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©Highdive Could you please introduce yourselves to the readers of Summon the Roses? We are a Houston, TX based alternative rock band called HIGHDIVE. What is the origin of your band name HighDive? What is the meaning behind it? HIGHDIVE came about when tossing around ideas for the band name after we'd written our first single, The Deep End. While being sort of humorously related to the song title, HIGHDIVE to us also means we’re diving in and combining our inspirations drawn form previous acts we’ve all been apart. We all grew up in the same scene, in different bands, but we feel like we've come together and found our a solid sound with these new songs. How long have you known each other? How did the band members meet? Three of the four of us grew up in the same area and went through school together, but playing music in other bands ultimately brought us all together.  Can you tell us about your music genre and the composition of your music? ...

Shihori Can you please introduce yourself to the readers of Summon the Roses? I am a singer and songwriter who moved to NY from Japan on this January. I have been working for Japanese Pop and Anime music industry for over decade, have created many hits including 11 Gold Disks in my country. But I felt Japanese market is getting more and more limited, less new opportunities because Japan's population itself is getting decrease these years. So I decided to challenge with "Share the American Dream Project" in order to encourage people, that we can still be brave. At what age did you decide to become a singer and what made you want to choose singing as your professional career? I started singing and song writing to be a singer when I was 7. I was Asperger, had no friends, never be interested in others besides my own creative world. But one day I found the other people and time stopped perfectly when I sang in public for the first time! (And it hap...

©Answer-ed Can you introduce yourselves to the readers of Summon the Roses? Hi, everyone. We are Japanese visual-kei alternative hard-rock band, Answer-ed. Very nice to meet you, and we are really glad to be here. We have been playing since September in 2017. Mainly, we have live-concerts around Tokyo. We are composed of three members.  Toshi is the vocalist, guitarist, and he is the main composer of this band. Toki is the bassist. Hiro is the drums. What is the musical concept of Answer-ed? What was your biggest motivation in forming Answer-ed and how did you come up with the band name? The principal concept of Answer-ed is that despite of the differences in religion, law, philosophy or language and the questions to the authenticity of the media in this modern society, “EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW IN YOUR LIFE ALREADY HAS BEEN ANSWERED”. The band also exemplifies what rock essentially has to offer: verve, violence, fierceness or madness. We also seek to redefi...

© NECLOS Can you introduce yourself to the readers of Summon the Roses? Nice to meet you !We are 「NECLOS」 that active based in Tokyo. How did you come together and decide to form your band NECLOS? Did you previously know each other before forming the band? VaN&Gill,怜衣(rei)&愁(syuu)were separately active. VaN&Gill invited 怜衣(rei),怜衣(rei) invited 愁(syuu)for NECLOS. How would you describe your music? In a nutshell, classic. We think we can to let people who haven't had much involvement so far for world of visual rock. Of course people who like visual rock band too! How would you describe the feeling of performing in front of an audience? Please pay attention for melody that remains in the ear, human tasteful lyrics. appealed guitar riffs and bass line , it's one of the attractions. What do you want your fans to feel during a live performance? We are visual rock band, so maybe you can find each member's charm....

Haruka Yamada portraying four different members. Can you introduce yourselves to the readers of Summon the Roses? Haruka Yamada, contemporary artist performs in a VK band 華妖.viju(Kayo.viju), making a music video playing four roles. I am influenced by VK and Japanese popular songs so that I remake the old hit song to VK. I found MALICE MIZER on TV when I was a elementary school student, I was very shocked. They influence me a lot my creations. I can't perform live show because playing four roles. Making music and videos are actions of 華妖.viju. The view point of the music video is band members never gather in the same shot. What made you decide to start a musical project in playing four roles by yourself?  I wore a disguise myself and make a disguise with my contemporary art project. "Disguise" is a one of my way of describing because i disguised middle aged men in womans costume at drag salon. Those experiences gave me a idea of four roles by myself. To be s...

©La'veil MizeriA Can you introduce yourselves to the readers of Summon the Roses? Kikyo: I'm Kikyo on vocals. Jaki: I'm Jaki on guitar. Nice to meet you. Milia: I'm Milia on bass. How would you describe La'veil MizeriA’s world? How do you want to impress your audience? Kikyo: It's a world of sorrow and madness, made of cruel stories. What is the meaning behind your band name? How did you decide on that band name? Kikyo: It represents the things we want to express and our world. Your album, “Jakumetsu Kyouen”, was release last June. What’s your favorite song in this album why? Kikyo: I like all songs but the title track is my favorite. It's the beginning of the end. Jaki: It's hard to play live because of the many changes in the sound, but Utakata is my favorite. I dig the vocal lines. Milia: Necrosphere, because it's the closest to the style of La'veil MizeriA and it's fun to get wild live. Tell us about your new video...