This song is almost 5 years old. It was on BABYMETAL's Metal Galaxy album released in 2019 - and it is definitely one of their more mellow songs, but they can do everything which is why they can collaborate with so many different artists and fit right in with whatever style those other artists might do. When Polyphia (a mainly instrumental Prog Rock band from Texas) was confirmed on the bill for Fox_Fest (arranged, hosted and headlined by BABYMETAL in Tokyo at Saitaima Super Arena) we all had a good idea of what would happen. Polyphia guitarists Tim Henson and Scott Le Page provided the guitar track for the original recording of the song and Fox_Fest was the first chance they all had to meet up and to finally do this very first live performance with them all together.🎸🦊🎸
This song is originally from their ‘Metal Galaxy’ album that was released back in 2019. And this was actually the very first time they performed with the members of Polyphia live. BABYMETAL is truly timeless. 🤘🦊 Welcome to the Fox Hole!
From a recent interview: Q: Both MOMOMETAL’s section and Tom Morello’s guitar part in “Metali!!” leave quite a strong impression, further evolving BABYMETAL’s sound. In addition, the past year has been an impressive one in terms of collaborative works. It feels like more new developments are forthcoming in the future? SU-METAL: Beginning in our early days of BABYMETAL, we’ve put forth an honest effort following the example of leading metal artists, gradually gaining acceptance from metal-lovers that we belonged. Then we challenged ourselves to see how much fun we could create within the BABYMETAL framework in the 3rd album Metal Galaxy. Listening to the various collaborative songs we’ve participated in, I found it very interesting how the sound is very different from our own perception of BABYMETAL. In the past, other artists have featured in BABYMETAL songs, but never the other way around until recently, with songs like Lil Uzi Vert’s “The End”, or the latest collaboration with BODYSLAM and F.HERO “Leave it All Behind”. SU-METAL: It’s affirming to have become the kind of presence that makes other artists want to have BABYMETAL sing a certain kind of song, or to try creating something new. The chemical reaction that occurs when two different genres of music are combined is incredibly fascinating! This is only possible now that BABYMETAL’s sound has become more firmly established, so I really want to continue doing things in the future! It’s like dressing up BABYMETAL with outfits in different colors and styles, looking forward to what kind of outfit we’ll be given next. I want more people to utilize BABYMETAL to create something fun (laughs). Some new discoveries will be unearthed for sure! MOAMETAL: Collaborating with others helps us understand how they perceive BABYMETAL. We learn a lot about BABYMETAL’s general impression, and observe many things through collaborative works. SU-METAL: Hm, how can I explain it… like, somewhat of a melancholic feeling? That is, singing parts I might usually sing in a straightforward and direct manner in a softer and more tender style instead. I had a great opportunity to learn by listening to how BODYSLAM vocalist Toon-san sings. Also, I used to think that in a feature, I might only sing the pre-chorus, but in “Leave it All Behind” I basically sang throughout, and in “The End”, we sing the chorus. Also, a lot of the lyrics are in Japanese! MOAMETAL: The sound of the Japanese language is somewhat interesting, I suppose? I would have thought that overseas artists would prefer for us to sing in English when collaborating with them, but that’s apparently not the case. Maybe it’s because BABYMETAL has a distinct impression of Japanese-ness to them. It’s very intriguing.
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