![]() The band's name is a combination of "baby" ( ベビー, bebī) and "heavy metal" ( ヘビーメタル, hebī metaru), and the Japanese pronunciation rhymes with "heavy metal". ![]() The band was formed in 2010 in Tokyo, Japan, as the heavy music club ( 重音部, Jūonbu), or sub-unit, of the female idol group Sakura Gakuin, which was also newly formed that year. In 2009, Kobametal, the band's producer and long-time heavy metal enthusiast, started planning the launch of an idol/heavy metal fusion group after he was impressed by Suzuka Nakamoto's performance with her previous group Karen Girl's, thinking she would be suitable as the lead vocalist for the new group. One of those dancers, Momoko Okazaki (who was a former member of Sakura Gakuin), joined Babymetal as the third core member in April 2023, under the name Momometal. After her departure, the band performed with one or more backup dancers at live performances. In October 2018, Babymetal announced that Yui Mizuno had decided to leave the band due to poor health, following her absence from live performances since December 2017. Babymetal has embarked on several tours, with a majority of their tour dates taking place outside of Asia. Their fourth album, The Other One, was released in March 2023. The group released their third album Metal Galaxy in October 2019. Their second album Metal Resistance was released worldwide in April 2016. 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.īabymetal have released four studio albums since their inception: the first, Babymetal, came out in February 2014. ![]() 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 creating a fusion of the heavy metal and Japanese idol genres. Their vocals are backed by heavy metal instrumentation, performed by a group of session musicians known as the "Kami Band" at performances. The band is produced by Kobametal from the Amuse talent agency. Babymetal ( Japanese: ベビーメタル, Hepburn: Bebīmetaru) (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese kawaii metal band consisting of Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-metal", Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal" and Momoko Okazaki as "Momometal".
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