Boris

Featured Live Reviews 

Boris / Nothing @ Sister Bar, Albuquerque, 22nd August 2022

30th August 202230th August 2022 Martin Williams Boris, Heavy Rock, Nothing, Shoegaze, Sister Bar

I remember fairly vividly, my two introductions to Japanese heavy, stoner, punk, drone, noise experimentalist legends Boris: I randomly purchased

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Review: Boris ‘Heavy Rocks 2022’

15th August 202223rd September 2022 Sandy Williamson Boris, Heavy Rock, Relapse Records

The simple idea that Heavy Rocks is so true and so potent that Japanese legends BORIS (and this is the

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Review: Boris ‘W’

17th January 202224th February 2022 Sandy Williamson Boris, Drone, Sacred Bones Records

Boris are one of my favourite bands EVER. Their magnificent genre bending, style switching music has enthralled me since the

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Review: Boris With Merzbow ‘2R0I2P0’

8th February 20219th March 2021 Will J 2R0I2P0, Boris, Doom, Drone, Merzbow, Noise, Relapse Records

Boris and Merzbow have worked together so often that Boris With Merzbow might as well be classed as an act

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Articles 

Top Ten Of 2020: Will J

21st December 202027th January 2021 Will J Black Sadhu, BlackLab, Boris, Emma Ruth Rundle, Gag, Imperial Triumphant, Kvelertak, Neptunian Maximalism, Oranssi Pazuzu, Satan, Thou, Top Ten 2020

An end of year list is never an easy thing, but in a year such as this one that has,

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Review: Boris ‘NO’, ‘Phenomenons Drive’ & Z.O.A Collaboration ‘Refrain’

3rd July 202021st August 2020 Dave Bowes Boris, Dog Knight Productions, Doom, Drone, Independent, No, Phenomenons Drive, Refrain, Z.O.A.

It’s not the first time in Boris’ long and impressive history that fans have been treated to a bumper serving

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Live Reviews 

Roadburn 2018 In Pictures – Day 3

16th September 201917th September 2019 Lee Edwards 013, Bell Witch, Boris, Earthless, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hugsjá, Kikagaku Moyo, Lee Edwards, Panopticon, Roadburn, Roadburn 2018, Roadburn Festival 2018, Stephen O'Malley, The Heads, Volcano

Bell Witch Hugsjá Panopticon Volcano Boris & Stephen O’Malley The Heads Godspeed You! Black Emperor Greenmachine Earthless & Kikagaku Moyo

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Boris ‘Dear’ 2017

1st August 20172nd September 2019 Will Beattie 2017, Boris, Dear, Doom, Drone, Review, Sargent House, Will Beattie

Before I begin, I have to make a confession. It’s something that I have agonised over for days, tossing and

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Boris With Merzbow ‘Gensho’ CD/LP/DD 2016

25th April 201611th September 2019 John Reppion 2016, Boris, Boris With Merzbow, CD, Collaboration, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Gensho, John Reppion, LP, Masami Akita, Merzbow, Noise, Relapse Records, Review

Gensho is a collaboration album, or rather it is two separate albums which the auditor is advised “are intended to

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Articles 

Dave Bowes’ Heavy Vibes Of 2014

27th December 20143rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2014 Year Review, Anaal Nathrakh, Aphex Twin, Article, Babymetal, Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, Boris, Dave Bowes, Earth, Electric Wizard, Goat, Godflesh, Helmet, Ides Of Gemini, Katy B, Krieg, Laibach, Mastodon, Menace Ruine, Merzbow-Gustafsson-Pandi Trio, Mono, Mope, Multipletap, Psalm Zero, Sabbath Assembly, Sunn O))), Temples Festival, The Body, Tim Hecker, Ulver, Witch Mountain, Yob

I’ll admit it right off the bat – I’m shite at these things. I’m either completely predictable and return to

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Boris ‘Noise’ CD/LP/DD 2014

17th June 20143rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2014, Boris, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Noise, Review, Rock, Sargent House, Tom McKibbin

Boris fans certainly get their money’s worth from the prolific, shapeshifting Japanese band. Their constant refusal to be pigeon-holed means

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