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So Su-Metal, what has the experience of touring Europe been like so far?

Su-Metal: “We’ve played in other Asian countries, but this is the first time for us to go to any Western countries. When I look at the audience the first thing I thought was ‘There are no Asian looking people here!’ so that was the first time I really felt like I was somewhere completely new. Also, with Japanese fans, many of them also like the whole Idol culture, but at Sonisphere it was just metal fans and that was the first time we’ve experienced that. It was amazing.”

You seem to have met a lot of famous metal musicians, and they all seem genuinely excited to meet you…

Su-Metal: “Before we started this I didn’t know anything about metal at all, so when I met Kirk from Metallica I just thought he was an ordinary guy and a very kind gentleman. When I saw them play live and I realised that he’s an incredible musician, I was so impressed. And because we've been doing this we’ve been learning about metal music and people have been sending us metal music to listen to, so meeting all these great artists is like a dream because it doesn’t feel like we deserve to be on the same stage as these amazing musicians.”