BABYMETAL and Slaughter to Prevail – two bands that couldn’t be more different on the surface – have collided in a way that redefines what collaboration in heavy music can be. On Song 3, the kawaii-metal trailblazers team up with Russia’s most fearsome deathcore export to deliver a track that feels part war cry, part playground chant, and entirely revolutionary.

Appearing on BABYMETAL’s new album METAL FORTH out August 8th 2025, “Song 3” pushes their ethos of controlled chaos further into uncharted territory. The track features Alex Terrible of Slaughter to Prevail, whose gutturals are as iconic as his golden mask, a jarring but perfectly engineered juxtaposition to the pastel-toned aggression of SU-METAL, MOAMETAL, and newcomer MOMOMETAL. The result is a bilingual, bicultural, and damn near bipolar barrage of rhythm and ritual.

Full Signal in a Fractured Age

BABYMETAL has never played by genre rules. Since their formation in 2010 under the Japanese idol group umbrella Sakura Gakuin, they’ve walked the tightrope between novelty and artistry. Critics once dismissed them as a gimmick. That sentiment died the moment they stepped onto stages with the likes of Metallica, Rob Zombie, and Sabaton, or packed out arenas across Europe, America, and Asia.

Their concept albums often build mythology. 2016’s Metal Resistance charted a celestial journey, while THE OTHER ONE reflects a fractured mirror of past selves. “Song 3,” however, swerves away from metaphysics and into something immediate and physical. It’s not just another concept, it’s confrontation.

From the very first “thu-thunder,” MOMOMETAL sets a kinetic tone that refuses to sit still. What follows is a militant repetition of “1, 2, 3 – thunder,” creating an auditory hypnosis. The chant isn’t filler. It’s a ritual. Rhythm becomes language. Language becomes identity. The repetition mirrors the Japanese onomatopoeic tradition: sound as feeling, while also nodding to the three-member group’s evolution.

Enter Alex Terrible. His appearance isn’t random shock value, it’s symbolic. Slaughter to Prevail has become the voice of the Russian metal scene. For BABYMETAL, whose presentation has always skewed toward harmony and inclusion, it’s a powerful alignment. His verses in Russian echo fire and nationalism, but not in the way you’d expect; they raise “all the flags,” an anti-isolationist, boundary-smashing ethos.

The inclusion of references to Mt. Fuji, family structures, and middle school life amid all this thunder only makes it more poignant. This is the micro and the macro: the personal and the planetary. “Song 3” plays like a battle cry for a hyperconnected generation raised on TikTok and trauma, bouncing between joy and violence, unity and chaos.

Babymetal x Slaughter To Prevail Song 3 Lyrics (English) In Full

Three Voices, One Thunderclap

In many ways, “Song 3” is BABYMETAL at their most distilled, not just because of its repetition, but because of its refusal to explain itself. It’s a song that feels more like a coded transmission than a traditional single. And maybe that’s the point.

For a band that’s built its entire career on the unexpected, metal fused with idol culture, stadium tours, partnerships with DragonForce and now deathcore’s most prolific frontman, this track isn’t a detour. It’s destiny.

The real brilliance of “Song 3” lies in its universality. In a world splintering along lines of language, genre, generation, and nation, BABYMETAL shouts “three” and everyone answers. Three isn’t just a number. It’s a rhythm. It’s a resistance. It’s thunder.

METAL FORTH Full Album Track Listing | Pre-Order

1. from me to u (feat. Poppy)
2. RATATATA (BABYMETAL x Electric Callboy)
3. Song 3 (BABYMETAL x Slaughter to Prevail)
4. Kon! Kon! (feat. Bloodywood)
5. KxAxWxAxIxI
6. Sunset Kiss (feat. Polyphia)
7. My Queen (feat. Spiritbox)
8. Algorism
9. METALI!! (feat. Tom Morello)
10. White Flame ー白炎ー

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