Anthem - Immortal Bind

[ponk6077]

แมร่งเจ๋งโคตร ขอคาราวะ

[Niuwalakalu]

The oriental Vince Neil!!!!!!

[wallyabb]

Fucking mean and well crafted. Gotta love them.

[apocalypticdog]

talent.....talent...talent...a­mazing. these dudes are the real deal......

[Rodjeni1991]

Guitarist::

+300 Agility

[pizzacrime]

Massively EPIC....Man am I glad I found this band just now....thank you internet! :)

[speednecromancer666]

they should do a US TOUR with LOUDNESS!!!

[strikeofthesword]

@speednecromancer666

I completely agree! And for good measure they ought to bring Yasha to open the show!

[speednecromancer666]

@strikeofthesword yea that would be amazing! good thing i have the honor of seeing loudness today! at the key club in los angeles! gonna be a great show!!

[USNSKY]

Now this is Metal!!!!

[MetalHeart8787]

Great song. Anthem has recorded better Metal sounding song than Loudness

in recent years.

[doghousepiiman]

@MetalHeart8787

Unfortunately, Loudness started chasing whatever the trendy sound was and kind of lost their identity, while Anthem has been able to grow and develop while maintaining their solid foundation and sound.

[hirolovely]

I don't understand dislike guys.

[strikeofthesword]

@hirolovely

There's people in this world that hate everything. It's easy to say something sucks, because you really don't have to defend your position; you just don't like it. There's a lot more risk if you say you like something, then people have a way, information, by which to criticize you. So, those types go around saying everything sucks; it's safe.

[sgrouge]

I love it!

Damn scream, lasts so long :)

[neverletgo]

luv it

[DUY1337GUITAR]

New fav band O_O

[MLGSky]

i cant stop hearing this guys

[jack8element]

they remind me of Dream Theater :D

[MLGSky]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MultiSkeets]

bad ass /dont know what they saying

[strikeofthesword]

@MultiSkeets

You don't have to know what he's saying, that's one of the great things about metal!  It just has to grab you by the balls!!!

[willrecordmaster2]

It never fails to amaze me how tight this band is, it's insane.

[stallonecham]

Excellent!!!!!!!

I like this song.....and this version is great,,,,

[theheavymetalman]

This is kick ass fucking metal. \m/

[strikeofthesword]

@COD5252

Cause Americans are always spouting off about stupid shit. It's like the best area of education we get is on how to say stupid shit to piss people off. We specialize on being assholes.

[COD5252]

@strikeofthesword some stupid people are there everywhere

[COD5252]

@strikeofthesword while i was learning way of commenting i also learned stupidness,i thought its the way of commenting.

[Karmoon7]

@strikeofthesword

Ironically, with that comment you single-handedly prove that not all Americans are assholes. :)

Also, totally dig this upload matey.

[Karmoon7]

Solo in this is legendary.

[razVaneL944you]

super song :):O

[saltenbrea09]

If they've had a keyboardist they sound like power metal..

[kenneth5251987]

gd..ar

[kossukala]

omg,, this is so fucing good !!!

[Xein6r]

beautiful voice

[mikeisa42]

are you tryin to bust my balls cos thats a compliment

[mikeisa42]

sounds like loudness to me

[strikeofthesword]

What song?

[shitonMOHAMMAD]

@mikeisa42

they've both been around for a long time. They also come from the same old school Japanese Metal tradition so...Both quality, state of the art bands. Long live Anthem and long live Loudness

[werdof]

FUUUUCK! AKIO SHIMIZU TOTALLY RULES!

[TheKazS07]

guitar sounds hilarious like Herman Lee!

[ozisansan]

本間さん　すっげぇカッコイイ!!!!★10000

[Ifritowner]

That yell at 2:45 was the most epic thing I ever heard.

[guns155mm]

I no nothing about this band, but damn they rock!!!!

[irvan36mm]

Hiro Homma (ex-EZO) kicks ass on the drums on this song!

[LoneOmegaWolf]

ANTHEM FOREVER~

[artartart]

AAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKIIIIIIIIOOOOOO­OOOOO SAMA!!!! you rock!!!!

[nikkoneko666]

How can I Say that?

Sakamoto Owns *0*

His voice is a awesome one, or how he says: "i just scream"

XD

[skaterman4332]

holy S H I T. I didn't know there was a band in this world that can sing Chinese and English at the same time.

[strikeofthesword]

It's Japanese, not Chinese. I glad you seem to like it though.

[nikkoneko666]

It's Japanese, and if you really did like it, try to listen to Loudness, Sex Machineguns, Seikima II...

They're Japanese Heavy Metal Bands, and WOW They Rock!!!!

Bye

[dohboiii]

japanese?

[shaltreas]

これ、一発録りなんだと

信じられるか？

[lucasguitarrist]

Akio's using a Schecter...that's strange, since he's endorsed by ESP...

[strikeofthesword]

If you look close, both he and Naoto are using Schecter. They may have both changed over to that around 2007. Also, Naoto is using the P-bass style body instead of the tele style that he used to always use. Personally, I always thought it was cool that he did use a tele body style; it distinguished him from everyone else.

[lucasguitarrist]

Totally, I have the DVD of th 20th anniversary show and always thought Naoto looked killer with that Tele bass...

[lucasguitarrist]

By the way, I was checkinf the japanese Schecter website and both Naoto and Akio had their signature series done by that brand...

And lucky me! I had the chance to play with an Akio Shimizu Signature Schecter and it feels good, neck thru body, DiMarzio Pickups and a Wilkinson bridge... not that expensive though!!!

[strikeofthesword]

I don't think you played the actual one. Check out Schecter's Japanese site.

schecter . co . jp / gallery / shimizu

Had to break that up to post it, but I'm sure you can find it.

[lucasguitarrist]

Well, the owner told me it was the signature

I checked the site and it has Seymour Duncans and Original Floyd...

Guess he was bullshitting me

[strikeofthesword]

If you look at some of the videos on youtube where you can see Akio's axe up close, even the old ESP's he played, it looks like a FR trem. However, I think he also uses EMG's in some cases.

[Rapadi87]

@strikeofthesword EMG 81 and 85 ... He has a signature guitar in sale

[strikeofthesword]

@Rapadi87 Here are the specs for Akio's Schecter guitar. I copied the info from the Schecter Japan site. MODEL:AC-AAG / SIG BODY : BODY:AAAA Quilted Maple / Alder Back NECK : Maple CONSTRUCTION : Bolt on FINGER BOARD : Honduras Rosewood FRETS : 22 Jescar (FW9662NS) SCALE : 25 1 / 2 " INLAY : Dots PICKUPS : Seymour Duncan SH-6 Seymour Duncan TB-6 or EMG 85 x2 BRIDGE : Original Floyd Rose CONTROL : 1Volume / PU Select Switch COLOR : STPUR 

[Rapadi87]

@strikeofthesword hmmm. it has been a long time since I read the article, but I'm sure that than he was using 81 and 85 together, and thats really common :D

[strikeofthesword]

@Rapadi87

I actually think you're right Rapidi87. If you look at the video footage, it looks like EMG's to me.

[Rapadi87]

@strikeofthesword well yeah. But he also uses duncans. Never met the guy :D but I have met Katsu Ohta :D he's a killer :P

[strikeofthesword]

@Rapadi87

You lucky son of bitch! Katsu Ohta is a BEAST! Just a fantastic guitarist. Well, I can at least say that I had the pleasure of specifically traveling to Tokyo in 2007 to see Anthem play at Club Citta in Kawasaki, and they fucking ROCKED!  I just wish that it was feasible for them to come to Los Angeles. Guess I gotta just get my ass on a plane again. :-) \m/ \m/

[strikeofthesword]

@Rapadi87

I think you're right in most cases, but now that he's using Schecter, and at least in these videos, it does appear that Akio is using Seymour Duncans. However, back in his ESP days it was clear that he was using EMG's. I actually wouldn't doubt that he still does.

[Rapadi87]

@strikeofthesword well. to me EMG pickups are good live mics, because they are active :D . And actually we even cant know what kind of pickups he is using :D .. But he is using duncans in that video. But I'm really sure that he wont be using those when playing live .. well I have had some trouble with duncans when playing live :S

[strikeofthesword]

@Rapadi87

What's the name of your band?

[Rapadi87]

@strikeofthesword I don't have a band right now, but I'm making my own music :S It's really hard to find hard rock/metal players in Finland, Everyone wants to play heavy metal or pop in here :S sick bastards.. And it's really hard to sing, because I'm not so good at it :S

[Karmoon7]

@Rapadi87

What kind of troubles? I have seymour duncans in my guitar, and I absolutely love 'em. Have performed a couple of times and they seem really good. Any tips would be helpful.

[wildrecoba]

Venom strike, Headstrong, night after night. ANTHEM RULEZ

[Isaac73]

wow the vocalist great

[BRUNO2089]

wow !! AMAZING !

[VictorGuilherme]

Eizo and Akio never cease to amaze me.

[cdfcore]

man so iron madien

[quickhook82]

i thought it sounded like Iron Maiden too, but after listening a couple of times, think they sound more like Primal Fear, particularly on that Black Sun album

[strikeofthesword]

Yeah, but these guys have been around since the 80's. So if anything, I think they would sound like Anthem. What do you think?

[xKISSfan4lifex]

I actually think they sound like all those bands, plus Dio. The singer even has a little Ronny James Dio in his voice.

[strikeofthesword]

Speaking of Dio, did any of you ever check out the Munetaka Higuchi's Dream Castle disc where he collaborate with Dio on the song "What Cost War?" Man, that's one of the heaviest songs fucking Dio ever put out. Killer fucking song!!!

[xKISSfan4lifex]

I did! I only heard like 3 songs. The one w/Dio is one of the ones I heard. Btw, was it ever sold in America?

[strikeofthesword]

I don't know if it was, I got mine from cd japan at the time. I just did an Amazon search and you can get it used for $34.99. I know it's a bit pricey, but it really is a disc that's worth having. Not only does the Dio "What Cost War" song kick ass, but the song "Speed" with Steve Vai is also a fucking killer tune. Hell, the whole disc is rife with good music.

[xKISSfan4lifex]

Oh. Not a bad price actually b cuz of all the famous guest musicians.

[strikeofthesword]

Correct. And it actually cost you about the same to get it from Japan.

[xKISSfan4lifex]

oh. Well that's good then.

[strikeofthesword]

Hey man, you are right in saying that Eizo Sakamoto (vocals) has a bit of Dio going on. I just got the CD called "Stand Proud," and Eizo sings on a lot of the songs. Anyway, one of them is Dio's "We Rock," and gawd dammit he songs like him. You ought to check that shit!!!!!

[xKISSfan4lifex]

what band is it from cuz that awesome!! I've ogtta check it out now!

[strikeofthesword]

It's just a series of CD's sold under the name "Stand Proud." A Japanese guitarist named She-Ja headed up the first one, and Naoto Shibata led the 2nd release of it. There's actually three out. Anyway, do a search for "Stand Proud" on cd japan and it'll pop right up.

[xKISSfan4lifex]

Oh thnx. I just checked CdJapan and I found all three! The first one looks the best so far.

[strikeofthesword]

Personally, I don't think they sound like Maiden at all. I am glad that you seem to like it though.

[demonkogure99]

@cdfcore

dont you ever compare anthem with maiden ever

[demonkogure99]

@cdfcore

don't compare maiden anthem ever

[Sapolinosapo]

AMAGOD

very good

*****

[RedSkyWhisper]

OMG Sakamoto Eizo is so awesome!

[Necromicom6]

fucking awesome =D !!!

[HendrixToTheEnd]

Does anyone have any idea as to where I could get my hands on any TABs for ANTHEM? Can't seem to find any.

[CaptainAshra]

Anthem is virtually unknown outside japan and most japanese guitarist i ever see all play by ear. finding tabs for them is almost impossible unless you email the song to a known tab maker. even then, its kinda iffy if they will really do it right or not.

[HendrixToTheEnd]

Yeah, I'm beginning to realize that after weeks of searching for tabs and notation. However, I am still trying to pull the song out by ear and am determined as crap to figure (Insomnia) out Its so darn catchy and it's killing me that I cant quite get how Akio plays it.

[Shouty3]

Tabs exist in japanese metal magazines ;) Also there are a couple instructional videos by Akio himself.

[drmonkee]

Such a tight band! Awesome!

[dimehead666]

they are perfect!

[soufian277]

coooooooooooooool

[cryptblood1986]

I remember hearing this song for the first time a year ago. I was blown away. The whole band is fuckin' talented. Especially the bassist for composing all the bad ass Anthem songs. Also what's really damn cool about these guys is that they sing about kicking ass with out being thrash.

[shadow190391]

can anyone tab the drums? they are really damn hot xD if someone can, could he send ma a tab? pm me^^

would be very nice

[Shouty3]

What would be the point? If you can't play it by ear, you won't be able to play it anyway. I don't mean to be rude, that's just the way it is.

[shadow190391]

well, i dont play drums, and i want to learn how they work for some music study :P and well if i dont play it, i cant hear it by ear right? yeah and i just wanna tabs for it, to learn them :P

[Shouty3]

Even if you can't play drums, making a tab by ear isn't that hard. However Homma songs are different. They can be so complicated even he himself fears he can't play them.

[RedSkyWhisper]

I agree, I have totally no skills in drums, but I can easily tab drum parts, it just takes more time than a real drummer.

[shadow190391]

when you can tab it, then could you please tab the whole song????

would be nice

[shadow190391]

i dont want to play it -.- i want to study the drums

and i think you cant tab it too, because all say, "yeah you can tab it alone and if not, then you are baaad"

i think the ones, who say this, cant tab it too and are also bad :P

well if no one can tab it, then i have bad luck -.-

[Shouty3]

Well, have you even TRIED? And yes, I suck at tabbing songs. Never said I was good at it, but it's not like I can't do it, I'm just not very good at it. If you want to just STUDY drumming, then why on earth Hiro's drumming of all? I mean there are like thousands of tabs for other songs from other bands out there. You can start with those. Everyone is like can you send me tabz plz? plz???

[Shouty3]

1.) Someone who learns a song by ear makes NO TAB for it 2.) Someone who has tabs, probably bought it for a heckload of money, cause they are everything but cheap. So don't just expect people to go out of their way to tab songs for total amateurs. Plz, plz tab, plz, omg! Life is hard, don't expect others to make it easier for you.

"well if no one can tab it, then i have bad luck -.-" <- don't expect people to work instead of you.

[yitzieb]

haha true! if you're good enough to actually play the song then you should be able to figure it out by ear.

[shadow190391]

:D sorry, you dont have to get excited

and yes i have tried it, and its hard :P

therefore i am asking someone, you had tried and was succesful :P

and if i would be succesful, then i wouldnt ask or? =)

"don't expect people to work instead of you." <- i dont want this, i just want help

and "If you want to just STUDY drumming"

i dont want to JUST study drums xD i want to learn them for my songs in my band, because we dont have a drummer and the songs will get boring will simple drum runnings :P

[RedSkyWhisper]

Trust me, I also have no drummer (I'm a one man band myself) so I do know what it's like to push hard to study drum parts when u're not a drummer. Honma's druming is not that hard if u have some ways to reduce the speed. But don't limit yourself if u can't study this, try another band which has drum parts tabbed, it will be easier, I started like this, and am now able to make my own drum parts (watch my channel).

[shadow190391]

yeah i know^^

i can tab some drum parts too, but xD its limited,

well I'm sitting most of the time on my guitar playing^^

but i found his drum playing very interesting so i wanted to know what he exactly plays xD

but my fav is yoshikiiii xD and there are enough drum tabs xD nya thx^^

maybe you can give me some examples if you want (pm) xD

[GhostzMind]

dang =/ thats a sick squueaalllll

[sesshy4life]

Agreed

[askcm]

awesome pump effect from bass

[spark1dark1]

awesome. Another band that sees that Hughes and Kettner amps are the best metal amps around. Hands down. The best tone for any metal guitarists.

[maccatheguitarist]

Really ? I've never played on one before. So I should forget bout buying a Randall ?

[spark1dark1]

oh dude....they are the shit. I have played my buddies to no end, and that mo-fo performs like no other amp i have played. I literally went home and sold my Marshall and my Mesa Boogie. It has a Meas Boogie warm tone, but more metal and crisper. Their heads are to die for. Check em out.

[maccatheguitarist]

Sickk, will do. Cheers man.

[killerbass76]

Rock ~

[chillichomper]

Dang! Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaa!

That was awesome. These guys rock

[AlucardVampiroOtaku]

Su Nombre Era Dracula!!!!

[snoopyraton]

i have cds the anthem

the japanice metal gods

[strikeofthesword]

You goddam right!!! \m/ \m/

[guitarPwnage007]

they are good man

[plattform5163]

Awesome vid! Thnx!

[GFDMInfinity]

HELL FIRE!!!

[shadow190391]

someone has any tab of anthem? they are really godd, but i can't find any tab -.- pls help, if someone know where i can get thx^^

5 stars^^

[TheUltimateDracula]

Hell Fire!!!

[Bfoyboy]

正......

[2457779]

cool!

[crush1st]

I don't know where to ask, but where is the original vid here in youtube? It disappeared... Oh well.

[sSoulraKk]

It did! I had it fav'd and now it's gone :(

[hukpueiii]

anyone have immortal bind lyric by Anthem??

[strikeofthesword]

the lyrics are in the liner notes of the CD.

[suffernow12]

hahah cool  but youtubers wont never get to see them i think :(

[crush1st]

.....CHAAAIN REACCCTION!!

[crusTodd]

Yeah, I did a little research and realized that this is the drummer from EZO. It's the vocalist's style and the timbre of his voice that reminds me of EZO. The production is a bit like Fire-Fire too. I like the way that the guitar and bass mirror each other as well. A BIG FAT sound!

[KhidirD2K]

yeah..the singer was also in Animetal..

[crusTodd]

THESE GUYS ARE INCREDIBLE!!! Now I loves me some Loudness, but the driving rhythms these cats pound out are SUPERBLY AGGRESSIVE! The vocals strike me as a cross between Loudness and EZO. This guy can REALLY scream it out, but he's very melodic too. This is such a killer recording too. Sounds like it's right off the board. Great Band. I hope they tour the states soon. This is the only interesting NEW thing I've heard in years.

[strikeofthesword]

Thank you for your comments. They are a great band. You ought to be made aware that the drummer Hiro Homma was the drummer for EZO. So, that might explain why you feel they have some similarity. Thanks for watching.

[MasterTuDios]

great!!!5/5

[zappar0]

boleh tahan..

where i come from that means can stand...

[yuna1602]

Eizo`s voice sounds like Ian Gillian ... sometimes^^

[SilverSnakeX]

His name is Ian GILLAN and no they dont sound similiar. Where the hell do they sound the same? Ian has a much more cleaner screams, much higher.

[yuna1602]

I said,his voice SOMETIMES sounds like Gillan^^

[1992kaneda]

yeahhhhhhhhh

eizo rocks!!

[yuna1602]

AWESOME !!!! Great voice , great Band <3

[COMB0]

holy. shit.

[Marlborometal]

Absolutely Heavy Metal here. These guys have been around since forever and their Metal still sounds fresh and powerful... One word to describe these guys: incredible.

[MasterTuDios]

THE ANTYHEM IS THE BEST!!5/5

[Denvoe]

Best japan band i have heard, nice style

[MastersOfTheDark]

5/5great!!

[KOFwhiz]

man I love this song :).

Though a pain to play on GFV4, especially on extreme :).

[BurgerOfFilth]

ANTHEM RULES!

[r0n3ljdc]

seriously this band is soo badass. i'm gonna buy their cd online. they're soo freakin good. i love japanese music

[strikeofthesword]

Anthem's new CD, Black Empire, is coming out October 29, 2008.

[ternsnake]

Can you buy this video? the live in the studio Anthem is great !! I"ve loved Anthem since the mid 80's and they just keep on putting out great music!!

[strikeofthesword]

I bought mine at the concert at Club Citta in Kawasaki, but you can get it at cd japan. Just do a search for cd japan, then search for Anthem, then choose CORE. That's the name of the compilation that this DVD comes with. You can buy just the audio compilation, or you can get it with this DVD. The material that is on the DVD is not on the CD audio compilation. I'm glad you like it.

[barrysbaps01]

Fuck my eyes!

[mbouleys]

fuckin awesome band..! I find guitarist inspired from Paul Gilbert and the vocalist from the vocalist of Pagan's Mind :)

[MasterTuDios]

Esto Es Lo Mas Grande Del Mundo 5/5

[LeoXmayhem2]

Bought their entire discography from CDjapan and received it a day ago. Thanks, strikeofthesword, for putting these vids up or else I would never have discovered such an amazing band.

[strikeofthesword]

Kick ass man. I'm glad I turned you onto something good. Enjoy.

[sea2245406]

Where can I buy Anthem's CD in Taiwan??

I found many places for it but I could found it...

[strikeofthesword]

I bought mine at the concert at Club Citta in Kawasaki, but you can get it at cd japan. Just do a search for cd japan, then search for Anthem, then choose CORE. That's the name of the compilation that this DVD comes with. You can buy just the audio compilation, or you can get it with this DVD. The material that is on the DVD is not on the CD audio compilation. I'm glad you like it.

[GeneralArrow]

Eizos scream oh I can listen to that for ever and ever and ever!

[JFMatador]

I really like their betreyal song and i wish it was posted

[LeoXmayhem2]

Is there a CD version of this DVD? I love this verison alot, even better than the Studio Version!

Anthem are just amazing.

[strikeofthesword]

You can either buy the just the CD, or the CD plus DVD two disc version of this release called "CORE." It's a best of release. However, the CD does not contain these live versions of these four particular songs. I agree with you, there's something raw and thus special about these versions. I also like them better than the studio versions. Buy the DVD and rip the music. Anyway, I'm glad you likes.

[almafuerte4688]

but the problem is that in my country they are not famous. I wanna have an anthem dvd but they are not in sale.

[strikeofthesword]

I understand, but they aren't famous in the U.S. either. I order the stuff via the internet, and since you're posting on here it is safe to assume that you can also do the same. Anyway, you can always just watch these videos here on youtube. I tell you though, the DVD looks much better. Anyway, I'm really glad that you like the band. Have a good day.

[GeneralArrow]

Try cdjapan just Google it. Should be the first one. Thats were I get all of my imports from. There really good but a little expensive.

where i can download this dvd?