"Kawaii-metal overladies BABYMETAL celebrate a decade of defying expectations with epic double live album.
And they said it wouldn’t last… Strange to think it now, but when BABYMETAL first came up with the genius idea of fusing perkily bright J-Pop melodies with crushingly heavy metal riffs back in 2010, not everyone thought they’d be in it for the long haul. Even when they went viral around the world with Gimme Chocolate!!, some believed they were destined to be a short-lived, manufactured novelty. Some even thought BABYMETAL were an elaborate joke.
But here we are in 2021, the laughter faded years ago and SU-METAL and MOAMETAL find themselves still heading one way only: up. Here, we find them reaching the sort of zenith usually only accessible to bona fide rock legends: a 10-night stand at Tokyo’s storied Budokan venue to celebrate their first decade together, documented by a Deep Purple-style double live album.
SU-METALand MOAMETAL have become actual grown-ups along the way, but 10 BABYMETAL BUDOKAN does not mess with the deceptively simple formula that got them here. So, from... viral hits such as KARATE and Doki Doki * Morning and guest appearances from Arch Enemy’s Alissa White-Gluz (Distortion) and rapper F.Hero (PA PA YA!), they combine irresistible catchiness with pounding heaviness to successfully ram the ABBA into Black Sabbath. 4/5" - Kerrang!
Digipack CD Pressing
Tracklisting:
1. Doki Doki * Morning
2. Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!
3. Ijime, Dame, Zettai
4. Megitsune
5. Gimme Chocolate!!
6. Road of Resistance
7. Karate
8. The One
9. Distortion
10. Pa Pa Ya!!
