BABYMETAL, which will mark its 15th anniversary this year in 2025, has released a “LEGEND MAP” on its annual “FOX DAY” today, April 1st, with plans for its anniversary year as a “announcement from the god of metal”!
In addition to the London, England, which houses approximately 20,000 people, the largest overseas performance in BABYMETAL history, special arena performances have also been added in the United States and Japan. In addition to the EU & UK tour and US tour, Asian tours have also been added.
It has also been decided that the long-awaited fourth original album, “METAL FORTH,” will be released worldwide on June 13th! This album, following its third album “METAL GALAXY” released in 2019 and the concept album “THE OTHER ONE” released in 2023, is titled “METAL FORTH”, which means “to go beyond METAL”, focusing on collaboration songs with artists he has met around the world for over 10 years.
In addition to the live performances “METALI!! (feat. Tom Morello)” and “RATATATA (BABYMETAL x Electric Callboy),” the POPPY features this year’s Grammy Awards performance, and “from me to u (feat. Poppy)” featuring former BRING ME THE HORIZON Jordan Fish as composer, “My Queen (feat. Spiritbox)” is a collaboration song with Canadian metalcore band SPIRITBOX, which is highly regarded as the No. 1 candidate for the new generation metal band, and a Russian deathcore/death metal band that is rapidly gaining popularity at festivals, aiming for the Guinness record for the Giant Wall of Death. BLOODYWOOD, a “Bollywood metal” band from India, has been a hot topic at festivals around the world, including “Song 3 (BABYMETAL x Slaughter to Prevail),” a brutal counting metal song with SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL, and “FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL”, and BLOODYWOOD, a yokai metal song based on the “Japanese” and “sign” tribal music that are both roots, and POLYPHIA, who also saw a spectacular performance at the collaboration stage of “FOX FEST” held last year in 2024, will be the second collaboration of the city pop metal song “Sunset Kiss The lineup includes 10 great songs, including “feat. Polyphia,” “The End (feat. BABYMETAL),” a collaboration song with LIL UZI VERT, which was included in the No. 1 Billboard album in the US, “KxAxWxAxIxI” which features DAIDAI (Paledusk) once again as a composer, “Algorism,” a J-METAL song that reminds you of that nostalgic “that” masterpiece, and “White Flame,” the culmination of the melodic speed metal series that marks the end of the album. This collection includes a wide variety of collaborations with artists who will be responsible for the next generation of metal scene!
In addition, from this work, in order to further boost our worldwide activities, it was announced with comments from the company’s representatives that they established “BABYMETAL WORLD LLC”, which will be their base in the United States, and signed a direct global label partner agreement with Capitol Records, which is headquartered in Hollywood, where THE BEATLES and others were once affiliated with! In addition, a special website for album releases, including domestic edition reservations and purchase benefits, is scheduled to be opened soon. Details will be announced in the future, so please wait for more information.
BABYMETAL’s groundbreaking sound and compelling artistic vision have not only cultivated fans around the world, but have also clearly changed the world’s music culture. We at Capitol Records are honored to be part of this upcoming chapter, as we continue to amplify their international reach and influence ahead of the release of METAL FORTH.
— Tom March, Chairman and CEO of Capitol Records
This year, BABYMETAL, celebrating its 15th anniversary, is starting a new challenge. With Capitol Records as a global partner, BABYMETAL’s sound will be heard all over the world, along with more active activities than ever before. Please look forward to it.
— BABYMETAL Producer & Manager BABYMETAL WORLD, LLC CEO Key “KOBAMETAL” Kobayashi
■”LEGEND MAP”
▼Release Information
BABYMETAL
Original Album
“METAL FORTH”
2025.06.13 ON SALE!!
1. from me to u (feat. Poppy)
2. RATATATA (BABYMETAL x Electric Callboy)
3. Song 3 (BABYMETAL x Slaughter to Prevail)
4. Kon! Kon! (feat. Bloodywood)
5. KxAxWxAxIxI
6. Sunset Kiss (feat. Polyphia)
7. My Queen (feat. Spiritbox)
8. Algorism
9. METALI!! (feat. Tom Morello)
10. White Flame
▼Tour Information
“BABYMETAL NORTH AMERICA 2025 TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS Black Veil Brides, Jinjer, Bloodywood”
Friday, June 13th, Houston 713 Music Hall
Saturday, June 14th Irving The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Yuengling Center, Tampa, Tuesday, June 17th
Wednesday, June 18th, Atlanta Coca-Cola Roxy
Friday, June 20th, Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
Saturday, June 21st, Baltimore Pier Six Pavilion
Tuesday, June 24th, New York The Theater at MSG
Wednesday, June 25th, Boston MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Friday, June 27th, Mohegan Sun Arena, Ancasville
Saturday, June 28th, Philadelphia TD Pavilion at the Mann center
Monday, June 30th, Laval Place Bell
Wednesday, July 2nd Toronto Coca-Cola Coliseum
Thursday, July 3rd, Sterling Heights Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre
Saturday, July 5th, Milwaukee Uline Warehouse with Miller Lite
Sunday, July 6th, Maryland Heights Saint Louis Music Park
Tuesday, July 8th Chicago Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Wednesday, July 9th Minneapolis The Armory
Friday, July 11th Denver The JunkYard
Monday, July 14th, Vancouver Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
Tuesday, July 15th, Kent accesso ShoWare Center
Thursday, July 17th San Francisco The Masonic
San Francisco, Friday, July 18th
Sunday, July 20th, Las Vegas Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort
Salt Lake City Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre, Monday, July 21st
Phoenix Arizona Financial Theatre, Wednesday, July 23rd
“BABYMETAL UK & EUROPE ARENA TOUR 2025 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS POPPY AND BAMBIE THUG”
Saturday, May 10th, Brussels, Belgium
Monday, May 12th, Hamburg, Germany Barclays Arena
Tuesday, May 13th, Amsterdam, Netherlands Ziggo Dome
Friday, May 16th Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
May 17th (Sat) Berlin, Germany Velodrom
Monday, May 19th, Krakow, Poland
Tuesday, May 20th, Nuremberg, Germany
Thursday, May 22nd, Zurich, Switzerland THE HALL
May 25th (Sunday) Madrid Spain Vista Alegre
Monday, May 26th, Barcelona, Spain Poble Espanyol
Wednesday, May 28th, Paris, France Zénith Paris, La Villette
Friday, May 30th London, England The O2 Arena
For more detailsHere
▼Program information
TOKYO FM “BABYMETAL’s Metal Radio!”
Every Saturday, 7:30pm-7:55pm
Personality: BABYMETAL
April 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th Guest: Matsumoto Takahiro (B’z)
Program website:https://www.tfm.co.jp/metaradi/
Program Official X:https://x.com/metaradi_tfm
