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SLIPKNOT, LINKIN PARK, JUDAS PRIEST Confirmed For Next Year's ROCK ON THE RANGE

Rock On The Range, America's premier hard rock festival, returns to central Ohio's Columbus Crew Stadium May 15, 16 and 17, 2015 for its ninth year with a stellar lineup of top rock bands led by multiplatinum band LINKIN PARK, global rock juggernauts SLIPKNOT and heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST — w...

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KREATOR's MILLE PETROZZA: BABYMETAL 'Will Not Hurt' Any 'Real' Metal Bands

The Age Of Metal recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza of German thrash metal veterans KREATOR. You can now watch the chat below. Asked to weigh in on the Japanese pop-metal group BABYMETAL, which has been described by some as the most polarizing thing to hit heavy m...

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BABYMETAL Talks Playing In U.S., Fox God And Band's Future (Video)

Metal Injection conducted an interview with BABYMETAL when the band visited New York City in early November. The Japanese pop-metal crossover sensation discussed their time in the States, the Fox God (the divine entity credited with creating BABYMETAL) and their future. The answers were all translat...

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BABYMETAL To Release 'Live At Budokan: Red Night & Black Night Apocalypse' DVD/Blu-Ray In January

Japanese pop-metal group BABYMETAL will release the "Live At Budokan: Red Night & Black Night Apocalypse" DVD/Blu-ray on January 7, 2015. The set will contain the band's Nippon Budokan performances from March 2014 when the three BABYMETAL singers/dancers became the youngest artists to ever appea...

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BABYMETAL Performs New Song 'The One' In London (Video)

Fan-filmed video footage of the Japanese pop-metal group BABYMETAL performing a brand new song, "The One", this past Saturday, November 8 at the Brixton O2 Academy in London, England can be seen below. Established in 2010, BABYMETAL is the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA GAKUIN that p...

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NAPALM DEATH's SHANE EMBURY: BABYMETAL Will Cross Over To Young Kids And Get Them Used To Heavy Sound

Bassist Shane Embury of British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH is the latest musician to defend BABYMETAL against the "gimmick" tag given to them by critics who liken them to the success of Swedish occult metallers GHOST. Established in 2010, BABYMETAL is the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group...

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BABYMETAL: Japanese TV Report On Recent North American Shows

A three-and-a-half-minute Japanese TV report on BABYMETAL's recent North American shows can be seen below. BABYMETAL will play a special one-off show in New York City on November 4 at the Hammerstein Ballroom (located at 311 West 34th Street). Established in 2010, BABYMETAL is the offshoot of the Ja...

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BABYMETAL Announces One-Off New York City Show; Exclusive BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale Code Available

Japanese pop-metal group BABYMETAL will play a special one-off show in New York City on November 4 at the Hammerstein Ballroom (located at 311 West 34th Street). Tickets go on sale Friday, September 5 at 10 a.m. at www.ticketmaster.com, charge by phone 800.745.3000 and select Ticketmaster outlets. T...

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BABYMETAL Interviewed By 'A Journey Of Musical Things' At HEAVY MONTREAL Festival (Audio)

Andrew Epstein of A Journey Of Musical Things conducted an interview with BABYMETAL on August 9 at the Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Established in 2010, BABYMETAL is the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN: BABYMETAL 'Sounds Like MESHUGGAH With Japanese Pop On Top Of It'

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman tells RollingStone.com that he is a huge fan of BABYMETAL, the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA GAKUIN that performs a distinctly Japanese mix of schoolgirl J-pop and heavy metal. Takayoshi Ohmura, the guitarist in Friedman's own solo band, is a...

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BABYMETAL Interviewed On 'Do You Know Jack?' Radio Show (Audio)

TJ Buggins of CJIM and the "Do You Know Jack?" radio show conducted an interview with BABYMETAL on August 9 at the Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now listen to the chat using the Mixcloud widget below. Established in 2010, BABYMETAL is the offshoot of the Japanese pop i...

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CARCASS Frontman Defends BABYMETAL Against Criticism From Metal Purists

British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS have defended BABYMETAL against the "gimmick" tag given to them by critics who liken them to the success of Swedish occult metallers GHOST. Established in 2010, BABYMETAL is the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA GAKUIN that performs a distinctly Ja...

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BABYMETAL Interviewed By GIRLS ON GAMES At HEAVY MONTREAL (Video)

BABYMETAL was interviewed by Girls On Games on August 9 at the Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They about touring with Lady Gaga, meeting Yoshiki of X-JAPAN, what the girls do in their down time and whom they would like to collaborate with. You can now watch the chat below. Esta...

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BABYMETAL: Fan-Filmed Footage of HEAVY MONTREAL Performance

Fan-filmed video footage of BABYMETAL's August 9 performance at the Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below. Established in 2010, BABYMETAL is the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA GAKUIN that performs a distinctly Japanese mix of schoolgirl J-pop and heavy...

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The History Of BABYMETAL (Video)

Unofficial BABYMETAL web site Babymetal.net has uploaded a long interview with the band that was included in the limited edition of BABYMETAL's first album, sold only at the group's Budokan concerts in Tokyo, Japan in early March. The 32-minute video, which includes English subtitles, can be seen be...