Last night I was at the Paramount Theater in Seattle to see BabyMetal, a band from Japan that backs cute J-Pop with aggressive thrash metal. It was awesome and fun and I smiled and clapped throughout the show. The three girls were well-choreographed, Su-Metal is a wonderful lead singer and backing singer/dancer Moametal is just adorable with her curly pigtails. The third girl is new because Yuimetal left the band a year ago, though they're all still friends. It was a very fun time and I would even recommend this show if you're not very into metal music, they also have good Pop sensibilities and can please fans of either or both genres at the same time.
Tonight's releases I'm looking forward to the most are:
Alter Bridge-Walk the Sky: An album with its first single released sometime around May/June and the second album featuring singer Myles Kennedy. He's a great singer and the music here has sounded good thus far, featuring hard rock guitars and some really great singing. The single "Pay No Mind" stands out in particular for its melody right now as I look back.
Rob Halford-Celestial: This is an album I want to own, not just on Spotify. Rob Halford is the voice behind Judas Priest and this is his second Christmas album. His first featured heavy metal renditions of classic hymns "We Three Kings," "O Come, O Come Emmanuel," and "O Holy Night." This one features "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," "Away in a Manger," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Joy to the World." I heard Rob Halford say God was important in his battle with drug abuse and the passion he puts into this makes me believe it, as do the lyrics of last year's great Judas Priest song "Rising From Ruins," which has often been what I need in the hard times. I am really looking forward to this album.
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