Episode 021 - Launch

BABYMETAL’s third album, METAL GALAXY, is out. The US tour has finished. The avalanche of interviews and photos in magazines continues unabated. We talk about the events surrounding the album release, the various album editions, and some of the delightful video and print interviews we are getting. Join us! Be sure follow us on twitter, twitter.com/babymetalpdcast, and join the discussion on discord, discord.gg/F6x2kcZ. Rate and listen on iTunes: apple.co/2OW1xV9 Rate and listen on Spotify: spoti.fi/2FAZSoJ Rate and listen on Google Play: bit.ly/2MQWjL2 -------------------------------------------------------- Links: Official thanks tweet: https://twitter.com/BABYMETAL_JAPAN/status/1184720666349592576 StrictlyFX (pyrotechnics): https://twitter.com/StrictlyFX/status/1184524662933512193 All Access Staging (stage): https://twitter.com/allaxcess/status/1183871004231290885 Kanata Okajima (Da Da Dance): https://twitter.com/KanataOkajima/status/1182571977682407424 MEGMETAL (arrangement of most of METAL GALAXY): https://twitter.com/MEG1605/status/1182491454716837891 TAKEMETAL (Distortion, Shine): https://twitter.com/takeru_yoda/status/1182318115641647106 NORiMETAL (NNB, Arkadia): https://twitter.com/norizafu/status/1182320357392281600 Spotify Japan plug: https://twitter.com/SpotifyJP/status/1182468357141872640 BOH recommends buying METAL GALAXY: https://twitter.com/BassistBOH/status/1181570316973289473 Loudwire interview part 2 (What we’d tell our younger selves): https://loudwire.com/babymetal-what-wed-tell-our-younger-selves/ Summer Sonic Tokyo 2019 short interview: https://youtu.be/ILa6AAHEjRI Interviewer has our sympathies. He tried, even if he couldn’t pronounce everything, and had to stick to the questions on his cards. Consequence of Sound interview: https://consequenceofsound.net/video/babymetal-video-interview-2019/ Revolver (Oct/Nov 2019) magazine, special box set: https://shop.revolvermag.com/product/6VRM30COMBO/octnov-2019-issue-featuring-babymetal-box-set “The Unstoppable Rise of BABYMETAL” article (Revolver): https://www.revolvermag.com/music/unstoppable-rise-babymetal Rock Sound (258, Nov 2019, Japanese edition) at Amazon Japan: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07XQKXH93/ See also: https://www.babymetalnews.com/2019/10/06/babymetal-feature-in-rock-sound-magazine-issue-258/ Yusuke Hiraga (transcriptions, playing notes in Young Guitar, Nov 2019): https://twitter.com/cellmishima/status/1180045964020604928 Leda (transcription of Arkadia, played guitar and bass on studio recording): https://twitter.com/Leda_Cygnus_/status/1184206923429629952 PMV (vol 15) 100 questions translated: https://lenzer-metal.com/pmc-vol-15-100-questions/