things that he would not have dared and they worked. While the girls got older, they now dare to appear younger. The idea to wear cat ears in a video or on stage. And what do their fans say? "Cute!". Another change, they are respected. They can speak with Bands that never talked to them before. Since Sick New World 2024 there was a general change among many Bands.
⚡ 💀 💕 / 🏴 🏴 🏴
"Stand up and shout, Shout!, Justice Forever!" - (Road of Resistance) -
Pretty much a master class in audience control.
BABYMETAL believe that if a song sounds too much like one genre, then it's not a BABYMETAL song.
You can definitely feel the speed metal in this one though.
This performance was at Saitama Super Arena (SSA) in January of 2015, with a sold out crowd of over 20,000.
BABYMETAL's lead singer, Suzuka Nakamoto first appeared at SSA in 2008 as the youngest member of the J-Pop trio Karen Girl's, when she was 10 years old.
She's been back many times since, headlining with BABYMETAL.
Guitarists for this concert were Takayoshi Ohmura and Leda Cygnus. The bassist was BOH, and the drummer was Hideki Aoyama.
Hideki's father and younger brother were also drummers, so it's kind of in his blood.
Love it Rick!
Most people know that "The Fox God" speaks only to Kobametal, but the one who speaks to The Fox God is Hideki Aoyama, the God of Drums ;)
Polite mosh pit is called mosh'sh pit. 😁
Suzuka is a true professional. She has been working stages since the age of 5. There are videos on RUclips showing her performing as young as 7 years old. Her first pro gig was at age 10 as a member of Karen Girls before becoming a founding member of Sakura Gakuin, out of which Babymetal was born.
The guitar tracks for RoR was arranged and recorded in the studio by Herman Li and the other guitarist, whose name I forget of UK metal band DragonForce.
Side historical note; DragonForce snuck Babymetal on stage and performed "Gimme Chocolate" with them at Download 2015 after one of the event organizers put a pre-emptive ban on Babymetal ever performing at Download. The following year, BABYMETAL rocked the main stage at Download 2016 for 55,000 attendees. Kawaii conquers all! 🤘🦊🤘
WOW!
Hahaha...I see what you did there...
@@UhYeahWhateverDude I dont know what you are talking about. 😇😁😇
The Kami Band's drummer is a beast
One might even say... A god.
Hideki Aoyama the drummer just might have legs made of steel springs😝 After a long hiatus Babymetal released a new song last week you might want to check out called"Divine Attack". But it's always fun to go back and look at classic BM like this song of which there are many. Megitsune, Karate and Headbanger just to name a few, you'll get many more suggestions from commentors I'm sure. The best way to experience this band is live just like you did here with R of R, live performances is where this band shines and thrive. they're going to start touring again early next year beginning in Japan so you might get your wish to see them live 🦊🤘
Best live IN JAPAN. I few to the 2016 Tokyo Dome performances (from Australia) and it was staggeringly EPIC!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Great reaction. This video was from January 2015 at the Saitama Super Arena. Su was 17, Yui and Moa only 15 and that was over 20,000 people completely under their control. This was also the end of a 90 minute concert and yes, they had been keeping that same energy up without any drop in quality for the whole time. It is what they do - they appreciate people have often paid a lot of money and travelled a long way to see them, they never give anything less than 100% for every song at every concert, whether that is one of their big arena concerts in Japan or at the many various sized venues as they tour the world.
This was the official video, they actually cut that outro short by at least a couple of minutes (with Hideki and the Kami Band going at it non-stop) while the girls went to each different side of the stage to shout "We are ... BABYMETAL" with as many of the audience as they could get near to.
As well as that long central bridge out to the small stage there were two more bridges at either end of the stage leading to a couple more small stages that they used at various points in the show.
About 18 months later they sold out the Tokyo Dome (55,000 people) two nights running ... their stage there was spectacular.
About the song itself. 'Road of Resistance' is a very positive song, I'm not sure the translation really works so well to convey what it is really about, but it isn't the usual "resist the machine or the system etc" that we might expect from the title. It is about forging your own road even where a road doesn't already exist, not necessarily going the easy way or following the path already made by somebody else, so if the way you want to go has never been trodden you may have to get past the resistance of the undergrowth, obstacles, hurdles and things blocking your way etc to find your own way.
It could easily be used to describe BABYMETAL's own story - they could have followed the well trodden path of J-Pop and been very successful, but they chose to go with Metal ... but again they didn't just follow the same old format of every other metal band, they have done it their own way and it hasn't always been an easy route to follow.
Herman Li and Sam Totman from DragonForce did the guitar arrangements for this song (it is the only one they were involved in) and recorded the guitars for the album version - this performance was all the Kami Band's interpretation of course.
I will second includenull's recommendations for your next reactions:
BABYMETAL - Ijime,Dame,Zettai - Live at Sonisphere 2014,UK (OFFICIAL)
BABYMETAL | Catch Me If You Can (with Kami Band Intro) | LIVE at Budokan Black Night (HQ)
and
BABYMETAL | BABYMETAL DEATH | LIVE at Legend 1997 (HQ) [Intro subtitled]
but to be honest I will second everybody else's recommendations for whatever other BABYMETAL songs they have added, they are all great - I'd have to think hard about which might be more drum oriented - maybe xDeleilax's suggestion for 'Kagerou' with intro.
I sometimes feel bad for reactors when they react to something like this, because there's always a bunch of people who have a text file open to copy/paste a wall of text with information nobody but the act's hardcore fans care about in the youtube comments.
@@bakakaizoku I agree ... and if I only I knew how to work text files.😜
@@bakakaizoku Lol have to agree 100%. I doubt [m]any read all this. Sorry Grington =]
@@markmckeown87 This isn't a full length wall of text - but I read all the longer ones as well. I like that he keeps it relevant to the content, he isn't one of those who just copy the same thing over and again regardless of what the reactor watched or said.
Great reaction and good job getting this one unblocked, thanks!
And good job noticing Su-metal putting back in tempo the crowd chanting too fast. Just a few noticed that and it seems incredible to me that being 17 years old at the time Su-metal already had this level of professionalism. Well, after all, she's been doing this her entire life.
And congrats, since I believe you must have now a real YT 100K badge. 😁
Yup that's a real pro right there!!!
I think she was only 16 in this one actually. Either way, still impressive.
@@jjc5871 New Year Fox Festival - Legend 2015 was performed on January 10th 2015. So, she was exactly 17 years and 21 days old. 😊
"This is fun." That is indeed the sentiment I get from BabyMetal, every time^^.
Yup just good hearted fun rock
Thanks for the re-upload, you should listen their new single "Divine Attack - Shingeki" which is a blast and witness another new BM side we've never seen before.🦊🤘🔥
Nice reaction. Most of Babymetals bigger shows in Japan are full of stage theatrics. Makes them a lot of fun to watch. The Road of Resistance. Babymetal took that road. It was hard, dirty, rocky, unpaved, and mostly unknown with metalhead gate keepers. Babymetal paved it. Now thanks to Babymetal a lot of heads turned East to figure out what the heck is going on over there. Turns out. It was a lot. Now we have over the last 10 years new Japanese invasion. The last one was way back when Bands like X Japan and Loudness from Japan toured the world. Babymetal putting their own stamp in the metal world. Babymetals music is a Jpop vocals with heavy metal base along with whatever other musical style they want to use. Sounds easy but it turns out that it's actually kind of hard. Babymetal have made 3 albums this way and a 4th on its way in March. Rob Halford called them the monster ladies of metal. Which made them giggle. Because they're Kawaii metal after all. While the Kawaii part normally refers to the pop vocal and the dance. Sometimes it's just them. Here we get a fantastic combination of all of that. Plus the must have at every Babymetal show. The audience participation. The Babymetal fans are call the One. As in One with the band. Sometimes Su the lead singer will call for it. Like she did here. And other times they'll just point the mic at the crowd. Look for the many versions of Headbanger for that. Road of Resistance is a journey they took us on right along with them. Now it's your turn to go down the foxhole and into the Babymetal galaxy of music. Enjoy the ride.
Love it Steve!
Looking forward to checking out more
@@AndrewRooneyDrums how do I respond to that gift
By enjoying more Babymetal songs . And smile
Kami Band are gods of instruments but BABYMETAL as a whole are gods of crowd interaction. Su-metal, Moametal AND the Kami Band just engage the audience with natural flair and hard-earned skill. So far I've only seen them on video but I really want to catch a show for real - even a small one.
I think of all the Babymetal songs, Tales of Destinies is Hideki Aoyama'a best drum song. Really shows off his technical ability and speed as well
this song is awesome. i just bought tickets for their show 🦊 let's go to moshpit!
Even the coffee mug coaster was holding on for dear life after the start of the song LOL
🤣🤣🤣
I'm pretty sure I had watched the original upload before it got blocked, but I watched and enjoyed it again. Thumbs up!
Oh right. Was it public for a while!?
@@AndrewRooneyDrums Hm, if you are not aware of it, then I‘m probably misremembering and confusing it with another BABYMETAL reaction of yours. I thought I had seen it about a year ago or so.
@@MacTaipan I think I’ve seen it before too
A pro who gets the croud back in tune who's only teenager. Nice reaction, nice to see the suprise when you see her get the crowd back in line with the chanting.
Yeah that's an unexpected highlight for me!
Excellent reaction, thank you for coming back to BABYMETAL🤘🦊♪
Thanks again from Japan 有難う💛, especially for re-uploading this. The crowd involvement (mosh pit, call & response, chant etc.) occurs wherever they go on this planet. In your video, Su shouted some words at 10:39 meaning "Bring them on!". Fans analyzed that the provocative shout was thrown at people who had been ignoring, underrating, mocking, hating and even trying to discredit BABYMETAL. That shout may have been necessary in 2015 but not any longer. She shouted it rarely since then. Last year (2021), on the final day (April 15) of 10 BABYMETAL BUDOKAN concerts, Su shouted the same words in the end-all of the show. She did it smilingly with matured, mild and friendly voice. It meant, I believe, "come on guys!" The audience smiled her back. I was there at the venue ヽ(^o^)丿
Kakatte koi ya !!! Bring it on !!! One of my favourite Su-metal moments.
SU-METAL!
Now that you’ve seen two concert videos, I recommend their two biggest hit videos, “Karate” (I think it’s their best visually) and the song that made them famous, “Gimme Chocolate.” That’s the ultimate example of their pop metal formula. They are such a blast to watch.
NEVER could figure out why Andrew did no more than one single reaction to the fabulous Babymetal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
----Pleeeeeeeease look up the ( live !) concert of MEGITSUNE !----also Syncopation ,live.
Off the back of this song I'd highly recommend their track "Arkadia" I think you'd really enjoy it!
Thank you!
This is your 2nd reaction of BABYMETAL live performances and is a good reaction. I enjoy it. You are also missing out for few years of enjoyment of their live shows and these crazy talented musicians. Please react more BABYMETAL especially the live versions. Thank you!
Some people says this one sounds like DragonForce, and they are half-right since Herman Li & Sam Totman from DF arranged and recorded the guitars for the studio version of this one. Great reaction!
I actually was not aware that Sam and Herman did the studio recording for this song
@@austinhord8317 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_of_Resistance 😎
syncopation or tales of destinies + the one for next reaction maybe? speak from drum technique i think those 2 song a good representation for babymetal. they capture the tenacities, technicalitty, tightness and fluidity of the musicians
This is one of my favorites, because the crew of Dragonforce collaborated on it. Meaning two groups from almost opposite sides of the world came together and made it happen.
I didn't knew that, but as I was re-listening the song that was one of my thoughts, it does sounds like a dragonforce song
Enjoyed your reaction the supprised look as the girls took change of the audience and they can do this no matter where they are in the world .
They also definitely better live as in there live . Not seen them since 2020 but just got my tickets for OAO Wembley Arena next April 😁🤘🦊🤘
Oh wow! Enjoy!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums 😁🤘🦊
I'm jealous😆
@@kitkat6407 me too!
@@kitkat6407 😁🤘🦊
I saw Babymetal down the front in Tokyo when they opened for Gun's n Roses and then saw Gun's n Roses in the front in Australia three weeks later. Have to say the Tokyo crowd went harder. At first the Japanese were apoligising a bit but we got to know each other, gelled and had a blast.
Great to finally have it released, on Reddit it said 10 months, auch !
Good reaction too. Can I say worth the wait ?
You are right, a Babymetal pit is the kindest in metal. In Japan especially, but also still in Europe. In the US they attract some casual fans or even non fans who can be drunk idiots.
So far closest Babymetal has been was a festival in Australia.
12:08 Funny thing is: their are 3 long stages at this show and they've actually ran over to all of them and thanked the fans, it was just shortened for the video .At Tokyo Dome second day, Babymetal's biggest shows, thus also biggest show, drummer Hideki kept it up much much longer and legend is that he had to be helped of the stage by his follow musicians or staff. I wasn't there, I didn't see it.
13:12 yes, lots of people like that in metal, who use the loud music and extreme vocals as an outlet for their anger or rage. It really has worked for lots of people. With other metal bands, some do end up in the moshpit and using that as a way to vent their anger, they are not appreciated. For some bands they are tolerated and sometimes even kind of expected though.
Babymetal tries to give us a much happier kind of metal and it also has helped lots of people out of a depression, etc. Also Babymetal is a gateway band into metal. A metal with a softer side to get into first. Babymetal's rise in Japan has supposedly even increased the sale of other metal bands foreign and domestic.
What did you mean by 'on reddit'?
@@AndrewRooneyDrums a sub-reddit exists: r/BABYMETALReactVideos where your videos were also posted.
I paid for this after it got blocked and don't regret it one bit now that it's been unblocked. Still a great reaction, man! Hope you do more BM soon :)
Now that I've gone older, re-watching this I'm reminiscing this with teary eyes, still get the goosebumps after all these years :). By all means, please do come to their European tour in 2023 (if you're in Europe), SABATON will be there too :)
Amazing. thanks for reacting to BabyMetal . you will not struggle to find other amazing songs. Look at the Drum Solo in the live version of Kagerou. another drummer another genius.
Oh sounds great
This performance is the one that truly sold me on Babymetal. I'd already seen Gimme Chocolate and Megitsune and had replayed those videos many times, but I wasn't yet a fan. The emotional ride on the Road of Resistance was my Babymetal Road to Damascus moment. By the end I was an emotional wreck. They took me from one peak to the next and it shows the talent and professionalism of the whole Babymetal team. I realized that BM wasn't a gimmick or even just heavy metal but a cross between metal/J-pop and a Broadway show carefully choreographed to manipulate your emotions in the best possible way. Su, Moa and Yui are able to control tens of thousands of people in the audience, which never fails to leave me astounded given their young age, but all the years in Sakura Gakuin, rehearsals and touring makes it seem effortless even as we worry if they can pull it off.
The song is about fighting against the odds and never giving up and talks about beacon fires which brings to my mind the resistance of Japan against the Mongol invasions. It has a strong DragonForce feel because Li and Totman from that band collaborated on it and played it on the album. There are many places that amaze in this performance including Hideki Ayoma's drumming or the guitar solos, but I really get the chills right after the crowd "wows" finish and there is the fast guitar riff and the girls' dance break end up with them standing strongly outlined by the stage lighting. For me that's where the music, choreography, staging and emotion all come together perfectly.
One thing to realize is that the crowd is a critical component in many Japanese band performances and they will have moments when they sing and even have choreographed movements. This is definitely the case for Babymetal and a big part of Yui's and Moa's job is to lead and encourage the crowd. There are online instructions for the crowd and even non-Japanese fans know what to sing in Japanese and when to join in with the dancing. You can see this participation in "Headbanger". So to see that, and for something fun, check out "Headbanger - Legend 1997".
I swear I tear up every time I hear them say "See you!"
LOVE IT
Bro same
I love watching you react to videos that showcase the entire band
Oh you made me laugh! I was going to say " polite mosh pit" too. Thank heavens some nations have respect and manners. We can all learn a lot from their example.
✌️❤️🤗
Yes indeed!
3 little Japanese middle-schoolgirl rock stars.
Babymetal live performance is something so special. They're small but each of them is an unstoppable force, a power house, they're flag bearers of their generation!
I started to playing drums in February because of Hideki Aoyama.
I want to learn how to play this song specifically.
That's great Isabella! Excellent motivation
That's cool. His father Jun Aoyama was an accomplished drummer in is own right. That's a good target.
That's is really 3 kids putting on a incredible show
Su-Metal's (is it weird that my phone autocorrects that to St Metal?) wizard powers of crowd control are at their strongest in the homeland.
St Metal is great as well! LOL
Nice to see this one finally make it to RUclips! I hope this is a sign of things to come and you react to some more from BABYMETAL.
I'm not sure what I could suggest that would be of particular interest to a drum teacher, maybe Akatsuki.
There are of course some great performances from BABYMETAL in general.
These are titles of videos on RUclips:
BABYMETAL - Ijime,Dame,Zettai - Live at Sonisphere 2014,UK (OFFICIAL)
BABYMETAL | Catch Me If You Can (with Kami Band Intro) | LIVE at Budokan Black Night (HQ)
and this very special performance too:
BABYMETAL | BABYMETAL DEATH | LIVE at Legend 1997 (HQ) [Intro subtitled]
You are the first to mention "she brought them back to the click" as this song and Band have been reviewed many times Thanks.
This is such a good live performance, i absolutely love this band. Didn't care much for the 3rd album, as (in my opinion) it lacks the crazy, fast, hysterical and downright weird stuff they did on the first two records which i play really regularly. In fact, Babymetal is a band both me and my 7 year old daughter enjoy, she does entire dance routines and sings along phonetically, it's awesome. Couldn't be more proud :)
Fantastic band as well, can't wait to see them live once. They're coming to The Netherlands next year, but just as support for Sabaton. Which probably means 30 minutes, and really scaled down because the Sabaton tank is in the way... Hopefully they'll come back for a full headlining tour. Great reaction, as usual!
Sugoi! Arigatou! 🦊🤘 #notacult #kawaiimetal #fusionmetal #metalAF
3:09 Andrew got distracted a little 😄 But I can't blame him. He's one of us now, I know it
YES
Welcome back to BabyMetal. Hideki is a monster on the drums. You’ve reacted to another BabyMetal drummer… Anthony Barone. Good decision to react to live performances. If it can be helped, always react to live performances.
Yah, Babymetal came originally from a school for pop idol girls. Thats why it sounds so pop-y because these girls were trained in pop, and pretty much weren't even introduced to havy metal until their producers had the idea of making a mix between pop idols and heavy metal
male fans have always been especially bad at singing back but the all girl crowds are really good at it 😭😭
Yup. LOL
Good reaction. SuMetal (the lead singer) has been on stage for more than 8 years despite her youth. In Japan, idols start very young (I think she was 8 years old and her companions were... 10?)
Yeah I would like to see BM in a big Arena one day. Ive seen them twice.. in small venues which.. is pretty cool still.
These 3 girls make so many up themselves metalheads seethe. It's great.
Oh really!? LOL
@@AndrewRooneyDrums Let's just say they love to gatekeep and when Babymetal first came to the scene, some metalheads were being overly dramatic saying things like it was going to kill metal.
But just like with Nu metal, it brings in more metal fans and keeps it alive, and hey we got System Of A Down out of that wave.
@@SlainByTheWire If the Metal God is OK with them, that's enough for me.
@@SlainByTheWire one of the reasons I like this performance so much! SUMETAL slips a little jab at their naysayers in there. At one point, near the end of this song, she yells out, "sorta o motarasu" which translates to "bring them on!" To me, this song, specifically this performance, was BABYMETAL's declaration of success, in spite of many obstacles and all the naysayers. They traveled the "Road of Resistance" and we're standing/dancing up on that stage as successful victors!
You might already know this but the instrumentals for this song was written by Dragonforce, i believe it's Dragonforce playing it on the album version aswell!
Oh wow!
Just incredible performers
Seems like mosh pit in Japan is more coordinated than waiting for the bus line in UK and thats hard to do:)
Comment. Of. The. Year.
Dying! 🤣🤣
I love how the melody of this song is almost kinda very Green Day pop punk, combined with anthem type energy, and it had added constant guitar solos, hair guitar metal tones, along with the double bass.
If you want to see Babymetal live in the UK, they are supporting Sabaton in April 2023. The Fox God has blessed me a ticket for Cardiff on the 16th, I hope you can get the same blessing too!
"this is fun" ... andy, you nailed it, that is what this is all about, it is Kiss with kids with slayer riffs... and that is hardly explaining it all
As I recall, at this show they were opening for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. I know RHCP are an established band, but I can’t imagine how it feels to go on after a crowd interaction like that for your opening act.
Hooray. Finally unblocked. Maybe Amuse are finally going to chill out on reactors?
Babymetal's live shows, especially in Japan, are legendary for how grand and theatrical they are. Seeing Babymetal live is not just seeing a band play, its seeing a stage production. Its what sets them apart from almost any other band.
As a professional drummer, I think you would find interesting their song "Distortion". Their drummer went totally god mode in that song, i have never seen anything like that.
Sorry to say Andrew but you are late to the show! "The show" is BABYMETAL! The story behind this is epic also. I've been a fan since 2015 and I still can't get enough! Su-Metal (we call her the queen of metal) was born to do this! It's refreshing, it's different, it's the best thing to happen to metal in a long, long time. The girls combined with the Kami Band is electrifying and I love the "shock!" I don't like every song but I do like everything they bring to the genre' of metal. "Kawaii Metal forever!"
This is when they played Road of Resistance for the first time in Japan although it's debut was in Brixton Academy on their 2014 World Tour, their crowd always participating on their songs.
Amazing right?
Thanks for your great and interesting reaction. See you next one.
Yes!
I always felt this sounded very Dragonforce.
Catch me if you can in my opinion is their best song and definitely their best choreography.
The song is absolutely magnificent!
It's a collab actually. I think one of dragonforce members works on the music.
@@pandatrueno_cl Are you serious? I had no idea!
Because it's a collaboration between Babymetal and Dragonforce
they also perform Road of Resistance together actually, you can search it up on YT
Love them or hate them you cannot help smiling. There's just a charm to these girls even knowing its all a production.
The band kind of reminds me of Helloween, but they're all in a lower register to let the girls' voices soar above them to keep it clear. Then when there are no lyrics, the guitarist moves up to a higher tone.
That sir is how it's done and how you close a show... Saw them live in 2019 and noone better.. The Kami band is world-class..
Greatest RnR video ever. It's just so epic.
Sus vocals are spot on, and Kami band us just awesome. Brings tears to your eyes. Welcome to the Baby Metal rabbit hole - it's so fun down here.
Wow, thank you!
You’re not going to receive hate from most metalheads. You’ve described Babymetal perfectly. J-pop metal. (Edit they’re Japanese not Korean lolz) They’re a really good and highly respected band. They’re pioneers of their genre.
EXCELLENT!
They're awesome. Babymetal is amazing.
Great reaction! Please, more Babymetal!
I see your face. I had exactly the same thing the first time. The girls and the band rock.
Brilliant, if you don't put words in the sing along but everyone can join 😁 also she is a pro, ofcourse she handles the crowds like a Pro 🤣
I always exercise my demons through music, that's why I have very fit demons 😇
It's just so joyful!
Hideki is a really God!!!!
So good!
Hahaha i clicked the thumbs up just for the message at the beginning XD
YAY
I adore these girls and their energy!
All I can say is while they’re kind of like an idol group set to metal, I really hope they aren’t subjected to the absolute horror that is the idol industry.
Just FYI, Dragonforce wrote the music for this song, love from sweden 😃 BTW, that is an outsold tokyo stadium
Please react more babymetal live performance 🦊
I'll try!
BABYMETAL trilogy
「Starlight」「Shine」「Arkadia」
watch me please
Japanese next METAL BAND
SEIKIMATSU 聖飢魔II
vo. デーモン小暮（DemonKogure）
「Fire After Fire」
reaction please！
Road of Resistance
Saitama Super Arena (SSA):-
"Road of Resistance" is a song by the Japanese Kawaii metal band Babymetal. The song was released worldwide as a digital single on February 1, 2015 by Toy's Factory, serving as the lead single off the international re-release of the album Babymetal, as well the opening track from Metal Resistance.
"Road of Resistance":-
•Single by Babymetal.
•Album: Metal Resistance.
•Language: Japanese, English.
•Released: February 1, 2015.
•Genre: Kawaii metal, power metal.
•Length: 5:19.
•Label: BMD Fox, Toy's Factory, Sony Music Entertainment.
•Composer: Mish-Mosh, Norimetal, Kyt-metal.
•Lyricist: Kitsune of Metal God, Mk-metal, Kxbxmetal.
•Producer: Kobametal.
•Kyoto: (arrangement).
Babymetal singles chronology:-
•"Megitsune" (2013).
•"Road of Resistance" (2015).
•"Gimme Chocolate!!" (2015).
Background and release:-
"Road of Resistance" includes guest appearances by DragonForce guitarists Herman Li and Sam Totman.
The song would be used to mark the beginning of the band's lore, Metal Resistance Episode III, at the concert held on November 8, 2014 at O2 Brixton Academy in London, which was also the final tour date for the band's Babymetal World Tour 2014.
A trailer for the song was released on January 5, 2015, integrating footage from the debut performance of the song in London. The song was first released as a digital bonus track off the live album Live at Budokan: Red Night, with limited editions of the album containing a download card with a code to download the song at no additional charge. The song was later released as a dedicated digital single on the iTunes Store on February 1, 2015.
Li and Totman are featured on guitars, although they are listed as featured artists in various regions of the re-release of the album Babymetal, on which the song appears as a bonus track, mainly in the United Kingdom.
Composition:-
Rolling Stone described the song as "power metal" with "shiny pop harmonies". Rock Sound called the song "everything we’d expect from [Babymetal] with a bit of Dragonforce’s exhilarating, flame-fingered guitar added in for good measure." Matt Evans of The List called the song an "empowering hyperspeed anthem". According to Kadokawa, the song consists of twin shred guitars courtesy of Li and Totman, with a dynamic sound derived of melodic speed metal. The lyrics are described as a narrative on the Metal Resistance, which the band adopted on their world tour. It has also been considered the "final stage" of Babymetal and the prologue to Metal Resistance, and a transition performance that demonstrates the band's growth from the previous album.
According to Su-metal, the song refers to the Metal Resistance lore, described as "the story of Babymetal traveling across the world in the hopes of creating a new metal to unify the world as we break through the barriers of language and borders. In the middle of the song there is a part where we go, ‘Wow, Wow’ and this is where our fans from around the world can sing with us at our concerts. I hope people will listen to our album and support us at our shows." Yuimetal stated in an interview with Metal Hammer that "Road of Resistance" is her favorite song from Metal Resistance, explaining that it "has been performed at so many concerts, so a lot of memories are jam-packed. The lyrics are positive, the sound is so cool, and [the] dance is so powerful."
•Recorded by Watametal and Adrian Breakspear.
•Mixed by Ettore Rigotti
Personnel:-
•Suzuka Nakamoto (Su-metal) - Main vocals.
•Yui Mizuno (Yuimetal) - Backing vocals.
•Moa Kikuchi (Moametal) - Backing vocals.
•Kei Kobayashi (Kobametal / Kxbxmetal / Kitsune of Metal God) - executive producer, lyrics.
•Miki Watanabe (Mk-metal) - lyrics.
•Norikazu Nakayama (Norimetal) - music.
•Nobuaki Miyasaka (Mish-Mosh) - music, arrangement.
•Sari Miyasaka (Mish-Mosh) - music, arrangement.
•Keiji Kusama (Kyt-metal) - music.
•Kyoto - arrangement.
•Leda - bass (Kami Band)
•Herman Li - guitar (courtesy of Electric Generation Recordings Ltd. and Warner Music Japan Inc.)
•Sam Totman - guitar (courtesy of Electric Generation Recordings Ltd. and Warner Music Japan Inc.)
Saitama Super Arena:-
"Saitama Super Arena (さいたまスーパーアリーナ, Saitama Sūpā Arīna) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It opened preliminarily on May 5, 2000, and then officially opened on September 1 of the same year. Its spectator capacity is 36,500 at maximum settings,[3] making it the second-largest indoor arena in the world. The main arena capacity is between 19,000 and 22,500".
•Owner: Saitama Arena Corp.
•Capacity: 36,500 (stadium setting) 18,000 (arena setting).
The arena was designed by Dan Meis, who at the time was working for architecture firm Ellerbe Becket, together with Nikken Sekkei. Meis's design was selected as a result of an international design competition. The arena features a gigantic movable section of seating which can reduce capacity for smaller events and create a more intimate setting.
It is a favorite venue for puroresu (Japanese professional wrestling) and mixed martial arts (MMA). It has also hosted other sports events such as boxing, basketball, volleyball, tennis, ice hockey, and gymnastics. It is the only Japanese arena equipped especially for American football.
It formerly housed the John Lennon Museum, which displayed John Lennon memorabilia and closed in 2010.
LYRICS OVERVIEW:-
The light of the smoke signal that dyes the eastern sky bright red
東の空を 真っ赤に染める 狼煙の光が
A new way to signal the end of the darkness of loneliness
孤独の闇の 終わりを告げる 新たな道しるべ
Burn the flames of your heart as many times as you like
くじけても 何度でも 心の炎を燃やせ
Now is the time! Is the time!
Now is the time! Is the time!
Now this moment
今この瞬間を
Is the time! Is the time!
Is the time! Is the time!
live together
共に生きる
Just now is the time! Is the time!
Just now is the time! Is the time!
I'll sing to you tomorrow Now it's time
明日の君に歌うよ さあ 時は来た
Go for resistance! Resistance!
Go for resistance! Resistance!
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow One heart
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow 心はひとつ
If you believe
君が信じるなら 進め 道なき道でも
Forever! Forever!
Forever! Forever!
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow In the depths of my heart
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow 心の奥に
Burning steel soul That is our resistance
燃える 鋼鉄魂 それが僕らの resistance
Wow, wow, wow, wow
Wow, wow, wow, wow
Never turn your back as long as your life lasts
命が続く限り 決して背を向けたりはしない
Today makes tomorrow
今日が明日を作るんだ
Yes our future on the way
そう 僕らの未来 on the way
Resistance! Resistance!
Resistance! Resistance!
Stand up and shout! Justice forever!
Stand up and shout! Justice forever!
If you believe, go ahead and the answer is here
君が信じるなら 進め 答えはここにある
Forever! Forever!
Forever! Forever!
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow In the depths of my heart
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow 心の奥に
Burning steel soul our resistance
燃える 鋼鉄魂 僕らの resistance
Songwriters: KxBxMetal / KYT-Metal / MK-Metal / Norimetal / Kitsune of Metal God / Mish Mosh
Kitsune Up 🦊🦊🦊🤘🤘🤘🇯🇵🇸🇬 #notacult .
It's nice to watch it again. :)
Please react to more of their videos. I love how you talk about their songs!!!
HOW have you not taken a look at Dave Lombardo??? THE greatest metal drummer EVER!!! SLAYER!!!!!
You think that was dark you should check out Death from Legend 97.
Word.
YO!
Well then welcome to the foxsden 😉 fun to hear that you enjoy them 😊
Another comin soon!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums nice 😊
With this group it feels like their life depends on tight preformances like that xD
Handled like a pro. Su, barely sweet sixteen young had more metal cred in her tutus than most of Babymetal's cynics will ever have their entire lives.
Drum cam would be nice. I realize the performance is up front though
So this video gets often blocked, so I don't know if you can keep it up. Usually other reactors had to tweak the video a bit to keep it up, like lowering the transparency of the video, or adding a watermark on top of it!
If it gets taken down again, you can try one of those things and upload it again
Thanks for the info!
Zildjian just posted an insane Puscifer live clip with Gunnar Olsen playing. You should check it out.
Maybe try BMC or kagerou live :D
THANKS
Definitely this guy has been hiding under a rock