In the sinister basement laboratory where they concoct new musical genres, they really hit the motherlode this year when they came up with “Cute Metal ... re into heavy metal sung by children ...

Babymetal is dark, heavy, and … undeniably cute? Those descriptors don’t seem ... accompanied by the soft voices of original bandmates Suzuka “Su-metal” Nakamoto, 21, and Moa “Moametal ...

But Japanese band Babymetal's invention of what they call "cute metal" is starting to cause a stir in the heavy metal world. Suzuka Nakamoto, 16, and 15-year-olds Moa Kikuchi and Yui Mizuno ...

Japanese "cute metal" group Babymetal say they have invented their own genre of music, appearing on line-ups with Metallica and, soon, Lady Gaga. Newsbeat talks to them about what it's like to ...

When you think of a long-haired, bearded, pro-wrestling heavy ... cute) girls – 17-year-old Rie Kaneko and 14-year-old Rei Kuromiya – and combine saccharine pop with his heavy metal ...

Japanese "cute metal" group Babymetal say they have invented their own genre of music, appearing on line-ups with Metallica and, soon, Lady Gaga. Newsbeat talks to them about what it's like to ...