Su-Metal is a fantastic vocalist. Especially at her age, she has the world at her feet

What's special about Su-metal's voice is that it stands out like a pure bell against incredible heavy metal instrumentation. She does this by singing very straight and clear. Few if any Jpop singers could do this; their voices tend towards high and light (more kawaii).

Suzuka’s singing voice is wayyyyyyyy above your average J-pop or K-Pop singer. Also to say Japanese language is weird with metal is quite ethnocentric and shows limited exposure to Japanese metal.

NOT K pop.....You already said they were Japanese so how could it be k pop...........

Thank you for reacting to BABYMETAL. You had a couple of things wrong: 1) The name doesn't refer to them 'being babies'. First of all, the written form "bebimetaru" differs by only one accent (symbol) from "hebimetaru", which translates into "heavy metal". Secondly, it refers to 'a new (born) kind of metal'. 2) The girls are older now. You were right about them starting at 11/12 - they started in 2011. This also means that they're 20, the singer, and 19 now. 3) This song wasn't written by Dragonforce. Sam Totman and Herman Li wrote the guitar arrangements. 4) Suzuka's voice isn't 'tuned' during performances. The audio on DVD/BRD releases is 'cleaned', as with any other band, but she sings completely live. She's just so consistent that it makes you doubt, even when hearing them live for the first time. But, let me tell you, speaking from experience: she's just THAT good. ;-) If you want a performance which shows both the band's abilities and Suzuka's singing ability, you should check out Rondo of Nightmare from Budokan Black Night. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h96JdMZ63tGWc6M.html It's a Su-metal solo song - where Moametal and Yuimetal aren't on stage with her - and it has a 3 1/2 minute solo intro by the band.

I am absolutely loving this comment section! I haven't even watched your reaction yet lol. Babymetal fans are the most passionate, loyal, kind and knowledgeable family in music.

Let me tell you something, NOBODY puts Suzuka In a corner.💪🏻🤘🏻

*Nakamoto Suzuka as Su-metal (20/12/1997), Hiroshima, Japan *Mizuno Yui as Yuimetal ( 20/6/1999), Kanagawa, Japan *Kikuchi Moa as Moametal (4/7/1999) , Aichi, Japan *Debut: 28th November 2010 *Babymetal has 2 means: "Cute metal" and "new genre of metal" * Su-metal had been a great pop singer before joined in Babymetal, her voice can not be copied by anyone else when singing metal *Yuimetal and Moametal with small statures were added in Babymetal to become "Two Angels" dancing around "The Princess" Su-metal * Babymetal is one of the three most successful rock band from Japan (with X-Japan and ONE OK ROCK) *Su-metal has a bad habit that she always talk nonstop, she likes going around her house if she has nothing to do, she has the cutest crooked teeth and laughing sound *Yuimetal is the most shy member, she loves eating raw tomato, in any interview she always stares at the camera and then fall asleep, she has a couple of beautiful sad eyes *Moametal sleeps all day whenever she is at home, also known as a food dreamer and the funniest member. She has a couple of dimples and an optimistic smile everytime P/s: Cute girls in normal life, angels on stage!!

⚡ 💀 💕 / 🏴 🏴 🏴 "Stand up and shout, shout!, Justice forever!"

Regarding the singing qualities: Yes there are plenty J-Pop and K-Pop groups, which sound as good in studio recordings, but many of them sound absolutely creepy live. And believe me, they (BABYMETAL) didn't use autotune in this clip. Just a little reverb. Suzuka Nakamoto (lead singer, born December 1997) always was an exceptionally good singer for her age and she's ever evolving. Just search for some fan cams of them, hear the raw unprocessed audio and you will notice it really fast. And another thing you will notice is the fact, her voice literally cuts through all this heavy instrumentation stuff like a hot knife through a chunk of butter. You both were also wrong with your assumption, western metal fans are mainly attracted to the really good backing band. That's simply and utterly not true. Sure enough, there may be such fans, but they will be the clear minority.

Critcizing Su-Metal's singing is always gonna be fight'n words to me, haha, but at least you're being honest about it. It's pretty common for people to say the vocals don't work with the music, but if they give it a chance they realize that it actually does work very well with the music. Your ears are just biased against it now.

Yes, they were riding their horses into battle. A severe criticism here, the girls are 16 and 14. How many western girls could come anyway near this level of competence and stage presence? As for Su singing, it is outstanding I and many others will completely disagree to say they are not any better than other Jpop bands. I was going to recommend other songs for you to react to but if you disregard this epic performance as mediocre, I challenge you to react to one group with a singer of 16 years old from anywhere in the world that can match this performance. It is good you appreciate the Kami band but the whole point of BabyMetal is the juxtaposition of the kawaii girls with the heavy metal backing. Most of the BabyMetal 'live' DVD's have received post production as with 99% of all bands 'live' DVD releases. If you do react to Karate, watch the performance from Download: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p752bJeDrL-pnas.html As for live performances from BabyMetal if you can get past talking about Iron Maiden, read the comments from people who travel miles, often going to different countries to see BabyMetal. Read from seasoned rockers well into their fifties who categorically state in all the years of seeing rock bands, the live show from BabyMetal is the best they have known.

I also have to strongly disagree about the singing being no better than other J-pop singers (not that I've listened to much J-pop, but what little I've heard is just not in the same league). Babymetal pretty much came to exist only because of Su's singing voice. The producer, Koba, heard her singing as part of a trio (Karen Girl's) when she was 9 or 10 and had the idea even then that her voice was so strong and clear that it would be wasted on J-pop and that she could do so much better (he was a metalhead) so, when given the chance, he essentially built Babymetal around her. When he introduced the Kami Band to play live shows with the girls they were told not to hold back in any way (I believe Boh, the bassist, even said that when he played with Babymetal it was the first time he'd been told to turn it up even more). Su's voice in live videos etc gets a lot less post-production than it might appear, there are fancam videos of some performances that confirm there is actually very little or even no difference between the live and the final official versions. Studio versions are not the same and, in my opinion, are over produced with the instruments toned down too much and the voices too processed and compressed. She has been singing and performing professionally since she was about 5 or 6 years old - that is 15 years of experience that she brings to the stage.

One thing to note is that Su is staying on key while doing all this moves. Would love to see a kpop jpop or any idol attempt to do that live.

open your mind for something new. you two are not ready to react.

There was a recent poll in Japan ranking female idol (pop) singers for their singing abilities. SU-METAL was voted #1 in what seems like a landslide. Here is a link to a Reddit post about the poll with a translation of the part of the article about SU-METAL. www.reddit.com/r/BABYMETAL/comments/6kbuyh/idol_singing_ability_ranking_top_5/ I have seen them live several times and SU-METAL really does sound that good live.

Not meaning to be rude, but you know not of which you speak.

How can you judge so much on one song..oh yeah its the internet. Honestly the singing by Suzuka is what gets me. She has a great voice. It stands out . Don't listen to jpop .so I would only imagine they sing good.

I see that enough people ripped you a new one, so I won't. The young lady had it right. It just works. Metal with good vocals! Personally I love this shit and I'm a 58 year old metalhead. BABYMETAL MUST GO ON! With Su, Moa and Yui! Or I will have to have a long talk with this Fox God or whatever it is!

That singer can fucking sing... I've seen them live.... She rattles the rafters mate

Have to study the subject before reacting. Su is an amazing live vocalist.

Su-Metal is the oldest at 20 and Yui and Moa are around 19 now.

So that's not just a back drop? Dude, your sister has amazing taste! That wall is amazing!

Everyone will suggest their latest music like Karate and Distortion, but I suggest you start at the beginning to get a better understanding of their roots. I personally like their earlier stuff more than their new stuff. First release was Doki Doki Morning, followed by Ijime Dame Zettai, then Headbanger then Gimme Chocolate (which was most people's first taste of Babymetal) . Try those 4 then react to their new stuff afterwards. You will see their progression and the direction they are going in. Remember one important thing though...every single song is a different genre and style of metal. You cannot judge them on just one or two songs. My personal favorite is Catch Me If You Can live with the Kami band intro. The hardest metal song about Hide and Seek. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sNaKe8t8qrG3ZJc.html

Being an accomplished metal singer, saying a Japanese voice doesn't fit is ridiculous. I can sing to sold out crowds and merely improv. The band is the band when it comes to metal. Give credit to their stage presence, and the band. It's a fantastic SHOW.

男性の方がBABYMETAL布教してる感じがほほえましい(^_^)

"i don't actually know what the song is about". if you're familiar with the concept of the path of least resistance, "road of resistance" is the opposite of that -- doing what you think is right, even if the ground has never been tread before.

A song with full instrumental intro ---- Rondo Of Nightmare (With Mischiefs of God Intro) Live Budokan Black Night --- Su (lead singer) solo song kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h96JdMZ63tGWc6M.html

haha the amount of people not only in jp. who loved the band manifest that su metal... is awesone

"hard music with cute language" hence Babymetal

Where is the photo in the background from? Chicago?

Su was criticised because of her Japanese-esque enunciation and voice? jeez

if you want to get The feel for Babymetal check out their early stuff BUT LIVE. All their early songs performed at later shows are AMAZING

For More Su vocal greatness check out Akatsuki. For that & Instrumental Greatness check out Rondo of Nightmare with The intro. Personal favs of typical Babymetal Sound in their New stuff. of course LIVE They actually Sound better live... oh Also Megitsune is A MUST Yava, Awadama Feaver

Nice reaction :). I like that you talk about the music at the end. Maybe you should allways team up with your sister:D. Btw. they are 20 and 19 now. Fans already joking about that people who don't like BM wil bring that age argmuent when they are 50.

These girls have been tearing down barriers in the metal genre. Today, more and more metal fans are starting to get drawn to the girls as well, not just the backing band. You're quite right when you said that many metal fans won't appreciate the cutesy voice, but when you give it a chance, you'll start getting hooked. Babymetal is basically redefining metal. A common thing metal sound has is the hard sound and pretty brutal lyrics. Many metal fans did not like what they did when they made cute lyrics for a metal song. Like what kind of person would write cute lyrics to a very heavy sounding tune? Babymetal also has been recognized by other metal bands and they embrace their sound. Rob Halford, Korn, and other famous bands have approved of them.

Great reaction and comments! See you

Nice reaction. But I have noticed Scandinavians (and Swedish in particular - on youtube at least) seem to basically have an American Accent when speaking English. Is there any particular reason for this?

I had a cow too once.

No one is serious about music while speaking or listening to music! Follow other excellent reaction KZfaqrs. I'm going to be with Korea who eats and profits from Japan

like any other pop singer?? i'd love to see most pop singers belch out the lyrics like Suzuka does!!

8:31 妹ちゃん、ええぞ

The mix is the whole point..

Europeans also can manage good Circle Pits for sure ;) .....see the WACKEN or HELLFEST Circlepits!

The music sounds very much as Dragonforce.

If you want "not live" then karate it is. If you want to hear Su sing, then akatsuki black night live. But I would request headbanger live.

Try to listen Akatsuki unrealeashed. You would see the insane vocals of Suzuka

Request reaction for "BABYMETAL - STARLIGHT"

i love you guys!! the greatest couple in youtube as splendid reaction maker!!!!!!please react galneryus " angle of salvation " live version.

I'm not usually mean but you guys are way off the mark on several things.. it's been pointed out already but you couldn't be more wrong. Noone can match their live performances.. I suggest you stick to Blackpink or something studio like that..

Forgive my bad english Well, Babymetal y different for a lot of reasons. They where created as an "idol proyect", not a típical band. Some people must think "An idol is just a young boy or girl who looks good and can sing a little". Wrong, very wrong. The idol world is very hard. The competition just to get in a group are insane. Every year thousands of very young boys and girls try to get in this world and only a few can do it. The amount of work is also big. Now the members os babymetal finish secondary education, but when they are in school they must attend the classes (and with good marks) and the rest of the day study music, dance, singing... the live concerts are in his free days and holidays. Suzuka was a profesional singer at 11/12 years old. In this world the kids must behave like profesional adults. There´s no easy for them. Also in the idol world when a boy or a girl finished secondary education, a lot are discarted. Only the best of the best can continue his carreer as artist On the other side, Metal "born" in Japan in the 80. Groups like X-Japan where the responsibles. Btw the producer is a big fan of X-Japan and they do a lot of tributes for this band. Look for some live of X-Japan, i´m sure you like it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7OnZLKTttvMfp8.html And like some people says before, Suzuka have a great voice, cristal clear with a nice range, but japanese don´t sound the same with a boy and a girl. Japanese girls have typically a high pitch. The language sounds weird at first, but is only a matter of get used to it. Of course there are japanese with a "better voice" but Suzuka have not only good voice, she have also "power" Try to react to other bands also like Band Maid, maybe his song "Dice", it´s pretty good. On the pop side must try Scandal

I can anderstand that japanese tone of voice sounds weird to a lot of people, but i never though mocking it, miming the high pitch voice is really funny to me. But dont get me wrong, i'm fine with the fact that not everybody would like it. Aside that, the reaction was honest and you get some point on it, and i like that you argue about what you like or not. Karate is for sure a very solid song, and is often the favorite of most of the "non-fans". Probably a more accesible and easy-listening song. Also the tune of the voice is lower wich make it much more easier to people who are not too much into Japaneses voice. While the official video is a very good one, you can try the Live performance from Download festival in 2016, a very good performance: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p752bJeDrL-pnas.html

Their video has over 18M views so, all of their fans and many more people pretty much disagree with your criticism. If you're going to ding their producers for auto-tuning all live performances of this scale do it. As for their voices with the music, that's what makes them great. Keep trying though. Cheers

ゆりあんレトリーバー♪

ずっと喋ってますが、聴いているのはBABYMETAL？　それとも隣の声？

Please react to Babymetal-Ijime dame zettai live in Sonisphere, U.K 🇬🇧

Sabaton

Su has made the comment about trying very hard to sing well because Su knows that everything is recorded and marketed. I didn't realize how new this channel was and great job. I suggest if you are going to look at baby metal look at the sibtitled BABYMETAL - Sis.Anger [English subtitles] | Live Compilation, Heads Or Tails | BabyMetal - Megitsune , [FlyingGet] BABYMETAL - Ijime, Dame, Zettai (english + portuguese subs).. So you get and idea of where they are lyrically .. These are powerful songs .. BABYMETAL 'THE ONE' (MESSAGE TO THE WORLD) UNOFFICIAL HD is another very strong fan vid .. Babymetal is all just an experiment .. The bigger acts on Amuse are Perfume and One OK Rock .. Now we don't even know if Yui will return ..

If you want instrumental react to BabyMetal - Death kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oLiTbMeTzM-mgH0.html su's voice raw kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mrB0bJapxM--lIE.html If you don't think they have the voices for metal than you haven't heard their death growls kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pNZhm9CjvrvTmo0.html

Watch live songs that are not OFFICIAL and remixed/or whatever, there are good fan cams

React to karate live download uk 2016

If you think Japanese is too cute of a language to work with metal, then you must not have listened to any other Japanese metal bands. Dir En Grey for example -- to say they are scary is the biggest understatement. Just be warned that if you watch their videos, they are very, very disturbing. It was hard for me to get through just one, haha. I say it's just the members of Babymetal that make this band cute -- it just comes with the genre they created.

Please react to J-POP group SUPER★DRAGON (Sweet Devil、Monster!、Untouchable MAX)

You wanted more musicianship, maybe react to Rondo of Nightmare in 2014 (over a year earlier). It's an instrumental 'intro' followed by a Su-metal solo song: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h96JdMZ63tGWc6M.html (it's from a DVD, so yeah, it's possible the audio got some work done, but you shouldn't be that distracted about it)

If you want to hear some of Su's range and control, something that shows off her voice better, try "Karate" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fdx0ZqZ5ppqcoHU.html.

React to akatsuki any live performance

These reaction facts are wayyyyyy off.

If she wants a good japanese singer in rock music please react to Wagakki Band - senbonzakura.

Commanding a crowd in your teen, that's pretty average, everybody can pull it off right

When reacting to this music, try to refrain from any parrot-like thought that comes to mind. You are facing something very new, and instead of giving it space to let it in, you are babbling like little children. Your opinion about Su-metal's voice also show you don't have a clue what you're talking about, sorry to say. Maybe this is over your head, and better let it go.

I just found your channel and I haven’t looked at your other reactions yet. BabyMetal: Lets Go way back with SuMetal for the History of SuMetal. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d9Fpn7ieubycfKs.html She has done quite a lot of things before BabyMetal.

This just made me sad :(

Necronomidol - Dawnslayer

Babymetal - Death

having a conversation during the ENTIRE song is no way to do a reaction video.

React to "Brendas got a baby" by Tupac

なんで外人ってしゃべってばかりで、歌を聴かないのかな？

I've heard more, just please stop.. Check out who they have performed with..

u wrong dude .

u r wrong

just don't agree with that statement on Su-Metal....

K-pop?What?Watch some other videos, they have very powerful vote.(voise)It just painfully to hear, that you say that the have just good vote, or just k-pop... Can not see how long she holds a voice?