Tag: BORIS

  • Boris Celebrate 20 Years Of “Pink” And “dronevil” With Deluxe Reissues On Relapse

    Boris Celebrate 20 Years Of “Pink” And “dronevil” With Deluxe Reissues On Relapse

    Japanese heavy music icons Boris mark two decades of Pink and dronevil with expansive reissues on Relapse Records. Pink returns as a 2xLP for the first time, featuring an etched D-side, plus a massive 6xLP box set including unreleased sessions and live material. dronevil also reemerges as a unified 2xLP “joint mix” — a first…

  • Legendary Japanese Trio Boris Announce 20th Anniversary Editions Of Landmark Albums ‘Pink’ And ‘dronevil’

    Legendary Japanese Trio Boris Announce 20th Anniversary Editions Of Landmark Albums ‘Pink’ And ‘dronevil’

    Japanese legends Boris are celebrating the 20 Year Anniversary of landmark albums Pink and dronevil with special editions of each release, incoming October 17 from Relapse.  The iconic album Pink will be available for the first time in a decade as a 20th Anniversary Reissue featuring the original CD sequence as a 2XLP for the first time ever, with an exclusive D side etching on…

  • Boris Announce ‘Amplifier Worship’ 25th Anniversary Edition LP Via Third Man Records; Share Never Seen Before “Kuruimizu” Performance Video

    Boris Announce ‘Amplifier Worship’ 25th Anniversary Edition LP Via Third Man Records; Share Never Seen Before “Kuruimizu” Performance Video

    As Boris prepare for their six-week-long U.S. tour where they’ll perform their beloved first album Amplifier Worship in its entirety, the band announce that they’ve teamed up with Third Man Records for a 25th Anniversary Vinyl release of the album. The limited / special edition vinyl re-release features cover art by Aaron Horkey by request of Boris, and will be available on the road and in stores on…

  • Boris & Coaltar Of The Deepers Announce “hello there”

    Boris & Coaltar Of The Deepers Announce “hello there”

    Boris and Coaltar of the Deepers (COTD) began at the same time in the early 1990s. Takeshi of Boris was heavily influenced by Coaltar of the Deepers, and they followed each other with reverence. In fact, they first collaborated on Boris’ tears e.p. back in 2019, where Boris covered COTD’s ‘”To The Beach” (Tortoise EP – 2007) and Narasaki, vocalist…

  • Boris Announce “Heavy Rocks” Vinyl Reissue; Stream “1970”

    Boris Announce “Heavy Rocks” Vinyl Reissue; Stream “1970”

    Boris and Third Man Records are excited to present Heavy Rocks (2002) on LP and digital formats for the first time ever (+ a CD format re-press), 21 years since it first surfaced.  Its original release in 2002 circulated only domestically in Boris’ home base of Japan, leaving worldwide listeners eager for physical copies of the album.  At the time, as…

  • Boris & Uniform Share New Video “Not Surprised”

    Boris & Uniform Share New Video “Not Surprised”

    On June 16th, Boris and Uniform will unleash their ferocious collaborative LP Bright New Disease.  The album captures the fearless exploration and unbridled power of both bands’ live performances.  Boris’s rock heroics, lysergic sprawl, and monolithic sludge are met by Uniform’s mechanized bombardments and frenzied assaults.  “It sounds like the crystalized essence of both bands at the heights of their…

  • Boris & Uniform Announce Collaborative Album “Bright New Disease”; Release Lead Single “You Are The Beginning” 

    Boris & Uniform Announce Collaborative Album “Bright New Disease”; Release Lead Single “You Are The Beginning” 

    Boris and Uniform might have seemed like a strange pairing when they teamed up for a US tour back in 2019. Sure, both bands harness the power of big, blown-out riffs, but Boris’s rock heroics, lysergic sprawl, and monolithic sludge summon a different energy than Uniform’s mechanised bombardments and frenzied assaults. However, when Boris invited Uniform…

  • Southern Lord Will Release Sunn O)))/Boris Altar & Heroin Discography For Record Store Day; Watch Boris Life Pedal Session

    Southern Lord Will Release Sunn O)))/Boris Altar & Heroin Discography For Record Store Day; Watch Boris Life Pedal Session

    Southern Lord continues its prolific output with two exciting new releases for Record Store Day: 2006’s monolith Altar from Sunn O))) + Boris, and a collection of recordings from 90’s mainstays Heroin. Heroin Discography One of the vanguards of the 90’s underground, punk/hardcore community, San Diego’s Heroin released their first 7” in 1991 before disbanding in 1993.  In that…

  • Boris Drop Video For “満ち草 -michikusa-“

    Boris Drop Video For “満ち草 -michikusa-“

    Boris release their latest artwork as an animated music video, a collaboration with award-winning director/animator Nalani Williams. The animated work is a depiction of an expanded surrealistic world visualizing a song off of boris’s most recent album, fade, which is the third album they released last year for their 30th anniversary as a band. The video is a work…

  • Boris Shared Video For “Fade”

    Boris Shared Video For “Fade”

    2022 marks the 30th anniversary Boris; a year of upheaval as the first post-pandemic year. This year, Boris put out the albums W and Heavy Rocks (2022) in succession, and for the first time in three years went on tour overseas, playing “rock-like” shows that garnered reactions from around the world exceeding those prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was…

  • Boris Release Heavy Rocks LP

    Boris Release Heavy Rocks LP

    The legendary Boris celebrate a 30 year career as one of experimental music’s most forward-thinking, heavy, and innovative bands with the new album Heavy Rocks (2022) out now on Relapse Records. Additionally, Boris begin their Summer US tour dates with Philadelphia’s Nothing this month! The tour kicks off after their performances at Psycho Las Vegas, and runs through late August and September. Includes a…

  • BORIS Share Video For My Name Is Blank; Heavy Rocks LP Out August 12th

    BORIS Share Video For My Name Is Blank; Heavy Rocks LP Out August 12th

    The legendary BORIS celebrate a 30 year career as one of experimental music’s most forward-thinking, heavy, and innovative bands with the new album Heavy Rocks (2022). Today, BORIS share the third single and video for “My name is blank” from Heavy Rocks (2022). Additionally, BORIS begin their Summer US tour dates with Philadelphia’s NOTHING later this month. The tour kicks off after BORIS and NOTHING’s performances at Psycho Las Vegas, and runs through…