On April 1, 2023, during Babymetal’s performance at Pia Arena MM in Kanagawa, Okazaki was officially announced as the new member of a “reborn Babymetal”, adopting the stage name Momometal.
On 1 April 2023, the band announced their contribution of a new song titled ‘Never Dawn’ to ‘Zombicide: White Death’, the latest board game Kickstarter project by game designer Nicolas Raoult and publisher CMON .
The band toured with Bush in April and May 2023.
The album was released on March 24, 2023.
The album released the following day through the record label Cooking Vinyl .
Babymetal released the focus single from their concept album The Other One , “Mirror Mirror”, on March 23 with a lyric video.
On March 15, the band announced their first tour since 2019, the Babymetal World Tour 2023, where they will play in Asia and Australia.
Nakamoto and Kikuchi performed a piano version of the song “Monochrome” for The First Take , which premiered on their YouTube channel on March 10, 2023.
However, in March 2023, DuVall stated there were “no plans” for new Alice in Chains music.
The album was released on February 24, 2023.