Well here I am with another Kaldath's Corner about my second favorite band in the world "Babymetal". I have to say these girls and their backing band ( The Kami band ) have been on a roll over the last year, opening up shows for the likes Metallica, Guns n' Roses, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and Korn as well as selling out a solo concert at the Palladium in Los Angeles California!
Today I am going to be reviewing their newest song ( brand new to me ) Syncopation which they premiered at the end of 2016 at the conclusion of their world tour in Tokyo Japan in the Tokyo Dome! SO let's get started ....
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Let me start by saying that I absolutely love the opening to this song, the guitars are just fabulous in my opinion, and I usually am not one to judge a song on its instrumentals! So long as they song decent I am content, I am more interest in the vocals, so much so that I actually hate listening to pure instrumental songs. That being said I going to have to say that I am not a huge fan of this song outside of the good solid instrumentals. Oh Suzuka's voice sounds wonderful as always especially considering she was only 19 years old at the time ( now 20 years old ) ... Let me pause her to say that Suzuka Nakamoto aka Su-Metal has an AMAZING singing voice ( Listen to a live version of Akatsuki or No Rain, No Rainbow if you don't believe me! ) ...
Anyway, I didn't like the vocals not because of a bad performance but because I just didn't like the vocal arrangement, it didn't feel like it was in sync with the instruments, which is really something funny to say about a group that combines Heavy Metal instrumentals with Idol/Pop Vocals but usually they make it work better in my honest opinion. Not that it was a horrible song, but it certainly isn't one of my favorites, it isn't my least favorite ( which I have to say goes to either Iine, or Tales of the Destinies ) but it doesn't even rank in my top 20 Babymetal songs.
On a scale of 1 to 10 I rate Syncopation as a 3.5 stars
