BABYMETAL announce new album ‘METAL GALAXY’
BABYMETAL have announced a new album!
Titled METAL GALAXY, the upcoming album from the Japanese metal sensations follows 2016’s METAL RESISTANCE and is scheduled to be released in October this year.
Since the release of the last album, the band have had numerous highlights, breaking the all time merch sales record at SSE Arena Wembley, and holding the honour of being the first Japanese band to headline the prestigious venue. They played their biggest headline shows to date, selling out two nights, 110,000 people, at the massive TOKYO DOME in September 2016, before returning to the UK later in the year to support RHCP on their huge arena run. They kicked off 2017 opening for both METALLICA in South Korea and GUNS N’ ROSES in Japan, spending the summer in the US with KORN and STONE SOUR, and continued worldwide touring in 2018.
Speaking about the upcoming album, the band says, “We’re excited to announce BABYMETAL’s third album METAL GALAXY!! The album’s main theme is that BABYMETAL are on an odyssey to the METAL GALAXY and a different variety of songs are packed within the album. We are on an odyssey to the METAL GALAXY. Welcome to the world of BABYMETAL!!”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released the band have released the first song from the upcoming record; titled PA PA YA!!. The title PA PA YA!! refers to the exotic fruit papaya, with the song depicting a hot and spicy summer with an up-tempo beat. The song also features Thai rapper F.HERO.
Listen to PA PA YA!! here:
And that’s not all from the band’s camp. They have also announced their first ever full UK headline run, which kicks off in Glasgow on February 19th next year and concludes at London’s Eventim Apollo Hammersmith on February 23rd 2020.
Tour dates are as follows:
Wed 19 Feb 2020 UK Glasgow Barrowland
Thu 20 Feb 2020 UK Cardiff The Great Hall
Sat 22 Feb 2020 UK Manchester O2 Apollo
Sun 23 Feb 2020 UK London Eventim Apollo Hammersmith
METAL GALAXY is set for release on October 11th via earMUSIC/Edel.
For more information on BABYMETAL like their official page on Facebook.
