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'''BORIS''' (ボリス) is a [[J-Experimental|experimental]] [[J-Metal|metal]] band formed in 1992.
 
'''BORIS''' (ボリス) is a [[J-Experimental|experimental]] [[J-Metal|metal]] band formed in 1992.
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* [[Mizuno Atsuo|Atsuo]] (Drums, Vocals)
 
* [[Mizuno Atsuo|Atsuo]] (Drums, Vocals)
 
* [[Wata]] (Guitar, Vocals, Keyboard)
 
* [[Wata]] (Guitar, Vocals, Keyboard)
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* [[Ohtani Takeshi)|Takeshi]] (Bass, Vocals, Guitar)
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* [[Ohtani Takeshi|Takeshi]] (Bass, Vocals, Guitar)
  
 
===Former Members===
 
===Former Members===
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===Former Support Musicians===
 
===Former Support Musicians===
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* [[Kurihara Michio]] (Guitar; 2007-2012)
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* [[Kurihara Michio|Michio Kurihara]] (Guitar; 2007-2012)
  
 
==Information==
 
==Information==
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They started activities around 1994, originally a four-piece band in [[Tokyo]]. The band's name is taken from a [[Wikipedia:Boris (song)|song]] on American rock band [[Wikipedia:Melvins|Melvin]]' album, [[Wikipedia:Bullhead (album)|Bullhead]]. In 1996, [[Nagata]] who was the original drummer left the band, leaving [[Atsuo]] the frontman to take over drumming duties. The line-up has remained unchanged as all of members alternately contributing vocals. Throughout their career, they have made deliberate efforts to avoid being categorized in any specific musical genre. Their songs influence range from a huge variety of styles including, various [[J-Metal|heavy metal]] sub-genres such as [[wikipedia:Avant-garde metal|avant-garde]], [[wikipedia:Sludge metal|sludge]], [[wikipedia:Doom metal|doom]], [[wikipedia:Stoner rock|stoner rock]] and [[wikipedia:Drone metal|drone]] to [[J-Punk|punk]], [[wikipedia:psychedelic rock|psychedelia]], [[J-Pop|pop]], [[wikipedia:Shoegazing|shoegaze]], and [[wikipedia:Ambient music|ambient]]. But they are also hailed under the [[wikipedia:Noise rock|noise-rock]] scene for their collaborative works with noise acts like [[Merzbow]] and [[Haino Keiji]].  
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Boris originally formed as a four-piece band and started activities around 1994 in [[Tokyo]]. The band's name is taken from a [[Wikipedia:Boris (song)|song]] on American rock band [[Wikipedia:Melvins|Melvins]]' album, [[Wikipedia:Bullhead (album)|Bullhead]].  
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In 1996, [[Nagata]] who was the original drummer left the band, leaving [[Atsuo]] the frontman to take over drumming duties. The line-up has remained unchanged as all of members alternately contributing vocals.  
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Throughout their career, they have made deliberate efforts to avoid being categorized in any specific musical genre.  
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Their songs influence range from a huge variety of styles including, various [[J-Metal|heavy metal]] sub-genres such as [[wikipedia:Avant-garde metal|avant-garde]], [[wikipedia:Sludge metal|sludge]], [[wikipedia:Doom metal|doom]], [[wikipedia:Stoner rock|stoner rock]] and [[wikipedia:Drone metal|drone]] to [[J-Punk|punk]], [[wikipedia:psychedelic rock|psychedelia]], [[J-Pop|pop]], [[wikipedia:Shoegazing|shoegaze]], and [[wikipedia:Ambient music|ambient]]. But they are also hailed in [[wikipedia:Noise rock|noise-rock]] scene for their collaboration works with noise acts like [[Merzbow]] and [[Haino Keiji]].  
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[[File:Boris - Flood Promo.jpg|thumb|220px|Boris (2002)]]
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[[File:Boris - Pink Promo.png|thumb|220px|Boris promoting "[[Pink (Boris)|PINK]]" (2005)]]
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[[File:Boris - Altar Promo.jpg|thumb|220px|[[wikipedia:Sunn O)))|Sunn O)))]] & Boris promoting "[[wikipedia:Altar (album)|Altar]]" (2006)]]
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[[File:Boris - Rainbow Promo.jpg|thumb|220px|Boris with [[Kurihara Michio|Michio Kurihara]] promoting "[[Rainbow (Michio Kurihara)|Rainbow]]" (2006)]]
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[[File:Boris - Smile Promo.jpg|thumb|220px|Boris promoting "[[Smile (Boris album)|Smile]]" (2008)]]
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[[File:Boris - Heavy Rock 2 Promo.jpg|thumb|220px|Boris (2009)]]
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[[File:Boris - Attention Please Promo.jpg|thumb|220px|Boris promoting "[[Attention Please]]" (2011)]]
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[[File:Boris - Heavy Rock 2011 Promo.jpg|thumb|220px|Boris promoting "[[Heavy Rocks (2011)|Heavy Rocks]]" (2011)]]
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[[File:Boris - Noise Promo.jpg|thumb|220px|Boris promoting "[[Noise|NOISE]]" (2014)]]
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[[File:Boris - Gensho Promo.jpg|thumb|220px|Boris with [[Merzbow]] promoting "[[Gensho]]" (2016)]]
  
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[[File:Boris - Pink Promo.png|thumb|235px|Boris promoting "[[Pink (Boris album)|PINK]]" (2005)]]
 
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[[File:Boris - Smile Promo.jpg|thumb|235px|Boris promoting "[[Smile (Boris album)|Smile]]" (2008)]]
 
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[[File:Boris - Heavy Rock 2011 Promo.jpg|thumb|235px|Boris promoting "[[Heavy Rocks (2011)|Heavy Rocks]]" (2011)]]
 
 
==Discography==
 
==Discography==
 
===Albums===
 
===Albums===
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* [1996.??.??] [[Absolutego (BORIS album)|Absolutego]]  
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* [1996.??.??] [[Absolutego]]  
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* [1998.??.??] [[Amplifier Worship|AMPLIFIER WORSHIP]]  
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* [1998.??.??] [[Amplifier Worship]]  
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* [2000.12.15] [[Flood (BORIS album)|Flood]] (MIDI Creative)
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* [2000.12.15] [[Flood|-flood-]]  
 
* [2002.04.26] [[Heavy Rocks]]
 
* [2002.04.26] [[Heavy Rocks]]
 
* [2003.06.06] [[Akuma no Uta]] (あくまのうた)
 
* [2003.06.06] [[Akuma no Uta]] (あくまのうた)
 
* [2003.12.25] [[Boris at Last -Feedbacker-|boris at last -feedbacker-]]
 
* [2003.12.25] [[Boris at Last -Feedbacker-|boris at last -feedbacker-]]
 
* [2004.08.??] [[The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked]] (目をそらした瞬間)
 
* [2004.08.??] [[The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked]] (目をそらした瞬間)
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* [2005.04.28] [[Dronevil|dronevil]]
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* [2005.02.28] [[Dronevil|dronevil]]
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* [2005.06.29] [[Mabuta no Ura|Mabuta No Ura (Japan Version)]]
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* [2005.06.29] [[Sound Track From Film "Mabuta No Ura"]] (マブタノウラ)
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* [2005.07.12] [[Mabuta no Ura|Mabuta No Ura (World Version)]]
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* [2005.11.18] [[Pink (Boris)||PINK]]
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* [2005.11.18] [[Pink]]
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* [2006.04.09] [[The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2]] (目をそらした瞬間 2)
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* [2005.??.??] [[Boris Archive|Boris aRCHIVE]]3CD (2005 aRCHIVE)
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* [2006.04.09] [[The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 3]] (目をそらした瞬間 3)
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* [2006.04.09] [[The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2]]
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* [2006.10.03] [[Vein|-vein-]]
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* [2006.04.09] [[The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 3]]  
 
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* [2006.10.03] [[Vein]]
 
 
* [2008.03.07] [[Smile (BORIS)|SMILE]]
 
* [2008.03.07] [[Smile (BORIS)|SMILE]]
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* [2008.11.21] [[Smile -Live at Wolf Creek-|SMILE -Live at Wolf Creek-]]
 
 
* [2011.03.16] [[New Album]]
 
* [2011.03.16] [[New Album]]
 
* [2011.05.24] [[Attention Please]]
 
* [2011.05.24] [[Attention Please]]
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* [2011.05.24] [[Heavy Rocks (2011)|Heavy Rocks]]
 
* [2013.03.06] [[Praparat|präparat]]
 
* [2013.03.06] [[Praparat|präparat]]
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* [2013.03.20] [[The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked Chronicle|The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked chronicle]]
 
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* [2014.03.05] [[Archive I]]
 
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* [2014.03.05] [[Archive II]]
 
 
* [2014.06.18] [[Noise|NOISE]]
 
* [2014.06.18] [[Noise|NOISE]]
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* [2015.05.02] [[Urban Dance|urban dance]]
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* [2015.05.02] [[Warpath|warpath]]
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* [2015.05.02] [[Asia|asia]]
 
* [2017.07.12] [[Dear (Boris)|DEAR]]
 
* [2017.07.12] [[Dear (Boris)|DEAR]]
  
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===Reissues===
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===Live Albums===
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* [2001.02.??] [[Absolutego (BORIS album)|Absolutego+]]
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* [2005.??.??] [[Archive|Scott Slimm Presents: Archive]]
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* [2003.03.??] [[Amplifier Worship|AMPLIFIER WORSHIP]]
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* [2008.11.21] [[Smile -Live at Wolf Creek-|SMILE -Live at Wolf Creek-]]
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* [2005.??.??] [[Akuma no Uta]]  
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* [2009.02.12] [[Smile Live In Prague]]  
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* [2006.??.??] [[Dronevil|Dronevil Final]]
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* [2013.04.??] [[Boris Performing "Flood"]]
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* [2006.??.??] [[Pink]]
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* [2014.03.05] [[Archive II]]
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* [2011.05.24] [[Heavy Rocks]]
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* [2016.05.15] [[Crossing Waltz]]
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* [2013.04.10] [[Vein|vein]]
 
  
 
===Collaborations===
 
===Collaborations===
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* [1998.??.??] [[Haino Keiji]] (灰野敬二) with Boris - [[Black: Implication Flooding|Black: Implication Flooding]]  
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* [1998.10.??] [[Haino Keiji]] with <small>'''Boris'''</small> - [[Black: Implication Flooding]]  
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* [2002.??.??] [[Merzbow]] with Boris - [[Megatone]]
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* [2002.04.26] <small>'''Boris'''</small> with [[Merzbow]] - [[Megatone]]
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* [2004.??.??] [[Merzbow]] with Boris - [[04092001]]
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* [2004.02.11] <small>'''Boris'''</small> with [[Merzbow]] - [[04092001]]
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* [2005.??.??] [[Merzbow]] with Boris - [[Sun Baked Snow Cave]]  
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* [2005.08.23] <small>'''Boris'''</small> with [[Merzbow]] - [[Sun Baked Snow Cave]]  
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* [2006.??.??] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_O))) Sun O)))] with Boris - [[Altar]]  
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* [2006.10.31] [[wikipedia:Sunn O)))|Sunn O)))]] & <small>'''Boris'''</small> - [[wikipedia:Altar (album)|Altar]]  
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* [2006.12.23] [[Michio Kurihara]] with Boris - [[Rainbow (Michio Kurihara)|Rainbow]]
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* [2006.12.23] <small>'''Boris'''</small> with [[Kurihara Michio|Michio Kurihara]] - [[Rainbow (Michio Kurihara)|Rainbow]]
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* [2007.??.??] [[Merzbow]] with Boris - [[Walrus / Groon|Walrus/Groon]]  
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* [2007.04.??] <small>'''Boris'''</small> with [[Merzbow]] - [[Walrus / Groon|Walrus/Groon]]  
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* [2007.??.??] [[Merzbow]] with Boris - [[Mellow Peak]]
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* [2007.11.02] <small>'''Boris'''</small> with [[Merzbow]] - [[Rock Dream]]
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* [2008.12.23] <small>'''Boris'''</small> with [[Kurihara Michio|Michio Kurihara]] - [[Cloud Chamber]]
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* [2008.12.23] <small>'''Boris'''</small> & [[wikipedia:Ian Astbury|Ian Astbury]] - [[B X I|BXI]]
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* [2007.04.??] <small>'''Boris'''</small> with [[Merzbow]] - [[Walrus / Groon|Walrus/Groon]]
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* [2011.02.23] <small>'''Boris'''</small> with [[Merzbow]] - [[Klatter]]
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* [2015.05.02] <small>'''Boris'''</small> + [[ENDON]] - [[Eros|EROS]]
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* [2015.06.11] [[wikipedia:Sunn O)))|Sunn O)))]] & <small>'''Boris'''</small> - [[2007.12.10, "Altar" Presentation with Boris, Kentish Town Forum, London, The United Kingdom]]
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* [2015.12.28] <small>'''Boris'''</small> X [[GOTH-TRAD]] - [[Low End Meeting]]  
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* [2016.03.16] <small>'''Boris'''</small> with [[Merzbow]] - [[Gensho]] (現象)
  
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===Split Recordings===
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===EPs===
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* [1996.??.??] [[Boris / Barebones Split EP|Boris/Barebones Split EP]] (with [[Barebones]])
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* [2002.02.12] [[1970]]
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* [1997.??.??] [[Boris / Tomsk Split EP|Boris/Tomsk Split EP]] 7" (with [[Tomsk]])
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* [2008.03.07] [[Message (Boris)|Message]] (メッセージ)
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* [1999.??.??] [[More Echoes, Touching Air Landscape]] (with [[Choukoku no Niwa]])
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* [2009.09.09] [[Buzz-In|Scion A/V Remix: Buzz-In]]
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* [2003.??.??] [[Boris / The Dudley Corporation Split EP|Boris/The Dudley Corporation Split EP]] (with [[The Dudley Corporation]])
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* [2011.09.26] [[Black Original Remix]]
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* [2007.??.??] [[Long Hair and Tights]] (With [[Doomriders]])
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* [2012.02.??] [[Cosmos (Boris)|Cosmos]]
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* [2007.??.??] [[Damaged Split EP]]'' (With [[Stupid Babies Go Mad]])
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* [2013.10.23] [[Myogo]]
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* [2012.11.23] [[Split 7]] ([[Asobi Seksu]] & Boris)
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* [2016.03.16] [[Mr. Shortkill]]
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* [2012.12.10] [[Split 12inch]] (Boris x Joe Volk)
 
  
 
===Singles===
 
===Singles===
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* [1996.??.??] [[Absolutego (BORIS single)|Absolutego]]
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* [2005.04.??] [[A Bao A Qu]]
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* [2000.??.??] [[Flood (BORIS single)|flood]]
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* [2008.04.26] [[Statement / Floor Shaker|Statement/Floor Shaker]]
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* [2001.??.??] [[Absolutego+]]
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* [2009.09.14] [[Japanese Heavy Rock Hits Vol. 1]]
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* [2002.??.??] [[1970 / Wareruide|1970/Wareruide]] (1970/ワレルイデ)
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* [2009.10.27] [[Japanese Heavy Rock Hits Vol. 2]]
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* [2005.??.??] [[A Bao A Qu]]  
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* [2009.11.24] [[Japanese Heavy Rock Hits Vol. 3]]
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* [2009.11.24] [[Japanese Heavy Rock Hits Vol. 4]]
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* [2012.04.17] [[Looprider Remix]]
  
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===Splits===
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===Demo Tapes===
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* [1996.??.??] - [[Barebones]]/Boris 10" split
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* [1993.??.??] [[Demo Vol. 1]]
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* [1997.??.??] - [[Barebones]]/Boris split
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* [1995.??.??] [[Demo Vol. 3]]
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* [1997.??.??] - Boris/[[TOMSK-7]]
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* [1999.??.??] - Boris/[[Choukoku no Niwa]], [[More Echoes, Touching Air Landscape|More Echoes, Touching Air Landscape]]
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===Split Recordings===
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* [2003.??.??] - [[Dudley Corporation]]/Boris
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* [1996.10.??] [[BAREBONES / BORIS|BAREBONES/BORIS]] (<small>[[BAREBONES]]</small>)
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* [1997.??.??] [[Tomsk-7 / Boris|Tomsk-7/Boris]] (<small>[[wikipedia:Tomsk-7|Tomsk-7]]</small>)
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* [1999.??.??] [[More Echoes, Touching Air Landscape]] (<small>[[Choukoku no Niwa]]</small>)
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* [2003.04.08] [[The Dudley Corporation / Boris|The Dudley Corporation/Boris]] (<small>[[wikipedia:The Dudley Corporation|The Dudley Corporation]]</small>)
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* [2006.10.31] [[Long Hair & Tights]] (<small>[[wikipedia:Doomriders|Doomriders]]</small>)
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* [2007.07.27] [[Damaged]] (<small>[[Stupid Babies Go Mad]]</small>)
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* [2009.08.19] [[Golden Dance Classics]] (<small>[[9dw]]</small>)
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* [2009.08.19] [[Chapter Ahead Being Fake]] (<small>[[wikipedia:Torche (band)|Torche]]</small>)
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* [2011.??.??] [[Boris/ Saade|Boris/Saade]] (<small>Saade</small>)
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* [2012.11.23] [[Asobi Seksu x Boris]] (<small>[[wikipedia:Asobi Seksu|Asobi Seksu]]</small>)
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* [2012.12.10] [[Boris x Joe Volk]] (<small>[[wikipedia:Joe Volk|Joe Volk]]</small>)
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* [2014.05.??] [[Big Peach / Noel Ford|Big Peach/Noel Ford]] (<small>Heap</small>)
  
 
===Compilations===
 
===Compilations===
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* [1997.??.??] [[From Koenji To Eternity|From Koenji To Eternity]]
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* [1994.??.??] [[Take Care of Scabbard Fish|take care of scabbard fish]] (<small>#11 ''Water Porch''</small>)
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* [2000.??.??] Tribute to ROBERT JOHNSON [[Up Jumped The Devil]]
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* [1995.??.??] [[Eat the Chaos]] (<small>#12 ''Mosquito''</small>)
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* [2001.??.??] [[Southern Lord Sampler CD-R|Southern Lord Sampler CD-R]]
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* [1996.??.??] [[From Koenji To Eternity]] (<small>#6 ''Vacuuum''</small>)
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* [2002.??.??] [[Mangrove2002]]
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* [2000.03.??] [[Tribute to Robert Johnson: Up Jumped The Devil]] (<small>#4 ''Me And The Devil Blues''</small>)
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* [2003.??.??] [[Let There Be Doom]]
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* [2002.??.??] [[Mangrove 2002|Mangrove2002]] (<small>#12 ''Dronevil''</small>)
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* [2013.09.04] [[DEAD END Tribute -Song of Lunatics-|DEAD END Tribute -SONG OF LUNATICS-]]
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* [2002.??.??] Let There Be Doom (<small>#9 ''Huge''</small>)
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* [2013.01.23] [[Yellow Loveless -Japan-|yellow loveless -JAPAN-]]  
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* [2003.??.??] [[Merzbow]] - [["Frog" Remixed and Revisited|"FROG" REMIXED AND REVISITED]] (<small>Disc 2 #6 ''froggie bee-baa''</small>)
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* [2005.05.02] [[DJ BAKU]] - [[JAPADAPTA]] (<small>#17 ''Hanate!''</small>)
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* [2006.??.??] Darkness Hath No Boundaries (<small>#4 ''A Bao A Qu''</small>)
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* [2006.??.??] Darkness Knows No Boundaries (<small>#1 ''Etna'', #12 ''A Bao A Qu''</small>)
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* [2006.12.??] Mind The Gap Volume 65 (<small>#12 ''The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep)''</small>)
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* [2007.??.??] [[wikipedia:Optimo|Optimo]] - [[wikipedia:Optimo#Mix albums|Walkabout]] (<small>#9 ''My Machine''</small>)
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* [2007.??.??] Within The Church Of Thee Overlords (<small>#2 ''Farewell''</small>)
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* [2008.01.15] [[The Dogs Tribute "Doggy Style"|The Dogs Tribute "DOGGY STYLE"]] (<small>#11 ''Slither'', #17 ''Slither (different version)''</small>)
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* [2008.05.??] Invocation Of Sacred Resonance I (<small>#3 ''You Were Holding An Umbrella''</small>)
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* [2009.05.12] [[wikipedia:The Limits of Control#Soundtrack|The Limits of Control Soundtrack]] (<small>#2 ''Fuzzy Reactor'', #5 ''Feedbacker (TLOC Edit)'', #7 ''Farewell'', #8 ''N.L.T.'', #14 ''Blood Swamp (TLOC Edit)'', #17 ''Untitled (TLOC Edit)''</small>)
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* [2010.03.17] [[Supported By Catune And Morec.|supported by catune and morec.]] (<small>#4 ''a bao a qu - Live at Avalon in NYC on May 30, 2006''</small>)
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* [2010.05.26] [[wikipedia:Confessions (2010 film)|Kokuhaku Original Soundtrack]] (<small>#3 ''Niji ga Hajimaru Toki'', #6 ''My Machine'', #8 ''Danpen -Bit-'', #12 ''Nijimu Zanzou'', #16 ''Feedbacker'', #18 ''Ketsubetsu''</small>)
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* [2013.09.04] [[DEAD END Tribute -Song of Lunatics-|DEAD END Tribute -SONG OF LUNATICS-]] (<small>#12 ''Meigou''</small>)
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* [2013.01.23] [[Yellow Loveless -Japan-|yellow loveless -JAPAN-]] (<small>#8 ''Sometimes''</small>)
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* [2015.04.18] [[wikipedia:Whatever Nevermind|Whatever Nevermind]] (<small>#5 ''Lithium''</small>)
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===Other===
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* [2003.03.20] [[The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked chronicle]] (目をそらした瞬間 chronicle)
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* [2005.10.??] [[Archive]]
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* [2007.08.24] [[Aso Ai]]/[[Wata]] <small>('''Boris''')</small> - [[She's So Heavy]]
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* [2008.??.??] [[BORIS Choice Cuts From Releases on Southern Lord 2000-Present!|BORIS Choice cuts from releases on Southern Lord 2000-Present!]]
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* [2008.??.??] [[Floor Shaker]]
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* [2010.06.02] [[Variations + Live in Japan]]
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* [2011.02.03] [[wikipedia:Stephen O'Malley|Stephen O'Malley]] & [[Atsuo]] - [[Uroborus Circuit]]
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* [2011.03.29] [[Hope]]
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* [2011.03.29] [[Riot Sugar]]
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* [2011.05.24] [[Attention Please / Heavy Rocks|Attention Please/Heavy Rocks]]
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* [2016.09.24] [[Requiem For The Abyss]]
  
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===DVDs===
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===Video Releases===
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* [2003.??.??] [[Migoroshi Tou kara Zutto]] (見殺し塔からずっと)
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* [1998.??.??] [[Hama]] (蟾蜍)
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* [2003.12.25] [[Migoroshi Tou Kara Zutto -Live at Shimokitazawa Shelter-]] (見殺し塔からずっと -Live at Shimokitazawa Shelter-)
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* [2005.01.21] [[Bootleg -Feedbacker-|bootleg -feedbacker-]]
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* [2005.06.06] [[Wizard'S Convention -Japanese Heavy Rock Show Case-|WIZARD'S CONVENTION-Japanese Heavy Rock Show Case-]] (<small>with [[Church of Misery]], [[Eternal Elysium]] & [[Greenmachine]]</small>)
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* [2005.11.18] [[Heavy Metal Me]]
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* [2010.06.02] [[Live in Japan: Smile World Tour Final]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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* [http://www.facebook.com/borisheavyrocks Official Facebook Page]
 
* [http://www.facebook.com/borisheavyrocks Official Facebook Page]
 
* [http://www.borisheavyrocks.tumblr.com/ Official Tumblr]
 
* [http://www.borisheavyrocks.tumblr.com/ Official Tumblr]
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* [https://boris.bandcamp.com/ Official Bandcamp]
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* [https://sargenthouse.com/boris Sargent House Official Profile]
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* [http://inoxia-rec.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&language=en Official Page at Inoxia Records]
  
 
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[[Category:1996 Debut]]
 
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Latest revision as of 14:41, 7 July 2017

BORIS promoting "DEAR" (2017)

BORIS (ボリス) is a experimental metal band formed in 1992.

Members

  • Atsuo (Drums, Vocals)
  • Wata (Guitar, Vocals, Keyboard)
  • Takeshi (Bass, Vocals, Guitar)

Former Members

Former Support Musicians

Information

Boris originally formed as a four-piece band and started activities around 1994 in Tokyo. The band's name is taken from a song on American rock band Melvins' album, Bullhead.

In 1996, Nagata who was the original drummer left the band, leaving Atsuo the frontman to take over drumming duties. The line-up has remained unchanged as all of members alternately contributing vocals.

Throughout their career, they have made deliberate efforts to avoid being categorized in any specific musical genre. Their songs influence range from a huge variety of styles including, various heavy metal sub-genres such as avant-garde, sludge, doom, stoner rock and drone to punk, psychedelia, pop, shoegaze, and ambient. But they are also hailed in noise-rock scene for their collaboration works with noise acts like Merzbow and Haino Keiji.

Boris (2002)
Boris promoting "PINK" (2005)
Sunn O))) & Boris promoting "Altar" (2006)
Boris with Michio Kurihara promoting "Rainbow" (2006)
Boris promoting "Smile" (2008)
Boris (2009)
Boris promoting "Attention Please" (2011)
Boris promoting "Heavy Rocks" (2011)
Boris promoting "NOISE" (2014)
Boris with Merzbow promoting "Gensho" (2016)

Discography

Albums

Live Albums

Collaborations

EPs

Singles

Demo Tapes

Split Recordings

Compilations

Other

Video Releases

External Links

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