They released the song “Light And Darkness” on February 23 with an accompanying music video, which likewise consisted of footage from their concerts at Makuhari Messe. On the days prior to the release, they posted two teasers for the video to their YouTube channel.
Footage from the concerts was used for the music video for “Metal Kingdom”, which released on February 3, 2023.
Although 2021 marked the band’s 40th anniversary, the planned global anniversary tour was delayed due to travel complications arising from the COVID-19 pandemic ; instead, the band performed a livestream concert on July 16 of that year. The tour was delayed to 2022, with a North American leg beginning on…
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On January 28 and 29, 2023, Babymetal played at Makuhari Messe , marking their first live concert in nearly two years. They played a total of 13 songs, five of which were from their album The Other One .
On 24 January 2023, the band revealed that their rehearsal space had been broken into and that $100,000 worth of personal belongings and musical equipment had been stolen. They later launched a GoFundMe to replace said equipment.
The band released their twelfth studio album, Sky Void of Stars , on January 20, 2023
On January 19, 2023, Babymetal released the single “Metal Kingdom”, along with revealing the track list for The Other One .
On May 30 2023, the band shared a video on their YouTube channel entitled “Code Orange Slams modern music critics”. However, the video served as a bait-and-switch : It instead featured several minutes of a staged torture sequence before a new song played at the end. The day after the…
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Jones later revealed that they were asked to be the first band to open the venue in 2023, but band politics prevented it from happening, and U2 was the first band instead.
On February 10, 2023, the band released a b-side from the Exile recording sessions, “The Brink”, which had been an exclusive song to Demon Hunter’s fan club, The Blessed Resistance, in 2022.