Road of Resistance
| Road of Resistance | |
|---|---|
| Babymetal | |
| publication | February 1, 2015 |
| length | 5:19 |
| Genre (s) | Speed metal , symphonic metal , kawaii metal |
| Author (s) | Kitsune of Metal God, Mk-metal, Kxbxmetal, Mish-Mosh, Norimetal, Kyt-metal, Kyoto |
| Producer (s) | Kobametal |
| Publisher (s) | Toy's Factory |
| Label | BMD Fox Records |
| Award (s) | Loudwire Music Awards : Best Metal Song 2015 |
| album | Babymetal (re-release), Metal Resistance |
Road of Resistance is a song by the Japanese metal band Babymetal that combines elements of speed metal and symphonic metal . It is a cooperation with Herman Li and Sam Totman from DragonForce . The song was released as a digital single on February 1, 2015. It can be found both on the international re-release of the debut album Babymetal and on the follow-up album Metal Resistance .
publication
The song premiered live on November 8, 2014 at a concert at Brixton Academy in London , the penultimate appearance of the 2014 Babymetal World Tour . The song was unreleased and completely unknown at the time. As a result, cell phone recordings circulated on the Internet by fans, who gave the song the unofficial title The One . The first official release took place on January 7, 2015 on the live album Live at Budokan: Red Night Apocalypse as a free digital bonus track, which could only be downloaded if the album had been pre-ordered. On February 1, 2015, the song was also released as a digital single . It also appeared on the international re-release of the debut album in 2015 and on the album Metal Resistance in 2016 .
composition
Musically, Road of Resistance is a mixture of Speed Metal and Symphonic Metal . The lyrics are about the band treading their own path to carry metal resistance out into the world. This anticipated the title of the then non-existent follow-up album Metal Resistance .
The song is similar to the style of the British metal band DragonForce . In fact, two of its members, Herman Li and Sam Totman , were involved in the production and responsible for arranging the guitar tracks. Kei Kobayashi, the executive producer , described the collaboration with the members of the DragonForce band as follows: “We thought we could do something with them when we were recording our demo for Road of Resistance . We offered them to join us and they accepted. The recording sessions with them were wonderful and they also kept their unique style (…) We got along well. ” Mixing and mastering was done by Ettore Rigotti from the Italian metal band Disarmonia Mundi .
reception
Road of Resistance received mostly positive reviews from critics, with most praising the collaboration between Babymetal and DragonForce. Rock Sound described the song as “everything we would expect from [Babymetal], plus a dose of delightful guitar dexterity from DragonForce. And the chorus has a hook the size of a small country. ”The Digital Journal described the song as“ crazy but unexpectedly melodic ”.
Chart placements
| Charts | Highest ranking |
|---|---|
 USA (Billboard World Digital Songs)
|
22nd |
Music video
On January 5, 2015, a three-minute trailer was uploaded to YouTube showing recordings of the concert in London, where the song was first presented. The actual music video was released on May 6, 2015 on Babymetal's official YouTube channel. The live version of the song is almost nine minutes long, recorded at the concert in the Saitama Super Arena on January 10th. The INNIvision studio was responsible for the production. By March 2019, the video on YouTube had been viewed over 20 million times.
Track list
| No. | title | Songwriter | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Road of Resistance | Kitsune of Metal God, Mk-metal, Kxbxmetal, Mish-Mosh, Norimetal, Kyt-metal, Kyoto |
5:19 |
| Overall length: | 5:19 | ||
Contributors
(Information according to the Metal Resistance booklet)
- Suzuka Nakamoto (Su-Metal): lead vocals
- Yui Mizuno (Yuimetal): vocals
- Moa Kikuchi (Moametal): Singing
- Kei Kobayashi (Kobametal, Kxbxmetal, Kitsune of Metal God): Executive Producer , Text
- Miki Watanabe (Mk-Metal): Text
- Norikazu Nakayama (Norimetal): Music
- Nobuaki Miyasaka (Mish-Mosh): music, arrangement
- Sari Miyasaka (Mish-Mosh): music, arrangement
- Keiji Kusama (Kyt-Metal): Music
- Kyoto: arrangement
- Ettore Rigotti: audio mixing, mastering
- Leda: guitar, bass
- Herman Li : guitar
- Sam Totman : guitar
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ BABYMETAL Performs New Song 'The One' In London (Video). blabbermouth.net , November 10, 2014, accessed January 20, 2018 .
- ↑ BABYMETAL 、 新 曲 「Road of Resistance」 ト レ イ ラ ー 公開. Natalie, January 5, 2015, accessed January 20, 2018 (Japanese).
- ↑ BABYMETAL 、 レ コ ー デ ィ ン グ に DRAGONFORCE の ギ タ リ ス ト Sam Totman と Herman Li を 迎 え た 新 曲 「Road of Resistance」 が 配 信 ス タ ー ト！ Geki Rock, February 3, 2015, accessed on January 20, 2015 (Japanese).
- ↑ BABY METALのステージを押し上げるグループ初のライブ盤「LIVE AT BUDOKAN ~ RED NIGHT ~」が露わにしたものとは...? Tumblr , January 15, 2015. Retrieved on January 20, 2018 (Japanese).
- ^ Road of Resistance. In: Babymetal Translations Unofficial. Du-Metal, January 28, 2015, accessed January 20, 2018 .
- ↑ 'It's regular pop in Japan': SFTW talks to Koba-Metal of extreme J-pop group Babymetal. The Sun , April 7, 2016, accessed January 20, 2018 .
- ↑ DISARMONIA MUNDI│ 激 ロ ッ ク イ ン タ ビ ュ ー. Geki Rock, June 8, 2015, accessed January 20, 2018 .
- ↑ A Track-By-Track Guide To The New BABYMETAL Album. Rock Sound , March 19, 2016, accessed January 20, 2018 .
- ^ Adrian Peel: Review: Japanese superstars Babymetal to release 'Metal Resistance'. Digital Journal, March 10, 2016, accessed January 20, 2018 .
- ^ World Digital Song Sales. Billboard , accessed January 20, 2018 (Japanese).
- ↑ BABYMETAL 、 新 曲 「Road of Resistance」 試 聴 ト レ ー ラ ー 公開. MTV Japan, January 6, 2015, accessed January 20, 2018 (Japanese).
- ↑ INNIvision: Road of Resistance. Tumblr , accessed January 20, 2018 .