Gimme Chocolate (Babymetal) | Exclusive Content (Ep. 546)

A new genre: pop and metal. I guess there are people out there, everywhere, who are mixing 2 or more genres to come up with something new. Personally, I like waiting nearly 10 years (as in this case) for a new genre to develop before I pay my (ever shrinking) attention to it. My time on earth is short now, and I appreciate you, Doug, for doing "the dirty work" and bringing new music into my life. ;)

DJ Marquis Marc Rambeau du Tacoma

Unlucky Morpheus from Japan could use some love too, amazing band (female singer, 2 guitars, violin, bass, drums) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQpz80bu-rA their violinist has the best violin covers of Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, John Petrucci, etc. on YouTube. After I push through Riyoko Takagi world-class Japanese Jazz-fusion pianist/composer, I'll submit them as a suggestion, some of the best music out there today is in Japan.

Logio Tek

Good on you, Doug for navigating uncharted waters. This is new to me as well and it is certainly different than anything I have heard. I am also interested to see what they are up to currently and how they have developed their style.

Thom P

Also worth mentioning how they've been accepted by other musicians. They've opened for Metallica and RHCP, Rob Zombie has been all over the internet arguing with grumpy people who don't think they're real enough, and they're currently touring with Sabaton.

Saw them at Glastonbury a few years ago, it's a really fun show. And the band can play the socks off pretty much anyone. It's silly, it's catchy, it's great! I haven't listened to them for a while now and it surprised me how uninteresting this sounded to me now – but that's because they established that sound for me. From their early stuff, Karate and Headbanger is a bit more interesting.

No thanks, that's an unholy confection.

George Davis-Stewart

Wow, that's pretty awful IMO! K-Pop meets thrash. I agree with you, Doug, on the synth. Maybe if they used something more like power metal with melodies that would blend better with the vocal lines, it might actually work

Gerard Dion

Love Babymetal. Looking forward to some more.

Dave Brockis

lol Doug probably got to an entire bag of chocolate after trying to upload this to YT.

Arrow2theACL

I do recommend Band-Maid as a more traditional Japanese Female rock/metal band.

Arrow2theACL

Galactic Cowboys meets K-Pop

Christopher Arters (relative timeworx - Mr.A)

For Japanese "heavy metal" produced by performers with classical background, you will want the all-women Lovebites. Of particular interest to you will be "Swan Song" with the classical piano introduction by Miyako who weaves classical references into her heavy metal compositions.

A song from Metal Galaxy (second album) that shows off the band (Kami Band) is Distortion or Kagerou