| Boris discography | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio albums | 29 |
| Live albums | 7 |
| EPs | 14 |
The following is the discography of the Japanese experimental band Boris .
| Boris discography | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Studio albums | 29 |
| Live albums | 7 |
| EPs | 14 |
The following is the discography of the Japanese experimental band Boris .
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Hard Rock [1] | US Heat. [2] | US Ind. [3] | US Taste. [4] | ||
| Absolutego | — | — | — | — | |
| Amplifier Worship |
| — | — | — | — |
| Flood |
| — | — | — | — |
| Heavy Rocks |
| — | — | — | — |
| Akuma no Uta |
| — | — | — | — |
| Boris at Last -Feedbacker- |
| — | — | — | — |
| The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked |
| — | — | — | — |
| Dronevil |
| — | — | — | — |
| Soundtrack from the Film Mabuta no Ura |
| — | — | — | — |
| Pink |
| — | — | — | 25 |
| The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2 |
| — | — | — | — |
| The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 3 |
| — | — | — | — |
| Vein |
| — | — | — | — |
| Smile |
| — | 20 | — | — |
| New Album |
| — | — | — | — |
| Heavy Rocks |
| 25 | 11 | — | 18 |
| Attention Please |
| — | 12 | — | 19 |
| Präparat |
| — | — | — | — |
| Noise |
| 16 | 8 | 35 | 20 |
| The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked Extra |
| — | — | — | — |
| Urban Dance |
| — | — | — | — |
| Warpath |
| — | — | — | — |
| Asia |
| — | — | — | — |
| Dear |
| — | 14 | 25 | 22 |
| LφVE & EVφL |
| — | 23 | — | — |
| NO |
| — | — | — | — |
| W |
| — | — | — | — |
| Heavy Rocks |
| — | — | — | — |
| Fade |
| — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes items which did not chart. | |||||
Music videos have been produced for several of Boris' songs, usually by the Japanese production company Foodunited.
Boris have a well-established history of collaboration with Japanoise artist Merzbow. Thus far, three of the collaborations with Merzbow have been full-length albums, one of them is a 12-inch EP, and the last two are live albums.
These songs are available only on the compilations.
These are tracks taken from other Boris albums.
Joe Preston is an American bass guitarist and a former band member of the rock bands Earth, Melvins, Men's Recovery Project, The Need and High on Fire. Preston has also played with Sunn O))), and has his long-running solo project called Thrones. In 2007, he joined Harvey Milk in the studio for the recording of Life... The Best Game in Town and toured with them during their 2008 US and European tours. He is currently serving as a touring member of Sumac. He is the uncle of actor Dominic Janes.
Stephen O'Malley is an American guitarist, producer, composer, and visual artist from Seattle, Washington, who has conceptualized and participated in numerous drone doom, death/doom, and experimental music bands, most notably Sunn O))).
Boris is a Japanese band formed in 1992 in Tokyo and composed of drummer Atsuo, guitarist/bassist Takeshi, and guitarist/keyboardist Wata. All three members contribute vocals. Their work has drawn variously on styles such as sludge rock, drone, metal, noise, psychedelia, and minimalism. Boris has released more than twenty studio albums on various labels around the world, as well as a wide variety of live albums, compilations, EPs, singles, and collaborative albums. They have collaborated with acts such as Sunn O))), Merzbow, Keiji Haino, and guitarist Michio Kurihara.
Flight of the Behemoth is the second studio album by American drone metal band Sunn O))).
Dronevil is the eighth studio album by the Japanese experimental band Boris. It is a double album: the first LP, Drone, showcases a more ambient sound, while the second LP, Evil, showcases a heavy guitar-oriented doom metal sound. Though the two sides can be heard separately, the original intention is for both to be played simultaneously.
Sun Baked Snow Cave is a collaborative album between Japanese experimental doom band Boris and Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The album consists of a single track that clocks in at over an hour in length. The album artwork was done by Sunn O))) member and regular Hydra Head designer Stephen O'Malley.
Soundtrack from the Film Mabuta no Ura is the ninth studio album by Japanese experimental band Boris, released on June 29, 2005, through Catune and Inoxia and on November 12 of the same year through Essence Music. The album includes the song "A Bao A Qu" which shares the same name as the version included on the album The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked. However, both versions are quite different from one another. The band used this version of the song "A Bao A Qu" and created a 7" single with an extended version of the track. A music video was also released for this song but it is based on the 7" single. There is yet another version of the song which was included on the 2010 compilation, Boris / Variations + Live in Japan, and a live recording is included in Archive II. The 2016 re-release of Pink includes a bonus disc with the track "Your Name Part 2," apparently a sequel to the track of that name from this album.
Absolutego is the debut studio album by Japanese experimental band Boris. It was released in 1996 by Fangs Anal Satan. This album shows inspiration from the Melvins and, most prominently, Earth. Excluding the Merzbow collaboration Sun Baked Snow Cave, it is the only "one-long-song" Boris album that is not broken down into multiple parts. A song with the same title also appears in the album Dear and re-appears on the collaboration album 2R0I2P0.
Megatone is a collaborative album between the Japanese experimental doom band Boris and the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.
Boris at Last -Feedbacker- is the sixth studio album by Japanese experimental music band Boris. The album, a single 43-minute track broken into 5 movements, incorporates many different rock elements. The band frequently revisits the song in concert.
Gore Beyond Necropsy (GBN) is a Japanese band formed in 1989 in Hadano city, Kanagawa prefecture. The group have had a prolific output of releases. They play a hybrid style of chaotic grindcore which they refer to as "Analdrillinggrind Harshit Core!!".
Walrus/Groon is a collaborative 12" EP between the Japanese experimental doom band Boris and Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was first sold at the 2007 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
Inoxia Records is a Japanese record label that is closely related to the experimental music band Boris. In addition to releasing, Inoxia also distributes other Japanese labels such as Daymare Recordings, Pedal Records, and Diwphalanx Records.
Rock Dream is a collaborative live album between Japanese band Boris and Japan noise musician Merzbow.
"Statement" is a single by Japanese experimental band Boris. The A-side "Statement" was a preview of things to come on their full-length album Smile, which was released on Diwphalanx Records and Southern Lord Records in 2008. The B-side "Floor Shaker" is an unreleased song from the Smile sessions exclusive to this single and its own single available free with purchase from the Inoxia Records store; this single version fades out early.
Chapter Ahead Being Fake is a split album featuring songs from Japanese band Boris and American band Torche. The album was released on August 19, 2009 in Japan through Daymare Records on CD, the same day Boris's split album with 9dw, Golden Dance Classics, was released. This is the first release from Torche as a three-piece band after parting ways with second guitarist Juan Montoya in 2008. A video for Torche's "King Beef" was released on January 5, 2010.
Golden Dance Classics is a split EP by Japanese artists Boris and 9dw. It was released in 2009 on 12" split vinyl and CD by Catune, a record label in Tokyo, Japan.
Boris Variations is a compilation of previously recorded and re-recorded audio music, as well as live video music by Japanese band, Boris. The CD comprises selections from six Boris full-length releases that generally keep to their 'heavy rock' style, as well as one single B-side. Five of the 13 songs have been re-recorded. Production credits on the CD are for Boris. Besides the three regular members of the band - Takeshi, Wata and Atsuo - Michio Kurihara also plays guitar on tracks 2, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12. All songs are composed by Boris, except for track 6, which is by Boris and Michio Kurihara.
目をそらした瞬間 -the thing which solomon overlooked- chronicle is a 4-disc compilation album by the Japanese experimental band Boris. Compared to most of the band's discography, this series of albums contains primarily improvised music. It was released exclusively in Japan on March 20, 2013 through Daymare Recordings, collecting three previously released volumes as well as a newly recorded volume in the same style. This is currently the only way to get any of the volumes on CD. In addition, all four installments in the series are available on Bandcamp as of September 4, 2020.
Gensho is the fourth collaborative studio album and seventh release by the Japanese experimental band Boris and noise musician Merzbow. It is presented in two parts; the first disc features re-recordings of several Boris songs and a cover of the My Bloody Valentine song "Sometimes" in drone-based, drumless style, while the second disc consists of new compositions by Merzbow. They are intended to be played at the same time, much like the previous Boris double album Dronevil, or as separate works.