Japanese nu-metal hardcore hybrid Maximum The Hormone are no stranger to odd antics. This ranges from including weird, out of genre elements in their own music to performing at a school for a Japanese television show. However, as shown in a recent video on YouTube, members of the band were jamming in an empty room. The only difference here is that performing drums is a giant apple monster.

You are reading this correctly. The character behind the drums’s name is Nyango Star, and he is a Japanese cat apple hybrid mascot, or “yuru-chara” as they are known in Japan, that is known for drumming along to metal acts like Slipknot and BABYMETAL. In this video, which the title roughly translates to “Playing with the members of Maximum the Hormone (Gachinkoza Hormone Second Shop Audition,)” Nygano Star is jamming out on an electronic drum kit to “Shimi” with guitarist Ryo Kawaita and bassist Futoshi Uehara. Other than being adorable and hilarious, Nyango Star is absolutely killing it.

Watch Nyango Star go full sour apple below: