So how about that BABYMETAL.

[Kamen Rider Kuuga]

I mean, it's a Japanese heavy metal band... fronted by little Japanese J-POP idol girls. It's something that should not be, yet it is. And it's fucking amazing.

[darkconsole]

give me chocolate.

[noscoper]

i wanted to say "give me chocolate" but nooooo

[Mergatroid Skittle]

Elitist metal heads think it's the worst thing to ever happen and it's hilarious.

Been a fan of their guitarists for years. I'd suggest checking out Deluhi/Undivide/Far East Dizain and Takayoshi Ohmura!

[darkconsole]

Elitist metal heads think it's the worst thing to ever happen and it's hilarious.

 

the best way to start an amazing improv comedy show is to ask a metalhead if they heard of babymetal yet.

[mayaktheunholy]

As a long time metalhead, I don't see the problem.

 

Thanks for pointing out something I wouldn't likely have discovered on my own.

[JMKAM]

They're not the first band to do this style, they're just the ones who brought it into the mainstream somehow. It's not a gimmick, it's serious and it's cool. I dislike their weird wannabe-rap influenced songs, but their heavy stuff is pretty good. 

[Wight Zombi]

As someone who listens to different genres of music, including a bit of rap, metal and some anime soundtracks: I just can't get into this.

I also find it crazy when BABYMETAL's fanbase lynches non-fans for difference of opinion, regardless of how polite it is. If that's not elitism, I don't know what it is. Just look at the YouTube comments as proof.

[Darkwisdom]

As someone with a broad range of music tastes, japanese included - BABYMETAL is a fad. 

 

It's an interesting fad though, as it blurs genres and boundaries in music and I can see this genre becoming a mainstream norm in japanese music. I'm not a fan but I can see why some are. And elitist music snobs are right in their own way too, it has been done before in most other countries, with the lolita thing wearing pretty thin now. 

[Alma Nox]

I see myself as an extreme metalhead and a long time musician, with a broad range of taste in music and experience.

But I fucking hate Babymetal. Not the music. It's alright, but I can't stand the vocals.

 

To me, it's no difference between the vocals and my 3 younger sisters, that having a fight about who stole who's make-up.

[Slath]

^ Couldn't have said it better. I tried it out after reading the thread, and before the vocals, I actually thought I found a new bandI like.

[Veladarius]

I listen to them quite a bit now. The vocals didn't thrill me at first but overall it is really good.

[Coopervane]

Eh, it's a manufactured band, not dissimilar from stuff like One Direction and it's ilk, and i think that's at the heart of many peoples distaste for it. Especially amongst metal-heads, as there is a strong desire in the metal subculture to view metal music as one of the few remaining bastions of "real music", IE music that doesen't come off of some big studio assembly line (even if that's not always been the case, i mean, just look at "Nu-Metal" bands like Blink182).

 

 

Personally, i'll give them credit for a funny concept, and unlike One Direction and it's ilk, i could actually listen to this. But i doubt it's much more than a phad, and it'll probably fade away when the novelty wears off.

[JMKAM]

Eh, it's a manufactured band, not dissimilar from stuff like One Direction and it's ilk, and i think that's at the heart of many peoples distaste for it. Especially amongst metal-heads, as there is a strong desire in the metal subculture to view metal music as one of the few remaining bastions of "real music", IE music that doesen't come off of some big studio assembly line (even if that's not always been the case, i mean, just look at "Nu-Metal" bands like Blink182).

 

 

Personally, i'll give them credit for a funny concept, and unlike One Direction and it's ilk, i could actually listen to this. But i doubt it's much more than a phad, and it'll probably fade away when the novelty wears off.

 

 

....Wut?

 

Nu-Metal is Disturbed (Sickness album), Staind (Dysfunction album), Limp Bizkit, Slipknot (IOWA album), that kinda stuff. Blink 182 is a pop-punk band.

[Coopervane]

....Wut?

 

Nu-Metal is Disturbed (Sickness album), Staind (Dysfunction album), Limp Bizkit, Slipknot (IOWA album), that kinda stuff. Blink 182 is a pop-punk band.

 

Congratulations on entirely missing the point of that little asside in the glorious pursuit of pendantry.

 

I offer you this smilie as your much coveted prize:

[Loveryus]

I'm not an elitist metal head, but I just hate Baby Metal for being so fake. So far metal has been pretty true with no shitty casting bands and Baby Metal is exactly that (the girls just being replaceable puppets of a producer).

[Veladarius]

I'm not an elitist metal head, but I just hate Baby Metal for being so fake. So far metal has been pretty true with no shitty casting bands and Baby Metal is exactly that (the girls just being replaceable puppets of a producer).

 

True metal? Sounds pretty elitist to me. If the music is good who cares how the band was formed. The music is good, the band members are excellent and the girls are talented singers, what more do you want from music?

[FetishSergal]

BABY METAL IS:

[Veladarius]

BABY METAL IS:

 

Wow, did you ask a 3rd grader to do that for you or did you manage that all by yourself?

[FetishSergal]

 

 

 

Wow, did you ask a 3rd grader to do that for you or did you manage that all by yourself?

 

 

That's right I told the 3rd grader to come up with that before I killed his parents, I still killed his parents though.

[Veladarius]

https://youtu.be/Zi-XFUZ5EL4

[NewIdol]

I heard this band a couple of months ago while watching random videos and I really liked a lot, consider that the content of the letter is not good in itself ... but to be honest most of the modern music lacks content, but the content is not everything.

The rhythm, the contrast between violent guitar and I like childish voice is also sticky so I think that I like but i prefer MEGITSUNE ;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK3NMZAUKGw 

 

Just in case they did not know they are about to start your tour 2015:

May 9th | Circo Volador | Mexico City, Mexico

May 12th | Danforth Music Hall | Toronto, Canada

May 14th | House of Blues | Chicago, USA

May 16th | Rock of the Range | Columbus, USA

May 29th | ROCKAVARIA | Munich, Germany

May 30th | DER RING - Grüne Hölle Rock | Nürburg, Germany

June 1st | La Laiterie | Strasbourg, France

June 3rd | X-TRA | Zurich, Switzerland

June 5th | Estragon Club | Bologna, Italy

June 6th | ROCK IN VIENNA | Vienna, Austria

June 21st | Makuhari Messe | Chiba, Japan

August 29th | Reading and Leeds Festivals 2015 | Reading, UK

August 30th | Reading and Leeds Festivals 2015 | Leeds, UK

 

[FetishSergal]

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7ZyRB3-X7A

[CrniStanoje]

Never heard of babymetal before, but that shit is funny as hell! It holds no value as metal (for me), but as a parody is just brilliant.

[Veladarius]

I'd rather have something different considering that everything here in the US sounds like the same crap recycled over and over. Most of the bands I listen to are from Europe with a few from Japan but it is getting harder to find ones that stand out.