On March 10th, the Japanese female Heavy Metal act NEMOPHILA, have released an official music video for their new single “Rise”.
While independently releasing three singles between 2020 and 2021, theband garnered a sizable multinational following online by uploading videos to YouTube. In June 2021, British record label JPU compiled the singles into the internationally released “Oiran: Extended Edition”. NEMOPHILA released their debut studio album, “Revive”, on December 15th, 2021. Their second full-length album, “Seize The Fate”, was released in December 2022 by Space Shower Music.
NEMOPHILA was formed in Tokyo in 2019. After leaving the rock band LIPSTICK, vocalist Mayu was looking to put together a backing band to support her at an August 2019 live session. She contacted her former classmate and bassist Haraguchi-san, and the two recruited drummer Tamu Murata through magazines and website posts. Mayu was introduced to MARY’s BLOOD guitarist Saki through a mutual friend, and Saki in turn introduced them to DISQUALIA guitarist Hazuki. Feeling that this line-up was too good to be a one-off, the musicians decided to form a real band. When deciding the name, Mayu said that the word “sorai” came to her and seemed refreshing, but its meaning “was difficult, so we tried to soften it.” Because each member is female, Mayu wanted to use the name of a flower and searched many before they found NEMOPHILA.
NEMOPHILA’s music can be described as a mixture of various styles ranging from loud rock to grunge. The band displays a sound heavier than hell, while presenting a soft and gentle-cute character at the same time.
The band is currently in the midst of their first ever U.S. tour. Remaining dates:
16-17 – Austin, TX – SXSW (South By Southwest)
19 – Dallas, TX – Trees
20 – New York, NY – Gramercy
You can watch the official music video for “Rise” below:
