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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

Album & EP Reviews B M

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

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

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

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

A-F Interviews

Boris: Genre Defying Japanese ‘Rockers’ Are Quizzed By Stephen B Murray

9th June 201411th September 2019 Stephen B Murray Boris, Interview, Noise, Sargent House, Stephen B Murray

It is a warm afternoon. Bright sunlight piles into the Lexington on Pentonville Road through large windows set in two

News

BORIS Premiere First Video From Forthcoming Album ‘Noise’

20th May 2014 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Boris, New Album Details, New Video, News, Noise, Quicksilver, Sargent House, Stereogum, Vanilla

Japanese trio BORIS premiere the first video from their forthcoming first official album in three years, titled Noise. The band

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