[BABYMETAL] BABYMETAL (Album)

Artist : BABYMETAL
Release Date : February 26, 2014

Cover of BABYMETAL Regular Edition

1st album by BABYMETAL and has same name with the group : BABYMETAL. The album was first released on February 26, 2014 under Toy's Factory in Japan, in several editions, regular and limited. The limited edition comes with a bonus DVD containing video clips and live footage from Summer Sonic Festival 2013. It reached the 4th place on Oricon Weekly Charts and sold 37,463 copies during the first week.

This album released in three version, regular CD edition, limited edition with CD and DVD, also a special limited edition for members of the group's special Apocalypse Web site. CD regular edition has 13 songs that several of them are avaliable in their Official Youtube account, like : Do・Ki・Do・Ki☆MORNING, Megitsune, Gimme Choko!!, Ii ne!, Headbanger!!, and the famous Ijime, Dame, Zettai.

The limited edition, originally released in Japan, has an identical track listing on the CD to that of the regular edition; however, it also includes a DVD containing the group's music videos with commentary by the three members, a live music video of Gimme Chocolate!!, and footage of the group's performance at Summer Sonic 2013. The Apocalypse limited edition of the album is solely a CD release; its track listing is revised to have alternate versions of Akatsuki and Song 4; the former was performed live at Legend "1997" Su-metal Holy Birthday.

In mid-2015, the album was re-released worldwide under different record labels with two bonus tracks: the new song Road of Resistance and a live performance of Gimme Chocolate!!. The limited edition of the album also had its first international release in Europe, containing a DVD with the group's music videos, but without the commentary of the Japanese edition. A live music clip of the song Road of Resistance from the live concert at the Saitama Super Arena was released May 2015.