siliconlife wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 9:20 am Nice,
Also I have a question for you: Babymetal. Y/N?

yeah Subscribe are a Hungarian band, went to go see them in Budapest! Great live

Babymetal??!! Love Babymetal, did a thread on them on here 4 years ago, been following them since 2013, went to see them a few times in 2014 after the release of their first album, Off to see them again in July

talking about band transformations, another band i like are LADYBABY which are similar to Babymetal, they originally went viral at the boom of the Kawaii Metal wave that Babymetal started,
their thing was the 2 girls sang kawaii metal and had some crossdressing fluent in Japanese Australian wrestler singing distorted vocals,


they then ditched Ladybeard (the white guy) and rebranded as just 2 girls called "The Idol Formally Known as LADYBABY", which was better and actually brought out an album but never really kicked off




...but a year ago reformed/evolved again as LADYBABY, but as a 4 piece girl metal group, Djent riffs and one girl sings distorted vocals, its actually really fucking good! And still Kawaii as fuck! (If they get some recognition outside of Japan they will give Babymetal a run for their money!)

siliconlife wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 11:06 pm

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 5:38 pm
Babymetal??!! Love Babymetal, did a thread on them on here 4 years ago, been following them since 2013, went to see them a few times in 2014 after the release of their first album, Off to see them again in July

Haha, it was almost a hypothetical question! Not gonna get into how envious I am of seeing them live!

Will be checking out Ladybaby soon!!

here mares well check out Band-Maid while youre at it then been around about 5 years too now (cant believe how times flown) a little bit more rock but these actually play their own instruments






also check out Kishida Kyoudan & the Akeboshi Rockets

siliconlife wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 9:22 am

Captain wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 12:47 am The Distillers.

Hmmm... interesting. Seems like pretty standard, pop-punk, Nirvana clone type stuff to me. They are the only band of the last 20 years you like?

Thank you for your comments, siliconelife. All I can think of right now is the Distillers' standard pop-punk, Nirvana clone type stuff. And of course Abby the non-methamphetamine afflicted Spoon lady.

Jamie you like Asian Girl Bands ... the N.Korean Girl Band I saw at Pyongyang Restaurant was good entertainment while I ate my dog meat. Worth a look.

siliconlife wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 11:18 am

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 5:38 pm
talking about band transformations, another band i like are LADYBABY which are similar to Babymetal, they originally went viral at the boom of the Kawaii Metal wave that Babymetal started,
their thing was the 2 girls sang kawaii metal and had some crossdressing fluent in Japanese Australian wrestler singing distorted vocals,

they then ditched Ladybeard (the white guy) and rebranded as just 2 girls called "The Idol Formally Known as LADYBABY", which was better and actually brought out an album but never really kicked off

Ladybaby are definitely rad in all forms, good call. But I have to admit, Nippon Manju skyrocketed to the position of probably my favourite Kawaii metal song of all time immediately. I showed it to an Aussie mate of mine involved in the wrestling industry and he said that he feels like Ladybeard "stole his life".

Is it me, or is the extreme vocalist in Ladybaby's final form with the short pink hair being dubbed?

haha yeah Nippon Manju deffo stood out when they released it

na its not dubbed, seen some of their live videos and they all sing completely live and she can distort her vocals

Today's music sounds like industrial noise? I guess that remark was apt 23 years ago as well. Here's a track that would probably fall in the category you have in mind, but released on Industrial Strength Records in 1996 (the label was founded in 1991).

DJ Skinhead - Extreme Terror III

And a catchy but dark tune from last year by the Viagra Boys from Sweden, which does not sound industrial at all.