Good material. Thanks for decomposing the track and valuable observations.

Ron Paul ftw !!

Also checkout morphine- radar live. Cool lil surprise

My buddy at work showed me morphine. Awesome band and some cool history

Howly! I first listened to Blind Guardian in a School Bus in the early 90s, when a Friend brought his Discman and a new CD "Somewhere far beyond"! 3 decades later, I still love their Sound and Hansi´s unique Voice!Back then, we all were Tolkien or PnP fans, so their Songs from Middle Earth just were hitting our hearts!

in 2 months you will be an hardcore opeth fan !!! cheers

i mean your not wrong, its the last boss before the final boss.

I think you shall look at some older stuff, when the girls were not more than kids. There are some videos where they show the Kami band. Then you will see the drummer and even hear a drum solo. The song Yava is one of my favorites and here is a version with a Kami band intro Babymetal - Yava ! (Fox Festival 2017 Live / Kami band intro) Eng Subs kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3PScn9smaiKfJY

I found a reaction to this on your channel. 😆

Lets gooooo!

Geography facts - Yokohama is a city just south of Tokyo. Its a port city and has 4 million people. So it is bigger than every city in the US except Los Angeles and New York. (Tokyo has 37 million people - more than every US state except California).

If I recall correctly, this song is about lead singer Nils Frykdahl on a late night bender with his brother and his brother's sketchy junkie friend. As with many SGM songs, Nils' brother Per (nordic name pronounced like 'pear') was inspirational for his frequently odd behavior and recorded antics. Other weird, disturbed voice mails Per left became the lyrics or inspiration for other songs, long after Per's death in 2005.

Certainly not the easiest place to start with Scott Walker, but well done. At least I found your channel thanks to this. What kind of music are you into, generally?

That underlying guitar you wonder about reminds me of Iron Maiden's "Back in the Village"

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I will be interested to see what you come up with in the future.

I mean, I’d be fine with some game talk stuff, and I’ve been loving the guilty gear reactions. I can’t wait for you to react to some other game osts, like risk of rain, devil may cry, or sonic frontiers.

Stop over analysing it’s annoying AF

Thanks for reacting; I love this band! But just imo, this isn't one of their better songs (probably a minority opinion).

What a fantastic rabbit hole to dive face first into if you want some high quality metal in your life. These guys don't miss. One of the best metal bands to come along in a a couple decades, that puts out nothing but banger after banger after banger. Absolutely love this band. Liked and subbed. 🤘

Babymetal discography: -------------------------------------- 1. 2011 Oct 22 - Doki Doki ☆ Morning - Recorded 2010 Oct 30 2. 2011 Nov 23 - Iine! (Vega Mix Version) 3. 2011 Nov 24 - Ijime, Dame, Zettai 4. 2012 Mar 7 - Iine! 5. 2012 Jul 4 - Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! 6. 2012 Oct 6 - BABYMETAL DEATH 7. 2012 Oct 6 - Kimi to anime ga mitai 8. 2012 Oct 6 - Uki Uki ★ Midnight 9. 2012 Oct 6 - Onedari Daisakusen 10. 2012 Oct 6 - Akatsuki (Su solo) 11. 2012 Dec 20 - White Love (Su solo) 12. 2012 Dec 20 - Over the Future 13. 2012 Dec 20 - Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! (☆Night Of 15 Mix★) 14. 2012 Dec 20 - Tsubasa o Kudasai 15. 2013 Feb 1 - Catch me if you can 16. 2013 Jun 19 - Megitsune 17. 2013 Jun 30 - Chokotto Love (Yui solo) 18. 2013 Jun 30 - Love Machine (Moa solo) 19. 2013 Jun 30 - No Rain, No Rainbow (Su solo) 20. 2013 Dec 21 - Tamashii no Refrain (Su Solo) 21. 2013 Dec 21 - Gimme Chocolate!! 22. 2013 Dec 21 - AKATSUKI (Unfinished Ver.)(Su solo) - 2014 Feb 26 - Release of of their first album "Babymetal" 23. 2014 Feb 26 - Song 4 (Black Babymetal) 24. 2014 Feb 26 - Song 4 (444 ver.)(Black Babymetal) 25. 2014 Feb 26 - Rondo Of Nightmare 26. 2014 Nov 8 - Road of Resistance 27. 2015 Feb 1 - KARATE - 2016 Mar 29 - Release of their second album "Metal Resistance" 28. 2016 Mar 29 - Awadama Fever 29. 2016 Mar 29 - YAVA! 30. 2016 Mar 29 - Amore (Su solo) 31. 2016 Mar 29 - Meta Taro 32. 2016 Mar 29 - Syncopation 33. 2016 Mar 29 - From dusk to Dawn (5) 34. 2016 Mar 29 - GJ! (Black Babymetal) 35. 2016 Mar 29 - GJ! (Black Babymetal) Reward Version 36. 2016 Mar 29 - Sis. Anger (Black Babymetal) 37. 2016 Mar 29 - Tales of The Destinies 38. 2016 Mar 29 - THE ONE 39. 2016 Mar 29 - THE ONE [English Version] 40. 2017 Dec 2 - IN THE NAME OF 41. 2018 May 8 - Distortion (3) 42. 2018 May 8 - Elevator Girl 43. 2018 May 8 - Kagerou (Su-solo) 44. 2018 Oct 19 - Starlight (4) 45. 2019 Jul 6 - Shine (2) 46. 2019 Jun 28 - FUTURE METAL 47. 2019 Jun 28 - Arkadia 48. 2019 Jun 28 - Shanti Shanti Shanti 49. 2019 Jun 28 - PA PA YA!! 50. 2019 Sep 4 - Elevator Girl [English ver.] - 2019 Oct 8 - Release of their third album "Metal Galaxy" 51. 2019 Oct 8 - DA DA DANCE 52. 2019 Oct 8 - Oh! MAJINAI 53. 2019 Oct 8 - Brand New Day 54. 2019 Oct 8 - ↑↓←→BBAB 55. 2019 Oct 8 - Night Night Burn! 56. 2019 Oct 8 - BxMxC 56a 2020 Oct 30 - Kingslayer (collaboration with BMTH) (1) 57. 2021 Oct 10 - The One 【THE ONE - STAIRWAY TO LIVING LEGEND】 58. 2022 Oct 20 - Divine Attack.(6) 59. 2022 Nov 18 - Monochrome. 60. 2023 Jan 19 - Metal Kingdom. 61. 2023 Feb 23 - Light and Darkness 62. 2023 Mar 10 - Monochrome - Piano ver. / THE FIRST TAKE 63. 2023 Mar 23 - Mirror Mirror - 2023 Mar 24 Release of their fourth album "The Other One" 64. 2023 Mar 24 - Time Wave 65. 2023 Mar 24 - METALIZM 66. 2023 Mar 24 - THE LEGEND 67. 2023 Mar 24 - Believing 68. 2023 Mar 24 - MAYA 69. 2023 Aug 18 - METALI!! 69a. 2024 May 23 - RATATATA ----- (1) 30 October 2020, released by Bring Me The Horizon, in collaboration with the Babymetal song Kingslayer, which over time has become more of a Babymetal song than BMTH's song - therefore it should also be on the list of Baymetal's songs. (2) Shine was performed as an instrumental intro to "The One" at the Legend S 2017 concert. (3) Distortion is the only official video featuring no members of Babymetal. (4) Starlight: Su has stated in an interview that she participated in the official video Starlight, at the end of the video where The chosen seven is gathered, she stands in the middle at the bottom of the screen. (5) From Dusk To Dawn is the only Babymetal song for which there is no official lyrics. (6) First lyric by Suzuka Nakamoto (Su-Metal). (7) Collaboration and cononcept by Schillobros., Electric Callboy and BABYMETAL Updated: 2024 May 23th By Steen Bronke (Bronski-Metal)

Don't you just love conga metal?

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned from another subscriber, or perhaps it’s already on your queue, but I hope you get a chance to listen to the song “Blackwater Park” from the self titled album. From Opeth fans, it’s regarded as their Magnum Opus. Along with The Moor, it’s one of Opeth’s true masterpieces. That being said, I love all the Opeth reactions. Especially for The thorough breakdown of Still Life, my personal favorite from the band. Thanks for all you do Luke!

Greatest metal band in any extreme genre ever. Period. Mirai is a genius.

This song, and I think all of the songs on The Drift, springs from the nightmares that Scott Walker had throughout his life. The sound of punching is a man punching a slab of meat. It's meant to sound like the people beating the bodies of Mussolini and his lover hanged upside down in the courtyard. Good call on the cinematic descriptor, he did make a movie score or two. Walker had a fascinating life; he started out in the 50s/60s in an English boy band called The Walker Brothers, gaining pretty significant fame. He later put out several incredible and influential solo albums in a classical/crooner style, followed by a period of failure and then the nightmare albums, this being the second in that series. In his twilight years he collaborated with a few metal bands and then died due to cancer. This album in particular was influential to Mikael Akerfeldt, which can be heard on Coil. As always I appreciate you checking out my recommendations, as difficult as they may be.

Ky's is his Son in law

Sol in the story is very complex, but in terms of how he actually carries himself he's pretty simple. He tends to be pretty grumpy but not always immediately annoyed by people around him, even if his words might seem to suggest he is. His songs lyrics are super duper punk. By this point in the story Sol has fought past many of the demons of his past and things are looking up. His song is about living how he wants, and just live and let live, but don't EVER let anybody get away with seriously wronging you. People love to describe his song as being the sound of being in a bar fight, and you're winning, and that makes sense for Sol on a lot of levels, he loves hanging out in bars! If I remember correctly, not only is Sol the main character (him and Ky are both the protagonists equally, but if you had to pick one of them it would be Sol), but he's also Daisuke Ishiwataris favorite character in the game. Whenever there's footage of him playing the game he's using Sol, and he even voices Sol in the older games, including the ones you most likely played. Sol is a massive Queen reference. He holds his sword like how Freddy Mercury held his microphone, his real name, Frederick Bulsara, is a reference to Freddy Mercury's real name, Sol even canonically owns a Queen Vinyl. The name "Sol Badguy" is inspired by the album Mr. Badguy. The old Sol theme that you are thinking of is called Keep Yourself Alive btw!

You'd like some context? Sigh has essentially always been connected to the black metal scene, and had record label ties across the world from Japan to Deathlike Silence Productions in Norway in the early 90s (a major hotspot for black metal). But Sigh have always been different! A lot of artists and bands soon grew tired of repeating early 90s formulas and went in all sort of directions. Where I feel Sigh differs is that although they can go genre-jumping, or just be really weird, they still keep the 70s and 80s metal alive in their music. Old school, but without boundaries. Massive respect for this band.

i owned ogre battle 64. i had the werwolf, i loved the knights of dinaka (sp, it's been years) and hawk men units and the game ruled. i sold it to gamestop for nothing close to what it was worth before i knew any better. :(

At this point Sol and Ky are more like brothers than anything. Ky even had him raise his kid. So they are pretty much freindly rivals at this point. Although Guilty Gear's story is weird.

Sol's theme is the second shortest after Slayer's theme but not cause people dislike either character they just manage to get their message across quickly in those songs

Ky and Sol hate each other's guts but have to work together a lot since their goals often align. Sol is also Ky's father in law which is something they only learned after the fact and caused them incredible amounts of psychic damage when they realized it.

X is my favorite game of all time! There are many valid critiques, things like the main story, the lack of volume or text settings, the lackluster tutorials, the demanding material costs of level XX augments... But the things that really make this game for me are the fast-paced combat, the dense open-world, the deep side quests, the lore and world building, the mech and enemy design, and of course, the music! I often hear people say that X has the weakest OST in the series, but those people ALWAYS pin the blame solely on NLA Day/Night. The rest of the OST is filled with gems, you just have look for them. It can be hard to find certain songs because of their naming conventions. Not just the fact that a ton of it is gibberish, but that a bunch of songs are lumped into the same song title as different sections. But things like No.EX01, the many iterations of CODENAMEZ ('In the Forest X→Z' being my preferred), literally all of the other area themes, raTEoREkiSImeAra, aBOreSSs, The Key We've Lost, Melancholia, z29, z37 part 2, Uncontrollable, z15, z5, 'So nah, so fern', Wir Fliegen, Your Voice, UN↑口and巨DIE part 2, G-LOW-S→F.S.K.O part 1, and KAKU-WEST*→▲★★KAI part 1 are bangers! Outside of those, the OST even has the scariest songs in the series, with z13 and z30. Heck, many people like to make fun of it, but I actually really love the cheesiness of Black Tar. I know some readers unfamiliar with the game may have clocked out due to the absurd song names (and I even shortened the z[number] tracks), but there's some amazing stuff in there! Don't sleep on X! Also, not relevant to X, but it's worth noting that Mitsuda only contributed to XC1 with the credits theme, Beyond the Sky. The game's director (Tetsuya Takahashi) begged for him to compose for the game, but Mitsuda refused several times because, quote, "I felt that the project didn't need me because its fascinating atmosphere and world were already complete." "I always try to consider what kind of 'music' and 'sound' the game wants and whether it really needs my 'color.'" But he was eventually convinced because his good friend Takahashi said, "... the series only makes sense if we close Xenoblade Chronicles with your music!" Mitsuda was also resistant to being brought back for XC2, but he was again convinced otherwise, and he joined as a full-on composer instead of just having a single song cameo. Of course, he's stuck around ever since. XC1 was actually composed primarily by Manami Kiyota (50 composing credits), followed by three composers who went by ACE+ (29 credits), and another composer with a similar level of fame as Mitsuda, Yoko Shimomura (11 credits [you'll know her for Street Fighter 2, Kingdom Hearts, Super Mario RPG, Mario & Luigi, and more]). Shimomura wouldn't return for any future Xenoblade games though. XC2 would of course give Mitsuda a more prevalent role (24 credits), but ACE would lead the charge (41 credits). The lack of a + was because the former + was composing separately from the other two. But he was still present as a composer for this game! Meet my favorite Xenoblade composer, Kenji Hiramatsu (27 credits)! Kiyota would take more of a back seat for this entry, however (14 credits). Miriam Abounnasr would also be brought on as an arranger (6) for tracks composed by Mitsuda. Keep her in mind. XC3! This is actually the game that Mitsuda had the largest role in (41 credits), with the other three having pretty even spreads: Kiyota (27), ACE (27), and Hiramatsu (28). Additionally, we have two new composers joining the roster! Abounassr got an opportunity to compose (3 credits), with her getting more in the DLC (4 credits, though all technically the same song)! Additionally, Yutaka Kunigo would make his debut (2 credits)! And boy, did these two put out some good songs. Most notably, Abounassr did the 'Black Mountains' and Kunigo did 'Ultimate Enemy,' both VERY highly regarded tracks. Anyways, if you somehow couldn't tell, Xenoblade is one of my favorite game franchises, so I'd love to see more reactions/analysis on their OSTs! It's been a while since your last one!

Instasubscribed brother, nice dissection 🤘🤘🤘 In case you have time please react to "Swallow the Sun" - "Inocence Fogotten" nice melody and deep lyrics Half life 1 and 2 are phenomenal you're right 😎🤘

Sol does actually have a vocal track in xrd being ride the fire that automatically plays when dragon install is activated, CapnBooker the other main lyrics channel for guilty gear has made a lyric video for it. Xrd actually has many vocal tracks, but only ride the fire and tsuki no shihai are connected to characters

Fun fact: This song is one of the only guilty gear tracks that currently has a music video, its a really good watch and shows a lot of the events that happened in the past games. its also animated by the same people who are making the guilty gear anime!

A like for your algorithm.

"THE CIRCLE" next pls

Nice ear catching that bit of Sol's classic theme! (That one's called "Keep Yourself Alive") Sol Badguy is actually a very popular character, and has probably the most developed and layered story in the entire cast, one that's reflective of the series' themes as a whole (he IS the main character after all) Not gonna go into spoilers toooo much, but here's an overview (mostly focusing on stuff the first game tells us) Sol is first presented to us as a lone bounty hunter who specifically focuses on killing Gears above all other targets. His background wasn't really known to people, and in fact, Sol himself hated being asked about it. He's gruff, but free-spirited, and doesn't like to play by the rules. Towards the end of the Crusades (war between humans and Gears) Sol's skills got the attention of the Holy Order (human army) and he was recruited as one of their knights. At the same time, Ky was also a knight of the Order, despite still being a child (14-15-ish). Ky was considered a prodigy, and due to his skills, was actually the captain of the squad Sol was in. But while Ky was all about rules and working together, Sol hated working with others and tended to step outta line. Ky attempted to set him straight through a duel, but ended up losing to Sol. And Ky could tell Sol wasn't even using hus full power. It's from these events that their rivalry starts to form- Ky wanting to face Sol in honorable combat to get through to him, and Sol wanting none of that, treating Ky like a kid (which, to be fair, Ky was) Eventually Sol decides this whole fighting alongside others in the Holy Order thing isn't working out for him, so he instead decides to desert, but not before stealing one of their treasured magic swords. Ky attempts to stop the theft but is bested by Sol again. The actual games don't start until a couple years later, after the war. Sol still lives a lone life as a bounty hunter, while Ky, now a young adult, tries to adjust to the new world. Throughout the main plot of the Guilty Gear series, the relationship with Ky is a pretty notable one for Sol- he treats Ky like a nuisance, but really all Ky really wants is to connect and understand one another. It takes a while for us to get at it, but it's evident that Sol has experienced great loss in the past, and as such has grown bitter and unable to let himself just, live and be with other people. And a big part of his journey is him finally forging new bonds again and healing from the past.

Left this comment in a video a couple weeks ago but ima do it again. Check out either "Strange Sunset"from Street Fighter Ex Plus Alpha, "Rising Dragon" from the same game, "Green Shower" from Street Fighter Ex2 Plus, or "Matador" from Street Fighter Ex 3. The ex series is kinda forgotten but it genuinely has the best soundtracks out of any Fighting Game series out there. Ex Alpha Plus being the best.

You should listen to The Square's "Sunnyside Cruise" or "Night Dreamer" for an intro to them. Also, you should listen to TRIX - 敦煌 (Dunhuang), or 毛根ファンク (Hair Root Funk), or Impact Hair Root Funk. I love the synth part in hair root funk, it's so cool! There another band like Casiopea and T-Square. They have one of Casiopea's ex drummers from the 90s, Noriaki Kumagai, who was with them for a short time while their drummer Akira Jimbo in this video went solo with Tetsuo Sakurai, the original bassist who has now been replaced by Yoshihiro Naruse in this video and still with them now. Mitsuru Sutoh, the bass player with the white bass from t square is also in TRIX.

🍅💀🍅 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼 You might call this .... Divine

Love OC, just keep them coming! Their newest drop, the EP "Forgotten" has 3/3 masterpieces! 🖤🤘

Orbit Culture has been around for about a decade. They've done a really good job of bringing the melodic death genre into modern metal. I would suggest Black Mountain, same album.

I'm thrilled you've reacted to this so quickly, so thank you. The intensity of the music, and vocal changes are what I like about this band. Orbit Culture has 3 or 4 albums so far. I love all of them. 😊 Thanks Luke!

This performance of Tropic Birds is from the the gig at Yokohama Baseball Stadium in 1981 where Takanaka shared the bill with Santana - the whole concert is available on KZbin and is superb! The quality of sound you mention, and pictures too, may be accounted for by the fact that this was a concert sponsored by Pioneer and must surely have been broadcast on Japanese TV on account of the multitude of ads for their latest Hi-Fi systems that are included in the YT posting. FYI, Takanaka and Carlos performed together in the Finale backed by their combined bands with Brilliant versions of Europa and Ready to fly. Takanaka has made dozens of albums over the years , all worth listening to although I would particularly recommend his earlier work. However, I would urge you to check out some of the myriad live performances on offer on YT. Live music is always the best in my opinion and Takanaka proves my point with his live playing continually outstripping the excellent studio versions of his work. I've been a Santana fan since 1969 (Woodstock), even interviewed him for the BBC and while working for them I was given a copy of the LP "Takanaka" (his second )in 1977 in the hope that I might play something from it on my radio show. In fact I played several tracks over succeeding nights and must therefore be one of possibly only a handful of DJs outside of Japan to give the man air time!! Takanaka does not release albums outside of Japan and rarely, if ever performs anywhere else. As a result, the entire world knows the name of Carlos Santana but outside the Land of the Rising Sun few are aware of the man I consider "Japan's Best Kept Secret". I thoroughly enjoyed this reaction which is helping to spread the word, I look forward to more of the same. Your new subscriber in the UK.

Although Babymetal do have a few songs about battle, it's usually being used a metaphor for other forms of struggle or inner conflict. If there is one continuous thread that runs through the majority of Babymetal's lyrics, it's the idea of perseverance through hardship and resilience. Even so, they also have songs about girl power (Megitsune), eating chocolate (Gimme Chocolate), being late for school (Doki Doki Morning), playing hide and seek with a monster (Catch Me If You Can), an anti-bullying song (Ijime Dame Zettai), and all kinds of other things. By pure coincidence, you have ended up listening to most of the songs that speak very directly about battle.

I remember when i played this game for first time, i was 7 years (now 30) and the zerg themes scared me a lot, especially when i was home alone :( now there are into my favorites :3

Their latest album was a concept album, so you might find several songs battle themed, even if the battle is a representation of something else. Songs like Metal Kingdom really focus on it. In their 3 previous albums, I can't think of any other song about battle, if not maybe battle again youself in Karate and battle agains bullies in Ijime, Dame, Zettai The others cnan have many different meanings: starting from wanting to eat chocolate, to party summer song, to getting ready to go to school, to wanting to stay up late with friends, etc...