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Is There a Metal Boom Among Women in Japan?

We can always count on Japan to come up with something that makes the rest of the world wonder if the country is eating too much fugu. But then there are those moments when it appears that the Japanese are really onto something.

Behold Aldious, an all-girl metal band at an event called the Visual Japan Summit. They’re leading what some in the domestic media are calling the “girls metal band boom.” In other words, it’s not just BABYMETAL anymore.

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One thought on “Is There a Metal Boom Among Women in Japan?

  • That’s a lot of bull.
    Aldious and Cyntia has been around for donkey years with nary a ripple in the International Metal scene.
    All these talks of Girl-Metal “boom” only surfaced with the ascent of BABYMETAL in the West!
    Thereby, driving the “reverse-import” factor in Japan.
    Thereby driving the crazy number of BABYMETAL covers (just checkout YT).
    Thereby inspiring girls/women into Rock/Metal!
    Q.E.D.

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