BabyMetal began in 2010 there were Suzuka age 12 Moa Kikuchi and Yui Mizuno (Yui left in 2018 due to health reasons). Both Moa and Yui were only 11 when the group began. All three were friends and classmates who attended an idol school (Sakura Gakuin) founded in 2010 by Amuse Talent Agency for girls 10 to 15. Themed around school life the girls would learn and train to be idols and graduate at age 15 to move onto whatever entertainment path they chose. Key Kobayashi was a music producer for Amuse and heard Suzuka sing at age 9 and was impressed with her strong vocals and stage presence. Kobayashi was a fan of heavy metal but believed that the genre had become stale and tired (especially in Japan) with metal bands getting old Kobayashi believed the genre needed to be reborn (BabyMetal means the birth of a new metal genre). Kobayashi felt that Suzuka had the ability to front a metal band and that her vocals and presence could withstand the metal guitars and drums. The fusion of Jpop and Metal began. He placed Moa and Yui as backup singers/dancers and a phenomenon was about to result. At first Amuse showed no interest and the girls had only financing from Kobayashi. They performed at strip malls and small venues using clothes borrowed from friends and family. No money for a real band they had friends dressed in homemade skeleton costumes pretending to play instruments to a backtrack. They became a sensation (these young ladies paid their dues) and Amuse saw the potential and in 2012 hired the best session musicians Japan had to offer (The Kami Band) who tours with them today (now includes world class musicians from the USA for tours outside of Asia). Suggest reacting to BabyMetal LIVE as this is where they shine. They have over 50 LIVE songs/performances and each one is different. They are fearless exploring many genres and have the respect of the legends of Metal such as Metallica, Slipknot, Rob Zombie, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Judas Priest and more. Suggest reacting to these for a start. Karate LIVE at 2016 Download Festival in the UK where 60,000+ British metal heads sing along with the girls. Road of Resistance LIVE in Japan Megitsune LIVE Catch Me If You Can LIVE with Kami Band intro At their concert in Yokohama on April 1 it was announced that a permanent third member Momoko Okazaki who is also a graduate of Sakura Gakuin and has been appearing with them LIVE since 2019) has officially become the third member. Their new album in my opinion that released March 24 is amazing with so many different styles. Good luck and hope to see you again.
Good first reaction and welcome to the BABYMETAL Foxhole.🦊'Light and Darkness' is a long way towards the pop end of the BABYMETAL sliding scale, some are good hard metal and they do everything in between. This was the live performance, but with the studio audio dubbed over it - the live audio is even better and the live instrumentals slide it back at least a little way towards the more metal end of the scale. In the 12 years since they started they have produced about 60 songs, every one of them is somebody's favourite ... each song is different to the last. They have songs in virtually every metal genre (thrash, djent, black, nu-metal, Prog, power/speed, death, folk etc) and they will mix in so many different musical styles or genres with the metal (ska, folk, Bollywood, Latino, hip hop, rap, pop, dub step, trance and more), usually when you least expect it. They have songs in virtually every metal genre but will mix so many other musical styles and genres in with the metal - usually when you least expect it. BABYMETAL invented their own sub-genre of metal and they do everything in their own way, not following the standard format of the "traditional" band so they are genuinely unique (some have tried to follow what they do, none have come close yet). I am glad you appreciate a band that doesn't just stand there and sing their songs but actually puts on a show. That being the case you will love BABYMETAL, they are one of the very best live acts on the planet right now and they have won something like 30 international awards including ones for 'Best Live Band' to prove that is not just my opinion. Their official videos are all very good and worth seeing, but live is where they shine brightest. Try 'Road of Resistance' live in Japan for another reaction to see the sort of shows and performances they put on.
Welcome & thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 You are lucky! BABYMETAL will perform in your country on May 7 at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna as a special guest in European tour of Sabaton, famous Swedish metal band. You are receiving tons of information from many fans in various country. BABYMETAL has been internationally reputable since 2014. (They held their own concert at Gasometer on Feb.11, 2020 during the Europe tour). "Difference" and "Diversity" is another name of BABYMETAL. You can enjoy any type of metal from them : death, heavy, dark, speed, symphonic, Latin, Indian, Nordic, Arabic, playful, hilarious etc.😄 As an eyewitness of 14 BM shows at venues, I guarantee that the real live audio with Kami Band had more power and heaviness to stir your feelings. Please explore more BABYMETAL.
Welcome! As you'll see, the fanbase is very welcoming and informative, while also being extremely rabid and passionate about the band. I'm a pretty new fan and they've shot to close to the top of my list of all time favorite bands. The range in their sounds and genre mixing is truly incredible and fascinating..you could watch 5+ songs and still not "get" exactly what they are about. I'd pay attention to Jake, Grington, and Flugelhorn in the comments..they are top notch with the info! ❤
Welcome to the Foxhole and BabyMetal's metalverse 🦊🤘🌐 I'm glad to see new reactors getting into BM songs, you're arriving to a special era with more mature sound and a BM side we've never seen before. I'm gonna leave another suggestion in my next comment so you can check it out early BM era songs and clips safe to react but meanwhile don't worry about putting some filters in BM new singles, so far no one is reporting copyright blocked issues. BabyMetal is a Japanese metal dance unit created in 2010 under another Jpop/Jrock group called Sakura Gakuin, they had 11 and 12 years old and become independent after 2013, they created their own genre called kawaii-metal (kawaii means cute), mixing Jpop with metal sound and different subgenres along with many more rhythms, they are: *SuMetal* lead vocalist, now 25 *MoaMetal* scream and dance, now 23. *YuiMetal* scream and dance, former member since 2018. None of them are related. *MomoMetal* scream and dance, she's 20 and is the new official member since last weekend but she has been one of the backup dancers since 2019. After that year you'll see backup dancers performing along with them but none of them sing or have mic, they only dance, but like i said that status change recently. This is the 4th single released last month from upcoming new album "The Other One". L&D is another great pop rock ballad with beautiful SuMetal vocals piercing into our hearts. Love the J-pop sound and the nostalgic vibes mixed with the edm sound. Here's some info about this song: _"One of the discovered 10 parallel worlds is "LIGHT AND DARKNESS" and this 4th pre-release digital single “Light and Darkness” centers around this theme. Because light exists, darkness also exists._ _And because darkness is present, there is also a world that shines._ _During the night when light and darkness intersect, what we seek after poisoned with darkness awaits a world filled with strong love. As the door opens, is it hope or despair that awaits us? The song expresses the duality in everything and the way things are perceived and interpreted differ depending on each person’s point of view."_ This was a world premiere at Makuhari Messe 2023 setlist, along with "THE LEGEND", Momoko Okazaki is the third backup dancer performing here and the new official member. MoaMetal once again adding the backing vocals and all of them dancing with the full trio formation. If you wanna hear another different song to taste their diversity come back tomorrow and wait for the new official MV of Mirror Mirror performing live at PIA Arena MM in Yokohama. Next suggestion: - Karate live at Download Festival 2016, you can find a clip safe to react at kitsune6001 channel. Thanks for sharing this and see you next time 🦊🤘🔥
I'm so glad to see you check out babymetal. They are my favourite band! 🤘🦊🤘 This was one of their more mellow sounds. I suggest you check out megitsune or karate next because they are more heavy and more interesting to me
I think that it is in really bad taste for your thumbnail to include Yuimetal when she has no part in this song at all. She left the band in 2018 but since you are new to BABYMETAL, you clearly had no idea. I suggest you change the thumbnail.
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BabyMetal began in 2010 there were Suzuka age 12 Moa Kikuchi and Yui Mizuno (Yui left in 2018 due to health reasons). Both Moa and Yui were only 11 when the group began.
All three were friends and classmates who attended an idol school (Sakura Gakuin) founded in 2010 by Amuse Talent Agency for girls 10 to 15. Themed around school life the girls would learn and train to be idols and graduate at age 15 to move onto whatever entertainment path they chose.
Key Kobayashi was a music producer for Amuse and heard Suzuka sing at age 9 and was impressed with her strong vocals and stage presence. Kobayashi was a fan of heavy metal but believed that the genre had become stale and tired (especially in Japan) with metal bands getting old Kobayashi believed the genre needed to be reborn (BabyMetal means the birth of a new metal genre). Kobayashi felt that Suzuka had the ability to front a metal band and that her vocals and presence could withstand the metal guitars and drums. The fusion of Jpop and Metal began. He placed Moa and Yui as backup singers/dancers and a phenomenon was about to result.
At first Amuse showed no interest and the girls had only financing from Kobayashi. They performed at strip malls and small venues using clothes borrowed from friends and family. No money for a real band they had friends dressed in homemade skeleton costumes pretending to play instruments to a backtrack. They became a sensation (these young ladies paid their dues) and Amuse saw the potential and in 2012 hired the best session musicians Japan had to offer (The Kami Band) who tours with them today (now includes world class musicians from the USA for tours outside of Asia).
Suggest reacting to BabyMetal LIVE as this is where they shine. They have over 50 LIVE songs/performances and each one is different. They are fearless exploring many genres and have the respect of the legends of Metal such as Metallica, Slipknot, Rob Zombie, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Judas Priest and more.
Suggest reacting to these for a start.
Karate LIVE at 2016 Download Festival in the UK where 60,000+ British metal heads sing along with the girls.
Road of Resistance LIVE in Japan
Megitsune LIVE
Catch Me If You Can LIVE with Kami Band intro
At their concert in Yokohama on April 1 it was announced that a permanent third member Momoko Okazaki who is also a graduate of Sakura Gakuin and has been appearing with them LIVE since 2019) has officially become the third member.
Their new album in my opinion that released March 24 is amazing with so many different styles.
Good luck and hope to see you again.
Good first reaction and welcome to the BABYMETAL Foxhole.🦊'Light and Darkness' is a long way towards the pop end of the BABYMETAL sliding scale, some are good hard metal and they do everything in between.
This was the live performance, but with the studio audio dubbed over it - the live audio is even better and the live instrumentals slide it back at least a little way towards the more metal end of the scale.
In the 12 years since they started they have produced about 60 songs, every one of them is somebody's favourite ... each song is different to the last. They have songs in virtually every metal genre (thrash, djent, black, nu-metal, Prog, power/speed, death, folk etc) and they will mix in so many different musical styles or genres with the metal (ska, folk, Bollywood, Latino, hip hop, rap, pop, dub step, trance and more), usually when you least expect it.
They have songs in virtually every metal genre but will mix so many other musical styles and genres in with the metal - usually when you least expect it.
BABYMETAL invented their own sub-genre of metal and they do everything in their own way, not following the standard format of the "traditional" band so they are genuinely unique (some have tried to follow what they do, none have come close yet).
I am glad you appreciate a band that doesn't just stand there and sing their songs but actually puts on a show. That being the case you will love BABYMETAL, they are one of the very best live acts on the planet right now and they have won something like 30 international awards including ones for 'Best Live Band' to prove that is not just my opinion.
Their official videos are all very good and worth seeing, but live is where they shine brightest.
Try 'Road of Resistance' live in Japan for another reaction to see the sort of shows and performances they put on.
Welcome & thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 You are lucky! BABYMETAL will perform in your country on May 7 at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna as a special guest in European tour of Sabaton, famous Swedish metal band.
You are receiving tons of information from many fans in various country. BABYMETAL has been internationally reputable since 2014. (They held their own concert at Gasometer on Feb.11, 2020 during the Europe tour).
"Difference" and "Diversity" is another name of BABYMETAL. You can enjoy any type of metal from them : death, heavy, dark, speed, symphonic, Latin, Indian, Nordic, Arabic, playful, hilarious etc.😄
As an eyewitness of 14 BM shows at venues, I guarantee that the real live audio with Kami Band had more power and heaviness to stir your feelings. Please explore more BABYMETAL.
Very well put!
Welcome! As you'll see, the fanbase is very welcoming and informative, while also being extremely rabid and passionate about the band.
I'm a pretty new fan and they've shot to close to the top of my list of all time favorite bands.
The range in their sounds and genre mixing is truly incredible and fascinating..you could watch 5+ songs and still not "get" exactly what they are about.
I'd pay attention to Jake, Grington, and Flugelhorn in the comments..they are top notch with the info! ❤
Welcome to the Foxhole and BabyMetal's metalverse 🦊🤘🌐
I'm glad to see new reactors getting into BM songs, you're arriving to a special era with more mature sound and a BM side we've never seen before. I'm gonna leave another suggestion in my next comment so you can check it out early BM era songs and clips safe to react but meanwhile don't worry about putting some filters in BM new singles, so far no one is reporting copyright blocked issues.
BabyMetal is a Japanese metal dance unit created in 2010 under another Jpop/Jrock group called Sakura Gakuin, they had 11 and 12 years old and become independent after 2013, they created their own genre called kawaii-metal (kawaii means cute), mixing Jpop with metal sound and different subgenres along with many more rhythms, they are:
*SuMetal* lead vocalist, now 25
*MoaMetal* scream and dance, now 23.
*YuiMetal* scream and dance, former member since 2018.
None of them are related.
*MomoMetal* scream and dance, she's 20 and is the new official member since last weekend but she has been one of the backup dancers since 2019.
After that year you'll see backup dancers performing along with them but none of them sing or have mic, they only dance, but like i said that status change recently.
This is the 4th single released last month from upcoming new album "The Other One".
L&D is another great pop rock ballad with beautiful SuMetal vocals piercing into our hearts. Love the J-pop sound and the nostalgic vibes mixed with the edm sound. Here's some info about this song:
_"One of the discovered 10 parallel worlds is "LIGHT AND DARKNESS" and this 4th pre-release digital single “Light and Darkness” centers around this theme. Because light exists, darkness also exists._
_And because darkness is present, there is also a world that shines._
_During the night when light and darkness intersect, what we seek after poisoned with darkness awaits a world filled with strong love. As the door opens, is it hope or despair that awaits us? The song expresses the duality in everything and the way things are perceived and interpreted differ depending on each person’s point of view."_
This was a world premiere at Makuhari Messe 2023 setlist, along with "THE LEGEND", Momoko Okazaki is the third backup dancer performing here and the new official member. MoaMetal once again adding the backing vocals and all of them dancing with the full trio formation.
If you wanna hear another different song to taste their diversity come back tomorrow and wait for the new official MV of Mirror Mirror performing live at PIA Arena MM in Yokohama.
Next suggestion:
- Karate live at Download Festival 2016, you can find a clip safe to react at kitsune6001 channel.
Thanks for sharing this and see you next time 🦊🤘🔥
My suggestion would be to react to BABYMETAL - KARATE Live at Budokan 2021 [SUBTITLED] [HQ].
I'm so glad to see you check out babymetal. They are my favourite band! 🤘🦊🤘 This was one of their more mellow sounds. I suggest you check out megitsune or karate next because they are more heavy and more interesting to me
Every song is DIFFERENT and UNIQUE, Check all LIVE PERFORMANCE only
Wow, this sounds amazing😮❤
🤘🦊🤘
🤘🦊♪
I think that it is in really bad taste for your thumbnail to include Yuimetal when she has no part in this song at all. She left the band in 2018 but since you are new to BABYMETAL, you clearly had no idea. I suggest you change the thumbnail.