Bosse-de-Nage

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Bosse-de-Nage
Origin San Francisco, California, U.S.
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Website bosse-de-nage.com

Bosse-de-Nage is an American black metal band from San Francisco, California, composed of four anonymous members. [1] Considered a part of the blackgaze scene, [2] [3] their experimental style draws from post-rock, shoegaze, post-hardcore, screamo, and indie rock. [4] [5] [6] The band's influences include the post-rock bands Slint, Mogwai, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. [7] AllMusic critic Gregory Heaney deemed their sound to be "as comfortable expanding outward as it is contracting into a suffocating mass of needling guitars and frantic drumming." [4] Bosse-de-Nage's lyrics touch on subjects like sex, filth, bodies, perversion, and death. [8] Their name is taken from French symbolist Alfred Jarry's book Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician ; it is the name of a monkey which may or may not have been a hallucination of the narrator. [9]

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History

After releasing a set of demos in 2006, Bosse-de-Nage signed to The Flenser record label and released its self-titled debut album, which featured recordings from 2007, in 2010. The band's second album, II was released in 2011. [6] The album caught Profound Lore Records' attention, which released their follow-up III' in 2012. [4] [1] [6] In the same year, Bosse-de-Nage also released a split EP with fellow San Francisco-based black metal band Deafheaven, Deafheaven / Bosse-de-Nage , contributing the original track, "A Mimesis of Purpose." [10]

The band released its fourth studio album, All Fours , in 2015. [5] In 2018, the band returned to The Flenser for “Further Still”, its fifth album. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mysterious Bosse-De-Nage releasing 'II' (new song debut & older free downloads too)". BrooklynVegan. August 30, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ Walschots, Natalie Zina (February 26, 2014). "The Translator: Blackgaze". Exclaim! . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  3. ↑ Howells, Tom (October 5, 2015). "Blackgaze: meet the bands taking black metal out of the shadows". the Guardian. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Heaney, Gregory. "Bosse-de-Nage". AllMusic . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Rancic, Michael (April 14, 2015). "Bosse-De-Nage - All Fours". Exclaim! . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 Kelly, Kim (July 5, 2012). "Bosse-de-Nage - III". Pitchfork . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  7. ↑ Hayes, Craig (July 12, 2012). "Bosse-de-Nage - III". PopMatters . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  8. 1 2 Kelly, Kim (March 16, 2015). "Bosse-de-Nage Has Raised The Art Of Metal Lyrics To A Whole New Level (and Their New Album Rips, Too)". Vice . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Bosse-de-Nage". metal-archives.com. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  10. ↑ Wilson, Mark (November 27, 2012). "Deafheaven / Bosse-de-Nage - Split EP • Metal Reviews". Exclaim! . Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Bosse-de-Nage "Further Still" LP - The Flenser" . Retrieved May 20, 2022.
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