What he said. Little BIG Engine Haruna is killing the double bass as usual! They were young here.🤘

Octaviagrace has so unique sound, those bass/guitar duels in White Graffiti 👍

@@ArvoR Octaviagrace is the only band of the ones I mentioned that I have never heard I think. Maybe I should change that. I am not a huge power metal fan, but I have gotten more used to it anyway, so why not give them a try.

@@MaartenT they are sort of pop rock band which doesn't mean there can't be great guitar riffs :) and keyboard player is also pretty creative, check out this White Graffiti, probably best song from them (singer is sadly pretty average)

@@ArvoR Thanks for the info. I have read somewhere they were power metal, but I see on a discography website that it says rock for their last couple of albums. But being a Japanese band, it wouldn't surprise me that they lend from multiple genres either. Pop rock is generally not for me if it's super poppy, but I will try to give it a shot.

My go-to for Octaviagrace is the song Radiant. Their guitarist Hanako was screen-left in Fenixx , hardly seen, only in Destrose (“Rose of Destruction”) a short time, theories include that Mina might’ve been hard to work with (20+ members in 8years? But still, legendary futures for 90% of them!) Progressive pop?, very jazzy, piano-y, lil dream theater ish, lil girlish (2 girls, 2 guys, unseen keyboardist). Might hit you kinda the way Li-sa-X did (another of my favs), tho Li-sa-X Band is more shreddy & more soulful imho, so you might like Octaviagrace even less… but undeniable musical talent & skill. Led by the bass player I believe, who is awesome (says me, an unbiased bass player) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sMl7dcKZrLO9fIE.html Ya, relisten rd to White Graffiti again, you might like it better kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bM13dqtixJq-e3k.html I might have to double check that you’ve seen Mardelas? This (Fenixx) singer Marina’s band post-Destrose has some amazing moments, try when Lovebites writer/synth player Mao sat in with them for an album, incl song Apocalypse kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jcpog5qoudS7eqc.html Btw, Mina went all in with pirate gear for her and Fate Gear, explicitly branded as steampunk and including the single Sky Pirates, which I think is the one with guest violinist Jill (unlucky Morpheus). Sorry Mina, but even the new 5 piece has had something like 14 members/guests in 7years 🤷‍♂️ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/orWqocijs7_PqaM.html