BABYMETAL Shares New Single “Starlight”, YuiMetal Resigns From The Band


BABYMETAL is about to kickoff a new headline tour in Japan next week at Makuhari Messe starting October 23rd and will be ending at Kobe World Memorial Hall on the 31st. To celebrate, the band released a new single ‘Starlight’, digitally. They also unveiled the music video on October 19th (JST). A portion of this new song ‘Starlight’ is included in BABYMETAL’s graphic novel Apocrypha: The Legend of BABYMETAL‘s trailer. You can listen to and purchase the new song below. Continue reading


Celebrities React To BABYMETAL


BABYMETAL has taken the scene by storm since their inception in 2010. Su-metal, Yuimetal and Moametal, along with their backing band, have gone from playing small shows in Japan, to now headlining arenas all over the world. When it comes to their fan base, it’s pretty split down the middle. Metal fans either love this band, or can’t stand the sight of them. But what about non metal heads? Continue reading


BABYMETAL Releasing Self Titled CD via RAL/Sony Music


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Japanese teen J-Pop/metal sensations BABYMETAL has signed with RAL/Sony Music Entertainment for the US release of their 2014 self titled debut album. The re-release will feature two bonus tracks and will be available digitally on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 and physically on Tuesday, June 16, 2015.

Since forming in 2010, BABYMETAL–the young trio of 17-year-old SU-METAL (Vocal, Dance) and 15-year-olds YUIMETAL (Scream, Dance)and MOAMETAL (Scream, Dance), backed by a four-piece band packing a heavy metal arsenal–have already achieved two major debut singles: “IJIME, DAME, ZETTA!” and “MEGISTUNE,” both of which ranked in the Top 10 Oricon Chart in Japan. Their first studio album BABYMETAL also earned the #1 spot on Japan’s album chart and Billboard’s World Album Chart The official live music video for their debut album’s lead single “Gimme Chocolate!!” has garnered over 24.5 million views on YouTube.

Stream their “Gimme Chocolate!” music video below.

They have announced their upcoming tour dates:

May 09: Circo Volador – Mexico City (MX)
May 12: Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON
May 14: House of Blues – Chicago, IL
May 16: Rock On The Range – Columbus, OH
May 29: ROCKAVARIA – Munich (DE)
May 30: ROCK IM REVIER – Gelsenkirchen (DE)
Jun 01: La Laiterie – Strasbourg (FR)
Jun 03: X-TRA – Zurich (SI)
Jun 05: Estragon Club – Bologna (IT)
Jun 06: ROCK IN VIENNA – Vienna (AT)
Jun 21: Makuhari Messe – Chiba (JP)

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Tracklisting for re-release of BABYMETAL here:
BABYMETAL DEATH
Megitsune
Gimme Chocolate!!
line!
Akatsuki
Doki Doki ☆ Morning
Onedari Daisakusen
Song 4
Uki Uki ★ Midnight
Catch me if you can
Rondo of Nightmare
Head Bangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!
Ijime, Dame, Zettai
*Road of Resistance
*Gimme Chocolate!!-(Live at O2 Academy Brixton, London)
*Bonus tracks

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