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 aims to exhibit an unpredictable mixture in their appearance and fashion along with a positive heavy metal sound bringing a smile to everyone around the world!
NEMOPHILA started out as a session band in August, 2019 with mayu on vocals, SAKI on guitars, Hazuki on guitars, Haraguchi-san on bass and Tamu Murata on drums. The band officially made their debut live in September, 2019 at the METAL WEEKEND 2019 held at Zepp Diver City, Tokyo where the band opened up for big names such as LOUDNESS and HAMMERFALL. They continued to perform live shows in the Tokyo area leading to the release of their first single “OIRAN” on February 29, 2020, in which they played a sold out solo show at the Shibuya REX in Tokyo. Their second single “RAITEI” was released on August 22, 2020 accompanied by a live stream show on the same day with Tamu Murata playing her first show after coming back from maternity leave.
NEMOPHILA started their YouTube channel on February 8, 2020. Their first video featured a studio performance of the band playing IRON MAIDEN’s “The Trooper” which has been viewed over 1.4 million times. During Tamu Murata’s maternity leave, the band released a series of videos featuring studio performances with guest drummers such as Kyoko Tomita of PRINCESS PRINCESS and Miki “mittan” Tsunoda of SHOW-YA. The channel currently (as of Feb. 2021) has over 50,000 subscribers and a total of more than 7.7 million views from not only Japan but also around the world. On December 26, 2020, NEMOPHILA streamed the NEMOPHILA STREAM SHOW in which over 10,000 people viewed the show.
