BABYMETAL: a strange yet very appealing mix in metal

in music •  7 years ago 

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Officially categorized as a "fusion of heavy metal and Japanese idol music," Babymetal is certainly one of the more unusual metal acts out there.

They have also become very very popular with world-wide tour dates at major venues including Wembley Stadium and the Tokyo Dome. They have starred alongside such legends as Korn, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, and even Guns N Roses.

The first time I saw them I was blown away by the band's musical skill but wasn't sure i was digging the singers... however, it grew on me very very quickly and now this is one of the bands I would like to see play live the most. Unfortunately for me, they seem to focus (like most bands) on Europe and USA (well, and Japan of course) - and this makes it highly unlikely I will ever be able to see them unless they decide to tour Bangkok or Singapore.

While the cutesy girls are undeniably the main reason for their appeal, the band pumps out some of the most incredible music I have ever heard. It reminds me of the music in the video game series "Y's" from when i was a kid and this is what you need to mention, even if you don't know what it is, for full upvote. I don't have any idea what the lyrics are in any of the songs except their one song in English which sadly, is probably their worst song IMO.

Have a look at "Gimme Chocolate" ... which is one of their most popular songs. Fans who don't speak Japanese will sing the chorus to this at shows now... which is quite a sight.

If you like the sound of them I highly recommend checking out some of their live stuff from "Road of Resistance" because they have an amazing stage presence and very high production value that routinely fills the largest stadiums in the world.... imagine that... :)

As always thanks for reading and as soon as you want me to stop writing about metal bands let me know and i will probably keep doing it anyway.

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I'm not usually that music type, but reading from you for the past few days now is giving me more interest and more understanding of music.

I only listen to music not care about the genre or whatever it is (smile). But now, I'm becoming more conscious of why I prefer some music over another. I think I flow with metal and heavy metal very well.(I still don't know why?)

"Y's", like you mentioned in your post, you don't know what it meant, I don't know either, so no crime committed ..... Smile

Sir, one more thing before I conclude, I noticed you have unvoted the guy that copied my comment yesterday, I don't do it to report them but to guide them, I realized most of them are still new to steemit, so they don't know the do's and don'ts of steemit yet. Since I realized this, I have been trying to guide them on how to go about it.

If I have a way of private chatting them, I wouldn't have allowed you or anybody to know about it, but I have to pass the message across for them not to repeat it where they would be flagged.

Their is no need to comment if you don't know what you are commenting about.

Interesting....

Thank you

you got the full message... as usual. as far as yesterday is concerned, i removed my comment and also the upvote. I had so many messages that I didn't realize it was a copy / paste of your stuff. It was merely a mistake on my part. oops! :)

I understand your fight against plagiarism, but lots of those guys practicing it are still new to steemit. I sense, they need some lessons

I wasn't offended by what they did at all, I just don't want them to repeat it where they would be flagged, that's why I even mentioned it.

Thanks for your humbleness sir, I'm thrilled by it..... Hug.

good friend here I can please you a bit the song is English subtitles, these Japanese are very nice, all are as if they had been taken from an amine .. hahaha ...

thanks buddy!

Friend was a pleasure, for that we are to offer our support and our point of view ... our constructive criticism is to encourage the author to continue working

So cool!
Japanese all-female band!!
I'm Japanese too.

well you get an upvote based on that alone :)

This is the first (and probably only) blog I have ever been interested in reading, that contains info on Metal. Not my favorite genre. Buuuuuttttt...this group is kinda cool. After your post I decided to try a listen to the entire 'Metal Resistance' album. I kinda dig the songs on this one best. My fav was 'From Dusk Till Dawn' - In my opinion a mix of Metal and Club styles. I don't know enough about them yet, but who ever is composing these songs has their sh*t together. This stuff reminds you of the video game series 'Ys' ?? no clue what this is..again had to investigate. now I know it's similar to 'Final Fantasy' i'm guessing?? My childhood was based on the original Mario Brothers, Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Mike Tyson Knockout, PacMan..yada yada. Then this BABYMETAL group tosses a song in called 'No Rain, No Rainbow'..this one took me off guard. maybe their version of 'November Rain' by Guns N Roses. Music is similar. LOL.

Have an awesome day! Guessing your NOT heading to the beach or leading up a local litter clean-up party?! say hi to your dogie-pal.

Y's is from around the same time as all the other titles you posted... but i suppose they were a little less mainstream. I played one of their latest titles about 1 year ago, and the play-style hasn't really changed much. It's a metroid-vania type game but simple and also focuses on having kick ass music.

Glad you like my stuff man. I'll try to keep it good. Starting to get a bit lazy, as you will experience from my latest post about Helmet.

Yes I found very few bloggers on steam at that I really enjoy reading. Your posts are well put together and very understandable. I can relate to the thoughts involved in them although I have no freaking clue about anything to do with metal. But I’m Learning. It’s hard to stay motivated. The weekends are my time since I do have a day job that requires most of my hours. But this is been a good experience for me.

Nice information good job now i will follow this band i like nationwide music its looking attractive nice name babymetal now fond of its music will try it keep it up best wishes

Thats awesome written by you @gooddream

tienen un estilo muy particular, pero si me agradan!!!

Very nice music

Babymetal are a Japanese heavy metal idol band. the astonishing this is tgat the band included young female members. The members of band consists of Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-metal", Yui Mizuno as "Yuimetal", and Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal".

the Famous band in japan dropped their 1st video appeared in 2014, after that the band is nonstop able and getting more and more attention from people from all over the world. the band has produced quality music.

as far as Gimme Chocolate music is concerned، the band has furnished marvelous and supplended music۔

Few lyrics of said music

Check-it-out chocolate. Can I have a bit of chocolate?
But my weight worries me a bit these days
However, chocolate. Can I have a bit of chocolate?
But wait a while! Wait a while! Wait! Wait! Wait!

thumbs up for my dear friend @gooddream

stay blessed

I love!

That probably be awesome.
Thanks for sharing.

You may want to check out The Pretty Reckless if you haven't already. Her name is Taylor Momsen [aka - Cindy Lou Who from How the Grinch Stole Christmas]. Interesting..very interesting ;-}

what type of music is this?

the first sentence of the article answer your question :)

You already have me hooked, I can not live without seeing your post, waiting for what will be the new video that you will share, each time a better friend.

excellent musical rhythm and very good fusion, I love it!

La primera vez que vi este grupo musical pense que podria ser una revolución musical, yo siendo amante de todas la variantes del rock me senti atraido por este grupo.

The first time I saw this band I thought that it could be a musical revolution, I being a lover of all the variants of rock I was attracted by this group.

A lot of people thought it was K-POP. but it's J-POP

I like baby metal.
It seems to establish a new label "BABYMETAL RECORDS" in the USA with "5B Artist Management And Records", "Marilyn Manson" and "The Prodigy" belong to "Cooking Vinyl".