Not much to explain Queen Su's Birthday born 1997 . She is crucified all the crowd chants Death Death , Su's dies (hence the scream ) everyone still shouting Death . Su reborn to be our Goddess who we worship . Nothing to see nothing strange definitely #notacult type thing going on here 🤘😱🤘

Ok, a lot to let you in on here.... This is from the December 2013 concert celebrating Suzuka's 16th birthday. She was born December 20th, 1997 hence the concerts name "Legend 1997". Earlier in the year there was also a "Legend 1999" concert celebrating Yui's and Moa's birthdays. In both the 1999 and 1997 concerts each girl got to perform a solo song (all covers) of popular songs that had the word 'LOVE' in its title from their birth year..."Chokotto Love" for Yui, "Love Machine" for Moa and "White Love" for Suzuka". The song title, "Babymetal Death" is a big play on words. First, The word "Babymetal" is spelled exactly the same as "Heavy Metal" in Japanese script except for one little mark at the beginning of the word. Second, "Death" is not actually said during the song. Instead, they are actually saying "Desu" with the "U" being silent and so it is said kind of like "Dess" but with the tongue forward between the teeth resulting in a word sounding very similar to our western word "Death. "Desu" basically means "I am" or "We are". Therefore, they are not actually saying "Babymetal Death" but rather "Babymetal Desu" or "I am Sumetal", " I am Yuimetal, "I am Moametal", "We are Babymetal". Fun huh!?! Also, Babymetal pays homage to 'Metallica' several time throughout this performance. The opening riff is straight from Metallica's ""One" and the collapsing statue at the end very closely mimics the destruction of the Lady Liberty statue in Metallica's "And Justice for All" tour. The neck brace is, of corse, homage to Yoshiki, drummer for X-Japan, who use to headbang so violently while drumming that he hurt his neck and was orded to wear the neck brace and that is why you saw it first in the Babymetal song "Headbanger". Now, the crucifixion. Keep in mind that Japan is a monoculteral society with its primary religions being Shinto and Buddhism. The Christian Cross has no religious connotation to them but they are aware of its meaning. Likewise, they are also aware of its usage throughout the history of Rock and Metal and so that is how it was used here. In both Shinto and Buddhism is the prevailing belief in reincarnation so the crucifixion of our Metal Queen Sumetal, allowed her to be reborn as our Metal Goddess!! You wanted it explained and while not every detail has been covered, hope this helps a bit. Put your Kitsune UP!! Po!

All the explanations have been given already, I'll just say the moment a 16 year old celebrates her birthday by being crucified by her 14 year old friends while thousands of people shout "Death Death Death" is when we all realise these three Japanese girls are more 'METAL' than any of us will ever be. #notacult They only crucify Su on special occasions.

Also I think it’s really sweet that after they put the neck brace on Su, Moa fixes her hair!

Legend 1997 is the show Death is the song title. This was Su’s 16th birthday concert. She is crucified and reborn as a Metal Goddess!

⚡ 💀 💕 / 💀 💀 💀 Here's a translation of the introduction: "The Second Impact. It was in the winter of 1997. It was the birth of a new warrioress who transcends the law of nature, "SU-METAL". Charged with the mission of the Metal Resistance, in exchange for her own life, she waged a battle in the legendary "special night of fifteen". Executing the Metal Resistance in many music festivals in 2013, SU-METAL made the legends one after another. Before the birth of a new goddess, she returned beside the holy mother. The holy mother said, "A soul is repeated. Return to me, tracing your memory…"

Again you are desperately searching for words... Love it! Let me explain the whole thing as short as possible: The show "Legend 1997 SU-METAL Seitansei" ("Legend 1997 SU-METAL Holy Birthday") not only was the 16th birthday celebration show for Suzuka Nakamoto. It also marked the transition of BABYMETAL from a mere side-project of Sakura Gakuin (Cherry Blossom Academy) to a band in its own right. And this was done with a lot of symbolism. For instance, the show kicked off with a special dubstep remix-version of "Headbanger!" with Suzuka very obviously lipsyncing to symbolize the pop-idol she was before. "BABYMETAL DEATH" on the contrary, ended the show including the crucifixion of the former idol Suzuka Nakamoto and her rebirth as the metal goddess SU-METAL while incorporating real musicians playing the music. The song itself normally served as an introduction at their gigs. It's basically a pun (death/desu which sounds similar spoken by Japanese). "Desu" means "to be" so "BABYMETAL desu" means "we are BABYMETAL", etc.

"B-A-B-Y-M-E-T-A-L I am Su-Metal. I am YuiMetal. I am MoaMetal. We are BABYMETAL!" Hi BJ! Good reaction! "BABYMETAL Death!" was usually played as their show opener to introduce the band. It hasn't been played since Yui left the group. "Death" when spoken by a native Japanese speaker sounds like "desu" which means "is/am/are", so the whole song is a play on words. Here it was played as their show closer. Su was born in 1997, and "Legend 1997" was her 16th birthday show. Here she is called back by the gods and sacrificed to be reborn as a metal goddess. There's a lot of homages to Metallica not only in "BABYMETAL Death!" the song but also this stage show. The machine gun guitars in the beginning are like the song "One", and the Mother Mary statue is like the "And Justice for All" Lady Justice statue. The neck brace is a nod to X Japan's drummer who had to wear a neck brace from headbanging too hard.

I bet you wish you had your Japanese whiskey for this one 😂

..the statue in the background is in homage to Su's birthday celebration,,she goes from Metal Queen to Goddess...

EXPLANATION FOLLOWS: Hey! Great to see you're back reacting to Babymetal! What a great choice of song - Death! Just when you thought you had no more WTF? moments left to experience! 1997 was Su's birth year and this was on her 16th birthday - what a way to spend your 16th: being crucified on stage while 20,000 people chant 'Death!' and a statue of the virgin mary crumbles behind you! Every girl's dream! It all signifies her transition from one age to another/one state of being to another/going from mortal to Goddess. The lyrics are simple - they spell out B-A-B-Y-M-E-T-A-L and then shout out what sounds like 'Death' but is the Japanese form of 'to be', or I/You/They are' - Desu. So, the lyrics are "I am Babymetal" and, er, that's it. Babymetal often like to play on Japanese words that sound like something in English. As the word Desu has a silent 'u' and the 's' is spoken with the tongue between the teeth, it sounds like 'Death'. And that's that explained! PS I have been putting up one song a week from the ($499!) 6 DVD boxed set of their 2017 Fox Five Festivals but on Vimeo, as they're not restricting me from doing so, as YT did. Here's a link to the very HQ audio and crisp HD visuals songs - this is YAVA but there's 2 more on there and more to come: Enjoy! vimeo.com/395131094 I saw them live 2 weeks ago in Wales, UK - just in time, as all their Japan, Thailand and Taipei gigs have been cancelled due to coronavirus restrictions. At least they'll get a little rest for once!

Hideki Aoyama, incredible drummer.

My 16th birthday was nothing like this!! This is where SU-METAL became our GODDESS QUEEN and an IDOL LEGEND, enough said.... BABYMETAL 4 LIFE....

1997 is Sumetals birth year

1997 is the birthyear of Sumetal.

that was just a queen becoming a goddess for her 16th birthday,#notacult

Oh so there is a slang word in Tokyo region that sounds exactly like “Death” but it is pronounced similar to “Desshed” so the word they are actually saying is slang for “Whats up I’m (insert name) so English people hear Death but Japanese hear what’s up I’m Su metal, what’s up I’m Yui metal and What’s up I’m Moa metal. It is a regional slang just in Tokyo. They actually have a bunch of songs where they do similar and even Babymetal word is spelt in Japanese as “HeavyMetal” with just a few accents over the characters. So the name is a Pun.

Oh this performance? Why this was nothing but a 16th birthday show for Su-Metal. Yeah dude....This...was a birthday show...for a teenage lady. Who is now the Kawaii Metal Queen of Japan..🤘🦊🎤👸🏻. And the band! The Great Kami Band (RIP Mikio). There will none other like them. The Energy of the ladies, the Force of the band, and the mass of humanity gathered & spelling out Baby Metal as they chant back to the group on stage. Just too much awesomeness! 🤘🦊🎸🇯🇵

Okay.. gotta fill you in on a lot here. First with the song. It's a play on words. As someone mentioned before, the -th sound doesn't exist in Japanese, as you probably already know. So they really aren't saying "Death". the closest they have to the pronunciation of "death" is "des", but they already have a word "desu", which is the verb "to be" in English, or more importantly, "I am". They had to be taught to hold their tongue in their teeth and say "desu" to get the -th sound to say "death". So all they are saying in the song is they are spelling the name of the band, and then saying "Su-metal Desu" (I am Su-Metal), Yui-Metal desu (I am Yui-Metal), Moa-Metal desu (I am Moa-Metal), BABYMETAL desu (we are BabyMetal). That's all that they lyrics are saying. It's a very cute, kawaii play on words that to the English speaking world, sounds like they are screaming "death". For the music, it's an homage to Metallica in more than one way. The guitar riff you hear at the beginning, is basically the same riff you hear in the heavy section of the song "One", by Metallica, off their "...And Justice For All" album. When Metallica was touring for that album (it came out in 1988), one of the things that they had on stage was a statue of Lady Justice. And at the end of the show, the head fell off of her. Same happened here. The neck brace is a tribute to the drummer for the band X Japan. He used to headbang while playing so hard he either completely or all but broke his neck, so he had to wear a neck brace whenever he played. Again, a tribute to that that Babymetal picked up. Finally, this used to be their opening song, which makes sense, especially for the lyrics, outside the fact that no-one would expect such a heavy song to come from a 15 (16 at this show) and 13 to 14 year old girls. For this show, it was their final song, as Su was crucified at this show and reborn into the metal goddess she is today. This was her Sweet 16 birthday party, as 1997 was the year she was born. So picture it: They opened the show with Ave Maria, and closed it with BabyMetal Death. quite the contrast! They had similar shows for Moa and Yui (Legend M and Legend S) as well. So that's what's going on here!

Actually have the Blu-ray for Legend 1999 & 1997. Awesome shows.

If you watch the prior Legend concerts (I - Introduction, D - Death, Z - Zed or Zero) they all link to each other and the Legend 1997 concert using the death and rebirth of Su at the start and end of each show starting with her first 'death' at the end of the Legend 'I' concert. The 'I-D-Z' and 1997 Legend series also has a story that runs through them shown via various animated scenes interspersed throughout the concerts.

Not your normal 16 old birthday party to get sacrificed and be reborn the Queen of Metal. #notacult

Released on 2013 Jan. 9th, coupled with IJIME, DAME, ZETTAI (included in the limited edition). Lyric: KITSUNE of METAL GOD / Music: KITSUNE of METAL GOD / Arr.: Yuyoyuppe Usually, this is the opening tune of BABYMETAL's concert. BABYMETAL DEATH (We Are BABYMETAL) B x A x B x Y x M x E x T x A x L DEATH!! [i] The letters "DEATH" only means "to be" (= DESU/DES_). The official lyric really consists of only the above one line. Maybe the staff thought too many "DEATH"s are inappropriate. The Japanese word "desu" (??) is a copula (= to be). The Eastern Japanese almost drop "u" of this word, so the word "desu/des" sounds like "death". And someone started writing "DEATH" instead of "??" (desu). It makes sense only where the Japanese word "desu" is expected to come. The title "BABYMETAL DEATH" means only "We are BABYMETAL." No relation to the death itself. I'm not sure of its origin, but I saw long before such a character as a vampire or a death metal singer in a comic and all his "??" (desu) were replaced with "DEATH" to emphasize his character. With such an air, it works well. Without such an air, it probably doesn't work. [ii] Is This Death Metal? There is a genre named "Death Metal". The sound of this tune seems to fall within that genre, and the lyric writer may have put many "DEATH"s to emphasize the Death-Metal-ness. It might be alright to use many "DEATH"s without thinking of death if some of Death Metal bands also chose their style just to differentiate themselves rather than driven by the feeling about death. But I don't know the Death Metal well. ROMAJI LYRIC AND NOTES ARE BELOW. BABYMETAL DEATH (We Are BABYMETAL) Romaji Lyric English Translation Notes [[BABYMETAL DEATH. (x16)]] [[We are BABYMETAL. (x16)]] 1,[i] [[B, A, B, Y, M, E, T, A, L]] [[B, A, B, Y, M, E, T, A, L]] [[DEATH (x6)]] 2,[ii] SU-METAL DEATH. I am SU-METAL. S [[DEATH (x6)]] YUIMETAL DEATH. I am YUIMETAL. Y [[DEATH (x6)]] MOAMETAL DEATH. I am MOAMETAL. M [[DEATH (x6)]] BABYMETAL DEATH. We are BABYMETAL. A [[B, A, B, Y, M, E, T, A, L]] [[B, A, B, Y, M, E, T, A, L]] [[DEATH (x6)]] SU-METAL DEATH. I am SU-METAL. S [[DEATH (x6)]] YUIMETAL DEATH. I am YUIMETAL. Y [[DEATH (x6)]] MOAMETAL DEATH. I am MOAMETAL. M [[DEATH (x6)]] [[BABY METAL DEATH.]] [[We are BABYMETAL.]] [[DEATH (x16)]] 3 [[Gyaa!]] [[Gyah!]] [[DEATH (x6)]] SU-METAL DEATH. I am SU-METAL. S [[DEATH (x6)]] YUIMETAL DEATH. I am YUIMETAL. Y [[DEATH (x6)]] MOAMETAL DEATH. I am MOAMETAL. M [[DEATH (x6)]] BABYMETAL DEATH. We are BABYMETAL. A [[DEATH (x30)]] [[BABY METAL DEATH.]] [[We are BABYMETAL.]] Notes The lines marked with "S" are sung by SU-METAL, with "Y" by YUIMETAL, with "M" by MOAMETAL, with "A" by all three members (added on 2017 Mar. 17). I think I hear this, but not for sure. I'm sure these lines never means the death itself. I have no idea for translation. On a certain BBS, I asked what words the audience of the concerts shout in this part, and I got an answer "DEATH" without dissents. by Du Enki

You should find the whole concert, the wildest concert you have ever seen and my favorite from them Legend 1997 (whole concert was to celebrate Su birthday)

It's also a play on words, "Desu" or "to be" or "it is" and SOUNDS like "Death" if you slur it a bit. So when they say their names it's "Su-metal is" and chanting then "Yui-metal is" and then "Moa-metal is" and then "Babymetal is", swap out that is for "I am" or "We are" and it makes a lot more sense as an opener. So it's a bit of slurred words fun, a declaration of who they are, a celebration of their existence, and in this case celebrating Su's birthday :) People in the crowd, if Japanese, are playing along and know what's up or they're just screaming "Death" which also works and sets a scene for the mixed language or English crowd. All around it's far more interesting than is let on but in the end just a 16 yr. old's birthday party and an opening declaration of the band. :P

Drummer's name is Hideki Aoyama, and he realy is A GOD OF DRUMMS!

Hi againg!!! We love BabyMetal!!!

i don't know a ton about The Drummer (hideki aoyama) but his father was a well known drummer so he's been at it since he was young, and also boh (the bassist) has said about him that he's so focussed on drumming that he doesn't do anything unnecessary, or something to that effect. also, after one of their shows at tokyo dome he had to be carried off stage bc he was so exhausted, so he is at least slightly human. also, this isn't as relevant, but i found a video on here of him trying to play taiko no tatsujin (a drumming rhythm game) and he was pretty not great at it, lol

The whole band is extremely talented. Basically, they are the best of Japan (if not to say the world). Including girls, choreographer, producer, all other stuff and of course The One.

Suzuka Nakamoto was born in 1997. The story in Japanese is about how Sumetal evolved. Legend S basically.

love watching your reactions to BabyMetal....I'm a 52 year old metal head and I love them. If you haven't seen these yet, check out "Shanti Shanti", "Pa Pa Ya" and my new favourite "BxMxC". Keep up the fantastic work/fun

You mean most metal bands dont crucify their lead singer?

The song is BABYMETAL DEATH The show was Legend "1997" Su-metal Seitansai It was performed on 21 DEC 2013 at Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan -- BABYMETAL DEATH is a deliberate jeu de mots of the onomatopoetic 'desu'. BABYMETAL DESU sounds like BABYMETAL DEATH. So, the actual lyrics are, Su-metal desu (I am Su-metal) Yuimetal desu (I am Yuimetal) Moametal desu (I am Moametal) BABYMETAL desu (We are BABYMETAL) -- Put the pronunciation of desu together with the heavy metal trope of death, and you get BABYMETAL DEATH. But you knew that. -- As for the imagery? The introductory narration of the show provides some clarification: The Second Impact. It was in the winter of 1997. It was the birth of a new warrioress who transcends the law of nature, "SU-METAL". Charged with the mission of the Metal Resistance, in exchange for her own life, she waged a battle in the legendary "special night of fifteen". Executing the Metal Resistance in many music festivals in 2013, SU-METAL made the legends one after another. Before the birth of a new goddess, she returned beside the holy mother. The holy mother said, "A soul is repeated. Return to me, tracing your memory..." -- And the introduction of BABYMETAL DEATH: Legend One-Nine-Nine-Seven. It is the story that, receiving the legendary corset from the god of the Metal, she abandons being human and shall be reborn as a goddess. The gene which has been determined from ancient time is destined to be guided, boarding on the ark of time. The apocalypse prophesied the DOOMSDAY. Towards it, there remains... little time... (5) Are You (4) Ready to (3) (2) Mosh'sh (1) Mosh'sh (0) Mosh'sh -- This represents the destruction of the human form of Su-metal (the warrioress) and her rebirth as the Goddess Su-metal on her "special night" (her seitansai or holy birthday). It is why so many of the kitsune refer to Su-metal as a Goddess. It was her destiny to be the warrioress and become the goddess. It was passed down through her family lineage (her genes) until the time was right and The Fox God decided that the world needed saving through Metal. -- But don't expect any of that to make sense tomorrow. The LORE of BABYMETAL is contorted, inconsistent, and even contradictory. Sometimes within the same show. However, on that night, in that venue, with that performance, Su-metal became a goddess to the fans. -- TL;DR: Read it anyway you lazy bastards.

Up until 2018, Babymetal Death was the song they opened shows with, except on special occasions (such as this). It's the group announcing themselves. "Su-metal desu", "Yuimetal desu", "Moametal desu", "Babymetal desu" = I am Sumetal, I am Yuimetal, I am Moametal, We are Babymetal. The word "Desu" is pronounced much like "Death", hence "Babymetal Death".

Unsurprisingly, this song was dropped from BABYMETAL's live set after the death of guitarist Mikio Fujioka...... (he's the one playing the solo in this video) ...who tragically passed away in January 2018. It is unlikely that it will ever be performed again: especially now, after the emergence of the deadly corona virus. Suddenly everyone chanting "death death death death" is no longer quite such a cool thing anymore.......

It's BabyMEtal's warmup song :) ... allows them to warm up

well .... it's Su 16th birthday party nothing fancy just she got crucified and reborn as our Queen .... that's all. and FYI we are #notacult we just happens worship our Queen of Goddess Su-Metal.

Helluva birthday party from her two best friends

After binge watching all of your Babymetal video ractions...some things I see: BJ: What do you guys think I should react to next? Followers: "Black Baby Metal!" BJ: "Oh, here's a really good Su Solo. I kind of want to hear more of the other girls singing too." Followers: "Oh, Black Babymetal! Yui and Moa singing!" *Cacophony of various BBM songs* BJ: * Watches the epic Death Legend 1997 video, and waxes eloquently on the drummer* "Man this song was dark." Followers: "We love you BJ! But, Black Baby Metal please? Pretty Please?"

I wish my 16th birthday party were like that!

This is just a bit of performance art that leads into Head Banger

SuMetal’s birth year. I going to have some fun with this, don’t hate on me for this. The “Fox God” demands a sacrifice of a 15 year old and Su became our Queen.

My 16th birthday was nothing like this!! This is where SU-METAL became our METAL GODDESS QUEEN and an IDOL LEGEND!!! #BABYMETAL earned ¥1.097 billion for 107,500 tickets sold on tour making them the #1 female artist in Japan and second in the biggest touring market in industry of year 2019.They are also the most successful female group in history with no sexy concept. Congratulations

Su metal was born in 1997 as Metal Queen good reaction

Nothing to see here.... Just a little kawaii crucifixion going on here.... Again, nothing to see... Kitsune UP!!!!! 🤘🐶🤘

Actually the crowds lost 20pounds every babymetal concert.

Death is a play on words. They meant Desu. Su Metal Desu. Yui Metal Desu. Moa Metal Desu. BabyMetal Desu. They are introducing their self in Japanese.

Dark BabyMetal.

_Babymetal is so cool_

🤘🍻❤

This may have been uploaded in 2016 but the performance is from 2012 at their Legend 1997 concert to celebrate Su's 15th birthday.

You already have got lots of explanations over the years, But here is the simplest one. This is their intro where they tell their names and the name of the band. The rest is just play with words and having fun. Its a birthday party after all.

Every time I hear this I go back to thinking about this first album. First off you have Doki Doki Morning, cutesy, poppy, and then they release iine, more cuteness and lots of everything else and then people probably saw Gimme Chocolate. So the people go out and buy the album and this what you get for a first track, virtually no lyrics and THAT music. Someone at the record company had to be having a laugh.

This is why su us way more badass and metal than almost anyone. Crucified three(?) Times while thousands chant death? Phew

Yui metal Death :"(

I think the song is about death as a symbol of dieing or death as a symbol of life (: Baby Metal is the whole package great band great female performers great singer and of course great theater performance as well (: So like I said the whole great package of GREATNESS (: And this epic mind blowing greatness (: Lol BM (:

Su gets reborn to became a Metal Goddess and Yui and Moa worship her

I have noticed this with a few of your videos before, it seems like we can hear only one of the stereo channels. Are you doing that on purpose to avoid copyright problems or something? Otherwise there might be something wrong about your setup. The concert was actually in 2014, I guess the upload might have been in 2016. This is the video to show people who say that BABYMETAL isn’t Metal.

You should watch the whole concert! You can find it with Google. The concert is amazing! If you think this is wild, you should try and watch the beginning of Babymetal Legend S: Baptist XX. It is freaking awesome! Maybe check another video on KZfaq about what the fans had to wear to get in to the concert! Then you will understand why people write #notacult ! 😂

I've never been to a 16 year old girl's birthday party. So they're all like that? They did a show like that in 2012 for Legend I for the very first performance of the Kami Band. BABYMETAL　Headbanger!! 「ヘドバンギャー！」LEGEND - I (神バンド 生演奏デビュー) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nr94rd2B37utfWw.html

my favorite is babymetal PAPAYA

Drummer = Hideki Aoyama.

"We prefer to react to ones that are already on KZfaq". Shame, because all the good stuff isn't on KZfaq due to the fact KZfaq blocks it and removes it for breach of copyright. You should really look to react to the stuff that ISN'T on KZfaq. I still have my list of links for you >> drive.google.com/open?id=131p-m3zk6ViH1paInEE_67wHmP4FqSNf

#notacult just a show for Suzuka birthday, make sense with song title

1997 refers to the first movies of Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth. Su-Metal also sings a cover of the ending song "Tamashii no Rufuran" (Soul's Refrain): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r5t9dpd_s6jRZmQ.html With this song, the whole show makes sense, I think.

More The Warning please!!

#notacult but... you can see how people would get to this wrong conclusion if they start out watching this.

Is this live dark? It's time to react to onedaridaisakusen !!!

How did this "Death" thing take hold in english ???? i guess the management just thought well , if thats what english people think it is and like it . lets go with it. The chant actually is BABYMETAL DES.... meaning WE ARE Babymetal , or literally Babymetal We Are. Oh well as they say in Hollywood, don't let the truth get in the road of a good story.

#notacult it's a death of Su-Metal to be reborn as Metal Goddess

I would like to say that if you love Babymetal I think you should check out LOVEBITES another all female metal band and there song “when Destinies Align”

goosebumps...really? It's the number one response comment that I hear and it's ridiculous.

su mealt ddeath and re being n reborn as a metal goddess

Nothing to see…#notacult . I could say more, but first you have to sign in blood here and here :D

This is literally a video if you don't know the context, it looks like some kind of cult sacrifice of Su-metal. I don't think anyone who watched this the first time didn't have the same reaction you had!

Please react to Dreamcatcher "Endless Night" or "Scream"

Please react to black babymetal songs sis anger , onedari daisakusen or 4 no uta .

su-metal death → "su metal desu" means "I am su-metal" in Japanese They only introduce themselves in the metal worldview and just do kawaii metal.

月桂冠とは渋い

Please react to a filipino boy group naned SB19 ..please react ti SB19 GO UP DANCE PRACTICE

Drummer not insanely talented he is fast..

the drummer is a girl.