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This is not the Christian Mary at all, but rather Su-Metal the Goddess - according to the whole BABYMETAL mythology in their stories during shows .In Legend 1997, Su-Metal is summoned by YuiMetal and MoaMetal at the beginning of the show. At the end, she has to sacrifice herself to save YuiMetal and MoaMetal, as well as the whole of the Metal Resistance. Hence, as she "dies", her effigy (the statue) crumbles.

the beginning riffs are actually inspired by metallica! as well as the statue and it breaking at the end of the concert. also the statue probably has the face of su-metal. oh and the neck brace is a reference to the japan x drummer who damaged his neck during headbanging and had to wear a neck brace at the next concerts. it appeared in the headbanger music video

As performance artists, you guys have recognized what many reactors often fail to understand about Babymetal. They did not just come out magically and became famous overnight. As you said, they started playing small venues like any usual metal band. In one interview, Su-metal even said that in their early performance of Doki Doki Morning, the choreography have them all falling to the floor and it left many people confused. She was afraid at first that the crowd will just laugh at them and not take them seriously. And remember they were just little teenage girls when they started performing live. Imagine the confidence these girls have to perform live before a cynical crowd thinking their whole dance shtick is plain silly. These girls have paid their dues in short. I still can't understand how some people dismiss them as a gimmick. These girls/women (now) have worked their asses off and deserve all the fame and accolades they get. Now on to Ijime, Dame, Zettai at Sonisphere 2014. You'll see how big cojones these girls have even at such young age ;)

日本から観てるで😃🦊💓♥️❤️🦊。From Japan🦊

and again that "stare" about "what is happening" love it so much

Lets go for the best live i think Road Of Resistance Babymetal Live In Japan Pleaseee broooo!!

Lets hope you guys get to this before the reaction.... Opening Translation: Legend 1997. (referring to the year of Su's birth) It is told that receiving the legendary neck brace from the god of Metal, she shall abandon her human life and be reborn as a goddess. The bloodline which has been passed down from ancient times is destined to be the guide, boarding the ark of time. The apocalypse is prophesied DOOMSDAY comes There remains... little time..

Great reaction, thanks! I remember the two of you being quite skeptical on your first BABYMETAL song. And here you are, doing more and more BABYMETAL reactions. This is so cool! Until next time!

Legend One-Nine-Nine-Seven (referring to the year of Su's birth) It is the story that, receiving the legendary corset from the god of 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.." Basically this show was the final step in BABYMETAL transitioning from Idol group sub-unit to independent metal band - it was also Su-metal's final step in her transition from J-Pop Idol - she was sacrificing her human existence and life as Suzuka Nakamoto the J-Pop Idol to be reborn as Su-metal the Metal Goddess chosen to lead the Metal Resistance.

Another great reaction. It looks like you haven't reacted to "Headbanger" yet. The performance from Legend 1997 is on KZfaq and is one of the best. A long time setlist staple for good reason.

I love watching your reactions. As performers you understand how everything they do all connects for an amazing performance. Was a bit nervous because I have seen other Italian reactors take offense to some of the imagery. It's all about Su filling her destiny to become a metal goddess. She is the Legend of 1997. I know we all are waiting for the world to return to some kind of normalcy so we can experience them live..

Yes! We like the BabyMetal live version. No explanation is needed. Anyone who has watched video most will choose the live version. Thanks your great reaction.

Love your reactions especially when their presenting their names LMAO 🤘🏿🦊🤘🏿

Great reaction you picked up on lots of things that where happening . #notacult we just get overexcited 🤘🦊🤘

I hope you guys read the translation for the Japanese intro in the beginning... It's usually found in the description at the bottom.... PLEASE read it, it would make the performance make more sense.....

Great reaction, I think all the important details are already in the comments. This is just a normal way to celebrate your 16th birthday in Japan I guess. #notacult They only crucify Su on special occasions.

Mamma mia! Bellissimo! I had the same thoughts, if the mountain doesn't go to Mahoma, Mahoma will go to the mountain (?) Anyway you know what I mean. 😅 You guys check "Amore", probably the only way to get near Italy in a Babymetal song 🦊🤘❤️

Love your reactions🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼

These guys understand BABYMETAL! EXCELLENT REACTION! SUBSCRIBED! 🦊🤘

Nice reactions 🦊🦊🦊🤘🤘🤘I am waiting for the next video 🤘🤘

Le BABYMETAL sono venute anche in Italia. Nel Giugno del 2015 all'Estragon di Bologna (purtroppo solo una volta per ora). Su KZfaq ci sono anche i video ed anche l'intervista in italiano kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pK2Hobpqmsm-dqs.html

BABYMETAL has played in Italy before during their European tours...I think more than once in fact.

Ho scoperto questo gruppo tramite i BMTH con Kingslayer! Da quel giorno sono diventate una vera e propria droga! In pochissimo tempo ho recuperato vari live a ascoltato tutta la discografia. È tutto molto molto bello! Comunque Yui ha lasciato il gruppo nel 2018 a causa di alcuni problemi di salute. Ad oggi non sono riuscito a trovare molte informazioni in merito. Ha dichiarato di voler proseguire la propria carriera da sola. Da ormai fan però spero vivamente un giorno di rivederla insieme a Moa e Su! Anche perché senza di lei non ci sono più le Black Babymetal ( vengono chiamate così Moa e Yui nelle canzoni che fanno senza Su) e vedere Moa eseguire Song 4 da sola mi ha fatto parecchia tristezza! Comunque bella reaction ragazzi spero che possiate farne altre! 🦊 🤟🏼

Thank you.

Fantastici come sempre ragazzi! Allora cominciamo con il dire che le babymetal ci sono venute in Italia, precisamente a Bologna nel 2015, Dio solo sà quanto rosico ogni volta che ci penso 🤣, nei primi due album il "growl" è registrato da Take-metal per quanto si sappia, e sì live le BM sono alla pari se non meglio dei Rammstein per me (hanno vinto diversi premi come migliore live act band). BABYMETAL death nasce come gioco di parole perchè in giapponese la "th" viene pronunciata come "s" e "des" sarebbe il corrispettivo di "io sono" difatti la canzone è stata usata come intro nella maggior parte dei primi concerti inclusi i show in Europa ed America, in questa particolare performance è usata come ending e rappresenta Su-Metal abbandonare lo status di pop Idol per diventare dea del metal semplificando 😌, continuate così! 💪

Thanks for reaction this video. I look forward to the next reaction from babymetal-SIS ANGER.

Babymetal - iine Babymetal - Sis Anger Babymetal - Doki Doki Morning Babymetal - Syncopation

Just think about this: At some point they got a big group of people together in a room with plenty of open space. And then someone told people where to stand and were like "okay, and then you're gonna tie Su here to the cross and then later you three will stand here and bow to her as she is crucified up there, etc." And then imagine those people going home and telling their partner what they were up to all day. I fucking love Babymetal

No, it was not an execution. Su-metal collapsed and died on the stage. Only after that they brought in the cross and put her on it to bring her back to life by the power of the Fox God. It was a resurrection.

One of my Favourite Babymetal Tracks!!!What a Show!!Amazing Riffs!!!

I'm late to the party, but that was a great reaction. Forgive me if I'm repeating myself, but how is it that 2 Italian guys can view such a unique Japanese group singing in their native language, display such an immediate appreciation & big picture understanding of what they are seeing, all while communicating it so perfectly & so succinctly to me? Bravissimo!! Arigatou! 🦊🤘 #notacult

bro this live is so crazy omgg i lovee!!!! pls react from dusk till dawn from babymetal

In italia per essere ci sono venuti nel 2015 a Bologna all'Estragon! Se cercate si trovano pezzi qui su youtube! Per apprezzare appieno la performance, ci vuole un po' di background! Babymetal è nato come un club all'interno del gruppo Sakura Gakuin, creato dalla casa Amuse per coltivare talenti dai 10 ai 15 anni, ed insegna alle ragazze a ballare, cantare ed altro in un ambiente di tipo scolastico: Babymetal era il club del metal creato da uno degli insegnanti che è rimasto stupito dalla voce penetrante di SU, non troppo adatta al classico J-POP, ed ha pensato di creare un gruppo metal, affiancandole MOA e YUI scelte apposta perchè molto simili. Arrivati a 15 anni ci si "diploma" e si lascia il gruppo Sakura Gakuin, ma la prima canzone pubblicata da Babymetal "Doki Doki Morning" ha riscosso un successo inaspettato dal pubblico, quindi hanno deciso di continuare a puntare sul gruppo anche dopo che SU si è diplomata, trasformando Babymetal in un vero e proprio gruppo. QUesto show, legend 1997 fa riferimenti all'anno di nascita di SU, ed è uno spettacolo fatto in concomitanza con il 16° compleanno di SU. La canzone Babymetal Death è anche un simpatico gioco di parole: in giapponese il suono TH non esiste, quindi Death viene letto come DES, allo stesso modo di Desu, in cui non si legge la U finale. In questa canzone, quando sentite il coro in questa canzone, sta dicendo B-A-B-Y-M-E-T-A-L, poi le ragazze dicono SU METARU DES (che quindi può essere interpretato come DEATH ma anche DESU, che in quel caso vorrebbe dire IO SONO SU METAL), YUI METARU DES, MOA METARU DES, e poi tutti insieme a cantare DES DES DES. Infatti fino al 2017 questa canzone è stata molto spesso usata come inizio degli spettacoli, senza la crocifissione, perchè è un modo di presentarsi. In questo spettacolo in particolare, leggendo anche la traduzione delle parole iniziali, si capisce che è un atto di sacrificio di Suzuka la J-Pop idol che rinasce e si trasforma in SU-METAL. E' anche sinonimo della transazione delle Babymetal da club-band simil J-Pop a vera e propria band metal: all'inizio di questo spettacolo agli strumenti c'erano degli attori con tute scheletriche chiamati "Babybones" che mimavano gli stumenti, ma nelle ultime 5 canzoni sono stati sostituiti dalla Kami band, che ancora collabora con loro. All'inizio della loro carriera non potevano permettersi di pagare una band così talentuosa che suonasse con loro :D Il collare è un tributo a X-Japan, band metal molto famosa in giappone in cui un membro si è infortunato al collo per il troppo "headbanging" ed è costretto a fare live con questo collare. E' presente anche nel video musicale di una delle loro canzoni più famose, "Headbanger". Gli urli e tutti i suoni particolari e strumenti diversi sono solitamente in playback. La ragazza che non c'è più è YUI-Metal, che ha lasciato definitivamente nel 2018 per non ben precisati motivi di salute, dichiarando anche di voler cercare di perseguire una carriera col proprio nome. Da allora non si sa niente di lei, se non che è ancora sotto contratto con la AMUSE. Scusate il papiro, ma secondo me questa spiegazione cambia completamente il significato dello show! Ps: io commento in italiano perchè siete italiani, ma se preferite posso anche commentare in Inglese! Ci metto solo un pochino di più :D

They performed in Bologna once, in 2015. Maybe it happens again. Sadly they have never come here to Spain, they had shows scheduled in Madrid and Barcelona past summer but you know what happened, I still have my ticket around. But every year they do a visit to the UK at least, they have never failed, UK is Babymetal's second home. France and Germany nearly always have shows every year too. If they don't come maybe we have to go to them. For a next song I'd go for *Akatsuki,* live at Black Night.

Some Japanese bands. Take your pick: BAND-MAID [All their songs... really!], LOVEBITES [Raise some Hell, and all the other songs], MAXIMUM THE HORMONE [Yoshu Fukushu], CROSSFAITH [Catastrophe], SiM [Killing Me], NINGEN ISU [Heartless Scat], UNLUCKY MORPHEUS [Black Pentagram], YOUSEI TEIKOKU [Astral Dogma], COLDRAIN [Die Tomorrow], CRYSTAL LAKE [The Circle], GIVEN BY THE FLAMES [Ronove], ANGRY FROG REBIRTH [2Step Syndrome], SILENTLY SHOOTING TRAITORS [Manipulate], ALDIOUS [Dominator], BRIDEAR [Light in the Dark], CINQ ELEMENT [Destiny], MARY'S BLOOD [Marionette], GRAUPEL [Bereavement], DOLL$BOXX [Take my Chance] , SOKONINAR [Tenohira De Odoru], HELLO SLEEPWALKERS [Flying Saucer], TELECiDE [Tied up Memories], SPIRITBOX [Belcarra], NEKO [Ghost on a Record], ROTTENGRAFFTY [Hallelujah], DIR EN GREY [Ningen wo Kaburu], X JAPAN [Kurenai], DAZZLE VISION [Second], JUPITER [My Enemy], GALNERYUS [Angel of Salvation], BLOOD STAIN CHILD [Del-Sol], and many more...

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Il cantante che ha lasciato la band: Yui è diventata una ballerina perché ha passato molto tempo ad aspettare in ospedale quando era molto giovane, perché i suoi genitori erano molto malati. Si annoiava e ballava nella sala d'attesa. Di recente, proprio quando è diventata adulta, si è improvvisamente ammalata, come i suoi genitori quando avevano la sua età. Penso che abbia ereditato la loro condizione.

You guys are great! Here’s to hoping we all get back to live shows again! 🔥🤘🦊🤘🔥

Great reactions, but you guys always do so 😁

To know More about the band check The Unhelpful Guide to BABYMETAL'

Here is Yoshiki, a drummer/pianist of X-JAPAN, a legendary Japanese rock band, to whom Babymetal pay homage quite often in their performance. A neck brace is one of them. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mtOcg7GFyte0dIU.html

Esta es la expresión artística y dramática que las bebés liberaron en la adolescencia. Ya hoy no hay mucho qué pedir. Su legado vuela con impulso propio.

You guys should check out ‘Headbanger’ Live Legend 1997 version. The choreography is awesome haha. Also, if you’re interested, there’s a sub-unit of Babymetal called Black Babymetal, which is just the two younger girls, not the lead singer (before one of them left due to health issues of course). One of their best songs is called ‘Sis Anger’. It’s super heavy drums and just sounds really cool! Hope you guys are staying safe over there! We are lucky in Australia that COVID has had very little impact on everyday life and cases were very few, hopefully it gets better in your country soon.

dude on the left is a younger version of Alonso from f1 LOL

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Believe it or not, these huge stage performances are (with only one exception that I know of) exclusive to Japan! All their big arena shows where they do the elaborate sets are only for Japan shows, and several - if not most - have been for Su's (the lead singer's) birthday, such as this one. When they travel outside of Asia, it is typically to smaller venues of less than 5,000 people...which is just absurd to me with how big they have gotten over the years. The only show I know of that was a big production was their show live at the L.A. Forum in California in 2019. I would love for them to come where I am and play our large venues, it would be amazing to see! I do need to start small, though, and enjoy just seeing them live first.

Great reaction⚡️🦊👊🏽🤘🏾 The only more intense live performance that I have seen Babymetal do is the song “In the name of”, live at the concert Legend S baptism.. It is available on that reactors resource site..

The Legend 1997 concert is totally awesome (I have the dvd).... Basically its the story telling through music how Babymetal goes from a Jpop fusion group to a full on metal band. The concert started with Ava Maria, and ends in Death. There were quite a few surprises in the concert, where a few of the well known babymetal songs were either remixed, or sang differently, and there were a couple of cover songs sung by Su since this was her Birthday concert (birthday is 1997), and she sang some of the top songs of that year.... You should check out her sing Tamashii no Rufuran during that concert. It's a cover of a Japanese anime song. 🤘🦊🤘

È stata un'ottima reazione. Grazie

Oltre a Nakamoto e Kikuchi, anche Yui Mizuno ("Yuimetal") era un membro della band fino a quando non se ne andò ufficialmente nell'ottobre 2018 a causa di una malattia. Dal 2023, Momoko Okazaki (detta Momometal) si è unita al gruppo, essendo stata una dei tre cosiddetti “Avengers” dal 2019. Dalla partenza di Mizuno, i ballerini sostitutivi hanno preso il suo posto fino a nuovo avviso, ma a differenza di lei, non cantano. Nel 2018, due o più ballerini si sono aggiunti alla coreografia, anche se non sono stati presentati ufficialmente dal management e i fan hanno potuto scoprire i loro nomi solo attraverso una ricerca. Erano Minako Maruyama e Shōko Akiyama del gruppo Elevenplay, l'attrice Minami Tsukui, nonché Saya Hirai e Kotono Ōmori. Per il tour mondiale 2019/20 è stata riproposta la collaudata formazione a tre perché faceva apparire la coreografia più armoniosa. La terza posizione (accanto a Nakamoto e Kikuchi) è condivisa da tre ballerini a rotazione, che vengono presentati in modo molto più evidente come Vendicatori. Questi sono Riho Sayashi (ex membro delle Morning Musume), nonché Kano Fujihira e Momoko Okazaki (ex membro dei Sakura Gakuin).

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Here is a list of the kami band at the time this concert was performed. Members ISAO (Guitar) Takayoshi Ohmura (Guitar) Leda Cygnus (Guitar) BOH (Bass) Aoyama Hideki (Drums) ( Legend 1997) was the year Queen Su was born. She is now 23 years of age Try SIS ANGER kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eMB8jcagvMCvfmQ.html

Great reaction as usual. I'm not positive but I thought they were in Italy during their last tour. I could easily be remembering falsely. Us fans have no idea what happened to Yui. She quit due to poor health but that is all we know.

Sounded like you understand some Japanese and noticed that this song is basically an introduction of the girls and the band. I find the wordplay on "desu" and "death" quite cool. Fittingly, the song has usually been played as an opener to the shows, unless there was a reason to crucify Su. I totally agree with you, many bands tend to get boring after a while, even if their catalogue is much bigger than BABYMETAL's. But there's so much variety in their music, it's always intersting. And their stage performances make it even better, of course. I'm sure they'll get to Italy someday, but you shouldn't expect them to bring those elaborate stage designs with them. Their Western shows are much smaller, usually with audiences ranging from 2000 - 4000 (with a few exceptions like Wembley and The Forum). But that doesn't mean that it's less awesome to be there, being in a BABYMETAL crowd is always great fun.

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mi sono innamorata HAHAH grazie mille per reagire 👍✨

Pretty sure the neck brace was a reference to how much headbanging we all just did.

Have you reacted to the start/opening of the Legend 1997 show? Search for BABYMETAL - Head Bangya!! You need to see the version with intro, night of 15 mix, not going to spoil what the intro is though…….

Se trovate su youtube baby metal road for tokio dome...con la loro prima canzone DOKI DOKI MORNING(YUI AND MOA 10 ANNI...SU 12 ANNI)MOSTRANO DALLE PRIME PROVE IN PALESTRA PASSO X PASSO FINO AL CONCERTO AL TOKIO DOME

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Yay the cute-death lolita

Sono venute in italia nel 2014 credo a bologna...chiaramente allora non le conoscevo...purtroppo ma non avevano un palco simile in giappone sono star qui stati uniti e inghilterra hanno molto seguito

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hey, try Headbanger live at makuhari hall (legend 1997), this show is awesome (budokan hall is bad, try the makuhari hall)

Another great reaction mates Try next time AveMaria or Headbanger or both :))))

I liked the comment about Yui & Moa letting Su go because it's her destiny. I knew these two guys would get it. It was a willing sacrifice and had to be done. I know it's always said that BM, and Japan in general, are not all that christian, and just see it as a way to further their lore. But there are definitely some christian nuances in this performance. Impressive that BM picked up on them and implemented them even though they aren't necessarily christian.

Ottima reazione, grazie mille 👍🤟🇮🇹

Excelente! Siempre es un placer ver sus reacciones...muy entretenida!! Por favor 🙏 otra mas! Cualquiera...Cach me if You can live oficial

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You want another song live here you go, Ijime Dame Zettai live from Sonisphere 2014. They had played a con in Singapore and a couple of warm up shows in France and Germany in small clubs. Then Sonisphere in the UK in front of 55,000 fans most of which knew nothing about them. Many were pissed they were there as they were a lame ass gimmick. Watch this performance the last of the set and see the crowd. It is the moment Babymetal began to win the hearts of metal heads in the West.

Que hay,os recomiendo que veais dos videos de Baby Metal,uno la que es para mi la mejor cancion de Baby Metal Headbanger!! Live Legend of 1997 y el otro video el Road of Resistance Live in Japan os aseguro que vais a disfrutarlos como enanos.Salud y Metal.🤘

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Reborn aa the metal goddess...

now THAT's a show, isn't it? of course they don't do that every time, only once a year or so.... and actually they played Bologna in 2015 and 2018....

Knowing that Italy has such a strong Catholic presence, I wonder how a lot of people would react to this kind of iconography being used? I've seen one or two devout Americans getting offended by this, even after having it explained to them what is going on, I'm curious...

Can you React to Lovebites - Break The Wall

Noice

Watch the Official video Headbanger then you will know Why the collar?.

Nonne italiane "il diavolo" lol

They might not be ready for this.😈😈😈😈😈. But who is....

The guy on the left kinda look like Jesus lol.

And if someone says BABYMETAL ain't metal you show them this video.

🍅🍅🍅 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼 NotACult !!!

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