Babymetal celebrate 15th year

2026-01-05 by DatsNotDaMetulz | 12 Comments
Kawaii metal trio Babymetal have announced the first of their 15th anniversary celebrations with a re-recording of one of their first ever singles. "Head Bangya!! (15th Night version)" features new instrumentation and vocals in a refresh of one of their earlier J-Pop/metal fusion experiments. The session band recruited for this rendition of the track is as follows:

Guitars: NARASAKI (Coaltar of the Deepers)
Bass: Ahikisa Otani (Marmalade Butcher)
Drums: Shuhei Kamada (Imperial Circus Dead Decadence)

A special edition CD with extra bonuses will also be available for a limited time at a pop-up store in Shibuya, Tokyo. More events surrounding their 15th anniversary are expected to be announced through the year.

Read more: https://babymetal.com/mob/news/diarKijiShw.php?site=TO&ima=1130&id=299690



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Flugmorph
January 5th 2026
35489 Comments


I'm greying as we speak

Kusangii
January 5th 2026
8729 Comments


Where the hell did you find the information that the drummer from ICDD played for them?

NudeTayne
January 5th 2026
2728 Comments


Yeah even in the video description it says drums were done by Akihisa Otani

Kusangii
January 5th 2026
8729 Comments


Oh, I just had to read the video description lmao. That's insane.

Kusangii
January 5th 2026
8729 Comments


Also this version sounds like shit. Very weak guitar tone and dry production. How did they manage to make it worse than the original which already had bad production? Almost like they got inspired by In Flames or something

ScuroFantasma
Emeritus
January 5th 2026
13028 Comments


This might be the first time I’ve felt old, how the fuck have babymetal been around for 15 years already

NudeTayne
January 6th 2026
2728 Comments


never was a fan of this song really, re-record Megitsune cowards

MarkTheDead
January 6th 2026
744 Comments


It's been 15 years!? Wild...

gryndstone
January 8th 2026
2985 Comments


re-record megitsune [2] not that i'm complaining about this. also, geezus, 15 years

Asdfp277
January 8th 2026
25869 Comments


really like the original, i have yet to listen to this one

Kusangii
January 10th 2026
8729 Comments


as a middle aged grown ass man I am doing everything I can not weep tears of joy

DatsNotDaMetulz
January 10th 2026
4531 Comments


Also learned just now that Yui officially retired from the entertainment industry in September after her contract with Amuse expired (yes, she was still under contract 7 years on from leaving Babymetal despite not doing anything since). Best of luck to her in whatever she does next.



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