Just when you thought you had seen it all in metal

[lepard]

The actual story on the band is that that all 3 girls were members of a J-Pop "Idol" band that rotates girls in around age 12 and out at age 15. The lead singer, Su-Metal, hit 15 and had to leave the band. She was so good, they dreamed up this band for her and 2 of the younger girls. Now here's were it gets funny. They got some really good musicians involved and wrote some really good songs. They started performing with the skeleton band in the background and started getting big. As they begin to get more and more exposure, they started getting crap for lip synching and people finally realized that the skeleton band were just props, not really playing. To everyone's surprise they changed it up with a real metal band, the guys in what they are calling the ghost uniforms, and quit the lip synching and they sounded even better. When you see the live videos, the skeleton band is fake, the ghost band is real and they are really singing. They have released 4 mini-CD's(2 or 3 songs), about every 6 months, and are coming out with their first real full length CD in February. Also, the lead singer is 16, the other 2 are 14.

[lepard]

Apparently Matt Heafy from Trivium has been talking them up too.

[leftykingv2]

It's like a fucking Asian version of the Olsen twins except there are three of them! What a nightmare! But if you can make money more power to you. There's no accounting for taste these days anyway. EDIT; Is that Winnie Cooper from "The Wonder Years" in the middle?

[xenophobe]

Pedometal!

It was, kinda awesome!

[markD]

hahaha, I like it. it's fun. but, then and again I like lady gaga and a lot of jpop is fun...

[Rsmacker]

Apparently Matt Heafy from Trivium has been talking them up too.

Yeah, and that bloke from The Lost Prophets. Probably.

[toejam]

It wouldn't surprise me if the band was started by guys who work on video/fighting game soundtracks. Probably had a couple chicks show up at the studio dressed slutty and it just took one of them to see the flashing yen symbols.

I saw a clip of them some months back, and the one guitar player was wearing gloves. I commented on youtube how that was pretty funny, and also the fact that nobody was playing the solo. The person replied and stated sometimes there are backing tracks and that the band members can't play all of the challenging stuff they hear played by other people.

[lepard]

[Axewielder]

This isn't anything to be grateful for. However, we should be grateful that at least those girls aren't hurling squid into the audience.

[leftykingv2]

This isn't anything to be grateful for. However, we should be grateful that at least those girls aren't hurling squid into the audience.

Wait a couple months...They will be.

[buzzsaww]

Jackson related content, right side slightly offstage, third guitar player on some sort of RR next to the keyboard player.

http://youtu.be/8u-d-ZjAcbc

[len]

I bet they had a falling out with their last singer. I can hear it now.

" I bet I can replace your dumb ass with 3 little girls you asshole. And do much better". LOL.

Sounds like Eddie talkin' to Dave.

[Hellbat]

This isn't anything to be grateful for. However, we should be grateful that at least those girls aren't hurling squid into the audience.

From where?!? Maybe song ping pong balls as well?

[leftykingv2]

From where?!? Maybe song ping pong balls as well?

[lepard]

.............and World Domination begins.

Babymetals first full CD just came out 2 days ago and guess what is #1 on US iTunes metal chart ?