Haha - Great reaction and thanks for the shout out, I'm just doing what I can to help your understanding. This is just one of the things they do that make BABYMETAL one of the very best live acts in the world and why they have won awards to say that is the case. There can't be many bands who would crucify their lead singer on stage to celebrate her 16th birthday. There is a translation of the intro video in the description which would have helped a bit (perhaps) with understanding what was happening: "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.." Basically this show was the final step in BABYMETAL transitioning from Idol group sub-unit (it had this narrative running all the way through and even started with a lip-synced dance remix of their song 'Headbanger') 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, a J-Pop Idol, to be reborn as Su-metal, a Metal Goddess chosen to lead the Metal Resistance. 'BABYMETAL Death' was the first track on the first album and was most often used as the show opener (without the crucifixion) - it is the perfect introduction - that is what the lyrics are:- "B - A - B - Y - M - E - T - A - L Death Death Death Death Death Death. Su-metal death. Yuimetal death. Moametal death. BABYMETAL death. Death Death Death Death Death Death." It is a play on words. There is no 'TH' sound in Japanese, so to a Japanese speaker death sounds like desu (the U is silent) spoken with a slight lisp. Desu means "To be - I am - you are - we are - it is" etc ... so in Japan you might introduce yourself as "FLATLEY REACTS desu" (I am FLATLEY REACTS). All they were doing throughout the song was introducing themselves by name and introducing BABYMETAL by name - and 'death' is just the sort of thing you'd expect to be chanted by any self respecting metal band and their audience while the lead singer is crucified. There were a couple of homages in this performance too. The opening drum riff is an homage to Metallica's 'One' and the statue crumbling at the end pays homage to Metallica's Justice For All tour of 1989 where they also had a statue (Lady Justice) crumble at the end of their shows. The neck brace is a tribute to X Japan drummer/pianist/songwriter/composer Yoshiki who damaged his neck so badly headbanging that he has to wear a neck brace most of the time, especially when performing. On special occasions 'BABYMETAL Death' was used later in the show - Legend 1997 was the title of the show celebrating Su-metal's 16th birthday ... and they only crucify Su on special occasions. So far that has happened 5 times (plus a couple more in the shows at the Budokan they played earlier this year), the last before those was at Legend S in December 2017 to help her celebrate her 20th birthday - and that one had extra flames. Did I mention? #notacult

BABYMETAL sure knows how to put on a live show. You should see how they started this amazing concert. Lets just say, BABYMETAL knows how to start a party. 🤘🦊🤘

That's how you celebrate your 16th birthday!

Also This show was Su's (lead singer) 16th birthday

The concert is "legend 1997" in honor of Su's 16th birthday which was the day before, Yui and Moa got birthday "Legend 1999" concerts earlier in the year. "Babymetal Death" is usually how Babymetal introduce themselves at the start of a concert, but here it's used as a big, insane, messianic, pun finale. Their intro at "Legend 1997" was a prerecorded Ave Maria with Yui and Moa in white costumes and a dub step version of Headbanger...no seriously. The neck brace is a nod ( ;-) ) to X-Japan, the statue reminds us of Metallica and the DNA helix in the intro is also seen on Su's stick mic in Headbanger. This performance is best understood in the context of the manic excitement of Headbanger and the emotion of Unfinished Akatsuki that came before it in the concert and if you listen to all three songs together you'll get the complete operatic scope of Su-metal leaving childhood behind, embracing sacrifice and finally being reborn as a metal goddess. ... Yes it's all very silly, but just go with it. @/notacult​. The use of the Christian crucifixion iconography and the statue of Su as Mary juxtaposes death, birth and rebirth. This is echoed in the chant at the beginning; "Death, Death, Death.. , Su-Metal desu"...etc. The "desu" sounds like "death" to Western ears, but in Japanese it means "to be" - so the words are " Death, Death, Death... I am Su-metal, I am Yuimetal, I am Moametal, We are Babymetal". While this initially seems to be all about death it's also an affirmation of existence and being as Su is transformed into a metal goddess. Death and life/rebirth exist together just as in the crucifixion. Did I mention @/notacult?

Great reaction, thanks! Nothing to see here. Just Su-metal celebrating her 16th birthday with some friends. All there is pretty normal. 🤣 Believe me, we all want to be in that particular concert... just give me a time machine and you will know when I would land. And I want to give kudos to that crowd. They are really awesome. Slipknot are still under my homonym record label :) BABYMETAL is under "BMD Fox Records" which is a sub-label of Toy's Factory. Other labels like Cooking Vinyl, earMUSIC and Sony Music have also rights for some releases and/or regions.

And that is how one should celebrate their 16th birthday.....

Some people have parties when they turn 16. Queen Su crucified on stage. Great reaction. Love to see the band get some love with Rondo of nightmare with the mischief of the Gods intro. You won’t be disappointed. Flat out shreds.

the opening song at the next concert is head banger - and su-metal appears from the heavens.

Great reaction! The look on your face when you realized what was about5 to happen was priceless. It is probably about time to do the Babymetal guide so that you can get to know everyone involved. Especially now that you have watched Babymetal Death so there won't be a big spoiler. Everything you need to know about Babymetal by Cryptic Misery is what you are looking for. There is a very basic 15 minute one and an in depth 40+ minute one. I recommend the long one. It is up to you if you want to do it all at once or break it up. I can promise that if you do it all at once, The One will be here for it. I don't have enough fingers and toes to count up how many times have watched full reactions to it. Kitsune Up! 🤘🦊🤘 Oh yeah! #notacult

After watching this live, you know why every time BabyMetal uses this to open a concert, the crowd will go crazy insane immediately, and the temperature will rise by 10 degrees in an instant.

I swear Grington has a bot that immediately contacts them everytime a new Babymetal video is uploaded.

🤘🦊🤘 Yes, Grington is doing God's work.

A cult! Ha ha. Of course we're #NotaCult ! 🦊🤘🤘🦊 No, seriously, we're #DefinitelyNotaCult ! 🦊🤘🤘🦊 Also...#AnyoneSayingWeAreACultWillBeSacrificedToTheFoxGod 🦊💀🤘🦊

Great reaction bro! Babymetal is something special. I'm subbing and I'm off to watch your other Babymetal reactions! 🤘🦊🤘

Simple explanation is bye bye Idol Princess, Hello Metal Queen...

Now you are ready for “In the Name Of” live at Legend S, this one is the most theatrical hardcore shit that Babymetal had done, the whole concert is amazing also the same song live at budokan 2021 was amazing. I think your next video should be “Distortion live at Download 2018”.

Ýour face when you realised what was about to happen . I mean we Crucified our Queen on her 16th Birthday show so she would be reborn our Metal Goddess who we worship nothing cultish about that ! #notacult 🤘🦊🤘

*BABYMETAL - LEGEND 1997 CONCERT*. Song: BABYMETAL DEATH. The monologue at the start is in Japanese. So hear is (The English Translation of the opening Monologue). "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… BABYMETAL DEATH is normally the song that they would open a show with as all there are doing is introducing themselves and geting the crowd fired up and ready for the rest of the show. The lyrics start with the crowd spelling out "B - A - B - Y - M - E - T - A - L" then the girls tell us who they are "Su-metal desu (I am SU-Metal") , "Yuimetal desu (I am Yuimetal"), "Moametal desu (I am Moametal"), "BABYMETAL desu (we are Babymetal"), now this may look a little strange to you as when introducing themselves individually it is ("I am") yet when introducing themselves as a group it is ("we are"), lets explain that first thing when saying the word "desu" (the U is silent) so when Yui is introducing her self she says "Yuimetal des" but as Yui is saying the word "DES" at the end of saying it she will put her tongue between her teeth makeing a sound like "TH" so you get "Yuimetal des-th" and that put her tongue between her teeth makes the word "Des-th" mean (I am), now when they are introducing them selfs as a group they say "Babymetal des" but they don't put they tongue between her teeth at the end of the word "Des" this makes the word "Des" sound different and changes the meaning of it to (we are), ther is one more word to the lyrics of this and that is the fans line or word in this song they are to chant "Des-th" but even that neads explaining nothing is ever easy with Babymetal, they like to play with things especially words there sounds and meanings they noticed that when introducing themselves in Japanese saying the word "Des-th" ("I am") it sounds very much like the English word "DEATH" they liked that so for the fans part in this song it would be in English to chant "DEATH" repeatedly, all so that is were they got the song title as well it is not just *DEATH* the song title is *BABYMETAL DEATH*. Well that is it for the lyrics in this song they would do this twice then the music go's crazy good and the girls run around all over the stage interacting with the fans and getting them up on there feet bouncing and getting the fans chanting "Death Death Death Death Death Death" they would keep this going for a time ending up in one big chant from everyone of "BABYMETAL DEATH" a big explosion lot's of pyrotechnics end of introduction song everyone ready let the show begin. But this time BABYMETAL DEATH was not played at the opening of the concert it was at the very end of the concert the last of a five song encore, so why move this song from the opening to the end of the concert, well the (LEGEND 1997 CONCERT) was a special one from the beginning to the end but I all ready explained that in my comment on your Gimme Chocolate reaction, this is about one song in it and of course it had a special role to play in this concert but one all bye it's self, the concert was named LEGEND 1997 because that was the year SU-METAL was born on the 20/12/1997 this concert was on the 21/12/2013 the day after Su-metal's 16th birthday and as SU said once "this was her birthday party concert and that all the fans coming to her party to help her celibrate her 16th birthday was the best gift that she had received that year". So what was this songs role to be at this concert, well like it says in the opening monologue "receiving the legendary corset from the god of the Metal she abandons being human and shall be reborn as a goddess", now how did that work like this, the smoke that appears around SU's feet before she collapses was to put her to sleep, the crucifixion is the abandoning of being human but not before receiving the legendary corset (the neck brace), the scream her rebirth as a Goddess, and the chanting of "Death Death Death Death" with crossed kitsunes (the Fox sign) that is the army giving there Goddess her power, first Yui and Moa face the army and receive there power then they turn around and give that power to SU-Metal for she was never to be just a Goddess SU is a METAL GODDESS, she is our Queen, our Goddess. "All hail our QUEEN". "All hail The GODDESS of Metal". *SU-METAL*. Bye the way #NotaCult, most definitely #NotaCult and anyone claiming different will be dragged in front of your Goddess and thrown into the pit of frogs or if you catch her on a bad day she will just burn you. 🤘🦊🕊🦊🤘

Excellent content Flatley-Metal, just a simple little Birthday party that got a little out of hand, darned teenagers anyway

Just found you dude....great reaction.....Subbed

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Imagine a convo with friends and they asked what's one of the most amazing things that they did for their birthday? "Oh, I was crucified by my two best friends during my 16th birthday. Nothing special."

#itsreallyacult #runforyourlife 🙃😆

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Nice one! Man...did my 16th birthday look LAME! Oh, by the way....#notacult

You are no joke the only person I've ever seen notice the head fall off the statue. Also, this was Su's 16th birthday. What a gift. Also, here's what they were chanting: So in Japanese the way you say "i am" is "desu" but you pronounce it "des" (like in "desk"). So there's a part when each girl sings. Su says "Su-metal des" meaning "I am su-metal". Then the other two say their names. So when they're screaming BABYMETAL DES it's them saying "i am babymetal" BUT ALSO they're playing on the fact that Des is close to Death, hence the title. So really they're just chanting death, and it's fucking awesome.

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. Who waits with prudence Who will be rewarded at the right time Now the waiting has an end Lending your ear to a legend ( SU-METAL ) SEE YU,

BABYMETAL FOREVER 🤘🤘🤘 All hail The Fox God

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🍅💀🍅 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼 Not A Cult , Definitely (maybe) Did anyone actually counted how many times Yui and Moa jump up during this song?

ベビーメタル - デス！ Cult じゃないよ～～

Great reaction. Grington300 and RICK Wagner are indeed the walking encyclopaedias of Babymetal. Kitsune dao

You should react to X Japan to understand the symbology of the neck brace. "Rusty Nail" or "Kurenai" from the Last Live concert. X Japan is still the greatest Rock/Metal in Japan and Yoshiki is hugely revered in Japan.

Love and sub from KC! Wanna see a Bills v Chiefs rematch!!! With this BM song playing for the team entrances.

Legend 1997 Apocalypse is a concert celebrating Su-Metal aka Suzuka Nakamoto 16th Birthday 🎉(Seitansai) which took place in Makuhari Messe in Chiba prefecture. Metallic Fans will notice the opening riffs which derived from Metallica song "ONE" which pays homage to Metallica. Live:- Death Legend 1999 & 1997 Apocalypse (stylized as LIVE～LEGEND 1999&1997 APOCALYPSE) is the second live video release by the Japanese heavy metal band Babymetal. The album contains live footage of two shows, entitled Legend "1999" and Legend "1997" (named after birth years of the members of Babymetal), performed in Japan in 2013. It was released in 2-disc DVD and Blu-ray formats on October 29, 2014. Live: Legend 1999 & 1997 Apocalypse:, Released: October 29, 2014. Recorded: June 30, 2013 (Legend "1999"). December 21, 2013 (Legend"1997"). Venue: NHK Hall (Legend "1999"). Makuhari Messe (Legend "1997"). Genre: Kawaii metal, J-pop, heavy metal. Length: 75:28 (Legend "1999") 82:24 (Legend "1997") Label: BMD Fox Toy's Factory Amuse Director: InniVision Producer: Kobametal Babymetal video chronology Live:, Legend I, D, Z Apocalypse (2013). Live: Legend 1999 & 1997 Apocalypse (2014). Live at Budokan: Red Night & Black Night Apocalypse (2015). The Destruction Of The Statue is similar to Metallica Justice for All live concert in Mexico City, Mexico 🇲🇽. The Japanese word "desu" (です) 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 "です" (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 "です" (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. 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. MAKUHARI MESSE:- Makuhari Messe (幕張メッセ) is a Japanese convention center outside Tokyo, located in the Mihama-ku ward of Chiba city, in the northwest corner of Chiba prefecture. Designed by Fumihiko Maki, it is accessible by Tokyo's commuter rail system. Makuhari is the name of the area, and Messe is a German language word meaning "trade fair". •Owner: Makuhari Messe, Inc. •Opened: 9 October 1989. •Expanded: October 1997. •Classroom-style seating: 304 (International Conference Room). •Banquet/ballroom: 1,600 (Convention Hall). •Theatre seating: 7,860 (Makuhari Event Hall). Makuhari Messe is close to Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, and to Chiba prefecture's black sand beaches. It is accessible from Kaihimmakuhari station on the Keiyō Line of East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The center is the host of the annual Tokyo Auto Salon (modified car show, in January), the biennial Tokyo Motor Show (in October), the annual Tokyo Game Show (video game hardware and software exhibition, in September), the annual Jump Festa (manga, anime, and video game exposition, in December), and the biannual Wonder Festival (toys, scale figures, and garage kits exposition, in February and July). The venue was host to several Nintendo Space World events. It will be the venue for certain sports during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Kitsune Up 🦊🦊🦊🤘🤘🤘🇯🇵🇸🇬#notacult.

Good one👊🏽⚡️They forgot the Kawaii part on this song…. Yeah.. just metal.

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Not sure if others explained but theyre singing "Babymetal desu". Where "desu" is pronounced as "dess" and is a polite way in Japanese of introducing yourself. Like if you say "I'm Mike" in Japanese it would be "Mike desu"; but for this song "desu" sounds like "death" in English for them, so its a bit of a joke. The crowd as well as the girls are singing "dess dess" but it sounds like "death death". They are no longer playing this song after the death of their lead guitarist a few years ago.

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Great reaction mate Definitely #NoTaCuLt :)))

YES to the Babymetal shirt .. #NotACult

And some people still say that babymetal isn't metal lol

OK maybe we're a cult

only 6 words in the entire song

Is not a cult...

Just type "Slipknot Babymetal Kitsune" on youtube.

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_NotACult_ 🦊🤘

#totallynotacult

But you know, bAbYmEtAl Is NoT mEtAl #notacult #noreallynotacul #justaschoolclub