Legend S: Baptism XX

Two shows occurring after the Big Fox Festival in Japan tour, titled Legend "S" Baptism XX,{{efn|{{Nihongo|Legend "S" Baptism XX|LEGEND - S - 洗礼の儀 -|LEGEND - S - Senrei no Gi -|"Legend - S - Ceremony of Baptism -"}}}} subtitled Metal Resistance Episode VI, were teased on October 14, 2017, and confirmed the following day, at the conclusion of the Big Fox Festival in Japan leg;{{Cite web |url=http://www.babymetal.com/news/detail.php?id=126 |title=Message from the three-eyed fox named PROPHET OF THE FOX GOD |date=2017-10-14 |website=BABYMETAL |access-date=2018-02-28}}
{{Cite web |url=http://www.babymetal.jp/news/detail.php?id=547 |title=LEGEND – S – 洗礼の儀 - 開催決定DEATH！！ |date=2017-10-15 |website=BABYMETAL |language=ja-JP |access-date=2018-02-28}} taking place on December 2 and 3, 2017, the shows commemorated the twentieth birthday of Suzuka Nakamoto, at her place of origin in Hiroshima, at the Hiroshima Green Arena.{{Cite web |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/252816 |title=【ライブレポート】BABYMETAL「巨大キツネ祭り」終幕、SU-METAL"聖誕の地"で「洗礼の儀」開催決定（写真9枚） - 音楽ナタリー |date=2017-10-15 |work=Natalie Music|publisher=Natasha Inc.|language=ja |access-date=2018-02-28}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/63966/2 |title=BABYMETAL、広島凱旋公演の映像作品『LEGEND - S - BAPTISM XX -』がリリース決定 | Daily News | Billboard JAPAN |date=2018-06-01 |website=Billboard JAPAN |language=ja-JP |access-date=2018-06-04}} When asked about the shows, Su-metal stated, "I went into this performance thinking about how proud I am to have been born and raised in Hiroshima, and I wanted to show that I have learned and gained so much from past precious experiences. During this performance, I also wanted to express what kind of adult I would like to become in future." Concerning the performance taking place in her birth city, she stated her desire to feel confident enough to have seen her growth as an artist, calling the goal of performing there "unbelievable", and being grateful for fans to be able to visit iconic places in Hiroshima as well.{{Cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Paul |date=2017-12-23 |title=Lives |url=https://www.magzter.com/GB/Seymour-Distribution-Ltd/Kerrang!/Music/258043 |magazine=Kerrang! |publisher=Seymour Distribution Ltd |issue=1702 |pages=66–69 |access-date=2018-07-29}}

Attendees to the show were required to wear a three-piece outfit, consisting of a mask, a cape, and a necklace.{{Cite web |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/259377 |title=【ライブレポート】BABYMETAL、新たな時代の幕開け飾ったSU-METAL凱旋公演2DAYS（写真10枚） - 音楽ナタリー |date=2017-12-03 |language=ja |access-date=2018-07-18|work=Natalie Music|publisher=Natasha Inc.}} A total of 14,000 were in the audience for both days, with five times as many who applied for tickets to the shows, and some without tickets reportedly listened in from outside the venue. On the first show date (which was opened exclusive to "The One" fanclub members), the band announced that Mizuno was sick and would not be performing at the shows (a postponement was considered initially).{{Cite web |url=https://www.altpress.com/features/entry/babymetal_su_metal_interview |title=BABYMETAL return home for a momentous occasion: SU-METAL's 'coming of age' - Features - Alternative Press |last=Narvaja |first=Norman |date=2017-12-20 |website=Alternative Press |language=en |access-date=2018-02-28}}{{Cite web |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/259293 |title=BABYMETALのSU-METAL聖誕祭、体調不良のためYUIMETAL欠席 - 音楽ナタリー |last=Inc. |first=Natasha |date=2017-12-02 |website=音楽ナタリー |language=ja |access-date=2018-06-01}}

The show would later be streamed on Wowow Prime on March 31, 2018.{{Cite web |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/269785 |title=BABYMETAL、SU-METAL凱旋公演の放送が決定 - 音楽ナタリー |last=Inc. |first=Natasha |date=2018-02-16 |website=音楽ナタリー |language=ja |access-date=2018-06-01}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/112299/001 |title=WOWOWオンライン |website=WOWOW |language=ja-JP |access-date=2018-03-04}} A trailer for the broadcast was posted on March 7, 2018.{{Cite web |url=http://www.babymetal.jp/news/detail.php?id=574 |title=BABYMETAL LEGEND - S - 洗礼の儀 -"FOX DAY"JAPAN PREMIERE開催DEATH！！ |date=2018-03-08 |website=BABYMETAL |language=ja-JP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309145026/http://www.babymetal.jp/news/detail.php?id=574 |archive-date=2018-03-09 |url-status=live |access-date=2018-03-12}}

The album was first announced on April 1, 2018, referred to as "Fox Day" (the same release day as Metal Resistance) by the band. The initial announcement was exclusively for "The One" members with box set release including video and audio of the performances.{{Cite web |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/276142 |title=BABYMETAL新章で「7つのメタルの魂の物語」描く（動画あり） - 音楽ナタリー |language=ja |access-date=2018-04-01 |work=Natalie Music|publisher=Natasha Inc.}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.asmart.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shopid=0&cat=100131260&pid=10016088&lang=Jp |title=「LEGEND - S - BAPTISM XX - 」 THE ONE LIMITED EDITION |website=A!SMART |language=ja |access-date=2018-04-02}} A trailer for the set was uploaded on April 22, 2018, which is also when the box set was made available for pre-order.{{Cite web |url=http://www.babymetal.com/news/ |title=LEGEND - S - BAPTISM XX - THE ONE LIMITED EDITION Is Now Available For Order！！ |date=2018-04-22 |website=BABYMETAL |language=ja-JP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423034348/http://www.babymetal.com/news/ |archive-date=2018-04-23 |url-status=live |access-date=2018-04-23}}

On June 1, 2018, a live clip of "No Rain, No Rainbow" was posted on the band's official YouTube channel, with the announcement of a DVD and Blu-ray release for general sale and purchase starting August 1, 2018, in Japan.{{Cite web |url=http://www.babymetal.com/en/news/ |title=BABYMETAL |date=2018-06-01 |website=BABYMETAL |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601033802/http://www.babymetal.com/en/news/ |archive-date=2018-06-01 |access-date=2018-06-01}}{{Cite web |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/284743 |title=BABYMETALのSU-METAL凱旋公演がパッケージ化、「NRNR」ライブ映像公開（動画あり） - 音楽ナタリー |last=Inc. |first=Natasha |date=2018-06-01 |website=音楽ナタリー |language=ja |access-date=2018-06-01}} On August 23, 2018, a digital version was announced for release on the following day.{{Cite magazine |last=Jamieson |first=Brii |date=2018-08-23 |title=BABYMETAL Are Releasing A Full Concert Video TOMORROW - News - Rock Sound Magazine |url=https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/babymetal-are-releasing-a-full-concert-video-tomorrow |magazine=Rock Sound Magazine |language=en-GB}}

On September 8, 2021, the album had a vinyl release in commemoration of the band's tenth anniversary.{{Cite web |title=BABYMETAL BEST ALBUM「10 BABYMETAL YEARS」SPECIAL WEBSITE |url=https://www.toysfactory.co.jp/artist/babymetal/10babymetallivevinyl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825171200/https://www.toysfactory.co.jp/artist/babymetal/10babymetallivevinyl/ |archive-date=2021-08-25 |access-date=2021-10-02 |website=BABYMETAL BEST ALBUM「10 BABYMETAL YEARS」SPECIAL WEBSITE |language=ja}}
{{Cite web |title=BABYMETAL、全ライヴ映像作品のライヴ・アルバム・アナログ・シリーズ"10 BABYMETAL LEGENDS LIVE VINYL SERIES"サブスク配信決定！ |url=https://gekirock.com/news/2021/08/babymetal_10_babymetal_legends_streaming.php |access-date=2021-10-02 |website=激ロックニュース |language=ja}}

The show begins with an introductory video with narration explaining that the people of Earth are in despair, but a new goddess would restore hope in the year 20XX. The concert begins as Su-metal steps onto a pedestal with six fox heads, which is moved toward the center stage, at which point the band performs "In the Name Of". Afterwards, Moametal joins her on the stage as they play through various songs, including "Ijime, Dame, Zettai", "Gimme Chocolate!!", and "Doki Doki ☆ Morning". During "Akatsuki", Su-metal is shown fighting a shadow resembling her. When Su-metal is performing "No Rain, No Rainbow", there is a live piano, with string and band accompaniment (Although most likely performers playing to a backing track). "Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!" has its lyrics modified to reflect Su-metal's twentieth birthday commemoration. Su-metal is then "ritually sacrificed" during the performance of "Babymetal Death", only to be reincarnated into a goddess. The band concludes the show by performing the English version of "The One". To close off the show, the members appear to vanish through a magical gate, dressed in gold costumes. This was also the first concert without a Kami Band solo intro who were put in black robes in front of a black backgrounds, as if to make them not as noticeable. This may have been done to keep the attention on the girls since they are the focus of the show. Legend S was also guitarist Mikio Fujioka's last performance with Babymetal, who died on January 5, 2018, as a result of injuries sustained from a fall off of an observation tower days before.{{Cite web |last=Newstead |first=Al |date=2018-01-10 |title=R.I.P. Mikio Fujioka, BABYMETAL guitarist dies age 36 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/r.i.p.-mikio-fujioka,-babymetal-guitarist-dies-age-36/9316822 |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=triple j |language=en}} His last live performance was on December 26 at a Birthday concert for Takayoshi Ohmura with fellow Kami band members Boh and Hideki along with the band Gacharic Spin.{{Citation |title=藤岡 幹大 ラストステージ 〜Gacharic Spin 主催「ハピバ！Ohmura」より〜 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgTh6wZjtGE |language=en |access-date=2022-06-06}}

Paul Travers of Kerrang! positively reviewed the performance. Rating the shows five out of five "K"s, he called the intro song "In the Name Of" "an intro that leaves any band you can name in the dust". He further commented that although the girls were the "focal point" of the show, it would fail without the accompanying Kami Band's "turbo-charged engine". The audience participation was also praised, from their silence between songs to their jumps and shouts in the middle of certain songs. He highlighted "No Rain, No Rainbow" for having a "Slash-worthy solo", but called the performances of "Babymetal Death" and "The One" "the best […] saved until the last", and concluded that the shows "surpass anything even the wildest imagination could have thought up".

Legend S: Baptism XX charted at number four on the Oricon DVD chart for the week August 13, 2018, with first-week sales of 3,594 copies, and peaked at number one on the Oricon Blu-ray chart the same week, with first-week sales of 19,604 copies; the latter performance marked the band's fourth number one Blu-ray release, breaking the tie for the girl group with the fourth-most number-one albums on the chart, surpassing AKB48 and Nana Mizuki (three each), and behind Perfume (six), Namie Amuro (five), and Nogizaka46 (five). The release also peaked at number two and one on the DVD and Blu-ray music video charts, respectively, becoming the band's fifth release to do so for the latter.{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2117185/full/|title=【オリコン】BABYMETAL、通算4作目のBlu-ray Disc首位|accessdate=2018-08-08|work=ORICON NEWS|agency=Oricon|date=2018-08-09|language=Japanese}}

{{Track listing

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| total_length = 106:12

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| title1 = In the Name Of

| writer1 = Kitsune of Metal God

| length1 = 12:09

| title2 = Ijime, Dame, Zettai

| note2 = {{nihongo2|イジメ、ダメ、ゼッタイ}}

| writer2 = {{hlist|Nakametal|Tsubometal|Kxbxmetal|Takemetal}}

| length2 = 5:34

| title3 = Gimme Chocolate!!

| note3 = {{nihongo2|ギミチョコ！！}}

| writer3 = {{hlist|Mk-metal|Kxbxmetal|Takeshi Ueda}}

| length3 = 3:56

| title4 = Doki Doki ☆ Morning

| note4 = {{nihongo2|ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング}}

| writer4 = {{hlist|Nakametal|Norizō|Motonari Murakawa}}

| length4 = 3:56

| title5 = Akatsuki

| note5 = {{nihongo2|紅月 -アカツキ-}}

| writer5 = {{hlist|Nakametal|Tsubometal}}

| length5 = 6:55

| title6 = GJ!

| writer6 = {{hlist|Nakata Caos|Yuyoyuppe}}

| length6 = 3:25

| title7 = Syncopation

| note7 = {{nihongo2|シンコペーション}}

| writer7 = {{hlist|Norimetal|Kxbxmetal}}

| length7 = 4:38

| title8 = Meta Taro

| note8 = {{nihongo2|META! メタ太郎}}

| writer8 = {{hlist|Kxbxmetal|Ryu-metal}}

| length8 = 5:24

| title9 = No Rain, No Rainbow

| writer9 = {{hlist|Yoshifu-metal|Mk-metal|Nakametal}}

| length9 = 6:55

| title10 = Song 4

| note10 = {{nihongo2|4の歌}}

| writer10 = Black Babymetal

| length10 = 4:31

| title11 = Megitsune

| note11 = {{nihongo2|メギツネ}}

| writer11 = {{hlist|Mk-metal|Norimetal}}

| length11 = 6:21

| title12 = Karate

| writer12 = Yuyoyuppe

| length12 = 4:34

| title13 = Road of Resistance

| writer13 = {{hlist|Kitsune of Metal God|Mk-metal|Kxbxmetal|Mish-Mosh|Norimetal|Kyt-metal}}

| length13 = 7:06

| title14 = Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!

| note14 = {{nihongo2|ヘドバンギャー！！}}

| writer14 = {{hlist|Edometal|Nakametal|Narasaki}}

| length14 = 5:06

| title15 = Babymetal Death

| writer15 = Kitsune of Metal God

| length15 = 8:02

| title16 = The One

| note16 = English ver.

| writer16 = {{hlist|Kitsune of Metal God|Kxbxmetal|Mish-Mosh}}

| length16 = 17:40

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Notes

• "The One" is partially performed with the "Unfinished ver." instrumental.
• "The One" limited edition includes a 2-CD audio release, splitting the performance between tracks 8 and 9.

Credits adapted from Legend S: Baptism XX booklet.{{cite AV media notes |title=Legend S: Baptism XX -The One Limited Edition- |others=Babymetal |year=2018 |type=Box set liner notes |publisher=BMD Fox Records}}

• Suzuka Nakamoto (Su-metal) – lead vocals
• Moa Kikuchi (Moametal) – lead and background vocals
• Tue Madsen – mixing
• Tucky (Parasight Mastering) – mastering
• Riki Tanaka – director
• Mikio Fujioka - Guitar (Last concert with Babymetal before his death)
• BOH - Bass
• Hideki Aoyama - Drums
• Takayoshi Ohmura - Guitar

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