BABYMETAL – Headbanger!! (15th Anniversary) | A Perfect Homage and Tribute ❣️

Here to recommend more babymetal! Distortion at pia arena 2023 or "Gj" at budokan 2021 (moa solo) can't go wrong with either.

Maybe I‘m an ass, but I just can‘t help but assume that there‘s a lot of processing going into Momoko‘s growls, just because I can‘t believe that she has gotten so good so quickly. But then again on the few occasions we got to hear it live, it did sound really good. They growls really fit the song well. I wonder whether that means that‘s she‘ll do them live as well. The dancing is pretty intense during some of these parts.

While I don't think the original can be beaten or replaced, this re-recording is absolutely amazing! The instrumentals are so much cleaner, which makes them sound so much punchier, and the guitar parts sound a little bit more intricate than the original. Plus, Momo taking over the harsh vocal parts is just top tier. It's so awesome having one of the actual BabyMetal ladies doing that part instead of some random uncredited person. I always worry when a group tries to re-record or mess with a classic, but they nailed it. While I think all of their older songs still hold up really well today, there are a lot of the debut tracks that they could give this kind of update to. I'll be interested to see if they update any other songs, or if Headbanger was a one time special case. Would be fun to see them do updated versions of some of the less popular songs like Uki Uki Midnight or Iine! Also, the back of Su's jacket says "BABYMETAL" 😁

As I said, I knew you will love it and of course I do too. I am so glad, that Momo get her own idividual part in the band, what isn't easy in such a established group. And although I like the fact that BabyMetal has now a growler, barker, death voice in their line, I also hope that we hear much more of Momo's singing voice in harmonys with Moa and/or Su. I think every info is told in the post of my privious commenters so let me congrate you to this reaction and the failure with the mic doesn't derogate my enjoyment. Of course I like the idea to watch the MV together with you. About the idea of re-recording the old songs I am weak-mindet. At one side I say use the energy and time for new songs (the 3 pure Babymetal songs at Metal Forth my absolute favorites and there are also some collaboration options that exite me) on the other side I am so exalted from this Headbanger version that it makes me curious how a re-recording may sounds. Anyway only the Fox-God knows what comes next from our beloved band, but the surprises are warranted. 🦊🦊🦊 For The Fox-God 🦊🦊🦊

I love that we are getting more and more of Momozilla being unleashed in their songs--her distorted growls are clearly improving (maybe working with Alex Terrible on Song 3 helped?) and it is great that they replaced all the original growls with hers in the remake. The script on the back of the jacket Su-metal is wearing simply reads "Babymetal" in the Japanese katakana script, by the way. I saw somewhere that Babymetal is planning on re-recording 15 of their previous songs (of which Headbanger is the first), possibly for a new album release this year (I believe the songs are being referred to as the "chosen 15"), and that the identity of the other 14 songs will be revealed during their concerts at Saitama Super Arena in Japan this weekend, January 10th and 11th. If so I am looking forward to seeing and hearing how they revisit and approach their classic tracks from their history and add their current touch and skills to them...

Great reaction. The original song (from 2012) is about a girl going to her first concert on her 15th birthday - so what better song to re-record to celebrate their 15th anniversary with. I know you watched it - there are several references to the original MV in this one, which is fun. For example, in the original there was a spirit (the girls called him "Hedoban Kami" or god of headbanging) who many people either mistook for or saw a resemblance to "the girl from The Ring". It looks like they're playing with us and having even more fun with that in this one. Su starts both videos praying to a shrine with those same photos (that was a few months before the Kami Band first appeared at all, so it is not them). In the first a box appears with the neck brace - in this one she gets it from an arcade machine. In both it possesses her. The neck brace was always taken to be an homage to X Japan's drummer Yoshiki who had to wear one after damaging his neck so badly while headbanging that he needed surgery. They have used the neck brace extensively in their lore and live shows - at least 4 concerts required all those attending to wear a neck brace too. The display case has a lot of BABYMETAL memorabilia from their 15 years in it (the coffin, the fan, red lantern etc), I don't think any of it is Mikio specific. Any tributes to Mikio (RIP) are implied or assumed - the only things that might relate to him in this video are that it was released on the anniversary of his untimely death and the arcade has been identified as being in Fujioka. Nothing definite, but probably not coincidental (as they have said in voice overs at some performances "Nothing happens by accident").

I knew y'all would love it! MOMO's growls have come so far. She sounds great! Moa is as cute as ever and Su killing it as usual. I can't remember if it was mentioned in the chat, but this was filmed in the town of Fujioka. Same as Mikio's last name. Just one more unspoken link.

Lol, kobametal mopping at the end, just like at download 2016. Thanks for reacting, babymetal has come so far, where will they go next? I'm hoping for white flame live at their concert this coming weekend, we will see...☕️☕️☕️☕️