eyeless said:

Have this been posted yet? BABYMETAL's SU sang SPEED's White Love

Invader said:

News report about BABYMETAL concert

It looks amazing. And they're coming to Europe!

atmospherium said:

The chart-topping BABYMETAL album and sold-out Budokan shows have really stirred up an international frenzy of interest. It's BABYMETALMANIA. You go, girls!

The new album debuted at number 1 on the American itunes metal charts and number 2 in the UK and Germany. They've moved up and are currently number 1 in the UK on the metal charts.

I'm so happy for them! They really deserve all this recognition and now us, the fans, will get what we deserve thank to all their hard work! >.< :D

http://babymetal.net/confirmed-babymetal-hold-live-performances-europe/
http://babymetal.net/babymetal-tour-europe/

Opposite here. I didn't like the singles, but in this order they're fun.

The album is indeed awesome. I haven't tried to listen to it from start to finish but I can imagine it would be a bit strange. I have my singles in chronological order so i'm used to listening to them in that order. I think alot of songs are in a good order, e.g. beginning with BABYMETAL DEATH. Most of them are in the correct order but when you put Gimme Choko!! after Megitsune and Akatsuki in between ii-ne and Doki Doki morning it doesn't quite flow... The true power of those tunes feels a little interrupted.

Still an amazing album and I like the new songs, they're not as good as some of their singles but in such a single orientated culture it's not surprising they just slipped them into the album. I think I need to listen to them more as well and they'll grow me, the new guitars are certainly brutal! :D It's a bit annoying there's only 3 new ones but like I said, in Japan you can get away with making an album of mostly singles. We're just more album focused in the west I guess.

Also, your right about the large quality improvement, which is really great.

BABYMETAL onwards! :)>-

Thanks these are brilliant! :D

In the first video SU-METAL says she looks into the audiences eyes, if she looks into my eyes in the summer I will explode. :p I know i can transmit the passion of all the international fans and she will understand just by looking in my eyes and i think it will make her very happy so i'm looking forward to having this opportunity. :)>-

The hotwave interview was very informative and i'll put what they said into practice! Sore Sore Sore Sore!

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Until TIF 2012, BABYMETAL still lipsynced their performances. Even when they came to Singapore for AFA, Headbanger was the only song they sang live. I think they started to sing live after SU graduated from Sakura Gakuin or around that time.

eyeless said:

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Until TIF 2012, BABYMETAL still lipsynced their performances. Even when they came to Singapore for AFA, Headbanger was the only song they sang live. I think they started to sing live after SU graduated from Sakura Gakuin or around that time.

Ahh, that makes sense now. They've only just started using a live band aswell. I think overall their current perf quality is noticeably superior to lives they did not even long ago.

Amid all the "crazy Japanese" ridicule and "this isn't real metal" hate, there are a growing number of articles and reviews being written by people who understand what Babymetal is all about. Here is an interesting article about the songwriters behind the music.
http://donotcrossthestreams.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/the-faces-behind-babymetal/

By the way, "BABYMETAL" is at #187 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, becoming the youngest Japanese artists to hit the Billboard charts ever. You go, girls!

While their music is decent, I have to agree with some of the "this isn't metal" comments. Its more like J-Pop with elements of metal attached to it. Megitsune is about as close to "real" metal as they have been so far. Death Rabbits have a better overall tone because of Bucho but they still lack the "heart" put into the music of non-mass produced artists.
But, as consolation, Japan's "metal" really isn't very Metal in general by American standards. Groups like X Japan and Blood Stain Child are too smooth and sound more like 80's Hair Metal.