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INTERVIEW



The topical girls act appears for the first time in this magazine!



BRIDEAR



Feat. Mitsuru & Misa



Sparkling melodies, gorgeous roaring guitars!!



New stars enlivening the domestic metal scene: Bridear - Mitsuru & Misa, the guitar team playing at its musical centre tell about the latest studio work!



Interview & Writing ● Ryusuke Katsumata



Fukuoka’s five member girl’s band: Bridear will soon release their latest EP "FUSE" following their 1st full album "BARYTE" announced in March last year. Their modern loud rock sound influenced by Gjent and Metalcore is distinctive but it’s the technical twin guitars that grab you by the ears first. We heard from the guitar team Mitsuru (Miiru) and Misa, centring on the topic of this new work which their charms have enriched.







My guitar was made by my father in my garden at home (laughs)



YG: When did you two start to listen to rock music?



Mitsuru: My parents love metal, so I was familiar with intense music from a young age. When I was a junior high school student, I was listening to Judas Priest at lunch break (laughs).



Misa: I got into of Avril Lavigne when I was a primary school student, and then I began to listen to emo-style music like My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy.



YG: Were you influenced by such artists when you started playing the guitar?



Misa: I agree. Avril was the impetus for me to start playing guitar, and soon more showy and technical stuff also began to interest me, I started to practice that after reading YOUNG GUITAR.



Mitsuru: It was in my 6th grade at elementary school that I played guitar for the first time. Until then I was playing the piano, but I wanted to try another instrument that other people did not do, so I playfully started the guitar. After seeing the live show of a band that I liked at the time, I thought "I want to be on the stage like that!" and I began to work more seriously.



YG: Speaking of which, who was your guitar hero in those days?



Misa: I began to listen to Galneryus when I was a high school student, and I admired SYU very much. If participating in workshops, he was one I was most enthusiastic about until now.



Mitsuru: I respect Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold.



YG: In the live shows certainly, you are using the signature model of Synyster.



Mitsuru: No. Actually, that guitar was made for me by my father, it is similar finish, but it’s not Synyster’s model. I also use a V shape (see the photo above), but this is a guitar that my father produced in my garden at home with reference to the Alexi Laiho model (laughs).



YG: That's an amazing father! Was he a craftsman?



Mitsuru: He is a guitar player, but I don’t mean that he had any professional position as such. When my father used to submit guitars for repair before, he paid a considerable amount of money but they were returned in a poor state, so it seems that he thought "It’s better if I do it myself". After that, he started to repair them himself, gradually improving his skills, until he was making the whole thing (laughs).



YG: I see (laughs). What activities were you doing before joining Bridear?



Misa: I entered Ml JAPAN right after I graduated from high school, but I joined Bridear almost at the same time. So my preceding activities were in the light music club at high school.



Mitsuru: I’d been through quite a lot of bands before I entered Bridear. After my previous band finished, I wanted to do extreme music with an all-female band. After that, every day I was sending messages to bands and musicians who were going to do something together using SNS, but it was vocalist Kimi who gave me a reply that I could join her in the studio. Then, I became a member of Bridear, but at the time I joined, the three members other than Misa and I were already there.



YG: Misa joined by finding that they were recruiting members on the Internet, didn’t you?



Misa: Yes, that’s true. Before joining, I saw the live show, and I decided to participate thinking "Let’s do this together!"



YG: The technical twin lead guitars are a major strength of Bridear, isn’t it? Since the formation of the band, have you emphasized that point?



Mitsuru: Many of the bands I've long admired used twin guitars and they both played solos. So when I entered Bridear, I thought we’d absolutely need another guitarist who can also play the lead.



YG: You released your first full album "BARYTE" in March last year, but what kind of things were you conscious of in the production?



Mitsuru: As the number of songs increased, we were careful that the melodies were not too similar. We wanted to make it an album that you can enjoy listening to all the way through until the end and one you won’t get tired of.



Misa: To the very end, the melody is catchy in Bridear’s style, and while we were conscious that the songs should be easy to get into, we wanted to make it rich in variety, as Mitsuru said.



YG: How is Bridear’s song writing done?



Misa: In most cases, Mitsuru and I each make up demos with the DAW, hand it over to the other members, and then fine-tuning the small details together... that kind of thing.



YG: You two seem to like metalcore, as its influence appears everywhere.



Misa: Yeah, I especially like recent metalcore, the influence is in that the A melody and B melody are dark and heavy, that opens up partly in the hook part where it tends to develop in a catchy direction (laugh). Recently, bands like Crossfaith are really cool and I listen carefully.



Mitsuru: I love bands like coldrain, too!



I want to create distinctive tones with my own hands without relying on equipment



YG: On March 15, your latest EP "RlSE" will be on sale, but the two lead parts of this work have become a big selling point for it that were featured everywhere.



Misa: I am glad that you say so. I like the “crying” guitar style, so maybe there are a lot of melodious phrases you can listen to. I also like bluesy things. Also, recently I've been especially interested in fusion-style phrasing. I am putting into practice such play with "Remedy".



YG: Is there any fusion-style guitarist in particular you refer to?



Misa: Scott Henderson? I studied in the US previously, and when I saw his live show, I thought “terrific!” and was overwhelmed. I was also really inspired by Guthrie Govan.



YG: Do you also like guitarists of that type, Mitsuru?



Mitsuru: I like more straightforward metal things. Especially thrash metal style solos – an unstable and ominous atmosphere is my favourite.



YG: But you don’t have a feeling of tonality in chaotic things?



YG: That's right. All the guitarists I admire play solos full of individuality and I’m also aiming for guitar playing like that.



Misa: When Mitsuru is recording in the studio, she plays solos that really seems to kill people (laughs). Uneasy phrases throughout....



Mitsuru: (Laughs) Is it because of things such as my heavy use of the chromatic scale, that the sinister influence is so large?



YG: What is your favourite play in "RISE"?



Misa: In my case, it’s "Remedy"? In a gentle melody, the rhythm is amazing, and the order of the sounds is frank isn’t it, from the complex fingering.



Misa: I'm fond of the straightforward metal tune "Get Over", but I'd tend to infer "raider" in that it is a song the like of which we’ve not attempted before. Only this song was recorded with 7 strings. This was my first attempt at that. Even though I’m producing the original sound, I was also mixing in sounds from various effects systems, and I think that we’ve made an atmosphere not found in other songs.



YG: What kind of equipment did you use in this work?



Misa: The guitar is an E-II Horizon. Both of us relied on Kemper's Profiling Amplifier, I profiled my own Koch that I use for live sound.



Mitsuru: As I said earlier, I mainly use the V shape that my father made. Profiles made with the Kemper are usually played live with the Engl.



YG: Tuning the guitar?



Misa: It was Drop D until "BARYTE", but "RISE" is Drop C (All strings 1 tone lower+ 6 strings are lowered 1 tone further).



YG: What kind of tone is the ideal guitar sound?



Misa: Rather than aiming for someone else's sound, I feel that I’m searching for the best sound that I can deliver. Whatever equipment you use it’s that guitarist’s sound isn’t it? I don’t want to depend on equipment in such a way, I want to be able to produce individualized sounds only by my own hands.



Mitsuru: There are plenty of other sounds I like as well, but I definitely want to cherish my own unique and distinctive tone.



YG: What points are you particularly conscious of in relation to sound production?



Misa: I do subtraction carefully. Because I think that it isn’t good to distort the ringing just because you are doing loud music. For example, I really like Periphery. Although their music is extremely heavy, it’s not so deeply distorted that they don’t keep a sense of pitch. In making such heavy music, I’m conscious of trying to find a line where it can be heard clearly.



Mitsuru: Regarding the sound of the guitar, it cuts the low frequency considerably. It‘s been turned into a tone that made the midrange stand out.



YG: By the time this issue is released, it will have already ended, but in February a European tour is coming (note: this interview was held at the end of last year). It’s the second time that Bridear has travelled around Europe, so why not try looking back on the last time?



Misa: Especially it was hard work on the equipment side, as I couldn’t use my own amp I couldn’t get a sound that was good enough. At that time, I thought strongly that I wanted to hear the original sound!

YG: A good condition amp wasn’t prepared for the overseas tour?



Misa: Yes. In our Polish performance a Marshall was prepared at the venue, but there was no gain control. And the old engineer had "Jazz" written on the T-shirt he wore, and I wanted to cry out "No, no, we are a heavy metal band!" (Laughs). Well at that time, we managed to get through by using the effectors.



Mitsuru: I felt "We’ll manage somehow" already, even if there was a problem we would push through it (laughs). I think that it was great mental training.



YG: When that European tour ends, in April you will have a one-man tour around Fukuoka, Osaka, Aichi & Tokyo.



Mitsuru: Yes. I think that Bridear's music has elements of various genres wound around the metal centre and cherishes catchy melodies more than anything, so that even people who are unaware of metal or have resistance to it will surely have fun. That's why I would like people throughout Japan who are like "Metal is a bit..." to listen to the album once and we’d love you to come to the show if you’re a little interested.



Misa: I hope that Bridear's music can be an impetus to get absorbed in the guitar. Please watch the live show and experience us on stage! Also, copy us if you want a challenge and I’ll be happy!







Mini Biography of BRIDEAR

Bridear was formed in Fukuoka in 2011 years that. Originally vocalist KIMI and bassist Haruhi, who were enrolled in a different bands, started it with the aim of making a cover band of only female members, and after the mutual bands were dissolved afterwards, drummer KAI and guitarists Mitsuru & Misa were accepted as members and they started their full-fledged activities.

The two song single ''Thread Of The Light / Roulette” became their first release in March '13, and mini-album "Overturn The Doom" which contained seven songs followed in December the same year. Sounds featuring twin guitar styles and heavy riff work become a theme and they attracted attention from the media and metal listeners as a new hope in the domestic scene. In addition, they released their first live DVD "Dear Bride" in April the following year, and in October their 2nd single "Light In The Dark / NO SALVATION" which increased attention radically.

And last March, Bridear finally announced their 1st full album "BARYTE". Promoting this work they held a major nationwide tour from April to July, during which in May they flew out of Japan and also conducted a European tour, mainly in Germany and Central Europe, expanding their fan base both in Japan and abroad. Currently they are energetically developing live activities accompanying their latest EP "RISE". Right, time for some words from Bridear's twin guitarists Mitsuru and Misa (none in her death voice, luckily). On dodgy Polish engineers, amps, Dads with an interesting skill set, guitar heros and who's the cutest guy in Arashi. OK I made that last one up.Interview & Writing ● Ryusuke KatsumataYG: When did you two start to listen to rock music?Mitsuru: My parents love metal, so I was familiar with intense music from a young age. When I was a junior high school student, I was listening to Judas Priest at lunch break (laughs).Misa: I got into of Avril Lavigne when I was a primary school student, and then I began to listen to emo-style music like My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy.YG: Were you influenced by such artists when you started playing the guitar?Misa: I agree. Avril was the impetus for me to start playing guitar, and soon more showy and technical stuff also began to interest me, I started to practice that after reading YOUNG GUITAR.Mitsuru: It was in my 6th grade at elementary school that I played guitar for the first time. Until then I was playing the piano, but I wanted to try another instrument that other people did not do, so I playfully started the guitar. After seeing the live show of a band that I liked at the time, I thought "I want to be on the stage like that!" and I began to work more seriously.YG: Speaking of which, who was your guitar hero in those days?Misa: I began to listen to Galneryus when I was a high school student, and I admired SYU very much. If participating in workshops, he was one I was most enthusiastic about until now.Mitsuru: I respect Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold.YG: In the live shows certainly, you are using the signature model of Synyster.Mitsuru: No. Actually, that guitar was made for me by my father, it is similar finish, but it’s not Synyster’s model. I also use a V shape (see the photo above), but this is a guitar that my father produced in my garden at home with reference to the Alexi Laiho model (laughs).YG: That's an amazing father! Was he a craftsman?Mitsuru: He is a guitar player, but I don’t mean that he had any professional position as such. When my father used to submit guitars for repair before, he paid a considerable amount of money but they were returned in a poor state, so it seems that he thought "It’s better if I do it myself". After that, he started to repair them himself, gradually improving his skills, until he was making the whole thing (laughs).YG: I see (laughs). What activities were you doing before joining Bridear?Misa: I entered Ml JAPAN right after I graduated from high school, but I joined Bridear almost at the same time. So my preceding activities were in the light music club at high school.Mitsuru: I’d been through quite a lot of bands before I entered Bridear. After my previous band finished, I wanted to do extreme music with an all-female band. After that, every day I was sending messages to bands and musicians who were going to do something together using SNS, but it was vocalist Kimi who gave me a reply that I could join her in the studio. Then, I became a member of Bridear, but at the time I joined, the three members other than Misa and I were already there.YG: Misa joined by finding that they were recruiting members on the Internet, didn’t you?Misa: Yes, that’s true. Before joining, I saw the live show, and I decided to participate thinking "Let’s do this together!"YG: The technical twin lead guitars are a major strength of Bridear, isn’t it? Since the formation of the band, have you emphasized that point?Mitsuru: Many of the bands I've long admired used twin guitars and they both played solos. So when I entered Bridear, I thought we’d absolutely need another guitarist who can also play the lead.YG: You released your first full album "BARYTE" in March last year, but what kind of things were you conscious of in the production?Mitsuru: As the number of songs increased, we were careful that the melodies were not too similar. We wanted to make it an album that you can enjoy listening to all the way through until the end and one you won’t get tired of.Misa: To the very end, the melody is catchy in Bridear’s style, and while we were conscious that the songs should be easy to get into, we wanted to make it rich in variety, as Mitsuru said.YG: How is Bridear’s song writing done?Misa: In most cases, Mitsuru and I each make up demos with the DAW, hand it over to the other members, and then fine-tuning the small details together... that kind of thing.YG: You two seem to like metalcore, as its influence appears everywhere.Misa: Yeah, I especially like recent metalcore, the influence is in that the A melody and B melody are dark and heavy, that opens up partly in the hook part where it tends to develop in a catchy direction (laugh). Recently, bands like Crossfaith are really cool and I listen carefully.Mitsuru: I love bands like coldrain, too!YG: On March 15, your latest EP "RlSE" will be on sale, but the two lead parts of this work have become a big selling point for it that were featured everywhere.Misa: I am glad that you say so. I like the “crying” guitar style, so maybe there are a lot of melodious phrases you can listen to. I also like bluesy things. Also, recently I've been especially interested in fusion-style phrasing. I am putting into practice such play with "Remedy".YG: Is there any fusion-style guitarist in particular you refer to?Misa: Scott Henderson? I studied in the US previously, and when I saw his live show, I thought “terrific!” and was overwhelmed. I was also really inspired by Guthrie Govan.YG: Do you also like guitarists of that type, Mitsuru?Mitsuru: I like more straightforward metal things. Especially thrash metal style solos – an unstable and ominous atmosphere is my favourite.YG: But you don’t have a feeling of tonality in chaotic things?YG: That's right. All the guitarists I admire play solos full of individuality and I’m also aiming for guitar playing like that.Misa: When Mitsuru is recording in the studio, she plays solos that really seems to kill people (laughs). Uneasy phrases throughout....Mitsuru: (Laughs) Is it because of things such as my heavy use of the chromatic scale, that the sinister influence is so large?YG: What is your favourite play in "RISE"?Misa: In my case, it’s "Remedy"? In a gentle melody, the rhythm is amazing, and the order of the sounds is frank isn’t it, from the complex fingering.Misa: I'm fond of the straightforward metal tune "Get Over", but I'd tend to infer "raider" in that it is a song the like of which we’ve not attempted before. Only this song was recorded with 7 strings. This was my first attempt at that. Even though I’m producing the original sound, I was also mixing in sounds from various effects systems, and I think that we’ve made an atmosphere not found in other songs.YG: What kind of equipment did you use in this work?Misa: The guitar is an E-II Horizon. Both of us relied on Kemper's Profiling Amplifier, I profiled my own Koch that I use for live sound.Mitsuru: As I said earlier, I mainly use the V shape that my father made. Profiles made with the Kemper are usually played live with the Engl.YG: Tuning the guitar?Misa: It was Drop D until "BARYTE", but "RISE" is Drop C (All strings 1 tone lower+ 6 strings are lowered 1 tone further).YG: What kind of tone is the ideal guitar sound?Misa: Rather than aiming for someone else's sound, I feel that I’m searching for the best sound that I can deliver. Whatever equipment you use it’s that guitarist’s sound isn’t it? I don’t want to depend on equipment in such a way, I want to be able to produce individualized sounds only by my own hands.Mitsuru: There are plenty of other sounds I like as well, but I definitely want to cherish my own unique and distinctive tone.YG: What points are you particularly conscious of in relation to sound production?Misa: I do subtraction carefully. Because I think that it isn’t good to distort the ringing just because you are doing loud music. For example, I really like Periphery. Although their music is extremely heavy, it’s not so deeply distorted that they don’t keep a sense of pitch. In making such heavy music, I’m conscious of trying to find a line where it can be heard clearly.Mitsuru: Regarding the sound of the guitar, it cuts the low frequency considerably. It‘s been turned into a tone that made the midrange stand out.YG: By the time this issue is released, it will have already ended, but in February a European tour is coming (note: this interview was held at the end of last year). It’s the second time that Bridear has travelled around Europe, so why not try looking back on the last time?Misa: Especially it was hard work on the equipment side, as I couldn’t use my own amp I couldn’t get a sound that was good enough. At that time, I thought strongly that I wanted to hear the original sound!YG: A good condition amp wasn’t prepared for the overseas tour?Misa: Yes. In our Polish performance a Marshall was prepared at the venue, but there was no gain control. And the old engineer had "Jazz" written on the T-shirt he wore, and I wanted to cry out "No, no, we are a heavy metal band!" (Laughs). Well at that time, we managed to get through by using the effectors.Mitsuru: I felt "We’ll manage somehow" already, even if there was a problem we would push through it (laughs). I think that it was great mental training.YG: When that European tour ends, in April you will have a one-man tour around Fukuoka, Osaka, Aichi & Tokyo.Mitsuru: Yes. I think that Bridear's music has elements of various genres wound around the metal centre and cherishes catchy melodies more than anything, so that even people who are unaware of metal or have resistance to it will surely have fun. That's why I would like people throughout Japan who are like "Metal is a bit..." to listen to the album once and we’d love you to come to the show if you’re a little interested.Misa: I hope that Bridear's music can be an impetus to get absorbed in the guitar. Please watch the live show and experience us on stage! Also, copy us if you want a challenge and I’ll be happy!Bridear was formed in Fukuoka in 2011 years that. Originally vocalist KIMI and bassist Haruhi, who were enrolled in a different bands, started it with the aim of making a cover band of only female members, and after the mutual bands were dissolved afterwards, drummer KAI and guitarists Mitsuru & Misa were accepted as members and they started their full-fledged activities.The two song single ''Thread Of The Light / Roulette” became their first release in March '13, and mini-album "Overturn The Doom" which contained seven songs followed in December the same year. Sounds featuring twin guitar styles and heavy riff work become a theme and they attracted attention from the media and metal listeners as a new hope in the domestic scene. In addition, they released their first live DVD "Dear Bride" in April the following year, and in October their 2nd single "Light In The Dark / NO SALVATION" which increased attention radically.And last March, Bridear finally announced their 1st full album "BARYTE". Promoting this work they held a major nationwide tour from April to July, during which in May they flew out of Japan and also conducted a European tour, mainly in Germany and Central Europe, expanding their fan base both in Japan and abroad. Currently they are energetically developing live activities accompanying their latest EP "RISE". Reply

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