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Please introduce yourselves to the readers of Summon the Roses Hello! I'm Captain Mina, guitarist of FATE GEAR. also I do songwriting, and playing bass guitar on recordings. You're an all-female steampunk metal band. What inspired you to choose this theme and style for the band?   I discovered steampunk when I performed at convention in U.S. with my previous all-female band in 2013. I've always love fantasy, so I like steampunk too and decided to incorporate it into FATE GEAR. Can you describe in a few words the sound of your music? Female fronted steampunk melodic metal. Umm difficult to say in a few words! XD Your latest release "The Vanguard Of Hades" album will be released nationwide this Summer, What can you tell us about this album? This is a concept album based on a fantasy novel featuring angels and demons that I wrote as a child. It contains 4 new songs and 9 live recordings. The new songs have a gothic and symphonic feel. the song  "Devil's Pact...

  ©TAKUTAKAHASHI Please introduce yourself to the readers of Summon the Roses My name is Taku Takahashi and I'm a member of a group called M-Flo. We started our group 24 years ago and next year it will be our 25th anniversary.  I make tracks and beats and I also produce artists such as Crystal, aill, b-first, and recently did a remix for Utada Hikaru. I'm also the owner of radio station called block.fm. In August, you released Gold ~Mata Au Hi Made ~ Taku’s Twice Upon A Time Remix for Utada Hikaru's latest single. What was it like working with singer song-writer Utada Hikaru? Usually when I'm asked to do remix they send me the stems of the track and vocals and I just make the remix. For this case, I asked Utada Hikaru for a favor I wanted her to rap on top of it, I wanted her to say "Bring the beat back". She was very kind that she recorded that in her own studio and did more than that. That is how she came up with introductions voicemail, it was her idea. She...

Could you please introduce yourselves to the readers of Summon the Roses?  Sena: I am Sena. Guitarist. Ricko : I am vocalist, Ricko. Zyean : I am Zyean, drummer. Boogie : I am Boogie, bassist. Did you all decide to come to North America on your 10 year anniversary? Was this something that was planned or something that just happened? Sena The version of JILUKA that started in 2013 was a temporary version*. The current JILUKA which is the permanent, “real” band started in 2015. They haven’t hit 10 years quite yet. Could you tell us more about your concept of ‘Electro-Gothic-Metal’? What is the story behind EGM and your new single, VENΦM? Sena: For EGM, there were three JILUKAs. There was the Electro JILUKA, the gothic JILUKA, and the metal JILUKA. Since we wanted to take those three and make them into one unique concept, we mixed them together and that is where EGM came from. It is just to mix the three genres and it becomes something that is our own. VENΦM is the third song after ...

  ©TOY'S FACTORY Please introduce yourself to the readers of Summon the Roses I'm Ano. Nice to meet you. You will be releasing your first album “Neko Neko Getsu” this upcoming December. Are you excited about the release of your album? What can we expect from this release? It's my first physical release as a CD and I'm really looking forward to it. How was it like having your song “Chu, Tayousei” featured as Chainsaw Man's ending theme? Chainsaw Man was a big hit and a lot of people watched it. I was very honored to be involved as a project in the ending theme. What are the differences when you're performing as an artist compared to when you're modeling? We would like to know the best of both worlds, is there a big change when you switch from one to the other? As an artist, I'm using words and sounds to express my emotions, whereas, as a model I concentrate more on the physical side of things. For example, how does the clothing I'm wearing fits or how...

  ©Mages Please introduce yourself to the readers of Summon the Roses I'm mainly an Anime singer and I used to live in the United States.  Your new album “Who’s me? “ came out this year. Can you explain what you wanted your fans to feel while listening to it? Because of Covid we couldn't hold any live performances and the music industry was affected as a whole, and I even caught Covid at one point. It affected us pretty heavily, so in making the album "Triple Crown" there are a lot of Anime songs in a lot of different genres. In purchasing this album, you will get to see many sides of me. I also love horse racing so I took a lot of inspiration from that. Can you tell us about your visual concept for your music video “Triple Crown”. What is the theme you were going for in this video? Within this world of Anime singers, it's really hard to succeed in this industry, but for me I wanted to prove I have what it takes and I'm prepared and have the willpower to go fo...