The Other One

by Babymetal

Overview

Babymetal venture into "The Metalverse" on their fourth long-player, a self-styled "restoration project" that aims to reveal multiple iterations of the band within parallel worlds. Outside of an aesthetic that hews closer to the darker end of the J-pop metal spectrum, The Other One seems to have been crafted in a world very much like our own. At its core, it's a beefy, slick, ornate, and occasionally crushingly dark set of songs that pair the high-drama goth rock of Within Temptation with the winking, finger-heart death metal of Aggretsuko. "Metal Kingdom" leans hard into the former persuasion, administering operatic levels of symphonic pageantry over Su-Metal and Moametal's anthemic declarations of unity. "Divine Attack" follows a similar trajectory, delivering crushing djent-styled breakdowns and soaring melodies amidst a vast minor-key skyline. Apart from the syrupy delights of "Believing" and "METALIZM" (the latter wouldn't have sounded out of place on Rosalia's Motomami), The Other One mostly steers clear of the bracing, confectionery kawaii pop of its predecessors. Instead, Babymetal mastermind Kobametal has constructed a sonic foundation built on pained alt-metal and Poppy-esque nu-metal tropes that disinterestedly flirts with the group's more recalcitrant past. The Other One feels like it was pulled through a wormhole from a universe where a committee writes Babymetal's metallic pop emissions, intent on flowing with the current instead of against it. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	03/24/2023
Label:	Cooking Vinyl
UPC:	0711297537529

Tracks

1. Metal Kingdom
2. Divine Attack - Shingeki -
3. Mirror Mirror
4. Maya
5. Time Wave
6. Believing
7. Metalizm
8. Monochrome
9. Light and Darkness
10. The Legend

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Babymetal   Primary Artist
Su-Metal   Vocals

Technical Credits

Moametal   Group Member,Dancer,Screams
Ted Jenen   Mastering
Su-Metal   Dancer,Composer,Group Member
Tatsuometal   Composer,Arranger
Peri-Metal   Composer
Megmetal   Composer,Arranger
Mayametal   Composer
Hayametal   Composer,Arranger
Kanametal   Composer
Yuppemetal   Composer
The Other Metal   Composer
Kitsune of Metal God   Composer
Ryu-Metal   Composer
TMetal   Composer
Kobametal   Producer
MK-Metal   Composer