Whoa! What is this? Reaction to BabyMetal Death Legend 1997

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Well, we aren’t even 100% sure what this was, although we think it might have to do with Su-Metal’s birthday being in 1997 based on the narrative. This is BabyMetal, with Death Legend 1997 live from 2013. This group really knows how to put on a show and their fans are amazing at these concerts.

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22 thoughts on “Whoa! What is this? Reaction to BabyMetal Death Legend 1997”

  1. This was a really specific show and had a lot of symbolysm.

    The show was to celebrate Su's 16th b-day…and in addition to that, Su was also graduating from her role in Sakura Gakuin, the pop troop that BABYMETAL was created in, so there was a worry that it might mean the end for BABYMETAL when she left (and they play that up with the 'doomsday')

    Instead, the crucifixion is the death of pop-star Su allowing for the ressurection of Metal-Queen Su.

    The neck brace is a nod to the drummer for X-Japan, who headbanged so hard that he injured himself and had to wear a brace for performances…it's like the Japanese symbol for METAL AS F**K. A comperable symbol in the west would be like Slash's top hat.

    The statue behind them had Su's face, and it was a nod to the Justice For All staging from Metallica. BABYMETAL met Metallica the year before at a festival and Su says seeing them was the moment that she really 'got' metal music. They'd met up before hand, and the guys from Metallica were apparently super nice and welcoming, and when they took the stage with all their volume and agression, it clicked for Su that it was all part of the performance, and a way to let the audience channel their own agressions in a healthy way…so Metallica has always been a bit of a touchstone for Su's appreciation of metal, and it made sense to reference that here, where she underwhent her transformation.

    As to the song itself, DEATH is sort of BABYMETAL's 'transformation' song.

    The band has a very silly mythology about the girls being selected by the Fox God and that when they take the stage, they stop being Suzuka, Yui and Moa. They are possessed by the heavy metal spirits and become SU-METAL, YUIMETAL and MOAMETAL. This song was usually played at the beginning of their concerts and it's the moment when they transform. SUMETAL DESU! is like saying 'I AM SU-METAL!', which is like the anime trope when a character transforms into a super-hero, like Sailormoon's 'Moon Prism Power….MAKE UP!'

    In interviews, the band often referred to this as a real thing, like they would play-act at it being real, and they would let themselves believe they were becoming someone else. I remember reading about someone watching them rehearsing for their collab with Rob Halford and they said 'but they weren't really BABYMETAL yet'

    I think it might have been one of the reasons that they were able to be so fearless on stage when they were younger, they became alter egos that were braver than they were.

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  8. As a Christian, I was initially shocked when I first watched this video a few years ago, BUT I grew up in the 70's/80's, so I ABSOLUTELY loved the old school heavy metal theatrics! Imagine if Su-metal bit off the head of a bat like Ozzy did! #notacult🤘🦊🤘

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  14. Well the song by itself us their default starter song, since they had to find into their stage persona, but due to different reasons they de ided to let the idol Suzuka Nakamura die and rise again as the Queen of Metal Su-Metal. They had to make smaller midifications (You have 16 yearvold girl on Stage, she can't hear due to protectors, noise level and she shall has to close her eyes. So they had certain protection in place. She has to know who touches her when abd what happens to here. She must know that she is safe.

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