FIRST TIME Hearing NEMOPHILA: "ADABANA" REACTION!!
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NEMOPHILA: ADABANA
Original Video: • NEMOPHILA / 徒花 -ADABAN...
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In mid/late ‘19 vocalist, Mayu (former vocalist for the group called Lipstick), wanted to get a band together for a one off performance. She contacted the bassist, Haraguchi-san (former Holderlins member), a school friend. They, then reach out cold call style through social media and e-mail to well known drummer Murata Tamu (a respected session musician and former member of Soramimi). She agrees to hop on board. Now, they need guitarists. Tamu contacts Saki (Mary’s Blood and Amahiru guitarist; briefly a former Destrose member) with whom she has worked with through projects like the WGGC at Naon no Yaon. She agrees. Finally, Saki reaches out to guitarist Hazuki (former Disqualia member and Lisa-X band member) and she climbs on the wagon. They do their one off show (by the name of Mayu session band) but really like the vibe they have together and decide to make it permanent. Mayu first thinks of calling the band Sorai but finds the translation difficult and looks for a name of a flower. Five petals, five members, you get the idea. They go with Nemophila, a genus of flowers native to North America commonly know as baby blue eyes. And here we are. This is a real quick and dirty history. You can do more research on your own if you’re really interested but I think it’ll do for your purposes. Do Revive next…
ADABANA is my new favorite among their heavy tracks. NEMOPHILA brings the fire every time 🌸✨🌠
OIRAN and Revive next! Yes Japanese super group but not commercially put together.
Mayu (the singer) was formerly in a band called Lipstick. She recruited a former classmate Haraguchi-san, who previously had played bass and sang in a band called HöLDERLINS . Next to join was Saki (guitar), who previously played with Mary's Blood (her time with Nemophila started before Mary's Blood announced they were going on hiatus.) Saki introduced them to Hazuki (guitar) who had played with Disqualia (and plays with the Lisa-X band.)
Missed the whole contacting Tamu via social media part, that would get them to Saki.
Beyond the stage, these ladies are also the cutest, humblest rock stars you've ever seen (with the possible exception of Band Maid members).
After a concert, during an interview, Haragushi-San (the bass player) shed real tears of gratitude for the public who supported them, and Mayu (the singer) also started crying with her, thanking everyone too.
Very moving to see these world-class musicians thanking the audience, as if they had doubted their ability to set the stage on fire. I love them for that, beyond their music which is great, of course.
During C19, they did a lot of covers due to restrictions and to keep practicing. You should check out the list, pick a song you like, and listen to what they did with it. ;-)
All Japan female bands are humble like that. Just search footage from the Aldious concerts in the USA. They are really nice atending the fans after the concert.
@@raistlin906 Nice to know. Even more respect for all these Ladies that are so talented.
The “woh oh oh” is the audience participation part where you will be singing along when you attend their concert.
Check out SAKI riffing and shredding in the song MARIONETTE with her other band MARY’S BLOOD.
This Mary’s Blood was more thrashy when they went heavy. Saki really shreds in Mary’s, holds back a little in Nemophilia.
"ADABANA" is a flower that scatters without bearing fruit even if it blooms. In addition, "NEMOPHILA" is of course a flower that bears fruit, but it is a beautiful flower with 5 leaves of bluish purple and white. Japan has had many all-female bands since the 80's, but rock/metal is not mainstream now. So they choose to use J-pop accents and reinterpretations of rock and metal. They can do anything too.
Vocals: Mayu
Bass: Haraguchi-san
Drums: Tamu Murata
Guitar (left): Hazuki
Guitar (right): Saki
All five were in previous bands in Japan - Tamu and Saki have been prominent musicians for a while - but it was Mayu who brought the five of them together in 2019, initially as a session band to back her in a couple of gigs. The five of them clicked, and they took it from there. Oiran (check out the live version) and Revive are other thrash-style songs you'd like - but variety is the spice of life: check out Life, Hypnosis or Style to see their range.
Figured you'd like this. LOL They are my favorite of the Japanese bands.
Mayu is the lead singer. The newest song ,Style, has some rap from her, in addition to singing. While I'm not a big rap fan, she does it well.
Being an Iron Maiden fan, you'll probably be interested in their covers of The Trooper and Aces High.
They're a supergroup assembled by chance. When Mayu (lead vocals/the youngest one) left her band Lipstick, she decided to call on some musicians to keep on playing live as a jam band. She knew Haraguchi-san (bass) from school, so she naturally turned to her.
They talked about their project to Tamu Murata (drums), a much-demanded session player, who agreed and suggest Saki for guitar. Saki is a legend on the japanese music scene, having been part of two seminal bands, Destrose and Mary's Blood - she's often mentioned as the best shredder. Saki agreed, but requested sweet Hazuki as second guitarist (ex Disqualia and still in the Li-SA-X band). The first concert and rehearsal went so well that they decided to turn the jam band into a real one. But it's 2019 and covid changed everything.
They decided to release one cover a week on YT to solidify the band and popularize their name. Besides that, they wrote original songs and released several EPs, and then a first album "REVIVE". Since the end of 2021, they are finally doing live shows, and even one at the Whisky A Gogo recently. They will play at the AFTERSHOCK festival. Of course (because they're japanese, so that's the rule): they're amazing live.
Next has to be "Revive" if you love thrash 😊.
stopping is okay, your 2 cents are very helpful picking up those small details regarding technique and dynamics.
Oh, forgot to mention as well.. that Hazuki is a signed artist with Ibanez, she plays a 7 string model.
Saki I believe was just recently endorsed by Killer Guitars, a Japanese boutique maker.
Oiran live at Naon Yaon should be on your Nemo list. Adabana is Tamu's ( the drummer) chance to shine. The whole song is incredible.
As for the poppy elements...I really dig them.
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i second this suggestion. It's one of my favorite Nemophila videos.
I am going to cut and paste part of my comment from your Dissension video
Nemophila formed in the summer of 2019. A young vocalist named Mayu was seeking to put together some musicians so she could really figure out the types of songs she can sing. She had a friend named Haraguchisan who played bass but she needed a drummer and guitarist. Both of them had been in short-lived minor bands that had recently ended. Mayu decided to approach a well respected guitarist for help. That guitarist was Saki who at the time was the founder of a well known all female band called Mary's Blood. Unknown to Mayu, Mary's Blood was on its last legs so Saki had the time and desire to do something new for awhile. Mayu suddenly had one of the best guitarists in Japan. Even better Saki brought in Tamu Murata, a great session drummer, and Hazuki, a guitarist who had been in a short-lived but well-known all female band called Disqualia. Nemophila has been called a supergroup because of these three, especially Saki. The five clicked so well that they decided to turn themselves into a permanent band. Mayu went from just looking for musicians for a temporary project to being part of a band with some of the most talented musicians in Japan. As for Mary's Blood, their most recent album was not a hit and the band, after a few farewell performances, formally ended in April. Saki can now fully concentrate on Nemophila. With Saki piloting the ship, Nemophila will continue to do very, very well.
As a side note, Mary's Blood was formed by former members of a band called Destrose, including Saki. If a history of Japanese female metal is ever written (and it should), there will be a chapter on Destrose. Destrose never accomplished much as a band because they more turnover in members than any band I can think of. It is these former members that make Destrose important. I won't go through all the bands these former members either created or joined, but I will mention two former members besides Saki. One of the members of Destrose was their bassist who joined in 2011 and stayed with them until the end in 2015. After Destrose ended, the bassist decided to form a band based on the old metal that she loved. The bassist was Miho and she formed a band that became known as Lovebites. The first person she recruited was an ex-Destrose drummer named Haruna.
The next Nemophila performance should be from a live show. I strongly recommend the song Oiran, which was their first original song.
Oiran (live) - th-cam.com/video/19VQ9tkWksQ/w-d-xo.html
Both bands that Mayu and Haraguchi were in, are still bands today.
@@radioraffa You are right. I should have dug deeper. The first website I found gave the years of Lipstick as 2017-2019. Were those the years Sindy/Mayu was in the band? The same website gave the years for Holderlins as 2016 - ?. I wrongly assumed that they had stopped without a formal announcement. Did Haraguchi join Holderlins in 2016? I finally found a website that gave correct information on both bands. Unfortunately, it looks like Holderlins will be formally ending in November. Thank you for correcting me so I could do some better research. Do you know why Mayu left Lipstick and Haraguchi left Holderlins?
@@danw6048I checked more into it. Lipstick is technically around with Just the guitarist and bassist listed as members (twitter nothing since 2021). I came across a video that I think was Mayu's last performance with them from March 2019 for guitarist Sally's birthday. I checked more into it. Lipstick is technically around with Just the guitarist and bassist listed as members. I came across a video that I think was Mayu's last performance with them from March 2019 for guitarist Sally's birthday th-cam.com/video/mpvXqu2aJnE/w-d-xo.html Also at that show was singer Nico. She sings with Mayu in this song. Guess kind of a passing of the torch. 2 months Nico is fronting the band and wearing all of Mayu's outfit along with a obvious hair piece to make her hair long. It was said that Mayu Graduated and left Lipstick because of throat problems. But only a few months later she was doing a solo show with back up band that would later be known as Nemophila. Also Nico did not stay long with Lipstick either. As for Holderens, they seemed like at one time an all female group. But as members left, they added a few males.They seemed to remained underground. Since following Japanese bands. I see they are more professional and nice when members leave. Usually citing "Health Problems" as a reason. But then you see those same members move on to new projects soon after (Maybe magically cured lol). It's kinda like the reason of "creative differences" in the west. Also at that show was singer Nico. She sings with Mayu in this song. Guess kind of a passing of the torch. 2 months Nico is fronting the band and wearing all of Mayu's outfit along with a obvious hair piece to make her hair long. It was said that Mayu Graduated and left Lipstick because of throat problems. But only a few months later she was doing a solo show with back up band that would later be known as Nemophila. Also Nico did not stay long with Lipstick either. As for Holderens, they seemed like at one time an all female group. But as members left, they added a few males.They seemed to remained underground. Since following Japanese bands. I see they are more professional and nice when members leave. Usually citing "Health Problems" as a reason. But then you see those same members move on to new projects soon after (Maybe magically cured lol). It's kinda like the reason of "creative differences" in the west.
@@radioraffa I also tried to learn more about Lipstick. It looks like the band formed in 2012 and the female vocalist left in 2017 while the male drummer left in 2018. It doesn't look like either of them joined another band. I assume Mayu joined when the original vocalist left. They have had only support drummers since 2018. When Mayu left, they have only had support vocalists. One of them is named Maiko and she was in a band called My Complex of Academy when she was guest singing for Lipstick. She is now in an interesting looking folk metal band called Jade Forest Company so I doubt she is doing anything with Lipstick anymore. From the video it looks like Lipstick was nothing more than a decent party rock band. They did get to go to a festival in London for Japanese metal groups after Mayu had left. Interestingly, one of the headline groups was Mary's Blood so Saki was also in London with Lipstick. They released a live album in 2020 that probably didn't do very well. Since then there has been nothing. My guess is that Mayu realized that Lipstick was never going to be much of a band and that they were not going to play the type of metal she wanted to sing. As you say, creative differences.
Every Nemophila song is different, look at Hypnosis, Revive, Oiran, Rollin' Rollin', and Style.
Also check out Hanabie (Ha-Na-Bee-Eh) a Harajuku core metal band, start with 'We Like Sweets".
Nemophila is organic, not a created band. Mayu (singer, ex-Lipstick) wanted to get a band together so she could promote herself and get noticed more (by playing covers). Mayu got ahold of her friend Haraguchi-san (Bassist, ex-Holderns), who, if I remember correctly, already knew Murata Tamu (Drummer, one of the most sought after session drummers in Japan) and asked if she'd like to help. Murata Tamu knew Saki (Guitar, ex-Mary's Blood, generally stands to the right of Mayu from the audience perspective) who knew Hazuki (Guitar, Lisa-X Band, generally stands to the left of Mayu from the audience perspective). They did some covers, uploaded them to TH-cam, then wrote their own original work, uploaded that to TH-cam, decided that they got along and worked well together, so here they are. Side note, the other band members nicknamed Haraguchi-san and Murata Tamu "Laughing Thunder" because they are always laughing and smiling while on stage.
I think my favorite song is, " Hozuki " it's a masterpiece of goodness !! ❤️🎙🎸🥁😎👌
You definitely should check the band called Asterism, they are 3 piece instrumental metal monsters. My personal suggestions are "Dawn" and "155"
Yeah Nemophila, Band Maid and Unlucky Morpheus became my staples in any playlist i put on now ^^ BM caught me first from there to UM and then i heard Oiran from Nemophila....listened to all of their songa( regardless which band i just love em) and cannot get enough ^^
I'm just gonna sneak in here and recommend the band Hanabie (ha-na-bee-eh). They play a style of music you might not have heard before, Harajukucore. It's a blend of metal, pop, punk, rap; you name it, it's in there. And the growls. . . from little 4' 10'' Yukina are crazy. Check out 'Envy', 'We Love Sweets', or their newest song 'NEET GAME'.
Ok, so, I'm at the end of the reaction, and that was a lot "poppy" talk. Maybe you'll like Hanabie, maybe you won't. Give them a try. 😁
I like Hanabie, but I didn't know that music style had a name. Any other Harajukucore bands?
@@raistlin906 Hanabie labeled themselves Harajukucore, so they are basically one of a kind. I can't say Passcode or Broken By The Scream are Harajukucore, but they have some things in common. Even DOLL$BOXX are a bit like Harajukucore, with Hana's growls and Fuki's clean singing.
Also, Harajuku is a district in Shibuya that is world renown for youthful fashion, art, and music. Hanabie incorporate all that into their music and aesthetic, hence the term Harajukucore.
They formed organically as a backing band for the singer's one-off project. They decided to stay together because - well -- you're hearing that. They've developed a real family/sisterhood vibe that's also very appealing.
Talking about the perfection…They are 🔥🤘❤️🇫🇮
Japan has one of the best if not the best Metal scene going right now. Between bands like Nemophila, Lovebites, Babymetal, Maximum the Hormone, Crystal Lake, Deviloof, Dir En Grey and I could easily go on. One thing Japan does so well is take Metal genres and add their own twist to it breathing a much needed breathe of fresh air into it.
Nemophila (nem-o-phi-la) (nemmofeela)
Read like romaji: Neh - moh - fee - lah
the live version of OIRAN (their first original single) has a woman introducing them that pronounces it correctly
on a side note: in contrast to the drummer wearing boots in this video,
she plays barefoot in the Maximum-the-Hormone cover song "Shimi"
11:22 In the next video, she will probably play her riffs with her toes. 😂 Holy moly, what a bunch of geniusses. These ladies are mistresses of their craft for sure. 🐺💮
ex-Mary's Blood guitarist Saki (audience right)
ex-Lipstick vocalist Mayu
ex-Disqualia guitarist Hazuki (also plays with Lisa-X) (audience left)
ex-Hölderlins bassist Haraguchi-san, and
ex-Soramimi drummer Muratatam (also does other projects)
Can't really categorize Nemophila other than, "metal" since they can do such a wide variety; everything from poppy metal to metal core and covers from Iron Maiden to Journey and Bon Jovi -- and all of it fantastic. The more you listen to them, the more Mayu comes across as a unique vocalist and natural frontwomen.
I abandoned the American metal scene about 12 years ago (I've played metal guitar for 30 years) and found my way to J-metal through a Neo-classical symphonic metal band called Versailles who instantly became my all-time fav, and found so many supremely talented and diverse hard rock/metal bands : Versailles, Galneryus, Unlucky Morpheus, Yousei Teikoku, Maximum The Hormone, Yajima Mai, Tears of Tragedy, Asterism, D_Drive, Ningen Isu, Gacharic Spin, Bridear, Mary's Blood, Dir En Gray....
The lead guitarist is Saki from Mary's Blood!
Nice comment on Mayu's voice and technique. They have a cover of Journey's "Separate Ways" on their channel and the anguish in her delivery is palpable. Her stylistic range is vast.
The thing that makes NEMOPHILA really stand out for me is a sense of gratitude that you get watching them play. You get a vibe that they feel lucky to be able to play together, like every member looks up to every other member as a top talent. There is so much mutual respect and appreciation in the room when they're going at it and it's a real pleasure to watch. Next up check out one of their covers...KISS, Iron Maiden's Aces High, LINKIN PARK, even Nicelback is a hoot. They are completely fearless and seem to be able to cover just about anything with skill and respect.
Another good thing about this band is that they have two guitar players with different characters. The one with the white jacket, Hazuki, is contemporary kind of a shredder, and the other one with the goth outfit, Saki, has more traditional metal style. This tune shows it most vividly.
They got together right at the beginning of Covid. So for the 2 yrs following they promoted themselves on TH-cam with covers and some original work. I loved all of it while working at home.
The reason for the chant elements in the chorus is primarily to give non-Japanese speaking audiences something to sing along to.
Nemophila is a supergroup all 5 members came from 5 different bands Singer is Mayu Guitarists is Saki and Hazuki Bassist is Haraguchi-san and the drummer is Hamu all of their best songs are Raitei, Revive A Ray of Light Style and Oiran TH-cam studio version and their 5 best covers are AC DC Whole Lotta Rosie, Linkin Park Given Up, Babymetal Megitsune, Iron Maiden Aces High and Iron Maiden The Trooper please react to them all and please let me know what you think
Mary's Blood: Starlight ..... The lead guitarist from Nemophila is that bands lead guitarist too..
They aren’t trying to be anything other than great music. I think we can agree they succeeded. They got together organically and did the smart thing with TH-cam during the pandemic with covers. It worked.
Their first single Oiran is the place to go next - live from Naon Yaon. Go!
Japan's rock/metal scene sort of.. didn't die out like it did in the us. There is a lot of melding between genres in it, and less "strict" adherence song to song than we might be used to. What I mean is that a group might drift around with a rock/metal base and meld pop/punk/alt/jazz/whatever into songs as they see fit. Some groups stick to a genre more, but generally I've found they're much more willing to experiment in that fashion.
There is a *ton* of stuff to find, from new active groups like nemophila to groups that have been together for decades like ningen isu. Hope you continue to enjoy your journey through japan.
From what I understand, Nemophila got together when Mayu, the vocalist, wanted to do a solo show after leaving her previous band, Lipstick, where she was known as Sindy. I forget who knew who, but Mayu was able to gather Saki and Hazuki on guitar, Haraguchi-san on bass, and Tamu Murata on drums. I know Saki and Tamu played together at Naon Yaon, an annual festival that features female musicians, and I think Saki knew Hazuki from the festival circuit in Japan (because most of the Japanese rock and metal musicians know each other). I've heard that Tamu was primarily a studio drummer, and I could swear I heard the same about Haraguchi-san being a studio bass guitarist. Anyway, they all liked playing together and decided to keep the group going after Mayu's solo show.
Hazuki was in a group called Disqualia, but I think they only lasted one album. Now she's in the Li-Sa-X Band and Nemophila. Saki is one of the many musicians that was in Destrose, a defunct group whose ex-members would found various bands like Mary's Blood, LOVEBITES, Fate Gear, and others. Saki has a solo album and was primarily known for being in Mary's Blood while that band was still active.
The ancestor of today's Japanese female heavy metal bands is the band Destrose. Nemophila's guitarist Saki played with Destrose in 2009 and 2010. Miho and Haruna from LOVEBITES played at Destrose from 2011 to 2015. After Destrose disbanded, Miho founded LOVEBITES. Other Destrose members (notably the amazing guitarist Narumi) formed the band Disqualia. Narumi brought Hazuki (now lead in Nemophila) on board as 2nd lead guitarist. Other members who had previously left Destrose formed the band Mary's Blood. Saki played lead guitar in Mary's Blood from 2012 to 2022. I think there are more than 200 woman/girls and I get the impression that most of them know each other personally.
We western heavy metal fans like to call the Tokyo women's heavy metal scene THE DESTROSE CONNECTION.
A new cover band formed a few weeks ago. In this band (Down Dope Squad) play: Yoshi (lead guitarist band Aldious), Saki (lead guitarist Nemophila), Miho (Lovebites Bass ) Maki Oyama (solo vocalist) and Hina (drummer of the band TSP).
The connections between the girls go as far as the Japanese jazz and blues scene. It took me almost 2 years to figure it all out.
I would say today that Japan has the largest female heavy metal, rock, bues and jazz scene in the world. The above-average talent in all areas is unparalleled.
I know you qualified DESTROSE'S place. Just want to add that 25 years earlier, the all female band-SHOW-YA.
@@jefffromchicago6321 I respect Show-ya and really like Show-ya. Keiko Terada's voice is still one of Japan's best rock voices. But Show-Ya has nothing to do with the emergence of the first female heavy metal bands in Japan in 2005-2010. Destrose, Aldious, Scandal, Gacharic Spin and Mary's Blood emerged purely from the tenacity and energy of their founding womans.
@@gitterich I agree Destrose has the most similarities as it has spawned and directly influenced the others.
This channel is new to the Japanese scene and he is a musician so I thought I'd add the groundbreaker in the genre. I think Show-Ya might have influenced teenage girls by showing them that a career was possible.
They do a variety style of rock/metal music, so you will hear different elements in each song. Their members are indeed from different bands or projects, "saki" one of their guitarists is one of the famous female guitarists in japan, I recommend you to check out her Another band call "mary's blood" and the song 《world's end》,This is a great female band with 10+ years of experience.
For the next nemophila song, i recommend《oiran》live 🤘🏻🌸🤘🏻
Check out Dragdown - Helm. Ai Koku is easily the most underrated female lead, as is Dragdown as a whole.
The drummer, Tamu Murata, reminds me of Animal the Muppet in this video.
Good reaction. One more Japanese female metal band to check out is "Hanabie". The song is "We Love Sweets".
Love this song.
New, different and MODERN. It may not be for some. But I love it, strictly because it is NOT the same old wornout stuff rehashed over and over.
Great reaction mate. Happy you are enjoying this awesome band as we all are .
wait till you hear "LIFE" "FIGHTER" "REVIVE" and "Hypnosis" 1 emotional power ballad / band theme song, but I think you'll be impressed and enjoy all 4 songs. for that matter I don't know of any bad songs by them so far. I think you'll be putting Nemophila over Lovebites, though they are different. I just think Nemophila is more in your wheelhouse. RUSH is my all-time favorite, but Band-Maid is my 2nd favorite, very technical and more prog-rock sound for me. Aldious is another band to check out when you get time.
Hello Fellow Old School Metal/Thrash Head! 😜🎸🥁🔊 They have some awesome live studio covers from the Covid days. Since you’re reacting to Iron Maiden, check out their two covers, Aces High and The Trooper. Outstanding Covers!
SAISEIGA -- Ride On, is another thrashy growly band from Japan to put you onto.
To get your thrash fix you might try Revive. They cover lots of different genres though. My personal favorite is Life. And you have to give the Minions Banana Song a spin.
Nemophila is a serious contender of Lovebites, but have you seen the cover "The Eagles Fly Free" from Lovebites? it's a must
Las mejores sucesoras de SHOW-YA
Welcome to the team my man. It was early 2020 when I first discovered that this Japan scene exists (through a reaction to Band-Maid as it happens) and it's been non-stop discovery of top quality music ever since. Seriously, just let it take you, it's inevitable at this point. Couple of recommendations for a few different groups:
Nemophila - Oiran (live at naon yaon) is an absolute must.
Lovebites - Awakening/Hammer of Wrath (live at zepp). You want thrash? THIS is thrash.
Band-Maid - Unleash!!!. Their latest song, pure energy.
Hanabie - Neet Game. I adore this band because they are so unconventional, lots of genres packed into bursts of aggression and vicious screaming from 4ft10 vocalist Yukina. They do rap, EDM, punk, J-pop and metal all put into a blender and delivered with total conviction. Admittedly, an incredibly divisive band, but one you should check out at least once.
Unlucky Morpheus - Black Pentagram. If you like Nightwish, I'd say chances are high you'll like these guys.
Broken By The Scream - Sayonara Birthday. The wildest combination of sounds, possibly ever. This is the very definition of love it or hate it. Don't wanna spoil anything, but I will just say ahead of time, yes it's real and yes that is them doing that.
This turned long, and I could go on forever, but that should do for now. Enjoy dude 👍🤟
-Saki has been in other bands before: Destrose, Mary's Blood, Mixx, Amahiru...
-Hazuki played in Disqualia and also plays in Lisa-x Band
- Mayu was the singer of Lipstick
- Haraguchi played bass in Holderlins
- Tamu played drums in Soramimi
Most of them are all female bands, and really recommendable.
I’m not really that much into metal anymore. But I love these ladies. More please.
Raitie.. hypnosis... revive..
Ray of light.... Style. 🤘😎
they are the real thing. they came together naturally, mayu summoned them for one gig. it went so well (there is a video of that somewhere on YT), that they founded a band. they also did a lot of covers (AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Skid Row, Linkin Park, Journey and many others). I would suggest to listen to "raitei" next.
I wanna suggest to you one other band that will pique your interest, but later. I wanna see you immerse to these two bands for some more songs. The other band is that I will suggest to is one of the top 3 of the all-female Japanese metal bands along with LOVEBITES and NEMOPHILA. Thanks for the reaction!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
I'd argue that this entire generation of female metal bands coming out of Japan are a direct result of Marty Friedmann and Paul Gilbert.. You don't see this in any other country, its so damn unique to see.
If you're expecting all metal out of Nemophila, dont..lol.. They're very diverse, and resist being put in a box.. the "pop", parts you're referring to is great for audience engagement at concerts.. BTW how is the so called pop chorus here any different than Dissension ?.. They are definitely elite musicians/all..Mayu( vocalist) is one of a kind
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I don't know if you'll read this comment because the video is already a month old, but I really like your reaction. My "western sensibilities" are not too keen on the chorus, either, but it's Japan, so you need something to engage the audience because the Japanese don't sing along at concerts (it's considered rude as far as I know), they only chant stuff other than the lyrics or "lalala" and "wowowow" along. But I love Japanese rock and metal because it's different from what most western bands are doing the last few years, with their monotonous riffs, constant double bass and songs that are only built up for an X amount of breakdowns per song. Japan is a country that's absolutely dominated by Pop music, Idol groups (a kind of pop group, but different than anything that exists in the west) and Anime soundtracks (doesn't matter what kind of music it is, if it's a theme song for a popular anime, it'll sell).
Another thing: if Nemophila is a so-called "super group", then 90+% of all metal and rock bands from Japan are super groups. They all played in more or less known bands before or even simultaneously play in more than one band. It's how they survive as musicians, because metal and hard(er) types of rock (generally) don't sell in Japan. To oversimplify things: Japanese people don't buy music, most of them buy fantasies and stories with their CDs (see the last sentence in the above paragraph). The musicians who don't play or played in multiple groups are either signed to a more or less major label, which is rare (like Lovebites, Band-Maid, MTH or Crossfaith) or also made/make money outside of their current band by being a lecturer/teacher or, like Nemophila's drummer Murata Tamu, as a session/studio musician. I could go on and on about the Japanese mainstream and their "twisted" taste in "music", but it'd literally be a novel by the end and I don't even know if that's something anyone's interested in ;).
I knew you'd like this song. This is my favorite song of 2022... until Band-Maid's new EP drops later this month. This song is just plain epic. One thing you'll need to wrap your head around with regard to the j-metal scene is that there will always be pop elements in the songs. That's Japan's contribution to the scene. They seamlessly merge pop and other genres across the music scene.
Saki - the guitarist on stage left in blue plays (played) in Mary's Blood and her own solo career.
Hazuki - the other guitarist in white played in Disqualia as well as one of the guitarists in LiSa-X Band (actual name) who is worth checking out (not metal though).
Haraguchisan - bassist played in a group called Holderlins and some other work
Murata Tamu - one of the most highly regarded drummers in Japan (regardless of gender) was primarily a studio musician and did some band work as well as collaborations.
Mayu - lead singer and the one who brought the band together was in a band of her own called Lipstick. She had the idea of bringing all these talented artists together with the help of former classmate Haraguchi-san and they first recruited Tamu through web postings. Mayu met Saki through a mutual friend and she brought along Hazuki. So the band's origin was completely organic and not a production of a label or talent agency.
I think you might be ready for some Maximum the Hormone but be warned they can be a bit problematic with reaction videos and there's no rhyme or reason to which videos get through the YT Al Gore Rhythm. Also MtH will literally go from absolute sludge to 1000% pure pop in the course of 3 bars in a song and then back again.
After MtH I would suggest Ninjen Isu - more of a classical heavy metal/hard rock in the fashion of Maiden.
Pop culture is thier thing on Japanese music but not all but most of the band incorporate in a song, you can't say that straight metal like West do... They love mixing it
And that's great.
You might want to check out their Iron Maiden covers.
If you want more fresh japanese female metal, try hanabie....it doesnt matter which song, they are all great
You should check out Dir En Grey- Vinushka live
No Japanese needed. You fall in love anyway. 🥰
A complete (multi-layered, multi-facet) f.....ricking *masterpiece* . *THE* song.
With this song, they even surpass "Lovebites", and that is very hard for me to write, as a die-hard Lovebites fan.
Nevertheless, I will continue to stick to Iron Maiden, Lovebites and Nemophila.
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I wouldn't call this "pop-iess", but rather ANTHEMIC. 🤘🤘
Read the lyrics: It's a song dedicated to those who are called "Adabana". (Research the meaning of the term; it is a Japanese word with a literal and metaphorical meaning.)
Then compare it to the band's name, Nemophila (a type of flower). The lyrics are clearly a reference to the band and those who share their sentiments.
Nemophila play a variety of styles and excel at them. Since you like thrash, try Revive. Oiran is probably another good choice for you to try.
Japanese metal is the best metal. The foxhole is deep. Nemophila is my favorite followed by Lovebites but there are many others. Try Hagane “Black Cult” for something similar to Lovebites or Hanabie “we love sweets” for something insane.
I am so glad to see that you're enjoying these Japanese ladies showing us all how it's done nowadays. The next all female Japanese band to look at are Hanabie 'We love sweets' th-cam.com/video/G18yyvPCiTM/w-d-xo.html and 'Envy' to get you started, th-cam.com/video/nSvhK9U2BXk/w-d-xo.html. And when you've consumed even more of what the women in Japan can produce. Wait till you see and hear what the Japanese boys bring to the table... 😊 Dexcore and Deviloof.
Japan is the 2nd largest music market behind the U.S. but their record labels, agencies, and marketing sadly have no real strategy to push outside internationally. Frustratingly they're slow or still don't see the growing interest. If it wasn't for youtube, many Japanese bands would still be unknown internationally.
Well they do have some pop in a number of their songs though they mainly are metal ,hard rock on most their songs. So guess you will like it or you wont :) Even their straight up rock songs with some pop like Change the World and Monsters kicks ass especially the breakdowns and the dual solos and harmonizing from Saki and Hazuki. All these ladies are extremely talented musicians. This band has a big future.Mayu vocals are the icing on the cake so to speak. She is amazing. Ive seen a few of their live streams from Japan and when they played the Whisky in LA for their first overseas show and the whole band is amazing live and fun. Mayu can scream even better live. Try Oiran live at Naon Yaon. Oiran is or is one of their first songs and my fav. The live version me and some here have mentioned is the best. IMO.
Nemophila are absolutely at the pinnacle of Japanese metal bands (with others). I wonder if you might enjoy the chorus more when you are standing in the crowd at the live show belting at the top of your lungs? :) Basically every song they have released has had a different genre style, they refuse to be pigeon-holed. So you will get all kinds of sounds, a few of their songs certainly have some pop rock fronts with metal hearts. They describe themselves as the loose and fluffy band from hell (roughly translated) so there will generally always be some fluffy. I think you will embrace it :)
For your taste I would say Revive (Official Music Video) is your next stop. It has that soaring chorus but the down n dirty makes it work. Or Raitei (Official Music Video)
Neh-mo-fee-lah is closer than nee-mo-fee-lah. It's the standard way Japanese would pronounce those syllables.
Oh just had a thought you might REALLY like their cover of Mucc's song Ranchu. Mayu fuckin rips.
please next react 【M V】NEMOPHILA REVIVE
Japanize bands are changing their sound slightly in every song.
I actually like the Woah-woah's because they're so out of the norm for metal. If you dig into the Japanese scene enough, you will realize that they just don't care about our genre definitions. The ability to break out of boxes is why the Japanese are crushing us in creativity, not just in metal, but in rock, jazz, pop...you name it.
They are good friends with Lovebites fyi.
You wanna see Saki shred go watch Mary’s blood
If you are digging things so far with the Japanese metal scene, go ahead and just consider yourself a victim to the proverbial rabbit hole. There is SO MUCH out there to dive into, it's overwhelming at times!
So which of the 2 songs is your least favorite?😁
Totally agree with you about enjoying Japanese music as Japanese music and not world music. The downside is having to travel for shows. Since I discovered Japan my dreams of an early retirement have died.
The pop elements and mixing of genres and sever change-ups are a Japanese thing starting with Idol music.
Maximum The Hormone started mixing hard with pop in 2002. Not really mixing. Starting and stopping. BABYMETAL in 2012. Starting and stopping for the first couple of songs and then mixing them in. Nemophila has covers of 2 MTH and 1BM song you can listen to. Research before you react to MTH or BM. They block hard.
With the international success of BABYMETAL, Band-Maid and Nemophila produce songs with an international audience in mind.
This song and Hypnosis are the best songs imho.
That part you don’t like lets the crowd participate during a live show.
Their related with lovebites.
Well, Saki played in Destrose, as well as Haruna and Miho. They know each other.
@@raistlin906 thats what i mean and miho and miyako were friends with saki. Hazuki and narumi from destrose used to be bandmates too.
Most Nemophila songs lack that poppy element you’re afraid of so you’re rather safe going forward. But if you want to hear a Japanese really heavy all-women metal band, look for Hanabie. 100% metal. 0% pop.
Wait till you har Hanabie.
Your use of poppy is a little weird. They do soften the sound and vocals but it does not to my old ears sound like pop.
Sell your guitars.... I've sold my drumz 🤣🤣🤟🔥🤟🔥🤟🙏
You want emotional watch their song Life they wrote for Tamu after she returned for having a baby .. Lovebites music is great but I can't hang with the singer very unfortunate
I hope I don't have to hear the words "pop", "poppy", or "poppiness" for a few days.
lol. The Japanese love and use of melody is so misunderstood by many western metal fans
@@normanweaver7935 Yes, I don't understand why they think a song can't be catchy and have a heavy sound at the same time. So close minded.
@@raistlin906 I guess those that hate pop think catchy is the same thing. Band-Maid does it EVERY song and they're the best rock band on the planet.
@@daveminers3404 I don't have anything against pop, if it's something creative and good. I love Japanese pop. But I dislike most of USA mainstream music.
I think its tiring hearing the misuse of the term pop, its short for popular any group rock to metal who has a large following is pop. You have a rock chart and metal chart but these bands will also appear in pop charts because they are popular.
You metal guys are hilarious....you freak out with the slightest one line of pop vocals. This is a extremely heavy song so shut up and enjoy these girls...lol. Btw.... both of the guitarist shred and are both play signature models of their respective brands. And being a drummer....
I have to admit...the drummer is a serious talent. Japan has a huge talent pool of female drummers and she is one of the best along with Akani of Band Maid.
Nemophila was never "all-star" or "superband". This is not truth. It's written like that in some "metal encyclopedia" and people are repeating this. Actually, I thought they stopped it long time ago. Tamu and Saki were and are stars for sure. Few other guys have written pretty well history of the band beginning, so I don't have to say the same.
All I'll say is, rid yourself of norms and prestige when it comes to genres. You really gotta loose up, mate :) The reason Americal rock and metal has sucked for the past 20 years is because it's all the same stuff all over and it's just boring af. Japan switches it up and carries the torch. At this point, there's only a handful of western bands that are still worth listening to. All the rest are Japanese..