11 Amazing Bands Who Don't Primarily Sing in English

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[@KetchupRevenge]

Of course Rammstein has to be on this list. They're the only non-English singing band to completely sell out Madison Square Garden... and did so in just 20 minutes. ;)

[@meant4hell]

I heard X Japan sold out MSG as well.

[@Jordan-Ramses]

Babymetal sold out MSG too. They were the first Japanese band to headline Wembley and set a one day merch sales record.

[@OhHeyItsJessica]

l'arc en ciel also done that?

[@parisiennemoonlight6650]

BTS sold out Wembley for 2 consecutive days for a 90 minute show😄

[@zero7769]

I came for them and was immediately fulfilled

[@CVXMAN]

Why isn't Ozzy up there? LOL

[@basilschreyer8807]

im dead

[@zuhairkayaly1835]

James Of the crop lmao 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@zypher6018]

He speaks : I don’t know

[@patrickperry8951]

Smartass

[@calebjohnson7246]

Because he speaks English.

[@oliverhayhoe]

If Germany host the FIFA World Cup again, Rammstein have to do the song.

[@travo2112]

+Sonicalm Aahhhh!! The Mighty Sepultura!!!!!!

[@demonero]

We just bought a FIFA World Cup for Germany so this will surely take a while now ;-) I guess that Qatar even gave a higher paycheck now.. But Rammstein could do their song too :D

[@AximandTheCursed]

+Oliver Hayhoe hehe Mein Land ftw!

[@jota7r]

+Oliver Hayhoe scorpions would be a better choice

[@Fiddling_while_Rome_burns]

It's a scandal that Cradle of Filth didn't play at the London Olympics.

[@chronovac]

They basically said, "lets get the one everyone knows out of the way first with Rammstein"

[@48schecter]

I find your lack of Maximum the Hormone disturbing...

[@quacktanamobay6553]

I feel your pain

[@pilotamurorei]

Fuck maximum, Where the fuck is Loudness?

[@toadscrayon8246]

amen

[@SteelSkin667]

Honestly most of Japanese bands sing in Japanese anyway. The ones that use English are the oddballs.

[@pilotamurorei]

SteelSkin667 Bellfast, Vigilante, Loudness, Outrage, they all use English (Vigilante and Bellfast use ONLY English in their songs).

[@MartyWilson100]

Ten another bands who don't primarly sing in English: Aria (Russian) Kat (Polish) Turbo (Polish) Master's Hammer (Czech) Pokolgép (Hungarian) Arckanum (Old Norse) Rippikoulu (Finnish) Sortilége (French) Dorsal Atlatica (Portuguese) Sorhin (Swedish)

[@davidjunior4181]

!T.O.O.H! (Czech), Kokumaromilk(Japanese), Thy Catafalque (Hungarian), Bakflip (Polish), Ikarion (Polish), Selvageria (Potuguese), Brujeria (Spanish), Impvreza (Spanish), ETHS (French), Al Namrood (Arabic), Narjahanam (Arabic), Heidevolk (Dutch), Spring Autumn (Chinese)...

[@micmac274]

@@davidjunior4181 District Unknown (Arabic), There is some overlap between bands that could have been on the list with the list of "metal bands from surprising countries."

[@consistenttastemetalhead]

Alien Weaponry(Maori), Galneryus(Japanese), Chthonic(Taiwanese)

[@thelesnah8904]

Kino (Russian)

[@rez6624]

Project 46 (Brazil)

[@dnbtom8819]

RAMMSTEIN!

[@brummbrumm8344]

Rammstein is shit

[@OfficialJaffaBair]

+blink WonEidiTu your taste of music is shit...

[@Gloveberg1]

+BunchaFX Is anyone really still using JB as a put down in 2015? Seriously?

[@burhanuddinmazher9299]

+blink WonEidiTu you are shit

[@OfficialJaffaBair]

Jimmy Glover i was more thinking of 5 seconds of summer to be the new joke OR babymetal

[@IAmAleksha]

Happy to see Dir En Grey get recognition.

[@abdelhadimersoul88]

+Lord of Plagues what's the name of the song in the video ?

[@IAmAleksha]

Abdelhadi Mersoul Can't place the exact song but it's from their album Vulgar.

[@maskychain816]

+Abdelhadi Mersoul Different Sense

[@thegoatgotmilked373]

It is from Dum Spire Spero ;)

[@YouCanCallMeXoe]

Um, doesn't Loudness usually sing in english?

[@calumgardner6936]

Damn that crowd for Shining REALLY looked like they were enjoying themselves 😂

[@Dan-Bass]

slam metal is technically another language lol

[@torehy5912]

Slam death is not a genre

[@aciddd5232]

Yeah this is how u say hi in Slam OOOOOØOOOOØØØØØØØØOOOOOOOOOOOØØØØØØOØOØOØIOØOØOØOOØØOØOØOØOØIØO

[@conallxd2257]

You should have had korpiklaani

[@Dodderyfeline31]

HighEagle SERIOUSLY THO

[@jarocari_0693]

Indeed!

[@leonardopiccoloantonio2910]

Yeah

[@Kointa]

First thing that came in my mind when i saw the video title

[@direwolfgaming4905]

Fun fact Korpiklaani is a unit in the Estonian army too

[@giselletorres4156]

Oh man, glad to see Boris on the list. Saw them live in Phoenix a year ago, one of the best concerts I've seen.

[@ethanjohnson6516]

Do you know the name of the song they are singing in this video

[@kanielleoutis9455]

That's awesome, I'm glad the west is recognizing Dir en grey and X Japan, ppl seem more open to the European stuff but now Japan is showing how hard they kick ass!!!! That's the awesomeness of Metal it can be transformed and shaped into any way and it still sends shivers down your spine!!! Thank Loudwire for recognizing X Japan and Dir en grey!!! Honestly the two metal bands from Japan, they are always experimenting with new sounds and it's still so Metal!!!! \m/ oh and don't forget Baby Metal and the GazettE

[@alexdhamp]

Aldious, Mary's Blood, Band-Maid, and Malice Mizer...don't forget them, too!

[@danielperry5908]

@@alexdhamp : Goth infused influence is definitely there.

[@iqbalmuhammad2920]

IMO, current Japan's Metal scene is better than the USA and most of Europe. Lovebites Galneryus Ningen Isu Maximum the Hormone Dir en grey Crossfaith Aldious SiM Babymetal

[@Afshin132]

Finntroll is from Finland!

[@LoudwireMusic]

+Afshin Azadegan They write lyrics in Swedish

[@Afshin132]

+Loudwire whoops, my bad, sorry

[@patate_9266]

+Afshin Azadegan And swedish is the Finland' second official language...

[@VulgrimOfficial]

+Afshin Azadegan Finntrolls lyrics are writtin in swedish, cause they feel it sounds way more trollish...

[@antoniusmetal]

+VulgrimOfficial Indeed.

[@zuhairkayaly1835]

Who came here just to check that Rammstein is on the list 😏😏

[@Mharriscreations]

I came for Dir En Grey...But was happy to see Rammstein.

[@AJL1116]

zuhair kayaly me

[@denniswolf3616]

me too!

[@gavin6666]

I wanted to see if Brujeria was on the list

[@kamrankhodapasand9023]

I came for Rammstein and Dir En Grey and i saw them both :))

[@gothchick2]

glad to see dir en grey get recognized for once.

[@madisonblack2977]

Rammstein and Dir En Grey yeeeeees!! :D but I hoped that they will both be higher

[@maskychain816]

The list wasn't in any particular order

[@madisonblack2977]

Yeah, I just realized that now

[@mattharris4087]

Why is Phil Anselmo playing drums? 2:21

[@mattharris4087]

Wow, we got a badass over here!

[@killjoy_5309]

+TheWitchOvAgnesi Calm down there kid

[@garrett4299]

In the words of jhofffilms “man, I’ve played in every goddamn band. 80, 90 bands have had the voice of Philip h anselmo.”

[@RollOfDoom]

Zayebis! Arkona!

[@angrygrox2472]

As a Russian-speaking person, I am glad that you added a Russian rock band

[@YokuStudio]

¡Brujería de México!

[@mygroinisonfire]

Boris and Kvelertak are two of the best bands around right now

[@ricstormwolf]

I clicked for Rammstein but Dir En Grey sound like a Japanese version of Queensryche. That's a good thing.

[@DoomerNavajo7]

Dir en grey is a cool band really love them.

[@carlaaa_rs]

Here in Spain we got awesome bands!!! I'll say some: Hamlet Megara Vita Imana Tierra Santa Saurom Warcry Toundra (they are instrumental but they are so good) El Altar Del Holocausto (also instrumental) Nadye Umbra Salduie

[@AlexH4774]

Wait a minute, why does a band called FINNtroll sing in Swedish?

[@ChristopherMurciaArte]

They said ´couse sounds more "Troll"

[@juliandavididarragarestrep8719]

swedish is an official lenguage in Finland

[@jarocari_0693]

Because although they're Finnish, their mother tongue is Swedish (the other and minority language of Finland)

[@cultemail]

Japan is a factory of great and very talented rock bands. Dir en Grey is one of my favorites!

[@Domestic_Kitten]

Japanese bands are fantastic, guys know how to rock there. Was waiting for The Gazette, Versailles or Girugamesh actually)

[@kuro_o_o]

Domestic Kitten I was expecting The GazettE too... Lately they've been launching really cool stuff

[@Yksinainensusi1]

Korpiklaani? Or well, I think it could be said that they sing primarily in Finnish AND English soo...

[@giuliofrate6740]

X Japan is really amazing band!!

[@liammcnicholas918]

Not only do Magma have their own language, they also have their very own genre of music.

[@HersgoryJigurda]

Boris? On this channel? Color me impressed

[@Darling_Poet]

The gazette totally deserved to be on this list! They're like one of the greatest Japanese bands of all time!

[@moloch101]

Alcest , one of the best known, is missing there

[@SuperFlyingGlydon74]

This could have been an entire list of Jrock and Visual Kei in my opinion, I haven’t found a single bad band in Japan.

[@valeninalvarez]

a lot of bands from Argentina need to be in this video, bands like hermética, horcas or malón deserve worldwide recognizing

[@Ado1271]

Where is Korpiklaani ?

[@ruthsalazar3646]

Rammstein is the reason I have trouble breathing. They take my breath away.....

[@PassionoLvrsis4Death]

Boris looks like the 2nd coming of Nirvana. I like them.

[@zackzallie8735]

Boris have their own sound tbh. Mixing shoegaze, stoner rock and metal.

[@yaboi2500]

@@zackzallie8735 Don’t forget drone, noise, and ambient.

[@zackzallie8735]

@@yaboi2500 Yeah, such an amazing combination.

[@garycoates4987]

Dir En Grey and XJapan are amazing, I can't understand the lyrics but the language really lends itself well to METAL melodies

[@-__._._.__-]

Why no Ningen Isu, Japanese band that's been around since the 80's and are awesome

[@benzskyes8009]

Kyo dir en grey always kickass!

[@Mordred8625]

No Spanish Bands :(

[@dariomanzano1310]

they don't admit shit.

[@torjanbrunner8310]

Mago de oz

[@masterjunky863]

@@dariomanzano1310 ?

[@masterjunky863]

No italian bands too :(

[@Siekik24]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who though GALNERYUS should've been on the list

[@SicklessFM]

+Siekik24 No, you´re not the one

[@Fernando-du7pg]

I think about them as soon as I saw the title of the video

[@jimbometal1734]

i thought GALNERYUS sing in "english"....

[@oshare23]

+Jimbo Metal no they only sing half English half Japanese like x-japan old songs

[@whitepolarbearmc8367]

They sing in Japanese but they mix English in their lyrics

[@Rude_i_Wredne]

Polish speaking bands deserve more attention. Polish thrash metal scene is very strong. Hunter is one of my favourite metal bands. Check them out. ("T.E.L.I." is their best album) Also Kat and Turbo are commonly considered in Poland as very good metal bands.

[@colinmiller8824]

I just found this awesome Argentine nu metal band called Carajo (obviously in the Spanish language, which I didn't mind because I can speak a good majority of Spanish, despite being an American), I was shocked they didn't put it on here, I love nu metal. Anyway, here's the full list (w/ timestamps) 1. Rammstein (German): 0:07 2. Dir En Grey (Japanese): 0:33 3. Kvelertak (Norwegian): 1:02 4. Arkona (Russian): 1:30 5. Finntroll (Swedish): 1:56 6. X Japan (Japanese): 2:23 7. Skitsystem (Swedish): 2:49 8. Moonsorrow (Finnish): 3:18 9. Shining (Swedish): 3:43 10. Boris (Japanese): 4:13 11. Magma (Kobaïan): 4:55

[@seamonkey1979]

glad you like Carajo. you should listed A.N.I.M.A.L., the previous band of singer/bassist of Carajo. I would recomend their album El Nuevo Camino del Hombre. I'm sure you will love it

[@thespeculativemusician]

fuck yeah dir en grey!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@NelyoMaitimo]

X JAPAN IS LOVE X JAPAN IS LIFE

[@BuriedFlame]

1:41 Now that's metal. "Here, I'll hold up my prosthetic leg!"

[@mmstudio4664]

One really great band that don't sing in English is "B.T.R." (don't confuse them with Big Time Rrush). They were founded in 1984 and sing only in Bulgarian. You all should check them out because they are one of the greatest metal bands in my country.

[@behemitch8287]

Some honarable mentions: Batushka (Old (church) Slavonic) Falkenbach (Old Norse, Latin and Old German) Myrkur (Danish) Windir (Norwegian (Sognamal dialect)) Solstafir (Icelandic) Skalmold (Icelandic) TrollFest (Trollsprak (a language made up by them, more or less a combination of Norse and German)) Turmion Kätilöt (Finnish)

[@AnkothOfficial]

Honorable mention: Abonos (who sing in Serbian) Nocny Kochanek (who sing in Polish) 쓰레기스트 (who sing in Korean)

[@direwolfgaming4905]

Slaughter to prevail (russian) should be on this

[@DarkXShadow]

[@metalicoz]

dir en grey

[@Shaxigaming]

I believe it is the drummer from Finntroll who plays in my friend's band from time to time on tour.

[@ghurley2269]

B'z from Japan have been knocking out great pop rock for 30+ years. Great mix of pop, rock, touches of metal (particularly late 90s/early 2000s. Wonderful live act too.

[@VanDerLaars]

Missing: ADX - French Manigance - French Månegarm - Swedish Kreyson - Czech

[@blindguardian1979]

+Julio Oliveira some other bands tooWindir (most of their albums),Taake, Mistur, Cor Scorpii, Myrkgrav - Norwegian; Masters Hammer - Czech; Nocte Obducta - Germany; Peste Noire - French; alot of bands also had a album here or there in their native tongue...usually early in their careers (Vintersorg, Darkthrone, dimmu borgir, Burzum, Enslaved, Ulver)

[@VanDerLaars]

+blindguardian1979 I know there are many. Even in Brazil singing in portuguese. That was only a quicklist with the bands that came to my mind at that moment. ;)

[@MartyKub]

+Julio Oliveira Angel on the run is a beatifull record from Kreyson check it out "Anděl na útěku" in czech :)

[@VanDerLaars]

Martin Kubát I know. I have two records with the band. ;)

[@transdutormusic]

"Ratos de Porão" band from Brazil... They do an incredible crossover btw hardcore and metal!!!

[@jan_Travis]

Plastic People of the Universe and Už jsme Doma are both amazing Czech bands. Krautrock scene was amazing too.

[@cort_tempered]

No Detroit Metal City? lol

[@xbillyxprod.8016]

Cortland Johansen satsugai lml

[@TheBullet0012]

Teräsbetoni (Finnish) would have been nice..

[@mtshpr]

Ария

[@fjlr]

X Japan frontman is Mr. Chow, from The Hangover movies, right?

[@AndreaTurini_theAND]

Amongst all the scandinavian/japanese bands i would have like to see some spanish/italian/south American music. U know we have some badass bands here in Italy

[@stevenperezhenriquez1332]

Nothing in Spanish?

[@nicolaschang8545]

Where is Bruthal 6? They are from Argentina, and they are really amazing. I hope to see The Gazette or Maximum the Hormone xD

[@soportetecnicohigoversomas3451]

or rata blanca, or lorihen

[@nicolaschang8545]

+ThunderShockStudios Or Soda Stereo, or Deni :\

[@soportetecnicohigoversomas3451]

Nicolas Chang well, i was talknig about metal but yeah ...also LOS ENANITOS VERDES

[@xbillyxprod.8016]

The Gazette :3

[@wigg3r]

No BABYMETAL? D:

[@deeiam6804]

Ratos de Porão (Brazilian Hardcore Band) should be on a next list! Check it out their sound!

[@pyroskilletx2229]

Opened up the video, saw rammestein at 10, left.

[@pyroskilletx2229]

Fuck i spelled rammstein wrong.

[@andrej6918]

You mean at 11?

[@pyroskilletx2229]

+Andrej yeah sorry

[@andrej6918]

Pyro Skilletx Why are you apologizing?

[@coltallic3114]

Pyro Skilletx This isn't a fucking top ten list. It's just 10 band in no particular order. Showing Rammstein first is basically saying that Rammstein is the best band on the list, which it is.

[@ryannimmo8791]

Did en grey is my shit!

[@NotYourRobyn]

A great band people should check out is Alien Weaponry. They have some songs in english but most of there songs are in te reo moari

[@avery3009]

really nice seeing two of my favourite bands, Boris and Magma on here

[@syndomeveiL]

This list needed Girugamesh

[@muhdsuhairi1997]

X JAPAN!!!!!

[@husk_is_rotting]

Transmetal - Spanish Korol I Shut - Russian Patareni - Croatian Barón Rojo - Spanish

[@judz567]

So I watched the video, I'm still waiting to see these amazing bands.

[@gastoncalfin7421]

Where are MALÓN, HERMÉTICA, A.N.I.M.A.L and DE LA TIERRA? This list needs latino-american metal bands

[@makehaste6619]

+Gastón Calfín dice "amazing bands"... nombraste muy buenas pero no son tan reconocidas como las que aparecen aca. yo tambien esperaba a de la tierra

[@luciano9755]

+David Javier aparte son bandas que no cantan en ingles, este video es de bandas que cantan en su idioma natal pero tambien adoptaron el ingles.

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

Fokofpolisiekar, from South Africa is a punk rock band. They revolutionized the whole South African music industry. They have clever lyrics and they are very melodic, and they are good performers. They gained some popularity in Europe as well.

[@gab_gallard]

Boris and Magma are just so fucking awesome...

[@oshare23]

I click the like button because of dir en grey and x-Japan.. why no babymetal here?

[@oshare23]

i forget the gazette in my comment..

[@patrickwilkerson1728]

Agree with you they should have been in the list.

[@Skrapeg0at]

BabyMetal isn't a band. BabyMetal is just one pop singer with two background singers and dancers that perform with metal music.

[@patrickwilkerson1728]

Babymetal is a band, they tour with pretty much the same musicians. They have now have two studio albums. If you are right that Babymetal is not a band then Ozzy Osbourne (Solo not in Sabbath), Dio (Solo not in Elf, Rainbow, or Sabbath), Danzig (Solo not in The Misfits), and so forth are not bands either. Since they are singers who tour with musicians playing Metal.

[@weedatihanny991]

im here for babymetal too but after reading this comment they didnt in this video. so im out

[@MTRX2011]

How the hell is there no ETHS??

[@LeeDodd]

Eths is great

[@joshuabarberie9395]

So much yes in this video.

[@HanOle12]

Dude you forgot Honningbarna. Awesome norwegian hardcore punk band where the vocalist also plays cello XD

[@AlejandroHernandez-hj9ow]

Amazing Japanese bands that are worthy to be mentioned on a sequel to this video Galneryus (seriously check them out they are amazing) Versailles Jupiter Luna Sea (not metal but they are good) Loudness Sex Machineguns Mucc Skywings Babymetal (fuck you, it's my opinion) Doll Boxx Then here we have 3 bands from other countries who deserve the same Korpiklaani Mago De Oz Rata Blanca

[@Viljarms]

More japanese: Band-Maid and Nemophila

[@filipecroaro]

1:40 WTF!!!

[@StamperOSRS]

Fear and loathing in Las Vegas should be on here, super unique sound

[@heavymetalcompilations4784]

I’m so glad dir en grey is here

[@Jun3Awzme]

Almost expected to see The Gazette on this list when i saw Dir en grey. oh well. at least X Japan's there!

[@Slayerandsprite]

The Gazette is pretty limited, imo, at least when compared to Dir en grey and X Japan.

[@Jun3Awzme]

Rodolfo Lopez i suppose so. but i think it's kinda wrong seeing dng on the list with x japan, when x japan is so much more... you get me lol

[@KaoruKun]

Dir en grey have toured the world multiple times, The Gazette have only done it once and very recently. International media outlets such have no idea who they are.

[@KuziemekK]

oh i didn't expect Arkona here

[@Keepler22b]

its sooooo much better when metal bands sing or growls in their native language

[@Upscent]

Rammstein

[@SaintsInHell24]

so happy to see Boris on this list. Such an amazing band.

[@ethanjohnson6516]

Do you know the name of the song they were singing in this video

[@ΝίκοςΜπράτος]

Shining!!!

[@ItIsMeTime123]

Okay, my question was answered finally. Next up: Do other languages have a sense of humor like America?

[@Druiddddd]

no one ok rock or maximum the hormone, for shame

[@AndrewBlackMaster]

Red Rully One OK Rock mostly sing in English, while their songs either have a Japanese chorus or a verse in Japanese, sometimes both

[@Druiddddd]

theyve only done that very recently

[@soulexchangemusic]

one ok rock is a pop band, this is a metal you tube channel

[@rjanjasund5998]

Now I know two bands named "Shining" The swedish black metal one and the Norwegian Avant garde/ Jazz metal one

[@dantelan-i-er5466]

Helly yeah. Dir en Grey. Also, X Japan and Boris was great to see too.

[@cosmic4701]

Did en grey sounds like a Japanese version of Queensdryche to me.

[@cosmic4701]

dir* fucking spell check...

[@roberthenninger4371]

+Cosmic_Infidel They didn't play the death metal portion

[@maskychain816]

Have you heard some of their other stuff?

[@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance]

I dunno. One song, they'll sound like Poison and the next they'll sound like freaking Abominable Putridity. I call their genre "Bipolacore."

[@maskychain816]

+Big Bear Racing Games alright cool, if you want to hear some of their other stuff I recommend the songs Obscure, Saku, Vanitas & Hageshisa to Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami

[@ohfacefap4383]

one ok rock?

[@hmcglouf]

+oh facefap yes