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© Nero Chronicle Please introduce yourselves to the readers of Summon the Roses I'm TOSHIYA,  vocalist and lyricist, and NiNE,  guitarist and composer of the Japanese Visual-Kei band Nero Chronicle. Thank you for this interview. Your band concept is "Spinning and telling a Story". What story are you trying to tell with your music? The story of a certain characters in another world is being told by us in the form of a song. We can't tell the whole story yet, but the music contains the feelings and emotions of the character, and it also evokes the scenes and landscapes of the time. We hope you will listen to the songs with various expressions and immerse yourself in the world of Nero Chronicle. You recently released your 3rd EP "NIGHTMARE". What is the meaning behind the EP's artistic cover? The jackets of the CDs depict scenes from the story. The jacket for "NIGHTMARE" depicts a character from the dark side opening the gates of a nightmare and d...

  ©Emily Bindiger Please introduce yourself to the readers of Summon the Roses Hi, everyone, my name is Emily Bindiger , I'm a singer who has worked on all kinds of projects, from touring to singing on movie soundtracks to performing with all kinds of bands to singing on commercial jingles, movie soundtracks and on Broadway and international stages. You released your first album, Emily, at the age of 16. Can you tell us what it meant for you to release an album at such a young age? I didn't really think about it too much at the time. I was doing a show in France and was "discovered" by a producer at a record company. It has gained sort of a cult status, but if I were to do it again, I would have taken more control of the production and made it a little less complex. Can you tell us the story behind the cover of your album Emily? Do you remember that exact day when you took the picture? It was the producer's idea. I think it was February and IT WAS FREEZING OUTSIDE...

  ©GLIMGARDO Please introduce yourselves to the readers of Summon the Roses Noku : Nice to meet you! I'm Noku, Guitarist.  Sakuya:  I'm Sakuya, vocalist. Runa : I'm Runa, bassist What is the meaning behind GLIM GARDO. How did you come up with the band's name? Noku : Grimgard" is a coined word. We had the idea to write a song based on the Grimm's fairy tales and that's how we decided on it. How are you preparing for your upcoming performances on March 24th?  Runa: Due to Sakuya's illness, he was unable to perform, so we had two vocalists that we know very well support us. Despite the accident, we were able to perform as well as we could, and at the same time, we felt the greatness of Sakuya. Do you have any plans of releasing a full album in the near future? Noku : A full album has been one of our goals since we started the band. Recently we have been working on the music and we hope to release it in the near future. We are aware that Vocalist Sakuya wa...

  ©️EYEBERG Can you please introduce yourselves to the readers of Summon the Roses?  Hi, Readers of Summon the Roses.  I'm Jun from EYEZBERG. Thank you very much for reading our interview. current members are  Vo Jun Gt Shizuku Ba Yuh Dr Toshi Can you tell us how you came together to form EYEZBERG? Have you worked on projects together in the past? First, we were two members me and Shizuku . We didn't want to do mundane music and we are unskilled players Those happened to hit off. Yuh and Toshi joined later on the past projects were making CD and live activity  Nothing special. How did you decide on your band name EYEZBERG? What is the meaning behind it? The origin of the name is German. I like the sound of the flower name Iceberg of german But if the image of the band is the flower, It's too beautiful, so we changed the spelling. There is no special reason. Can you describe in a few words the sound of your music? Our band is V rock and Metal core The concept...

©Luvielle Could you please introduce yourselves to the readers of Summon the Roses? Nice to meet you, we are Luvielle. Vo. シンク(since) Gt .KIRAN Ba. 曄香(youka) Dr. chinari How did you come up with your band name Luvielle? Because it looked and sounded cool . “Luvielle” itself doesn’t have any particular meaning. How would you describe your musical concept? Our band concept is “innocence & ugliness. "It's trying to express the white “light” of innocence and the dark “shadow” of ugliness.  You released a single titled "Insane" on February 23rd, what you can tell us about the this single? This song is 2nd single. We express the white “light” of innocence by 1st single "in tears...", express the dark “shadow” of ugliness by "insane". What is the meaning behind "Insane" and what message does the lyrics convey? We express darkness of the mind, negative feelings and broken spirit. We think Everyone keeps this feeli...

©ACME Thank you for taking time from your busy schedules to answer our questions. Could you please introduce yourselves to the readers of Summon the Roses? CHISA : I’m the vocalist, CHISA . Hello to all the readers of Summon the Roses! SHOGO : I’m the guitarist, SHOGO . Nobody can beat the depth of my sound. RIKITO : I’m the bassist, RIKITO . I don’t have anything interesting to say, but I love interesting things. HAL : I’m HAL on drums. My favorite food is curry. There’s no food I don’t like. On January 22nd, you released an indies best-of-album titled WE ARE VISUAL-KEI. The theme for this album is a dark VISUAL-KEI 90s look. What inspired you to revisit this era? CHISA : We're also focusing on overseas shows, so we wanted to do an album with the title like "We're visual kei!". The 90s style photo came from the idea of "if there was a band called ACME in the 90s" and capturing that image. SHOGO : We did something that nobody has been do...

©Shuuen NO Rasetsu Could you please introduce yourselves to the readers of Summon the Roses? We are Shuuen NO rasetsu. Vo . SAI :This is vocal SAI at Shuuen NO Rasetsu The most attractive thing is live. Please experience the overwhelming performance and sound. Gt. Masuo: I'm Masuo playing guitar at Shuuen NO Rasetsu. Gt . Chihiro: I'm Chihiro who is playing guitar at Shuuen NO Rasetsu Your music concept is unique in many ways. How would you describe your music to others? Vo. SAI: It respects traditional visual music and combines modern music. Gt .Masuo: Musical nature in which light and shadow intersect. Gt. Chihiro: Vocal melody is a visual system of the 90s, and the music is making modern sounds. How did you decide on your band name "Shuuen NO Rasetsu"? What is the meaning behind it? Vo. SAI: The end means "end of life" and "the place of calm". Luo has the meaning of "a monster that confuses people" Enchanting a...

© Rumbless. Please introduce yourselves to the readers of Summon the Roses.  Hello everyone! We are Rumbless. Roku vocalist, Takaki playing guitar, Sin playing bass and Tva playing drums. Can you tell us what inspired you to form Rumbless.? Did you know each other prior to forming the band? Roku and Takaki knew each other through music. We were hoping to do something together someday. Later, Roku’s band broke up, then Takaki brought all of us to just “try something together”.  As we started making demos in studio, we became confident that the four of us can create something interesting. Ultimately, we decided to form Rumbless. together. As much as we have similar taste in music, we have become teammates that can trust each other. How did you decide on the band name? What is the meaning behind it? We combined “Rumble” and “bless” to symbolize our hope – to spread sound.  Each of us came up with words that represent our goal, and we crossed over th...

©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? ...