Once upon a time, in the little underground metal scene in Tokyo, there was a dude that was called *Key Kobayashi* and had a dream, to modernize heavy metal and make it get to newer audiences. At that time, late 2000s, he was working on a bakery on music festivals and that opened him the doors to the industry, where he entered a medium sized japanese label by the name of Amuse to work as a little producer. In 2008, among the artists Amuse managed there was a children band formed by three girls that had a hit song in an anime that year, named *Karen Girls,* that was formed by three little girls of 9/10 years old. One of them was *Sū (Suzuka Nakamoto),* and she quickly drew the attention of mr.Kobayashi (Koba); she was aiming to become a J-Pop idol but in addition to her stage presence due to her training as an actress since she was really small, her voice was rough, sharp, powerful; unfit for a pop singer. And being the metal fan he was, he looked at the little girl and thought: _hey, why don't she..._ A year later *Karen Girls* was disbanded and Amuse, with *Koba* in the team, started to work in a project that simulated an idol middle school with girls in training for the show business, that went by the name of *Sakura Gakuin* (Cherry Blossom School). The middle school had some after class clubs that acted as sub-units with their own themes for songs: bakery club, science club...heavy music club. Koba had convinced Amuse to let *Suzuka* on his care and start his project of making a heavy metal band with little idols. Suzuka was put in the metal club and to accompany her they took the two tiniest girls in the show, *Moa* and *Yui,* that would act as dancers around her. Inside the club, they founded a band, and the name was a pun to the word Heavy Metal _(hebimeta_ in japanese), *Babymetal.* They made their first appearance on a *Sakura Gakuin* festival in late 2010 (12/11/11 years old), but as the show went on the band started to grow in relevance and Babymetal was the most demanded thing inside Sakura Gakuin. In early 2012 they made their first full show, still under the scope of Sakura Gakuin. The first was in front of a couple of hundreds persons at the Rock May Kan, but at the start of 2013 they were playing already in front of thousands of persons in live houses and by the end of 2013, *Babymetal went independent* from Sakura Gakuin for the first during their Legend 1997 show at Makuhari Messe, in front of 13.000 persons. There the video of *Gimme Chocolate!* was recorded and it suddenly went viral around the world *(140 million* views nowadays). They went popular around the world but that thing of japanese girls doing metal was not well received by the more grassroots part of the metal scene. In 2014 they went on world tour and this was one of their first concerts outside Japan, at Sonisphere in front of 60.000. The girls still mention that moment nowadays, on how afraid were them at that moment to not be accepted on that stage and how important was for them to have won that audience. In the end, when they left, the audience was crying for more songs. To this day, they have created a genre *(Kawaii Metal),* a cultural phenomenon that has created a market trend of interest for japanese girls' metal and rock bands and have become the biggest japanese band out of Japan ever. Their drummer is *Hideki Aoyama,* he is pretty good. I would advice you to go for *Road of Resistance* next, but be careful as they usually block that video, put a logo or something to get around it.

This was 7 years ago and the lead singer, SuMetal, was just 16 and a half while Yui and Moa, the backing singers and dancers, were 15. They appeared here, at one of the UK's biggest Metal fests, in front of 65,000 Metal heads who hadn't heard of them and, as you can see, killed it. At the moment, they are halfway through a series of 10 concerts at Budokan, where only invited bands get to play (The Beatles got 3 nights there, Dylan just the one night, Deep Purple the same- all of which were recorded as albums). They were voted #10 in the best 100 Metal bands of all time by Metal Hammer magazine. I saw Sabbath in 1976 and Babymetal last year and they are the most innovative and refreshing band to hit the Metal world for at least a decade. I see you noticed Su's vocals, even though she was so young here. She is a soprano with a range of C4 to G#5.

Great first reaction and welcome to the BABYMETAL galaxy. Yes the girls are BABYMETAL, the musicians are their support in all live shows - they are the Kami Band (kami means god or spirit, so they are the gods of guitar bass and drums summoned from the dead to support BABYMETAL in all their live shows - which is why they are in traditional burial robes and corpse face paint). The Kami Band are among the very best session musicians in Japan. At this show they were Mikio Fujioka (RIP) and Leda Cygnus on guitars. BOH with his 6 string bass and Hideki Aoyama on drums. I think the more you hear you more you will be impressed by Hideki Aoyama, I am no drummer but from all I've heard he is both relentless and accurate and he keeps up those double bass kicks what seems like almost endlessly. BABYMETAL are Su-metal (lead vocals and dance), Yuimetal and Moametal (scream and dance - in this instance 'scream' means backing vocals, harmonies, leading crowd chants and getting the crowd involved). This was their first major event outside of Asia - you said they seemed popular ... 30 minutes earlier 99% of the 60,000 people in the crowd had never heard of them. Su was 16, Yui and Moa just past their 15th birthdays (Moa's was the day before). BABYMETAL formed in 2010 as a sub-unit of a Jpop Idol group and are a fusion of metal with Jpop aesthetics - like the clean vocals and choreo for example. They invented their own genre and they have expanded that to blend many different musical styles and genres with the metal - and they have songs in virtually every metal genre. It is just as well the Kami band are able to play anything. They were formed and developed around Su-metal's vocal talents and stage presence - even though she was only 12, Yui and Moa 11, when they started. The Kami Band were phased in from late 2012 at first only playing at a couple of festivals in japan and the encores in some shows. They became the full time support in all live shows early in 2014 and have been with BABYMETAL ever since. For the US and European tours of 2019 and 2020 the Kami Band of the West (American musicians) supported BABYMETAL as the tours were lengthy and clashed with the Kami Band of the East's own projects and obligations. The drummer with the Kami Band of the West is Anthony Barone once of Shadow of Intent. I think you would probably get a kick out of BABYMETAL's take on prog metal - 'Tales of the Destinies' which pays homage to Dream Theater. They have only ever played it live once - at the Tokyo Dome in 2016 (they sold it out two nights running - 55,000 people each night and a completely different set list each night as well. This is a video of that performance you can use for a reaction kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i79giLOosMq8dp8.html In the description you will find a link to the same video without the watermark logo obscuring it, so you can watch that and put the one with the logo in your reaction video so it won't be blocked.

The drummer, Hideki Aoyama, is a beast! Their concerts are usually close to 1.5 hours long and because most BABYMETAL songs are high energy, he has to play this level of intensity if not more for that whole time except for maybe 1 or 2 slow songs that they might perform. The musicians are called the "Kami Band". "Kami" means god in Japanese, and these guys are like gods of music. They are all men and are Japan's best musicians. They are wearing burial gowns and corpse face paint because in the BABYMETAL legend/fantasy/storyline, the "Fox God" raises the musicians from the dead and calls upon them to play the music for the girls for each concert. The 3 girls have been chosen by the "Fox God" to unite the world through metal.

All the musicians are dudes. If you want a more complicated BabyMetal song, try Tales of Destinies. Lots of change up in tempo

The drummer is Hideki Aoyama and is a beast. The girls are BABYMETAL, their live band is the Kami Band (Spirit/God Band) and are so named because they are the Gods of their respective instruments Guitars, Bass, and Drums. The Kami band wears Japanese Burial Robes. This song title translates to No More Bullying Forever, and they tend to have a positive message in their music. People will be along soon with much more in depth info, but if you really want to see what Hideki can do check out Road of Resistance live in Japan, hopefully it wont get blocked.

It's crazy! He says. Yes. And fun. And happy. And joyful!!!!

I'm 55, a musician for 40 plus years and BABYMETAL is my favorite band. Every song is different, most are masterpieces, all will kinda blow your mind first reaction. The choreography is impeccable. They produce some of the most epic live shows you will ever see. The more you watch the more surreal the level they perform at becomes. I suggest ROAD OF RESISTANCE - Live in Japan Kitsune Dao!

Entertaining band! 🤘

Queen Su can dance and sing at the same time and hardly she has ever been breathless. The drummer is Hideki Aoyama, The guiarists are Mikio Fujioka and Leda Cygnus and Boh sama on bass. I'd love for you to react to Tales of Destinies or Rondo of Nightmare with Mischief of God intro.

Baby Metal have been on my radar for a long time, but I never really dived into their music. - Thank you so much Mike, for starting down this particular rabbit hole. Your reactions made me laugh several times. Just the tonic for a cold wet March morning. Just shows how you shouldn't take anything for granted with music. :)

His father is Jun Aoyama, who was famous as a jazz fusion and studio drummer. He also worked as a backing for Tatsuro Yamashita and Mariya Takeuchi.

Let the floodgates open! Lmao. Welcome to the fox hole. There’s for sure a few kitsunes will help with future recommendations so no worries. Just want to say that I’ve been loving your reactions series so far as it’s not generic plus it’s very informative! Keep up the good work!

Thanks for the reaction! This was their first festival performance outside of Japan. Sonisphere 2014 invited them to perform at one of the smaller stages (probably several thousand fans) but then upgraded them to the mainstage when they blew up online with the song Gimme Chocolate. The crowd at Sonisphere has a reputation of treating bands they don't like very poorly (throwing bottles of urine for example) and since Babymetal is not a traditional metal band, they were worried how they would be received. They were also early in the day which often reduces the crowd since people are recovering from the night before. Finally, they couldn't see the crowd from backstage so they weren't sure if there would be anyone there, or their mood before they hit the stage. When they came out they were facing between 40,000-65,000 people (reports differ) and by the end of their five song set, they had won the day in what their fans call "The Miracle at Sonisphere". You can here some chanting at the end of the video for "one more song".

His name Hediky the song is called Ijame Dame Zettai meaning ( Bullying No more forever ).

英国でもまだまだBABYMETALは広く知られていないということを思い知るリアクション。 これからも更なるメタルの復興を願うしかない。

Music is music no matter the genres. Reactions are fantastic for us to hear different music. You do a great job.

Would love to see more!

⚡ 💀 💕 / 🚫 And… that's how you win over metalheads on your first UK appearance. Sonisphere can be a really tough crowd if they don't like you. I can't imagine the strength of nerve it took for a 16 year old Su, and just turned 15 year olds Yui and Moa to take that stage. And to leave them wanting more. BABYMETAL made some new fans that day. They followed this up with a headlining concert at The Forum in London two days later. That was a classic Kami Band line-up with Mikio Fujioka (RIP) and Leda Cygnus on guitars, BOH on bass and Hideki Aoyama on drums. All of the Kami Band members have been top notch talents.

This the start of world domination by the one and only Queen of metal, Su 🤘🏻🦊🤘🏻

They are fun Babymetal is the 3 girls Su-metal (Suzuka Nakamoto), 16 Yui-metal (Yui Mizuno), 15 Moa-metal (Moa kikuchi), 15 The backing band is called Kami-band in this set they are from left to right Mikio Fujioka guitar BOH bass Hideki Aoyama drums Leda Cygnus guitar This genre is called Kawaii Metal "cute metal" a fusion of J-pop aesthetics and heavy metal They have some 50 songs and not one is like the other They are best experienced live but their MV Megitsune is a favorite for many fans

Fav song and Nice reaction🔥🔥

Great reaction, really hope to see some more BabyMetal reactions soon.

great reaction. i now can appreciate the drums a little more

This is them winning an audience of 60.000 + British metal heads over who the majority had not a clue who they where . Loved in UK ever since. 🤘🦊🤘❤

Babymetal in the most popular and famous Japanese group/band in the World. This is from the 2014 Sonisphere Metal Festival in the UK. The girls are 16 and 15 yo. In a 30 minute set they blew up the Festival!! Plus their merchandise out sold all the other bands such as Iron Maiden and Metallica. 95% of the audience had no idea who Babymetal was at the start of their set. The girls are Su Metal, singer; Moametal and Yuimetal, dance and scream. The band is the Kamiband, the drummer is Hideki Aoyama (a Guy). Babymetal was created in 2010 when the girls were 13 and 11 yo. They already been professionally performing since they 6 yo. The 2014 Sonisphere was their first tour to Europe. Since that time; first Japanese band to play Wembley Arena (UK), sold-out the LA Forum, and sold-out the Tokyo Dome 2 nights running capacity 55,000. Tickets to their concerts are by lottery as any of their concerts are sellouts anywhere in the world. As the to awards 2015 Vogue Japan Women of the Year, named the 10th greatest metal band by Metal Hammer magazine. Their 3rd album Metal Galaxy charted #1 on Billboard's Top Rock and Top Hard Rock lists. Do you feel like you been living under a rock

Great reaction & thanks from Japan 有難う💛。You are Californian, right? In 2019, BABYMETAL performed in California 3 times in Inglewood (The Forum), San Francisco (The Warfield) and Sacramento (Aftershock 2019 festival). Their international reputation had started from this very 2014 Sonisphere festival. In their latest world tours from June 2019 through March 2020 (prior to the pandemic), they performed live 20 times in USA, 19 in EU/UK/Russia and 1 in Taiwan in addition to 15 in Japan. If you search with keywords "babymetal 2019 forum", you will see 17,000 American audiences going nuts like UK guys did in the video. Please continue to explore BABYMETAL.

BABYMETAL are just the three girls: Su-Metal singer and dance, Moametal scream and dance and Yuimetal scream and dance. The band (Kami band) is just a support band for the live concert. Welcome to the BABYMETAL world. Will be a wonderful journey...

The importance of that show, not only for Babymetal, but all Japanese Metal bands cannot be overstated....I can already hear someone saying "hold my beer"....lol Anyway, huge moment.

Subbed. Keep on going mate.

The BABYMETAL drummers are all exceptional session musicians: Hideki Aoyama, Anthony Barone, Yuta Maeta.

Interesting song to start your babymetal journey on, they're all about fun and bringing smiles lol Also glad to see more people noticing the punk hidden in their music. Another guy pointed that out and people ripped him apart lol.

“She’s got a nice voice.” Yep!

On the 2014 Labor Day weekend (less than two months after the groundbreaking event at Sonisphere on July the 5th where there were 120 bands that took part in the event) I decided to count the number of views on KZfaq of the festival (performance videos, interviews, and more including comedians and the Iron Maiden air show (it was a slow weekend)). The result was as follows: All 120 bands (which included the likes of Metallica, Iron Maiden, Prodigy, Limp Bizkit, Deftones, Alice in Chains, Slayer, Dream Theater, Anthrax, Ghost, Him, Mastodon, Frank Turner, etc.) - totaled views wound up numbering 968,225. BABYMETAL (by themselves (although they may have cheated having a huge social media advantage from Asia) = 3,030,219 views (more than three times the number of all the other bands combined). Well done to the BABYMETAL team. They make me feel like a proud uncle.

Sound was fine. Good reaction. There are quite a few live shows where the Kami band gets to show there skills. Sit back and enjoy.

Baby Metal is what happens when you bring your kid sisters to band practice.

Welcome to the world of Babymetal and the Fox Hole! Now you need watch Rondo of Nightmare live or Headbanger live. See you in the next 🤟🏻 🦊 🔥 🔥 🔥

Babymetal - Road of Resistance live in Japan next 👍🦊🤘🔥

Hideki Aoyama is an endorser for Yamaha drums and Paiste cymbals. Perhaps he uses a Yamaha Oak Custom Drum Set for this gig, which he probably rented from Yamaha UK. His lost father, Jun Aoyama, was also a famous drummer in Japan and a Sonor drums endorser.

Please do rondo of nightmare live by baby metal. He does a drum solo you’ll love it!

You want Babymetal drums, check out Sis Anger

The Foxhole is deep, every song is different from the one before and equally amazing!

I want bit coin.... except I spent all my money on BABYMETAL merch 😭 Great reaction I'm subbed MORE BABYMETAL 🤘😷👍 MORE SENRI KAWAGUCHI 🥁

This legendary 30+ minute set in BABYMETAL history is called by some the "Miracle at Sonisphere". Imagine being 15-16 years old originally set for a small side tent (expecting maybe a couple thousand to show) to being upgraded a couple months before the show to the main stage in front of 65,000+ people. You are nervous because this is your first tour outside of your home country (Japan) and you know that 95+% of these people never heard of you, some came to hate on you (based on their videos up to this point like "Gimme Chocolate" which had gone viral a few months before and thought they were a joke or gimmick), and the UK Sonisphere crowd are known to throw stuff at the acts if they don't like them! But by the end of their 30-ish minute set, the crowd is chanting "We want more! We want more!", which you can see and hear at the end of this video. They had the largest pits and wall of death's, as well as sold the most merch out of all the acts performing at that event (Metallica, Iron Maiden, etc). This show was the start of them blowing up outside of Japan and is considered a major moment in BABYMETAL history. This is why this show is my favorite of all their shows! Great video and reaction! 🦊🤘

Babymetal drums ? You can check BABYMETAL - Arkadia

Real face of kami-band(babymetal) Eastern guitar : Mikio Fujioka bass : Boh guitar : Takayoshi Ohmura guitar : Leda drums: Hideki Aoyama Western: Galactic Empire guitar : C.J.Masciantonio (TETHRA) guitar : Chris Kelly (ALUSTRIUM) bass : Clint Tustin drums : [Beneath the Massacre] Anthony Barone kzfaq.info/sun/PLL8bIMHCZRUOYHOqzdiKwqyhYpJbyKmKA

I love BABYMETAL, most entertaining band ever! The question "Who is BABYMETAL" is not that easy to answer. If you ask their management, it's just the three girls. If you ask me or many other fans, the instrumentalists are an integral part of the band, even though they are session musicians and the lineup is not fixed (but has been pretty stable for years). But it gets more complicated: One of the three girls has left in 2018, and even though her spot is filled with three different dancers on rotation, officially BABYMETAL now only consists of the remaining two. Makes sense? I know, it doesn't. However, the important thing is, everything they do is on an amazingly high level. There are so many elements to their shows, the instrumentalists, the vocals, the choreographies, the theatrics, the crowd participation, the energy... and everything is top notch. And then there's the smiles and positivity that are not that common in Metal. To me they have taken Metal to a whole new level. I have been a metalhead since about 1985, and over the years my favourite bands have been Iron Maiden, Metallica and Dream Theater, but I have never adored any band as much as I do with BABYMETAL. This particular song is an anti-bullying song. That's why you see the girls fighting, their choreography is usually not just a bunch of moves taken from the usual grab bag, it does contribute to the song and its message most of the time. Since you noticed that "the crowd loves them", it's also worth noting that this was their first big show in the West. Most of the people in that crowd have never heard of them before, and the girls expected to get a rough treatment, but as you can see, the left them wanting more. It's a great moment for any fan to see. I think you might enjoy "Road of Resistance", another fast paced, but more varied song. You'd have to pause a few times and maybe use a logo overlay or something on top of the video to keep a reaction from getting blocked. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sLp1jLh3zLLalY0.html

🤘🦊🦊🦊🤘

Immediately Babymetal exert their super power over you and you are smiling. The foxhole is deep and very enjoyable so I hope you continue down it and discover performances like Headbanger, Akatsuki and Babymetal DEATH all from the concert Legend 1997. This was Babymetal's break out international performance. They were on the European leg of their 2014 world tour and playing smaller venues. They'd been getting good reviews and got booked at Sonisphere. There was some worry about their reception, but they went down very well and after that moved to bigger tour venues. The girls are Su-metal, Yuimetal and Moametal (16, 15 and 15 years old respectively). They had been in the Japanese idol system for quite a few years already and so were experienced performers inside Japan, but this was a step up. The band is the "Kami Band (Kami are Shinto spirits) and they were assembled so that Babymetal (the three girls) could tour and get beyond the usual recorded backing track of an idol group. The song itself is an anti-bullying anthem with Yui and Moa fighting and Su breaking things up.

A couple of their songs are more complicated, but most of it is rather simple as you put it. Easy to get into with many hooks. It is a refreshing change.

Nicely left hemisphered.

this performance was in the uk, and babymetal colored their logo to show their enthusiasm for the local audience. this was babymetal's first major performance in the west.

The Legend of " BABYMETAL and Sonisphere 2014 " the day when Babymetal win over 50+ crowds early morning.

Imagine 15yr old Japanese girls beating up a hardened UK metal crowd and destroying them!!! Soooo good!!! Just amazing!!

This was the concert that got them really noticed. Kudos to the crowd for accepting them. Hail to our 3 Queens and the mighty Kami Band.

This is one of the best drummers in the world. Check out "Road of Resistance" live in Japan.

Road Of Resistance official live and Headbanger live Legend 1997 Tour ( date of singers birth btw) are 2 amazing performance . To me this was their peak. sorry , but still love em. The band is called The Kami (God) Band , together with the 3 girls the ey are Babymetal, but girls do all the interviews . project was put together producer who was a big metal fan, Koba Metal.

Finally! Please do more babymetal

So funny seeing someone react to Babymetal for the first time, not having a clue what’s going on🤣 love it brilliant video haha

The drummer is Hideki Aoyama. For reference, he is considered by Mike Portnoy to be one of the best drummers on the planet. May want to check out Tales of the Destinies (which Portnoy claimed to be one of the most difficult songs he'd ever learned).

As other's have said the drummer here is Hideki Aoyama (wearing a wig). He has been the main drummer for Babymetal. His late father was an accomplished drummer also. As with all members of the Kami band he has other projects going on. There are other drummers that have filled in such as Yuya Maeta. Aside from BOH the bald bass player, if the band member's hair is not long enough they wear a wig. I am surprised you have been in the music industry for 30 years and never heard of Babymetal, even in passing.. Maybe it's a Reactor's thing to say lol. You said you have been listening to Japanese music lately. What groups/musicians? Kami Band Members here are: (from viewing L to R) Mikio Fujioka on Guitar (died Jan 2018 from an accident fall a week earlier) BOH on Bass Hideki on Drums Leda Cygnus on Guitar two other Guitarist that regularly rotate in are Takayoshi Ohmura and Isao Fujita All members are well established musicians with either a Metal or Jazz background.

Akatsuki and Sis. Anger have great drum work. Akatsuki - live at Budokan Black Night would be my next recommendation if you also wanna enjoy some amazing vocals, sweet dueling guitars and watch an awesome stage production, all driven by an incredible drum work, of course. 🦊❣️🤘

this is when three little girls came to a metal festival and kicked ass. this was their first festival outside of Japan. they had been moved to the main stage earlier and they thought that there would be no body there to see them, maybe 5000 or 6000 people. when they tried to look out they couldnt see the crowd til they came out on stage and saw 50,000 people. Su, the lead singer, was 16 years old at that time and the other two had just turned 15 years old. their merch outsold every other band even three days later. this song is about bullying. that is why they looked like they were fighting. you can NOT put Babymetal in a box since they do so many different styles, like 25 or more. Babymetal created Kawaii metal, cute metal. Babymetal was formed to blend J-pop and metal together for something different. if you want to see the true work of their drummer you have to do Amore from Wembley 2016. the drummer double basses non stop in that song. also Babymetal makes you feel good and happy listening to them. Su, the lead singer, is one of the best front people, male or female, of any band. you go to a Babymetal show is a performance to enjoy.

They started out in 2010. In 2020 BabyMetal was named the 10th greatest metal band of all-time. That's the one thing I point out when it comes to this band. Others fans will give you everything else.

Midi trigger pad in his kit. No auxiliary percussionist or keyboardist in the Kami Band. Wecome to THE ONE. 🦊🤘 The fox hole is deep, their music is diverse in the subgenres of metal. Some other amazing drum songs to react to: Unleast the Archers - Awakening Tool - Forty six and two Infant Annihilator - c*ntcrusher Junna - through the fire and the flames ( dragonforce drum playthrough) The Ventures - Wipeout - live in Japan Terry Bozzio - the black page

If you are looking for a drum solo try Rondo of Nightmare with Mischief of Gods video, highlights the entire band. link below kzfaq.info/get/bejne/br1yd8x9srS-k3k.html

yeah dude

Drums? well , openings of: Rondo of nightmare, catch me if you can, awadama fever, yava.

If you want to really have a chance to watch the Kami Band, you need to see Babymetal's Rondo of Nightmare video. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/br1yd8x9srS-k3k.html

People are going to recommend you react to Road of Resistance (Live in Japan) next because that song really displays the drummer's speed, stamina, and accuracy. If you do, then this is a video that will get blocked often if you don't alter the video when posting it. Luckily, all you have to do is upload a watermarked version of the video which someone has made and posted here and you will have no problems with copyright blocking: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebFih7l1leDPhZs.html You can react to the clean video in the description and upload the watermarked version. I recommend you get around eventually to Tales of the Destinies, which is BABYMETAL's most complex and technical songs. Good luck and enjoy!

Subscribed and liked for Tales Of Destinies live or Road of Resistance!

React to Rondo of Nightmare. One of the best songs of Babymetal. 🤟🔥❤️🦊

This was their coming out party outside of Japan. From what I heard, Lady Gaga saw them in Japan and like them a lot and took them on her next European tour. This is an anti-bullying song name aptly No More Bullying. She was saying We Are BabyMetal. I believe the lead singer, Suzuka a/k/a Su-Metal, was 16 at the time. Definitely check out more of their work.

Tomas Haake drum cam videos are must-sees. Clockworks’ and ‘Bleed’

Great reaction. A lot has already been said below but I will say welcome to the fox hole to truly appreciate BabyMetal there are some must see songs many already listed so I will go with my favorite Rondo of Nightmare with the Mischief of the Gods intro (must see) to truly appreciate Kami band (translated God Band) this is the song. There are more technical songs perhaps but this is a showcase song for the band.

I'm sure there are many comments telling you this already, but the drummer is Hideki Aoyama. He might not be the most technical drummer in the world, but he is known for being fast, precise and having excellent stamina. Although, there was this one time back in 2016, after the second night in a row performing at the Tokyo Dome, where he literally had to be carried off stage. They closed the show with this very song you just listened to, but the girls saying good bye to the audience stretched the normal 6 minute playtime into well over 11 minutes, and he just couldn't stand up afterwards :-) If you want to see him go all out, listen to the power metal anthem "Road of Resistance". If you want to listen to something much more technical, as in full-on progressive metal, listen to "Tales of the Destinies". But personally I think some of the best drums in any Babymetal song can be found in "Akatsuki" (which also has an excellent dual guitar bit).

Here are some songs to check out among the many they have done. Headbanger kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j9Cair2hy8XOg6c.html Road of Resistance kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sLp1jLh3zLLalY0.html Pa Pa Ya kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pbVnjJt_2NTPgps.html Syncopation kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q8BhZK2Gv7OchmQ.html Ijime,Dame,Zettai kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iNVdksaTy8rWiXk.html BxMxC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pM1ooMtnr7utoY0.html Rondo of Nightmare (mischief of god intro live) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/br1yd8x9srS-k3k.html Onedari Daisakusen (Black Babymetal) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z8qEZNyovriZg6M.html Sis Anger (Black Babymetal) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eMB8jcagvMCvfmQ.html Megitsune kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mbFjgbCLpruvd6s.html There are many more that you can choose from.

God, you're wholesome.

Nice video! The drummer here was Hideki Aoyama. He was commonly referred to as the god of double bass. His double bass playing was always so consistent and solid-sounding. The Kami Band (their backing band) wasn't technically a part of BABYMETAL. They just perform with them on their live performances. BABYMETAL have many songs that involve double bass drums. Probably, my favorte among them was Amore. Some other songs with consistent double bass were Road of Resistance, Tales of the Destinies, Sis. Anger, Arkadia, Starlight, Distortion, Akatsuki, and others. Catch you at the foxhole! Kitsunes up!

Put your Kitsune UP!! Po!

Heard not sure if it's true but a show they did Hideki-san the Drummer had to be carried off stage after the show cause his legs were numb🔥🔥 Hideki is a god

The girls are Babymetal SU metal, Moa metal and Yui metal. The band are the east Kami band. Queen SU is on vocals. ❤❤❤

Yep, that's Babymetal, their third show on their first world tour, first time outside of Asia (the other 2 shows had the birthday shows of the youngest girls, they turned 15), their first festival performance outside of Japan (not counting an Anime convention in Singapore). The crowd was skeptical, but after some 40 minutes of this odd metal hybrid their were convinced at the very least by the musicianship and the lead singers abilities and the upbeat entertainment show element has things they can respect and like.

Half of the musicians are actually Dragonforce. The 3 Girls are casted. 14, 14 and 16yrs old as of the recoriding.

Nice video. I appreciate reactions with some technical insight! This song, as you noted, isn't terribly complex. I believe it was their second song they ever recorded (3rd released? I might be wrong on the specifics). So, with the understanding that this was a minimally funded subgroup of a small and new Idol group, I understand why the song is "basic" from a technical standpoint. I hope to see more video reactions to BABYMETAL from you!

Aahehehaeahaeh You haven't seen nothing yet. Poor Mike. Everybody will tell ya to try a song with Kamiband solo. Go for "Catch me if you can" or even Kagerou wich drum solo is out of this world.

Please react Babymetal - Rondo Of Nightmare Live Budokan. The intro is amazing.

Hideki Aoyama just appeared on the cover of Rhythm and Drums magazine in Japan as the double bass drum god.

This was their first performance outside of Japan in front of a bigger crowd. Not many people in the crowd even knew who they were, and some who did know were very antagonistic before the festival started, mostly because of prejudice. BABYMETAL is only the three ladies in the front, Su-metal, the main vocalist and dancer, Moametal and Yuimetal, the dancers and backup vocalists. Yuimetal went on hiatus in 2017 and left the group in 2018. From then on it was only Su and Moa until they added a "support dancer" without mic called Avenger in 2019 who's not officially part of BABYMETAL (originally there were three Avengers, but it's only Momoko since the start of the pandemic). Su was born Dec 1997 (so she's 16 here in this video), Moa and Yui were born Jul and Jun 1999 respectively (they just turned 15). At the end of their shows, as is the case here, Su-metal screams "We Are...", Moa, Yui and the crowd answer with "BABYMETAL". It's one of the many nods/hommages towards X Japan, who always end(ed) their shows like this (We Are X). Unfortunately you won't be able to react to much else from BM after 2014/2015 (except for MVs) because it'll be blocked on KZfaq. The band (who are all male and in their mid-30) is not officially part of BABYMETAL, they are a backing band called Kami Band, which consists (in this video) of Mikio Fujioka (the guy with the black ESP on the left hand side, he died at the beginning of 2018) and Takayoshi Ohmura (with the pink sparkling ESP) on guitars, BOH on bass and Hideki Aoyama on drums. That's Hideki: pbs.twimg.com/media/EvD_2SNWYAEBN71?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 (the magazine is from this month). The song title, Ijime Dame Zettai means literally "Bullying, no good, absolutely", they translate it with the meaning of "No More Bullying, Forever". A lot of (earlier) BM songs contain lyrics (the) girls could relate to and are almost exclusively with positive messages. The choreography is also an integral part of the performance because it conveys what the song is about. If you want a closer look at the drumset you should probably try the Su-metal solo song Rondo of Nightmare from Budokan 2014 (the 7+ minute version). It has an instrumental intro called "Mischief of Gods" in which every musician has a solo. Some of the more "drum focused" songs are their other Power Metal songs, Road of Resistance (on their official channel, but it's often blocked for reactors), Amore (Su-metal solo, but there's only bad compilations available on KZfaq) or Arkadia (the Zimmer offical channel has the best version, hands down) for example. Another good one that's not Power Metal would be Akatsuki (also from Budokan 2014), which is another Su-metal solo song. Her solos have more focus towards the music, while the songs with full lineup are more about the overall performance (music, choreo, show, crowd interaction).

The drummer Hideki Aoyama is one of the best drummers in the world. BABYMETAL 101 Babymetal is a Japanese group Founded in 2010 and produced by Key “Koba” Kobayashi from the Amuse Inc. talent agency. Babymetal name comes from the birth of a new style of metal fusing j-pop with metal creating what they call Kawaii Metal (Cute-Metal). The group currently consists of Suzuka Nakamoto aka “Su-Metal” (23 years old) sometimes referred to as Vocal and Dance, and Moa Kikuchi aka "Moametal", pronounced as Moa-Metal (21 years old) sometimes referred to as Scream and Dance. With a rotating trio of girls filling the third slot, in a 3-member formation. These girls are known as Avengers and are Kano Fujihara (16 years old) ((Most likely not an Avenger)), Riho Sayashi (21 years old) ((Most likely is not an avenger anymore)), and Momoko Okazaki (18 years old) ((Still an Avenger)). They are supported by a rotating selection of talented male backing musicians known as the Kami Band (Kami is usually poorly translated as gods, but in truth it more closely means awe inspiring spirit, entity, or object) It is why they are dressed in white to look like ghosts or spirits, though Kami being used as God(s) is so common in translation the white outfits get lost. Past Formations. Heavy Music Club Era (2010-2012) From 2010 to 2012 Babymetal consist of a three-member formation, Suzuka Nakamoto (Age 12), Moa Kikuchi (Age 10), and Yui Mizuno aka "Yuimetal" pronounced Yui-Metal. (Age 10). First starting out as the Heavy Music Club as a subunit within the Developmental Idol Group created by Amuse in 2010 known as Sakura Gakuin. Sakura Gakuin is group that introduces girls between the ages of 10-15 to music, dance, modeling, and acting through Japanese Pop idol music and culture. Given a school theme, all three would be a part of Sakura Gakuin until their graduation from it in the same school year they would graduate from Japanese middle school or 15 years old. Suzuka graduated in March 2013, and Moa and Yui in March of 2015. Sakura Gakuin is a fantastic group with great kawaii jpop songs in their own right. During this time there was no lore, and the girl’s costumes were more punkish in nature which they helped create. They also didn’t perform with live music, using a backing track or the “Skeleton band” people pretending to play music behind them. Music Video of this Era Doki Doki Morning Iine (Pronounced EE-NAH spelled i i n e) Headbangya Babymetal/ Metal Resistance Era (2012-2017) Starting in 2012 with the Legend I concert, Babymetal began its slow divorce from Sakura Gakuin, and was the first introduction of the Kami Band as well as the “Lore” that is still heavily involved in Babymetal but makes far less sense than it did during this time. The Lore is complex and involves a battle against other evil idol corporations, gaining powers, some time travel, running a resistance group, all at the direction of a mythical deity known as the fox god, against an all power enemy known as Akiba. The first Legend show I was the Kami Bands introduction to the end, but it also had the Skeleton Band which is seen in the wildly popular Gimmie Chocolate Music Video. This was followed by Legend D, and then Legend Z, in which it was learned that Babymetal would continue as its own entity after Suzuka’s graduation from Sakura Gakuin in March of 2013. Slowly over 2013 the Skeleton Band would be phased out of all live shows, as Babymetal came into their own. Babymetal as it is most commonly known as with Su-Metal, Moametal, Yuimetal, the Kami Band, and a somewhat understandable lore is what consisted for the majority of it’s existence. Also established beyond the 3 member formation, they had 2 other set ups, one was what fans called Su-Solos, and it would just be Su on stage with the Kami band, performing a solo, and the other is known as Black Babymetal by the band themselves, which consisted of just Moa and Yui. Music Videos of this Era Gimmie Chocolate Megitsune Rondo of Nightmare - With mischief of the Gods Intro (Su Solo and a great expedition of the Kami Band) Road of Resistance Live in Japan (Co-written by Dragonforce) Iijime, Dame, Zettai Live at Sonisphere (Name means No More Bullying Forever) Karate The Dark Times, The Chosen 7 Era (2018) In December 2017, Yui would miss the Legend-S concert for health reasons, these health problems would prosiest into 2018 and greatly affect the 2018 touring season bring the “Chosen 7” formation, consisting of Suzuka Nakamoto, Moa Kikuchi, and 2 backing dancers Minako Maruyama, and Minami Tsukui. Changes they would not tell fans and all throughout 2018 communicate extraordinarily little causing lots of pain for all involved fan and performer. This era is noted by their strange armor like costumes, sometimes referred to as Elf Armor. To make the poor communication, and Yui’s absence wasn’t bad enough, one of the more regular Kami band members, Mikio Fujioka passed away after falling off a balcony in late December 2017 while star gazing. A beloved and incredibly talented musician lost leaving behind his wife and only child. In September 2018 Yui would formally resign from Babymetal, stating her unspecified health and wishing to move on. Babymetal themselves announced that the group will move on focusing on Suzuka and Moa. (Something many idiots within the fandom refuse or are too stupid to understand) In October Babymetal had a concert called Dark Night Carnival which added dancers, Shoko Akiyama, Saya Hirai, and Kotono, placing a total of seven girls on stage. This was also done without warning to fans and was an absolute mess. Babymetal would finish off the 2018 tour season returning to the 3-member formation with just Saya Hirai joining them in southeast Asia and Australia. Ending one of the most troubling times in Babymetal’s history. Music Videos of this Era (These MVs do not feature the members in them at all) Distortion Starlight (Don’t let overzealous fans fool you, this is OFFICIALLY not a tribute to anyone. A lot of fan speculation, end of story) Metal Galaxy Era (2019- Feb 2020) The current set up was first introduced in 2019 during the Babymetal Arises concert in Yokohama, before the start, the “Avenger” support dancer concept was explained in the lore, and the concept thanks to communication and a maintaining of the 3-member formation brought Babymetal out of dark times brought about during 2018. Babymetal seemed to have returned to its roots with the Avengers, as 2 of the three (Kano and Momoko) come from Sakura Gakuin. The third Riho, went to the same performing arts school as Suzuka during the same time, Actors School Hiroshima aka ASH. Music Videos of this Era Pa Pa Ya Elevator Girl Shanti Shanti Da Da Dance (Avenger confusion) Which Avenger one sees can be confusing for those new to Babymetal. For the Music Videos, Pa Pa Ya, Elevator Girl, and Shanti Shanti Shanti, it is Kano Fujihara, who was just 14 years old at the time. Da Da Dance is a compilation of Momoko and Riho and a splicing of 2 different shows. In most fan cam videos of the American and European tour it would be either Riho or Momoko, as they toured with Babymetal in 2019. Kano had responsibilities with Sakura Gakuin as its president, a position Suzuka and Moa both held in Sakura Gakuin, and she’s never flown on a plane before. Some fans for 2019 did throw a stupid temper tantrum over the use of new Kami Band members who are from the west now known as the West Coast Kami Band, but like how the girls won over many, so did they and the payoff with the Legend Metal Galaxy concert in 2020 was well worth it. COVID Era (Mar 2020 to current time) COIVD-19 has messed up a lot of things for everyone, Babymetal had to cancel their Asian tour, as well their big 10th Anniversary on October 10, 2020. Forced to keep it rather tame something very unlike Babymetal as even in their failures like the entire 2018 tour they do it septically. The question for many fans is what of the Avengers, since COVID, Avenger Riho Sayashi has signed with a new agency and has move on to other projects, including starting a fan club, which appears to rule her out of ever being an Avenger again. Kano Fujihara has graduated from Sakura Gakuin on August 30, 2020, a near 4 month delay. However, she and fellow Sakura Gakuin graduates Soyoka Yoshida, Tsugumi Aritomo, and Momoe Mori in the formation of @onefive. Which leaves Momoko Okazaki as last standing Avenger with no new commitments. However, Kano was technically in Sakura Gakuin, @onefive, and Babymetal all at the same time for almost a year so it is possible she will still be an Avenger. All shows since COVID pandemic they have done in 2020 and in 2021 have had Momoko as the Avenger. Music Videos of this Era BxMxC (First music video that isn’t footage from a show and featuring Su and Moa since Karate in 2015)

If I had a penny for every time a reactor thought Hideki was a woman I’d have one dollar more than I currently have. Enjoyed the reaction... hope you do more BABYMETAL.

La canción va sobre el asoco escolar, por eso lo de la pelea en el escenario, otro seguidor más de BABYMETAL 🤘🏻😈🤘🏻😎

If you want see more exciting drums for the next reaction please react to another babymetal songs called Road Of Resistance or Sis Anger

Aoyama Hideki considered one of the best and recognized drummer in japan(world)

Su-metal(the singer) was 17 here, the other girls Moametal and Yuimetal were 15.

"They're beating each other up". The song title translates close to no more bullying forever so they dance did represent a fight scene. The chimes you heard, definitely the piano might not have been on stage. They play live to a tape and there are prerecorded portions in their music. Around the 9:00 mark, their voices are pre-recorded (I believe). I loved your reaction. Babymetal has been a go to band for me. They are fun, different and I loved watching your enjoyment. I am sure would would love to watch Babymetal's "Road of Resistance" if for the drumming alone.

Maybe the song structure is simple but the lyrics: Ijime, Dama Zettai / Bullying, No More, Forever-ish

Kami band is absolute world class. You've haven't heard anything yet.. Hope you keep going...

One of the best comments I seen was someone said they needed to pause the video to let the drummer (Hideki) rest. Too funny. He is amazing. Everyone involved is amazing when it comes to BABYMETAL. You also just watched a really historic day for BABYMETAL with this performance. Others will tell you why I am sure.

Please do more BABYMETAL reacting.