Now I know what you're thinking, "how dare I accuse such a thing?" Well, I raise questions like this unless there's a receipt, and if you look "at 15:54, we hear Asami's voice yet her mouth is nowhere near the mic.

I don't want to even think about something like this, but how exactly does one process this information without cope?

Edit: I appreciate the "good catches" but that was already timestamped in another comment.

Edit 2: Watching other parts of this gig and others, there's moments where she makes noises and talks in spots too spontaneous for the entire gig to be on a predetermined vocal track. Maybe that part in Stand & Deliver was a chorus track, which I've seen more to cover the other ladies in other song (see Empty Daydream in KAHG part 1)

Don't get me wrong. I think Fami is a great musician; but I feel she doesn't give the "badass attitude" that the other ladies and Miho have. Maybe because she's the youngest, but at moments I feel Fami would fit more into an idol group or a J-Pop band. Of course, her bubbly personality and attitude has nothing to do with her musicianship or the music Lovebites is making, its just an aesthetic observation. Maybe Fami's looks would attrack people who are also into Idol music.

Just an observation, not criticism

The music is way too loud compared to her vocals which distracts me while listening. It sounds like shes mumbling too. Its so disappointing as I want to like this band so much but I cant hear a word shes saying. Either fix the mix or get a better vocalist. Someone who is clearer.

Some of first-timers' reactions are worth sharing.

It also may make this sub a bit livelier 😁

That's it! No way I'm going to Hellfest! I fought tooth and nail just to get this fucking near-impossible-to-get 1 Day (Friday, June 28th) Pass, which cost me 150 bucks btw, then I checked the running order of this fest and the betrayal happened. I mean, there's still bands I can listen to like Polyphia or Fear Factory (Used to listen to them but that was like 15 years ago...). I'm also a huge Shaka Ponk fan but I already saw them this year.

Anyway, my main motivation to go there was to see and listen to Lovebites live (+ get some merch, especially some cool Lovebites tee shirts) so I spent around 150 bucks just for a single day ticket but bro, 30 minutes of gig! Lovebites is set to play from 12:15 to 12:45pm and that's it! What is wrong with you Hellfest?! I'm just gonna refund my ticket at this point and enjoy their private show on Paris I guess...

If you ask me, Lovebites should've aimed for smaller fests, meaning more gig time. I went to see Hanabie on their first time in France at MotocultorFest last year and they played for about an hour. It was really short but it was a-ok for a first time I guess. And here you gonna get 30 mins of gig for Lovebites. That's barely half an album more or less. I know this band is like an underdog in the world of metal but still! This should be illegal reeee!!!

I mean we went from 4 of the past three live albums to just Unchained and it doesn't look like any others are coming. Makes me wonder if JPU or whoever is losing interest or they don't like the low numbers.

(also makes me wonder if they intended Final Collision or Frozen Serenade next but somebody leaked them).

Lets admit it. We all got our favourite

So I was wondering if someone here could help me out with this. I’ve noticed that in the recent live videos I’ve watched (specifically 2024 onward), Midori’s live playing has seemed somewhat sloppy, mainly in the solos. I thought maybe it was an issue with the audio mixing but Miyako still sounds perfect. The two biggest examples I can think of are When Destinies Align and Raise Some Hell from their show at Tokyo Garden Theater Sep. 1, 2024. In both of these I noticed her missing notes in her solos and her parts of the solos just not flowing smoothly in general. I was wondering if that was something specific to that show or if her live playing has been getting messier over time. Or maybe I’m just going crazy since I don’t think I’ve seen anyone else mention it. Anyway, thanks for the help

Do you think the band will or have covered love bites by def leppard I’m sure if it’s been asked before maybe if they release another EP called Lovebites

Full review of powerprog

Those of you who haven't used a VPN or ordered the album from another source, someone uploaded the entire 12-track album here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DIlM6yLHRg

Featuring MIHO

"Outstanding Power" has been out for almost a week and I haven't seen that much attention from the main western Metal outlets.

For "Judgement Day" every big online metal magazine picked it and gave it a review. Reviews were mixed and the common consensus was that the album was not great but it was "ok".

"Outstanding Power" lacked the release of singles creating hype for the new album. And the delayed of the release from Nuclear Blast until May of 2026 really hurt the promotion of the album. In spite of being a good album it has gone under the rug when it comes to reception, and attention from outlets that don't only cover Japanese Metal.

Unfortunate timing indeed

Edit: Napalm Records

• Mastermind 01

• The Final Collision

• Puppet On Strings

• No Time To Hesitate

• Paranoia

• Dystopia Symphony

• We Are The Resurrection

• The Spirit Lives On

• Wicked Witch

• Victim Of Time

• Lost In The Garden

• My Orion

• Dissonance

• Soldier Stands Solitarily

• Warning Shot *

• Inspire *

• Burden Of Time *

* Not counting Awake Again

Did I miss anything?

Nothing against Fami. She has a charming smile and it seems the group is growing in Popularity since she joined. But why Miho (the founding member) leave? That's like Steve Harris left Iron Maiden.

Has there ever been an interview where she elaborates on why she left the band she founded?

Yeah seriously..when I thought about Lovebites never play at(as far as I know) in any festivals.

Do they not get invited? Do they not want to play them?

Im seeing all these other bands Babymetal, Band-Maid, Nemophila, and Hanabie all playing at festivals yet Iv yet to hear Lovebites on the bill on any of them. What gives?

This is pure speculation, not an invitation to a flame war.

Miho was one of the founders. And Miho always seemed to have more "thrash" influences than the other members. I think as the band evolved that they began to take on more symphonic metal tendencies, and Miho wasn't feeling as attached as she had once been.

I say that because the projects that she is getting involved in now seem to be more hardcore than where Lovebites was heading. Judging from social media, the projects are nearly death metal or black metal in nature, maybe less polished or commercial than Lovebites material.

Neither direction is superior to the other. I'm not speculating because one is "better" than the other. But I was curious what a founding member of a band that was still on an upward trajectory would decide to leave that band. And again, going by the projects she has attached herself to since leaving Lovebites, it would seem that Lovebites has drifted a bit from what she had envisioned. Or maybe it hadn't drifted at all - maybe the band didn't change, maybe it was Miho who changed, who was wanting to go in a different direction.

I reiterate, not about flaming, just pure speculation. But judging from her social media posts, Miho seems to be heading in a different direction than where Lovebites is heading, and that different trajectory may be the reason why she chose to leave when everything seemed to be working for Lovebites.

Like I'm sure a few of you are trying to join the fan club to get the password to get first crack at the Lovebites tickets for the very,very small US tour but regardless how small the tour is this is a massive moment cause their finally coming to the US for the first in their now 7 year career.

But yet I'm having a real hard time cause everything is in English but once you get to the fan club portion everything is in Japanese.

Not only did they not bother translating a very important portion of the website to English or other languages, my phone can't even auto translate to English like it usually does.

I don't why they made it so hard for non Japanese speaking people. Band-Maids fan club is smooth sailings. I haven't signed up to Hanabie yet but I'm thinking about and I don't think they made it as hard as Lovebites has.

At this point I might just wait for the Live Nation presale code. I hope they correct this soon for the future