Babymetal will appear as special guests to Metallica at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, Korea on January 11th 2017 as part of their Worldwired world tour.
 
Currently being rapturously received by UK audiences on Red Hot Chili Peppers mammoth arena tour of the UK, the news further cements what looks to be an incredible start to 2017 for Babymetal, which also includes supporting Guns N’ Roses in Japan in January.
 

SU-METAL

“We’ve looked up to Metallica for so long and to be able to join them on their tour is a dream come true. It will be our first performance for 2017 so we are really looking forward to receiving a lot of good energy from them to kick off the new year!!”
 
YUIMETAL

“I am just so thrilled at the amazing recent news of being able to join such big bands like Red Hot Chili Peppers and Guns N’ Roses, and now Metallica!! I just can’t keep up! Metallica is such an important part of what Babymetal does. I feel that we were able to make it this far all thanks to Metallica-san! It’s still so unbelievable to be able to play with them and I’m incredibly happy! Very excited for 2017!”
 
MOAMETAL

“It is such an honour to be able to join the Metal Master Metallica on their tour! We’ve been blessed to be able to join many different artists up to this point and we are very excited to see what we can learn next from Metallica. I hope we are able to absorb as much as possible from our Metal Master! Looking forward to learning new and unimaginable things from them!!”
 
The announcement comes ahead of the release of their ‘Live At Wembley’ album, which is released this Friday 9th December via earMUSIC, and marks great piece of news in what has been a massively successful year for the band.
 
Summer saw them perform at the main stage of Download festival in June – but not before scooping a Kerrang! Award for Best Live Band, with July seeing the girls pair up with metal god and Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford at the Alternative Press Magazine Awards for a once in a lifetime live collaboration.
 
September brought another UK award for Best Live Act, this time courtesy of the Association Of Independent Music, just a couple of weeks before their biggest headline shows to date; Babymetal attracted 110,000 people over two nights at the huge Tokyo Dome in Japan.
 
Babymetal recently announced the release of a new ‘Live At Wembley’ album (December 9th via earMUSIC). With a carefully selected tracklisting, the CD captures the spectacular performance recorded at Babymetal’s first ever UK Arena show, 'Babymetal World Tour 2016 kicks off at The SSE Arena, Wembley’. The KKKK rated album was described by Kerrang! Magazine, who last week gave the band their first Kerrang! cover, “proof of what a devastating live force they are”
 
Preorders of “Live At Wembley” – released digitally on December 30th - are available on iTunes at the following link: http://smarturl.it/BMWembley_iTunes
 
Pre-order the album here: http://smarturl.it/BABYMETALWembley
 
Babymetal are currently on tour with Red Hot Chili Peppers. Catch them at the following shows:

Thursday 8 December        Glasgow The SSE Hydro
Saturday 10 December       Birmingham Genting Arena
Sunday 11 December         Birmingham Genting Arena
Wednesday 14 December    Manchester Arena
Thursday 15 December        Manchester Arena    
Sunday 18 December           London The O2
 
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Hailing from the state of Texas, the band will be touring Japan and Taiwan during January 2017.

01/03 - TOKYO @ Sunrise
01/04 - TOKYO @ 20,000V
01/05 - OSAKA @ Hokage
01/06 - OSAKA @ Namba Mele
01/07 - YASU @ Bari-Hari
01/08 - KYOTO @ Socrates
01/09 - TOKYO @ Heaven's Door
01/11 - TAIPEI, Taiwan @ Revolver
01/12 - KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan @ Kaohsiung Rocks
01/14 - TOKYO @ Antiknock

Defiled are now unleashing a first live video for a track taken from their latest crushing full-length 'Towards Inevitable Ruin'.

The clip "Conspiracy (Live in Mongolia 2015)" has been recorded at last year's edition of the Noise Metal Fest in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

"Conspiracy (Live in Mongolia 2015)" is exclusively streaming via the official media partners listed below.

Metal-Roos (AU)
Metal (DE)
Friedhof Magazine (ES)
Radio Metal (FR)
Andfari (IS)
Zware Metalen (NL)
Antichrist Magazine (UA)
Rock'n'Reel Reviews (UK)
 
Mastermind Yusuke Sumita comments on behalf of Defiled:

          "For most people in the West, metal in Asia probably remains much of a mystery. We want to show how far the love for heavy music reaches and were therefore glad to take the opportunity to record a song of our show at a great festival in Mongolia. Metal gets you further than you might think. We hope that you will enjoy this video and the enthusiasm of the crowd."

Defiled are furthermore announcing dates in Arabia and Iberia this October. More converts in Europe will be confirmed in the near future. Please see below for a list of all confirmed dates.

Ahead of their headlining shows at the Reading and Leeds Festivals, Kilimanjaro are proud to announce that Grammy® Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Red Hot Chili Peppers are to return in December for their first UK tour in five years.
 
The band will be touring in support of their 11th studio album, The Getaway, out now on Warner Bros. Records, which was #1 in ten countries across Europe and was produced by Danger Mouse and mixed by Nigel Godrich.
 
Red Hot Chili Peppers have spent the summer performing at a variety of music festivals around the world, including headlining Lollapalooza in Chicago, T In The Park in Scotland, Fuji Rock in Japan and this weekend headlined the Reading and Leeds festival.
 
Supporting the band across their UK tour will be Japanese sensation Babymetal. The J-pop teen metallers have taken the world by storm since their formation in 2010. Their latest album "Metal Resistance" peaked at number fifteen on the UK Albums Chart, the highest position reached by a Japanese band.
 
 
Tickets for the UK shows go on general sale 10am Friday 2 September from MYTICKET.CO.UK / SEETICKETS.COM
 
 
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS UK TOUR 2016
 
Monday 5 December                    London The O2
Tuesday 6 December                    London The O2
Thursday 8 December                  Glasgow The SSE Hydro
Saturday 10 December                Birmingham Genting Arena
Sunday 11 December                   Birmingham Genting Arena
Wednesday 14 December           Manchester Arena
Thursday 15 December                Manchester Arena


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Crossfaith have been announced as this year's Edinburgh Metal Party headliners, appearing on the bill above Hacktivist, Certain Death and Dead Lies.  

Home of Edinburgh's cult metal parties, EMP is part of The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 and was born out of a love for alternative / heavy music.  It takes place on August 29th, shortly after Crossfaith take to The Pit stage at this years Reading and Leeds festivals.

Vocalist Kenta Koie comments, “Edinburgh Metal Party will be amazing! It’s the best way to finish the weekend where we will play Reading & Leeds, and we can’t wait to bring something special to all our friends in Scotland. Let’s go!”

Crossfaith Live

26th August - Reading Festival
27th August - Leeds Festival
29th August - Edinburgh Metal Party 

One of the best things about being in 2014 is that when something happens which is truly unique, no matter where in the world it happens, everyone knows about it.
 
The latest musical phenomenon to go viral is Japan's Babymetal, and Team Sonisphere snapped them up to join this year's line up. Since uploading latest single "Gimme Chocolate!!" less than two months ago, anyone with even a passing interest in music will be aware of the teenage trio's blend of Icon Pop and Heavy Metal. Generating over 5 million views, seemingly out of nowhere, the music press was forced to stand up and take notice, with premier rock publications like Kerrang! and Metal Hammer featuring the band, alongside mainstream outlets such as The Guardian and USA Today.
 
Innovators will always divide opinion, and announcing that Babymetal's debut performance in the UK will be on a bill that also boasts Iron Maiden, Metallica, Alice In Chains and Mastodon will no doubt cause some anguished cries from the purists, but one thing is certain - anyone lucky enough to squeeze into the Bohemia tent on Sonisphere's Sunday will be rewarded with an all singing, all dancing show the likes of which the UK has never seen before.
 
“I am so honored that we are confirmed to play Sonisphere Festival UK.” Declares SU-METAL. “There are so many different types of artists playing this festival but I hope to deliver a one and only, unique style metal - Babymetal - even to those who will see us for the very first time. This will be our very first time in the UK, which makes us nervous yet excited just imagining what type of people will come and see us, what sort of show it will end up being, and whether the audience will enjoy our show.”
 
She continues, “We'll hopefully get to see Metallica-san's performance again after witnessing them at Summer Sonic festival in Japan which we are very excited about. Put your KITSUNE sing up!! See you!!”
 
Individual day and weekend tickets for Sonisphere 2014 are on sale now at www.sonisphere.co.uk.
Look out for another announcement with eleven more bands tomorrow at 5pm.
 
 
LINE UP SO FAR:
 
Friday
 
APOLLO STAGE:
 
THE PRODIGY
LIMP BIZKIT
BAND OF SKULLS
GARY NUMAN
ANTI-FLAG
THE DEFILED
 
BOHEMIA & OTHER STAGES:
 
ELECTRIC WIZARD
65DAYSOFSTATIC
DEVIL YOU KNOW
BAM  MARGERA'S FUCKFACE UNSTOPPABLE
YASHIN   
CARNIFEX
BRUTALITY WILL PREVAIL
HOUNDS  
LITTLE MATADOR
 
Saturday
 
APOLLO STAGE:

IRON MAIDEN
DEFTONES
FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS
ANTHRAX
GHOST
 
SATURN STAGE:

SLAYER
CARCASS
THE WINERY DOGS
CHAS & DAVE
ALESTORM
 
BOHEMIA & OTHER STAGES:

THE SISTERS OF MERCY
NEW MODEL ARMY
DOG EAT DOG PLAYING ALL BORO KINGS
SEBASTIAN BACH   
WILKO JOHNSON
THE VIRGINMARYS    
RECKLESS LOVE  
BLITZ KIDS   
STAMPIN GROUND   
VOODOO SIX   
THE HELL
 
Sunday
 
APOLLO STAGE:

METALLICA
ALICE IN CHAINS
MASTODON
AIRBOURNE
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT
GOJIRA
 
SATURN STAGE:

DREAM THEATER
DROPKICK MURPHYS
REEL BIG FISH
KARNIVOOL  
PROTEST THE HERO
 
BOHEMIA & OTHER STAGES:

THE BRONX
GALLOWS
BABYMETAL
CHIODOS  
KERBDOG
TRUCKFIGHTERS
SILVERSTEIN  
THE CADILLAC THREE
ONLY CRIME
ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE
ITCH  
KROKODIL
 
Across the weekend

BLACK SPIDERS, BROKEN HANDS, COLLIBUS, EMP!RE, FORT HOPE, GLAMOUR OF THE KILL THE HYPE THEORY, THE LOUNGE KITTENS, MAX RAPTOR, THE ONE HUNDRED, PALM READER, RAGING SPEEDHORN, TESSERACT, THE SAFETY FIRE
 
All Campsites open Thursday.