#heavy metal reference

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All those years I've traveled 'round this world Now I am standing here To make you sing these tunes And know they'll never let you go!

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名残雪 Nagoriyuki (Lit. “Lingering Snow”)

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I noticed that in Baiken's bio you translated Suzuran as "Noble Dash". Isn't the correct translation "Lily of the Valley", which both continues her flower naming conventions and serves as a reference to the Queen song of the same name?

It’s really a bizarre thing, and probably just a quirk of Daisuke’s jargon naming conventions (and you’re right, it’s DEFINITELY a Queen reference!).

Officially, the move is ‘loosely called’ “Suzuran” (すずらん), but the Kanji typically used for Suzuran is NOT what’s used in the Movelist!

Suzuran is typically read as “鈴蘭” which is the actual LITERAL “Lily of the Valley” the flower.

The OFFICIAL MOVELIST NAME is 爵走 “Shakusou” or read in Chinese “Juezou” which literally means “Nobility” and “To Run” in both languages.

爵 > Shaku / Haku / Jue “Baron / Noble / Royalty”走 > Sou / Zou / Hashi ru “To Run”

“Noble Dash” in other words.

It’s both archaic and whimsical (not to mention nonsensical) to associate two definitions with it!

This is Daisuke Ishiwatari we’re talking about, he’s just making up crap!

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do you suppose "enough is enough" is a nod to Enuff Z'nuff, signifying Answer's ties to Chipp?

I was waiting for someone to notice that.

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After going through YouTube to find some older metal songs to listen to, I found a song named "Five Magics" from Megadeth's Rust in Peace. I'm wondering if this song could at least one of the references Ishiwatari made with Guilty Gear's system of magic. It could be me reading into it too much but I figure this would be something interesting to look into.

Rust in Peace came out in 1989, GG showed up in 1998, so I think it’s fair game!

Dr. Paradigm refers to the Elements (Fire, Lightning, Wind, Water, and Ki) as the ‘Five Element Configuration’.  Though why it’s described as a Configuration isn’t really explained.

Thanks for the mention, I’ll add it to the tag below!

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A.B.A. (Possible References)

Before I forget:

A.B.A. Band References (from her current Movelist) (Note: this is just a vague list based on Encyopaedia Metallum, just as reference.)

Jealous Rage:

Jealous (U.K. Heavy Metal Band) Jealous Heart (German Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock) Jealous Wild (Japanese Heavy Metal Band/Hard Rock)

Bonding and Dissolving:

The Bonding (Song by Edenbridge) Criminal Bonding (Song by Stonehurst) Dissolving (Song by Cruor Deum) Dissolving (Single by Doom Rot) Dissolving (Full Length Song by Et Moriemur) Dissolving (by Eucharist) Dissolving (Demo by Shotgun Blast) Dissolving (Full Length song by Suffokate) Eluding, Dissolving (Autumn's Kingdom) etc etc… look it up.

Changing and Swaying:

Changing (Condition Red, Decline, Flood of Ages, Force, Mad Mav, Prospect, Seven7, Silent Nightmare, Tvnalad, Witch, etc) Swaying (Sancnity) (there's other derivatives)

Haul and Heed

Haul/Havl (Black Metal Band) Haul Wind (Folk Power Metal) Keelhaul (Progressive Stoner/Sludge Metal) Haul (songs by Jumalhämärä, Rågbröder, Sahrana, Demo by Defleshed etc) Heed (Echoes of Solitude, Oblivion, Psilocybe, The Right Wing Conspiracy Heed is also a Power Metal Band out of Sweden

Intertwine and Tilt

Intertwine (song by Magistina Saga, Serpents Rise, The Third Grade)

Tilt (Japanese Metal Band later known for Hard Rock) Tilt (U.K. Band for Melodic Heavy Metal) Tilt (U.S. Heavy Metal Band) Tilt-X (Progressive/Melodic/Thrash) Full Tilt (Hard Rock/Metal, based in U.S.) Shock Tilt (Heavy Metal out of Finland)

Menace and Groan

Menace (Groove Metal Rock Band out of Argentina) Menace (Thrash Metal out of Brazil)

Groan (Doom/Progressive Metal out of Poland) Groan (Stoner Metal out of the U.K.) Grone (Death Metal U.S. Band)

Frenzy and Astonishment

Frenzy (Heavy Metal out of Spain) Frenzy (Death Thrash Metal out of U.S.) Astonishment (songs by Mortify, Mutexide, Neka, Newton's Cradle)

Judgement and Sentiment

Judgement (Power Metal Band out of Brazil, Finland, Serbia, U.K. and other places also Canada) Sentiment (another band out of Finland)

The Law is Key, Key is King

Guilty's Law (Japan) Odin's Law (Canada) Moshing da Law (Argentina) Lawbringer (U.S.) Broken Law (Germany) etc etc

Key is a Heavy Metal Band in the U.S. Key is also a Demo by 612 Sacrifices

King has too many song references to narrow down.

Keeper of the Key Compilation by the band Pokket Foxx

Aside the ABBA reference that's obvious If you want to search yourself go here.

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Annon-Guy: Curious thought, but is Testament's new redesign in StrIVe meant to be a reference to Slash (especially sense Testament now wears a top hat like Slash does.) or were they meant to be a Marilyn Manson reference?

The vocals in Testament's theme are definitely a strong resemblance to Marilyn Manson's style, though there is some fan debate about who started the Top Hat trend in Heavy Metal as a genre.

Slash, King Diamond, Alice Cooper, Lemmy, and Tom Petty are all contenders for that style.

It's argued that Testament got their appearance from Chuck Billy, though, at least back in the original Guilty Gear.

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Chances that Daryl's name being a reference to guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbot of Pantera?

Maybe.  I’ll file it under Heavy Metal References tag later.