Bahamut - Envoy of the End Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 About a week ago a friend jokingly played a video by this band to us, and it got stuck in my head. Given the way it's gained about 4m views on Youtube since it's release a few weeks ago that prompted him to find it, I'm assuming a few of you have heard of these girls. Described as Kawaii-Metal or Idol-Metal or whatever stupid pidgeon hole you wanna make up, the backing band is pretty heavy, but choruses are poppy, catchy and upbeat. I do like Japanese music anyway from the animes, but even though I'm not even gonna try and reason that the two twin like ones can sing, the middle one certainly can. I think this is definitely enjoyable to listen to, definitely an earworm [spoiler=The song that made Babymetal viral]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKqgE4BwAY[/spoiler] [spoiler=And to be honest, a better one]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cirhQ8iLdbw[/spoiler] Would have liked to have posted Megitsune, but the vid is broken atm. Pretty strange concept, but I dunno, something different. Better than listening to depressing s*** like Hatebreed and Gojira all the time for me anyway. Hopefully a few people might discover something to add to their iPods through this thread, which tbh should be all this section is about anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunn O))) Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Really like them, just can't listen to them publicly because I have a reputation to maintain, and my friends would make fun of my. Also, Gojira and Hatebreed aren't depressing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 And I already knew about this. Still, it's just... wat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sander Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 It's a pretty interesting idea, and I would honestly invest more time into this if it weren't for the fact that Babymetal is just another manufactured band that will probably faid into obscurity soon enough. Also, rumor has it that the singers of Babymetal don't even like metal, but that's just a rumor. And if it actually happens to be true, it's not too surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Rai Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 They have found a market niche that I previously didn't really know existed, and straddle that ever obscure metal/pop line well.I don't imagine they'll last long, just because of their concept itself, but I could see this genre being moved into. It's fun stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zauls Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Not often am I lost for words... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunn O))) Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I have a feeling that if stuff like this becomes more popular, it could become the next fad once deathcore dies off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thar Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 J-Pop and Death Metal are on complete opposite sides of my musical taste range. It's like putting cake and raw meat in a blender and baking it in a rectangular pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunn O))) Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Korean Pop and Death Metal are on complete opposite sides of my musical taste range. It's like putting cake and raw meat in a blender and baking it in a rectangular pan. But it's Japanese Pop..... Also, metal goes works with everything, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 But it's Japanese Pop..... Also, metal goes works with everything, in my opinion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu_metal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thar Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 But it's Japanese Pop..... Also, metal goes works with everything, in my opinion. My bad. I'm more of a K-Pop guy, so Korean came to mind first. Also yes, I agree. Metal is like bacon. That sh*t tastes good on ICE CREAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makο Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Kawaii Metal is probably one of my favorite things now I was nearly dumbstruck when I listened to Megitsune for the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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