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Babymetal is the debut studio album by Japanese heavy metal group Babymetal.It was first released on February 26, 2014, in Japan through BMD Fox Records, and was re-released on May 29, 2015 (), in Europe through earMusic, and June 16, 2015 (), in the United States through RED Associated Labels (RAL) and Sony Music Entertainment.
The two bands toured Japan together in October 2023, performing "Kingslayer" throughout the tour. A live music video was released for "Kingslayer" composed of footage from the Tokyo performance on 14 December 2023. [4] Bring Me the Horizon and Babymetal would perform the song live together again at Sick New World 2024. [5]
Tristan Peterson of Metal Obsession remarked in his review of the band's debut album "This band was created for the demographic of 'Music that your Japanese Boyfriend/Girlfriend, who doesn't really like Metal, would enjoy.'" as well as "[Babymetal] has made metal cute without losing any of its edge."
It was released on March 24, 2023, by Babymetal Records, Amuse, Toy's Factory, Cooking Vinyl America, and 5B Records. [4] Babymetal announced the album on October 11, 2022, and revealed it as a concept album. [5] [6] It is the group's last album as a duo, with Momoko Okazaki (Momometal) joining the band shortly after the album's release.
A teaser for the single, featuring a sulphur-crested cockatoo named Robin seemingly headbanging to the song, was first uploaded to YouTube via the Toy's Factory channel on May 31, 2013, [33] with the full music video, directed by Takuya Tada , uploaded to the official Babymetal channel on June 4, 2013. [34] [35]
Two shows occurring after the Big Fox Festival in Japan tour, titled Legend "S" Baptism XX, [a] subtitled Metal Resistance Episode VI, were teased on October 14, 2017, and confirmed the following day, at the conclusion of the Big Fox Festival in Japan leg; [1] taking place on December 2 and 3, 2017, the shows commemorated the twentieth birthday of Suzuka Nakamoto, at her place of origin in ...
The band performed live at Shibuya O-East on October 6, 2012, beginning with the opening track "Babymetal Death". After performing more songs, Nakamoto leaves the stage while Mizuno and Kikuchi debut the song "Onedari Daisakusen", performing as Black Babymetal while wearing black hooded jackets and grasping a towel, shouting chants "Katte!"
Babymetal became an independent act from Sakura Gakuin in 2013. The songs released would appear on the group's eponymous debut album Babymetal in 2014. The album would chart in several countries, including on the Billboard 200 in the United States, a rare feat for Japanese artists. Babymetal later rereleased the album physically internationally ...