Babymetal
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Babymetal at GQ Men of the Year 2015 ceremony in Tokyo due to winning Special Prize "Discovery of the year".
(left to right; Yuimetal, Su-metal, Moametal) |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Japan |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Jūonbu Records BMD Fox Records Toy's Factory |
| Associated acts | Sakura Gakuin, Karen Girl's, DragonForce, Rob Halford |
| Website | babymetal |
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Babymetal (stylized as BABYMETAL) is a Japanese metal idol band. Their line-up consists of Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-metal", Yui Mizuno as "Yuimetal", and Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal". The concept of the group is a fusion of the heavy metal and Japanese idol genres. The three teenage girls and their band are managed by the Amuse talent agency. Their vocals are backed by heavy metal instrumentation played by the Kami Band. Babymetal released their eponymous debut album in February 2014. Their second album Metal Resistance was released worldwide on April 1, 2016.
The group was initially formed in 2010 as a subunit of the female idol group Sakura Gakuin, aiming to realize a "fusion of metal and idol [music]". None of the three members knew what metal music was before the inception of the band.
Babymetal's first live appearance was on 28 November 2010, at Sakura Gakuin's first solo concert. Their first song, "Doki Doki Morning", was originally released in April 2011 on the Sakura Gakuin album Sakura Gakuin 2010 Nendo: Message. The band shot a music video for the song and in October 2011 released it as a DVD single intended for limited (live-venues-only) distribution. Having been uploaded to YouTube that same month, by the end of 2012 the video totaled over 1 million views. In July 2011, Babymetal premiered the song, "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" ("No More Bullying"), at a Sakura Gakuin concert, but it would only be performed during live concerts at the time. The first music video, "Doki Doki Morning" was released from the Toy's Factory channel on YouTube at 12 October 2011.
Babymetal's first CD single was a collaboration with the band Kiba of Akiba, titled "Babymetal × Kiba of Akiba". Released on a sublabel of Toy's Factory (Jūonbu Records, same sublabel as "Doki Doki Morning" and later "Headbanger") in March 2012, it ranked 3rd on the Oricon weekly indie chart and number one in the Tower Records Shibuya weekly indie ranking. In July 2012, Babymetal released a single titled "Headbanger". The music video for the title track was directed by Hidenobu Tanabe. In August 2012, Babymetal debuted at Japan's Summer Sonic Festival. With the average age of 12, the band became the youngest act ever to perform there. 2012 also marks Babymetal first Asian tour outside of Japan for the very first time at AFA 2012 Singapore
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