Babymetal

Babymetal
Babymetal
	Babymetal performing at the Zénith Paris in April 2023
Background information
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Kawaii metal; J-pop; power metal; alternative metal;
Years active	2010–present
Website	babymetal.com
Members	Su-metal; Moametal; Momometal;
Past members	Yuimetal

Babymetal Media

Babymetal performing in London, November 2014; from left to right; Moametal, Su-metal and Yuimetal
Babymetal at the GQ Men of the Year 2015 ceremony in Tokyo; they won the Special Prize "Discovery of the Year" award
Babymetal performing at Wembley Arena in London, April 2015
Babymetal performing at Rock am Ring in 2018
Babymetal performing at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, May 2023
Babymetal performing at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, December 2023
Babymetal and Kami Band performing at Rock am Ring in Nürburgring, Germany, June 2018
Babymetal at Aftershock 2023 in Sacramento, California
Babymetal's backing band "Kami Band" performing at Danforth Music Hall in Toronto, May 2015; from left to right: Boh, Mikio Fujioka, Hideki Aoyama and Takayoshi Ohmura

Babymetal (Japanese: ベビーメタルcode: ja is deprecated , Hepburn: Bebīmetaru) is a Japanese metal band. The members are Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-Metal", Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal", and Momoko Okazaki as "Momometal", who joined in April 2023 because former member Yui Mizuno, or "Yuimetal", left the band in 2018 due to sickness. The band started in 2010. Their first album was Babymetal. It was released on February 26, 2014 in Japan. Their musical style is special, and became popular for its mixture of idol-style vocals backed by heavy metal instrumentation, which is performed by a group of session musicians known as the "Kami Band" at performances.

Babymetal has released four albums since their inception: Their 1st studio album, Babymetal, was released in February 2014. Their 2nd studio album, Metal Resistance, was released worldwide in April 2016. Their 3rd studio album, Metal Galaxy, was released in October 2019. Their concept album, The Other One, was released in March 2023. Their 4th album, Metal Forth, is expected to be released on August 8, 2025.