BORIS

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

• Nagata (Drums; 1992-1996)

Former Support Musicians

• Kurihara Michio (Guitar; 2007-2012)

Information

They started activities around 1994, originally a four-piece band in Tokyo. The band's name is taken from a song on American rock band Melvin' 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 under the noise-rock scene for their collaborative works with noise acts like Merzbow and Haino Keiji.

Boris promoting "PINK" (2005)

Boris promoting "Smile" (2008)

Boris promoting "Heavy Rocks" (2011)

Discography

Albums

• [1996.??.??] Absolutego
• [1998.??.??] AMPLIFIER WORSHIP
• [2000.12.15] Flood (MIDI Creative)
• [2002.04.26] Heavy Rocks
• [2003.06.06] Akuma no Uta (あくまのうた)
• [2003.12.25] boris at last -feedbacker-
• [2004.08.??] The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked (目をそらした瞬間)
• [2005.04.28] dronevil
• [2005.06.29] Mabuta No Ura (Japan Version)
• [2005.07.12] Mabuta No Ura (World Version)
• [2005.11.18] Pink
• [2005.??.??] Boris aRCHIVE3CD (2005 aRCHIVE)
• [2006.04.09] The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2
• [2006.04.09] The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 3
• [2006.10.03] Vein
• [2008.03.07] SMILE
• [2008.11.21] SMILE -Live at Wolf Creek-
• [2011.03.16] New Album
• [2011.05.24] Attention Please
• [2013.03.06] präparat
• [2013.03.20] The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked chronicle
• [2014.03.05] Archive I
• [2014.03.05] Archive II
• [2014.06.18] NOISE
• [2017.07.12] DEAR

Reissues

• [2001.02.??] Absolutego+
• [2003.03.??] AMPLIFIER WORSHIP
• [2005.??.??] Akuma no Uta
• [2006.??.??] Dronevil Final
• [2006.??.??] Pink
• [2011.05.24] Heavy Rocks
• [2013.04.10] vein

Collaborations

• [1998.??.??] Haino Keiji (灰野敬二) with Boris - Black: Implication Flooding
• [2002.??.??] Merzbow with Boris - Megatone
• [2004.??.??] Merzbow with Boris - 04092001
• [2005.??.??] Merzbow with Boris - Sun Baked Snow Cave
• [2006.??.??] Sun O))) with Boris - Altar
• [2006.12.23] Michio Kurihara with Boris - Rainbow
• [2007.??.??] Merzbow with Boris - Walrus/Groon
• [2007.??.??] Merzbow with Boris - Mellow Peak

Split Recordings

• [1996.??.??] Boris/Barebones Split EP (with Barebones)
• [1997.??.??] Boris/Tomsk Split EP 7" (with Tomsk)
• [1999.??.??] More Echoes, Touching Air Landscape (with Choukoku no Niwa)
• [2003.??.??] Boris/The Dudley Corporation Split EP (with The Dudley Corporation)
• [2007.??.??] Long Hair and Tights (With Doomriders)
• [2007.??.??] Damaged Split EP (With Stupid Babies Go Mad)
• [2012.11.23] Split 7 (Asobi Seksu & Boris)
• [2012.12.10] Split 12inch (Boris x Joe Volk)

Singles

• [1996.??.??] Absolutego
• [2000.??.??] flood
• [2001.??.??] Absolutego+
• [2002.??.??] 1970/Wareruide (1970/ワレルイデ)
• [2005.??.??] A Bao A Qu

Splits

• [1996.??.??] - Barebones/Boris 10" split
• [1997.??.??] - Barebones/Boris split
• [1997.??.??] - Boris/TOMSK-7
• [1999.??.??] - Boris/Choukoku no Niwa, More Echoes, Touching Air Landscape
• [2003.??.??] - Dudley Corporation/Boris

Compilations

• [1997.??.??] From Koenji To Eternity
• [2000.??.??] Tribute to ROBERT JOHNSON Up Jumped The Devil
• [2001.??.??] Southern Lord Sampler CD-R
• [2002.??.??] Mangrove2002
• [2003.??.??] Let There Be Doom
• [2013.09.04] DEAD END Tribute -SONG OF LUNATICS-
• [2013.01.23] yellow loveless -JAPAN-

DVDs

• [2003.??.??] Migoroshi Tou kara Zutto (見殺し塔からずっと)

External Links

• Official Site
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