There is no way she will ever be forgotten, she put together the best band on the planet of whose popularity just keeps gaining more and more, her tenacity, determination ,and cuteness won't allow her to be forgotten just like the overall talent of this once in a life time band . My personal opinion Band Maid will be just as prolific in the coming future as some other bands from the past. They have influenced a lot of others already. Again it is just my opinion
This album is a clinic on… well a lot of things but, this album is a clinic on how to use your great bassist. I would put this album up against any album ever, it’s so great.
that section in giovani gave me goosebumps too cant belive these girls they clearly listen to soo much music and ingest it like food they interweve so many ideas playflully and skilflully not many bands can give you goosebums but band maid can honkai is too good for me to even wanna reveiw my fav
I think Akane has maxed out her character skill level at 50 in this world and is just waiting for the music industry to put out a DLC so she can max out her character again. She is just grinding away at the moment slaying all that stand before her. She is a once in a lifetime musician for sure.
Mr Mear, what impressed me in a recent interview on RUclips that I saw Konami indicated that she already had stacks of pre-written songs ready to go it reminded me of the scene from Amadeus, where Salieri is reading Mozart's work and he is informed by Mozart's wife that they are all Originals.
What is CRAZY to me is: WHO is the most talented lady in this group? Everybody says another name... Put ONE of these ladies in ANY other band and they would be the "star" or the "freaking talent", i thank MIKU so much she put all of them into ONE group. Akane and MISA are the best rhythm duo i know (alone with these two i could go on with MANY things, but i wanna keep it short), Kanami is a GREAT composer and her creativity + emotional way of playing makes her special, MIKU is an entertainer through and through and can adapt to EVERY situation and SAIKI has an unique voice + an aura that draws you in. No one is THE PILLAR of this band, they are all equal and adding so much with their talent, their freaking hard work, their character and their love towards music, to each other and towards their fans... If i had not discovered this band years ago, i had lost my love to music! Thanks Band-Maid! Greetings from Germany and enjoy the album and other music from Band-Maid Ryan, your playlist grows ;)
The quality of this album is just astounding. Been listening to this almost everyday since relase and i'm not tired of it in the slightest; in fact, it gets better every time. How tho? I don't fricking know dude. There is so much put into EVERY song here that i legit can't put my feelings into words. But the craziest part of it, is that we are probably getting an equal or better quality album in 2022. Just Band Maid doing their thing, a never ending miracle themselves.
So true, ever since Unseen World came out I go and listen to other great albums from great bands and then I feel like I am wasting time that could be spent listening to Unseen World...
Saiki knows that you know that you can't hold Band-Maid because you will forget about her one day due to a Black Hole, you know? Giovanni - it probably took me a dozen listens to fully appreciate this absolute NOVEL of a song. The sheer amount of awesomeness that's packed into that 4+ minutes is astounding. I said it before but few bands can make a 4 minute song seem like it lasts 2-3x as long as it actually is. MISA's bass in the second verse is.... I don't really have the appropriate vocabulary to describe it other than FILTHY. That absolute PERFECT bass tone.... does things to me and those sick AS FZCK riffs she's dropping.... yeah, same as you... hair standing on end, every time I listen to it. I also particularly love the change in vocal melody in the last verse/stanza with Saiki slowing down and drawing out the vocals. Sublime. This very well could be Kanami's masterpiece. This song should impress even Dream Theater...LOL. Honkai - that first pinch harmonic - [chef's kiss]. Akane's beat and MISA's bass drive this song and provide such a lush canvas for Saiki and Kanami to go all Jackson Pollock all over it. And once again... MISA's bass in the second verse and especially her little solo after/during Kanami's amazing solo just completely melts my face every time. I, honest to God, believe that is the one of the top rock and roll bassists playing currently. The fact that she writes most of her own melodies as well as she doesn't play to the click track with the rest of the band just puts her so high on my list of musicians. Then you listen to what she actually plays and complexity, melodiousness, and the way she knows when to step forward and when to pull back is just amazing. This song really demonstrates all of her ability as does this entire album for Akane as well as the entire band. Unseen World is, hands down, one of THE BEST rock albums to come out in several years. When you listen to it in its entirety in one sitting it is just amazing what they accomplished during Covid. It highlights not only their indisputable musical talent but their extraordinary creativity in song writing and composing. You can pick any aspect of any song and find sheer brilliance... Miku's lyrics are a feat in their own right and giving them to Saiki to breathe them to life with the best she has EVER sounded. Her voice on this album blew me away. We had a hint of it during the 2019 tour and the Shibuya okyu-ji but she really stepped up her game big time for this album same as the other members.. and honestly impressed me the most on this album with her growth. This album is seminal in my mind. There is not a single bad song on this album, just some that are better than others...and that in and of itself is an extremely high bar. The simple fact that they can EFFORTLESSLY switch from hard rock, to stadium rock, to prog rock/metal, to lush heartfelt ballads and retain the unmistakable Band-Maid sound is what truly incredible about this band. Miku was right. Band-Maid is its own genre. :)
Honkai is for me the biggest grower on the album. I kind of overlooked it in my first couple of listens, but now it is one of my favorites from the album. That is a high praise, because it has some tough competition!
This is my favorite section of the album. "Giovanni", "Honkai", and "Black Hole" are where they get really experimental and just let loose with all the creativity they have. I love how outside the norm the songs get and just the general feel of them. It's like Kanami decided to let loose and make the outside-the-box songs that were in her heart. "Without Holding Back" isn't on the base album I have, but it can be thrown in there, too. Watching them play it on the instrumental Blu-Ray is truly amazing. Even when they're in a white sound stage basically shooting a music video, they're still having a blast with it. Miku dances around all and interacts with the other members the whole time.
Band-Maid is one of my top three. There aren't many bands where you can listen to their entire catalog and not skip a song. Simply amazing. I hope they keep going and growing with their fan base.
Agree, for the last 4 months I have played all their albums in sequence, and I've never skippen one single song the entire time. BTW I've hardly been listening to any other music since I found them.
Welcome to proggy Band Maid. For the older style get World Domination and feast on that too. I would say it's the other over the top album they've put out although it does have a couple of mellower songs on it.
Agreeing with the other folks, to finish off Unseen World properly, react to About Us, Youth and the instrumental version of Giovanni, which will really make you rethink the version with vocals. Love that drawing by the way.
Check out the official MV for the instrumental version of Giovanni it is like a Kanami class on how to rock!!! The rest of the band of course is superb as always. Super impressive to watch. These fine ladies, every one of them are all around special musicians and human beings.
I'd recommend doing reactions to Dont you tell and Awkward live so that you can listen to the Just Bring It album. It is my favourite Band Maid album and is full of great songs! One of my rare albums that I dont skip a song on.
Giovanni is such an interesting song. They start with the chorus after the intro and every verse is completely different. Even the purely instrumental version is super dense. I don't know how it works, but I love it! I don't think people expect it from them, but they keep pushing themselves to do things they couldn't do before all the time (even physically), which I really respect. Unseen World really is their best album. I always have high expectations of them, but they exceeded them with this one by far. The drawing turned out pretty well 😄 Kanami actually has pretty big eyes, so that works out too 😆
I couldn't agree more with you Ryan, there's something that can't be denied with Band Maid, I waited till I was 56 for this band, I'll be 61 soon, for me they have checked all the correct boxes, and before Band Maid I never really liked female singer's, now that's changed it's almost all I listen to now, thanks for the reactions and your artwork is as stellar as Band Maid itself.
Without Covid, I honestly don't think we get Unseen World in its current state... It would have been great, but the band has really grown with the down time and the fanbase prob got way bigger with the online concerts.... I would have been lucky to go to one concert in person, but through online I got to see all of them, so BM really made amazing lemonade with what they were dealt... Cheers to greatness 🤘🤘
After listening to this every day since it’s release and never skipping a single song I can now say honestly that this is the single best album I have ever purchased 😎
This album....get a beverage, get comfy, turn volume up, keep your arms and legs inside the ride for the duration. They are a musicians Band. Now imagine a 2 hours set with these ladies.
About the way they compose songs: The impression I got from interviews is that they do it mostly digitally. So they edit parts and send them to each other. They don't really jam much I think, although the extended intro/solo parts they do live often sound like the result of a jam session. Coincidentally that's an approach that really works well in a pandemic... Kanami apparently doesn't care if something is humanly possible to play when she starts out and then they have to bring it down to a level they can actually record. Misa writes most of the bass parts on her own nowadays (since Conqueror iirc), but if there is something specific Kanami wants the bass to do she still does it herself.
I HIGHLY recommend you check out the instrumental version of Giovanni (There's a video). It's hard to hear all of the awesomeness going on behind Saiki's vocals. No, Akane is NOT human. There's got to be a metal exoskeleton under that skin. =)
Ryan: "...I don't know what I'm gonna do with it. It's sitting right here with CD's on it, probably getting smudged." Me: "It belongs in a museum!" Or on a t-shirt with "Shut up, Kanami is speaking" somewhere on it.
Thanks, Mear for both the music and the progression of your artwork. Hopefully, Band-Maid can resume touring so that we can hear them live, and more importantly, Band-Maid can receive the recognition they deserve. Hard work and great musicianship should be recognized and rewarded. I know that's not always the case but I hope it will be in this case. Thanks again.
Ok, I watched it. First: your drawing is superb! I was a bit afraid for Akane at first, but you got her right in the end. Much talented, really. Then the album ... I think each of their four full albums are really really great but UNSEEN WORLD is the one that gives me the feeling they did exactly what they wanted, with total artistic freedom. And it is definitly a masterpiece, I have no doubt about it, a milestone. I'll still be listening to it in ten years and I will still ear things for the first time. Btw, there's another band who will soon release an album made with total artistic control and freedom: Gacharic Spin. In more than ten years of existence, it will be the first album produced by themselves - and it's logically an eponymous one. The first two singles (Mindset and I Wish I) are extremely promising. Of course it is totally different from Band-Maid but it will be very interesting too.
Their other albums are the same way … no skip songs. You have plans to listen to another album of theirs ? Anyway when I first heard Unseen World I was just blown away .. and I said that it was gonna be the album of the year for me …. and I still stand by that.
That was one of the best album reactions I've seen, and you even threw in an absolutely amazing drawing. Respect. It's so great to watch someone who gets it. I don't know how someone can listen to these compositions and think, "That's a pretty good song," though I guess we all want different things from music. What I want from my rock songs is pretty simple: I want cool shit. And no one puts more cool shit into each song than Band-Maid. I'm pretty sure there's more cool shit in "Honkai"'s bridge alone than in the entirety of some good rock albums. This is the music I've wanted my entire life.
I think people who dont appreciate how good the compositions are, are people who know nothing at all about music- not even the slightest clue what makes an amazing song and why its amazing. All they know is they like a song or not- to them baby shark is 'better' than giovanni if its catchier and thats it. I feel sad for people with so little ear or knowledge for music.
There's never been a band that captivated me as much B-M. They are just very special. Can't wait for next album already and see what goodness they come up with next. But in the meantime I have over 100+ songs to listen to 🙂🤘
@@xagorvangard Tch. Didn't you know it's mixed doubles this week? we're looking for a fourth player....do you know anybody.😆 Sub edit : I just noticed my longest comment ever that i posted 3hrs ago having a rant about reactors has gone. I had a reply from Ryan but now it's not there. There can only be one reason, YT doesn't like competition.😏
Another great reaction! I enjoy watching the expression on your face when you come across that awesomeness part of a song. Thank you! One suggestion for another drawing is the epic shot of the maids siting around a desk in their Manners MV. You know the one where Saiki turns her head towards the camera. Keep up the great work, please!
Excellent!. I guess for Miss Kanami Tono it must be a blessing that she can compose anything that comes to her mind knowing that her bandmates can help her refine it into a masterpiece... Every Fucking Time... What a great idea to listen to this music and see the evolution of your drawing at the same time. This last stint has been tremendous. I can't imagine any other band right now that can put these four songs together in a row, so different, so perfect. Over time Honkai has earned the spot for best song on Unseen World, an album as dense as the Bandmaidium (a new element that some maidiacs say it exists deep within the brightest stars). PS: In the web magazine Raijin Rock (highly recommended) there is a review article written about UW. It's entitled "BAND-MAID: The Furies Unleashed." I can't think of a more suitable comparison.
Great Drawing. And I actually thought about Sabbath and Faith No More when listening to BM they jumped over Faith and are at the top with old Sabbath for me now. I've watched and listened to everything I could find of theirs the last few months and I'm always amazed and smiling like you are.
Been great watching you check out this killer album! Your drawing was really cool to watch as well! For me Giovanni is my current favorite, I think it is their most foreboding song to date. While I love the vocals on the album version, the instrumental version is just massively heavier. If you can get a hold of the MV of the instrumental version, it is pretty freaking incredible!!
Ryan, I'd like to say I loved everything about this album reaction. I think you talk just enough, I still love your little text commentary on the screen and that drawing came out great! Congrats Po! 🕊️😁 It's great to listen to Band-Maid with you. I'm sure we'll be all here if you do another of these album reactions. Rock on! 🤘😎🖤
18:03 🤣, but so true. Thanks for the awesome tour through Unseen World! Once again, love the way you do these with the drawings, overlays, commentary -- so much more interesting than others.
From the time the album came out, I have never skipped a song on Unseen World. I soooo look forward to each one, I probably listen to it on average 3-5 times a week. The drawing is simply incredible, fantastic work!! It really was entertaining to watch you do the drawing as well..
For the last 4 months I have played all their albums in sequence, and I've never skippen one single song the entire time. BTW I've hardly been listening to any other music since I found them.
Great job Mr. Ryan you save the best for the last , i mean Kanamis drawing , cause every part of this album is awesome. If you like a suggestion may want to listen "Screaming" really cool song from Band Maid of course or another great instrumental "Dont be long".
Love your Band-maid reactions. Excellent drawing. Looking forward to more reactions. "About Us", "Glory", "Non-Fiction Days", "The Dragon Cries"... can't remember if you've done "Real Existence (Live)"
Listening to Band Maid Unseen World, listening to your reaction to these songs and watching you create that awesome drawing. Life is good! Thanks Ryan!
More peeks into the fascinating Unseen World of Band-Maid (and to some extent, Ryan Mear!) On every song we're witnessing another evolution of Band-Maid right before our very eyes and ears. Band-Maid brings light, smiles and energy to our lives and is, imo, a world treasure! "I've seen your world. I've been in your world. Never take me out of your world, Band-Maid!" Thanks for your continued journey with the Maids, Ryan! BTW - I'd probably by a T-shirt of your Maid-art, but doubt I could afford the original, should you decide to part with it.
My idea of how Giovanni came about. Sometime during the album cycle Mike Patton gets a call.. “Hey Mike this is Kanami from BAND-MAID. I’d like to pick your brain for a bit….”
Do you get it now? Again, this is a monster album. It's like a roller coaster from start to finish. Consider reacting to Dragon Cries, About Us since these two songs are very different as well.
Black Hole is the fastest song from Band-Maid. In the end it has 220 bpm which is as fast as the fastest songs of DragonForce. Akane had a lot of trouble with it during rehearsals and said to Kanami, "I can't do it". Kanami just said, "Yes, you can". and the result proves her right. Now she wants to compose a song with 230 bpm.
How many riffs are in this song? Kanami: Yes This album is so musically dense and complex, I'm at a loss to name a current artist that writes such music. Every time I listen to it I find new things hidden in their music, this normally only happens when I listen to something like Beethoven.
Hahaha, after listening to this album when I notice the comedy of scrolling down in Spotify and see: "more like Band Maid", then I smirk in silence and laugh hysterically aloud at the realisation of it being a non-statement. Such a thing just doesn't exist. This band arrived at a stage where I'm thinking, is there any point of listening to anything else in life? Ever again? That's being expressed after 25 years of living with music in a wide variety and depth….I just have no answers anymore, language lost its use in regarding describing these five musicians and what they're creating! Pure artistry! Respect to Ryan for delving into such depths in Band Maid territory and meeting all of us there. Aside from my own collection of all their works, I only listen to Band Maid in Mr Mear's virtual company! ✌️
Thank you Ryan for the reaction. Band-Maid are the greatest band in a very long time, and Unseen World is on top of my list of greatest albums ever, the album is amazing.
I suppose that their next album will be surprising and wonderful like the last albums ... where Kanami takes so many ideas and such harmony of sounds ... all the girls are amazing and so talented .. waiting for more and more
I wonder, if we could see an accurate drum score of what Akane is doing, we would go: "Oh, so that's what she is doing". But it is not easy to work out just by listening.
Greattttttt songs + PERFECT kanami sensei drawing at the end **insert shut up, take my money meme**👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 I couldnt ask for more sir but one thing, I want "SHUT UP..!! KANAMI'S SPEAKING..!!!"* shirt ASAP..!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You should sent it to them. 🤘 Was waiting a long time for this last video and the final result.. 😉 And I totally agree, such a brilliant album, and they are just extreme talented, looking forward for their next trick to our music brains.. 🤘
Love the drawing Ryan. When I was trying to decide if I was being honest about how good this band was, Alice in Chains was one of the bands I thought of. Don't think the maids quite pinch them for me yet, but not by much AND many of my most loved bands have many tracks I dont care for. The Maids have like three? I think.. out of how many? haha
Hopefully, you got the CD with the DVD instrumentals. Giovanni's vocals kind of drown out the guitars. I listen to the instrumental version all the time. The DVD is also an awesome tool if you want to learn the individual parts. As it has statics close-ups of each member.
By listening to UW with you, I was able to reaffirm the incomparableness of this album. However, there are still some wonderful songs left. Other than that, "Glory" is worth listening to.
Ryan! Since it has turned cold (I am warming up that new bottle of sake!),I decided to listen to that particular reaction of yours once again! I thought I myself told you Akane is not human. She is a Japanese Goblin/"Oni" striking big taiko/Japanese drums in the clouds above you! It seems that Misa is providing the lightnings as well while Kanami is lost in symphonic craziness! Not to mention the two banshees screaming a spell on you through the whole cataclysm! Never get enough of it all! But Bilbo is well trained, has a very thick skin and plenty of rings to ramble through this journey! The sake should be warm enough now, looking forward to meeting you somewhere again in the middle of a musical storm! Best regards, Robert-Gilles
Seriously man, is there any way to get my hands on a scan of that drawing? I want it as a desktop! Ready to pay a little just for the scan. How about a patreon perk, or something? OK, focus.. Giovanni is my favorite song on the album. You HAVE TO see the video instrumental of it. You just don't realiz how complex it is until you see it. Saiki is awesome on it, but without her voice, you actually realize how insane the stuff kanami is playing is.
Yeah, I don't know why some people can't appreciate Unseen World. I consider this a must have album. Even though my favorite album of theirs is Just Bring It, Unseen World is the album I'd recommend to someone as a must have.
Unseen World is a masterpiece. These four songs are both a sampler of that greatness and also prove my point. But "Honkai" ... for the love of all things good ... one of the greatest deep cuts of all time, and close to my favourite song on the album. 🤘🤘🙌🙌💕💕
A long time ago a rock band of four English boys was nicknamed fab four. Nowadays we have a rock group of five young Japanese girls: our fab five. Thanks Ryan for your insightful comments
Ryan! My little intuition: They might introduce new instruments for a start in the next or after next album, especially the piano, which at least three can play. I would not be surprised to hear a dulcimer as well. That is unless they feel like Wagakki Band and introduce some traditional Japanese instruments! A little word about Akane: I think she will never augment the size and variety of her present kit because it allows her to play so tight and not being distracted with gimmicks. I am waiting for MISA's complete song/piece creations on top of her own free bass. It is only the start of a very long story!
I guess all that's left is Youth which was on the special edition and the non album single About Us. The single doesn't really belong on the album thematically though. Then you'll have gone through their latest work.
Hey Ryan, appreciate all your reactions and lovin' the artwork man! Reminds me of when I was bored to death in high school and would just draw band logos in my journal in class. That's about the extent of my art talent though. Alice in Chains is also one of my highest-tier favorite bands I can't (or would find it hard) skip a single song. QOTSA, Led Zeppelin, Alter Bridge, and now Band-Maid. I can binge every single album without skipping a song. And it never gets boring.
Drawing is excellent. You're one talented dude. Also love your reactions because you respond in the same way and in the same places (for the most part) that I do, and that makes it fun to watch because it's like I'm listening again for the first time. I must say, this wasn't (isn't? yet?) my favorite album to listen to - although I never said I didn't like it that's for sure. Manners is for me as it was for you - one of my favorite songs ever - and songs like that, and some of the power ballads and straight ahead rockers are still my favorites, and there are more of them on World Domination and Just Bring It albums. Could also have to do with the fact that those are the songs I heard first by them, and their best concert video is still Zepp Tokyo. Do yourself a favor and watch it in one sitting. Faves from that show that you can find on bilibili - that you haven't reacted do (I think) are Turn Me On and Fate. I also prefer the version of "Play" that is in that show to the other versions.
Miku: "You will forget about me someday"
Everybody: No... no, I don't think we will.
The one time I disagree with her. I sure hope I don't!
There is no way she will ever be forgotten, she put together the best band on the planet of whose popularity just keeps gaining more and more, her tenacity, determination ,and cuteness won't allow her to be forgotten just like the overall talent of this once in a life time band . My personal opinion Band Maid will be just as prolific in the coming future as some other bands from the past. They have influenced a lot of others already. Again it is just my opinion
I'll forget that i even said "I'll never forget about Miku" before i ever forgot about Miku :)
@@GaryHolloway-810 😂 again truer words were never spoken.
I don't think we can
This album is a clinic on… well a lot of things but, this album is a clinic on how to use your great bassist. I would put this album up against any album ever, it’s so great.
that section in giovani gave me goosebumps too
cant belive these girls
they clearly listen to soo much music and ingest it like food
they interweve so many ideas playflully and skilflully
not many bands can give you goosebums but band maid can
honkai is too good for me to even wanna reveiw
my fav
I think Akane has maxed out her character skill level at 50 in this world and is just waiting for the music industry to put out a DLC so she can max out her character again. She is just grinding away at the moment slaying all that stand before her. She is a once in a lifetime musician for sure.
Mr Mear, what impressed me in a recent interview on RUclips that I saw Konami indicated that she already had stacks of pre-written songs ready to go it reminded me of the scene from Amadeus, where Salieri is reading Mozart's work and he is informed by Mozart's wife that they are all Originals.
To me... Honkai is the hidden gem on this album that nobody talks about.
Yes
F_cking masterpiece!
What is CRAZY to me is: WHO is the most talented lady in this group? Everybody says another name... Put ONE of these ladies in ANY other band and they would be the "star" or the "freaking talent", i thank MIKU so much she put all of them into ONE group. Akane and MISA are the best rhythm duo i know (alone with these two i could go on with MANY things, but i wanna keep it short), Kanami is a GREAT composer and her creativity + emotional way of playing makes her special, MIKU is an entertainer through and through and can adapt to EVERY situation and SAIKI has an unique voice + an aura that draws you in. No one is THE PILLAR of this band, they are all equal and adding so much with their talent, their freaking hard work, their character and their love towards music, to each other and towards their fans... If i had not discovered this band years ago, i had lost my love to music! Thanks Band-Maid! Greetings from Germany and enjoy the album and other music from Band-Maid Ryan, your playlist grows ;)
The quality of this album is just astounding. Been listening to this almost everyday since relase and i'm not tired of it in the slightest; in fact, it gets better every time. How tho? I don't fricking know dude. There is so much put into EVERY song here that i legit can't put my feelings into words.
But the craziest part of it, is that we are probably getting an equal or better quality album in 2022. Just Band Maid doing their thing, a never ending miracle themselves.
So true, ever since Unseen World came out I go and listen to other great albums from great bands and then I feel like I am wasting time that could be spent listening to Unseen World...
Saiki knows that you know that you can't hold Band-Maid because you will forget about her one day due to a Black Hole, you know?
Giovanni - it probably took me a dozen listens to fully appreciate this absolute NOVEL of a song. The sheer amount of awesomeness that's packed into that 4+ minutes is astounding. I said it before but few bands can make a 4 minute song seem like it lasts 2-3x as long as it actually is. MISA's bass in the second verse is.... I don't really have the appropriate vocabulary to describe it other than FILTHY. That absolute PERFECT bass tone.... does things to me and those sick AS FZCK riffs she's dropping.... yeah, same as you... hair standing on end, every time I listen to it. I also particularly love the change in vocal melody in the last verse/stanza with Saiki slowing down and drawing out the vocals. Sublime. This very well could be Kanami's masterpiece. This song should impress even Dream Theater...LOL.
Honkai - that first pinch harmonic - [chef's kiss]. Akane's beat and MISA's bass drive this song and provide such a lush canvas for Saiki and Kanami to go all Jackson Pollock all over it. And once again... MISA's bass in the second verse and especially her little solo after/during Kanami's amazing solo just completely melts my face every time. I, honest to God, believe that is the one of the top rock and roll bassists playing currently. The fact that she writes most of her own melodies as well as she doesn't play to the click track with the rest of the band just puts her so high on my list of musicians. Then you listen to what she actually plays and complexity, melodiousness, and the way she knows when to step forward and when to pull back is just amazing. This song really demonstrates all of her ability as does this entire album for Akane as well as the entire band.
Unseen World is, hands down, one of THE BEST rock albums to come out in several years. When you listen to it in its entirety in one sitting it is just amazing what they accomplished during Covid. It highlights not only their indisputable musical talent but their extraordinary creativity in song writing and composing. You can pick any aspect of any song and find sheer brilliance... Miku's lyrics are a feat in their own right and giving them to Saiki to breathe them to life with the best she has EVER sounded. Her voice on this album blew me away. We had a hint of it during the 2019 tour and the Shibuya okyu-ji but she really stepped up her game big time for this album same as the other members.. and honestly impressed me the most on this album with her growth.
This album is seminal in my mind. There is not a single bad song on this album, just some that are better than others...and that in and of itself is an extremely high bar. The simple fact that they can EFFORTLESSLY switch from hard rock, to stadium rock, to prog rock/metal, to lush heartfelt ballads and retain the unmistakable Band-Maid sound is what truly incredible about this band.
Miku was right. Band-Maid is its own genre. :)
Too Right!
Band-Maid is its own genre - I totally agree. I haven't heard this type of music anywhere else.
Wow! Well, well, Brian! Not much to add, except maybe what instruments they might add in the future....
Many thanks!
Lol.... thanks Bob!
Brilliant isn’t a word I toss around lightly. Band Maid is brilliant. Carry on!
Honkai is for me the biggest grower on the album. I kind of overlooked it in my first couple of listens, but now it is one of my favorites from the album. That is a high praise, because it has some tough competition!
Misa on that track is just killing it. She has these little moments with each member of the band and it’s dope.
The standard saying in Japan - "Do your best"
This is my favorite section of the album. "Giovanni", "Honkai", and "Black Hole" are where they get really experimental and just let loose with all the creativity they have. I love how outside the norm the songs get and just the general feel of them. It's like Kanami decided to let loose and make the outside-the-box songs that were in her heart.
"Without Holding Back" isn't on the base album I have, but it can be thrown in there, too. Watching them play it on the instrumental Blu-Ray is truly amazing. Even when they're in a white sound stage basically shooting a music video, they're still having a blast with it. Miku dances around all and interacts with the other members the whole time.
I love this section of the album too. The trilogy of Giovanni, Honkai and Black Hole is sublime.
Band-Maid is one of my top three. There aren't many bands where you can listen to their entire catalog and not skip a song. Simply amazing. I hope they keep going and growing with their fan base.
Agree, for the last 4 months I have played all their albums in sequence, and I've never skippen one single song the entire time. BTW I've hardly been listening to any other music since I found them.
@@jan-ovepedersen5764 Same.
whoever the engineer is for this album is, he gets a star for getting Misa's bass tone spot on.
Welcome to proggy Band Maid. For the older style get World Domination and feast on that too. I would say it's the other over the top album they've put out although it does have a couple of mellower songs on it.
woo~~ Mincho always UPPING the bar on the songs ;)
btw THAT FACE WE ALL MADE at the end of Black Hole! lol
Agreeing with the other folks, to finish off Unseen World properly, react to About Us, Youth and the instrumental version of Giovanni, which will really make you rethink the version with vocals. Love that drawing by the way.
Check out the official MV for the instrumental version of Giovanni it is like a Kanami class on how to rock!!! The rest of the band of course is superb as always. Super impressive to watch. These fine ladies, every one of them are all around special musicians and human beings.
I'd recommend doing reactions to Dont you tell and Awkward live so that you can listen to the Just Bring It album. It is my favourite Band Maid album and is full of great songs! One of my rare albums that I dont skip a song on.
Giovanni is such an interesting song. They start with the chorus after the intro and every verse is completely different. Even the purely instrumental version is super dense. I don't know how it works, but I love it!
I don't think people expect it from them, but they keep pushing themselves to do things they couldn't do before all the time (even physically), which I really respect.
Unseen World really is their best album. I always have high expectations of them, but they exceeded them with this one by far.
The drawing turned out pretty well 😄 Kanami actually has pretty big eyes, so that works out too 😆
I couldn't agree more with you Ryan, there's something that can't be denied with Band Maid, I waited till I was 56 for this band, I'll be 61 soon, for me they have checked all the correct boxes, and before Band Maid I never really liked female singer's, now that's changed it's almost all I listen to now, thanks for the reactions and your artwork is as stellar as Band Maid itself.
Without Covid, I honestly don't think we get Unseen World in its current state... It would have been great, but the band has really grown with the down time and the fanbase prob got way bigger with the online concerts.... I would have been lucky to go to one concert in person, but through online I got to see all of them, so BM really made amazing lemonade with what they were dealt... Cheers to greatness 🤘🤘
After listening to this every day since it’s release and never skipping a single song I can now say honestly that this is the single best album I have ever purchased 😎
The lyrics in the last part of Honkai are so beautiful
Truly one of the best albums ever.
This album....get a beverage, get comfy, turn volume up, keep your arms and legs inside the ride for the duration. They are a musicians Band. Now imagine a 2 hours set with these ladies.
About the way they compose songs: The impression I got from interviews is that they do it mostly digitally. So they edit parts and send them to each other. They don't really jam much I think, although the extended intro/solo parts they do live often sound like the result of a jam session. Coincidentally that's an approach that really works well in a pandemic...
Kanami apparently doesn't care if something is humanly possible to play when she starts out and then they have to bring it down to a level they can actually record. Misa writes most of the bass parts on her own nowadays (since Conqueror iirc), but if there is something specific Kanami wants the bass to do she still does it herself.
I HIGHLY recommend you check out the instrumental version of Giovanni (There's a video). It's hard to hear all of the awesomeness going on behind Saiki's vocals. No, Akane is NOT human. There's got to be a metal exoskeleton under that skin. =)
Ryan: "...I don't know what I'm gonna do with it. It's sitting right here with CD's on it, probably getting smudged."
Me: "It belongs in a museum!"
Or on a t-shirt with "Shut up, Kanami is speaking" somewhere on it.
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His Band-Maid reacts always make my day! 🙏🤘
Same here man. An Alice in Chains fan and Band Maid fan too!!! Thanks God for both!
Thanks, Mear for both the music and the progression of your artwork. Hopefully, Band-Maid can resume touring so that we can hear them live, and more importantly, Band-Maid can receive the recognition they deserve. Hard work and great musicianship should be recognized and rewarded. I know that's not always the case but I hope it will be in this case. Thanks again.
Ok, I watched it. First: your drawing is superb! I was a bit afraid for Akane at first, but you got her right in the end. Much talented, really. Then the album ... I think each of their four full albums are really really great but UNSEEN WORLD is the one that gives me the feeling they did exactly what they wanted, with total artistic freedom. And it is definitly a masterpiece, I have no doubt about it, a milestone. I'll still be listening to it in ten years and I will still ear things for the first time. Btw, there's another band who will soon release an album made with total artistic control and freedom: Gacharic Spin. In more than ten years of existence, it will be the first album produced by themselves - and it's logically an eponymous one. The first two singles (Mindset and I Wish I) are extremely promising. Of course it is totally different from Band-Maid but it will be very interesting too.
I think you’ll love World Domination and Just Bring It Album then.
Need to see *BAND-MAID* in a live setting 😠 Great Drawing 😊
Well I ordered by *BAND-MAID* on Vinyl had to rob a bank 😊
Their other albums are the same way … no skip songs. You have plans to listen to another album of theirs ? Anyway when I first heard Unseen World I was just blown away .. and I said that it was gonna be the album of the year for me …. and I still stand by that.
For those who like their music, this album is full of joy and satisfaction. You paint very well.
That was one of the best album reactions I've seen, and you even threw in an absolutely amazing drawing. Respect.
It's so great to watch someone who gets it. I don't know how someone can listen to these compositions and think, "That's a pretty good song," though I guess we all want different things from music. What I want from my rock songs is pretty simple: I want cool shit. And no one puts more cool shit into each song than Band-Maid. I'm pretty sure there's more cool shit in "Honkai"'s bridge alone than in the entirety of some good rock albums.
This is the music I've wanted my entire life.
"I'm pretty sure there's more cool shit in "Honkai"'s bridge alone than in the entirety of some good rock albums."
Wow, YES!
I think people who dont appreciate how good the compositions are, are people who know nothing at all about music- not even the slightest clue what makes an amazing song and why its amazing. All they know is they like a song or not- to them baby shark is 'better' than giovanni if its catchier and thats it. I feel sad for people with so little ear or knowledge for music.
Kanami has the air head persona, but inher brain it's not air, it's storm of music riffs,
There's never been a band that captivated me as much B-M. They are just very special. Can't wait for next album already and see what goodness they come up with next. But in the meantime I have over 100+ songs to listen to 🙂🤘
If they call their next album "Angels on Earth" they wouldn't be lying :)
@@GaryHolloway-810 Great idea. You should suggest that to Miku, next time you hang around with her 😉
@@xagorvangard Ok. Next wednesday it is then.👍
@@GaryHolloway-810 Isn't that the day you have tennis match with Jayoung? Or maybe I'm confused. You have such a busy schedule 🙂
@@xagorvangard Tch. Didn't you know it's mixed doubles this week? we're looking for a fourth player....do you know anybody.😆
Sub edit : I just noticed my longest comment ever that i posted 3hrs ago having a rant about reactors has gone. I had a reply from Ryan but now it's not there. There can only be one reason, YT doesn't like competition.😏
Another great reaction! I enjoy watching the expression on your face when you come across that awesomeness part of a song. Thank you! One suggestion for another drawing is the epic shot of the maids siting around a desk in their Manners MV. You know the one where Saiki turns her head towards the camera.
Keep up the great work, please!
Definitely my favorite band in the world so far. And for me, this is he best album of 2021
You my friend are a tallented guy, you can do a lot of things and al are amazing, thanks Ryan for this one
No, we will never forget you someday. NEVER
Thanks Ryan! Enjoying your art!
OH YES! I was expecting that last video of yours! Now I start watching ... (I love those songs so much!)
Excellent!. I guess for Miss Kanami Tono it must be a blessing that she can compose anything that comes to her mind knowing that her bandmates can help her refine it into a masterpiece... Every Fucking Time... What a great idea to listen to this music and see the evolution of your drawing at the same time.
This last stint has been tremendous. I can't imagine any other band right now that can put these four songs together in a row, so different, so perfect. Over time Honkai has earned the spot for best song on Unseen World, an album as dense as the Bandmaidium (a new element that some maidiacs say it exists deep within the brightest stars).
PS: In the web magazine Raijin Rock (highly recommended) there is a review article written about UW. It's entitled "BAND-MAID: The Furies Unleashed." I can't think of a more suitable comparison.
Nice reactions wit fantastic drawing... Salute!!!👍👍🤘🤘
Most Excellent :) Wicked Artistry skills DUDE .
the scariest thing is they have played all these live(all but giovanni in one show) and they sound just as good if not better
Kanami eats riffs for breakfast, "Shut up, Kanami is talking" (Mear, Ryan - 08/2021)
Great Drawing. And I actually thought about Sabbath and Faith No More when listening to BM they jumped over Faith and are at the top with old Sabbath for me now. I've watched and listened to everything I could find of theirs the last few months and I'm always amazed and smiling like you are.
Been great watching you check out this killer album! Your drawing was really cool to watch as well! For me Giovanni is my current favorite, I think it is their most foreboding song to date. While I love the vocals on the album version, the instrumental version is just massively heavier. If you can get a hold of the MV of the instrumental version, it is pretty freaking incredible!!
You are still missing Youth. That song was only on the limited edition of the album. It's another great song, no surprise there.
B-M should've made the digital version of "Unseen World" 1 song longer & included "Youth". It's a awesome piece of Hard Rock music :)
Maybe the best reaction on youtube for showing off someones joy in music :)
Ryan, I'd like to say I loved everything about this album reaction. I think you talk just enough, I still love your little text commentary on the screen and that drawing came out great! Congrats Po! 🕊️😁
It's great to listen to Band-Maid with you. I'm sure we'll be all here if you do another of these album reactions.
Rock on! 🤘😎🖤
I never get tire of listen to this album
18:03 🤣, but so true. Thanks for the awesome tour through Unseen World! Once again, love the way you do these with the drawings, overlays, commentary -- so much more interesting than others.
Thank you!
From the time the album came out, I have never skipped a song on Unseen World. I soooo look forward to each one, I probably listen to it on average 3-5 times a week. The drawing is simply incredible, fantastic work!! It really was entertaining to watch you do the drawing as well..
For the last 4 months I have played all their albums in sequence, and I've never skippen one single song the entire time. BTW I've hardly been listening to any other music since I found them.
Great job Mr. Ryan you save the best for the last , i mean Kanamis drawing , cause every part of this album is awesome. If you like a suggestion may want to listen "Screaming" really cool song from Band Maid of course or another great instrumental "Dont be long".
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Love your Band-maid reactions. Excellent drawing. Looking forward to more reactions. "About Us", "Glory", "Non-Fiction Days", "The Dragon Cries"... can't remember if you've done "Real Existence (Live)"
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Listening to Band Maid Unseen World, listening to your reaction to these songs and watching you create that awesome drawing. Life is good! Thanks Ryan!
More peeks into the fascinating Unseen World of Band-Maid (and to some extent, Ryan Mear!) On every song we're witnessing another evolution of Band-Maid right before our very eyes and ears. Band-Maid brings light, smiles and energy to our lives and is, imo, a world treasure! "I've seen your world. I've been in your world. Never take me out of your world, Band-Maid!"
Thanks for your continued journey with the Maids, Ryan! BTW - I'd probably by a T-shirt of your Maid-art, but doubt I could afford the original, should you decide to part with it.
My idea of how Giovanni came about. Sometime during the album cycle Mike Patton gets a call.. “Hey Mike this is Kanami from BAND-MAID. I’d like to pick your brain for a bit….”
Unseen World creation= Kanami's depression mode...the members worried about her during lockdown
I think technically, you still have "About Us" to complete this release cycle although not officially an UW track... it's the missing ballad... :)
Youth also from unseen world
Do you get it now?
Again, this is a monster album.
It's like a roller coaster from start to finish.
Consider reacting to Dragon Cries, About Us since these two songs are very different as well.
Giovanni is my favorite song on the album, maybe overall. So good.
You restore my faith in reaction videos, so well done and so f...ing genuine.
Well, what a way to end an album with these 4 awesome songs, all killer, no filler.
And, btw, Akane is only half human, rest is gorilla 😉
Black Hole is the fastest song from Band-Maid. In the end it has 220 bpm which is as fast as the fastest songs of DragonForce.
Akane had a lot of trouble with it during rehearsals and said to Kanami, "I can't do it". Kanami just said, "Yes, you can". and the result proves her right.
Now she wants to compose a song with 230 bpm.
"Unseen World" - epic, drawing - epic too, the whole thing - pure epic art :)
How many riffs are in this song?
Kanami: Yes
This album is so musically dense and complex, I'm at a loss to name a current artist that writes such music. Every time I listen to it I find new things hidden in their music, this normally only happens when I listen to something like Beethoven.
Hahaha, after listening to this album when I notice the comedy of scrolling down in Spotify and see: "more like Band Maid", then I smirk in silence and laugh hysterically aloud at the realisation of it being a non-statement. Such a thing just doesn't exist.
This band arrived at a stage where I'm thinking, is there any point of listening to anything else in life? Ever again? That's being expressed after 25 years of living with music in a wide variety and depth….I just have no answers anymore, language lost its use in regarding describing these five musicians and what they're creating! Pure artistry!
Respect to Ryan for delving into such depths in Band Maid territory and meeting all of us there. Aside from my own collection of all their works, I only listen to Band Maid in Mr Mear's virtual company! ✌️
Thank you Ryan for the reaction. Band-Maid are the greatest band in a very long time, and Unseen World is on top of my list of greatest albums ever, the album is amazing.
I suppose that their next album will be surprising and wonderful like the last albums ... where Kanami takes so many ideas and such harmony of sounds ... all the girls are amazing and so talented .. waiting for more and more
One new drawing for a review of each album would be nice, really enjoyed that format.
I wonder, if we could see an accurate drum score of what Akane is doing, we would go: "Oh, so that's what she is doing". But it is not easy to work out just by listening.
Greattttttt songs + PERFECT kanami sensei drawing at the end **insert shut up, take my money meme**👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I couldnt ask for more sir but one thing,
I want "SHUT UP..!! KANAMI'S SPEAKING..!!!"* shirt ASAP..!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You should sent it to them. 🤘
Was waiting a long time for this last video and the final result.. 😉
And I totally agree, such a brilliant album, and they are just extreme talented, looking forward for their next trick to our music brains..
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I just have this feeling there is a nice pile of Mr. Bungle CD's in Kanamis music room.
Love the drawing Ryan. When I was trying to decide if I was being honest about how good this band was, Alice in Chains was one of the bands I thought of. Don't think the maids quite pinch them for me yet, but not by much AND many of my most loved bands have many tracks I dont care for. The Maids have like three? I think.. out of how many? haha
Thanks so much ! great program!
Great reaction I love.
Hopefully, you got the CD with the DVD instrumentals. Giovanni's vocals kind of drown out the guitars. I listen to the instrumental version all the time. The DVD is also an awesome tool if you want to learn the individual parts. As it has statics close-ups of each member.
Unseen World rocks so hard! I love this album. Band-Maid is up there with AiC in my book too.
I highly recommmed GIOVANNI instrumental version. So good.
By listening to UW with you, I was able to reaffirm the incomparableness of this album.
However, there are still some wonderful songs left.
Other than that, "Glory" is worth listening to.
Ryan!
Since it has turned cold (I am warming up that new bottle of sake!),I decided to listen to that particular reaction of yours once again!
I thought I myself told you Akane is not human. She is a Japanese Goblin/"Oni" striking big taiko/Japanese drums in the clouds above you! It seems that Misa is providing the lightnings as well while Kanami is lost in symphonic craziness! Not to mention the two banshees screaming a spell on you through the whole cataclysm!
Never get enough of it all! But Bilbo is well trained, has a very thick skin and plenty of rings to ramble through this journey!
The sake should be warm enough now, looking forward to meeting you somewhere again in the middle of a musical storm!
Best regards,
Robert-Gilles
Seriously man, is there any way to get my hands on a scan of that drawing? I want it as a desktop! Ready to pay a little just for the scan. How about a patreon perk, or something?
OK, focus.. Giovanni is my favorite song on the album. You HAVE TO see the video instrumental of it. You just don't realiz how complex it is until you see it. Saiki is awesome on it, but without her voice, you actually realize how insane the stuff kanami is playing is.
Yeah, I don't know why some people can't appreciate Unseen World. I consider this a must have album. Even though my favorite album of theirs is Just Bring It, Unseen World is the album I'd recommend to someone as a must have.
Unseen World is a masterpiece. These four songs are both a sampler of that greatness and also prove my point. But "Honkai" ... for the love of all things good ... one of the greatest deep cuts of all time, and close to my favourite song on the album. 🤘🤘🙌🙌💕💕
A long time ago a rock band of four English boys was nicknamed fab four. Nowadays we have a rock group of five young Japanese girls: our fab five. Thanks Ryan for your insightful comments
Your drawing is great!
As someone commented before, this should be the design for the new Mount Rushmore👍😎
Ryan!
My little intuition:
They might introduce new instruments for a start in the next or after next album, especially the piano, which at least three can play.
I would not be surprised to hear a dulcimer as well.
That is unless they feel like Wagakki Band and introduce some traditional Japanese instruments!
A little word about Akane: I think she will never augment the size and variety of her present kit because it allows her to play so tight and not being distracted with gimmicks.
I am waiting for MISA's complete song/piece creations on top of her own free bass.
It is only the start of a very long story!
I guess all that's left is Youth which was on the special edition and the non album single About Us. The single doesn't really belong on the album thematically though. Then you'll have gone through their latest work.
Hey Ryan, appreciate all your reactions and lovin' the artwork man! Reminds me of when I was bored to death in high school and would just draw band logos in my journal in class. That's about the extent of my art talent though.
Alice in Chains is also one of my highest-tier favorite bands I can't (or would find it hard) skip a single song. QOTSA, Led Zeppelin, Alter Bridge, and now Band-Maid. I can binge every single album without skipping a song. And it never gets boring.
Drawing is excellent. You're one talented dude. Also love your reactions because you respond in the same way and in the same places (for the most part) that I do, and that makes it fun to watch because it's like I'm listening again for the first time. I must say, this wasn't (isn't? yet?) my favorite album to listen to - although I never said I didn't like it that's for sure. Manners is for me as it was for you - one of my favorite songs ever - and songs like that, and some of the power ballads and straight ahead rockers are still my favorites, and there are more of them on World Domination and Just Bring It albums. Could also have to do with the fact that those are the songs I heard first by them, and their best concert video is still Zepp Tokyo. Do yourself a favor and watch it in one sitting. Faves from that show that you can find on bilibili - that you haven't reacted do (I think) are Turn Me On and Fate. I also prefer the version of "Play" that is in that show to the other versions.
Almost getting some later stage Geddy Lee vibes from Misa's bass sound off these last few tracks!!!
Time for Gion-Cho!