if not for their exposure in the U.S. and globally, there would not be an implosion of other idol propped metal groups. but i do have to say that the gimmicky type of metal isn't really my cup of tea. so after what 3 years passed by since the introduction of BABYMETAL, i stumbled acrossed LADYBABY/LADYBEARD from an imgur post, which led me to search for that group, who in fact turned out to be one of those gimmicky metal but a bit more metal with the growler. thus i went down the rabbit hole and discovered my new favorite band, BAND MAID, an actual rock band without the gimmicks, of course it also lead me to other types of Japanese heavy rock/metal groups i've gave a listening to for the past few days.