Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Babymetal

The best metal albums of 2025 (so far)

From Cradle of Filth to Whitechapel, Bloodywood to Spiritbox, these are some of the best metal releases of 2025 so far.

Metal Hammer

The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Babymetal, Sleep Token and Machine Head lead the best new metal songs this week.

Metal Hammer

Babymetal announce new album Metal Forth, featuring collaborations with Poppy, Spiritbox, Tom Morello, Polyphia, and more

The Fox God has big plans for Babymetal's 15th anniversary year

Metal Hammer

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

"I thanked Corey Taylor for existing!" From collabing with Babymetal to hanging out with Bollywood stars, Bloodywood are breaking down barriers

Bloodywood weren't India's first metal band, but they've become the country's loudest champions

Metal Hammer

Babymetal announce 24-date North American tour, with Jinjer and Bloodywood among supporting cast

Babymetal line up summer shows across North America

Metal Hammer

Spiritbox, Babymetal, Gojira, Architects and more announced for the most metal WWE videogame soundtrack in years

“The WWE 2K25 soundtrack slaps harder than a finishing move!”

Metal Hammer

The 50 metal albums you need to hear in 2025

From Ghost to Babymetal, Halestorm to Sleep Token, these are the metal albums you should keep an eye out for in 2025

Metal Hammer

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

“We’ve got one song with Serj from System Of A Down and we just finished a second Babymetal collab”: Polyphia are making a “heavy” new album stacked with special guests

Expect big riffs and even bigger names on the next Polyphia album

Metal Hammer

I used to feel like a geek for loving prog metal. In 2025, it’s taking over the world – and I couldn’t be happier!

Sleep Token headlining Download! A long-awaited Mastodon album! Polyphia x Babymetal?! This is why forward-thinking metal will have a banner year in 2025

Metal Hammer

10 crazy metal collaborations that took us totally by surprise last year

From ska-punk/metalcore crossovers to industrial threesomes, these team-ups showed metal is more collaborative than ever

Metal Hammer

"Hopefully Babymetal can teach me their dance routines, and I’ll teach them mine." How Eurovision helped Bambie Thug became Ireland's next breakout star

From wowing audiences at Eurovision to selling out dates of her headline tour, 2024 was a massive year for Bambie Thug - and they're just getting started

Metal Hammer

The 50 best metal songs of 2024

Ghost, Judas Priest, Babymetal, Gojira, Knocked Loose... 2024 was a massive year for metal songs. But which song did you vote as the very best?

Metal Hammer

“Metal is the only genre that’s open to so many different types of music. That’s why Babymetal is here right now”: How Babymetal smashed the barriers and defied the haters to become Japan’s biggest metal band

The rise of the of the 21st century’s most unexpected metal sensations

Metal Hammer

"Babymetal were written into the script as a placeholder. I didn’t think we’d actually get them!" Heavier Trip director Juuso Laatio on making 2024's most metal movie

Juuso Laatio talks directing Babymetal, 'playing' Wacken and whether we'll ever get that Impaled Rektum album

Metal Hammer

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Metal Hammer

“This is a piece of Asian metal history and we’re proud to share it with the world!” Hear New Delhi metal sensations Bloodywood team with Babymetal on new single Bekhauf

The biggest metal bands in India and Japan have joined forces to make an absolute anthem

Metal Hammer

"We will travel to a world we have never experienced, with new songs." Babymetal announce European tour including biggest UK show ever - with Poppy and Bambie Thug in support

Babymetal will return to Europe in 2025, and they're bringing some stellar supports with them

Metal Hammer

"They’re doing collab songs with Babymetal so we're low on the priority list." Bury Tomorrow's Dani Winter-Bates answers fan questions on meet and greets, going deathcore and the band they'd love to collaborate with

Standalone single Villain Arc suggests a heavy new direction for Bury Tomorrow - but are they really going deathcore?

MusicRadar

"We joined our creative forces and, in the end, we brought together the best of both worlds": BABYMETAL and Electric Callboy team up to create their own free videogame

BABYMETAL and Electric Callboy have launched their own video game

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Metal Hammer

Babymetal and Electric Callboy team up with WWE for Bash In Berlin with Ratatata

One of the year's most ludicrously fun metal anthems will officially soundtrack this month's huge WWE show in Berlin, Germany

Metal Hammer

Watch Bring Me The Horizon play songs with alt-pop star Aurora and kawaii metal sensations Babymetal at Japanese concert

The UK pop-metal favourites brought out some heavyweight talent when they performed in Tokyo over the weekend

Metal Hammer

“Every time I go on tour, I miss it a lot”: What are Babymetal’s favourite foods? We found the answer!

We got Japan’s kawaii metal stars to put together their dream menu, from hamburgers to simmered pumpkin

Guitar World

“Unapologetic, fearless with their own musical and personal style and really able to challenge the conventions of what hard rock music is”: Tom Morello reveals his two favorite contemporary hard-rock bands

Morello also states that he thinks the place for women in the future of rock music is “at the front”

Metal Hammer

Watch the one and only time Babymetal ever performed 2015 deep cut Tales Of The Destinies live

In 2016, Babymetal unearthed a rare Metal Resistance track for its live debut. They’ve never played it again.

Metal Hammer

Babymetal have released full, pro-shot video of their set at Hellfest 2024 – watch here

The kawaii metal idols played a hit-stacked set in France last night, and you can watch the whole thing now

Metal Hammer

Watch Babymetal play Metal Galaxy standout Brand New Day live with megastar shredders Polyphia

The kawaii metal idols were recently joined by Polyphia’s Tim Henson and Scott LePage at their festival, Fox Fest

1 2 3 4

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.