BEAST IN BLACK - Moonlight Rendezvous (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

Official music video for 'Moonlight Rendezvous' from BEAST IN BLACK's third album 'DARK CONNECTION'
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Director: Katri Ilona Koppanen
Script: Katri Ilona Koppanen, Anton Kabanen
Producer: Lucie Lerkkanen, Kari Ahotupa
DOP: Lauri Tuura
Gaffer: Oskari Lehtonen
Key grip: Karri Takala, Kristian Lehdesniitty
MUAH: Laura Rantamieni, Maya Underground
Set Design: Daniel Kallaher
Costume Design: Mari Koppanen
Key Actors: Pekka Strang, Anna Tavaila
Equipment provided by:
Valofirma The Light House
Kamerafirma The Camera House
Full cast & crew in the end credits
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'MOONLIGHT RENDEZVOUS' lyrics:
Half-dead in the wasteland of steel and cement
Like a failed experiment
Hunted by a sunless city that never sleeps
Neon reapers rake the streets
Dreaming of a past I may have never had
Everything was false and planned
Aching, just a wind-up toy designed to feel
But the tears are real
I'm a phantom of flesh and fantasy
A machine with a soul in agony
Is there anything left to save of me
Be my remedy
All I want is to feel your love break through
Every piece of my heart belongs to you
With a kiss we will paint a flawless view
Of a moonlight rendezvous
Find me naked in my virgin misery
Like an unplayed melody
Save me, come close and whisper my true name
And become all soothing rain
Touch me like no one's touched me before
In the deep of a cold heart's core
Love me even if it's going to make a crime
We've crossed the line
I'm a phantom of flesh and fantasy
A machine with a soul in agony
Is there anything left to save of me
Be my remedy
All I want is to feel your love break through
Every piece of my heart belongs to you
With a kiss we will paint a flawless view
Of a moonlight rendezvous
GTR SOLO - KASPERI
GTR SOLO - ANTON
I'm a phantom of flesh and fantasy
A machine with a soul in agony
Is there anything left to save of me
Be my remedy
All I want is to feel your love break through
Every piece of my heart belongs to you
With a kiss we will paint a flawless view
Of a moonlight...
I'm a phantom of flesh and fantasy
A machine with a soul in agony
Is there anything left to save of me
Be my remedy
All I want is to feel your love break through
Every piece of my heart belongs to you
With a kiss we will paint a flawless view
Of a moonlight rendezvous
#beastinblack #darkconnection #moonlightrendezvous

[@adminl9981]

Please don’t ever change your style of music for the world. Mind blowing blend of 80’s synths and power metal. Absolutely beautiful.

[@hellfire66683]

I said 80's pop funk meets Night Wish

[@henryemele3147]

@@hellfire66683 funk? What are you talking about? There's no funk in this 😂😂.. it's literally power metal meets AOR, there's no funk and no night wish either smh lol

[@DMXIII]

Exactly! Power metal and 80 synth! My 2 favorite genre in one music! Perfection!

[@poulmortensen4753]

Disco crap

[@kristianfilsak3966]

exactly my thoughts

[@CommanderButter]

"So basically we were watching a lot of Bladerunner and decided to make an album" Fucking awesome

[@jeremysmith3701]

Armitage III, it's an anime... even if some of the dialog is from it.

[@napolean2160]

IDK some of this looks more like Star Wars than blade runner to me

[@FirstIsa]

@@napolean2160 Seriously if you haven't watch Armitage Dual Matrix. Jeremy is right in that it feels more like that including the dialouge.

[@Nebresto]

Is this an actual quote, and if so; where from?

[@johnhanson3964]

Yep. And that is totally The Gun.

[@Warius_Zero]

For those who don't know, the sample you can hear at the beginning comes from Armitage III, a 1995 cyberpunk Japanese anime. The video clip in itself is an homage to this anime. It made me rewatch them all, big thanks to the band!

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

It was those ova what made me return to read cyberpunk and redefined my conceptions on AI.

[@ivanahhahmpaloht9153]

When the synth kicked in I suddenly had sunglasses on with no explanation of how they got there.

[@madladnate]

I wear my sunglasses at night.

[@markwildt5728]

@@madladnate It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've gotta a full tank of gas, a half pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses... Hit it!

[@madladnate]

@@markwildt5728 I'm in

[@Indiscriminance]

You got lucky, I got a mullet.

[@henriklindberg1646]

@@Indiscriminance hahah!

[@DecayingReverie]

I swear this is one of the catchiest damn bands in the world. Every song is an war worm.

[@UltraCasualPenguin]

Catchiest after Babymetal.

[@mikem2849]

I know you mean ear worm, but I like War Worm. They need to write a song named that now. XD

[@suponsakke4685]

Even when it’s a full copy of the song Touch in the sky from Battle Beast 👏🏻

[@adelphus515]

@@suponsakke4685 "Touch In The Night" and yeah, it's close but not the same....

[@salamanderavem3782]

Honestly it has a pure 80s love feel to it And AAAAH that year of music was wonderful

[@KaguraLioness]

At this point I'm convinced that Beast In Black physically cannot produce bad songs. EVERYTHING they have released has been an absolute banger

[@jayce704]

Well said.

[@greasysmith3150]

Id disagree, Oceandeep is still out there

[@quintessence2183]

Nah that's actually pretty good, it's not the same as the rest of their stuff but it's a really good acoustic song.

[@paulie_dvorito]

@@greasysmith3150 whats wrong with oceandeep?

[@Trappd]

Crazy, mad, insane?

[@ramis1906]

The Finnish Metal Bands are always from another dimension

[@FluffyKgSpy]

I believe the singer is Greek tho

[@pjmulero]

​@FluffyKgSpy Correct, but they're based out of Finland.

[@lintu25]

Music is good but videos ale alke b-rated movies :D

[@StrikeDuelist]

sweden no.1 and finland no.2 (Y) US no.3

[@mursuhillo242]

@@StrikeDuelist Reported for terroristic intentions: Loreen won by a technicality. Käärijä won by actual likes. You filthy root tuber. Edit: Excuse my ignorance, apparently swedes are not tubers. But you bunch are still not tubular.

[@monyrock6387]

The fusion they handle between metal and retro music is magnificent, I loved this new concept of the band, it's adorable

[@Lord_Thunderballs]

Check out Battle Beast. Another good Metal and synth band. You might also like Dance with the Dead. A instrumental band that combines metal and synthwave for some banging beats.

[@eMilkaPoland]

I like battle beast as well. But beast in black is exceptional

[@lauriperamaki5354]

First I thought the singer was woman 😅 This band might go reallly far...

[@thepizzaman9159]

@@Lord_Thunderballs haha both are affiliated with beast in black. Dance with the dead just went on tour with 'em. And Battle beast had Anton for a while

[@jackmeatsoph5715]

I hope this band never changes. This is absolutely perfection sonically. The world needs more from BiB.

[@mikegandalf]

I love this band and song.. Even though its a shameless excuse to do their own Blade Runner mini movie.. Which is no bad thing.

[@kimmo4735]

@@mikegandalf Would say more like strong influence from Armitage III with a bit of Blade Runner. Famous sentence at intro is from that series! Also characters, clothing etc. heavily inspired by Armitage.

[@ShadowChasoDemonz]

@@kimmo4735 I think another of the songs is literally titled Blade Runner so it's safe to say the whole album is themed off of cyberpunk. I wouldn't be surprised if some GitS, Armitage, Alita, BR. etc all were inspirations.

[@bson316]

100 percent. I can't get enough of their sound!!!!!!

[@MrKobernyk89]

I want to make them Album arts and videos! The Best band nowadays!

[@doktorphobia7663]

Nice "Touch in the Night" vibe

[@geedub88]

Had the exact same thought.

[@vaxobedoidze3623]

These bands are like twins :d ...

[@CayleeMusicConcerts]

@@vaxobedoidze3623 because Anton was the songwriter of Battle Beast and now he's the songwriter for Beast in Black... xD

[@maxpayne2665]

I thought I was the only one who noticed it :D

[@domenicodeiana9812]

Same here. Similarities are undeniably there between the two songs!

[@Alex-rv1st]

This band is soooooo underrated, it's ridiculous. Spotify recommended them to me in November last year when I was studying for my exams and I'm forever grateful. What a blessing. Usually not a big fan of this genre of metal, but their music slaps so goddamn hard. Easily my favourite band atm.

[@ben_jj_]

I´m not agree. They are heading a lot of festivals and concerts, and touring around the world. Good for them!!!

[@Wraice619]

I can agree, and have a somewhat similar story. Discovered them on Spotify in 2019 with Ghost in the Rain and Blind and Frozen. Added 2 more songs in 2021 with From Hell with Love and Die by the Blade. Then this year I really got into them, adding 9 more songs of theirs, 2 each off the first 2 albums, and 5 from the 3rd one. They're so damn good. I've been binging the hell out of them. They were my number 3 artist on my Spotify Wrapped for 2023. I'd wager they'll be number 1 next year.

[@IcyLucario]

I'm a huge fan of all things power already bit it's great to see Beast In Black randomly explode in popularity. They deserve it. Seeing all their songs with over 1M views is insane to me.

[@andrewtozer5790]

Saw them on the Nightwish tour a few weeks ago. They took time out to meet the fans for autographs and a one to one chat. Great band.

[@OsoAloc]

Saw them at Nightwish too. They are amazing live and absolutly humble guys. My personal favourite is the drummer. He had so much fun playing his drum. Smiling and doing "tricks". Those performances are rare

[@yurypetrov1496]

It so cool/ They are the best!

[@Galeidan]

@@OsoAloc Atte is a great guy! Met them few times and seen live 3 times so far. Love all of their albums :)

[@abyssstrider2547]

They were one of my favorite bands, but after reading your comment now they are definetly my favourite.

[@fabianfranz1696]

Me as well (Wien)

[@bloodclaw123]

Beast in Black's easily my new go-to artist. EVERY single song they've made is in my 'playlist' for when I'm doing random stuff.

[@c.callanan4008]

Check out Heavenly! The main inspiration for this band imho....

[@GlowBowl420]

I agree, Tyler! And sorry, I have to disagree with Callanan. I doubt Heavenly was any more inspiring to BiB than Dragonforce, Nightwish, Avantasia or any other power metal bands. Imho Heavenly is a couple steps backwards from BiB.. Yannis' voice is one of the best in the galaxy.

[@fysy9989]

@@GlowBowl420 I don't think those bands are a (big) influence for Anton

[@user-su6wy3bj4v]

@@c.callanan4008 Anton Kabanen - "Judas Priest indeed. It’s my personal favorite band and Kasperi’s second favorite right after AC/DC. Other big influences include Manowar, W.A.S.P., Black Sabbath, and Accept to name some. From the “newer” bands, I would say Nightwish is the most inspiring nowadays. Sabaton too have some great melodies. Then, of course, in general, all kinds of music from the 80’s keeps on inspiring and influencing." -from an interview a few years back. This Heavenly band you mentioned, they're not famous in Finland.

[@GlowBowl420]

@@fysy9989 I'm saying Heavenly was no more influence to BiB than those bands were. Didn't say they influenced them, bud.

[@Synapse00001]

This is probably the best, highest quality and biggest production value music video in power metal I’ve ever seen

[@jmk527]

Original WhiteSnake video vibes

[@lolidemon3163]

Wat abt sabaton's vids? Especially steel commanders

[@Synapse00001]

@@lolidemon3163 yeah that video is sick as well, I think what impressed me a lot is that Beast In Black are still (in my opinion) relatively small and not super well known in the power metal scene, definitely smaller with a smaller budget than Sabaton

[@prehistoricgentlemanbird9131]

Amaranthe has some pretty big ones too.

[@lothair069]

bro check kamelot's liar liar video, and enjoy...

[@Kodeekat]

Their song choruses are frigging anthems.

[@kaleidechse]

As if the music alone wasn't awesome enough, the storytelling in this video is beyond impressive! Hard to believe that it's barely 6 minutes long - there's so much backstory and characterization in there, enough to make some feature-length films jealous.

[@superfoo555]

It's just good and straight forward story telling, in contrary to most of today's movies, where the producers and writers prefer to get lost in politically correct characterization and boring back stories, instead of telling an actual story.

[@prinsmauritsz319]

Thats because its based on the same movies the song is based upon. Armitage III

[@tomasbrun8242]

Listening to them for about 6 months wondering who this outstanding female singer is..... realized today it's an outstanding counter-tenor dude.... shit, this is just fantastic!

[@SweetLemonGirl92]

Oh, so you never watched the "Blind and Frozen" video, I guess?! 😄 Thought the same, when I heard the song the first time.

[@elbrus295]

Rumor has it that Yannis sold his hairline to the devil in exchange for such an epicacious voice

[@billysgeo]

@@elbrus295 Sounds about right. He got a bargain too

[@billysgeo]

Mind blowing right?

[@andrejkrebs]

You must have mistaken them for Battle Beast... common mistake :P

[@borsbossen]

Can we please take a moment and appreciate the acting performance of that girl. She absolutely made the video!

[@jyips]

Yes!! Anna Taivaila

[@bannanateam]

Plus she's gorgeous

[@maghdi1]

she played the role better than daryl hannah did so ya she did an amazing job. love the blade runner overtones in this video.

[@JohnDoe-il4dz]

Ehh, no, I can't. The song is awesome, as always, but the video is cringey at best. And the acting in particular ... leaves a lot to be desired, to put it mildly.

[@Ellemphriem]

Indeed, very expressive. Hope she has a future in movies.

[@analogpark8059]

Here after seeing these guys open for Nightwish- had never heard them before, but they absolutely crushed it. 🤘🤘

[@williamklett6660]

I had heard of them before, but never heard them. A perfect opener for Nightwish at the Fillmore

[@tradtke101]

@@williamklett6660 Fillmore or Mission? Did they play both in Denver?

[@williamklett6660]

@@tradtke101 Fillmore in Minneapolis :) There on the luckiest of Friday the 13ths.

[@tradtke101]

@@williamklett6660 ohhh I had no idea there was more than one Fillmore!

[@williamklett6660]

@@tradtke101 Neither did I. Regardless a fun time. Just saw a YT of the lead singer Yannis covering GLS note-for-note. Amazing kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJe9qahnlratppo

[@GarrettCampbell]

I personally think Yannis has the greatest voice to come around for years. Such power and charisma yet versatility like demonstrated in the first verse. He and the band are doing such great things, I wish them a long time making music together!

[@Tagert112]

Yeah I'm just amazed everytime I heard their songs and the vocal range he outputs. It's fantastic. So grateful to have discovered this band :D

[@iknowyourebrokeauto468]

His voice in Blind and Frozen BLEW MY MIND! He hit an A5 right off the rip AMAZING!!!

[@Taylor-KY3G]

I’m a simple man. I see new Beast in Black, I pre-order.

[@Akamechanized]

Same here, 3 different pressings of lp😂😂😂

[@Taylor-KY3G]

@@Akamechanized I stop myself at one and went with the purple and grey. I limit myself to one copy of my LP’s or this would get out of hand fast.

[@koipev3489]

I don't care if you happen to be a shill, that's good shit 🤘

[@TheFireline]

Pre-order a BIB album automatically means that you are NOT a simple man. Therebuy you are a genius!

[@Safetyman99]

Just did. Oct 29 can't come soon enough.

[@MrHyonD]

This genre of music is SO PRECIOUS, please protect it at all costs !!

[@adastial2104]

synth metal is a treasure for sure

[@rick59798O]

Perfect song!

[@janniserhard2810]

Who's gonna come for it ? The foreigners, the woke people? Hahaha

[@tomtom7412]

@@janniserhard2810 people that play crappy autotune rap that gay rapper who sang that country rap

[@janniserhard2810]

@@tomtom7412 I doubt that these villains are in any way aware of this gem ;)

[@tylerdurden2769]

I can clearly remember the first time I heard this song. Music was playing in KZbin on my TV while I was tyiding my room and suddenly this video started to play. I remember how I stood in front of my TV in complete silence and mesmerized by the song. The intro, the vocals, the retro synth sound, the heavy metal riffs and the holy mother fucking voice. this is not a song, this is an experience.

[@sillasbernardodev]

This is absolutely gorgeous. That's why I LOVE Finland's bands.

[@MantraHerbInchSin]

Damn, they are Finns? Neighbours for me then :D

[@BM-cw6wj]

@@MantraHerbInchSin The Vocalist is Greek, but yeah most of them are Finns I think

[@mikestav591]

@@BM-cw6wj Also the bassist is hungarian

[@rickc.9664]

@@mikestav591 Let's just call them European band then.

[@supyo3616]

Seriously these guys came in like a thunderbolt in 2015 and have just kept on rumbling. Power metal to the core and I am loving every single release.

[@geogeo2299]

@Phobos This is Heavy Metal but their overall style is Power. Curious what the new LP be like.

[@mussunmussun3536]

Band member is ex Battle Beast member. Battle Beast's three first albums are his work and they are bnagers check them out

[@guilhermebatista4010]

@@geogeo2299 This is more like Pop Metal than really Heavy Metal

[@jor-el1298]

So I guess Judas Priest is death metal...

[@Arukan]

Wait till you hear about Battle Beast. XD

[@raycearcher5794]

Other bands: "So in our video we want to be badass dudes and have girls all over us." BiB: "So in our video we want to be evil killer cyborgs and die."

[@elisennesh7641]

To be fair, in their last video they hooked up with a stripper in Tokyo and killed whole armies.

[@nicolasbolas2247]

Have you seen the "From hell with love" video lmao.

[@krisbennett8456]

It's a Bladerunner reference.

[@krisbennett8456]

@JK ah! Fair enough. It just really resembled BR so I thought it was. Thanks for the correction though.

[@SteelWolf13]

And then resurect. You forgot that part at the end.

[@magdalenahaisan6210]

This song... This band.... This style of music is so underrated. Let's help this video with some views

[@tradtke101]

Recently discovered BiB and have been playing Dark Connection religiously. Walked in to the Nightwish show to see the album cover on the big screen and it gave me the biggest smile. You guys are great performers... I love the modern metal more than old school, but I love how you guys bring the old school style/performance. It's like the great hair metal bands of the 80s for a new generation.

[@shukenten4191]

They are supporting Nightwish on their tour :) I was going to go on my own to the one in Birmingham (UK) but they are playing solo in Manchester in Feb and I cant wait!

[@yiannismanopoulos]

We DEMAND the full movie, of course with BIB soundtrack!

[@johnheavenly3552]

It`s called Blade runner 2049, just turn the music)))

[@xenocyde8498]

Im not 100% sure but i think this song is a tribute to the anime ova/movies for armatige the 3rd... the audio clip at the beginning is from the first movie (also seriously one of my all time favorite movies)

[@HellsCowBoy666]

@@johnheavenly3552 actually its from Armitage III.

[@another_blacktomcat]

I agree that it is most.likely based on armitage. But that again heavily borrows from blade runner ..sooo.....😅 My first thought was also blade runner. I mean the original though.

[@alvatoredimarco]

@@xenocyde8498 You're 100% correct; this song is referencing Armitage III: Poly-Matrix

[@ryanegeler6059]

The lead vocalist never ceases to amaze me. He's so high pitch lol

[@ikipearl]

I thought it was a powerful voiced female ....ha! no matter, the performace is very well done

[@user-br3fq5ne8k]

Отличная группа, клипы пересматриваю по многу раз.

[@alexartos7076]

такая же херня))

[@rebeccaswartz7474]

The sound clip in the beginning is from the anime Armitage III: Poly-Matrix, if anyone is curious. I had to google the line because it was so damn familiar but I couldn't place it. I haven't watched that movie in twenty years! What a throwback! I love this band!

[@arsenalxa4421]

I knew I'd heard that line before. It's just been so long since I last watched that OVA. Thanks for that.

[@user-cg8ny8fo6e]

А не подскажите какой это фильм 😊?

[@ryanwood8485]

I love how they make themselves the villains in the story

[@michellekelly-anne2716]

I think a lot of us fans can confirm that we are 100% going to love the rest of this album already. I have loved every song on both past albums. And this music video is awesome story line and all. Edit - lol I was right, This hole album is f@ck'in amazing :)

[@GlowBowl420]

Confirmed!! 🤘🤘

[@lincthomas7178]

fucking eh dude!!

[@ville4156]

@@lincthomas7178 jep

[@skiffy8121]

reminds me of psychopass a bit

[@Kila-Innova]

Discovered the band live at a gig and been in love with their music ever since. Yannis is one of the biggest sweethearts I've ever met.

[@anmarraheem3824]

If they continue on this rate, they will crush all other bands out there! BIB you guys are amazing!!

[@Lillithscorpio]

I so agree !! They are my favorite as well ❤

[@Astrapathica]

The beauty of this song is beyond words. A true phantom of flesh and fantasy

[@LadyVagabond13]

ever hear a song and just know that it's the only thing you're going to be able to listen to for like the next two weeks? that's always a good moment

[@dannylovell7876]

edit: 2 months

[@timeacsakvari2360]

Yep, currently experiencing it

[@vxzarin]

В течении полугода скорее. Две недели она будет наглухо приморожена к памяти )))

[@abbelabbe7912]

Yea that was me 4 weeks ago, Fucking amazing song

[@kamikazekrush3758]

Great comment!!!

[@csabahegedus8131]

Everything is awesome. The song, the video everything. Beast in Black has been my new favourite since last year November, when I discovered them, they can't stop impressing me. Greetings from Hungary

[@lincthomas7178]

aussie here, man i know how u feel, finnish and swedish metal have been my fave since, well ages....

[@westernstudios2484]

Greetings from America I found this band Blind and Frozen was the one I first listened to thanks to Galatic Criminals reaction been listening ever since.

[@lincthomas7178]

@@westernstudios2484 there is not ONE song that isnt good from them, all so tasty!!!

[@mnokers6884]

Holy shit this one gives so much 80s vibes this artists voice is insane so much emotion too!

[@BoltX600]

Спасибо Вам ребята! Порадовали своим новым шедевром, клип класс, песня огонь! Успехов Вам творческих.

[@maxferl3680]

Half-dead in the wasteland of steel and cement Like a failed experiment Hunted by a sunless city that never sleeps Neon reapers rake the streets Dreaming of a past I may have never had Everything was false and planned Aching, just a wind-up toy designed to feel But the tears are real I'm a phantom of flesh and fantasy A machine with a soul in agony Is there anything left to save of me Be my remedy All I want is to feel your love break through Every piece of my heart belongs to you With a kiss we will paint a flawless view Of a moonlight rendezvous Find me naked in my virgin misery Like an unplayed melody Save me, come close and whisper my true name And become all soothing rain Touch me like no one's touched me before In the deep of a cold heart's core Love me even if it's going to make a crime We've crossed the line I'm a phantom of flesh and fantasy A machine with a soul in agony Is there anything left to save of me Be my remedy All I want is to feel your love break through Every piece of my heart belongs to you With a kiss we will paint a flawless view Of a moonlight rendezvous I'm a phantom of flesh and fantasy A machine with a soul in agony Is there anything left to save of me Be my remedy All I want is to feel your love break through Every piece of my heart belongs to you With a kiss we will paint a flawless view Of a moonlight... I'm a phantom of flesh and fantasy A machine with a soul in agony Is there anything left to save of me Be my remedy All I want is to feel your love break through Every piece of my heart belongs to you With a kiss we will paint a flawless view Of a moonlight rendezvous

[@avantasiaftw]

Someone really loved playing Cyberpunk.

[@obi-wanshinobi2353]

🤗

[@epicaunleashed8764]

Just wanted to say I fucking love Avantasia.

[@Eon2137]

Seriously dude? You should stop doing what you doing, and go watch Blade Runner, RIGHT NOW.

[@paveljanda5776]

cyberpunk+blade runner

[@user-su6wy3bj4v]

Knowing Anton's interests, he really loved watching classic sci-fi anime from the 90's

[@nopenope3512]

one of the few metal bands that actually puts effort into music videos these days

[@ArumatKelewae]

I love love LOVE the Armitage III lines in the beginning!

[@venedictmatveev1206]

To anyone who may not know, Beast in Black's previous songs have been based on the manga/anime series Berserk. This song is actually a tribute to another anime though, Armitage 3. Personally I've never watched it but this song makes me wanna watch it.

[@jgkitarel]

Yup, Armitage III is a bit of a cult hit among the older anime fans. It was originally an OVA series from the late 80s/Early 90s that eventually got done as a movie in the mid-late 90s, with Elizabeth Berkely and Keifer Sutherland doing the VA roles of the two protag characters, Naomi Armitage and Ross Syllabus respectively.

[@SocialRegressive]

Skip the Polymatrix movie. The OVAs are much better.

[@psyckwhoever4197]

You should! It's one of the older animes that aged really well and is still one of my favourite movies of all time. Dual Matrix was ok, but kind of a disappointment compared to Armitage III

[@DravekMusic]

Best new heavy metal band in the world right now. Anton Kabanen is a genius. Also this song blends with an amazing way the retro/synthwave influences of the band with the cyberpunk concept.

[@labyrinthine8546]

Every piece of my heart belongs to Beast In Black 💙

[@gittanreif]

As an 80s kid who loves industrial, new wave, and metal I love this! Original and powerful but familiar in the best ways possible.

[@StevetheWizard2591]

Sounds like Anton is revisiting "Touch in the Night", and adding some guitar work reminiscent of "From Hell With Love". Huge fan of both songs, and this is a perfect blend of the two, imo. Video's top-tier, too. If the rest of the album is even half as good as this, Dark Connection is going to be the album to beat this year.

[@AdamElteto]

True, true, "Touch in the Night" is also Retrowave Power Metal... This one here adds Cyberpunk to the mix. You recognize all the familiar elements from both bands' collection, but it is definitely fresh.

[@rus_hkt6522]

Style of synth and beat remind me "Dance with the dead".

[@jacobboaden2213]

Glad I wasn’t the only who felt a real familiarity between this and touch in the night(my fav battle beast song)

[@CKMHLive]

Plus Dangerous (Chorus) by David Guetta

[@crayonnnnnnn]

So damn good. I absolutely prefer their disco/cheesy stuff over their more standard power metal stuff. Pure gold !!

[@blaynegreiner9365]

Stuff like this stands on its own. I love power metal as much as the next person but I much prefer it when bands stray from what is pretty much generic power metal. A lot of power metal bands rest on the talent of the members of the band instead of experimenting with the genre.

[@felipecorreavieira374]

I like both.

[@DutchmanCalypso]

There's not a second of this song or video that is not polished to perfection. This band so unique and amazing, and I'm not even talking about their live shows. It hits all the right spots. (Side note, the blonde actress is absolutely beautiful.)

[@eemuvento109]

You can recognise many locations in Helsinki (although some heavily modified): 0:42 is shot from Hietalahti towards Jätkäsaari, you can recognise Clarion Hotel Helsinki and Supercell HQ 0:50 University of Helsinki metro station 1:02 Kaupunkiympäristötalo in Kalasatama 1:12 Tulvaniitynsilta (bridge) on the background 1:19 Merikaapelihalli in Kaapelitehdas Based on the credits, the construction site was made in cooperation with Raide-Jokeri which was a light rail contruction project. I suspect many scenes are from some underground shelter in Helsinki.

[@tonyroberts5068]

The song is one that grows on you, melodically well put together, and has the usual BiB catchy chorus. The video is amazing, so cyberpunk, with a huge flavour of Bladerunner thrown in. This is the kind of music video I love, well acted and appears so much like a proper film. Better than a lot of what Hollywood throws up these days.

[@bigmonkey1254]

Yeah, the first thing the video made me think of was Bladerunner.

[@yunusemreselcuk2128]

@@bigmonkey1254 Blade Runner comes first and foremost in time (1982) and in resemblence but let's also not forget "Ghost in the Shell" (GitS) (Anime movie in 1995 and live-action in 2017). I want to point to the scene where the gynoid sits on a rooftop under moonlight. OK, she does not dive with thermo-optic camouflage and guns blazing but I think I can make my point. Moreover, replicants of Blade Runner are bioengineered and fully organic beings as far as I can remember where cyborgization occurs in different levels in GitS. From the sparks in the clip, I assume cyborgs or androids/gynoids. Ending credits also label the girl as gynoid.

[@jacobboaden2213]

I’m ashamed to admit I felt underwhelmed the first time I heard this song. It’s not the first song I listen to every workout

[@tonyroberts5068]

@@jacobboaden2213 I love this one, the follow-up One Night in Tokyo I hate. Its terrible.

[@ajtatosmano2]

funny you mentioning hollywood, since it's extremely similar to hollywood dreams by battle beast

[@MollyMillion]

As a fan of Beast in Black and cyberpunk, I'm in heaven. I love you guys.

[@wandersouza5499]

Beast in Black = PERFECT AND MY FAVORITE BAND OFF ALL TIME 🤟

[@faunimimo1621]

こういうサイバーパンクな世界観めっちゃ好き

[@GetReady4Clarissa]

Beast In Black really said "ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS RIGHTS!" and fed fans of the trope 😭💗

[@AnomalyINC]

Well, they're "Berserk" fans, and that comic is riddled with that kind of stuff, innit?

[@ostrogothiccyoutube8118]

@@AnomalyINC innit

[@AnomalyINC]

@@ostrogothiccyoutube8118 Oi wotchit, ya 'avin a giggle wiv' me mate? I'll clobber ya but good!

[@TheJonStark]

I fucking love this song so much. The blend of synthwave and power metal, the aesthetic of the video, the vocals, the mixing. Everything. It's incredible.

[@kevinpeter1343]

You're the reason i listen to rock music again. Don't change your style

[@krazedkoi]

Omg Armatige the 3rd was not what I expected to run into this morning

[@ClarkOVision]

The “Dance Metal” Kings are back! Can’t wait🤘🤘🤘😎

[@metallianstore9910]

Let us be clear. The little turn of Mr Kabanen on himself after his kick is the most 80's/Metal/OverTheTop stuff ever made on a video clip. Period.

[@Mechknight73]

Wishing you all the success in the world. There's a lot of "manufactured" pop stars that have so much to learn compared to you. Vocals, song writing and even story telling in your songs. Keep turning out work like this, its bands like yours that really are putting me off commercial radio these days

[@yaldabaoth2]

Aching, just a wind-up toy designed to feel, but the tears are real! That's so good.

[@StefanF1984]

This is my most anticipated Album since "From Hell with Love". Antons catchy songwriting skills are always on point. So glad the guys are back.

[@reetta1779]

The song is great; it's very catchy and it has been played a lot in my household since Friday. But this video, it's fantastic. It's very movie-like and it looks so incredibly good. I can't remember when was the last time I saw a (new) music video that was as good looking and as entertaining as this. Awesome work BIB and all the humans and androids etc. making this video.

[@julianesters1192]

Bladerunner and Cyberpunk 2077 inspired📡

[@NG_v1]

@@julianesters1192 Armitage III seems to be the main inspiration for this particular song, it seems

[@Warmanmx]

Watched this video over 100 times already and just noticed something. Dont know if it was intentional or not , but when the blonde girl is lying on trash with the gunshot wound another female character walks by with a dog. Now i dont know if its me , but i found it really cool that the dog never seems to acknowledge the wounded girl/android. to him shes just invisible in the pile of trash. Not a real person. Genius if intended , glorious if accidental , 10/10 anyways.

[@hanseinarhanssen]

HOW am I only now finding this

[@RyDeRH00k]

this 80s metal fantasy rocks.....

[@maxpayne2665]

The most cool track I've heard this year!!! Beast In Black is on fire as always 🔥 🔥🔥🤘

[@michaelfoster3661]

They remind me of Edge Of Paradise song Digital Paradise, so epic!

[@ankhor9252]

I've been watching and listening to music since the 70s, and this one of my favorite songs/videos of all time.

[@forgetaboutcookingairfryer5765]

What did i just stumble upon..... This is a masterpiece!

[@Matt7th]

Yannis never fails to deliver. So hyped for the rest of the album.

[@hueiooou1800]

I'm listening to this song in loop every day, at work, in my car, at home...i'm obsessed. it's just PERFECTION.

[@SysterYster]

I have looped all their albums for months. XD

[@ws8080]

No song can be on loop forever. You may need help - fixate on things much?

[@hueiooou1800]

@@ws8080 LOL you may need help on minding your own business.

[@thisisbarryyy]

@@ws8080 MYOB 💩

[@tylerdurden2769]

I remember listening this song more than 50 times in a single day. No jokes

[@77Blacki1988]

The song helped me through a difficult phase. Listen to it almost 24/7

[@theeternalshade2981]

I don't know what it is, but this song hits something, emotionally. I can't get enough of it.

[@scarabonyx3565]

Maybe because it is a serious love song albeit set in an interesting dystopian universe but a love song nonetheless

[@deathmetalandy1979]

My God this is fantastic! Everything about Beast In Black makes my heart happy 😊 Yannis's voice gives me goosebumps everytime. So looking forward to the album ❤ This made my day !

[@millersj]

Little detail that stood out to me: It's commonly accepted gun discipline to never put your finger on the trigger until you actually intend to pull the trigger. It's an additional safety measure to make sure you don't accidentally fire the weapon at the wrong target or person. Knowing that, the flashbacks in this video are quite revealing. 😊 Props to the actor if he snuck in that detail.

[@Thatguy-hc3ed]

I noticed the same detail. Trigger discipline is key. Good eye.

[@Sepilein1]

good eye for a detail...but wouldnt it be the other way around then? He gets to her with his finger not on the trigger but after the reveal (that its her) in the second flashbacks he has the finger on the trigger after realising its her?

[@werewolfnar]

Ooh, and in the very first he does have finger on trigger. Didn't know what he was going to find the first time, but suspected on the follow ups.

[@alexanderson2771]

Yeah, it just shows he never actually intended to shoot her or simply refused to do it.

[@FalleNDragonn]

1 year ago we had this masterpiece! Let's fking go BiB ! 🤘

[@megaszx08]

That reference to Armitage III at the beginning, very nice. Edit: Those references.

[@katrinachase1728]

glad that im not the only one that noticed that.

[@darthfredius470]

At last ! Pure Beast In Black classic. Best rock band on this planet. Can't wait for Dark Connection. BiB is ready to conquer the world. Great song guys !

[@GlowBowl420]

💯💯💯🤘🤘

[@1itxo908]

Les vi en Bilbao cuando eran teloneros de Nightwish. ESPECTACULARES!!!!

[@txu1871]

Gora Bilbo!!!

[@jardanijovanovich7251]

Gora Frodo!!!

[@JonWancho14]

Yo también los descubrí alli! Fue brutal

[@Laindal]

Ya somos tres, genial descubrimiento

[@rick59798O]

Perfect song to listen at the gym 💪🏻🔥

[@wifflebat14]

Oh my god I need to try this on a run!

[@bogwife7942]

I love music videos where you can just tell the band had so much fun making it

[@MetaLMaDneSS1]

I have listened to this song 130 times already. Unique group.

[@thothy7964]

258 times & counting..

[@ihatemicrosoftsobadly3188]

@@thothy7964 185x in one day :)

[@tonarn]

Beast in Black doesn't disappoint. Ever.

[@NinjaChrisMainHQ169]

KEEP ON ROCKING!!!

[@lymandecoconut4832]

This music video is the best new Sci-Fi I've seen in...I don't even know how long.

[@kokonee11]

I am a 60yr old man....I just found BIB.....and am loving it!

[@pawepawlak9560]

Somehow Beast in Black always delivers exactly what we need at the moment, amazing

[@nicoleuwurawr]

This song gave me 80's nostalgia. Thing is I was born in 90's! Amazing piece of art

[@Vahisofficial]

Yeah exactly the same for me =)

[@Jake-yz3qv]

Wasn't expecting to hear the Armitage III dub sampled in a metal song

[@jacobboaden2213]

Mate always has a smug /amused look on his face. It’s exactly what the clip needs 😍

[@bakagemu1190]

It's pretty hard for me to get along with new bands/music nowadays, I mostly stuck to the ones i know really good. But this song? It got me listening to Beast In Black for two days straight! Pure gold!

[@jonathanhorberry7004]

Pure synthwave. Love it.

[@awsomeplayz4085]

someone should make a whole movie based on this song, this is so awesome

[@AV85]

check out Armitage III , the anime that inspired this song

[@stebow1977]

Check out Blade Runner from 1985

[@m.edwards9784]

Alita, battle angel

[@ericjanson2328]

If you haven't seen Blade Runner - you're in for a treat. One of the best Science Fiction Movies ever made imho.

[@snooker_-ow5rl]

😍😍😍nice music... really good

[@sucubr]

Лучший киберпанк за последнее время)))

[@kolovrat4416]

Это чисто стилистика диско-рок 80х. Прям ностальгия!!! Очень круто. Как саундреки к фильмам Кобра, Рокки, первый Терминатор. Ааа вкуснятина!!!

[@sucubr]

@@kolovrat4416 в ту же копилку их клип One Night In Tokyo)

[@kolovrat4416]

@@sucubr да да. Уже посмотрел. Оно самое! Но там скорее рейвовые 90-е

[@user-rk3pk7gq6k]

@@kolovrat4416 мне напоминает будто синти-поп типа Алфавил или Пет Шоп Бойс встретили стары добрый Хэви)

[@kolovrat4416]

@@user-rk3pk7gq6k @Максим Маслов тут и биты из итало-диско и Роберт Теппер и Алфавиль и Ким Вайлд и Бони Тайлер и Ирен Кара и Cutting crew и Стив Томсон и др. Мне брат рассказал что эту композицию к какой то вроде комп.игре делали, поэтому она в стиле 80. Но я не в теме игр))

[@N0rdW1nd]

First BERSERK and Fist of the Northstar, now Bladerunner! I just love the 80s Synthwave/Metal mix.

[@ragnarok1984p]

It is more Armitage III than Bladerunner the speech at the beginning is from that anime when Armitage found out she was a cyborg and the scene where they make a pile to burn is reenactment from the anime and the heroine in the video is cosplaying Armitage quite good I'd put a link to the pictures but seems youtube doesn't like it and gives me an error. (also if there are more comments from me it's because of those errors i didn't see the first sorry)

[@N0rdW1nd]

@@ragnarok1984p Gosh darn it... I haven't even thought about Armitage. My bad! Don't worry about multiple posts. We all know KZbins commentsection sucks since 2013

[@ragnarok1984p]

@@N0rdW1nd I wasn't so sure at first because i watched that anime in the 90's on VOX a German satellite channel that used to show anime around midnight and some had subtitles some voiceacting and in Armitage case was the voiceacting which i thought was quite well done ,but the more i saw scenes in the video and how the main actress was dressed the more i remembered good ol' times :)

[@N0rdW1nd]

@@ragnarok1984p I watched it on VOX too.. But since it's been a loong time I just forgot about it, even though I love Cyberpunk-stuff. Bladerunner, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Johnny Mnemonic and so on. Hell even the Super Mario Bros. movie had some great Cyberpunk set pieces. But I guess it's time to rewatch Armitage III :D

[@fistofthesnortstar]

@@ragnarok1984p haha I was going through the comments to confirm, I've never seen Armitage but I was like "can't tell me that Anton didn't base this off an anime so it's probably Armitage"

[@andrewmckay362]

I only just heard you guys for the first time last week when you played before Nightwish in Montreal. Bad part: never hearing your music before; good part: the thrill of hearing a whole ton of great music for the first time over the next few weeks!

[@pjmulero]

Welcome to BiB, my friend! 🤘🏼😎 You're in for a treat and gross overuse of the replay button for months (years?) to come. 🔥

[@brbryyyyy94]

Same, I went to the show in Minneapolis and never heard of these guys. These dudes rock!

[@atropatene3596]

This randomly popped up in a Sonata Arctica playlist and I'm absolutely loving it!