That little banshee of a vocalist is called Mayu. She was around a few years before Nemophila but apparently she’d had some thoughts… She’s described Nemophila as the “loose and fluffy band with a sound from hell”, and if you watch more of their stuff, it will become very apparent why. When they came along three years ago I was sold by their first single “Oiran” and found out soon after they were doing online live shows during the pandemic. I nearly missed the first one so I started a Facebook group so I wouldn’t miss any. That worked out. 😊 Another emerging darling of the genre is Hanabie. They are Harajukucore. They are 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hanabie if definitely on my list to check out probably next tbh "Fluffy band with a sound from hell" that's freaking awesome! I'm making a list from the comments of this video on suggestions for the next song I check out so I'm putting Oiran down!
@@Killermcknight Nemophila have a few good live MVs and one of them is Oiran live from Naon Yaon festival. That would be the way to go. The other is a studio live, and their very first online original, but seeing them do it really live makes for a better reaction.
@@Killermcknight Yeah! Hanabie is next level on the hardness scale. The thing is, you have to be prepared or you'll be in for a shock when you listen for the first time.
That was fun - take notice! While fairly new as a band, each of these ladies comes with tons of experience and talent. Building quite a catalog now, writing more of their own songs, and already have a US show under their belts. They're going places. Fast.
Adabana may be my favorite song of Nee-Moe-Fee-La or Nem-O-Fee-La, I’ve heard it pronounced both ways in their interviews. If you want to here a breakdown check out Raitei. All of their songs are great and very diverse. Great review, loved your reaction.
thank you! and thanks for the pronunciation. I'm making a list out of the comments for the next songs I should check out and I definitely have Raitei on there.
@@Killermcknight After listening to Raitei again, I wouldn’t say it’s exactly a breakdown, more them just getting really heavy. They aren’t really into breakdowns, they are more known for their twin guitar solos. Both guitarists, Saki and Hazuki, are extremely talented, recognized guitarists. The entire band is made up of elite artists from other groups.
I'm a Madiac. Band Maid forever. But anyone who likes this band better has great taste in music. Everything they do Rocks! Great reaction brother 😊😎🤘✌️❤️🔥
I love heavy tracks and female vocals so Nemophila takes it for me but if you for one second thought I would miss BM on the US tour you're crazy. I tell people all the time rock isn't dead, it just moved to Japan.
I also understand her English better when she screams. They did their first international show this summer in LA. I was lucky enough to go. They go to Aftershock Oct 7th with a noticeably pregnant singer. Band-Maid will also be there Oct 9 and then go on to a 13 city US tour. Hypnosis Life Style Banana Song Detroit Rock City
I agree Mayu’s English is fairly easy to understand. What really impresses me is she doesn’t speak it, aside from compulsory Junior/High School classes! Saki is the only member with a good understanding of the language due to her parents speaking it around the house (work related). That is why Saki does most of the English speaking for the group in interviews.
@@mr-dai we are playing a fun game on the Baka Broadcast channel. Voting to nake a perfect Japanese band. I nominated Haraguchi-san. She could use your vote.
nemophila is one of the fast rising new bands recently, their members are all from different bands, high level musicians and musical diversity are their characteristics, You can hear a different genre or element in each of their songs. I recomend《adabana》as the next reaction!🤘🏻🌸🤘🏻
Nemophila have described themselves as "Fluffy Hell". Pretty girly girls that bring you the sounds of hell. Check out Adabana, Life, Oiran, Style and....well you cant really go wrong with anything they put out.
@@Killermcknight if you think Mayu screams are hard? Hanabie 'We Love Sweets' should be next. Yukina is the screamer for Hanabie and she is a BEAST. Never heard anyone dispute that. I think Mayu is a better vocalist overall. Yukina is a little bit of a specialist. She doesn't sing. But she does rap and other vocals. Matsuri the guitarist does the singing for Hanabie.
@@Killermcknight another suggestion is Nemophila cover of 'Zetsubo Billy' by Maximum the Hormone. Maximum the Hormone is one of the greatest bands ever. They are super influential in Japan. That is a two for one. ua-cam.com/video/2Q3fyW4FnJY/v-deo.html Nemophila covered two MtH songs and Hanabie started as a MtH cover band.
You're in trouble now Killer!! Once you go to Japan, you can't escape. Band-Maid you know. But there are about 115 more songs of theirs you need to check out. Just pick one and you're good. Nemophila: "Adabana", "Oiran" (Live Concert), "Revive", "Life", "Raitei". Lovebites: "Holy War" (Live), "Set The World On Fire" (Live), "Raise Some Hell" (Live), "Swan Song" (Live with Chopin intro). Hanabie: "We Love Sweets" Gacharic Spin: "Mindset" Maximum The Hormone: "Alien" Wagakki Band: Homura/Akatsuki No Ito" (Live 1st Japanese Tour), "Senbonzakura" (Live) The rabbit hole is bottomless. Welcome to Japan!!! Rock On!!!!
You are going to love Nemophila! The Japanese rock rabbit hole is so deep that if you abseiled in you would never be seen again! Check out Gacharic Spin and their song 'Mindset' for mind blowing talent!
I’ve seen other comments and they’re right, once you start down the Japanese metal/rock rabbit hole there’s no coming back. Nemophila, Bridear, Lovebites, Gacharic Spin, Hanabie, Fate Gear, Trident, Band Maid, Lonsome Blue, and many more. Mayu’s “panther scream” is amazing along with god-tier guitarists, bass, and drums are the complete package.
All their original music is Killer & they do some Great covers ! I'm a Rock, Metal & Blues guy.....so it's not hard too Love Both Band-Maid & Nemo fee la !! ❤️🎙🎸🥁😎👌
You know what? They might be even better live. Fantastic execution on par with their studio work, but even more of their chemistry and charisma comes through. You come away thinking "I just witnessed something truly special." Saw them in July in LA, going to see them again in March in SF. A treat, as I'm used to having to go to Japan to see some of my favorite J-Rock/Pop bands (Doll$Boxx, Unlucky Morpheus, Ningen Isu, Oomori Seiko, etc), although I did just get to see Boris in Portland.
My 1-2 punch in Japanese music is Band Maid and Nemophila, but you should check: Hanabie Trident Bridear Lovebites Brats Unlucky Morpheus Fate Gear, etc...the talent of Japanese musicians is astounding !!!
Mayu, vocals, formed the band to help create some demos for her to get another gig. Her band Lipstick broke up. She got highly talented and skilled musicians from a number other bands. Saki and Hazuki on guitar, Haraguchi on bass and Tamu Murata on drums. They enjoyed playing together and they meshed musically, so they decide to make the band permanent. On July 1 they performed at the sold-out Whisky a Go Go for their first overseas gig. There are 200+ Rock/Metal bands in Japan right now, and most of them are female or has a female(s) as a key member. You need to pick up the pace with your Japanese band reactions. You are falling behind. Next - Lovebites, Unlucky Morpheus, Babymetal, Aldious, Bridear, and Scandal just for a start. Oh, just for fun Hanabie "We Love Sweets"!!
new to your channel and specially as a NEMOPHILA fan Fun fact : 10/10 times peeps first listen to them and start with that very song, the face at the moment of the scream... that's always the best part of the video 😂 If I really really had to choose only 10 songs from them that I would listen over and over, that would be my top 10 of theirs 1 - Dissention / 2 - Life / 3 - Monsters / 4 - Game Over / 5 - Ray of Light / 6 - Style / 7 - Hypnosis / 8 - Hōzuki / 9 - Revive / 10 - Seize the Fate Now apart from NEMOPHILA, if you are up for an other Japanese metal band you seem to not have checked yet : Unlucky Morpheous That's my second preferate Japanese metal band, and here again, like in all japanese metal bands, you will simply find insanely talented musicians at all their positions, but here there are mainly 3 positions you may find interesting, while ofc the 2 guitarists and the bass player are no slouch (very far from it), but from "worse" to "best" Fuki's voice is something, Fumyia's drumming is insane, and Jill's.... oh well I'll let you find about Jill... "M" Anthem MV a quite recent song ua-cam.com/video/WoUzaVI0paY/v-deo.html And if yoou want to witness "how bad they are" (sarcasm ofc) live, you can check that one, Black Pentagram ua-cam.com/video/RUiRlUGMTwY/v-deo.html Anyway, fun to see one more on that Japanese metal journey... deep rabbit hole, and one you can actually go visit yourself, as sometimes there are gems that are well lesser known, but far away from having to be diss... In that vein, Asterism, the creepy voices and visuals of NECRONOMIDOL, the quieter Bridear, the older Aldious, the old punky rock from Anna Tsuchiya, the trio of Trident, etc... that journey can be a long one, with a lot of flavors so different from western metal / hard rock.
I think I had their top 5 songs after I heard 5 of their songs but if you ask me now to list my top 5 songs from NEMOPHILA, I don't think I could come up with the list that I am content with. Its a hard question to answer. It will be easier if you ask me the list of songs I don't like from NEMOPHILA because that's an easy one, I just hand you the empty piece of paper.
Welcome to the next Japanese super group! 😁 You as drummer must keep an eye on this drummer: Her name is Tamu Murata. She's special. She's a serious talented drummer. 1) Adabana, 2) Hypnosis, 3) REVIVE, 4) A Ray Of Light, 5) Style, 6) GAME OVER. NEMOPHILA are like BAND-MAID - they don't write weak songs. All are good.
Two lead guirars both 7 strings and they both work so well together. Both leads duel very well and Mayu (vocalist) is one of a kind. RAITEI, FIGHTER, REVIVE, ADABANA, A RAY OF LIGHT. I'd enjoy seeing you react to these (NEE MO FEE LA) NEMOPHILA Favorites of mine. I enjoyed your reaction and welcome to this rabbit hole.
What's funny is that the vocalist, the currently-pregnant Mayu, was in a band called Lipstick where I don't think she ever did harsh vocals (and was known as Sindy). The guitarists are Saki and Hazuki. Saki was in Mary's Blood, a group that more or less split up earlier this year, and has a solo album out there. Hazuki was in Disqualia and the Li-Sa-X Band, two groups that didn't last too long. The bass guitarist, Haraguchi-san, is a friend of Mayu's from high school - I can't remember if she was in any previous groups - and Tamu Murata was a well-known studio drummer. They all got together because Mayu wanted to do a solo show after leaving Lipstick, but they felt that they were too good to have that show be all they did. As for my top five, it's tough to narrow it down to five, but here's my list in no particular order. 1. Raitei 2. Revive 3. Hypnosis 4. Adabana 5. Life
This track rips don't it. Melodic Metalcore ye. MAYU's whistle-tone fry scream is the best out there, and that rock rasp and her cleans top-notch, even her idle kawaii "cute" vocal mode is fire. She is my favorite rock vocalist. The Laughing Thunder dynamic duo TAMU and HARAGUCHI-SAN are also my fav rhythm section currently. Last, but not least, the IBANEZ Endorsed / KILLER Guitars royalty shred sisters HAZUKI and SAKI complete this beast of a band. The convergence of talent in NEMOPHILA is unbelievable. Welcome to it and Happy Birthday TAMU 🌸✨🌠
uhhh my top 5 with these girls would be: Dissension. Hypnosis Sorai Orian Ratei I too started with the Maids, and then i found these girls.. have taken both bands to the heart.. both so good in each their genre..
@@LowSpecLinuxLaptop I totally agree with you.. but he said top 5.. 😉 but yea life is a amazing song as well.. actually that whole album is just so darn good.. but he forced me to choose 5.. 😁 evil as he was hehe
Knee-mo-feel-uh is how to pronounce it (I think) Oh man. This was a good introduction to Nemophila. They're a super good group for sure. They have other songs that aren't as heavy. They also do covers of other bands music. Life is a song they do that is very much on the gentler side of rock. It's a song the band wrote for their drummer as she came back from having a kid.
The members pronounce the band name pretty much how you would expect a word spelled out in romaji (Roman letters) to sound. Neh-moh-fee-lah That "e" at the beginning is more of an "eh" sound, but otherwise pretty much like you've got it.
Hell yeah bro! Love this band. That heavy slow breakdown you want? Check out Demon Light. In your face metal? Check out Revive. Want the bassist to melt your face off? Check out Rollin Rollin. You want a ballad? Check out Game Over. THIS BAND HAS NO BAD SONGS
TOP JAPANESE FEMALE METAL BANDS NEMOPHILA - next songs Revive, Raitei, live show at Whisky A GoGo Club Hollywood USA on 1st July 2022..🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 LOVEBITES - songs Set The World On Fire, Raise Some Hell, The Hammer Of Wrath, Break The Wall...🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 BAND-MAID - live songs Freedom, Domination, Play, Dice, Thrill, latest songs Unleash, Influencer...🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 HANABIE - another screamer...songs We Love Sweets, NEET GAME..🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 ASTERISM - female guitarist, songs (instruMetal) Dawn, Rising Moon, Light In The Darkness, 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
You want a slow song, try "Life" written for their Drummer Tamu when she just came back from having her 1st baby. Also, you might want to check out some of their 36 cover songs. Welcome to "The Cute and Fluffy Band from Hell".
Neh-moh-fee-lah. Short ‘e’ sound in the first syllable and NO ‘i’ sound between the ‘l’ and ‘a’ at the end. Check out “Adabana”, “Revive”, “Hypnosis”, “Raitei” and “Life”. Hell, check out ALL their shit. A rabbit hole well worth the time going down…
If you wanna see more? You're in luck! Nemophila has a live stream concert in on Sept 29th (Replay until Oct 6th). They are Co-Headlining with 80s all female metal band Show-Ya. Check it out! Get your tix at Z a i k o \m/
Great review, but please (unless you have already) whilst in Japan you must try out Maximum the Hormone, and also SOKONINARU. Both bands Will blow your mind
You pronounced it correctly, except the last two letters - which are LA and pronounced "luh" . . . I have no idea how you got "lee-uh" out of that. No offense, but I've dealt with this all my life. The last two letters of my last name are "no", and it's pounced, well, . . NO. For some inexplicable reason, people always say the end of my name as "lee". For the life of me, I can't figure out how people get 'lee" out of "no".
I hadn't heard of them before but that was great! Loved the drummer especially. There is another JRock/Deathcore/Death metal band named Deviloof. They are so damned good! I have to drop a link to the song i'm suggesting bc I have no clue how to translate the title. You will not regret this! I promise. ua-cam.com/video/LWDENni6Pbc/v-deo.html
Ella this is why were doing this! I'm so glad you liked them maybe turn you into a fan. I feel like you of all my subscribers get it.. get the kind of music I truly love so when you drop a suggestion you know damn right I trust you so yes I will definitely check out Deviloof. Is it like devil OOF or lol
@@Killermcknight I appreciate all music in general, especially metal but i'm bias, lol. I'll give anything/anyone a listen or 3 (i know sometimes it takes a couple listens to get into different sounds) And I appreciate the kind words, thank you. Oh and Deviloof's name? It's a combination of the words devil and proof.
In my opinion, however, the two bands are not comparable. Nemophila is not a death metal band. Dissension might be their hardest song. This is Tamu's (the drummer) YT channel: むらたたむ ua-cam.com/channels/fkjy4YQ-kSURgcXpthq7mg.html
@@Medley3000 .....I never compared the two. I was just saying "Hey if you like X band, you should check out Z band" I wasn't my intention to compare them.
I didn't say it'd be easy! lol thanks man I'm making a list of songs to check out next by them because ya god damn right I'm going to check them out again!
Las mejores sucesoras de SHOW-YA, 1banda femenina de heavy metal japonés y madrinas entre otras de Nemophila, Mary's Blood, Gacharic Spin, Scandal, etc (Fairy, Look at Me, Genkai Lovers, One Way Heart, Gambling, Kurenai, Battle Express, Shooting Star, etc)
Hay try react to : Jethro Tull - "mouse police never sleeps" ( John Bonham once said Jethro Tull drummer Barriemore Barlow was the best drummer so has come out from England ) In this track you can lisen to strange beats and stuff
Oh yes! I am making a list based off the suggestions from this video and Adabana has been mentioned a lot so I will be checking out that song for sure!
@@Killermcknight most of these Japanese singers like saiki and miku from BAND-MAID have extraordinary skills, because they have coaches they train with several times a week and really practice hard. So the answer is "I don't know" but the guy from Linkin Park did it too. Saiki's skills and versatility are outrageous, she doesn't roar because it wouldn't go with her image. I've seen miku on tiktok doing one of these hyper fast vocal challenges and totally ace it with 100% accuracy.
@@Killermcknight one thing that is really obvious once you listen to her roar here is that her throat is totally open and relaxed - whatever she's doing it's not like the tense untrained noise most guys do and she's also not trying to "roar as well as a guy" like most female metal artists. All these Japanese women are totally relaxed at simply being way better and it doesn't go to their heads, partly because their friends are similar and also they know they've really put in the hours.
You should definitely check out Maximum The Hormone. Their drummer Nao has been a huge inspiration to many of the great japanese female musicians you are enjoying now. Including Band Maid and Nemophilla. I would recommend you start with the track Yoshu Fukushu to ease yourself into them as they have no qualms about mashing genres together often in the same song. Nemophilla also does covers of the M.T.H. songs Shimi and Zetsubou Billy.
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Welcome to Fluffy Hell! 🤘🔥🤘🥳🔥
Fluffy Hell?? Oh,this is cute 😜
Perhaps the most metal band you can find from Japan currently. These ladies smash it!
Hell yeah!
That little banshee of a vocalist is called Mayu. She was around a few years before Nemophila but apparently she’d had some thoughts… She’s described Nemophila as the “loose and fluffy band with a sound from hell”, and if you watch more of their stuff, it will become very apparent why.
When they came along three years ago I was sold by their first single “Oiran” and found out soon after they were doing online live shows during the pandemic. I nearly missed the first one so I started a Facebook group so I wouldn’t miss any. That worked out. 😊
Another emerging darling of the genre is Hanabie. They are Harajukucore. They are 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hanabie if definitely on my list to check out probably next tbh "Fluffy band with a sound from hell" that's freaking awesome! I'm making a list from the comments of this video on suggestions for the next song I check out so I'm putting Oiran down!
@@Killermcknight Nemophila have a few good live MVs and one of them is Oiran live from Naon Yaon festival. That would be the way to go. The other is a studio live, and their very first online original, but seeing them do it really live makes for a better reaction.
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@@Killermcknight Yeah! Hanabie is next level on the hardness scale. The thing is, you have to be prepared or you'll be in for a shock when you listen for the first time.
@@GarageYears nim oh fila
That was fun - take notice! While fairly new as a band, each of these ladies comes with tons of experience and talent. Building quite a catalog now, writing more of their own songs, and already have a US show under their belts. They're going places. Fast.
Adabana may be my favorite song of Nee-Moe-Fee-La or Nem-O-Fee-La, I’ve heard it pronounced both ways in their interviews. If you want to here a breakdown check out Raitei. All of their songs are great and very diverse. Great review, loved your reaction.
thank you! and thanks for the pronunciation. I'm making a list out of the comments for the next songs I should check out and I definitely have Raitei on there.
@@Killermcknight After listening to Raitei again, I wouldn’t say it’s exactly a breakdown, more them just getting really heavy. They aren’t really into breakdowns, they are more known for their twin guitar solos. Both guitarists, Saki and Hazuki, are extremely talented, recognized guitarists. The entire band is made up of elite artists from other groups.
Great! More „Band-Maid“, „Nemophila“, „Lovebites“ and „Asterism“ reactions please.
More to come!
@@Killermcknight Yes Asterism please!!!
I'm a Madiac. Band Maid forever. But anyone who likes this band better has great taste in music. Everything they do Rocks! Great reaction brother 😊😎🤘✌️❤️🔥
Thank you!
@@Killermcknight 🤘🤘🤘🤘😊😎
I love heavy tracks and female vocals so Nemophila takes it for me but if you for one second thought I would miss BM on the US tour you're crazy. I tell people all the time rock isn't dead, it just moved to Japan.
@@Ephem13 Word 😊😎🤘
Nemophila is a one off band of super talented artists that will melt faces !
hell yeah they are!
Top five of theirs..1. Rollin Rollin,2. Dissension,3. Oiran, 4. Revive 5. Life
I also understand her English better when she screams.
They did their first international show this summer in LA. I was lucky enough to go. They go to Aftershock Oct 7th with a noticeably pregnant singer. Band-Maid will also be there Oct 9 and then go on to a 13 city US tour.
Hypnosis
Life
Style
Banana Song
Detroit Rock City
I agree Mayu’s English is fairly easy to understand. What really impresses me is she doesn’t speak it, aside from compulsory Junior/High School classes! Saki is the only member with a good understanding of the language due to her parents speaking it around the house (work related). That is why Saki does most of the English speaking for the group in interviews.
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@@mr-dai Hello Mr. Dai!
A celebrity Japanese Nemophila fan/UA-camr. Any questions about the Japanese perspective go here.
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Thank you for announcing😉
I hope NEMOPHILA will be loved by everyone in the world😆😆
@@mr-dai we are playing a fun game on the Baka Broadcast channel. Voting to nake a perfect Japanese band. I nominated Haraguchi-san. She could use your vote.
1- Life
2- Revive
3- Rollin rollin
4- Monsters
5- Raitei
6- Sorai
7- Change the world
8- Game over
9- Adabana
10- Style
11- Ray of light
nemophila is one of the fast rising new bands recently, their members are all from different bands, high level musicians and musical diversity are their characteristics, You can hear a different genre or element in each of their songs. I recomend《adabana》as the next reaction!🤘🏻🌸🤘🏻
Nemophila have described themselves as "Fluffy Hell". Pretty girly girls that bring you the sounds of hell. Check out Adabana, Life, Oiran, Style and....well you cant really go wrong with anything they put out.
Fluffy hell I love that lol I'm making a list I'm really excited about this band!
@@Killermcknight if you think Mayu screams are hard? Hanabie 'We Love Sweets' should be next. Yukina is the screamer for Hanabie and she is a BEAST. Never heard anyone dispute that. I think Mayu is a better vocalist overall. Yukina is a little bit of a specialist. She doesn't sing. But she does rap and other vocals. Matsuri the guitarist does the singing for Hanabie.
@@Killermcknight another suggestion is Nemophila cover of 'Zetsubo Billy' by Maximum the Hormone. Maximum the Hormone is one of the greatest bands ever. They are super influential in Japan. That is a two for one. ua-cam.com/video/2Q3fyW4FnJY/v-deo.html Nemophila covered two MtH songs and Hanabie started as a MtH cover band.
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You're in trouble now Killer!! Once you go to Japan, you can't escape.
Band-Maid you know. But there are about 115 more songs of theirs you need to check out. Just pick one and you're good.
Nemophila: "Adabana", "Oiran" (Live Concert), "Revive", "Life", "Raitei".
Lovebites: "Holy War" (Live), "Set The World On Fire" (Live), "Raise Some Hell" (Live), "Swan Song" (Live with Chopin intro).
Hanabie: "We Love Sweets"
Gacharic Spin: "Mindset"
Maximum The Hormone: "Alien"
Wagakki Band: Homura/Akatsuki No Ito" (Live 1st Japanese Tour), "Senbonzakura" (Live)
The rabbit hole is bottomless.
Welcome to Japan!!!
Rock On!!!!
Thanks man this is awesome
Hanabie : We love sweets , Meet game (last single) , and all their music . ;)
Nice reaction.
Salud y Rock and Roll 🤘🤘
You are going to love Nemophila! The Japanese rock rabbit hole is so deep that if you abseiled in you would never be seen again!
Check out Gacharic Spin and their song 'Mindset' for mind blowing talent!
I’ve seen other comments and they’re right, once you start down the Japanese metal/rock rabbit hole there’s no coming back. Nemophila, Bridear, Lovebites, Gacharic Spin, Hanabie, Fate Gear, Trident, Band Maid, Lonsome Blue, and many more. Mayu’s “panther scream” is amazing along with god-tier guitarists, bass, and drums are the complete package.
So far I'm loving it!
Revive or Adabana next!
Band-Maid and Nemophila is everything right with rock/metal.
All their original music is Killer & they do some Great covers ! I'm a Rock, Metal & Blues guy.....so it's not hard too Love Both Band-Maid & Nemo fee la !! ❤️🎙🎸🥁😎👌
And Aldious, Brats, Gacharic Spin, etc.
You know what? They might be even better live. Fantastic execution on par with their studio work, but even more of their chemistry and charisma comes through. You come away thinking "I just witnessed something truly special." Saw them in July in LA, going to see them again in March in SF. A treat, as I'm used to having to go to Japan to see some of my favorite J-Rock/Pop bands (Doll$Boxx, Unlucky Morpheus, Ningen Isu, Oomori Seiko, etc), although I did just get to see Boris in Portland.
Thank you for your reaction. It’s great to share the joy of music.
Glad you enjoyed it
My 1-2 punch in Japanese music is Band Maid and Nemophila, but you should check:
Hanabie
Trident
Bridear
Lovebites
Brats
Unlucky Morpheus
Fate Gear, etc...the talent of Japanese musicians is astounding !!!
right now Band-Maid and Nemophila is my 1-2 as well.
Awesome list, love all those. I will add
Imperial Circus Dead Decadence
Serenity in Murder
Release Hallucination
The only place to hear Rock/Metal IS Japan! 🤣
I know right lol
Try Gacharic Spin, or Doll's Box there are others. Have you done Lovebites?
Added to my list! Thanks for the recommendations!
Mi querida banda Nemophila 🔥 impresionante cantante! Me gustó mucho amigo saludos y quedo suscrito! 😎🤘
Mayu, vocals, formed the band to help create some demos for her to get another gig. Her band Lipstick broke up. She got highly talented and skilled musicians from a number other bands. Saki and Hazuki on guitar, Haraguchi on bass and Tamu Murata on drums. They enjoyed playing together and they meshed musically, so they decide to make the band permanent.
On July 1 they performed at the sold-out Whisky a Go Go for their first overseas gig.
There are 200+ Rock/Metal bands in Japan right now, and most of them are female or has a female(s) as a key member. You need to pick up the pace with your Japanese band reactions. You are falling behind.
Next - Lovebites, Unlucky Morpheus, Babymetal, Aldious, Bridear, and Scandal just for a start. Oh, just for fun Hanabie "We Love Sweets"!!
The band Lipstick did not break up. She left it.
new to your channel and specially as a NEMOPHILA fan
Fun fact : 10/10 times peeps first listen to them and start with that very song, the face at the moment of the scream... that's always the best part of the video 😂
If I really really had to choose only 10 songs from them that I would listen over and over, that would be my top 10 of theirs
1 - Dissention / 2 - Life / 3 - Monsters / 4 - Game Over / 5 - Ray of Light / 6 - Style / 7 - Hypnosis / 8 - Hōzuki / 9 - Revive / 10 - Seize the Fate
Now apart from NEMOPHILA, if you are up for an other Japanese metal band you seem to not have checked yet : Unlucky Morpheous
That's my second preferate Japanese metal band, and here again, like in all japanese metal bands, you will simply find insanely talented musicians at all their positions, but here there are mainly 3 positions you may find interesting, while ofc the 2 guitarists and the bass player are no slouch (very far from it), but from "worse" to "best" Fuki's voice is something, Fumyia's drumming is insane, and Jill's.... oh well I'll let you find about Jill...
"M" Anthem MV a quite recent song ua-cam.com/video/WoUzaVI0paY/v-deo.html
And if yoou want to witness "how bad they are" (sarcasm ofc) live, you can check that one, Black Pentagram ua-cam.com/video/RUiRlUGMTwY/v-deo.html
Anyway, fun to see one more on that Japanese metal journey... deep rabbit hole, and one you can actually go visit yourself, as sometimes there are gems that are well lesser known, but far away from having to be diss... In that vein, Asterism, the creepy voices and visuals of NECRONOMIDOL, the quieter Bridear, the older Aldious, the old punky rock from Anna Tsuchiya, the trio of Trident, etc... that journey can be a long one, with a lot of flavors so different from western metal / hard rock.
The lead guitarist Saki is also the guitarist in heavy metal band Mary's Blood!
I think I had their top 5 songs after I heard 5 of their songs but if you ask me now to list my top 5 songs from NEMOPHILA, I don't think I could come up with the list that I am content with. Its a hard question to answer. It will be easier if you ask me the list of songs I don't like from NEMOPHILA because that's an easy one, I just hand you the empty piece of paper.
Exactly!!!!
Welcome to the next Japanese super group! 😁 You as drummer must keep an eye on this drummer: Her name is Tamu Murata. She's special. She's a serious talented drummer.
1) Adabana, 2) Hypnosis, 3) REVIVE, 4) A Ray Of Light, 5) Style, 6) GAME OVER. NEMOPHILA are like BAND-MAID - they don't write weak songs. All are good.
Two lead guirars both 7 strings and they both work so well together. Both leads duel very well and Mayu (vocalist) is one of a kind. RAITEI, FIGHTER, REVIVE, ADABANA, A RAY OF LIGHT. I'd enjoy seeing you react to these (NEE MO FEE LA) NEMOPHILA Favorites of mine. I enjoyed your reaction and welcome to this rabbit hole.
Thank you I appreciate that
This song is a demonic possession! Long live Nemophila! 🌸🎸🎸🔥🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘
What's funny is that the vocalist, the currently-pregnant Mayu, was in a band called Lipstick where I don't think she ever did harsh vocals (and was known as Sindy). The guitarists are Saki and Hazuki. Saki was in Mary's Blood, a group that more or less split up earlier this year, and has a solo album out there. Hazuki was in Disqualia and the Li-Sa-X Band, two groups that didn't last too long. The bass guitarist, Haraguchi-san, is a friend of Mayu's from high school - I can't remember if she was in any previous groups - and Tamu Murata was a well-known studio drummer. They all got together because Mayu wanted to do a solo show after leaving Lipstick, but they felt that they were too good to have that show be all they did.
As for my top five, it's tough to narrow it down to five, but here's my list in no particular order.
1. Raitei
2. Revive
3. Hypnosis
4. Adabana
5. Life
That's crazy to me! Behold Mayu's screaming abilities lol thanks for the list I'm making my own for the next Nemophila songs I should check out!
Haraguchi-san was in Hölderlins - small band without much success.
This track rips don't it. Melodic Metalcore ye. MAYU's whistle-tone fry scream is the best out there, and that rock rasp and her cleans top-notch, even her idle kawaii "cute" vocal mode is fire. She is my favorite rock vocalist. The Laughing Thunder dynamic duo TAMU and HARAGUCHI-SAN are also my fav rhythm section currently. Last, but not least, the IBANEZ Endorsed / KILLER Guitars royalty shred sisters HAZUKI and SAKI complete this beast of a band. The convergence of talent in NEMOPHILA is unbelievable. Welcome to it and Happy Birthday TAMU 🌸✨🌠
Happy birthday Tamu😆😆😆
uhhh my top 5 with these girls would be:
Dissension.
Hypnosis
Sorai
Orian
Ratei
I too started with the Maids, and then i found these girls.. have taken both bands to the heart..
both so good in each their genre..
You got to include Life though. and turn on subtitles
@@LowSpecLinuxLaptop I totally agree with you.. but he said top 5.. 😉 but yea life is a amazing song as well.. actually that whole album is just so darn good.. but he forced me to choose 5.. 😁 evil as he was hehe
@@foothpath9966 😅🤣😅
Great reaction mate. What a band . Lots to pick from them. Adabana or revive is a good choice
Thanks man
Nemophila is the best band right now ..imo ⚡🤟🏼⚡
My Nemophila favorites:
1. ADABANA
2. Live
3. HYPNOSIS
4. SHIMI
5. REVIVE
When you have Band Maid, Lovebites and Nemophila, your modern-band musical life is largely complete. Thanks, Japan!
Knee-mo-feel-uh is how to pronounce it (I think) Oh man. This was a good introduction to Nemophila. They're a super good group for sure. They have other songs that aren't as heavy. They also do covers of other bands music. Life is a song they do that is very much on the gentler side of rock. It's a song the band wrote for their drummer as she came back from having a kid.
The members pronounce the band name pretty much how you would expect a word spelled out in romaji (Roman letters) to sound.
Neh-moh-fee-lah
That "e" at the beginning is more of an "eh" sound, but otherwise pretty much like you've got it.
In Japanese ‘e’ is pronounced ‘eh’.
Hell yeah bro! Love this band. That heavy slow breakdown you want? Check out Demon Light. In your face metal? Check out Revive. Want the bassist to melt your face off? Check out Rollin Rollin. You want a ballad? Check out Game Over. THIS BAND HAS NO BAD SONGS
BAND-MAID and nemophila are pals, the guitarists saki and kanami in particular.
My top 5:
1 - Oiran (official live)
2 - Adabana
3 - Hypnosis
4 - Kurenai ( X Japan cover)
5 - Shimi (Maximum the Hormone cover)
TOP JAPANESE FEMALE METAL BANDS
NEMOPHILA - next songs Revive, Raitei, live show at Whisky A GoGo Club Hollywood USA on 1st July 2022..🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
LOVEBITES - songs Set The World On Fire, Raise Some Hell, The Hammer Of Wrath, Break The Wall...🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
BAND-MAID - live songs Freedom, Domination, Play, Dice, Thrill, latest songs Unleash, Influencer...🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
HANABIE - another screamer...songs We Love Sweets, NEET GAME..🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
ASTERISM - female guitarist, songs (instruMetal) Dawn, Rising Moon, Light In The Darkness, 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
You want a slow song, try "Life" written for their Drummer Tamu when she just came back from having her 1st baby. Also, you might want to check out some of their 36 cover songs. Welcome to "The Cute and Fluffy Band from Hell".
SOKONINARU [Tenohira De Odoru]
HELLO SLEEPWALKERS [円盤飛来] (Trad: Flying Saucer)
TELECiDE [Tied up Memories]
NEKO [Ghost on a Record]
Nemophila: Making brutality beautiful since 2019.
Neh-moh-fee-lah. Short ‘e’ sound in the first syllable and NO ‘i’ sound between the ‘l’ and ‘a’ at the end. Check out “Adabana”, “Revive”, “Hypnosis”, “Raitei” and “Life”. Hell, check out ALL their shit. A rabbit hole well worth the time going down…
Hell yeah! Thank you for the pronunciation as well! I'm making a list of out the comments for songs to check out next from them!
If you wanna see more? You're in luck! Nemophila has a live stream concert in on Sept 29th (Replay until Oct 6th). They are Co-Headlining with 80s all female metal band Show-Ya. Check it out! Get your tix at Z a i k o \m/
Great review, but please (unless you have already) whilst in Japan you must try out Maximum the Hormone, and also SOKONINARU. Both bands Will blow your mind
You pronounced it correctly, except the last two letters - which are LA and pronounced "luh" . . . I have no idea how you got "lee-uh" out of that.
No offense, but I've dealt with this all my life. The last two letters of my last name are "no", and it's pounced, well, . . NO. For some inexplicable reason, people always say the end of my name as "lee". For the life of me, I can't figure out how people get 'lee" out of "no".
Banshee wail .
Try revive or ray of light.
🤘😎🤘
Maybe you want to have a look at the four ladies of Hanabie "We love sweats".
Nemophila - Adabana would be a good one for a slow breakdown
awesome
My life is complete now, cause I found Nemophila 🤝
I hadn't heard of them before but that was great! Loved the drummer especially. There is another JRock/Deathcore/Death metal band named Deviloof. They are so damned good! I have to drop a link to the song i'm suggesting bc I have no clue how to translate the title. You will not regret this! I promise. ua-cam.com/video/LWDENni6Pbc/v-deo.html
Ella this is why were doing this! I'm so glad you liked them maybe turn you into a fan. I feel like you of all my subscribers get it.. get the kind of music I truly love so when you drop a suggestion you know damn right I trust you so yes I will definitely check out Deviloof. Is it like devil OOF or lol
@@Killermcknight I appreciate all music in general, especially metal but i'm bias, lol. I'll give anything/anyone a listen or 3 (i know sometimes it takes a couple listens to get into different sounds) And I appreciate the kind words, thank you. Oh and Deviloof's name? It's a combination of the words devil and proof.
TAMU is quite a legend in Japan. It's her birthday today 🥁🐸🏆 🤘😁🤘
In my opinion, however, the two bands are not comparable.
Nemophila is not a death metal band. Dissension might be their hardest song.
This is Tamu's (the drummer) YT channel: むらたたむ
ua-cam.com/channels/fkjy4YQ-kSURgcXpthq7mg.html
@@Medley3000 .....I never compared the two. I was just saying "Hey if you like X band, you should check out Z band" I wasn't my intention to compare them.
This was good. Do Lovebites too.
Lovebites coming tomorrow
Their song MONSTERS sounds completely different (mid-tempo, no screaming) and has their best breakdown.
Your speaking my language Greg!
- a ray of light
- revive
Top 5 (that's tough)
1. Life
2. Revive
3. Minions Banana Song
4. Raitei
5. Monsters
+1 X Japan Rusty Nail cover song.
I didn't say it'd be easy! lol thanks man I'm making a list of songs to check out next by them because ya god damn right I'm going to check them out again!
🤘🔥🔥♥️♥️
If you want a slow breakdown check out "Oiran" by then. The ending will blow your mind lol.
Speaking my language Cody!
Las mejores sucesoras de SHOW-YA, 1banda femenina de heavy metal japonés y madrinas entre otras de Nemophila, Mary's Blood, Gacharic Spin, Scandal, etc (Fairy, Look at Me, Genkai Lovers, One Way Heart, Gambling, Kurenai, Battle Express, Shooting Star, etc)
It's Latin. Nemophila. Baby Blue Eyes flower. They are THE BEST. Hell's Yurufuwa band
Hay try react to :
Jethro Tull - "mouse police never sleeps" ( John Bonham once said Jethro Tull drummer Barriemore Barlow was the best drummer so has come out from England ) In this track you can lisen to strange beats and stuff
I guess you did do Lovebites.
Lovebites is awesome! I took a 6 month break from UA-cam so I definitely need to get back to Lovebites
Please do Adabana (also by Nemophila). It'll get you there. guaranteed.
Oh yes! I am making a list based off the suggestions from this video and Adabana has been mentioned a lot so I will be checking out that song for sure!
She manages to scream so well and not screw her voice by using vocal "fry" instead of a crude yell. Look it up. 😉
how does she project with vocal fry? women vocal fry all the time without even noticing it to make their vocals deeper. that's crazy!
@@Killermcknight most of these Japanese singers like saiki and miku from BAND-MAID have extraordinary skills, because they have coaches they train with several times a week and really practice hard. So the answer is "I don't know" but the guy from Linkin Park did it too. Saiki's skills and versatility are outrageous, she doesn't roar because it wouldn't go with her image.
I've seen miku on tiktok doing one of these hyper fast vocal challenges and totally ace it with 100% accuracy.
That's freaking awesome man!
@@Killermcknight one thing that is really obvious once you listen to her roar here is that her throat is totally open and relaxed - whatever she's doing it's not like the tense untrained noise most guys do and she's also not trying to "roar as well as a guy" like most female metal artists. All these Japanese women are totally relaxed at simply being way better and it doesn't go to their heads, partly because their friends are similar and also they know they've really put in the hours.
If you want to get back to Lovebites, then give Set the World on Fire (live) a listen. Expect to be highly impressed.
try them in REVIVE think it's their best
Scream? ---> DAZZLE VISION [Second]
Adabana is what you want. Sludgy doomy slow breakdown in the middle.
Pulling at the heart strings with that! YES
Hanabie for some deeper growls
Hell yeah Hanabie is next for sure.
You should definitely check out Maximum The Hormone. Their drummer Nao has been a huge inspiration to many of the great japanese female musicians you are enjoying now. Including Band Maid and Nemophilla. I would recommend you start with the track Yoshu Fukushu to ease yourself into them as they have no qualms about mashing genres together often in the same song. Nemophilla also does covers of the M.T.H. songs Shimi and Zetsubou Billy.
Better song: Hypnosis