That is how you open a Metal Show. Their vocals are normally clean and a bit poppy but the music is mostly hard and heavy. It is a cool mix cuz i got sick of grunt Metal.
My suggestions would be recent live performances of Road of Resistance, Monochrome, and Megitsune, all from PIA Arena 2023, which is the same concert that BABYMETAL DEATH is from. Road of Resistance: th-cam.com/video/4XYMvGJy1JI/w-d-xo.html Monochrome: th-cam.com/video/8pvxCzhBsTM/w-d-xo.html Megitsune: th-cam.com/video/RorkQ79V-68/w-d-xo.html Playlist of recent live performances: th-cam.com/play/PL7Y918oJxXaYGAlhN3DLd5AAoye11F3o4.html
They are pretty much just introducing themselves during this song. With the spelling of Babymetal and each girl saying their names. It’s how they open most shows.
This is the opening act for this concert. Reactors don't use to repeat songs , but take a look at this song in a concert called Legend 1997 , even off camera. The script: Crowd : ( speel) B-A-B-Y-M-E-T-A-L Girls: Su-Metal desu ( I'm Su-Metal ) Moa Metal desu ( I'm Moa-Metal ) Momo Metal desu ( I'm Momo-Metal ) Crowd : Death, Death, Death, Death... ( Desu in japanese sounds like Death in english) Thank for the nice raction!! 🤘🦊 Not a cult #notacult
@JasoDip This guy is right, the Legend 1997 Full BABYMETAL DEATH (7:33 long) is something you have to watch to understand the lore, you don't need to react to it, but take your time, look it up and watch it. I can guarantee you will not regret it.
Okay you want some more babymetal eh here you go. Road of Resistance Live in Japan Metali Live Sis Anger ( you can find some video with close captions.) for Flexing their backing band here some songs with band intro . Yava (with Kami band intro) Catch me if you can (with Kami band intro) Rondo of Nightmare Live if you want some solo of main vocalist. Amore live in Wembley. Akatsuki.
Based on what you said about how you like your metal I would recommend Rondo Of Nightmare, Karate, Sis. Anger, Tales Of The Destinies, Kagerou, Starlight, Mirror Mirror, MAYA, and Believing. BABYMETAL can't really be pinned down into one style or genre but I think those songs have at least some of the sludge that you're looking for. I always recommend looking for a live version of their songs though. Their live performances always elevate their songs.
No this is the same band you saw all those years ago and this is a song that was on their first album (2014) and that they have played for 10+ years. But Gimme Chocolate was also on that first album and it is very poppy. Babymetal is not limited by an genre assumptions or conventions. 11-12 years ago these women were in their early teens so they did some material that was more suited to their age. They are in their mid 20s now and they do material more suited to their current ages. Babymetal is just the three women who sing and dance. But they are backed by an incredible band that makes the whole package.
@@Hymnodic Huh? Multiple early intrerviews where they said the music was about topics relatable to young women. In multiple interviews around Metal Resistance release they said that the music represented them maturing physically and in capabilities. Literally a week ago Moa said in an intervciew how their music has changed as they have matured and grown. She actually said as they have grown in height. So yes the music absolutely has changed based on their age both in terms of content and complexity. No way they would have written say Kagerou for 14-16 year old girls. Same with say Monochrome. So if they said that in some interview I haven't seen I think they are just wrong and that the writers and choreographers have certainly changed things to suit their age and capabilities.
@@jimnusbaum3589 Which was just PR speak. A few if their songs were themed for Sakura Gakuin while they were in Sakura Gakuin which had the theme of 'for young women', despite the fact that SG's fans were never young women. You may want to go read I think it was the PMC magazine sit down interview from last suymmer. They go into depth on just this subject. Also you should also go listen to Rondo of Nightmare.
@@jimnusbaum3589 Early interviews had quite a few mentions of it, which are mostly just PR as they were trying to shift away from SG. Early songs were aimed at SG audience. You can see this shift away on their first record with songs like Rondo of Nightmare. You should go read, I think it's the PMC interview from last summer.
Nice reaction. And that's how you open a show when you're Babymetal. There's an actual heavier version of this that they did for the ten years of Babymetal shows. All that just to introduce themselves. LoL. There are a lot of reasons why over the last 10 years that they have been thought of as one of the best live shows to experience. One of them is this song. The sacrifice that was made was their JPOP careers. And many of us are glad they did. Now they have a career that can last as long as they want to continue doing it. Unlike pop music where after a while the fans are looking for the next best thing. And in Japan for the most part those POP careers only last about 5 years. There are always exceptions to the rule but for the most part that's how it goes. But Metal is different. They have visited many genres of metal in their songs. some you'll like, others not so much but then you'll find one that sticks with you. The foxhole is deep and full of surprises. you may even be surprised which songs are the ones that stick with you.
Welcome to the Foxhole and BabyMetal's journey 🦊🤘🔥 Unusual song to start your journey but get ready for more mind-blowing songs, always expect the unexpected. Talking about Slipknot, they recently played in the same stage at Sick New World in Las Vegas, along with many more bands they were great supporters of BM since early era. 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 when started this and become independent after 2013, they created their own genre called kawaii-metal (kawaii means cute) mixing Jpop (not Kpop) with metal sound and different subgenres along with many more rhythms. Their name is a reference to a new genre and not related to their ages or "baby" faces, is a pun intended play words with "heavy-metal" which sounds similar to "baby-metal". They are: *SuMetal* lead vocalist, now 26. *MoaMetal* scream and dance, now 24. *MomoMetal* scream and dance, she's 21 and is the new official member since April 1st last year. -YuiMetal- scream and dance, former member since 2018. None of them are related. After 2018 you'll see backup dancers performing along with them but none of them are official members, they don't sing, only dance, but that status change recently like i said. About this song; They're celebrating 10 years anniversary of the first album and along with this they released a Gimme Chocolate!! challenge on social media. They've been playing this blaster intro during the World Tour 2023/2024. This was the first "Babymetal Death" version with MomoMetal as an official member and it was a comeback song after December 2017 iirc. They did Babymetal Death Shin Version at Budokan 2021 but it's a way different version. Btw don't miss out the live version at Legend 1997 in 2013, it's even more shocking and impactful with the theatrical performance and one of the rare time they used it as an ender.✝️ Anyway always remember that we are -NotACult- 💀👀 I'm gonna leave in my next comment where to get more proshot clips safe to react if YT allows me to do it. Meanwhile next suggestion: - Road Of Resistance live in Japan official MV (2015) See you next time 🦊🤘🔥
Here's the list of live performance clips usually safe to reacts without any filters so you won't need to rely on live compilations, there might be some exceptions: - Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! live at Legend 1997, SuMetal 16th Birthday in 2013, they got MV of this and is fun, but live is a blast. th-cam.com/video/LNFiDWJh2FA/w-d-xo.html - Akatsuki, live at Budokan 2014, this is a SuMetal solo. th-cam.com/video/g2372C5PJLM/w-d-xo.html - Megitsune, official MV is my first recommendation but is usually blocked if you don't put filters, so if you want live and safe to react, check it out Budokan 2014. th-cam.com/video/dU38CYkpBvI/w-d-xo.html - Akatsuki Unfinished Version, SuMetal solo again but with only a piano behind special performance at Legend 1997. th-cam.com/video/nwsinmxTxbo/w-d-xo.html - Babymetal Death, live at Legend 1997, this is the big finale, you're gonna blow your mind with this one. th-cam.com/video/jRc9dbgiBPI/w-d-xo.html - Catch Me If You Can with Kami Band intro live at Budokan 2014. th-cam.com/video/ng8U_j0gpLI/w-d-xo.html - Ijime, Dame, Zettai live at Sonisphere Festival 2014, sometimes the official live MV isn't so friendly so you know what to do. th-cam.com/video/Ro-_cbfdrYE/w-d-xo.html - Rondo Of Nightmare, with Mischiefs Of Metal Gods Intro live at Budokan 2014, another SuMetal solo but way different than usual happy songs. th-cam.com/video/8WBDiLMNZcE/w-d-xo.html - Doki Doki Morning, official MV, their very first song and MV full of kawaiiness, usually is safe to react so try it, if you want a live performance, this is the first proshot version with the Kami Band live at Legend 1999 (YuiMetal and MoaMetal 14th birthday). th-cam.com/video/BSjv9OYtWZ0/w-d-xo.html - Uki Uki Midnight, this one is a follow up to Doki Doki Morning but way different sound, this is the PV, is super fun but the sound isn't so great but at least is live. th-cam.com/video/Yj-UQIlqsIQ/w-d-xo.html If you want better sound with the Kami Band, then live at Budokan 2014 it is. th-cam.com/video/ESzY9dL613Q/w-d-xo.html - Onedari Daisakusen, live at Legend 1997, this is a Black Babymetal song, is a subgroup with only YuiMetal and MoaMetal. th-cam.com/video/1dT1ywYR5So/w-d-xo.html - Iine! again official MV hits way better but if you want live, here live at Budokan 2014. th-cam.com/video/5sCvYVNeD0w/w-d-xo.html - Karate live at Download Festival 2016, "kitsune6001" got this with a short interview intro. th-cam.com/video/FKOL6v3Md2c/w-d-xo.html - Road Of Resistance live in Japan official live MV, be careful with the blocked by putting some filters just in case. th-cam.com/video/zTEYUFgLveY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=BsVOSExS25Qndy1H - Kimi To Anime Ga Mitai - Answer For Animation With You, live at Budokan 2014, not sure if it's still safe, so try some filters, if is audio blocked try to mute or just cut the parts. th-cam.com/video/M8FKumvh-w8/w-d-xo.html Here's a song you can find at Babymetal Reactor Resource (BMRR), a helpful place to get watermarked logo clips of the original live version to curve the annoying algo. - GJ! live at Wembley Arena 2016, another Black Babymetal song. th-cam.com/video/Hg0Rylcg8F0/w-d-xo.html This is BMRR short vid to follow instructions and get the spreadsheet with the full list. th-cam.com/video/q40VmTHSh4c/w-d-xo.html And here's a BM guide (the long one). th-cam.com/video/aIb2xEthdSg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=EnEYU4nN3tuiY3WL There's a beginners guide at "Briaghh" called "So... What is BabyMetal?" is more short and with some fair update until last year unlike the other one with full updates till this year. th-cam.com/video/9X5vj1-Sg_4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=icqbG22Ysw0Pc-Ll 🦊🤘
@@jakemuller8626 I will second these suggestions. They give you a good overview of BABYMENTAL. And there is no anger or demoniacs in BABYMETAL, only good theater and love, joy, happiness and respect for your fellow man. Good reaction. Welcome to the foxhole. 🦊🦊🦊 🖖❤
Very cool! You might like to watch the version of this song on the show "Legend 1997", in 2013. Su was turning 16 years old, at that time Yui and Moa were 14 years old. Enjoy Babymetal!🤘🦊🤘
Thanks for this reaction, it was great to watch! The song you saw was almost certainly "gimme chocolate" from the "legend 1997" concert - it refers to (1997 birthyear) and was performed on Su-Metal (lead singer) 16th birthday near the start of the setlist. That concert is formatted as a rock-opera starting with much more pop influence, transitions to more and more metal as it goes, until it ends with "Babymetal - Death" in perhaps their most iconic performance of the song. That video went viral 10y ago (200m views now?) and was one of the earliest boosts to the band. I saw "gimme chocolate" around the same time you did, it was fun and unique but didn't hook me. a couple of years ago "Babymetal - Road of Resistance (Live in Japan)" popped up on my feed and it hooked me like this performance hooked you. I haven't stopped finding as much of their live performance work as I can since then, and they are just amazing. Hope to see more!
This group is just astonishing (the "death" routine is kind of a play on words ( "desu" specifically - which is I think pretty much the verb "to be")- it's not really about that, but more of an introduction ), there aren't enough superlatives to describe this group and all who support them (including their fans) - but they revived my interest in music after about 15 years. More please - and preferably LIVE but NOT generally "official" (misses intros, often the band, is often studio over concert etc etc), as they are primarily a live band. Great reaction to an early track, and welcome to one of the few groups who created their own genre and are still unsurpassed after 14 years.
"I wish I knew what they were saying..." Dude...the entire Arena is chanting...."D E A T H"!!! (but its not an evil death they call for but rather the path to a rebirth - and its not actually Death at all but rather a play on the Japanese word Desu which means 'I am', 'We are', etc.. its Lore stuff..LoL) And yes, they were spelling out "B A B Y M E T A L" followed by the chant "DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH"!!! LoL!! AND....yes this is probably the same group you saw 10 years ago...that you hated!!..LoL!! Their song "Gimme Chocolate" went viral back in 2014 (one of their most 'poppy' songs) and that is what most Westerners saw...and many, like you, wrote them off. But for those of us who chose to look under the hood....Found one of the most Fantastic Bands in the World!! Hell, they even have the #1 Album in the USA on Billboards "Top Rock Album" chart back in 2019....so you missed out on a Decade of Great Music! But now you have found them again and you get a second chance to see just how Deep the Fox Hole goes!! Don't waste this chance!! More Babymetal Always!! For my suggestion..lets go back to 3 months AFTER that "Gimme Chocolate" video you hated..to the Famous Budokan and Babymetal's performance of "Rondo of Nightmare" with the Mischiefs of God Intro. Shows you the younger group (but its just a Su-metal solo) with their band - The 'Kami' Band. th-cam.com/video/8WBDiLMNZcE/w-d-xo.html Put your Kitsune UP!! Po!
The thing that I love the most about Babymetal that seeing them perform its like going to the theater and for whatever reason the producers decided to make crazy cultist spectacle with metal music in the background.
Recommendations for next Babymetal song? Bad ass heavy new music, new album: Divine Attack, Maya. New FUN and heavy music: METALI, Papaya. Music with deep meaning: Monochrome(new), Megitsune (older). Fun but heavy older music: Catch Me If You Can (very Slipknoty), Yava ( ska metal?) Ethnic sounding and unique: Shanti Shanti Shanti(Indian metal?), Metalizm (Arabian metal?), Night Night Burn (Flamenco metal?), Oh Majinai (Celtic/Pirate metal?), Tales of the Destinies/The One (Prog metal). Take your pick.
Ha, ha! That was definitely Babymetal you saw all those years ago, dude! They've been around for 14 years already. They just aren't quite what you thought they were. And no, it's not as easy as saying that they were cute and poppy in the past, and hard and heavy today (although they have toned down the cutesy stuff a bit as they've grown older). This song is literally the first track off of their first album, all those years ago. It's complicated. But just like you guessed, this song is generally used as an opener at their concerts. The lyrics are just them introducing themselves, making a pun of the fact that the Japanese for "I am/we are" _(desu),_ sounds a bit like the English word _death._ Hence _Babymetal desu_ (we are Babymetal) = _Babymetal death._ You should definitely stick with them for a while, and see what they have to offer. Many songs do combine the heavy metal with more lighthearted and poppy vocals, but don't make the mistake of dismissing it as a gimmick. The music is seriously good, and Su can _sing._ Personally I prefer their older stuff, but I suspect you might be a bit more comfortable with the latest album. Maybe try songs like Mirror mirror, Metalizm, Monochrome or Divine attack. And the general rule with Babymetal is to pick live performances over music videos (unless explicitly recommended otherwise), as that is where they truly shine.
Welcome to the Foxhole! Interesting choice for a first song to react. Very cool song definitely and it's the first song of their first album, but take it more like a intro. Hope to see more Babymetal from you soon, you'll will stay surprised, I can tell you that haha, expect the unexpected 🤟🦊🤟キツネだお🤟🦊🤟
Welcome to Babymetal, the mind-bendiest of the Japanese metal scene bands. If i were you id stay in the modern era of babymetal before venturing into the back catalogue, just to adjust yourself a litlle to their sound. Songs like Mirror Mirror or Monochrome. Of course live is always the best. Praise be to the Fox God and Kitsunes up! Enjoy the ride.
Great first reaction, welcome to the BABYMETAL Foxhole.🦊Yes that probably was BABYMETAL you saw 10 years ago - I can almost guarantee you saw the official video for 'Gimme Chocolate' which was the song that went viral in 2014 just before they started touring internationally .... and I can almost guarantee you hated it and dismissed them as a gimmick pop act with distorted guitars and assumed every other song would be just like that one. That was a mistake a whole lot of people made. There are a lot of die-hard BABYMETAL fans who did exactly that and only found out several years later what a huge mistake they had made. The girls are BABYMETAL. They are the vocalists and dancers (just like all those other bands who have vocalists who don't play the instruments ... but those vocalists don't do complex choreography while they're singing, BABYMETAL do). BABYMETAL don't follow the same formula or conventions as those other bands and nearly all the bands for the last 50-60 years and more. They are original and unique and they defy convention (which is a Metal attitude in itself). They started in 2010 aged 12 and 11 and they pioneered their own new sub-genre mixing Metal with JPop hooks, melodies and aesthetics. They had to find an audience nobody believed would exist. They borrowed clothes to make their first stage costumes, they sang and danced to prerecorded instrumentals played on a backing track in shopping malls, a stage used for comedians by the food hall at a festival, their first solo concerts were in a tiny venue with a 150 capacity ... and against all the odds they found that audience. Only when they had proved themselves and somehow started to gain some fans of their own did they get any financial backing to get costumes and most importantly to phase in a live backing band. BABYMETAL are supported in all live shows since early 2014 (and in some since 2012) by the Kami Band. The Kami Band of the East are the very best session musicians to be found in Japan. The same hard core of about 6 musicians played the vast majority of concerts since about 2013. In 2019 the Kami Band of the West (American musicians) were introduced to support BABYMETAL on their lengthier foreign tours. Last year BABYMETAL played nearly 100 concerts in 25 countries. The Kami Band East played at the first concerts in January 2023, the Kami Band West played all the others concerts and have been supporting them in all their concerts and festivals so far this year. This video was released a couple of months ago to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their first album being released - 'BABYMETAL Death' was the first song on that first album. They had not played it live since 2017 because it is an intro song and they are introducing themselves by name, but they couldn't use it with just two official members and the original third member Yuimetal didn't appear at all after October 2017 and officially announced she was leaving the band in October 2018. This performance was on 2nd April 2023 - the first concert with Momometal as an official member, so 'BABYMETAL Death' was back ... I don't know if you heard the crowd cheer particularly loudly when she introduced herself as "Momometal desu". The whole song is based on a pun. The English word death sounds to a Japanese speaker like the Japanese word desu (the U is silent) spoken with a slight lisp. Desu means to be - as in I am, we are, it is etc. Basically the lyrics for this song are: "B_A_B_Y_M_E_T_A_L" ... "I am Su-metal", "I am Moametal", "I am Momometal" "We are BABYMETAL" ... "Death Death Death Death Death Death Death Death". You may want to see the 'Legend 1997' performance where they were celebrating Su-metal's 16th birthday in December 2013. That one was a really special performance. Being an introduction song they would normally play it right at the start of the concerts (it is a great way to get the crowd hyped and joining in straight away), but that was one of the special occasions where they played it later in the show - for that one it was the finale.
If you like clean vocals and great music, BabyMetal is a band you will enjoy, but if you only like harsh,scremo vocals, maybe not . I am an old metalhead fan of Judas Priest Iron Maiden and other early Metal/Rock bands . i got sick of hearing harsh scremo type vocals all the time in later years of metal and lost interest in the metal scene . Heard BabyMetal years ago, probably the same time as you . Luckily, i checked a few more songs out and loved them being a fan ever since they got me back into metal again . They get a lot of hate from Metal Elitists at the begaining and still do, but not as much . If you have people like Rob Halford perform on stage with you and tour with RHCP, Korn , Guns and Roses, and Judas Priest and count Cory Taylor and Rob Zombie among your fans i think i take their opinions over any Elitist this what metal should be opinions. Surrgest you try something of their 4th album like Divine Attack or Mirror Mirror and definitely live. That is where they shine 😁 wil you venture into the foxhole ? Only the foxgod knows 🤣😁🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼
This is a weird song to start with. This is their show-opening-hype song. It's dope and it really gets the audience pumped...but it's not indicitive of the rest of their songs. Check out another song for sure, it almost doesn't matter which, but make sure whatever you watch is a live one...they really shine live.
It is the first song on the first album and an introduction song. Lots of people who reviewed the first album where also surprised and slightly confused. 🙂
And yes, they have in their Baxkground their Background musicians like in this case the Kami Band West and their true default Bamd, since they know who their stage director is, and they accept zhat she is female.
Yep ... Legend 1997 has a good version of Death. They are not sacrificing a black goat though, instead they are sacrificing their lead singer. That's even more metal.
"Headbanger" "Rondo of Nightmare" "Syncopation" "Starlight" (all live) are some of my personal favourites. You might enjoy them, too. Great reaction btw
Good reaction! 🤘🦊🤘 Thank you for giving BABYMETAL a chance!!! BABYMETAL is a Japanese kawaii (cute) metal group (a metal subgenre that they created) that formed in 2010 when the 3 girls were 11-12 years old (yes, they were very young), and since then have performed with, toured with, or opened for Metallica, Korn, Sabaton, Bring Me The Horizon, Dragonforce, Guns N' Roses, Lady Gaga, Rob Halford of Judas Priest (there's a great youtube video of their performance with Rob at a metal award show), and Red Hot Chili Peppers (there is a youtube video of them performing Gimme Chocolate with RHCP, as well as with Korn, and DragonForce), to name a few of many. They have performed at large metal events/concerts in front of 65,000+ skeptical metalheads in Europe (Download, Sonisphere, Glastonbury, etc), US, and Asia. They are the first Japanese band to perform at Wembley arena in the UK. Also, 20+ awards have been given to them. They have 60+ songs and each one is different from the other, so I hope you give the other songs a try. By the way, they have some really great heavy songs too, and I hope you like guitar solos, as well as bass and drum solos, like I do, because they have them too. Also, they released a new amazing album last year and they just finished a world tour where they had many shows here in the US. They also recently released a new music video for their song called "Metali" that features Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello. 🤘🦊🤘
Hi from Ireland, yes and unusual first choice but epic, you have been missing out, but loads to catch-up on, so have fun. I suggest some recent like the pia 2023 shows, monochrome live at pia, road of resistance and megitsune, you will be well and truly entertained, then go to older ones, and solos, I say this because a few older more popy ones may mislead you. The latest album the other one is a good guide for recent performances, I subscribed in hope of more babymetal 😊
And to think you're only just scratching the surface of BabyMetal. I hope you deep dive mate because there's a lot of heavy tracks in the catalogue. Song recommendations would have to go to Karate, Road of Resistance, Distortion, Megitsune. For the newer stuff you could go with Leave it all Behind, Metali (feat Tom Morello) or Pa Pa Ya!! Great reaction!
the song you heard from them 10 years ago was probably Gimme Choco (i like the song, but in a metalhead perspective, it's probably one of their childish songs). You should check out Rondo of Nightmare, MAYA, BxMxC and The Legend.
Welcome to FOXHOLE You are on the edge of the abyss and there is no escape this is for those who say that Babymetal is not metal 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 #notacult
Haha great reaction and welcome to Babymetal. I am willing to bet the first time you saw them was definitely Babymetal. They started in 2010 at age 12/11, and this performance was in Apr 2023 in their mid-20s. They've grown as people, but also in music. Babymetal's music is so varied, they will have goofy songs leaning heavier into pop about girls wanting chocolate (most likely the early video clip you saw) to something so prog-metal that Mike Portnoy himself gave them their thumbs up. *Understanding the Lyrics:* Desu (silent "u") = I am / We are Babymetal Desu = "We are Babymetal" Su-metal Desu = "I am Su-metal" (lead vocalist). But this is metal, so BABYMETAL DEATH!! They love a good pun. Even their name is a play on words (in Japanese): Heavy metal: ヘビーメタル (Hebīmetaru) Babymetal: ベビーメタル (Bebīmetaru) Thus, this song is literally the girls introducing themselves, hence their staple show opener for over a decade. So, don't worry, no goats were sacrificed 🤣. #notacult Here are a few suggestions to give you their "signature" sound: *Road of Resistance (Official Live):* One of their most anthemic and epic show closers (almost a decade now). This is from a Jan 2015 show. This song was a collab with Dragonforce. Herman Li and Sam Totman co-wrote guitars and played on the studio verison. *Headbanger (Legend 1997):* This is a quintessential Babymetal classic. Show is a Dec 2013 show celebrating lead Su-metal's 16th birthday. *Monochrome (Pia Arena MM):* More of a hard rock song that is very melodic, emotional, with heavy metal elements and an amazing crowd engagement section. Same show BABYMETAL DEATH from this reaction (Apr 2023). *Metali (Official Live):* A fun and energetic festival song to get the audience riled up. Features Tom Morello doing his thing on guitar solos. *Megitsune (Pia Arena MM):* Another classic Babymetal song and a fan favorite. Performed well over 340+ times to date since 2013. **Notice that many fans will suggest live, since Babymetal is actually better live vs studio, as they are 100% a live performance act, and that's their natural habitat. Their MVs are cool too, but will never hit as hard as their live. Besides there are only ~12 MVs out of 60+ on discography. Look forward to more Babymetal! 🤘🦊
There are two things nobody ever expects: 1. The Spanish Inquisition 2. Babymetal (or what they will do next. You cannot predict it). Welcome to the wonderful world of happy metal that is BABYMETAL! 🤘🦊🤘 Babymetal Death is simply three sweet young ladies introducing themselves to the audience while getting a warm-up before the rest of the show. The backing band are session musicians who support them at live shows. They are called the Kami Band (Kami meaning god or spirit) The original Kamis were some of the finest musicians in Japan. There is now a Western Kami Band composed of American musicians, mostly members of the Star Wars themed metal band, Galactic Empire (who you saw in this video hidden by the metal masks). The Foxhole runs long and deep despite their short 14 year career and BABYMETAL as young teenagers were the trailblazers that opened up the international market for all those other Japanese girl bands you mentioned (and those bands will acknowledge it). Kitsune Da O! 🤘🦊🤘
No one expects BabyMetal. Their chief weapons are Su's Vocals , Moa's dimples, and MoMos smile hang on our 3 weapons are ! Su's vocals , Moa's dimples , Momos smile, and the Kami band and great courgrphy oh shit !!!🤔😁🤘🏼🦊
Maximum the hormone is HIGHLY worth checking out. Song: Hungry pride, alien, Yoshu Fukushu, Koi no sperma. And lets talk about menkata Cottelee They inspired many of these japanese bands you been checking out. Also Road of Resistance is worth it for Babymetal. But all their songs are special in their own way.
The funny thing is that you probably saw Gimme Chocolate back all those years ago, which is a poppy song, and this song was on the same album. They play with lots of different genres and you never know what you will get next. This was a concert opener and introduction song, playing on the fact that the Japanese word for "I am" is Desu, which sounds like Death. My recommendation for a good watch would be Road of Resistance from PIA Arena 2023, there is a good version with English subs out there, and it's an old song but is kind of their anthem: th-cam.com/video/XpGRYhY897E/w-d-xo.html
I learned my lesson about that.. I saw GC when it came out, was confused but fascinated, but I didn't do a deep dive, figuring it to just be a fun gimmick. Whoops!! Circle back to late 2022 when I rediscovered them, blew through their entire history, story, and material, then saw them with my wife back to back in Houston and Dallas last year and they're one of my top 3 favorite bands now 😂❤
I would highly recommend "Headbanger" (written as Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!) and be aware: meanwhile there are 3 versions of that song where each one of the three young Ladies take over the Lead Vocal later in the song to celebrate the girl's birthdays... These 3 videos should be watched in the following order: 1. Headbanger (the origin song with full Su-vocal) 2. Headbanger feat. Moametal called "Moabanger" 3. Headbanger feat. Momometal called "Momobanger" have fun =)
Hehe, it was probably the same band! They bring all kinds of styles to their music! The clip you saw was probably Gimmie Chocolate, which is on their more poppier side. Road of Resistance live from Japan 2015, next please!🙏🤘
they are a constant surprise. Without an open and curious mind, you will not enjoy the rest of their work. Nonetheless, it's always metal. I recommend you next watch their performance from eight years ago of Road of Resistance
Judging BABYMETAL by a few songs is difficult, because they cover such a wide range. What you have just seen is just as much a part of their catalogue as what you have probably seen ten years ago. So if you expect them to sound like this now, you are probably going to be disappointed. Their sound has matured, but not changed completely. The cute elements have been toned down, but they are not gone. They aren't any more "vanilla" Metal than they have ever been. Mind you, I'm not trying to turn you off. They are still the most entertaining band ever, and I have never loved any band more than I love them. But most people who didn't like them ten years ago are unlikely to like them now. But don't take my word, please try for yourself. "Monochrome" or "Divine Attack" may be a good start to dip into their more recent songs, but as I said, it's just one of many facets to their sound.
OMG! Watching the expressions on your face as "Death" unfurled in front of you was as they say worth the price of admission. This is a kind of wild song to start out with but that said seems like you enjoyed yourself. The band you saw all those years ago very well could have been Babymetal as they've been performing since 2010. And yeah it is a long, complicated, incredible story. Based on everything you said I'm going to recommend another performance from this show. It's another of their early classics but with all the chunky, junk you got here plus actual lyrics. You'll love it I'm sure. "Road of Resistance": th-cam.com/video/XpGRYhY897E/w-d-xo.html
The band behind the girls are called the Kami band. In the first years they where Japanese musicians. The last years they all are replaced by American musicians, on drums is Anthony Barone who is a well known death metal drummer. Try Babymetal - Megitsune live.
4:57 oh man... This actually kinda sorta happened! I think it was this song's first appearance, but there was a whole act where Su-Metal was sacrificed to the metal gods and resurrected as a metal goddess herself on a cross while a crumbling St. Anger was behind them (yes, like Metallica's, that was actually the point, so much so that you play the beginning of this song again but this time... "DARKNESS, IMPRISONING ME! ALL THAT I SEE, ABSOLUTE HORROR!!!") Suffice to say this was... Controversial both in the west and the east, but the statement was made, they are as metal as the legends once rumored to be satanic because of how disruptive they were! Oh, and said legends agree! They're actually pals and have been thoroughly supported by many metal legends, including Metallica.
Every song they do is different then the next...from light to super heavy to edm. This song is more of a crowd pumper then a traditional song by them but ya. Their stage production is best in the world. Be aure to check out BMTH Kingslayer ft BabyMetal live in Tokyo or Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God intro Budokan live (very dark and heavy), ( this one highlights the band behind Babymetal, the original kami band, now called eastern kami band. The ones in the masks are the western kami band). Other popular songs... Maya live (new album, on the heavy side). Road of Resistance live in Japan (powermetal, probably their most iconic live show, not my favorite song tho hard to explain) Pa pa ya live (crowd hype type song) Monochrome live(softer side, great intro tho). Divine attack live ( edm metal ish) Megitsune music video (probably their best older song when they were young young). Headbanger live 1997 (dope crowd shots)
Subbing to see you react to more. They are so good it's crazy. If you want to start early in their career, maybe try Megitsune (not live, just because live spoils the sick breakdown the first time you ever hear it), but absolutely anything else PREFER live. Road of Resistance, Headbanger are good bets for early Babymetal. If you want to start more modern day, Metali is a good one, or the collab they did with Bring Me The Horizon, called Kingslayer. I've seen people work both forward, backward or any order really, but it's all fantastic.
Welcome & Thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 This exciting opening song was performed 3 times this year in USA (San Francisco x2 + Las Vegas) and American crowd also got hyped like you saw in this video. BABYMETAL is the best musical phenomenon I have ever experienced in my 68-year-long life. (Before BM, I was a stubborn jazz / funk lover) We say "Japan is the country obsessed by Rock Music". The history is very long and the obsession started in 1966 when Beatles visited Japan and held 5 concerts at Budokan. Speaking of hard rock / heavy metal music, a number of bands started to come to Japan since as early as 1970s : Led Zeppelin / Grand Funk Railroad (1971), Deep Purple (1972), Queen (1975), Kiss (1977), Cheap Trick / Van Halen / Scorpions (1978), Judas Priest (1978/79) and so on. Now, any type of rock can be enjoyed here, especially by many all-female or women-fronted bands. They are daughters of American / European rock, for sure. (Many are grand-daughters in terms of age.) Uh-oh, we also say "Japan is the country obsessed by Jazz". It had started earlier than rock 😄
For me, this is their best era, when they were, “Baby” and Metal. (they have many interesting and headbanger songs ) Now is more like POP with elements of Metal, and not babies anymore. This song IS precisely from that era of BabyMetal, but the performance is actual. By the way, you reacted to this version, but there’s a more creepier and theatrical one, I really recommend that one to see on you own time or if you want to react to that version and share it, that’s great with me. See you!!
There is one song that you will have to react to at least 3 times.... Headbangeeer!!! Live at Legend 1997 (2013) This is the live version of the original at Su-metal's sweet 16 celebration. Headbangeeer!!! Live at Legend M (2019 a.k.a, Moabanger) Moametal sings lead the second half for her 20th Birthday Headbangeeer!!! Live at Legend MM (2024, a.k.a, Momobanger) Momometal sings lead the second half for the last night of her 20th before her 21st birthday. Every version is different and special and worthy of a separate reaction. There is also a "Yuibanger" for original member Yuimetal's 15th birthday on 2014, but only fan-cam recordings, no HQ Pro-shots like the others.
Hahahaha! "Did Satan just come out of her"? Lol No, but SuMetal came out of her. Babymetal Death basically is the death of their Jpop formal selves to be reborn into SuMetal, MoaMetal and MomoMetal of BabyMetal. If you notice the crowd cheering louder when MomoMetal introduces herself (MomoMetal Desu) it's because she was formally introduced as the offical third member after YuiMetal left in 2017 (formally announced in 2018) it had been six years before a third member was announced. After Yui left they did not play this song again until MomoMetal, which you are witnessing in this performance. There is ofcourse some details I'm leaving out but in a nutshell, this is my short explanation. Welcome to the Foxhole! Watch Babymetal Death from 2013, Legend 1997 (the year SuMetal was born) concert. The Yui Era when they were still tweens. Epic! Delve deep into the Foxhole and discover the original Kami band, three little girls who changed the face of metal, their Sakura Gakuin days, the Fox God, The One, thier constant message of always overcoming obsticals of whatever life throws at you, etc, etc, etc.... obsess and enjoy the beauty of BabyMetal. You might even realize Why we call SuMetal, The Queen.
Some Japanese bands, old and new. Take your pick: BAND-MAID [All their songs... really!], LOVEBITES [Break the Wall, Raise some Hell, and all the other songs], BABYMETAL [All their songs, because they are all different], MAXIMUM THE HORMONE [Yoshu Fukushu], DEXCORE [Earthworm], CROSSFAITH [Catastrophe, Zero], SiM [Killing Me], NINGEN ISU [Heartless Scat], ADO [Unravel (LIVE)], UNLUCKY MORPHEUS [Black Pentagram], YOUSEI TEIKOKU [Astral Dogma, Patriot Anthem (Live)] and their other band: DenKare [Detonator], COLDRAIN [Die Tomorrow], CRYSTAL LAKE [The Circle], GIVEN BY THE FLAMES [Ronove], LONESOME_BLUE [Face the Fear], ANGRY FROG REBIRTH [2Step Syndrome], SILENTLY SHOOTING TRAITORS [Manipulate], ALDIOUS [Dominator], EAST OF EDEN [Evolve], TRiDENT [Ambivalent, Spoopy], KOKESHI [Fetal Sea], BRIDEAR [Light in the Dark, Brave New World Revisited, Ignite], CINQ ELEMENT [Destiny], MARY'S BLOOD [Marionette], GRAUPEL [Bereavement], DOLL$BOXX [Take my Chance], SOKONINARU [Tenohira De Odoru], HELLO SLEEPWALKERS [Flying Saucer], TELECiDE [Tied up Memories], NEKO [Ghost on a Record], MARDELAS [G-Metal], FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS [Tear Down], MERGINGMOON [Greyen], ROTTENGRAFFTY [Hallelujah], JILUKA [Mephisto, Overkill, Venom, Lluvia], BROKEN BY THE SCREAM [Emotion Cross-Counter], FATE GEAR [Unbreakable Wings], LYNCH [Devil], GACHARIC SPIN [Mindset], DIR EN GREY [Ningen wo Kaburu], X JAPAN [Kurenai], DAZZLE VISION [Second], DEVILOOF [Torture] _(Deathcore Band),_ JUPITER [My Enemy], SEIKIMA-II [Fire After Fire], NOKUTO [Life of Desire], GALNERYUS [Angel of Salvation], SAISEIGA [Ride On], BLOOD STAIN CHILD [Del-Sol], IRONBUNNY [23], NEMOPHILA [Rise, Hypnosis], DADAROMA [Lucid Dream], PaleNeØ [aLiVE], Takayoshi Ohmura [THE CATACLYSM], HANABIE [We Love Sweets, Be the GAL], ZEILE [Deathside], A CROWD OF REBELLION [Re:Create of the Re:d], PALEDUSK [Area PD], POLKADOT STINGRAY [any song], MUTANT MONSTERS [Abnormal], BLACKLAB [Insanity], ASTERISM [Fiction, Rising Moon, Unravel, or Church], NOISEMAKER [Hunter or Prey], BiSH [The Night When Stars Twinkle], SCANDAL [A.M.D.K.J.], DEEP GIRL [I kill], Mrs. GREEN APPLE [Inferno], BRATS [Doudatte Yokatta, Kimarigoto], THE ORAL CIGARETTES [Frenzy Hey Kids!!], GIRUGAMESH [Drain], LiLiHoLi [From Darkness to Light], THE DEVIL’S KILLING MERRY-GO-ROUND [Diabolos], OTOBOKE BEAVER [Don't Light My Fire, Love is Short], GLIM SPANKY [Breaking Down Blues, Fighter], and many many more...
I bet the band you were talking about from 10 years ago was the same one. The lead singer Su was 13 when their first single blew up. She was 15 / 16 when Give Me Chocolate went viral. Yeah, they've been around a while.
“Always a brides maid!” For non-Americans that means, I’m always late to the party. Everything has been said above, or below except they are still my favorite band, and I listen to a ton of heavy music. Very diverse and talented women. I’ve seen them multiple times in the US and Japan. You can never go wrong with this group. ❤️🦊
😂😂😂😂This version is just a reminder for fans! You want something fxxking crazy and blow your mind? Go back the time when you don't like them, seriously.😂😂😂
The clip you saw ten years ago that you disliked probably was them. It was probably Gimme Chocolate! Their songs range wildly from poppier to heavier and every genre in between, they were obviously also much younger ten years ago (they started at age 12) so their voices have also changed in that time. This song BABYMETAL DEATH debuted in 2012 and was the opening track on their first album released in 2014, it is usually used as the opener on tour with more elaborate performances like this one at their bigger arena shows. I do hope you check out some more from BABYMETAL, but I warn you not every song goes as hard as this. Especially their earlier songs are a lot more poppy with their young voices. If I were to curate some songs to ease you in they would probably be some of their more recent performances 🦊🤘 These are titles of videos on TH-cam: Babymetal - Road Of Resistance (PIA Arena 2023 Live) Eng Subs Babymetal - Maya (PIA Arena 2023 Live) Eng Subs Babymetal - Mirror Mirror (PIA Arena 2023 Live) Eng Subs Babymetal - Megitsune (PIA Arena 2023 Live) Eng Subs
as an old-school metalhead myself, i'd point you to _Road of Resistance_ (co-written with Herman Li of Dragonforce) , _Headbanger_ , and, ngl, _Monochrome_ (either the OMV or the live version , *_and then_* you might check out the piano version ... in all cases, just make sure to have the CC turned on). I assume that the thing you saw 10+years ago was _Gimme Chocolate_ .... it's a lot of fun once you get properly initiated , as is _Catch Me if You Can_ 😂 (and then for _super_ ironic fun, _Doki Doki Morning_ 🤣) and at some point, you have to see the "Legend 1997" live version of _Babymetal Death_ ... Most.Metal.Thing.EVAR. they also have loads of poppy stuff, to try to get as wide of an appeal as possible, and also still trying to figure out this brand new genre that they just invented ("Kawaii Metal"). others will be more than happy to flood you with all the history and lore.
Great reaction, thanks and welcome to BABYMETAL. You already have a ton of literature explaining basically everything so, I don't want to bother you by repeating the same. I just wanted to remark what you need to know right now: they are better live (as a general rule for the videos on their channel, if the word "live" is not in the tittle, that's not a live version). They are very diverse musically since they like to mix any music genre with metal. So, always expect the unexpected. 😁 Enjoy your BABYMETAL journey! 🤘🦊
Apropos poppy. It might have been Babymetal you saw several years ago. A bit depending on what song you listen to, it can be a bit poppy. The girls do not growl. They have higher pitch voices, even though Su, the main vocal, is a bit lower than common for Japanese women. The band is hard though. Very hard. In the earliest performances is was a fake band with skeleton masks. Later it has ben mostly the Kami Band. In the beginning they were white painted and in white robes. But, around 2019 or so they started to wear masks. I liked the white paint better, but the masks makes it possible to do a trick - have different musicians when out on tour, depending on where they play. I saw them in Stockholm and they had huge hairy arms. Did not look Japanese at all 😃
Great reaction! Now i recommend you react to 'The Legend '. Ok, maybe not that one. That might be going a little too far the other way. 🤣 Babymetal is a fusion, now more of a blend, of Japanese pop and metal. It can get a little weird sometimes, in a very good way, so be prepared. It's awesome and it's highly addictive.
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I would say that your next reaction should be road of resistance live in Japan 2014 if you want get a better understanding of how much they can thrash.🤘🦊🤘
According to your taste I would guesd Songs like Distortion or Maya might fit but otherwisecI would say no. They are more destinedcforvMicxes you might try some of theirvCollabs like Kingslayercwith Bring me zhe Horizont or "Leave it all behind" with F. Hero and Bodyslam. Zhey are simply bigger. They are the International most succesful japanese Band. Their fans are to 40% female and all ages between 5 and 85.. Since they are much langer than Babd Maid they don't care of they are sble to fill 6000 seltsam within 4 days that is enough for them.
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That is how you open a Metal Show. Their vocals are normally clean and a bit poppy but the music is mostly hard and heavy. It is a cool mix cuz i got sick of grunt Metal.
React to Headbanger from the Legend of 1997 show, it was the singer's 16th birthday show.
My suggestions would be recent live performances of Road of Resistance, Monochrome, and Megitsune, all from PIA Arena 2023, which is the same concert that BABYMETAL DEATH is from.
Road of Resistance: th-cam.com/video/4XYMvGJy1JI/w-d-xo.html
Monochrome: th-cam.com/video/8pvxCzhBsTM/w-d-xo.html
Megitsune: th-cam.com/video/RorkQ79V-68/w-d-xo.html
Playlist of recent live performances: th-cam.com/play/PL7Y918oJxXaYGAlhN3DLd5AAoye11F3o4.html
They are pretty much just introducing themselves during this song. With the spelling of Babymetal and each girl saying their names. It’s how they open most shows.
This is the opening act for this concert. Reactors don't use to repeat songs , but take a look at this song in a concert called Legend 1997 , even off camera.
The script:
Crowd : ( speel) B-A-B-Y-M-E-T-A-L
Girls:
Su-Metal desu ( I'm Su-Metal )
Moa Metal desu ( I'm Moa-Metal )
Momo Metal desu ( I'm Momo-Metal )
Crowd : Death, Death, Death, Death... ( Desu in japanese sounds like Death in english)
Thank for the nice raction!! 🤘🦊
Not a cult #notacult
Wow I watched it and blown away again
it wasn't an opening act here, it was in the encore. But yes it's an opening act normally
Bud, if you think this was intense... Always remember that's song number one of the setlist. These girls' cardio are out of this world!!!
Suzuka Nakamoto, Queen of Metal 👑
And Floor Jansen :)
The Legend 1997 Version is unreal!!!!
@JasoDip This guy is right, the Legend 1997 Full BABYMETAL DEATH (7:33 long) is something you have to watch to understand the lore, you don't need to react to it, but take your time, look it up and watch it. I can guarantee you will not regret it.
Great reaction.Suscribed/Liked..Please upgrade your surprise with: "Catch Me If You Can (with Kami Band Intro) | LIVE at Budokan Black Night
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Okay you want some more babymetal eh here you go.
Road of Resistance Live in Japan
Metali Live
Sis Anger ( you can find some video with close captions.)
for Flexing their backing band here some songs with band intro .
Yava (with Kami band intro)
Catch me if you can (with Kami band intro)
Rondo of Nightmare Live
if you want some solo of main vocalist.
Amore live in Wembley.
Akatsuki.
Based on what you said about how you like your metal I would recommend Rondo Of Nightmare, Karate, Sis. Anger, Tales Of The Destinies, Kagerou, Starlight, Mirror Mirror, MAYA, and Believing. BABYMETAL can't really be pinned down into one style or genre but I think those songs have at least some of the sludge that you're looking for. I always recommend looking for a live version of their songs though. Their live performances always elevate their songs.
"Based on what you like, you might like" and then proceeds to name every single Babymetal song😂😂😂. Accurate
No this is the same band you saw all those years ago and this is a song that was on their first album (2014) and that they have played for 10+ years. But Gimme Chocolate was also on that first album and it is very poppy. Babymetal is not limited by an genre assumptions or conventions. 11-12 years ago these women were in their early teens so they did some material that was more suited to their age. They are in their mid 20s now and they do material more suited to their current ages. Babymetal is just the three women who sing and dance. But they are backed by an incredible band that makes the whole package.
The girls have straight up said the music isn't decided based on what's suited for their age.
@@HymnodicAbsolutely true 💯
@@Hymnodic Huh? Multiple early intrerviews where they said the music was about topics relatable to young women. In multiple interviews around Metal Resistance release they said that the music represented them maturing physically and in capabilities. Literally a week ago Moa said in an intervciew how their music has changed as they have matured and grown. She actually said as they have grown in height. So yes the music absolutely has changed based on their age both in terms of content and complexity. No way they would have written say Kagerou for 14-16 year old girls. Same with say Monochrome. So if they said that in some interview I haven't seen I think they are just wrong and that the writers and choreographers have certainly changed things to suit their age and capabilities.
@@jimnusbaum3589 Which was just PR speak. A few if their songs were themed for Sakura Gakuin while they were in Sakura Gakuin which had the theme of 'for young women', despite the fact that SG's fans were never young women.
You may want to go read I think it was the PMC magazine sit down interview from last suymmer. They go into depth on just this subject. Also you should also go listen to Rondo of Nightmare.
@@jimnusbaum3589 Early interviews had quite a few mentions of it, which are mostly just PR as they were trying to shift away from SG. Early songs were aimed at SG audience. You can see this shift away on their first record with songs like Rondo of Nightmare.
You should go read, I think it's the PMC interview from last summer.
Nice reaction. And that's how you open a show when you're Babymetal. There's an actual heavier version of this that they did for the ten years of Babymetal shows. All that just to introduce themselves. LoL. There are a lot of reasons why over the last 10 years that they have been thought of as one of the best live shows to experience. One of them is this song. The sacrifice that was made was their JPOP careers. And many of us are glad they did. Now they have a career that can last as long as they want to continue doing it. Unlike pop music where after a while the fans are looking for the next best thing. And in Japan for the most part those POP careers only last about 5 years. There are always exceptions to the rule but for the most part that's how it goes. But Metal is different. They have visited many genres of metal in their songs. some you'll like, others not so much but then you'll find one that sticks with you. The foxhole is deep and full of surprises. you may even be surprised which songs are the ones that stick with you.
Babymetal Ijime Dame Zettai live at Sonisphere 2014
Welcome to the Foxhole and BabyMetal's journey 🦊🤘🔥
Unusual song to start your journey but get ready for more mind-blowing songs, always expect the unexpected.
Talking about Slipknot, they recently played in the same stage at Sick New World in Las Vegas, along with many more bands they were great supporters of BM since early era.
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 when started this and become independent after 2013, they created their own genre called kawaii-metal (kawaii means cute) mixing Jpop (not Kpop) with metal sound and different subgenres along with many more rhythms. Their name is a reference to a new genre and not related to their ages or "baby" faces, is a pun intended play words with "heavy-metal" which sounds similar to "baby-metal".
They are:
*SuMetal* lead vocalist, now 26.
*MoaMetal* scream and dance, now 24.
*MomoMetal* scream and dance, she's 21 and is the new official member since April 1st last year.
-YuiMetal- scream and dance, former member since 2018.
None of them are related.
After 2018 you'll see backup dancers performing along with them but none of them are official members, they don't sing, only dance, but that status change recently like i said.
About this song;
They're celebrating 10 years anniversary of the first album and along with this they released a Gimme Chocolate!! challenge on social media. They've been playing this blaster intro during the World Tour 2023/2024.
This was the first "Babymetal Death" version with MomoMetal as an official member and it was a comeback song after December 2017 iirc. They did Babymetal Death Shin Version at Budokan 2021 but it's a way different version.
Btw don't miss out the live version at Legend 1997 in 2013, it's even more shocking and impactful with the theatrical performance and one of the rare time they used it as an ender.✝️
Anyway always remember that we are -NotACult- 💀👀
I'm gonna leave in my next comment where to get more proshot clips safe to react if YT allows me to do it.
Meanwhile next suggestion:
- Road Of Resistance live in Japan official MV (2015)
See you next time 🦊🤘🔥
Here's the list of live performance clips usually safe to reacts without any filters so you won't need to rely on live compilations, there might be some exceptions:
- Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! live at Legend 1997, SuMetal 16th Birthday in 2013, they got MV of this and is fun, but live is a blast.
th-cam.com/video/LNFiDWJh2FA/w-d-xo.html
- Akatsuki, live at Budokan 2014, this is a SuMetal solo.
th-cam.com/video/g2372C5PJLM/w-d-xo.html
- Megitsune, official MV is my first recommendation but is usually blocked if you don't put filters, so if you want live and safe to react, check it out Budokan 2014.
th-cam.com/video/dU38CYkpBvI/w-d-xo.html
- Akatsuki Unfinished Version, SuMetal solo again but with only a piano behind special performance at Legend 1997.
th-cam.com/video/nwsinmxTxbo/w-d-xo.html
- Babymetal Death, live at Legend 1997, this is the big finale, you're gonna blow your mind with this one.
th-cam.com/video/jRc9dbgiBPI/w-d-xo.html
- Catch Me If You Can with Kami Band intro live at Budokan 2014.
th-cam.com/video/ng8U_j0gpLI/w-d-xo.html
- Ijime, Dame, Zettai live at Sonisphere Festival 2014, sometimes the official live MV isn't so friendly so you know what to do.
th-cam.com/video/Ro-_cbfdrYE/w-d-xo.html
- Rondo Of Nightmare, with Mischiefs Of Metal Gods Intro live at Budokan 2014, another SuMetal solo but way different than usual happy songs.
th-cam.com/video/8WBDiLMNZcE/w-d-xo.html
- Doki Doki Morning, official MV, their very first song and MV full of kawaiiness, usually is safe to react so try it, if you want a live performance, this is the first proshot version with the Kami Band live at Legend 1999 (YuiMetal and MoaMetal 14th birthday).
th-cam.com/video/BSjv9OYtWZ0/w-d-xo.html
- Uki Uki Midnight, this one is a follow up to Doki Doki Morning but way different sound, this is the PV, is super fun but the sound isn't so great but at least is live.
th-cam.com/video/Yj-UQIlqsIQ/w-d-xo.html
If you want better sound with the Kami Band, then live at Budokan 2014 it is.
th-cam.com/video/ESzY9dL613Q/w-d-xo.html
- Onedari Daisakusen, live at Legend 1997, this is a Black Babymetal song, is a subgroup with only YuiMetal and MoaMetal.
th-cam.com/video/1dT1ywYR5So/w-d-xo.html
- Iine! again official MV hits way better but if you want live, here live at Budokan 2014.
th-cam.com/video/5sCvYVNeD0w/w-d-xo.html
- Karate live at Download Festival 2016, "kitsune6001" got this with a short interview intro.
th-cam.com/video/FKOL6v3Md2c/w-d-xo.html
- Road Of Resistance live in Japan official live MV, be careful with the blocked by putting some filters just in case.
th-cam.com/video/zTEYUFgLveY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=BsVOSExS25Qndy1H
- Kimi To Anime Ga Mitai - Answer For Animation With You, live at Budokan 2014, not sure if it's still safe, so try some filters, if is audio blocked try to mute or just cut the parts.
th-cam.com/video/M8FKumvh-w8/w-d-xo.html
Here's a song you can find at Babymetal Reactor Resource (BMRR), a helpful place to get watermarked logo clips of the original live version to curve the annoying algo.
- GJ! live at Wembley Arena 2016, another Black Babymetal song.
th-cam.com/video/Hg0Rylcg8F0/w-d-xo.html
This is BMRR short vid to follow instructions and get the spreadsheet with the full list.
th-cam.com/video/q40VmTHSh4c/w-d-xo.html
And here's a BM guide (the long one).
th-cam.com/video/aIb2xEthdSg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=EnEYU4nN3tuiY3WL
There's a beginners guide at "Briaghh" called "So... What is BabyMetal?" is more short and with some fair update until last year unlike the other one with full updates till this year.
th-cam.com/video/9X5vj1-Sg_4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=icqbG22Ysw0Pc-Ll
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@@jakemuller8626 I will second these suggestions. They give you a good overview of BABYMENTAL. And there is no anger or demoniacs in BABYMETAL, only good theater and love, joy, happiness and respect for your fellow man. Good reaction. Welcome to the foxhole. 🦊🦊🦊 🖖❤
Please more babymetal live
Road of resistance
MAYA
Monochrome
Starlight and more 🔥
Very cool!
You might like to watch the version of this song on the show "Legend 1997", in 2013. Su was turning 16 years old, at that time Yui and Moa were 14 years old.
Enjoy Babymetal!🤘🦊🤘
Every Babymetal song is different and unique. They have quickly become my favorite band!
Thanks for this reaction, it was great to watch!
The song you saw was almost certainly "gimme chocolate" from the "legend 1997" concert - it refers to (1997 birthyear) and was performed on Su-Metal (lead singer) 16th birthday near the start of the setlist. That concert is formatted as a rock-opera starting with much more pop influence, transitions to more and more metal as it goes, until it ends with "Babymetal - Death" in perhaps their most iconic performance of the song. That video went viral 10y ago (200m views now?) and was one of the earliest boosts to the band.
I saw "gimme chocolate" around the same time you did, it was fun and unique but didn't hook me. a couple of years ago "Babymetal - Road of Resistance (Live in Japan)" popped up on my feed and it hooked me like this performance hooked you. I haven't stopped finding as much of their live performance work as I can since then, and they are just amazing. Hope to see more!
check out divine attack and monochrome live PIA 2023. for older content road of resistance and headbanger legend 1997
They are saying "I'm Su Metal, I'm Moa Metal, I'm MoMo Metal, We're BabyMetal"
ありがとう！
Please take a look at BABYMETAL DEATH Legend 1997. I think you will like it more!
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Diffrent more theatrical version but no singing 😁🤘🏼🦊
Why would he like a less heavy version of the song more?
Our favorite version is still the Legend 1997 with Yuimetal and the live crucifixion of Su-Metal.
This group is just astonishing (the "death" routine is kind of a play on words ( "desu" specifically - which is I think pretty much the verb "to be")- it's not really about that, but more of an introduction ), there aren't enough superlatives to describe this group and all who support them (including their fans) - but they revived my interest in music after about 15 years. More please - and preferably LIVE but NOT generally "official" (misses intros, often the band, is often studio over concert etc etc), as they are primarily a live band. Great reaction to an early track, and welcome to one of the few groups who created their own genre and are still unsurpassed after 14 years.
"I wish I knew what they were saying..."
Dude...the entire Arena is chanting...."D E A T H"!!!
(but its not an evil death they call for but rather the path to a rebirth - and its not actually Death at all but rather a play on the Japanese word Desu which means 'I am', 'We are', etc.. its Lore stuff..LoL)
And yes, they were spelling out "B A B Y M E T A L" followed by the chant "DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH"!!! LoL!!
AND....yes this is probably the same group you saw 10 years ago...that you hated!!..LoL!! Their song "Gimme Chocolate" went viral back in 2014 (one of their most 'poppy' songs) and that is what most Westerners saw...and many, like you, wrote them off. But for those of us who chose to look under the hood....Found one of the most Fantastic Bands in the World!! Hell, they even have the #1 Album in the USA on Billboards "Top Rock Album" chart back in 2019....so you missed out on a Decade of Great Music!
But now you have found them again and you get a second chance to see just how Deep the Fox Hole goes!! Don't waste this chance!!
More Babymetal Always!!
For my suggestion..lets go back to 3 months AFTER that "Gimme Chocolate" video you hated..to the Famous Budokan and Babymetal's performance of "Rondo of Nightmare" with the Mischiefs of God Intro. Shows you the younger group (but its just a Su-metal solo) with their band - The 'Kami' Band.
th-cam.com/video/8WBDiLMNZcE/w-d-xo.html
Put your Kitsune UP!! Po!
haha man I missed the boat in 2014, BUT nonetheless I am here to check out more Babymetal 🤘
The thing that I love the most about Babymetal that seeing them perform its like going to the theater and for whatever reason the producers decided to make crazy cultist spectacle with metal music in the background.
Recommendations for next Babymetal song? Bad ass heavy new music, new album: Divine Attack, Maya. New FUN and heavy music: METALI, Papaya.
Music with deep meaning: Monochrome(new), Megitsune (older).
Fun but heavy older music: Catch Me If You Can (very Slipknoty), Yava ( ska metal?)
Ethnic sounding and unique: Shanti Shanti Shanti(Indian metal?), Metalizm (Arabian metal?), Night Night Burn (Flamenco metal?), Oh Majinai (Celtic/Pirate metal?), Tales of the Destinies/The One (Prog metal).
Take your pick.
Ha, ha! That was definitely Babymetal you saw all those years ago, dude! They've been around for 14 years already. They just aren't quite what you thought they were. And no, it's not as easy as saying that they were cute and poppy in the past, and hard and heavy today (although they have toned down the cutesy stuff a bit as they've grown older). This song is literally the first track off of their first album, all those years ago. It's complicated. But just like you guessed, this song is generally used as an opener at their concerts. The lyrics are just them introducing themselves, making a pun of the fact that the Japanese for "I am/we are" _(desu),_ sounds a bit like the English word _death._ Hence _Babymetal desu_ (we are Babymetal) = _Babymetal death._
You should definitely stick with them for a while, and see what they have to offer. Many songs do combine the heavy metal with more lighthearted and poppy vocals, but don't make the mistake of dismissing it as a gimmick. The music is seriously good, and Su can _sing._ Personally I prefer their older stuff, but I suspect you might be a bit more comfortable with the latest album. Maybe try songs like Mirror mirror, Metalizm, Monochrome or Divine attack. And the general rule with Babymetal is to pick live performances over music videos (unless explicitly recommended otherwise), as that is where they truly shine.
Agree, I think, should do one of their newer or heavy older songs . 😁🤘🏼🦊
Welcome to the Foxhole!
Interesting choice for a first song to react. Very cool song definitely and it's the first song of their first album, but take it more like a intro.
Hope to see more Babymetal from you soon, you'll will stay surprised, I can tell you that haha, expect the unexpected
🤟🦊🤟キツネだお🤟🦊🤟
Welcome to Babymetal, the mind-bendiest of the Japanese metal scene bands. If i were you id stay in the modern era of babymetal before venturing into the back catalogue, just to adjust yourself a litlle to their sound. Songs like Mirror Mirror or Monochrome. Of course live is always the best. Praise be to the Fox God and Kitsunes up! Enjoy the ride.
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🎸If possible react to their live performance🎸
Technically, this is the first song from their first album, so you have just experienced their very beginnings.
Great first reaction, welcome to the BABYMETAL Foxhole.🦊Yes that probably was BABYMETAL you saw 10 years ago - I can almost guarantee you saw the official video for 'Gimme Chocolate' which was the song that went viral in 2014 just before they started touring internationally .... and I can almost guarantee you hated it and dismissed them as a gimmick pop act with distorted guitars and assumed every other song would be just like that one.
That was a mistake a whole lot of people made. There are a lot of die-hard BABYMETAL fans who did exactly that and only found out several years later what a huge mistake they had made.
The girls are BABYMETAL. They are the vocalists and dancers (just like all those other bands who have vocalists who don't play the instruments ... but those vocalists don't do complex choreography while they're singing, BABYMETAL do).
BABYMETAL don't follow the same formula or conventions as those other bands and nearly all the bands for the last 50-60 years and more. They are original and unique and they defy convention (which is a Metal attitude in itself).
They started in 2010 aged 12 and 11 and they pioneered their own new sub-genre mixing Metal with JPop hooks, melodies and aesthetics. They had to find an audience nobody believed would exist. They borrowed clothes to make their first stage costumes, they sang and danced to prerecorded instrumentals played on a backing track in shopping malls, a stage used for comedians by the food hall at a festival, their first solo concerts were in a tiny venue with a 150 capacity ... and against all the odds they found that audience.
Only when they had proved themselves and somehow started to gain some fans of their own did they get any financial backing to get costumes and most importantly to phase in a live backing band.
BABYMETAL are supported in all live shows since early 2014 (and in some since 2012) by the Kami Band. The Kami Band of the East are the very best session musicians to be found in Japan. The same hard core of about 6 musicians played the vast majority of concerts since about 2013.
In 2019 the Kami Band of the West (American musicians) were introduced to support BABYMETAL on their lengthier foreign tours.
Last year BABYMETAL played nearly 100 concerts in 25 countries. The Kami Band East played at the first concerts in January 2023, the Kami Band West played all the others concerts and have been supporting them in all their concerts and festivals so far this year.
This video was released a couple of months ago to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their first album being released - 'BABYMETAL Death' was the first song on that first album.
They had not played it live since 2017 because it is an intro song and they are introducing themselves by name, but they couldn't use it with just two official members and the original third member Yuimetal didn't appear at all after October 2017 and officially announced she was leaving the band in October 2018.
This performance was on 2nd April 2023 - the first concert with Momometal as an official member, so 'BABYMETAL Death' was back ... I don't know if you heard the crowd cheer particularly loudly when she introduced herself as "Momometal desu".
The whole song is based on a pun. The English word death sounds to a Japanese speaker like the Japanese word desu (the U is silent) spoken with a slight lisp.
Desu means to be - as in I am, we are, it is etc. Basically the lyrics for this song are: "B_A_B_Y_M_E_T_A_L" ... "I am Su-metal", "I am Moametal", "I am Momometal" "We are BABYMETAL" ... "Death Death Death Death Death Death Death Death".
You may want to see the 'Legend 1997' performance where they were celebrating Su-metal's 16th birthday in December 2013. That one was a really special performance.
Being an introduction song they would normally play it right at the start of the concerts (it is a great way to get the crowd hyped and joining in straight away), but that was one of the special occasions where they played it later in the show - for that one it was the finale.
If you like clean vocals and great music, BabyMetal is a band you will enjoy, but if you only like harsh,scremo vocals, maybe not . I am an old metalhead fan of Judas Priest Iron Maiden and other early Metal/Rock bands . i got sick of hearing harsh scremo type vocals all the time in later years of metal and lost interest in the metal scene . Heard BabyMetal years ago, probably the same time as you . Luckily, i checked a few more songs out and loved them being a fan ever since they got me back into metal again .
They get a lot of hate from Metal Elitists at the begaining and still do, but not as much . If you have people like Rob Halford perform on stage with you and tour with RHCP, Korn , Guns and Roses, and Judas Priest and count Cory Taylor and Rob Zombie among your fans i think i take their opinions over any Elitist this what metal should be opinions.
Surrgest you try something of their 4th album like Divine Attack or Mirror Mirror and definitely live. That is where they shine 😁 wil you venture into the foxhole ? Only the foxgod knows 🤣😁🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼
Forget to mention Tom Morello did a collaboration with them 👍😁🤘🏼🦊
And opened for Metallica 😁🤘🏼🦊
You should give the "Legend 1997 Apocalypse" version a look - it has much more meaning.
Keep rockin’ BABYMETAL!!!
KITSUNE UP!!! 🤘🦊🤘
This is a weird song to start with. This is their show-opening-hype song. It's dope and it really gets the audience pumped...but it's not indicitive of the rest of their songs. Check out another song for sure, it almost doesn't matter which, but make sure whatever you watch is a live one...they really shine live.
It is the first song on the first album and an introduction song. Lots of people who reviewed the first album where also surprised and slightly confused. 🙂
And yes, they have in their Baxkground their Background musicians like in this case the Kami Band West and their true default Bamd, since they know who their stage director is, and they accept zhat she is female.
This is a very exciting reaction video!!! You can really feel the love for BABYMETAL 🦊
Dude! You've only seen half of the show!!
PLEASE go and watch BABYMETAL DEATH Legend 1997.
Babymetal Forever!!🦊🦊🍅🦊
Yep ... Legend 1997 has a good version of Death. They are not sacrificing a black goat though, instead they are sacrificing their lead singer. That's even more metal.
"Headbanger"
"Rondo of Nightmare"
"Syncopation"
"Starlight" (all live) are some of my personal favourites.
You might enjoy them, too.
Great reaction btw
BABYMETAL brings so much joy, hope and tears. They are the band that changed my life.
Good reaction! 🤘🦊🤘 Thank you for giving BABYMETAL a chance!!! BABYMETAL is a Japanese kawaii (cute) metal group (a metal subgenre that they created) that formed in 2010 when the 3 girls were 11-12 years old (yes, they were very young), and since then have performed with, toured with, or opened for Metallica, Korn, Sabaton, Bring Me The Horizon, Dragonforce, Guns N' Roses, Lady Gaga, Rob Halford of Judas Priest (there's a great youtube video of their performance with Rob at a metal award show), and Red Hot Chili Peppers (there is a youtube video of them performing Gimme Chocolate with RHCP, as well as with Korn, and DragonForce), to name a few of many. They have performed at large metal events/concerts in front of 65,000+ skeptical metalheads in Europe (Download, Sonisphere, Glastonbury, etc), US, and Asia. They are the first Japanese band to perform at Wembley arena in the UK. Also, 20+ awards have been given to them. They have 60+ songs and each one is different from the other, so I hope you give the other songs a try. By the way, they have some really great heavy songs too, and I hope you like guitar solos, as well as bass and drum solos, like I do, because they have them too. Also, they released a new amazing album last year and they just finished a world tour where they had many shows here in the US. They also recently released a new music video for their song called "Metali" that features Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello. 🤘🦊🤘
Pls do more babymetal reactions.
Hi from Ireland, yes and unusual first choice but epic, you have been missing out, but loads to catch-up on, so have fun. I suggest some recent like the pia 2023 shows, monochrome live at pia, road of resistance and megitsune, you will be well and truly entertained, then go to older ones, and solos, I say this because a few older more popy ones may mislead you. The latest album the other one is a good guide for recent performances, I subscribed in hope of more babymetal 😊
And to think you're only just scratching the surface of BabyMetal. I hope you deep dive mate because there's a lot of heavy tracks in the catalogue. Song recommendations would have to go to Karate, Road of Resistance, Distortion, Megitsune. For the newer stuff you could go with Leave it all Behind, Metali (feat Tom Morello) or Pa Pa Ya!! Great reaction!
ハマっちゃうよね🇯🇵🦊
the song you heard from them 10 years ago was probably Gimme Choco (i like the song, but in a metalhead perspective, it's probably one of their childish songs).
You should check out Rondo of Nightmare, MAYA, BxMxC and The Legend.
That makes sense
🤘🦊🤘 Try more Babymetal. Liked and subscribed.
Funny that this is the opening track from Babymetal's first album over 10 years ago
Welcome to FOXHOLE
You are on the edge of the abyss and there is no escape
this is for those who say that Babymetal is not metal 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
#notacult
I actually like the older versions much better...there are 2 or 3 other live versions.
This is where Babymetal started - BABYMETAL - Doki Doki☆Morning (OFFICIAL) at: th-cam.com/video/cirhQ8iLdbw/w-d-xo.html
Haha great reaction and welcome to Babymetal. I am willing to bet the first time you saw them was definitely Babymetal. They started in 2010 at age 12/11, and this performance was in Apr 2023 in their mid-20s. They've grown as people, but also in music. Babymetal's music is so varied, they will have goofy songs leaning heavier into pop about girls wanting chocolate (most likely the early video clip you saw) to something so prog-metal that Mike Portnoy himself gave them their thumbs up.
*Understanding the Lyrics:*
Desu (silent "u") = I am / We are
Babymetal Desu = "We are Babymetal"
Su-metal Desu = "I am Su-metal" (lead vocalist).
But this is metal, so BABYMETAL DEATH!! They love a good pun.
Even their name is a play on words (in Japanese):
Heavy metal: ヘビーメタル (Hebīmetaru)
Babymetal: ベビーメタル (Bebīmetaru)
Thus, this song is literally the girls introducing themselves, hence their staple show opener for over a decade. So, don't worry, no goats were sacrificed 🤣. #notacult
Here are a few suggestions to give you their "signature" sound:
*Road of Resistance (Official Live):* One of their most anthemic and epic show closers (almost a decade now). This is from a Jan 2015 show. This song was a collab with Dragonforce. Herman Li and Sam Totman co-wrote guitars and played on the studio verison.
*Headbanger (Legend 1997):* This is a quintessential Babymetal classic. Show is a Dec 2013 show celebrating lead Su-metal's 16th birthday.
*Monochrome (Pia Arena MM):* More of a hard rock song that is very melodic, emotional, with heavy metal elements and an amazing crowd engagement section. Same show BABYMETAL DEATH from this reaction (Apr 2023).
*Metali (Official Live):* A fun and energetic festival song to get the audience riled up. Features Tom Morello doing his thing on guitar solos.
*Megitsune (Pia Arena MM):* Another classic Babymetal song and a fan favorite. Performed well over 340+ times to date since 2013.
**Notice that many fans will suggest live, since Babymetal is actually better live vs studio, as they are 100% a live performance act, and that's their natural habitat. Their MVs are cool too, but will never hit as hard as their live. Besides there are only ~12 MVs out of 60+ on discography.
Look forward to more Babymetal! 🤘🦊
There are two things nobody ever expects:
1. The Spanish Inquisition
2. Babymetal (or what they will do next. You cannot predict it).
Welcome to the wonderful world of happy metal that is BABYMETAL! 🤘🦊🤘
Babymetal Death is simply three sweet young ladies introducing themselves to the audience while getting a warm-up before the rest of the show.
The backing band are session musicians who support them at live shows. They are called the Kami Band (Kami meaning god or spirit) The original Kamis were some of the finest musicians in Japan. There is now a Western Kami Band composed of American musicians, mostly members of the Star Wars themed metal band, Galactic Empire (who you saw in this video hidden by the metal masks).
The Foxhole runs long and deep despite their short 14 year career and BABYMETAL as young teenagers were the trailblazers that opened up the international market for all those other Japanese girl bands you mentioned (and those bands will acknowledge it).
Kitsune Da O! 🤘🦊🤘
No one expects BabyMetal. Their chief weapons are Su's Vocals , Moa's dimples, and MoMos smile hang on our 3 weapons are ! Su's vocals , Moa's dimples , Momos smile, and the Kami band and great courgrphy oh shit !!!🤔😁🤘🏼🦊
@@martinmetal7481 😂😂😂
Maximum the hormone is HIGHLY worth checking out. Song: Hungry pride, alien, Yoshu Fukushu, Koi no sperma. And lets talk about menkata Cottelee
They inspired many of these japanese bands you been checking out.
Also Road of Resistance is worth it for Babymetal. But all their songs are special in their own way.
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The funny thing is that you probably saw Gimme Chocolate back all those years ago, which is a poppy song, and this song was on the same album. They play with lots of different genres and you never know what you will get next. This was a concert opener and introduction song, playing on the fact that the Japanese word for "I am" is Desu, which sounds like Death.
My recommendation for a good watch would be Road of Resistance from PIA Arena 2023, there is a good version with English subs out there, and it's an old song but is kind of their anthem: th-cam.com/video/XpGRYhY897E/w-d-xo.html
I learned my lesson about that.. I saw GC when it came out, was confused but fascinated, but I didn't do a deep dive, figuring it to just be a fun gimmick. Whoops!!
Circle back to late 2022 when I rediscovered them, blew through their entire history, story, and material, then saw them with my wife back to back in Houston and Dallas last year and they're one of my top 3 favorite bands now 😂❤
I cant wait to see you react to more Babymetal.
The 3 young ladies are BABYMETAL, the guys in masks are the Kami Band. They are Babymetal's touring band. Babymetal was founded in 2010.
They are heavy as hell
I would highly recommend "Headbanger" (written as Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!) and be aware: meanwhile there are 3 versions of that song where each one of the three young Ladies take over the Lead Vocal later in the song to celebrate the girl's birthdays... These 3 videos should be watched in the following order:
1. Headbanger (the origin song with full Su-vocal)
2. Headbanger feat. Moametal called "Moabanger"
3. Headbanger feat. Momometal called "Momobanger"
have fun =)
Hehe, it was probably the same band! They bring all kinds of styles to their music! The clip you saw was probably Gimmie Chocolate, which is on their more poppier side.
Road of Resistance live from Japan 2015, next please!🙏🤘
they are a constant surprise. Without an open and curious mind, you will not enjoy the rest of their work. Nonetheless, it's always metal. I recommend you next watch their performance from eight years ago of Road of Resistance
Keep babymetal going for the Fox God's sake! For the love of the Fox God 🤘🦊🤘
Judging BABYMETAL by a few songs is difficult, because they cover such a wide range. What you have just seen is just as much a part of their catalogue as what you have probably seen ten years ago. So if you expect them to sound like this now, you are probably going to be disappointed. Their sound has matured, but not changed completely. The cute elements have been toned down, but they are not gone. They aren't any more "vanilla" Metal than they have ever been.
Mind you, I'm not trying to turn you off. They are still the most entertaining band ever, and I have never loved any band more than I love them. But most people who didn't like them ten years ago are unlikely to like them now. But don't take my word, please try for yourself. "Monochrome" or "Divine Attack" may be a good start to dip into their more recent songs, but as I said, it's just one of many facets to their sound.
Man you have to watch legend 1997 Babymetal Death Live. Version. Just watch it and you will know why.
OMG! Watching the expressions on your face as "Death" unfurled in front of you was as they say worth the price of admission. This is a kind of wild song to start out with but that said seems like you enjoyed yourself. The band you saw all those years ago very well could have been Babymetal as they've been performing since 2010. And yeah it is a long, complicated, incredible story. Based on everything you said I'm going to recommend another performance from this show. It's another of their early classics but with all the chunky, junk you got here plus actual lyrics. You'll love it I'm sure. "Road of Resistance": th-cam.com/video/XpGRYhY897E/w-d-xo.html
First off SKOL brother!! 2nd welcome down the Foxhole . I would suggest Karate either the MV or 2016 Download version
The band behind the girls are called the Kami band. In the first years they where Japanese musicians. The last years they all are replaced by American musicians, on drums is Anthony Barone who is a well known death metal drummer. Try Babymetal - Megitsune live.
4:57 oh man... This actually kinda sorta happened! I think it was this song's first appearance, but there was a whole act where Su-Metal was sacrificed to the metal gods and resurrected as a metal goddess herself on a cross while a crumbling St. Anger was behind them (yes, like Metallica's, that was actually the point, so much so that you play the beginning of this song again but this time... "DARKNESS, IMPRISONING ME! ALL THAT I SEE, ABSOLUTE HORROR!!!")
Suffice to say this was... Controversial both in the west and the east, but the statement was made, they are as metal as the legends once rumored to be satanic because of how disruptive they were! Oh, and said legends agree! They're actually pals and have been thoroughly supported by many metal legends, including Metallica.
Wow had no clue and that makes so much sense now
Every song they do is different then the next...from light to super heavy to edm. This song is more of a crowd pumper then a traditional song by them but ya. Their stage production is best in the world.
Be aure to check out BMTH Kingslayer ft BabyMetal live in Tokyo or Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God intro Budokan live (very dark and heavy), ( this one highlights the band behind Babymetal, the original kami band, now called eastern kami band. The ones in the masks are the western kami band).
Other popular songs...
Maya live (new album, on the heavy side).
Road of Resistance live in Japan (powermetal, probably their most iconic live show, not my favorite song tho hard to explain)
Pa pa ya live (crowd hype type song)
Monochrome live(softer side, great intro tho).
Divine attack live ( edm metal ish)
Megitsune music video (probably their best older song when they were young young).
Headbanger live 1997 (dope crowd shots)
Amo ver las diferentes reacciones de las personas al ver por primera vez a Babymetal.
🤘🦊🤘 #notacult
Subbing to see you react to more. They are so good it's crazy. If you want to start early in their career, maybe try Megitsune (not live, just because live spoils the sick breakdown the first time you ever hear it), but absolutely anything else PREFER live. Road of Resistance, Headbanger are good bets for early Babymetal. If you want to start more modern day, Metali is a good one, or the collab they did with Bring Me The Horizon, called Kingslayer. I've seen people work both forward, backward or any order really, but it's all fantastic.
Welcome & Thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 This exciting opening song was performed 3 times this year in USA (San Francisco x2 + Las Vegas) and American crowd also got hyped like you saw in this video.
BABYMETAL is the best musical phenomenon I have ever experienced in my 68-year-long life. (Before BM, I was a stubborn jazz / funk lover) We say "Japan is the country obsessed by Rock Music". The history is very long and the obsession started in 1966 when Beatles visited Japan and held 5 concerts at Budokan. Speaking of hard rock / heavy metal music, a number of bands started to come to Japan since as early as 1970s : Led Zeppelin / Grand Funk Railroad (1971), Deep Purple (1972), Queen (1975), Kiss (1977), Cheap Trick / Van Halen / Scorpions (1978), Judas Priest (1978/79) and so on. Now, any type of rock can be enjoyed here, especially by many all-female or women-fronted bands. They are daughters of American / European rock, for sure. (Many are grand-daughters in terms of age.)
Uh-oh, we also say "Japan is the country obsessed by Jazz". It had started earlier than rock 😄
BABYMETAL is nothing you've ever seen before. I'm sure you'll enjoy the journey!
checkout - Babymetal "Rondo of Nightmare - Budokan Black Night - LIVE"
For me, this is their best era, when they were, “Baby” and Metal. (they have many interesting and headbanger songs ) Now is more like POP with elements of Metal, and not babies anymore. This song IS precisely from that era of BabyMetal, but the performance is actual. By the way, you reacted to this version, but there’s a more creepier and theatrical one, I really recommend that one to see on you own time or if you want to react to that version and share it, that’s great with me. See you!!
There is one song that you will have to react to at least 3 times....
Headbangeeer!!! Live at Legend 1997 (2013) This is the live version of the original at Su-metal's sweet 16 celebration.
Headbangeeer!!! Live at Legend M (2019 a.k.a, Moabanger) Moametal sings lead the second half for her 20th Birthday
Headbangeeer!!! Live at Legend MM (2024, a.k.a, Momobanger) Momometal sings lead the second half for the last night of her 20th before her 21st birthday.
Every version is different and special and worthy of a separate reaction.
There is also a "Yuibanger" for original member Yuimetal's 15th birthday on 2014, but only fan-cam recordings, no HQ Pro-shots like the others.
Hahahaha! "Did Satan just come out of her"? Lol No, but SuMetal came out of her. Babymetal Death basically is the death of their Jpop formal selves to be reborn into SuMetal, MoaMetal and MomoMetal of BabyMetal. If you notice the crowd cheering louder when MomoMetal introduces herself (MomoMetal Desu) it's because she was formally introduced as the offical third member after YuiMetal left in 2017 (formally announced in 2018) it had been six years before a third member was announced. After Yui left they did not play this song again until MomoMetal, which you are witnessing in this performance. There is ofcourse some details I'm leaving out but in a nutshell, this is my short explanation. Welcome to the Foxhole!
Watch Babymetal Death from 2013, Legend 1997 (the year SuMetal was born) concert. The Yui Era when they were still tweens. Epic!
Delve deep into the Foxhole and discover the original Kami band, three little girls who changed the face of metal, their Sakura Gakuin days, the Fox God, The One, thier constant message of always overcoming obsticals of whatever life throws at you, etc, etc, etc.... obsess and enjoy the beauty of BabyMetal. You might even realize Why we call SuMetal, The Queen.
Hey thanks for the explanation and info brother
"Monochrome" live PIA arena. That will give you a good sense of what Baby Metal is all about.
Some Japanese bands, old and new. Take your pick: BAND-MAID [All their songs... really!], LOVEBITES [Break the Wall, Raise some Hell, and all the other songs], BABYMETAL [All their songs, because they are all different], MAXIMUM THE HORMONE [Yoshu Fukushu], DEXCORE [Earthworm], CROSSFAITH [Catastrophe, Zero], SiM [Killing Me], NINGEN ISU [Heartless Scat], ADO [Unravel (LIVE)], UNLUCKY MORPHEUS [Black Pentagram], YOUSEI TEIKOKU [Astral Dogma, Patriot Anthem (Live)] and their other band: DenKare [Detonator], COLDRAIN [Die Tomorrow], CRYSTAL LAKE [The Circle], GIVEN BY THE FLAMES [Ronove], LONESOME_BLUE [Face the Fear], ANGRY FROG REBIRTH [2Step Syndrome], SILENTLY SHOOTING TRAITORS [Manipulate], ALDIOUS [Dominator], EAST OF EDEN [Evolve], TRiDENT [Ambivalent, Spoopy], KOKESHI [Fetal Sea], BRIDEAR [Light in the Dark, Brave New World Revisited, Ignite], CINQ ELEMENT [Destiny], MARY'S BLOOD [Marionette], GRAUPEL [Bereavement], DOLL$BOXX [Take my Chance], SOKONINARU [Tenohira De Odoru], HELLO SLEEPWALKERS [Flying Saucer], TELECiDE [Tied up Memories], NEKO [Ghost on a Record], MARDELAS [G-Metal], FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS [Tear Down], MERGINGMOON [Greyen], ROTTENGRAFFTY [Hallelujah], JILUKA [Mephisto, Overkill, Venom, Lluvia], BROKEN BY THE SCREAM [Emotion Cross-Counter], FATE GEAR [Unbreakable Wings], LYNCH [Devil], GACHARIC SPIN [Mindset], DIR EN GREY [Ningen wo Kaburu], X JAPAN [Kurenai], DAZZLE VISION [Second], DEVILOOF [Torture] _(Deathcore Band),_ JUPITER [My Enemy], SEIKIMA-II [Fire After Fire], NOKUTO [Life of Desire], GALNERYUS [Angel of Salvation], SAISEIGA [Ride On], BLOOD STAIN CHILD [Del-Sol], IRONBUNNY [23], NEMOPHILA [Rise, Hypnosis], DADAROMA [Lucid Dream], PaleNeØ [aLiVE], Takayoshi Ohmura [THE CATACLYSM], HANABIE [We Love Sweets, Be the GAL], ZEILE [Deathside], A CROWD OF REBELLION [Re:Create of the Re:d], PALEDUSK [Area PD], POLKADOT STINGRAY [any song], MUTANT MONSTERS [Abnormal], BLACKLAB [Insanity], ASTERISM [Fiction, Rising Moon, Unravel, or Church], NOISEMAKER [Hunter or Prey], BiSH [The Night When Stars Twinkle], SCANDAL [A.M.D.K.J.], DEEP GIRL [I kill], Mrs. GREEN APPLE [Inferno], BRATS [Doudatte Yokatta, Kimarigoto], THE ORAL CIGARETTES [Frenzy Hey Kids!!], GIRUGAMESH [Drain], LiLiHoLi [From Darkness to Light], THE DEVIL’S KILLING MERRY-GO-ROUND [Diabolos], OTOBOKE BEAVER [Don't Light My Fire, Love is Short], GLIM SPANKY [Breaking Down Blues, Fighter], and many many more...
I bet the band you were talking about from 10 years ago was the same one. The lead singer Su was 13 when their first single blew up. She was 15 / 16 when Give Me Chocolate went viral. Yeah, they've been around a while.
Makes sense, they have really changed for the better
“Always a brides maid!” For non-Americans that means, I’m always late to the party. Everything has been said above, or below except they are still my favorite band, and I listen to a ton of heavy music. Very diverse and talented women. I’ve seen them multiple times in the US and Japan. You can never go wrong with this group. ❤️🦊
😂😂😂😂This version is just a reminder for fans!
You want something fxxking crazy and blow your mind? Go back the time when you don't like them, seriously.😂😂😂
Karate is a good Babymetal song. Basically they're a clean fusion of J-pop with Japanese Death Metal, in my opinion.
Japanese Slipknot with females singers
@@JasoDip essentially yes
Please, keep reacting to BabyMetal. I promise you'll have more follower by doing this! (Including me)
I'm sure someone has mentioned it already, but you really need to check out Kagerou Live with Kami Band Intro, it's imo their best track ever.
The clip you saw ten years ago that you disliked probably was them. It was probably Gimme Chocolate! Their songs range wildly from poppier to heavier and every genre in between, they were obviously also much younger ten years ago (they started at age 12) so their voices have also changed in that time.
This song BABYMETAL DEATH debuted in 2012 and was the opening track on their first album released in 2014, it is usually used as the opener on tour with more elaborate performances like this one at their bigger arena shows.
I do hope you check out some more from BABYMETAL, but I warn you not every song goes as hard as this. Especially their earlier songs are a lot more poppy with their young voices.
If I were to curate some songs to ease you in they would probably be some of their more recent performances 🦊🤘
These are titles of videos on TH-cam:
Babymetal - Road Of Resistance (PIA Arena 2023 Live) Eng Subs
Babymetal - Maya (PIA Arena 2023 Live) Eng Subs
Babymetal - Mirror Mirror (PIA Arena 2023 Live) Eng Subs
Babymetal - Megitsune (PIA Arena 2023 Live) Eng Subs
as an old-school metalhead myself, i'd point you to _Road of Resistance_ (co-written with Herman Li of Dragonforce) , _Headbanger_ , and, ngl, _Monochrome_ (either the OMV or the live version , *_and then_* you might check out the piano version ... in all cases, just make sure to have the CC turned on).
I assume that the thing you saw 10+years ago was _Gimme Chocolate_ .... it's a lot of fun once you get properly initiated , as is _Catch Me if You Can_ 😂 (and then for _super_ ironic fun, _Doki Doki Morning_ 🤣)
and at some point, you have to see the "Legend 1997" live version of _Babymetal Death_ ... Most.Metal.Thing.EVAR.
they also have loads of poppy stuff, to try to get as wide of an appeal as possible, and also still trying to figure out this brand new genre that they just invented ("Kawaii Metal").
others will be more than happy to flood you with all the history and lore.
Great reaction, thanks and welcome to BABYMETAL.
You already have a ton of literature explaining basically everything so, I don't want to bother you by repeating the same. I just wanted to remark what you need to know right now: they are better live (as a general rule for the videos on their channel, if the word "live" is not in the tittle, that's not a live version). They are very diverse musically since they like to mix any music genre with metal. So, always expect the unexpected. 😁
Enjoy your BABYMETAL journey!
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Apropos poppy. It might have been Babymetal you saw several years ago. A bit depending on what song you listen to, it can be a bit poppy. The girls do not growl. They have higher pitch voices, even though Su, the main vocal, is a bit lower than common for Japanese women. The band is hard though. Very hard. In the earliest performances is was a fake band with skeleton masks. Later it has ben mostly the Kami Band. In the beginning they were white painted and in white robes. But, around 2019 or so they started to wear masks. I liked the white paint better, but the masks makes it possible to do a trick - have different musicians when out on tour, depending on where they play. I saw them in Stockholm and they had huge hairy arms. Did not look Japanese at all 😃
fuck yea, babymetal rules 🤘🤘
Great reaction! Now i recommend you react to 'The Legend '.
Ok, maybe not that one. That might be going a little too far the other way. 🤣
Babymetal is a fusion, now more of a blend, of Japanese pop and metal. It can get a little weird sometimes, in a very good way, so be prepared. It's awesome and it's highly addictive.
It's the same group, they changed a bit over the past ten plus years!
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You missed out of 10 years of Babymetal, but we'll get you up to speed. 🙂
Death from the 1997 legend show is the best one! Hope to see more BABYMETAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Headbanger should be next
I would say that your next reaction should be road of resistance live in Japan 2014 if you want get a better understanding of how much they can thrash.🤘🦊🤘
According to your taste I would guesd Songs like Distortion or Maya might fit but otherwisecI would say no. They are more destinedcforvMicxes you might try some of theirvCollabs like Kingslayercwith Bring me zhe Horizont or "Leave it all behind" with F. Hero and Bodyslam. Zhey are simply bigger. They are the International most succesful japanese Band. Their fans are to 40% female and all ages between 5 and 85.. Since they are much langer than Babd Maid they don't care of they are sble to fill 6000 seltsam within 4 days that is enough for them.