How Are Nemophila this Good? Rise Reaction!! Australian Producer 

Another masterpiece! 6 different riffs, 1 sort breakdown section and 2 guitar solos in a song of 3 minutes and 20 seconds! And the balance of heavy and melodic in this song is very good. 🤘🏻🌸🤘🏻

In Japan, in high school, you have to have an extra-curricular activity club that you are in. Most guys go for sports clubs (baseball, soccer (futbol), kendo, etc.), while the women are dominant in music clubs so you get a lot of women who are really competent with instruments; Hanabie started out as a Maximum The Hormone cover band in a high school club for example. Although you also get people like Murata Tamu (the drummer for Nemophila) who heard Maximum The Hormone and decided to take up drumming because she thought the drummer for MTH was amazing and is also a woman.

Mayu specifically brought me back to this genre. I’m a long time metalhead (50 years). The screaming drove me away from the genre and the current female vocalists that try and sound like males; well just didn’t intrigue me. Mayu has an exceptional female scream combined with outstanding cleans. Of course everyone in this band is top notch and combined is a powerhouse to scare any metal band out their from a competition standpoint.

I recommend nemophila Adabana

Love this song, the riff in the verses remind of Rammstein's 'Mein Land' 🤘❤🤘

Love this song. Love this band.

I had the pleasure of seeing them live in NYC on March 20, 2023. They put on an awesome show.

DUDE!! Welcome back.. It's been ages.. Glad you are back with Nemophila, you have alot of catching up to do.. Best wishes from France

Also Broken by the Scream and Hanabie are the business when comes to screaming and growling because they're more younger ladies.🤘🎌

The skill of all those musicians may be related to this after school mandatory "club" thing in Japan. They are pretty much forced to do something (sport, art) after classes and for some it happens to be music, many years of free practice

12:03 Nope...Just take the US for example. 40 years and all I can think of is The Bangles, The GoGos and The Runaways.

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 y además producen y organizan el festival anual sólo de bandas femeninas Naon no Yaon desde 1987. Echa un vistazo a Fairy y Kurenai ambas canciones con Nemophila (Kurenai sólo Saki y Hazuki) Gambling, Shooting Star, JAM, Emotion, Battle Express, Look at Me, One Way Heart, etc, etc

Japan's music industry is 3 times larger than that of the USA when compared to the same population.

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I think there is a collective effort at the edges of metal and hard rock in the past ~10 years, to re-integrate heavy and catchy elements. Genres tend to branch out, but there are these periods when some of the branches come back together. Right now you see a generation of musicians who grew up with the Internet at their fingertips. Already in their teens they were aware of all the great things that were invented by the various branching genres. It never happened before that young artists had so much insight and knowledge. And when they start making their own music, they include those great things. We get growls in catchy songs, casual double-kick in hard rock, and other heresies which actually sound great. Take the best stuff, put it together.

Enjoyed your analysis thanks for the reaction!

Some Japanese bands, old and new. Take your pick: BAND-MAID [All their songs... really!], LOVEBITES [Break the Wall, Raise some Hell, and all the other songs], BABYMETAL [All their songs, because they are all different], MAXIMUM THE HORMONE [Yoshu Fukushu], DEXCORE [Earthworm], CROSSFAITH [Catastrophe], SiM [Killing Me], NINGEN ISU [Heartless Scat], UNLUCKY MORPHEUS [Black Pentagram], YOUSEI TEIKOKU [Astral Dogma, Patriot Anthem (Live)], COLDRAIN [Die Tomorrow], CRYSTAL LAKE [The Circle], GIVEN BY THE FLAMES [Ronove], LONESOME_BLUE [Face the Fear], ANGRY FROG REBIRTH [2Step Syndrome], SILENTLY SHOOTING TRAITORS [Manipulate], ALDIOUS [Dominator], TRiDENT [Ambivalent, Spoopy, ...], BRIDEAR [Light in the Dark], CINQ ELEMENT [Destiny], MARY'S BLOOD [Marionette], GRAUPEL [Bereavement], DOLL$BOXX [Take my Chance], SOKONINARU [Tenohira De Odoru], HELLO SLEEPWALKERS [Flying Saucer], TELECiDE [Tied up Memories], NEKO [Ghost on a Record], MERGINGMOON [Greyen], ROTTENGRAFFTY [Hallelujah], JILUKA [Mephisto, Overkill], BROKEN BY THE SCREAM [Emotion Cross-Counter], FATE GEAR [Unbreakable Wings], LYNCH [Devil], GACHARIC SPIN [Mindset], DIR EN GREY [Ningen wo Kaburu], X JAPAN [Kurenai], DAZZLE VISION [Second], DEVILOOF [Torture], JUPITER [My Enemy], NOKUTO [Life of Desire], GALNERYUS [Angel of Salvation], SAISEIGA [Ride On], BLOOD STAIN CHILD [Del-Sol], NEMOPHILA [Rise, Hypnosis], DADAROMA [Lucid Dream], JILUKA [Overkill, or Lluvia], HANABIE [We Love Sweets], A CROWD OF REBELLION [Re:Create of the Re:d], PALEDUSK [Area PD], POLKADOT STINGRAY [any song], MUTANT MONSTERS [Abnormal], BLACKLAB [Insanity], ASTERISM [Rising Moon, Unravel, or Church], NOISEMAKER [Hunter or Prey], BiSH [The Night When Stars Twinkle], SCANDAL [A.M.D.K.J.], DEEP GIRL [I kill], Mrs. GREEN APPLE [Inferno], BRATS [Doudatte Yokatta], THE ORAL CIGARETTES [Frenzy Hey Kids!!], GIRUGAMESH [Drain], LiLiHoLi [From Darkness to Light], THE DEVIL’S KILLING MERRY-GO-ROUND [Diabolos], and many many more...

That "factory" for great musicians (women and men alike) is Greater Tokyo. It's fundamental economy: Nowhere else are there 40 million people - all with decent purchasing power - connected by efficient local transport. That's an one-on-the-planet market for live performances: Only reach 1% of the population with your music, only 1/10 of whom actually make it to one of your gigs in a given year - you play to an audience of 800 each and every week - and still are able to always sleep at home. That allows many more musicians to actually make a living even without climbing the top. It also shifts the industries' emphasis from studio production and marketing towards live stage, where again musical talent is a more important ingredient to the recipe than with common western radio/TV/social-media-marketed record sales. Also that explains why most of those great acts never reach a wider international audience - they just don't need to. A lot don't even bother to tour Japan outside Greater Tokyo and Keihanshin. It might not be a coincidence, that we westerners got aware of that incredible well of talent during times when playing to live audiences was largely restricted.

I don’t know if it’s the reason for so much female musicians in Japan, but I have heard that it’s because they have intense musical training from high school. In high school, they are expected to join clubs. Boys usually join sports clubs. Girls tend to join musical clubs. And it’s intense, and they train until the evening every day, even on the weekends. It might be the reason for it.

Have been listening to female Japanese bands for over a decade. Not because they are female, more because they find interesting ways to reinvigorate music that I love. As an Australian I do found it hard to find bands and then to see them last or get a foothold. Which means I have to resort to RU-vid and reaction channels like you to get a sense of shared joy and excitement about bands and music that will never come to a venue near me. Mind if you know of any local/Aussie bands would love to know. Old guy in near Adelaide.

Other factors contributing to the large number of all-girl bands is that most parts of Japan are readily accessible by train, and there doesn't seem to be any stigma about young people traveling solo. This makes it incredibly easy for girls to find bandmates and meet up for practices. SCANDAL was formed from students attending a dance/vocal school (while they were still in middle/high school, aged 15 to18) and they had to travel 1 to 3 hours round trip to practice together on weekends and school holidays. When their Osaka dance school closed at 10pm each night they'd rent an overnight practice room to practice some more, then eat, sleep and wait for the school to open the next morning. They did this for 20 months until they were finally signed by EPIC records, then 2 of them moved to Tokyo while the other two finished their last year of high school. In the meantime they were still commuting to practices every weekend and school holiday. I'm guessing something like that would be impossible in any other part of the world.

Part 2 of The List: Sokoninaru (2011 Progressive metal, math rock, extremely technical; male/female cofounders) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MVxl0zXZBR4.html Sonic Lover Reckless (2018 Special project of Miyako Watanabe, one of Lovebites’ two incomparable guitarists) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DXZ-qhxd1VI.html Telecide (2016 Metalcore, aggressive and melodic at the same time) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-keq-7ZCluFc.html Tricot (2010 Post-progressive math-rock, highly technical with crazy time signatures and polyrhythms) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-P_B_GalsJrE.html Trident (formerly Kakumei, renamed in 2020 with some personnel changes. Evolved from pop-punk to thrashier hard rock; several lineup changes but the bassist and lead singer have been constants) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9k9txMouU34.html Unlucky Morpheus (2008 Female leads Fuki (vo) and Jill (violin). This band is a deep well unto itself, they cross many subgenres of metal; Fuki and Jill also do other projects and Fuki is lead for at least two other bands including Doll$Boxx, above) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V8i_QhOgsKw.html Wagakki Band (2012 Folk-Metal fusion band, all jedi-level musicians, half of them play traditional Japanese instruments and the other half play standard metal instruments) This song was originally written for a virtual (AI) singer, referred to as a Vocaloid ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q2meWkWqc-I.html Yōsei Teikoku (1997 Rock-Folk-Metal-Electronica fusion ensemble) Set up in a fictional Fairy Empire, led by founder Yui, they have done a lot of anime themes and sound-tracks and also perform original songs live, in character. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_EeYxtAeaX4.html There are many more (others that come to mind are BRATS, Drop’s, Stereopony, Scandal, Princess Princess, which all tend more in the pop direction, and the Bang-Dream projects, which are live groups based on Manga series. And of course, there are other female-fronted Kawaii-metal groups like Ladybaby and Ironbunny, to name the two best-known after Babymetal. I have found listings of over 600 such bands dating back to 1980. These are my picks as the most interesting for reasons of quality, longevity or historical impact. If you find others you think belong on this list, please let me know. And if you find a dead link, also please let me know so I can fix the list. Thank you!

There are MANY! I love discovering them too! lol

This band is top of my go to bands to listen to. Subed to their channel so as never to miss anything. Their new single is brilliant. Totally different to this. More of a rock Ballard. And Mayu's clean voice on it has so much emotion in it. Beautiful & powerful. Now I Here it's called. Great band. Have you ever done any Hyde reaction's. Look for one of his bands called Vamps or his solo stuff. He's sold over 40million units. Huge in Japan. And know in the U S. But not as big as he should be. The new band he sings with is The Last Rocks Stars. Like a Japanese supergroup. Very good live show from L A on RU-vid. But Vamps is still my favourite. Great songs.

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LOVEBITES new album songs MV Judgement Day, Stand And Deliver(Shoot 'em Down)

You have to get back to The Warning they released 3 songs pro shot at the Metropolitan cdmx.

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I call them female Linkin Park than Jinjer. If you heard MergingMoon that's competitive to Jinjer.

Ok, since you are, as you put it, going down the rabbit hole....Japan has had an active all-girl metal scene since at least 1981. This is a starter list of all-female (or in eight cases, mixed gender) metal, punk, hard-rock and post-rock bands, with founding dates where I know them. It's alphabetical, except for the first three, which are at the top of the list for historical reasons. They set the table for the explosion of Japanese female hard-rock, punk and metal bands. Note: I have tried to pick clips that are high quality and are representative of the band's style. If you put the question out there, you are likely to get suggestions mainly for Band-Maid, Babymetal, Lovebites, Nemophila, Unlucky Morpheus and Wagakki Band. You can’t go wrong with any of those, but find time to check out more of the bands on this list. They are all worth the time and deserve the love, and many will really surprise you. My personal favorites include Asterism, Bridear, Doll$Boxx, existTtrace, Hagane, Hanabie, Mary’s Blood, Sokoninaru and Tricot. Ok, the list: Show-Ya (1981 The original female J-metal band, founded before Metallica-this is from their 24th (!) anniversary concert-and they are still touring) They have a strong Deep Purple vibe, and in my view they belong in any rock or music hall of fame: “I am the Storm” ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oJ_5Gv3vFjQ.html Shonen Knife (1981 The world’s first bubblegum punk band. They have done several world tours, and opened for Nirvana, who were big fans. They also perform as a Ramones tribute band called Osaka Ramones): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w9LUlYzOiWs.html Destrose (2005; This band was never stable, but has become almost mythic in metal history, because so many great bands spun out of Destrose, including Lovebites--you will recognize the drummer and bassist): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G1VwEGHPIhs.html Aldious (2008 Glamorous and kick-ass rockers-one of the first generation all-girl metal bands, along with Destrose) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sfkJT0rra-8.html Asterism (2013 Not all female, but will melt your face off- the guitarist Haruka Noma is off the charts talented and still a teen-ager) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IfxMi0Bx4x0.html Babymetal (2010 The flagship “Kawaii metal” band and the most well-known Japanese metal act outside of Japan. Combining “Kawaii” (cute) Japanese pop tropes over thunderous heavy metal backing) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cK3NMZAUKGw.html Band-Maid (2013 OK, there are 150+ great songs by them. Easily the best known band on this list other than Babymetal, they are more hard rock and prog than metal. Just did a 14 city US tour in 2022 that sold out 48 hours after being listed.) Here is a live clip: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FHpuEqMAcDg.html Bridear (2011 Heavy, technical-and their tiny bassist also growls): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LQIDqudG_DQ.html Cyntia (2011 Second wave, hard, heavy, but with prog and symphonic touches) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FnhObh5i_3U.html D-Drive (2009 Instrumental progressive metal and fusion; Mixed gender. Extraordinary, technical dual lead guitars featuring Yuki and Seiji) Here is a lockdown version of their 2009 hit “Cassis Orange”: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Mi0ykRvZ1LA.html Disqualia (2015 Destrose spin-out, featuring Narumi, one of the best guitarists of this generation, and Hazuki, then an up-and-coming talent who is now a member of Nemophila) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--M5zBKrTJRg.html Doll$Boxx (2012 Wild mix of metal, electropop, and god-knows what else; a collaboration between Fuki and Gacharic Spin) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mu2z4Uf9Tgc.html existTtrace (2003: Visual Kei, progressive, technical, some death-metal and goth touches) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Oz1Lv8XGBF0.html Fate Gear (2015 Super-group, one of the Destrose spinouts-continually changing lineup built around Mina (g) and (until very recently) Erica (b); I consider this video one of the best on this list): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tLQbsoKQN-0.html Gacharic Spin (2009 Founded by two high school classmates, Hana (Dr, Vo, multiple instruments) and Koga (B) who had already been in other bands (and was previously a lingerie model). Everything from punk-pop to heavy metal and progressive; highly technical) Here is their first video, with original singer Armmy (d. 2015): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vfzIt20_xXg.html Gallhammer (2003 Black/Death/Doom/Punk; this is from their 2007 UK/Europe tour; co-founder Vivien Slaughter is now making electronic ambient music!): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2fTiyOO1nZE.html Galmet (2006 Straight-up death metal, but in prom dresses) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PnvrOLeRt-I.html Ganglion (2010 Metal with a hint of electronica): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-q9j4t3Ms-Sg.html Hagane (2018 Started with Sakura posting blistering metal guitar covers on youtube while in high-school, and the rest of the girls finding her; full lineup came together in 2019) The lead guitarist does a magical solo using a Phrygian scale at warp speed: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k8NTRJ_yTxY.html Hanabie (2019 Kawaii death metal, deathcore, thrash. Technical. Most frequent comment is “That’s nuts.” One of the bands to watch over the next few years.) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G18yyvPCiTM.html Kakumei (2013--see Trident, below) Lisa-X Band (Prodigy 16-year-old guitarist Lisa-X and a rotating cast of fellow bandmembers, often including Hazuki (of Disqualia and Nemophila). ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mN_oLqTka6M.html Lonesome Blue (2021 Progressive rock, pop-metal fusion. This is Narumi’s (see below) long-awaited new band.) This song is a wild fusion of classic Disco with Metal: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aEdyEEnMTy8.html Lovebites (2016 Modern Power, Speed, Thrash and Heavy Metal. Already making a global splash, melodic but face-meltingly technical. Here is their most famous official MV-it’s even better than Shadowmaker IMO) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hLFelI93VkM.html Mardelas (2014 Another spin-off from Destrose; mixed male/female; leader Marina Hebiishi has one of the best voices in the biz) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Wd8P7wTnWJs.html Mary's Blood (2008 The first major Destrose spin-out; Jedi-level lineup.) Here, Saki murders her guitar without breaking any nails: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MLM2unV0kwU.html Maximum the Hormone (1998 Crazy, chaotic mashups of deathcore, nu-metal, pop and high-speed rapping. Co-founder Nao (drums) is the female member of the band. She has been a major influence on female drummers throughout Japan.) This clip captures just a bit of the madness: 予襲復讐 (Yoshu Fukushu) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-beN5ep5MrdY.html MergingMoon (2010 Mix of prog and melodic death metal. Vocalist U is Japan’s terrifying answer to Tatiana of Jinjer) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sIL-vgHNOu0.html Mutant Monster (2008 Punk-pop, really good at it) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Fd6ymMR40NU.html Narumi (solo prog-rock and fusion compositions-a change of pace from a master guitarist who was once the star lead for Destrose. She now has her own band, Lonesome Blue.) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cRyCaHjwIgk.html Nemophila: (2019 Supergroup of ex-Mary's Blood guitarist Saki, ex-Lipstick vocalist Mayu, ex-Disqualia guitarist Hazuki, ex-Hölderlins bassist Haraguchi-san, and ex-Soramimi drummer Muratatam.) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lh-dVLKP314.html 54 Nude Honeys (1992 Early Japanese punk-they toured the UK and Europe, and reports are that their crowds were as crazy as the crowds at Sex Pistols concerts) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jHnJSoGN5Mk.html Otoboke Beaver (2009 in-your-face thrash punk, way out there): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fkWfFXnLpYg.html Rie aka Suzaku (instrumental guitar) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m6Z2GD5SqNs.html Continued in next comment....

The Japanese Jinjer? That would be MergingMoon with U on vocals. This is totally different. With regard to the women doing metal in Japan: Almost all schoolchildren in Japan are required to study musical instruments, so there is an enormous pool of capable musicians. Then you have the tendency of the boys to pursue J-pop instead of hard rock or metal, and the girls have the playground to themselves. That's at least part of it.

An explanation I have seen is, firstly the school club system produces a lot of reasonably music literate young women. Then, Japanese society is still quite gender stratified, making it very difficult for women to progress in a lot of industries. Music then can be seen as a fairly attractive option for young women. In the West, a lot of potential female musicians steer away from the music industry as it is seen as a `risky` career decision, and still somewhat misogynistic. This means in the `West`, even now, an all female band is seen as something of a novelty act, and struggles to get taken seriously. In Japan however, the number of women entering music has normalised women in the industry. I heard a stat, not sure if its true as I never got the source, but the statement was, in Tokyo, the worlds second biggest music scene (after London), all female bands now make up over 50% of all bands. So, it shouldn't be a surprise that Japan is pumping out high quality all female bands in a way that other places just aren't.

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Las mejores sucesoras de SHOW-YA, 1banda femenina de heavy metal japonés (1981) y madrinas entre otras de Nemophila, Mary's Blood, Gacharic Spin, Scandal, etc. Además Keiko Terada, vocalista, produce y organiza el festival anual sólo de bandas femeninas Naon no Yaon desde 1987, echa un vistazo a Fairy y Kurenai ambas canciones con Nemophila (Kurenai sólo Saki y Hazuki, guitarristas) Gambling, Shooting Star, JAM, Emotion, Look at Me, Genkai Lovers, One Way Heart, Battle Express, Crazy Love, etc. Gracias a SHOW-YA hay tantas bandas femeninas en Japón (Risky Melody, Fraktur, Little Lilly, Hagane, Empress, Gacharic Spin, Aldious, Destrose, Disqualia, Lipstick, Lomesone Blue, Hanabie, Pascode, etc, etc