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Sick New World descended upon Las Vegas this past weekend, and unsurprisingly, the heavy metal festival was gushing with moments that left attendees ravaged and thrilled. We rounded up some of our favorite women-led bands who left ruinous but unforgettable sets in their wake — leaving fans abuzz online and frantically eager for more. 1. BABYMETAL https://youtu.be/OoJC37zLNdM Suzuka Nakamoto (“Su-metal”), Moa Kikuchi (“Moametal”), and Momoko Okazaki (“Momometal”) unleashed their unique style of kawaii metal for a massive crowd on Saturday afternoon. As Las Vegas cooked under the sun, BABYMETAL‘s reflective outfits glinted and glowed like little conflagrations of their own, their magnetic choreography and explosive stage presence giving fans plenty of reasons to sweat apart from the weather. 2. Poppy An incendiary melder of dance-pop and metal, Poppy was one of the special guest high notes of Sick New World — taking the stage not once but twice over the weekend. Bad Omens was the first t

Sick New World descended upon Las Vegas this past weekend, and unsurprisingly, the heavy metal festival was gushing with moments that left attendees ravaged and thrilled. We rounded up some of our favorite women-led bands who left ruinous but unforgettable sets in their wake — leaving fans abuzz online and frantically eager for more. 1. BABYMETAL https://youtu.be/OoJC37zLNdM Suzuka Nakamoto (“Su-metal”), Moa Kikuchi (“Moametal”), and Momoko Okazaki (“Momometal”) unleashed their unique style of kawaii metal for a massive crowd on Saturday afternoon. As Las Vegas cooked under the sun, BABYMETAL‘s reflective outfits glinted and glowed like little conflagrations of their own, their magnetic choreography and explosive stage presence giving fans plenty of reasons to sweat apart from the weather. 2. Poppy An incendiary melder of dance-pop and metal, Poppy was one of the special guest high notes of Sick New World — taking the stage not once but twice over the weekend. Bad Omens was the first t