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Metal Forth is the fifth studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Babymetal. Originally scheduled for release on June 13, 2025, it was delayed several times and eventually released on August 8, 2025. It is the first Babymetal album to feature Momoko Okazaki as an official member and the first to be released following the band's signing to Capitol Records. Metal Forth peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200, becoming the first Japanese act to chart in the top ten in the United States. Metal Forth was announced on April 1, 2025. The title is a play on words, meaning "beyond metal" and referencing the band's view of it as their fourth studio album. It is the first Babymetal album to feature Momoko Okazaki as an official member since she joined the band in 2023 after the departure of Yui Mizuno in 2018, and the first to be released following the band's signing to Capitol Records in early 2025.
Metal Forth is the Fifth album of Babymetal. Like the debut album it's a combination of melodic metal and j-pop. Within this style the album has quite some variation in the songs with many guest appearances.
Rating: 9/10 Best songs: From me to u, Ratatata, Song 3, Kxaxwxaxixi, Sunset kiss, Algorism, Metal
Two baby metal albums lmao? Ok this is actually quite a lot better 4
Actually really enjoyed quite a few of these
Two instances of Babymetal showing up in the same smallish cohort of listener-submitted offerings seems odd, maybe it is just coincidence. Not sure the list needed to double up on this particular band. And I don't have much to say beyond my last review: this seems to have divested much of the babygirl vocal style which is a positive shift in my book, and also tended to a little more mainstream sound. I was satisfied enough to rock out half an hour on this but still don't feel like it's all that.
Was going to rant about another too-recent pick for the list, but given there seems to be another Babymetal LP waiting for me, this seems to be someone's (or some people's) idea of a joke. Kinda sad to think somebody listened to 1100 albums just to throw their pick away on a gag, but hey, whatever floats your boat!
Video game music meets desperately trying to be cool/modern/popular. All flash and no feel.
The first babymetal album I got I thought maybe someone really loves this kind of metal. The second baby metal album in one week, I thought this has to be some sort of music trolling. Hard to say if this album was any better than the other. They have songs in English but the instrumentals are even more intense to the point it’s just noise sometimes. It’s whatever. If two people really love these albums, I hope they find each other and never have access to touch tunes where I’m at. 1.7/10