HORNS UP! LOVEBITES - The Hammer of Wrath (REACTION!)

[@HorrorMetalMaestroRedrusty66]

"The revival of metal from such an unexpected source, such an unexpected place", I remember in 2017 when my brother, an extreme power metal fan as am I, called me and told me about this band he heard of called LOVEBITES, said they were new and had a debut song on youtube called Don't Bite The Dust and that I had to go see it NOW, So I asked who are they, give me details, , he said, "I'm not going to tell you, you just have to go now and see it". SO I was then REALLY curious, and looked it up. I felt like a sledgehammer hit me in the face, I was overwhelmed with shock from so many different directions, it was Priest, it was Maiden, it was classic Helloweeen and Dragnforce , but it was also 5 Japanese girls, In princess dresses, singing in English and stirring such metal power I had not felt since the 80's. I teared up, I almost cried and within a week I had the album from an importer on Ebay, and when it came I DID CRY I was so happy after listening to the album, my music was NOT DEAD it was reborn. I WAS reborn, I've gotten everything as it was released since. They are beyond words, they are pure power metal happiness. They are METAL JOY embodied. Godz of the Sound Of the Soul of Metal. They bring down the Hammer of WRATH!

[@billyboyles]

Cool Comment, you said everything I was going to say. thankyou

[@sonnynguyen9103]

These ladies are world class talents and they are not afraid to show their faith. The message in their songs are very positive , uplifting and inspiring. The white dresses and heels because they are ladies and elegant. But they want to be heavy not cute.

[@stups9975]

It’s seems these ladies are leading the charge for the revival of old school metal. I mean if you close your eyes and listen to the music .. you would think your listening to old Metallica or Iron Maiden .. The talent is just abundant in this band. These ladies and BAND-MAID are leading the charge in their genres.

[@borisketou3177]

Best thing I've heard since the 80's, and I've heard and seen A LOT in my life.

[@jaf7711]

Now Lovebites carries the flag of the best heavy metal of all time \m/

[@davidornberg]

We are Lovebites... and we play Heavy metal!!!!

[@cmallmann]

Excellent reaction. In my opinion Lovebites is one of the few bands in the world worthy of appearing alongside bands like Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Megadeth, Judas Priest. I have listened to heavy metal and its strands for over 25 years (including their sub-styles but extremes like black metal and death metal) and I say: these japanese ladies are worthy of admiration. They revive the spirit, the metal energy that was abundant in the 80's. Really: it's pure magic.

[@brandydynamite5877]

HARUNA!!! HARUNA!!! HARUNA!!!

[@jmetallover]

It is not Pure Magic... it is FLAWLESS PURE MAGIC that they deliver on stage!!!! Can you imagine being an audience for one song after another at this pace for nearly 2 hours, your brain might explode from all the endorphins that would be generated in it!!! I would say you got your "METAL FIX"..... and anytime you need one this group will deliver it!!!!

[@davidnovak9672]

Lovebites is from another planet - half womans and half machines! Thank you for great reaction.

[@thedocofrock1890]

well you wanted to headbang - wish granted ! one of lovebites best thrash songs. best band on earth. raise some hell and scream for me are other great heavy songs

[@a-magic4225]

Lovebites Diver City Tokyo 2020 ≪set list≫ 1 Thunder Vengeance 2 Raise Some Hell 3 Break The Wall 4 Shadowmaker 5 Holy War 6 Addicted 7 Don't Bite The Dust 8 Rising 9 Swan Song 10 MIYAKO Keyboard Solo 11 Dancing With The Devil 12 Signs Of Deliverance 13 M.D.O. 14 Golden Destination 15 When Destinies Align 「Encore」 16 The Awakening 17 The Hammer of Wrath 18 Edge Of The World 19 We the United from Japan

[@taknothing4896]

Thunder Vengeance is their heaviest IMHO. Pure Slayer goodness....

[@darthvadersithlord8371]

Rocky Harder: I 'm ready for this! Lovebites: No you 're not! Rocky 's headpones: Oh noooooooooooooo! Me: No shame that you weren' t actually ready man! Nobody is... Great reaction as always! Keep on rockin' and stay safe!

[@hiawatha.g]

The Force burns hot in these women. You could have asked a bunch of comic-book artists to design a band of alien superheroes, disguised as beautiful women who use music to battle darkness, and they could not have come up with this. It's really insane.

[@bhg70]

Their live Blu-ray, Five of a Kind, released this past summer, is just amazing. One of the best live recordings I've seen. They're on fire from start to finish.

[@mdspwt]

This song is custom made for Joey Belladonna's voice and I would love to see Anthrax cover it one day as they certainly were in mind when it was written.

[@timgove5337]

Heavy: Thunder Vengeance, Holy War, Break the Wall, Hammer of Wrath, M.D.O. Heavy deep cuts: Mastermind01, Set the world onFire. Honorable mention: swag rock Raise Some Hell. Priest meets Whitesnake Dancin with the Devil(hint: lyric: Everything is under my control, Did you think you’re free?, running round with that collar on?! And appreciate the 100% custom unique guitars.) My favs: Apocalypse, Under the Red Sky (live. use subtitles), and Burden of Time livestream (don’t miss Miyako’s double solo!, Miho called it most difficult song on their first album, yet it’s still “accessible”)

[@dancingking9535]

You are right! It's the revival of metal from an unexpected place. Their album "Awakening from Abyss" is a must have, either digital or the physical album.

[@DavidMISAMISAMISACook]

Miho Miho Miho!

[@mikenekozukin1405]

yes!! I love this song! Thank you Rocky!

[@fatboynick4104]

To quote one of the members of Lovebites, she said "We're not here to be cute, we're here to be heavy". Yes, they are heavy and they play it extremely well.

[@astilgar]

Who needs coffe in the morning when you have The Hammer of Wrath? :D

[@dregeye]

Well, I do need coffee, in a LOVEBITES PENTAGRAM MUG !!!!! (and all day long...)

[@frostyj29]

The epic melodic intro followed by the galloping break definitely reminded me of the mighty Testament. Amazing stuff! The level of talented female musicians in the Japanese rock and metal scene is mindblowing. So many great bands.

[@siscob]

I listen to them daily and still have the same reaction as I did two years ago when I heard them first time. There are so many talented great bands from Japan, especially all female bands, like Band-Maid, Nemophila, Scandal, Aldious, Mary's Blood, Doll$box and a bunch of others (close to 50 that I've heard so far). Many are discovering or re-discovering rock, hard rock and metal through these ladies and when you add other mixed like BabyMetal and all male and Visual Kei ... you'd have months if not year of first time listening. They are all just a level above anyone else right now. As for Lovebites, they are my No.1 band and the best band in all genre on the planet (yes, K-pop included and I love K-pop and J-pop too!). If they continue like this, they sure have a chance to be known and celebrated as Iron Maiden and Metallica and some other famous 80's and 90's bands. Ok 70's too.

[@Glynthepin]

Lovebites, as you say are a metal band that deliver everything you want from a top quality, well written song but it is not four or five sweaty guys from back in the 1970's performing it. It always amazes me the speed an accuracy of their playing. Probably mentioned before the muted string galloping effect and then a distorted wail, before returning to the galloping. Just to ad to that Midori and Miyako, swap the roles seamlessly. Then you get Miho, stroll up and play a fast bass riff, that many bass players could do maybe for four bars for effect but she looks like she is elsewhere in her thoughts, strolling about and plays the riff for the majority of the song. Not forgetting the powerhouse of Haruna, who makes all her drumming fills and double bass kicks appear with absolutely no effort and to top it off, will give a cute smile to the camera. All rounded off with Asami's vocal power and range and crowd interaction and encouraging support for the others. Well, I could go on about goddesses from the Greek Myths, but enough 'fan boying' for now :-)

[@gravenwolf6535]

I don't think it's the heaviest song there's Holy War, Thunder Vengeance, When Destinies Align. Too many that are heavy and so good. I can imagine these ladies opening for Metallica or Anthrax any band from the big four.

[@hiawatha.g]

They don't need to open for anyone! M&M > H&H.

[@athlonen]

I'd go further. You could take the ladies out, and out in the original lineup of Anthrax, and this would sound like it came off of Among The Living in 1986.

[@taknothing4896]

I can imagine Metallica or Anthrax opening for them! Besides being heavy as all fuck, they're also best-in-class technically and actually better songwriters to top it off. Lovebites rules!

[@gravenwolf6535]

@@taknothing4896 Epic as fuck a member of the big four opening them. Its the biggest honor ever.

[@PaulEMoz]

I gave this one a 'Like' before I'd even watched as I knew it was a guarantee. I was right. Their heaviest song is one that unfortunately I don't think they've played live yet. It's called Set The World On Fire and you can't believe five tiny ladies can make so much noise. There was a fan video online but it's been taken down so if you do want to listen to it then you'll have to go with the audio version (it's on KZbin if you want). It's a stunning display of power and fury and I hope they get to play it live some day. If you do listen to it, put the volume waaaaay up, and keep hold of your jaw.

[@CDMS_pt]

This is the REBIRTH of METAL.

[@salsaucedo]

Awesome reaction bro you want heavier then I suggest you do some audio tracks like "Warning shot" and The Apocalypse from the Wakening from Abyss album tracks 3 and 8, or Addicted, Mastermind 01, M.D.O. from Clockwork immortality, Set the World on fire from the Electric Pentagram album those are the heaviest of the heaviest. I do like many bands from Japan but there is no one any better than Lovebites, every song only gets better than the next, there is no denying but they are the ultimate band of bands

[@garylahti2687]

Good on you. Great reaction video.

[@paulread4886]

This performance in one song is just highligh t after highlight, after highlight til a final clobbering. The are like an unstoppable Mac truck on a down hill run. Unbelievable !

[@michaelcates9042]

C'mon Rocky. Lovebites 'burden of time' before its gone.

[@vasilfilipov4877]

Yeah Rocky like usual you can't expect anything else from them. Amazing. Listen it's my opinion the heaviest song from Electric pentagram is Set the world on fire also that song is fastest as well. A week ago someone uploaded the video. Now someone from Kerang mentioned Set the world on fire and Frozen serenade are the best songs from Electric pentagram album. Also they uploaded Frozen serenade too. Both of them are music videos. And my suggestion for the next song is Signs of deliverance I'm so glad they bring it back that song on KZbin please if you really want to see Midori and Miyako what doing on the stage please just check it. I'm pretty sure that you never ever have seen something like that from them before. I'm speechless i have not words to describe. Unbelievable.

[@beepbeep4287]

That bass sounds crisp as fuck

[@marcinpopawski8199]

I needed that piece in your reaction. Yes it is Miho's show of. I "demand" more such incredible bass line from her.

[@paulread5218]

Amazing as always. When the metal festivals are up and running internationally , these girls a re set to dominate and blow people away all over the world. Til then i am sure they will be honing their craft and writing even better songs.

[@kouzaikaza9435]

Your reaction is already great in the first minute!!

[@hideyama3712]

Your reaction looks fun！

[@skoob64]

Zepp Diver City holds 2500 people, not a big venue, but as you say Lovebites put on an epic performance.

[@kellerfrederic1]

If I dare to compare this track with what Metallica has produced I am not wrong. The discovery of the band Lovebites had the same effect on me as when I discovered Metallica when I was young. It's amazing.

[@hans_Mustermann5000]

Whaaaat??? Yeah, I've been waiting for that!!! I'm not available for the next 10 minutes and 33 seconds ... :-))

[@alfredtorres2188]

Great reaction Rocky. You should hear a song called "Set the world on Fire". You can hear a bit of Testament/Megadeth influence. but of course no official video for it. Also, wait until you hear the new song called "Winds of Transylvania". I only heard 90 seconds of it and it is super heavy, a great killer song. A video will soon be released for it, so keep an eye for it.

[@treejjp]

You have the best reaction video of Lovebites, period!!! Please please do Rising (mv version) - I think it has the best Miyako/Midori dual guitar solo. And you also gotta do Scream for Me (Live version) - it has the best guitar battle between Miyako and Midori. While you are at it, you also gotta do Liar (studio live version) - simply Miyako at her best ever. Peace ✌ bro and thank you!!!

[@RockyHarder]

Plenty still to come. Something on the way in 7 minutes actually! Stay tuned😄

[@PaulEMoz]

Also, if you want something to hit you in an unexpected way, take a look at Journey to the Other Side before it's taken down: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYGrgZ6XrtB-adU. This one was written by Miho as a dedication to her father shortly after he passed away. If you want to see an example of some of the camaraderie and genuine love between the band, this is your video (although the sound is slightly out of sync).

[@celluz4156]

the girls a little time ago shared in stream this concert, full of it! That was a blast because the concert was just released, and the other best thing was that the full band was online during the stream, then we experienced the live with the girls below reacting and acting as metal and cute you can immagine :D

[@stevenrogers5687]

I'd say their heaviest is Set the World on Fire. Of course Miyako and Midori go bananas, and Asami is like an air raid siren, but I'm drawn to Haruna everytime I hear this song. She's an animal. There was a fan made video but it was taken down and there's no other trace of it on YT. It's a shame they haven't done more with this Thrashterpiece.

[@pascalfleury5089]

Cool reaction as usuel, did you react to Edge of the Word already ? There is another masterpiece not so famous from the second album called frozen serenade, there is no official video but you can find one make by à fan with vidéo and pictures of live performance. And you can also find the two live version studio of songs of the first album. In one (burden of time), you can see Miyako playing keyboards and guitar at the same time !

[@debrakurenai588]

You need to check out the song MDO from the same live show. It’s another cool heavy one. 🤘🏻

[@pinoypower69]

LOVEBITES RULES!!!

[@michaelcates9042]

Yes, brother Rocky, there is more to come. There are many great suggestions here. such as Edge of the World and M.D.O. But maybe you should check out Burden of Time from their recent Studio livestream while it is still up. One song, Liar, has already been taken down. Bonus: you can see Miyako wearing black, they are not in white.

[@nummerfinfeable]

Hey Rocky....it can`t get better than this.....can it??

[@AngelLWJ]

Nice reaction bro

[@gitterich]

The animal from the Muppets has a little sister playing bass : Miho Miho Miho . At Thrash Metal songs, the Girls let Miho off the chain ...

[@Mtaalas]

This song is pure mosh pit gold :D

[@teotteblung2087]

Try 'mastermind01' if you looking for their heavy and bad ass song...killer riffs of miyako and midori...\m/

[@stephanwolfhunter]

Hey Rocky, the band made a major announcement today - new EP will be out in March! Sounds like preorder only. Here's where to grab it: lovebites.booth.pm/items/2628425?fbclid=IwAR1OyDhnoL-zb75pnPHYBqKx3WLNdqtQN7AaKxHMUZ5dLbweVctUJrN79Wc

[@RockyHarder]

Excellent news! Thanks, Stephan

[@terrynoonan8817]

If you want heavy, lovebite Scream for me will have you wrecking more than head phones. Enjoy.

[@DMGJP]

What I find most surprising is that the girls have only been playing together since 2016, only miho and haruna had played fair, but the other girls never and it is amazing to see how they do it, it seems that they have been 20 years

[@larrydunbar3169]

Miyako was with 21grams and drop of joker something. Midori was in another and looked so out of place. 3 person band that wasnt in her level. Haruna and miho in destrose of course. These ladies are veterans for sure

[@tsubasaozora7655]

After Tool, my second pref. Band in the World. Love these Girls so much. Greets from Lisbon :)

[@pinoypower69]

LOVEBITES ELITE STATUS

[@laurentgarcia7961]

Elles sont magiques !!!!

[@dregeye]

Rocky ! Once again, awesome song, great reaction. For a "heavy" song that hasn't been 'reacted' to yet: "M.D.O." (Most Devastating Observations) from same 2020 show: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIiTmaRsa6yjb7M

[@thedocofrock1890]

can't figure out why mdo hasn't been reacted to - my favorite song from 'clockwork'. i find myself chanting mdo at strange times. driving , shopping , sleeping !

[@jayewnts2ply2]

In my opinion Kami band has nothing on these ladies and these ladies consistently bring amazing power metal riffs. They are prettier than the Kami guys as well... Always enjoy your reactions. Thank you!

[@19FlyingWombat76]

Great reaction Mate! But the bloody coursor in the middle of the Vid all the time freaked me really out...........

[@doronpa2008]

LOVEBITES has released a new music video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6KVg5trnbKDibc

[@jay_g1984]

Thunder Vengeance is heavier.

[@celluz4156]

and if you want to taste something else, i really suggest you to jump on the "Bang Dream" family wagon, there are a plenty of stuff in it as bands and starting with "raise a suilen" band is a good one, i think that you will be surprised :D maybe too soft for many but they can hit really hard. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWXTfJeQhZh7gdU

[@richbranch9013]

Every song is the same! Nothing original......sounds ike ever other European speed metal band out there. Like I said before no emotion. Their songs are simple nothing hard to play here at all. Lovebites......I say maybe a 10 year life span before they are forgotten. Band Maid.....thats talent, song writing, chemistry etc...Band Maid is a 20 year band maybe more. Lovebites I'm glad your a fan of Lovebites.....not me I like originality and I look for that speacial something. Maybe I should start my own channel and call it like it is... Dang I like that. Well I guess I should thank you for getting me to respond to you. I guess I'll see you around the Tube.....

[@geraldgetskow3420]

@Aratha Sena You can't compare the two bands. One is Iron Maiden-style power metal, the other is a hard rock band with punk influences. AS for songwriting, Band-Maid was writing songs from fairly early, but their label chose not use their songs until 'Alone' and the band has rocketed forward from then on. Like Rich Branch, there's not a lot of originality in power metal, lots of power chords with the usual progressions. It tends to get boring after a while as it all blends together.

[@davidornberg]

But they are a lot prettier to look at ! ;-)

[@hiufernando7340]

So just don't listening if don't like it. Don't listening if thats make you boring. I don't like band maid. But I'm not negative comment about they music. I don't complain about they music.

[@thedocofrock1890]

@Aratha Sena boring ? every song sounds the same ? not hard to play ? i don't know who this guy is listening to but it sure ain't lovebites. i always like to say when you can play or write music any better go ahead and post it. bring it on dude let's see what you got ! i can't write one good song - miyako can't write a bad one.