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Isiliel / Eternal HOSHI with Arrow and Liza (Dingbatz, Clifton, NJ, October 17, 2026) [DID NOT ATTEND]

Posted in Clifton NJ, Dingbatz, Eternal HOSHI, Isiliel, Necronomidol on October 17, 2026| Leave a Comment »

[DID NOT ATTEND: October 11, 2026] Isiliel / Eternal Hoshi with Arrow and Liza

I had wanted to go to this show since I missed the PhilaMOCA one.  And when I realized it was at 1:30 PM I was sure it would be a really fun thing to do on a Saturday afternoon. And I gather that Eternal HOSHI played her music so she wasn’t singing to a backing track, which would have made this more fun.

But wow, I was wrecked after four nights in a row and we had a lot of stuff to do around the house so it just wouldn’t have worked out.  The show was only 90 minutes but with the drive, we were looking at about 4 hours total, and that was just too much time on a gorgeous Saturday.

So, sadly, I’ll have to wait until the next time Isiliel comes back.

I saw Isiliel twice in a few months back in 2023/2024.  It was weird and fun.

So, who is Isiliel?  She is Himari Tsukishiro who is the main singer in the Japanese band Necronomidol.  As her site puts it

Isiliel is a solo dance/vocal project by Himari Tsukishiro (NECRONOMIDOL).
Mixing genres as diverse as folk, blackgaze and city pop via a worldwide team of veteran songwriters such as King Dude and NARASAKI of COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS, through Isiliel Himari will express hitherto unexplored depths of pathos and beauty on stage.

She basically sang to her music that was played over the speakers.  As I said, it was fun but weird. (more…)

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Isiliel / Eternal HOSHI (PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA, October 11, 2026) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: October 11, 2026] Isiliel / Eternal Hoshi

I saw Isiliel twice in a few months back in 2023/2024.  It was weird and fun.

So, who is Isiliel?  She is Himari Tsukishiro who is the main singer in the Japanese band Necronomidol.  As her site puts it

Isiliel is a solo dance/vocal project by Himari Tsukishiro (NECRONOMIDOL).
Mixing genres as diverse as folk, blackgaze and city pop via a worldwide team of veteran songwriters such as King Dude and NARASAKI of COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS, through Isiliel Himari will express hitherto unexplored depths of pathos and beauty on stage.

She basically sang to her music that was played over the speakers.  As I said, it was fun but weird.

I would have liked to go to this, but initially, I had a ticket to Voivod, so I kind of forgot about it.  When Voivod was cancelled, I thought about going and considering asking my wife to come along.  She might have enjoyed it, but it was a crazy couple of days and it seemed better to stay home.

Eternal HOSHI is a J-Rock and Anisong Cover Band based in NJ.  I didn’t really understand what that meant.

Then I looked into it some more and found out that they play Anime and Video Game (maybe) theme songs.  And from my watching of anime, those songs are fast and challenging.  I imagine they were a lot of fun to see.  And I’d love to see them sometime.

 

2024 2023
Lilith * Koumyou Kishi ⊄  光明生死
Koumyou Kishi ⊄  光明生死 Geshoku Senka ⊄  月蝕戦歌
Geshoku Senka ⊄  月蝕戦歌 Jodo Dokushou ⊄ 浄土独唱
Jodo Dokushou ⊄ 浄土独唱 Seian Kengen ⊄ 聖暗顕現
Seian Kengen ⊄ 聖暗顕現 Keisei Densetsu ⊄ 景星伝説
Keisei Densetsu ⊄ 景星伝説 Kikoku Enbu ⊄ 鬼哭演舞
Seiha Sougyou ⊄ 制覇早暁 Lilith *
Qliphoth § Enen Futou ⊄ 奄奄不撓
Sange Ittai ⊄ 散華一体 Sange Ittai ⊄ 散華一体
Genesis ⊄ Genesis ⊄
pinky promise Seizon Senryaku $ 生​存​戦​略

§ single (2024)
* single (2023)
⊄ Moonglow Genesis (2023)
$ single (2022)

Here’s what she played in 2026 (bold are new to me)

SE
Lilith
MC
Black Moon
散華一体 (Sange Ittai)
Genesis
MC
聖暗顕現 (Seian Kengen)
Umbral Exorcism
Serpent’s Aubade
MC
Moonbow Legion
Blutschwer
浄土独唱 (Jodo Dokusho)
MC
Liebestod

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Isiliel (PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA, June 21, 2024)

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[ATTENDED: June 21, 2024] Isiliel

Seven months ago, I spontaneously bought a ticket to see Isiliel at PhilaMOCA.  The show was weird but fun.

I’m going to repost (almost my entire review from that show and then add some details for this one:

So, who is Isiliel?  She is Himari Tsukishiro who is the main singer in the Japanese band Necronomidol.  As her site puts it

Isiliel is a solo dance/vocal project by Himari Tsukishiro (NECRONOMIDOL).
Mixing genres as diverse as folk, blackgaze and city pop via a worldwide team of veteran songwriters such as King Dude and NARASAKI of COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS, through Isiliel Himari will express hitherto unexplored depths of pathos and beauty on stage.

As Isiliel, she has one album out.  It is, as implied, a heavy metal sounding album, with heavy guitars and a lot of double bass.  But she does not sing like a heavy metal singer.  Her delivery is quiet and slow (and it’s in Japanese).

I hadn’t heard of either her or her main band until about a week before this show was announced.  But when I saw what Necronomidol looked like, I wanted to go to this show too.  It turned out she has some real fans in Philly.  The audience was probably about 30 people, but the show had about a week’s notice.  And several of these fans brought identical small red lanterns which they waved in time to the beat (I asked the merch guy if he was selling them and he said no–they brought them in!)

She wasn’t in corpse paint (like the other band), rather she was dressed much like she is on the album–a midriff baring top (with a metal breastplate) and short skirt.  Her hair is crazy long.

When the music started she began dancing.  It was sweet and a little weird–it reminded me a but of when my daughter was little and she would make up dances that seemed to fit with the music. (more…)

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Isenmor (PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA, June 21, 2024) [ISILIEL]

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[ATTENDED: June 21, 2024] Isenmor

I hadn’t heard of Isenmor before this show.  They are

a dual-violin-fronted Gewyrdelic Folc Metal. Isenmor fuses the heart of the Old World with the spirit of those who sought out new shores.

They were good fun, dressed in vaguely period and vaguely authentic-looking costumes (not in the picture on the right), the two lead violins (Nick Schneider & Mark Williams) were great fun.  They both played lead, but there was also Pete Lesko on lead guitar who played solo or in harmony with the violins.  There were two lead singers.  Schneider was also the main lead singer and Tim Regan the second guitarist also sang a few songs.  David Spencer was on drums.  Folk metal has lots of stylistic changes and the drums have to match up–slow and quiet or some hefty double bass action.  (Keyboardist Jon Lyon was absent).

There were a surprising number of technical issues.  From the start, bassist Mike Wilson told us that he broke his bass just before the show!  So he was playing a guitar (although I thought his bass sound was still really good).  There were also a few glitches with the drums.  But they dealt with the problems very well and during one pause Schneider played a ripping jog that got the crowd clapping along. (more…)

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Isiliel (PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA, November 7, 2023)

Posted in Coaltar of the Deepers, Isiliel, Necronomidol, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Philadelphia, PA, PhilaMOCA on November 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: November 7, 2023] Isiliel

This was my fourth show in four nights and I was surpirsed how little it had caught up with me.  I was fortunate in that most of the shows were fairly short.  And this one promised to be super short.

There was no opening act, so despite a 15 minute soundcheck and setup delay, the show still ended by 9:30, which was perfect.

So, who is Isiliel?  She is Himari Tsukishiro who is the main singer in the Japanese band Necronomidol.  As her site puts it

Isiliel is a solo dance/vocal project by Himari Tsukishiro (NECRONOMIDOL).
Mixing genres as diverse as folk, blackgaze and city pop via a worldwide team of veteran songwriters such as King Dude and NARASAKI of COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS, through Isiliel Himari will express hitherto unexplored depths of pathos and beauty on stage.

As Isiliel, she has one album out.  It is, as implied, a heavy metal sounding album, with heavy guitars and a lot of double bass.  But she does not sing like a heavy metal singer.  Her delivery is quiet and slow (and it’s in Japanese).

I hadn’t heard of either her or her main band until about a week before this show was announced.  But when I saw what Necronomidol looked like, I wanted to go to this show too.  It turned out she has some real fans in Philly.  The audience was probably about 30 people, but the show had about a week’s notice.  And several of these fans brought identical small red lanterns which they waved in time to the beat (I asked the merch guy if he was selling them and he said no–they brought them in!) (more…)

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