To plug their upcoming 2018 world tour, Babymetal have released the dark video for the new song “Distortion.”

"On April 1, known as 'Fox Day', a new prophecy was revealed,” the band said in a
statement. “The prophecy revealed that up until now we have only experienced the Light
Side and there exists an unknown Dark Side, a legend of seven metal spirits, The Chosen
Seven.”

In the video, the band’s metalcore/pop metal music soundtracks a dystopian set of
imagery, including a figure with fire shooting from her outstretched palms, a charging
character with antlers on his head, a fuzzy monstrous beast with eight arms, and auto
parts and other bits of metal spiraling through the air. As the clip progresses, the battle
rages through a war-torn city. The video ends with a fiery sun hanging above the skyline,
bathing everything red as a camera pans over the demolished metropolis.

The group will launch an international tour on May 8 in Kansas City, Missouri. They
will play eight U.S. dates – ending May 20 at Rock on the Range in Columbus, Ohio
before heading over to Europe. Check out the dates below.

Babymetal 2018 tour dates:

May 08 - Kansas City, Mo. @ Uptown Theater
May 10 – Austin, Texas @ ACL Live At The Moody Theater
May 11 – Dallas Texas @ House Of Blues
May 13 – Houston, Texas @ Revention Music Center
May 15 – Atlanta, Ga. @ Tabernacle
May 17 – Charlotte, N.C. @ The Fillmore
May 18 – Nashville, Tenn. @ Marathon Music Works
May 20 – Columbus, Ohio @ Rock On The Range
June 01 – Nurburg, Germany @ Rock Am Ring, Germany
June 02 – Nuremberg, Germany @ Rock Im Park
June 04 – Innsbruck, Austria @ Music Hall
June 05 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli Vredenburg
June 06/9 – Donington, U.K. @ Download

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