@@Jordan-Ramses I always kind of hold BABYMETAL out apart from the others, not better or worse than the Big Three (I agree with Vincent on who those are at the moment), but kind of parallel in a different world, because their concept is so entirely unique. I wouldn't quite put Hanabie in the Top 3 yet, but I love them, and they are very much on the rise and are growing an international following now, like the others!
Another good reaction. Nemophila is awesome. Japan has so good "music school". It has so many talented musicians. I think Nemophila is better in studio recordings. And I still think that the song "Dissension" is the best way to start listening to Nemophila. I suggest you this song, but not the U.S. version. Japanese version is better. And there is also a live video of it. And you can check out "Adabana". This song is awesome. Thank you for your reaction. More Nemophila, more Lovebites, more BAND-MAID. And sorry for mistakes in my text...
What Nemophila is like at concerts is not really known yet. Since its inception (September 2019) until today, Nemophila played probably 18 concerts + mayu session + Nemophila Quortette + probably 2 concerts online. Still, a significant part of it was not full-scale, trouble-free concerts. Either short sets or technical problems, no audience - COVID, mayu in advanced pregnancy, downpour, no mayu. They need a lot of concerts, teamwork. They will definitely be better at concerts. Recordings from Naon Yaon (especially Oiran) are already quite good. They're halfway through the Japan tour, in March the US, then I guess some gig in Japan. I keep my fingers crossed for them.
Welcome to Nemophila! The band pronounces their name Neh-moh-fee-lah (Neh with a short 'e' like net or wet) there is also no second 'i', the song name is pronounced as rye-tay. If you undo "The Big Vowel Shift" that happened in the English language, it helps in understanding the pronounciation. Overall I think the difference between studio and live for Nemophila is very negligible, they are all talented and experienced musicians. I personally prefer mayu's live vocals over the studio vocals, but that's because she can really pull them off.
You are in for a treat, it wasn't even one of their best songs, it's my favourite band out of these full of positive energy japanese girl hard rock/metal bands. I wouldn't say they are better and more technical live like Lovebites, but they are great live too and have amazing charisma live. Must listen to songs: The best live performance and my favourite song: "Oiran" official live video. A quintessential Nemophila song, a single song to show what this band is about: "Adabana". Breakthrough hit: "Dissention" official music video ( original non american version ). New metal/ experimental song: "Style" ( it's awesome and I don't even like new metal ). Tearjerker metal ballad: "Life" ( Nothing Else Matters tier ). Slow and heavy, middleeastern vibes: "Hypnosis"
Hey Jon.. Told you... Nemophila are the Sh1t... Saki and Hazuki are right up there with the best duel leads there are out there, Haraguchi-san on bass and Tamu Murata on drums (regarded as one of the best female drummers in Japan (no mean feat) ) are a phenominal rythm section, Known as 'Laughing thunder' as you will see the more songs you do.. And Mayu on vocals?? Which you never mentioned? Well you are in for a suprize a few more songs down the line, lets just say she is a one in a million.. Another new ride, enjoy it it's very good.. Best wishes from France.. You need to see where this female metal band scene started . Check out Aldious, they are one of the Pioneers and are very good.. Check out Reincarnation Live, not something you see in metal every day? czcams.com/video/57UvVMWY2Vo/video.html
Good reaction you picked up on some interesting points. What I like about Nemophila compared to sthe other current female Japanese bands, is that as well as the creativity, there's an edge and an aggression and rawness to them (certainly live). They're also not afraid to experiment with different styles.
I love this song because I am not into a lot of screamo and Mayu has amazing clean vocals. This song just hits the spot. There is probs a live version they done at whiskey a go-go on youtube.
Nope, can't pigeon-hole Nemophila, they do whatever they want, grated it's 'metal' in some form or another. This is like a classic song for them, even though it's really only a few years old. Their newest stuff is even better. Try, "Adabana" "Ray of Light" "Dissension" "Seize The Fate" any of their countless covers....hell just about anything they do is great. Been listening to J-rock/metal for about 15 years now and they are one of my favs.
Great reaction. One thing that I will say is that you can't really nail down where they live as far as sound goes. They are all over the place which is what makes them my favorite of the heavier bands. You will constantly be surprised and say something like "i was not expecting that" if you dig into their catalog. They even have a lot of fun covers that they did during the covid period. My belief is that these 5 talented ladies could play any style of music.
The entire band are superstars. The drummer Tamu was a huge CZcams drummer before Nemophila. They were all in previous bands. Including Destrose. Everyone was in Destrose.
Yep there the best right now at this .Raitei was early on in the band and the track that wone me over when it came out .They just get Better and Better second album is a monster of a cd best of 2022 in my opinion .Thanks for looking at them and keep doing the in depth on there tracks these ladies no what there doing .
Nemophila and Band Maid, I listen to them all day long. Also they often have a backing track, which I am sure they recorded as I have seen several of the ladies play piano. @Jon Reacts try DISSENSION czcams.com/video/26aMuahxz8c/video.html REVIVE czcams.com/video/zmRmVc4u18w/video.html SORAI czcams.com/video/nYOLiDAlHBY/video.html ADABANA czcams.com/video/AxYiOwsu6wU/video.html LIFE czcams.com/video/HFnEYhbEAqg/video.html HOZUKI czcams.com/video/TjqrElTL-r8/video.html
@@grantnealon5101 There something personal about those practice studio recordings where we are up close and they are more relaxed and laughing and smiling and having fun.
@@robertbassham8514 Yes.. I think that is my greatest pull to these female bands, I am 60 and been listening to and watching metal all my life.. It is such a refreshing change to hear and see my favorite music being played by happy smiling beautiful women.. So over the sweaty, angry, arrogance that goes with most of the metal I have watched over the years.. There is also so much more in the music due to their song writing and musical skills and there are so many bands and so many songs.. I havent been this excited about music since the late seventies early eighties..
Jon, there is something you need to know. By the way, I am not so called a weeb or am I a Japanese lover. It's that they make music they I really like. I don't listen to "western" music anymore. I rather listen to 70's and 80's rock. --- So simply, they don't take the easy way out like some of your famous bands. I really mean it. Just like you said, rhythm g does not have to do that but they do. But, it's not just this band nor the rhythm. They all do. Just listen to Band-Maid and what Kanami does in many many of their songs. She is so busy it's crazy. And Misa, too. She is all over the fret board. I've never seen rock bassists so busy on the fret board before her or the other Japanese rock/hard rock/metal bassists. Band-Maid, Lovebites, Gacharic Spin, Unlucky Morpheus, Nemophila, Versailles, Galneryus, Bridear, Aldious, etc. They really really work hard for the fans. Nemophila members are all veterans of Japanese metal/hard rock scene. If I just talk about Tamu Murata (drums), she's a famous session musician, started as a Fusion Jazz drummer, has her own channel with close to 50 million combined views and has more subscribers than the Nemophila channel. Yeah. She can play any genre.
Or you may be interested in this information: Nemophila in USA Tour March 2023: 07 Sacramento, 08 San Francisco, 09 Los Angeles, 14 Houston, 16/17 Austin (SXSW), 19 Dallas, 20 New York.
Nemophila is a band formed by musicians from different bands. They are all excellent musicians. The lead singer Mayu has a colorful voice, She can sing different styles of music very well. And Nemophila is a diverse band, They do a lot of different genres of rock/metal music. I recommend《adabana》as the next🤘🏻🌸🤘🏻
I wouldn't say that they are one of the bands who are better live yet, at least not in terms of the sound quality of their live videos. Of course, that has nothing to do with their playing, which is spot on. But they need to borrow Lovebites or Band-Maid's live sound mixers, lol! To be fair, though, there isn't a lot of live video out there. Most of it is either from live-streams during COVID, or fan-cams from the US shows.
BRO you just scratched the surface of the best and hardest working metal band in Japan right now. They are playing in NYC in March and I'm trying my damnedest to be there. They are their own genre of metal. You want prog? Check out Monsters. You want in your face bass? Rollin Rollin. You want screams and riffage? Revive. RATM vibes with some rap? Style. Ballad? Now I Here 🤘
This is not their very best song, but it has a great breakdown. Watch three NEMOPHILA videos next: - The demo version of OIRAN (the one filmed in their recording studio)- czcams.com/video/eyb2NtPwcxc/video.html. - ADABANA - czcams.com/video/AxYiOwsu6wU/video.html - DISSENTION - czcams.com/video/26aMuahxz8c/video.html - MONSTERS - czcams.com/video/NfWrqbjJpEU/video.html And also their covers of songs by other Japanese bands that you should know, including - ONE NIGHT CARNIVAL - czcams.com/video/S4Eu59fIysM/video.html - DON’T SAY LAZY - czcams.com/video/EqSWOLsSj7Q/video.html
NEMOPHILA new Album songs Seize The Fate, ZEN, Rock & Roll Is.. and other songs Revive, Dissension, and cover songs IRON MAIDEN, MOTLEY CRUE, AC/DC, KISS, LINKIN PARK, JOURNEY..
Not better live, yet. They have only been together since 2019, so their live stuff so far isn't tight, but I haven't heard any live of theirs through the board. They have a bunch of fun cover videos as well.
Currently my favourite band. This song is good but nowhere near their best, IMO. Check out their brilliant cover of BABYMETAL's 'Megitsune'. Great fun!
@ Jon Reacts As Paul Badosa is giving you pronounciation lessons I would humbly recomment another japanese All Female Band . Hanabie ( hana-bie-ehh ) " We love Sweets " is a great Start followed by "Reiwa Dating Apps Generation" Just to see , that they don´t care about Genres. ( your Definition of Prog 😂 ) MVs are really great , sadly there is no Live stuff with good recording. Pretty unsual Band ... unusal is good don´t you agree. They started in School as Maximum the Hormone Cover Band. ( Sorry my English sucks ... German )
I don't think he was referring to Saki or Hazuki as necessarily being "the" rhythm guitarist, but was referring to what the non-lead guitarist while the other was soloing (i.e. what Saki was doing while Hazuki was soloing, and what Hazuki was doing while Saki was soloing), as they were filling a rhythm role at those times.
Currently the big 3 metal/rock Japanese bands.... Lovebites, Band Maid and Nemophila.
For me: Babymetal, Hanabie and Nemophila. (and Band-Maid)
@@Jordan-Ramses I always kind of hold BABYMETAL out apart from the others, not better or worse than the Big Three (I agree with Vincent on who those are at the moment), but kind of parallel in a different world, because their concept is so entirely unique. I wouldn't quite put Hanabie in the Top 3 yet, but I love them, and they are very much on the rise and are growing an international following now, like the others!
@@garykeeling2275 I'd say that about Lovebites. They are kind of their own thing. They have fans but not a broad appeal like Nemophila.
Another good reaction. Nemophila is awesome.
Japan has so good "music school". It has so many talented musicians.
I think Nemophila is better in studio recordings.
And I still think that the song "Dissension" is the best way to start listening to Nemophila. I suggest you this song, but not the U.S. version. Japanese version is better. And there is also a live video of it. And you can check out "Adabana". This song is awesome.
Thank you for your reaction. More Nemophila, more Lovebites, more BAND-MAID. And sorry for mistakes in my text...
What Nemophila is like at concerts is not really known yet. Since its inception (September 2019) until today, Nemophila played probably 18 concerts + mayu session + Nemophila Quortette + probably 2 concerts online. Still, a significant part of it was not full-scale, trouble-free concerts. Either short sets or technical problems, no audience - COVID, mayu in advanced pregnancy, downpour, no mayu. They need a lot of concerts, teamwork. They will definitely be better at concerts. Recordings from Naon Yaon (especially Oiran) are already quite good. They're halfway through the Japan tour, in March the US, then I guess some gig in Japan. I keep my fingers crossed for them.
Welcome to Nemophila!
The band pronounces their name Neh-moh-fee-lah (Neh with a short 'e' like net or wet) there is also no second 'i', the song name is pronounced as rye-tay.
If you undo "The Big Vowel Shift" that happened in the English language, it helps in understanding the pronounciation.
Overall I think the difference between studio and live for Nemophila is very negligible, they are all talented and experienced musicians.
I personally prefer mayu's live vocals over the studio vocals, but that's because she can really pull them off.
You are in for a treat, it wasn't even one of their best songs, it's my favourite band out of these full of positive energy japanese girl hard rock/metal bands.
I wouldn't say they are better and more technical live like Lovebites, but they are great live too and have amazing charisma live.
Must listen to songs:
The best live performance and my favourite song: "Oiran" official live video.
A quintessential Nemophila song, a single song to show what this band is about: "Adabana".
Breakthrough hit: "Dissention" official music video ( original non american version ).
New metal/ experimental song: "Style" ( it's awesome and I don't even like new metal ).
Tearjerker metal ballad: "Life" ( Nothing Else Matters tier ).
Slow and heavy, middleeastern vibes: "Hypnosis"
Hey Jon.. Told you... Nemophila are the Sh1t... Saki and Hazuki are right up there with the best duel leads there are out there, Haraguchi-san on bass and Tamu Murata on drums (regarded as one of the best female drummers in Japan (no mean feat) ) are a phenominal rythm section, Known as 'Laughing thunder' as you will see the more songs you do.. And Mayu on vocals?? Which you never mentioned? Well you are in for a suprize a few more songs down the line, lets just say she is a one in a million.. Another new ride, enjoy it it's very good.. Best wishes from France..
You need to see where this female metal band scene started . Check out Aldious, they are one of the Pioneers and are very good.. Check out Reincarnation Live, not something you see in metal every day? czcams.com/video/57UvVMWY2Vo/video.html
Good reaction you picked up on some interesting points. What I like about Nemophila compared to sthe other current female Japanese bands, is that as well as the creativity, there's an edge and an aggression and rawness to them (certainly live). They're also not afraid to experiment with different styles.
I love this song because I am not into a lot of screamo and Mayu has amazing clean vocals. This song just hits the spot. There is probs a live version they done at whiskey a go-go on youtube.
Nope, can't pigeon-hole Nemophila, they do whatever they want, grated it's 'metal' in some form or another. This is like a classic song for them, even though it's really only a few years old. Their newest stuff is even better. Try, "Adabana" "Ray of Light" "Dissension" "Seize The Fate" any of their countless covers....hell just about anything they do is great. Been listening to J-rock/metal for about 15 years now and they are one of my favs.
There are two lead guitars in this band.
Just as there are two lead guitarists in Lovebites.
Great reaction. One thing that I will say is that you can't really nail down where they live as far as sound goes. They are all over the place which is what makes them my favorite of the heavier bands. You will constantly be surprised and say something like "i was not expecting that" if you dig into their catalog. They even have a lot of fun covers that they did during the covid period. My belief is that these 5 talented ladies could play any style of music.
@idi0t definitely unexpected and just another reason to love them. Their choices of songs to cover seemed odd at times but they made it work.
The entire band are superstars. The drummer Tamu was a huge CZcams drummer before Nemophila. They were all in previous bands. Including Destrose. Everyone was in Destrose.
Nemophila rocks!!🤘🤘🤘
Yep there the best right now at this .Raitei was early on in the band and the track that wone me over when it came out .They just get Better and Better second album is a monster of a cd best of 2022 in my opinion .Thanks for looking at them and keep doing the in depth on there tracks these ladies no what there doing .
Both guitar girls are lead shredders.
Nemophila and Band Maid, I listen to them all day long. Also they often have a backing track, which I am sure they recorded as I have seen several of the ladies play piano. @Jon Reacts try
DISSENSION czcams.com/video/26aMuahxz8c/video.html
REVIVE czcams.com/video/zmRmVc4u18w/video.html
SORAI czcams.com/video/nYOLiDAlHBY/video.html
ADABANA czcams.com/video/AxYiOwsu6wU/video.html
LIFE czcams.com/video/HFnEYhbEAqg/video.html
HOZUKI czcams.com/video/TjqrElTL-r8/video.html
All of these and some covers too.. Nice choice Robert..
@@grantnealon5101 "and some covers too" Most defiantly. Crazy Doctor is one of my favorites.
@@robertbassham8514 Mine too.. I also Really like the "happy vibe" of Whole lot of Rosy.. :)
@@grantnealon5101 There something personal about those practice studio recordings where we are up close and they are more relaxed and laughing and smiling and having fun.
@@robertbassham8514 Yes.. I think that is my greatest pull to these female bands, I am 60 and been listening to and watching metal all my life.. It is such a refreshing change to hear and see my favorite music being played by happy smiling beautiful women.. So over the sweaty, angry, arrogance that goes with most of the metal I have watched over the years.. There is also so much more in the music due to their song writing and musical skills and there are so many bands and so many songs.. I havent been this excited about music since the late seventies early eighties..
Jon, there is something you need to know. By the way, I am not so called a weeb or am I a Japanese lover. It's that they make music they I really like. I don't listen to "western" music anymore. I rather listen to 70's and 80's rock.
--- So simply, they don't take the easy way out like some of your famous bands. I really mean it. Just like you said, rhythm g does not have to do that but they do. But, it's not just this band nor the rhythm. They all do. Just listen to Band-Maid and what Kanami does in many many of their songs. She is so busy it's crazy. And Misa, too. She is all over the fret board. I've never seen rock bassists so busy on the fret board before her or the other Japanese rock/hard rock/metal bassists. Band-Maid, Lovebites, Gacharic Spin, Unlucky Morpheus, Nemophila, Versailles, Galneryus, Bridear, Aldious, etc. They really really work hard for the fans.
Nemophila members are all veterans of Japanese metal/hard rock scene. If I just talk about Tamu Murata (drums), she's a famous session musician, started as a Fusion Jazz drummer, has her own channel with close to 50 million combined views and has more subscribers than the Nemophila channel. Yeah. She can play any genre.
More BAND-MAID, please
Nemophila are awesome, try Adabana or Monsters next!
Or you may be interested in this information: Nemophila in USA Tour March 2023: 07 Sacramento, 08 San Francisco, 09 Los Angeles, 14 Houston, 16/17 Austin (SXSW), 19 Dallas, 20 New York.
Oh, and as someone will already have said by now... "Neh-moe-fill-uh". 👍🤘
Nemophila is a band formed by musicians from different bands. They are all excellent musicians. The lead singer Mayu has a colorful voice, She can sing different styles of music very well. And Nemophila is a diverse band, They do a lot of different genres of rock/metal music.
I recommend《adabana》as the next🤘🏻🌸🤘🏻
^This^ Mayu's vast stylistic range is a big part of why the band's diversity works so so well. She can melt your face and steal your heart.
@@normanweaver7935 💯
I wouldn't say that they are one of the bands who are better live yet, at least not in terms of the sound quality of their live videos. Of course, that has nothing to do with their playing, which is spot on. But they need to borrow Lovebites or Band-Maid's live sound mixers, lol! To be fair, though, there isn't a lot of live video out there. Most of it is either from live-streams during COVID, or fan-cams from the US shows.
My number one band right now ⚡️🤟🏻⚡️
BRO you just scratched the surface of the best and hardest working metal band in Japan right now. They are playing in NYC in March and I'm trying my damnedest to be there. They are their own genre of metal. You want prog? Check out Monsters. You want in your face bass? Rollin Rollin. You want screams and riffage? Revive. RATM vibes with some rap? Style. Ballad? Now I Here 🤘
This is not their very best song, but it has a great breakdown. Watch three NEMOPHILA videos next:
- The demo version of OIRAN (the one filmed in their recording studio)- czcams.com/video/eyb2NtPwcxc/video.html.
- ADABANA - czcams.com/video/AxYiOwsu6wU/video.html
- DISSENTION - czcams.com/video/26aMuahxz8c/video.html
- MONSTERS - czcams.com/video/NfWrqbjJpEU/video.html
And also their covers of songs by other Japanese bands that you should know, including
- ONE NIGHT CARNIVAL - czcams.com/video/S4Eu59fIysM/video.html
- DON’T SAY LAZY - czcams.com/video/EqSWOLsSj7Q/video.html
NEMOPHILA new Album songs Seize The Fate, ZEN, Rock & Roll Is.. and other songs Revive, Dissension, and cover songs IRON MAIDEN, MOTLEY CRUE, AC/DC, KISS, LINKIN PARK, JOURNEY..
Not better live, yet. They have only been together since 2019, so their live stuff so far isn't tight, but I haven't heard any live of theirs through the board. They have a bunch of fun cover videos as well.
We'll find out in March.
Agreed.
Currently my favourite band. This song is good but nowhere near their best, IMO.
Check out their brilliant cover of BABYMETAL's 'Megitsune'. Great fun!
@ Jon Reacts As Paul Badosa is giving you pronounciation lessons I would humbly recomment another japanese All Female Band . Hanabie ( hana-bie-ehh ) " We love Sweets " is a great Start followed by "Reiwa Dating Apps Generation" Just to see , that they don´t care about Genres. ( your Definition of Prog 😂 ) MVs are really great , sadly there is no Live stuff with good recording. Pretty unsual Band ... unusal is good don´t you agree. They started in School as Maximum the Hormone Cover Band. ( Sorry my English sucks ... German )
Rhythm guitar? They trade off lead and rhythm then do a dual solo.
I don't think he was referring to Saki or Hazuki as necessarily being "the" rhythm guitarist, but was referring to what the non-lead guitarist while the other was soloing (i.e. what Saki was doing while Hazuki was soloing, and what Hazuki was doing while Saki was soloing), as they were filling a rhythm role at those times.
BTW - I think you missed the drummer. I do not know what your standard is regarding drummers. But, do you not think this was a bit over average?