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Babymetal is a Japanese kawaii metal band. The band consists of Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-metal" , Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal" and Yui Mizuno as "Yuimetal .The band is produced by Kobametal from the Amuse talent agency. Their vocals are backed by heavy metal instrumentation, performed by a group of session musicians known as the "Kami Band" at performances.
The band was formed in 2010, with the original lineup of Su-metal (Vocal and Dance), Moametal (Scream and Dance), and Yui Mizuno as "Yuimetal" (Scream and Dance), with the concept of a fusion of the heavy metal and Japanese idol genres. Originally a sub-unit of the Japanese idol group Sakura Gakuin, Babymetal became an independent act in 2013, following Nakamoto's departure from Sakura Gakuin. Babymetal released their eponymous debut album in February 2014. Their second album Metal Resistance was released worldwide on April 1, 2016, charting well internationally for a Japanese band. Babymetal has also embarked on several tours, with a majority of their tour dates taking place outside of Asia.
On October 19, 2018, Babymetal announced that Yui Mizuno (Yuimetal) had decided to leave the band due to poor health, following her absence from live performances since December 2017.Since her departure, the band has performed with one or more backup dancers called at live performances. In 2019, the band introduced three backup dancers that were present in a rotation on each live show to form a trio with Moametal and Su-metal.
On April 1, 2018, Babymetal posted a mysterious video entitled "Metal Resistance Episode VII - The Revelation" on their RU-vid channel. In the video, it is explained that a "dark side" of Babymetal exists, "with seven metal spirits", and that a "new era is about to begin". On May 1, they announced via Twitter that they were launching their own record label, named Babymetal Records.One day later, they posted another cryptic message via Twitter and Instagram, stating that "no one will know who, when, where, or how, the Chosen Seven will be presented, only the Fox God knows."Over the next week, they posted a series of cryptic images onto their Instagram story, labelled 1-7, and displaying mysterious, black and white imagery in anticipation of the tour and the Chosen Seven.
Babymetal has since performed at Rock on the Range in Columbus, Ohio, the Download Festival in Donington Park, United Kingdom,and the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals in Germany.
On July 9, 2018, the band won the champion of Heavy Metal World Cup 2018.
On October 19, 2018, shortly before the Japan leg of the tour, the band released a new single, "Starlight". On the same day, the band officially announced Yuimetal's departure from the group. Mizuno has since released a statement explaining her decision and her desire to pursue a solo career.
On October 30, 2018, the Apocrypha: The Legend of Babymetal graphic novel was released by Z2 Comics, with story by "The Prophet of the Fox God" and art by GMB Chomichuk. The story presented the legend of the Three as they traveled through different time periods to combat evil.
On April 1, 2019, Babymetal announced, via Twitter, that they would be releasing their third album later that year. On May 10, 2019, the band released the single "Elevator Girl". On May 29, 2019, it was announced that Babymetal will perform at the Glastonbury Festival in England on June 30, making them the first Japanese band to play on one of the festival's main stages.Babymetal also plans for their first arena concert in the United States at The Forum in Los Angeles, CA, set for October 11, 2019.This was later revealed to coincide with the release of the band's third album Metal Galaxy with its featured song "Da Da Dance". It was featured on NPR's "best new albums of the week" the week of its release. On July 1, 2019, Babymetal released a new single from the upcoming album and a video entitled "PA PA YA!!", featuring F.HERO. The video, shot at one of their shows in Yokohama, also includes touring member Kano Fujihira, one of three girls currently rotating in Yui's place - Kano Fujihira, Riho Sayashi and Momoko Okazaki - who are known as the "Avengers"
In October 2019, the band became the first Asian act to reach the peak of Billboard Top Rock Albums Chart.
At the very end of the Yokohama Arena show (and LEGEND M as well), they showed a number: 20201010, which most interpret as a date, October 10th, 2020.
This is seemingly an event for the 10th anniversary of the band. BABYMETAL debuted at Sakura Gakuin’s first show on November 28th, 2010. They played Doki Doki Morning. That isn’t the first activity from them we know of, though. That would be the recording of Doki Doki Morning on October 30th, 2010. That is closer to this anniversary” date.
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