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[@Kragar01]

Moa saves the mike from rolling away when the Gong rises.

[@Grington300]

Great reaction. As has been said in response to your 'disciplined crowd' comment - that is a very large part of what Yui and Moa do. They lead what the Japanese call 'ai no te' - the crowd sing along with their lines, they lead any chants, when they jump of make a particular move in the choreo so does the whole crowd. This is just one of the things that makes BABYMETAL special and unique and their shows such a great experience. So you're exhausted but happy after watching their videos ... imagine that feeling multiplied many times over at the end of being in the crowd at one of their shows.

[@todayisagoodday4642]

it is partly from the idol culture, fans are SUPER committed to the chants en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wotagei

[@lanahyde6212]

I think it's quite prevalent not just in Babymetal, but most Visual Kei bands. Visual Kei Rock bands normally have a specific set of actions for every song they make that fans will stick to without question, no joke... it makes performances much more fun and definitely let's you enjoy every element of the show more

[@danbalares4818]

I would recommend their song "Sis.Anger", it's their "black metal-ish" song.

[@Kobenoz]

Can't wait for him to do the cover...!

[@TexasVeteranPatriot]

BABYMETAL - Sis. Anger {Live Tokyo Dome} www.dailymotion.com/video/x6096dn

[@perfectmaster42]

@@TexasVeteranPatriot Thank you, Kitsune. Sis. Anger one of my all time favorites, and it will be good for once not to see the usual compilation video, and super nice to have the awesome kamishibai included!

[@autohmae]

So you are saying you were playing the drums so hard that you broke the electricity in your home ? Wow, that's impressive ! :-)

[@ANDOR-]

First off, I've seen this performance probably more than 20 times, but I've never spotted Su giving the sign you pointed out. I'd say it was probably for the sound guy or someone in mixing. Maybe her in-ear went too quiet or she just wanted it louder? But you didn't spot what happened to the microphone after the gong came up and the girls were on the floor. It's pretty funny and super professional at the same time. Little backstory about the stage: The video you reacted to was from night two of their two back-to-back concerts in the famous Budokan in 2014. I don't know if you noticed all the railings around the little walkways on stage, but the outer ones weren't installed in night one. They also performed Headbanger in night one, as second to last song and during the crowd involvement part when Moa and Yui chant "Hedoban, Hedoban", Yui fell from the stage. A solid 2.5 - 3m drop I'd say. Which is a lot for a 14 year old girl that wasn't even 1.50m. And even though she missed the rest of the song, she rejoined them for the next and closing song (Ijime Dame Zettai) after a short break, as if nothing had happened. Speaking of the last song, which was when Moa hurt herself right at the beginning of the performance. You can see it in her face in how much pain she was in all throughout the song, but of course, she pulled through and finished the concert. That night was a little bit cursed I'd say. Fortunately nothing happened in night two, which you watched here, if you don't count the little microphone mishap at the end after they fall down, which was pretty funny.

[@perfectmaster42]

Lol. Came here to make exactly these two comments. Def good catch on the hand signal, which I likewise never caught in a zillion watchings. Pretty clearly a signal to make her in-ear -just a little- louder. Really cool to see also her facial gesture at the same moment where we see stage manager Su pop out of character for only milliseconds to sync with the crew.

[@mr.osclasses5054]

I am torn in what the hand signal was for. I almost wonder if there was a problem with the center ring of the stage for part of the performance that night and she was asking if the gong was coming up and they were doing that part. Perhaps it could have just been because of the night before with the falling, she was checking if they were doing the lifting up part with the gong at all? It is most likely the sound guy theory, but there are a couple possible things it could be outside of that, which would be interesting to find out...if Su or the sound guy (or whomever she was signaling to) remember it.

[@perfectmaster42]

@@mr.osclasses5054 If you look at Su's expression, the communication looked 2-way and completed. No way something as complicated as the gong could be discussed in an instant. The lift decends and the gong rises as surely as the Sun, except for the safety crew who manage the lift.

[@mr.osclasses5054]

@@perfectmaster42 It actually can be if it was discussed while Yui & Moa were doing one of their songs and Su was in the back. They could have said, "give this signal to check before it's supposed to happen and we'll confirm." They know the gong spot is going to happen in the show, there's no way they wouldn't. So if they say "we're having a little trouble with the lift, check with us if it's happening just before" it's an easy two-way communication: she looks back and signals up like she did, and they give a thumbs up. That said, could she have communicated that to Yui and Moa in time as well? Yes, as the end of the song after she did that signal requires them to be looking back at her, easy enough to do another signal or gesture to let them know. Or, I'm sure there's a way for them to say in the in-ear sets for all of them "yes, the gong is happening." Like I said, I'm onboard with the sound guy theory as that is the most common communication between artists and the people in the back during shows, but I'm just saying it is possible it could be something else.

[@thesaviorofsouls5210]

I feel like it isnt as much the will to perform as much as fearing of losing the life you have, it might not be the traditional kpop like style but its still the same bussines. Rather unhuman conditions.

[@queenierani3076]

Try to follow Hideki on twitter... That's where all the Kamis are...

[@AldoGuerraALDO-METAL]

8:45 wow. I've been a fan since 2014 and I never EVER noticed that!! I've watched this video countless times! I've seen her making adjustments to her earpiece, and signaling at other songs and concerts, but I NEVER noticed this one. I just get into the music so much! Nice catch. You have turned out to be one of my favorite reactors BECAUSE you notice the little things. Plus you're the only one I've seen that not only reacts but then subsequently does a drum cover soon after. F***ing aye dude!! BIG HUGE KITSUNE UP TO YOU! 🤘🦊🤘

[@DimitarK]

Thanks brother!!!

[@Disrawen]

I hadn't realized it either, thanks for noticing!

[@manuelarellano6184]

@@DimitarK I'm impressed doesn't make honor of how I really feel. You catched this in just one take. I've seen this hundreds of times and never noticed.

[@autohmae]

"such a disciplined crowd." that is what a big part of what Yuimetal's -and Moametal's task is in Babymetal to get the crowd to join in with the fun. It's part of old Japanese transitions which is also used in some J-Pop/Idol. And part of Babymetal's innovation for lack of a better word. To know how to make songs which combine and incorporate the Japanese crowd interaction and metal crowd interaction. The songs are written (also dances are designed) with the energy delivery in mind. With the build-ups, etc. This is also why you are happy and energized or drained. Or as one reactor ones famously said (paraphrasing from memory) "Babymetal are masters at manipulating emotions. And that's not negative, that's a good thing. Music is all about emotion." "I can't get over how well mic'd and produced that bass drum is." Now sure if he was also involved in the creation of the DVD, but I do know the first night of this show was released as a live album: "The album was mastered by Grammy Award winner Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC." Something else I remember: in a recent interview with drummer Anthony Barone said in Japan the techs would set up all the equipment like the drums at centimeter accuracy. So all you'd have to do is sit and play. This probably says something about how much effort they put into capturing the sound as well.

[@russellward4624]

It’s funny their official role is screaming and dancing. I was a bit insulted at first it’s kind of true. I would label them hype girls. Like Flavor Flave.

[@autohmae]

@@russellward4624 yes, 'scream and dance', I would say the word scream is not a great fit, it's more a yell.

[@saundrawilliams8037]

I think chant might be a better fit than scream or yell, but scream is definitely more metal sounding...lol

[@autohmae]

@@saundrawilliams8037 chant is a good choice and yes 'scream and dance' sounds more metal and also the flow of the words is better

[@saundrawilliams8037]

@@autohmae you think its because of the hard t? ChanT and dance feels interrupted, while scream (mmm) and dance does flow together more... And its the word scream...lol

[@flugelhornoldman1362]

Nice reaction again & thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 And I appreciate your pointing out Su-Metal's finger sign. I have never noticed it. You have, of course, professional musician's sensory perception. You heard the crowd shout something a7 07:35. It was "Ki-e-ro" meaning "get out of here" in Japanese. This shout occurs everywhere BABYMETAL goes. For example, if you search with keywords "BABYMETAL - Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! LIVE - 11/02/2020 - Wienna, Austria", you will find European audiences shouting this Japanese word. Note : In this European tour, supporting band is not East (original) Kami but West (American) Kami. They are also great musicians and the drummer's skill is different from Hideki but killing, too.

[@autohmae]

From an interview with Kobametal in PIA Music Complex Vol. 4 (Apr. '16): Kobametal: ...I will say I think they have gotten much tougher. For example, they work out their positions on the stage and the start signals amongst themselves and they know well how to use the ear monitors and things like that that are actually quite difficult to know how to use even for adult musicians. Q: Could you speak in more detail? Kobametal: Things like how to get the best balance of sound out of which instruments are used or how to adjust the differences that occur in large concert venues compared with smaller ones were things that the girls did not know how to approach in listening to the sounds of their shows at first. But now that they have done numerous tours and shows they have acquired the sense to know what to do and now they make detailed requests like asking that the drums be raised in volume for this song, or since this show is in a large venue could you please emphasize the rhythm a bit more and things like that. The ability to master the use of ear monitors in one’s teens is a great accomplishment, I think. Q: In other words, they are able to know what sounds are necessary for their performance? Kobametal: That is right. In the past they did not know what sounds were coming from which guitar and didn’t know the difference between the drum’s snare and its kick but recently they are able to say that they want more drum sound to make it easy to dance to this song or that and that it is easier to sing to the song with this guitar sound being enhanced and things like that. PS We got some leaked recordings of in-ear-monitor you could listen to if you want.

[@rah2287]

“Extremely exhausted and happy as $&@$” 😆Yep that pretty much sums up every one of my experiences watching BabyMetal.

[@Chain13]

just finish watching the honetalk of BABYMETAL and now this.. kitsune's up 🤘 great reaction thou very very nice

[@DimitarK]

Thanks man!

[@queenierani3076]

This is my all time fave BABYMETAL song .... Great reaction, again!

[@LordDragox412]

I love this song! It's also a great education material for children. What do you do when you see a creepy guy in a truck with "free candy" written on it? You yell "Pedo van, pedo van, pedo van, pedo van! Run, run, run run!" /s

[@queenierani3076]

@@LordDragox412 completely irrelevant to the song but whatever dude

[@LordDragox412]

@@queenierani3076 It's an obvious joke based on the songs lyrics, "Hedoban, hedoban, hedoban, hedoban, hedoban, hedoban! Ban ban ba-ban!". If you think it's not relevant to the song you might want to listen to it again, this time with the audio on... :P

[@rantingrodent416]

This has been a setlist staple for the nearly 10 years since it was first introduced, for good reason. It was this song and Karate that originally got me hooked. There's a specific performance that i think you should react to next. "Babymetal Death", from the "Legend of 1997" concert. This piece was their usual opening number until 2018. At Legend of 1997 it was the closing number and they did something special.

[@turbozed]

Check out the Legend 1997 live performance of this song. The energy level there is like 10x as high.

[@chipsmcbiskitz9494]

Ahh i was hoping you react to the legend 1997 one but ok. Also can't wait for another drum covers🤘🏻🤘🏻 This song is telling about the story of a 15 y.o. girl going to her first concert

[@rantingrodent416]

Legend of 1997 and Budokan versions are both just as great. The crowd reaction is just more obvious at Legend of 1997 because of the staging.

[@chipsmcbiskitz9494]

@@rantingrodent416 yeah that's actually why I prefer the Legend 1997 ver cuz I love the crowd interactions and the atmospheric show

[@Unknown-rq1qc]

Ya.. legend 1997 performance was better 👍

[@funnytoss]

You now are obligated to do a drum cover of every BM song you react to! Also, great observation regarding Su-metal tapping the microphone as a signal to the stage staff, that move definitely isn't part of the normal choreography. She often communicates to the staff with hand gestures, generally relating to adjusting the volume of her in-ear-monitor and stuff like that.

[@DimitarK]

Ahahahahaha

[@piotrtoborek2442]

It is worth noting that this signal was done 100% on key linked with the music, that's how good SU-METAL is

[@arrow_phantom]

extend the last 2 line from normal song

[@foxgod4466]

Yeah! My favorite performance of this Amazing song! Great reaction again man! I'm waiting the cover drum of Syncopation and you reaction to this perfect song! 🤟🏻 🦊

[@rickwagner-]

⚡ 💀 💕 / 🤘 'Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!' was one of their early hits. It's great that after skipping this song altogether in 2018, that they brought it back for 2019-2020. Even though the song is about a fifteen year old girl attending her first heavy concert, Su was only fourteen when this was first recorded. It's not biographical, but it is a song she could relate to. At that age she was performing on stage, rather than attending concerts. I wish she got more straight up rockers like this one, she can certainly deliver them. She was 16 here at Budokan (March 2014). I don't think I've ever seen BABYMETAL do a bad performance of this song. I was thrilled to finally hear it live last year at the LA Forum.

[@Marco-nu6dg]

In Japan their are much good drummers. Try Crossfaith - "Countdown To Hell" Official Live Music Video. But even better X Japan Kurenai from "The Last Live" HD, their drummer Yoshiki plays with a neckbrace for his neckproblems, for 50.000 men in the Tokyodome.

[@DasVERMiT]

10:05 - She loses the mic and then grabs it... while still keeping with the collapsing choreo! A true pro!

[@jimmyju76]

The crowds in their live shows are awesome, it rare to get that type of interaction from such a large audience

[@raiden1plmj]

Saw one of your drum covers and could instantly tell your passion for metal music was genuine. Cheers brother, you definitely earned a sub from me.

[@mr_skys362]

i'm drums and i was impressed with "BABYMETAL - tales of the destinies", you will love this song.

[@ccrider327591]

Yeah I haven't figured out how they seem to make me smile and feel uplifted every time. They just tap into the emotions so easily. Also, I do agree that Babymetal is best in the live performances because they are not only audibly amazing but visually stunning as well. BUT...the official music videos are masterfully done and superb. Megitsune, Karate, Distortion, Starlight, and the new BMC video are all "must see" in my opinion. So I definitely recommend those for reactions. Thanks for focusing on Babymetal. Babymetal and Band-Maid are my favorite obsessions right now, so you are right up my alley with these. :)

[@Taber01]

This was on the 2nd concert, On the first night Yui fell of the stage during this song. then railing was installed as security. There is no video of this but if you listen closely to the concert BD, you can notice when her mike goes dead in the background

[@julianhernandez5234]

On the Legend of 1997 concert the crowd was insane. Great reaction as always and your cover to karate was awesome

[@traylor2502]

Yep, that was definitely a sign for the sound guy. She made a similar sign at their Palladium show in 2017, after BABYMETAL Death. Not easy to see but here they are: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hp7KY6GHaZqCjbs

[@singularitywatch]

Great as always, D!

[@wildething7923]

Love how serious you got when you said 'just punch the Fu%£$*g gong'.

[@DimitarK]

Hahaha

[@SAKURA-Times]

Great reaction! The excitement of this song is not odd. I'm looking forward to you covering this song.

[@seregamolodets5286]

Amazing as always ! ! ! 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼

[@jakemuller8626]

Man i missed your reactions, i wish you come back with more BabyMetal songs, they're still rockin so hard \m/ Headbanger! is one of our all time favorite BM songs, so many live versions to keep enjoy them, like the Legend 1997, MoaBanger at Legend M, or Legend Metal Galaxy Day 2. Just pick one of them from Babymetal Reactor Resource II channel with a watermark logo to avoid copyright issues, or just pick something new ;) About the sign SuMetal did near the end of the song, that might be a little distraction from director's edited cut, but is a easter egg for us fans, actually it matches with what she said during an interview (don't remember exactly which one but it was about these live concerts). Budokan was one of their first big venues, and it was a dream come true, but as you might know new venues are new challenges and many things can go wrong, this was no exception and one of those technical difficulties was its In Ear Monitor (IEM), she said Kami Band sound was so loud and high she couldn't hear indications to follow the music properly so instead she follow the sound of the beat to keep the rhythm, so this might be the problem here doing the sign to volume up the IEM because is extremely useful help for them. But at last, all of those bad and sad moments were leave behind, because this year they took revenge from those performances and did a series of 10 live shows at the same place celebrating their 10 years. So mission acomplished. You should watch it, they released first livestream at 26/06, and there will be another at 24/07, so many highlights and epic performance to reassure BM magic is still there.\m/ Thanks for doing this and it will be cool if you come back with some BM songs here and there, btw there's a beautiful japanese youtuber who did a review to your reaction vid, her channel is "Hello AI Channel" ;) _LIVINGLEGEND_ _NOTACULT_ _10BABYMETALYEARS_

[@recksmusic1487]

React to Catch Me If You Can. It's in the same setlist for the night. The intro got Hideki Aoyama soloing right before the girls enters. 🤘

[@rizalwalinaga7850]

Great reaction 🤘. Was hoping for the Legend of 1997 version, but it was still awesome!!

[@lestermillan]

You gonna loves the drums in BabyMetal "Amore"!!!!!

[@radioraffa]

With getting full view of the Kami band members is hard especially in later years since creator Koba has been putting them to the back. The girls are the main focus. There are a lot of videos of these guys doing their own stuff such as Kami band, Kari band and one of 20 bands that Takayoshi Ohmura (pink guitar) has. LOL. Hideki is a second-generation drummer. He does a lot of collaborations with others. Him and Boh (Bassist) and the late Mikio Fujioka (guitar) have more of a jazz background.

[@Chadw1cKed]

Shit. Out of the all the times I've watched this exact video, I never noticed that subtle gesture. Good eye, my dude. PS: The "happy af" feeling is normal. lol BABYMETAL is a musical antidepressant.

[@yellowtiger6296]

Really enjoying your content, well done! Looking forward to your upcoming drum cover!

[@DimitarK]

Thanks man!!

[@road-runner]

Another great reaction, thanks! Yeah the crowd is crazy but you cannot ignore Yui yelling "motto, moto!!"" (more, more!!). On the other hand, Moa trying to get visual contact through the lights is just terrifying. I would not dare to not follow her orders :)

[@kennykhounmano]

As soon as I saw your video popup with Headbanger, I knew I wanted to see your reaction @ 5:49 Did not disappoint! haha! Keep riding this Babymetal wave

[@Singulitarian]

Energetic joy!

[@ENTE-METAL]

Another great reaction to another great song. Thanks again, and it´s still a long long way to the bottom of the Foxhole. Can hardly wait for the new drum cover. As always greetings from a german Kitsune 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼 and please stay healthy and metal you all.

[@MacTaipan]

Interesting, I have seen this video dozens of times, and I have never noticed that handsign. Good observation!

[@ihwan1911]

Good reaction , please reacting BABYMETAL - Catch me if you can live Budokan Black Night . You'll get the kami band solo again . 😁

[@amirnazri6525]

React to babymetal amore live at Wembley

[@sirmoonslosthismind]

they've been known to use smoke machines (both large and handheld) during the breakdown of this song, but it wasn't allowed in this venue.

[@kitsunedann2342]

8:09 jaja woooo I've been watching Babymetal videos for years, this specific show is one of the ones I've seen the most and I hadn't noticed that detail. I love your point of view on your Babymetal reactions and in general haha greetings!

[@DimitarK]

Thanks man!!

[@mr.osclasses5054]

Awesome reaction, and wow! That was one hell of a catch! As others have said, I've seen this video a bunch of times and never noticed that little signal gesture she was doing. It takes a performer to catch the signals other performers do, I suppose. As I said on someone else's comment, I am sure it is probably what you are saying regarding the sound guy, but given the story in the other comment regarding the "Red Night" performance the night before where both Yui and Moa fell/hurt themselves, I wonder if Su was checking if they were doing that spot still with lifting the gong up or not for safety reasons. My other thought is maybe there was an issue at some point during the performance that night where the inner ring of the stage (the whole thing moved in different ways) wasn't functioning properly and she was checking if it was going to happen. Like I said, it is probably a sound thing for her in-ear set-up, but just thought I'd put those out there since it was RIGHT before the gong spot. I 100% agree on the being happy and exhausted after watching their stuff. I think that's why I watch it before bed, to help me fall asleep from being tired, yet content.

[@TheTeufelpanzerVI]

Great reaction! You are the first reactor I have ever, ever noticed Su, what I think is, her signaling the sound guy that she needs more volume....impressive! As probably stated below, you really should give a look at the version of this from the Legend 1997 concert....hope you do. Anyway, great reaction and always looking forward to more. Awesome Karate drum cover by the way....and waiting for the next "gift" to us fans!

[@vanillagorilla8438]

This is the cutest most brutal performance I've ever seen... 😲🤩🤘🔥

[@user-cd2yp6cn5k]

Hideki plays drums awesomely in Catch Me If You Can (Live) so plz check that out next time🤘🤘🤘

[@MrNikedunkpro]

Road of resistance live in Japan! Best live performance of any band I've ever seen.

[@itadakihokkaido4305]

I can't get enough BanyMetal!!!!

[@Flastew]

Very cool reaction on a cool song

[@Kane_SIF]

Nice catch with the hand sign. Noticed it right away, and at first thought she was saying 1 more chorus but with backing track going it's not possible. So yeah, giving signal for lifting the gong or volume up in her IEM is possible. I think you're one of the first (if not the only one) catching that. 👍

[@masahikotsunoda8278]

BABYMETAL🤘🦊🤘 I Love ❤️😄

[@ferr44]

Awesome reaction once again. You need to listen to "Road of Resistance live in Japan" if you want to hear insane drumming. Have fun!🤘🦊

[@ppdragos6796]

Just as an addition to this I'd recommend Moametal solo birthday special where Moa takes lead for last half of Headbanger

[@spaceboy1433]

Great reaction, need to watch BabyMetal song tales of destinies it will make you Go WOW what a band 🦊🤘🤘🦊

[@michaelnicholas5430]

As you say the next drum cover is surprise. I'm just gonna turn on post notification

[@JoyMadrugada]

Headbanger 97 legend the best live performance🦊

[@javis8810]

Sounds like there is another drum cover coming!!! Head Bangeeeerrrrrrr!!!

[@wunderbambu]

If you want some more epic bass drum action, Distortion live 2018 : > edit: live in Download

[@mikeat2637]

Look up the video Cradle Of Eternity, which is done by Yuko Suzuhana of Wagakki Band. I heard that Hideki collaborated with her on this video.

[@nasheloredoairsoftmusica2977]

so amazing what these girls and this band do isn't it?

[@lukeingram7655]

Nice show ...as a fellow drummer I'm really looking forward to hearing your take on Megitsune

[@dudleysmith4394]

This song might be one of the most "Japanese" songs of theirs. "Karate" was djent/metalcore, "Gimme Chocolate" was composed by the mastermind of a Japanese digital hardcore band MAD CAPSULE MARKETS. "Headbanger!!!" is a mash-up of many quotations, references, homages and parodies of Japanese rock/pop/anime songs of 1970's-1990's and the lyrics describing Japanese rock scene told from a girl's view.

[@yellowtiger6296]

Had to come back to request one of my very favorites-Catch Me If You Can BABYMETAL Black Night Legend Doomsday! Such fun!

[@samallan811]

somethings about to happen you say... im hear like i know i know yaaaaaaaaaay hahaha

[@FeelinUnpretty]

should definitely react to BABYMETAL - Road Of Resistance (Live from Japan)

[@aamiw99]

Just for the sake of a future drum cover, please react to 'Sis. Anger' live. It only features Yui and Moa on vocals (the two beside the lead vocalist, Su), and it's by far the heaviest Babymetal song. Here's the best live version on KZbin kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIuvi5aljL9-hJI . The live footage is from 2 shows but audio from one of them. After hearing this one, you won't be able to resist covering it.

[@metalcore5439]

Reaction cool as always 👊 Its really hard to say wich u should do next i personaly love all BM songs ....and because Hideki as i know the kami band have projekts out of BM may u find there more 👊 and i look up for ya next cover bro ❤

[@mikeat2637]

You have to react to Headbanger: Legend Of 1997, from a different live concert. It's amazing.

[@vindrow]

Bummer, I was hoping you would react to the Legend 1997 version..that version is so much better. This version isn't bad just not a good as Legend 1997.

[@venom.a21]

i thought you mean the dubstep version, but i watched again and yes, it's truly amazing

[@CotoneyeKim]

As a drummer I would love to see you react to Junna she is a Japanese drummer and amazing. Love the videos keep up the great work.

[@chrisemerick9540]

Awesome

[@actionheroes2860]

on their last u.s / u.k. tour, they had american musician's backing them up as the kami band had other prior engagements. the drummer for that tour was anthony barone from shadow of intent. i don't know about hideki, but anthony does have drum cam video's on youtube. he is a beast on drums and has probably the fastest one hand snare rolls i've ever seen..as a drummer myself and seeing them twice this last tour, i was impressed by his playing. like i said, beast!!!!!! the other members were from the band galactic empire.

[@actionheroes2860]

this is sic kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3Wki62qf7asmc0

[@radioraffa]

Yes Barone is good and fast. But the overall better drummer is Hideki. Also Barone left that band. He changes bands like underwear lol. Oh and don't even mention those Starwars guys. Boring and stiff like the studio musicians they are. Wouldn't be surprised if they use a backing track to fill in their play.

[@actionheroes2860]

@@radioraffa both great drummers and i am not at all saying ones better than the other. I get the feeling he left soi to sign on full-time with amuse. The next tour line up will be interesting to see who goes on the road. As for ge, yea, never been a fan, but they all did great on the tour. Got to give them that..😊

[@radioraffa]

@@actionheroes2860 Oh he is a great drummer too. Yeah wonder what will be their next step since this year was a wash. But since the end of 2017 they have been putting the band to the back no real kami band solos anymore lately either. Even when they did the concert with both Kami bands together. They did a big intro about them coming together and then when you watch the video there's hardly any camera time on them and they are far in the back. I enjoy Babymetal and the girls are super talented. But in reality if they did not have a live band behind them... we probably would not be talking about them today.

[@saundrawilliams8037]

@@radioraffa if nothing else...I don't think Koba-metal would approve sub-par musicians to back HIS BABYMETAL. Say what you want, and you're of course allowed your own opinion, but in their own right those guys are good enough for Koba-metal to let them play for BABYMETAL.......

[@nanashikkigame822]

React to "catch me if you can" live at budokan as well totally worth it. 😁

[@geordie41]

Awesome! #notacult

[@jameswrevels]

Welcome to the Rabbit Hole that is Babymetal. I have been following them for several years and seen them live here in the States twice. IF you get a chance, go check out a live show. You won't regret it.

[@Hadesillo]

Headbanger is a song about a girl going to her first metal concert on her 15th birthday and her decision to treasure that moment. Actually it is a play of words, in the japanese version it is called Headbangya!!, being a _bangya_ how they called the girls that followed the _visual kei_ genre of japanese metal. So a good translation should be _Headbanger groupie_ or something like this, you get the idea. That interlude were you thought it was a building up it was an interaction section. Babymetal is born from the japanese idol culture, and that's how they call the sections were the girls cheer the audience and make them interact and be part of the show. That's one of the things that make Babymetal a bit different in the metal scene, but that's what they are. Babymetal has 42 or 43 songs and all of them are so good. But sadly here in KZbin there is few stuff that can be reacted to. They block everything on reactions save two shows, Legend 1997 (2013) and Budokan Black and Red Nights (2014), and some of the official channel videos. That means we are losing a lot of good, and it is really hard to do reactions that are not from the old first album (second is 2016, third is 2019). The people at the reactions channel on Babymetal Discord made a list to help reactors get the best versions they agreed for every song, but they have to be put out of KZbin. What some reactors that want to do this stuff do is to put a placeholder video here and upload the reaction on another platform (f.ex. kzbin.info/www/bejne/joKcY2mbeteDfK8), or synchronize the video with the viewer so it can be watched in another window (f.ex. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZu4pWWpqtyYlZI ). I think you still have a good bunch of songs doable in KZbin, but please do not react to compilation videos. If you have to start doing that stuff please consider doing songs from the list. btw this is it: docs.google.com/document/d/1DqPsavocgGvCyZfUHvrkgJ5KZMaMkmMgjy2UxNNG96E/edit# And yeah, Babymetal makes you joyful and be metal as fuck at the same time. That's what it has. I hadn't seen anyone in any reaction video to notice Su's signal, it is crazy. Thank you for the video and the insight.

[@arttuviitaniemi7662]

Did you see Moa saving the mic at 10:05 ? Also these Budokan shows were 2 night thing and this was from Black Night. In Red Night show during Headbanger Yui fell off the stage and didnt join for the rest of the song, but she was up there again for the next song. And in Black Night during the last song Moa tripped and hurt her leg quite badly and you can see her pained expression, but she kept going like a champ. Bad luck during both shows for both of them but they are awesome and they kept the show going no matter what.

[@tommyo2450]

That is how you do it! None better in mysic today.. great reaction.. sub time..

[@comaria6mariatsukishima578]

baby metal!!!

[@saundrawilliams8037]

"Headobangyaaaa!!!!" Yay! More BABYMETAL! Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! (Notice the 5 each of.. e ..r ..! Add to 15, the age of the girl in the song! Lol) I love Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! My fav performance of it would be the Legend 1997 one, if only because it shows that wonderful crowd participation sooo well! And the pikachu.... That hand signal is more than likely Su telling a tech that the volume in her IEM needs to be adjusted. There's an interview (and I believe someone posted it in the comments) where Koba-metal talks about how, over time and throughout their many shows and tours, the girls learned to use their IEM to its full advantage (i.e. saying things like 'for this song, its easier to dance if the drums are louder in the mix'), and that it was astonishing to him that girls in their teens could do (all learned and developed on their own together) what seasoned professionals could not. Mad props to the sheer level of dedication and top-notch professionalism of our Royal Girls! Looking forward to the mystery drum cover! Gonna recommend my current fav Yava (ska metal) and my recent fav Awadama Fever (grindy music and super cute vocals and choreo). Kitsune dao! \m/

[@DaxRaider]

2019 on her birthday moa did sing the song at a concert :)

[@RurroRICK]

I'm not speak English so.. estaría chido si reaccionarias a Road of Resistance en esa canción el baterista se luce mucho. Saludos

[@jimmyju76]

Every aspect of the song

[@LuisGonzalez-ov8fs]

As you're asking for drum cam metal videos, I'd recommend machine head if you're not into them already. Personally chris konto's drum cam of davidian is the best

[@poolwaiter]

What got me into Babymetal was the Kami band, and that, my friend, is a frustrating journey as their role has changed and been minimized and shoved into the back. A chance to really see them shine is the Gimme Chocolate from the Colbert Show, kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWGog5psacylpLs

[@jeffreyberry8643]

Thanks man, please react to BabyMetal Catch Me If You Can, live at Black Night Legend Doomsday show 3 guitar solos, drum solo, Monster riffs, alot of fun So Metal So cute!!!! Headbanging with a Smile!!! Drummer is a double bass Monster!!

[@alexanderrodriguez8294]

I recommend you watch the other drummer of the kami band callled Yuya Maeta, on one show that i dont remember the name, he performed an insane drum solo. I could find more videos about him than from Hideki. Edit: now i remember, It was a live compilation of rondo of nightmare from the YT channel HITGIRL2. It had an intro too but the drum solo was played by Yuya

[@frosto7]

Here is a Babymetal KAMI BAND Drum solos video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYHMd6qjhNmFkLc Babymetal spare drummer Yuya Maeta is also awesome: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5C5YYKgbZuUja8 He plays many styles like Fusion, Jazz ,Rock, J-Pop, Funk, etc, and some really kick-ass metal too as I got to experience in 2014 attending my first of many BABYMETAL live performances. He also has has an amazingly good Fusion/Jazz band called Kari Band with BM bassist BOH and BM guitarist Mikio Fujioka (RIP) and sometimes guest artists. He plays in other bands too, teach and does session work. He tends to add a little bit of interpretation to his playing while Aoyama Hideki is almost inhumanly precise in his playing. And you already know Anthony Barone, the awesome drummer in BabyMetal's new US-based Kami-Band (sometimes called "the Kamis of the West" by fans) that in recent years have started to fill in for the original Japanese Kami-Band when needed for concerts in the US and Europe.

[@adamazri928]

Great reaction as always!! But I hope you will cover and react to more Japanese metal bands. I personally recommend you to check out the band Unlucky Morpheus. Try Unlucky Morpheus - Knight of Sword Or Unlucky Morpheus - Black Pentagram or Unlucky Morpheus - Unending Sorceress.

[@indralesmana8331]

♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@bradkornatowski3866]

Good eye, Su does adjust the sound and stuff with hand signals. I guess she is really good about it, she does it a few times during the whole show.

[@tiaopiak]

No:1 - Have you spotted Pikachu in the crowd? Headbanger is about a 15 years old girl going to her first Metal concert. Yui Metal (La Cigale, Paris July 1) and Moa Metal (Live Music Hall, Cologne July 3) sang this song for their 15th birthday during World Tour 2014. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXKydKynbtCngK8 (Clip) Su Metal changed the lyrics from 15 to 20 for her 20th birthday (See Jun 28 live broadcast). Edit: Moa Metal again sang this for her 20th birthday at her hometown of Nagoya. BABYMETAL ARISES - BEYOND THE MOON LEGEND M streamable.com/a8r1e9 From Rick Wagner: There's no footage, but both Yui and Moa took the lead on 'Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!!!' a second time in Japan to celebrate their 15th birthdays. Yui at APOCRYPHA - Y on July 21st, 2014, and Moa at APOCRYPHA - M later that same day. imgur.com/a/NOoZ9RL Commentary from BabyMetal for this song original MVs: Headbanger kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpundISimpKMecU Edit: (Original MV: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHrdg5J5obl4brs) This is the MV where it shows where is neck brace (corset) come from in their lore. A tribute to Yoshiki of X-Japan where he is wears a corset after too much headbanging. pbs.twimg.com/media/CaJJbfyUsAAZ3lP.jpg Directed by Hidenobu Tanabe (田辺秀伸), who would be named Best Director of that year (2012) at the Space Shower Music Video Awards. It narrated a story of a 15-year-old girl who found a legendary neck corset in a mysterious box that fell upon her from above. According to Yui Metal, the members of the band wore their heaviest makeup for the "Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!" music video, while Moa Metal felt the fake eyelashes used were pulling down on her eyelids.

[@nctrne18]

First 🤘🦊

[@DimitarK]

Hahah yah 😆

[@daveshaw5750]

React to Road of Resistance the Tokyo Dome live version - there is a lot of drum cam of Hideki!