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Recently the world was ruled by the big power "Idols" with their overwhelming magic.
Including "the media", "the politics", "the economy", all were controlled by the Idols...
The music other than the idol songs was seen as harmful, and the metal was not an exception.
The metallers who were robbed of their soul prayed for the restoration of the metal.
Before long, the prayers reached "the Fox God" who is in charge of the metal.
The Fox God named three girls, SU-METAL, YUIMETAL and MOAMETAL,
"BABYMETAL" meaning "the birth of the new metal",
and, as the dark heroines of the idol scene, has sent them down to this world.

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Yui-Metal, Su-Metal, Moa-Metal
\m/ What is BABYMETAL? \m/

The coolest idol group you'll ever hear!

Originally, it was formed in 2010 as a sub-group of Sakura Gakuin. I'll leave researching Sakura Gakuin up to you, but in short it is a school-themed idol group, not entirely unlike Morning Musume. As with Japanese schools, there are various clubs within Sakura Gakuin - BABYMETAL is the Heavy Music Club group.

What music do they play? Fucking metal! Idol metal! The idol influence is becoming less strong than it was in their early releases and the new songs stand on their own as proper metal pieces, but you still can't mistake it. And you're into labels, the metal part is mostly of power, heavy, and death varieties.

\m/ Who is BABYMETAL? \m/

Su-Metal (Nakamoto Suzuka) - Vocals, Dance
Moa-Metal (Kikuchi Moa) - Screams, Dance
Yui-Metal (Mizuno Yui) - Screams, Dance

On the first impression you could say that BABYMETAL is just Su-Metal with two backup dancers, but it's not entirely true. Moa-Metal and Yui-Metal are gradually being given more to do, including their own solo song.

Su-Metal is no longer a Sakura Gakuin member. As she graduated from junior high school and turned 15, she had to graduate from Sakura Gakuin as well. However, following the group's success, she was allowed to remain a member and the leader of BABYMETAL.

\m/ Sub-groups? \m/

Yes, there even is a sub-group. It's called BLACK BABYMETAL, the members are Moa-Metal and Yui-Metal. They have released one song so far.

Su-Metal also had a solo song, however she doesn't have a sub-group name.

\m/ Discography \m/

Go look it up on some wiki! Instead, here's the best BABYMETAL songs, according to me:

MEGITSUNE - the latest single as of December 2013, with a very good PV. One of favourites.
IJIME, DAME, ZETTAI - I'm 99% sure the PV was shot in the stone mine museum we visited during our trip. :cool: Also, their major debut.
Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! - the beautiful coming-of-age song.
Doki Doki☆Morning - debut song from 2011, only got a DVD single release.
Catch me if you can - a fun little song about playing hide-and-seek with Mr Ogre.
onedari daisakusen - BLACK BABYMETAL sub-group song. Probably my current favourite. I recommend reading the lyrics to this one, I laughed my ass off.
akatsuki - Su-Metal's solo song, a beautiful power ballad with some killer guitar solo dialogue in the middle.
BABYMETAL DEATH - the epic concert intro song. です <-> DEATH is my favourite Japanese pun. :lmfao:

\m/ Extra Videos \m/

Too good not to share:

Love Machine - yes, THIS Love Machine. Sung by Moa-Metal during an event. Ignore the fan-made video, it makes no sense.
Chokotto Love - another Hello! Project cover, by Yui-Metal. Same deal about the video.
Tsubasa wo kudasai - the classic song from Su-Metal's birthday concert.

Live at Inazuma Rock Fes 2013 - great performance with a real band, highly recommended. Thanks Anderei for this one!

Metallica Through the Never promo video - say what you want about today's Metallica, but being the official promotion face for their movie is a big deal. The girls are going places. :weeeh:

\m/ Resources \m/

Official Website
Official Youtube Channel
Enki-Du's Translation Blog - probably the best translation blog I've ever seen with a ton of cultural and background notes that help you understand the songs on a whole new level. This is where the opening verse of this post comes from. Go to this post if you just want to jump straight into song translations, though there's more than that to find there!
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Oh, so this is how you introduce a new group.  Impressive!
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BABYMETAL will play a show in Taiwan with ChthoniC!

It's on February 2nd, 2014. They seem to get more and more recognized in the mainstream metal circles. Good luck to them!

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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="sheikhyerbutay" data-cid="167849" data-time="1386325174">Oh, so this is how you introduce a new group.  Impressive!</blockquote>
Just trying to give it somewhat coherent and easily updateable form, that all. :thumbsup:
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BABYMETAL is the shit.
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They're releasing an album on February 26, and will have Budokan concerts on March 1st and 2nd.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Anderei" data-cid="168661" data-time="1387654898">They're releasing an album on February 26, and will have Budokan concerts on March 1st and 2nd.</blockquote> 
Am I crazy enough to fly to Japan just to see them? :pouty:

Album details (via HMV):

Title tba

Regular Edition (CD only): TFCC-86461, 2100 yen
Limited Edition (CD+DVD): TFCC-86460, 3990 yen

Limited tracklist:

CD (track order unconfirmed?):
01.doki doki morning
02.iine!
03.Headbanger!!
04.ijime, dame, zettai
05.megitsune
06.uki uki midnight
07.Catch me if you can
08.akatsuki
09.BABYMETAL DEATH
10.onedari daisakusen
11.new song
12.new song
13.new song

DVD (track order undecided?):
-MUSIC CLIP-
01.doki doki morning
02.iine!
03.Headbanger!!
04.ijime, dame, zettai
05.megitsune
06.Member's Audio Commentary
-LIVE FROM SUMMER SONIC 2013 -
07.SUMMER SONIC 2013 song selection
-LIVE MUSIC CLIP-
08.one new song live performance

I'll translate later, but I guess we're getting one new song? I was hoping for more, to be honest. Ok I guess it's 3 new songs after all. That's better.
 
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JPope" data-cid="168053" data-time="1386567745">BABYMETAL is the shit.</blockquote>
Damn right!

And damn, the girls are living it big:

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Two recent fan recordings from concerts:


Tamashii no RUFURAN - BABYMETAL covering one of my favourite Evangelion songs, what did I do to deserve such happiness in my life?? :omg: :cryalot:

Give Me Chocolate - presumably one of the new album songs, this should keep fans of both good old thrash metal and their more idol sound happy. :thumbsup:
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Covers and official tracklist for the self-titled album:

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【CD tracklist】
1.BABYMETAL DEATH
2.MEGITSUNE
3.GIMI CHOKO!!
4.iine!
5.akatsuki
6.doki doki morning
7.onedari daisakusen
8.4 no uta
9.uki uki midnight
10.Catch me if you can
11.akumu no rondo
12.HEADBANGER!!
13.IJIME, DAME, ZETTAI


【Limited Edition DVD】
■ MUSIC CLIP
1.doki doki morning
2.iine!
3.HEADBANGER!!
4.IJIME, DAME, ZETTAI
5.MEGITSUNE

[audio commentary available (?)]

■ LIVE MUSIC CLIP
・GIMI CHOKO!!
from LEGEND “1997” SU-METAL Seitansai at Makuhari Messe Event Hall Dec/21/2013

■ LIVE FROM “SUMMER SONIC 2013”
1.BABYMETAL DEATH
2.MEGITSUNE
3.Catch me if you can
4.HEADBANGER!!
5.IJIME, DAME, ZETTAI
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Big news for Babymetal. They're performing Ijime, Dame, Zettai on Music Station next week.
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New PV, Gimme Choco :jam:

(Official short ver. if when that one goes down)

It's a live PV but a pretty good one as far as live PVs go. =3=




<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Anderei" data-cid="171024" data-time="1391300482">Big news for Babymetal. They're performing Ijime, Dame, Zettai on Music Station next week.</blockquote>
Ah, so that's what it was about. I saw their name at the end of the MM's segment on Music Station but assumed that was for whatever show aired right after MS. Yay for them, this actually is a big news. :dancey:
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Their segment on Music Station.
 
They did really great. I wonder if Suzuka's sister sings as well as she does.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Anderei" data-cid="171384" data-time="1391820427">Their segment on Music Station.
 
They did really great. I wonder if Suzuka's sister sings as well as she does.</blockquote>
It was great! And I'm so glad they didn't lipsync during the performance. Suzuka must be one of the most talented idol singers right now. It could only be better if the band played for real.

And watching it you could just sense how nervous they were. :wub:

The LE album is sold out on CDJapan and HMV limits it to 1 per person due to high demand. It's all too exciting.

Also Tamori getting his kitsune up: priceless.
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I'm so happy for that album even though I have a ton of those songs.
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[quote="Anderei"]
They did really great. I wonder if Suzuka's sister sings as well as she does.
[/quote]
 
I dunno if you really wanted to know this or not, but here's a video of them singing together when they were at ASH, and a more recent video of just Himeka singing.
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Norman Reedus, aka Daryl from the Walking Dead, is apparently into BABYMETAL. He's tweeted some of their PVs.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Banana" data-cid="171961" data-time="1392662097">I dunno if you really wanted to know this or not, but here's a video of them singing together when they were at ASH, and a more recent video of just Himeka singing.</blockquote>
OMFG there's more of it! :weeeh: :wub: :wub:

http://youtu.be/uv6vfSgNH5s
http://youtu.be/vwFyKJYfty0

And some solo Suzuka:
http://youtu.be/LKcjG4Zqc5c
http://youtu.be/mVK37sBPsKk
http://youtu.be/dsh01znxjR4
http://youtu.be/PKkjoXweyrg

Basically everything on this guy's account. There's a few videos where she performs together with Riho during her ASH days!

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Himeka sounds just like Suzuka there!
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Five more days!

HMV finally showed their pre-order bonus poster:

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It's back in stock on both HMV and CDJapan, though with limited availability.

There are previews of the other 2 new album songs on itunes. I gave in and listened to them, but I couldn't tell much other than that one of them is kinda slow-ish. Gimme Choco has grown on me a lot though.
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That's fantastic news, I'm so proud of them!
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Aaaand the full album is out in the wild already. :ph34r: I'll need to listen to the other two new songs a few more times, but I'm pretty sure Gimme Choco remains my favourite, followed by Akumu no Rinbukyoku and then 4 no Uta.
 
 
Gimme Choco lyrics translation (tentative) <- whoever their lyricist is, they seem to be channelling the spirit of Tsunku ca early 2000's. That is, completely off the wack and full of awesome. :lol: What's with the diet songs everywhere lately?...
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The album is #2 on the Oricon charts with 20,609 copies sold, and it is (currently) at #2 in the Japanese iTunes store. 
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Damn you Koda Kumi! :geof: :geof: :dammit:
 
 
But 20k is amazingly good for a debut and considering they're still a rather niche act. :weeeh: :jam:
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Information and photos are popping up from the first day Budokan show. It must have ended an hour or two ago...



Alleged setlist:



1. megitsune

2. doki doki morning

3. gimme choco

4. iine

5. catch me if you can

6. uki uki midnight

7. akumu no rondo

8. onedari daisakusen

9. 4 no uta

10. akatsuki

11. babymetal death

12. headbanger

13. ijime dame zettai



Kami band lineup:



Gt: Takayoshi Oomura

Gt: LEDA

Ba: BOH

Dr: Aoyama Hideki



Yui fell off the stage during Headbanger but was ok for Ijime.


Spoiler: [+]

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[quote name="aine" post="168791" timestamp="1387969260"][quote name="Anderei" post="168661" timestamp="1387654898"]

They're releasing an album on February 26, and will have Budokan concerts on March 1st and 2nd.[/quote]

Am I crazy enough to fly to Japan just to see them? :pouty:[/quote]

Regrets forever. ;_;



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Himeka (Su's sister from Nogizaka46) went to see the concert like the good sister she is



Short video clip of the wall of death part of IDZ, but can't see much action in the audience



Apparently this is where Yui took the plunge



But they confirmed they're ok and ready to go for Day 2!



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I'm gonna spam the hell out of this thread, but it seems BABYMETAL IS COMING TO EUROPE! :jam:



If I'm reading it right, they announced during Budokan gig it will be Yui (June 20th) and Moa's (July 4th) birthday events. No dates yet, details to follow. :f5:



BABYMETALが修行の旅に、ヨーロッパで聖誕祭開催



BABYMETAL ヨーロッパでゆいもあ生誕祭!? 武道館で発表。



ヨーロッパ公演告知?BABYMETAL公式サイトに異変が・・・



Now let's all pray to the Fox God it's not fucking Japan Expo again...



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Morning news clip, includes official footage from Budokan and the "We're going to Europe" bit



Day 2 setlist:



01. BABYMETAL DEATH

02. iine!

03. kimi to anime ga mitai~Answer for Animation With You

04. onedai daisakusen

05. 4 no uta

06. new song???

07. akatsuki

08. Catch me if you can

09. uki uki midnight

10. gimme choco

11. akumu no rondo

12. megitsune

13. ijime, dame, zettai

14. doki doki morning

15. headbanger



A total of 20000 people attended over 2 days. The new song is apparently another Suzuka's solo.



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And last but not least, on March 1st they finally hit their Daily #1 with the album. :weeeh:


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I hope I can peace out with the coverage now... Will merge the posts later. =3=
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Weekly #4 with 37463 sold. :party:
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So there was a small Huffington Post article about Gimme chocolate!!: Babymetal: Japan's Cute Heavy Metal Band Releases New Video
 
It seems like the video is getting a lot of attention. The views are increasing rapidly, and I'm seeing a lot of those "what is this??!?" comments.
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The girls seem to be in the nascent stages of blowing up globally. I'm seeing more and more posts about BABYMETAL in my FB feed from friends who've never listened to JPop. The cool thing is that, while it's clearly picked up the past week, it has actually been happening on a smaller scale for about six months now lead by actual metal fans who legitimately like them, and now the more mainstream music fans and bloggers seem to be turning them into the hot new novelty. Which will mostly pass quickly, but I think they might have more staying power than, say, Psy, based on the fact that BABYMETAL's novelty is based around the mesh of musical genres, as opposed to one specific viral video. At the very least I think they'll get a proper world tour out of this before it's all said and done.
 
 
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[quote="Banana"]
USA TODAY article
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I bet the author thought his opening line was just so fucking clever:
 
"Here's the latest entry in Signs the Music Apocalypse Is at Hand — a Japanese girl group playing ultra-poppy death metal."
 
Fuck off, hipster. BABYMETAL is the the only interesting thing going on in rock and roll today. As a musical genre, rock has been damn near irrelevant for a decade now.
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I'm late to the party, but I just would like to say. Gimme Chocolate, That's how you do a live concert music video. 
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