Boris is a Japanese experimental music band formed in 1992 in Tokyo and composed of drummer Atsuo, guitarist/bassist Takeshi, and guitarist/keyboardist Wata. All three members participate in vocal performance. 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.
Merzbox is a box set compilation by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It consists of 50 CDs spanning Merzbow's career from 1979 to 1997. 30 discs are taken from long out of print releases, while 20 are composed mainly of unreleased material. The box also contains two CD-ROMs, six CD-sized round cards, six round stickers, a poster, a black long-sleeve T-shirt, a medallion, and the Merzbook, all packaged together in a "fetish" black rubber box. It is limited to 1000 numbered copies. A Merzbox Sampler was released in 1997.
Space Metalizer is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.
Pulse Demon is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow, released 28 May 1996. The album was reissued on vinyl in May 2018 by Bludhoney Records, and again in November 2019 by Relapse, with a bonus track.
Severances is an album by the Merzbow side project SCUM, on this release SCUM is an acronym for "Society for Cutting Up Merzbow". It was later included in the Merzbox.
Rainbow Electronics is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It consists of a single long track made from 21 hours' worth of material. It was the first entry in the Good Alchemy series of harsh noise CDs. An alternate mix called Rainbow Electronics 2 was released in 1996.
Cloud Cock OO Grand is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was Merzbow's first CD and showcases his then-new harsh noise style.
Metal Mad Man is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It features studio remixed excerpts from live performances. An unremixed excerpt from the Konjung Art Exhibition performance was included on the Oh! Moro Volume 5 video.
New Takamagahara is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. Takama-ga-hara refers to the dwelling place of the gods in Shinto.
Akasha Gulva is a live album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was recorded live during "Trial Domain 96 – Action for Paradigm". It is limited to 1,000 copies.
Mercurated is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.
Merzbow is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita. Merzbow is best known for a style of harsh, confrontational noise. Since 1980, Akita has released over 400 recordings and has collaborated with various artists.
Great American Nude / Crash for Hi-Fi is a live album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It features excerpts from seven performances recorded during the 1990 tour of the United States, plus a studio track recorded 1991 in Tokyo, Japan.
Noizhead is a live album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The same European tour also produced the live album Mort Aux Vaches: Locomotive Breath.
Mort Aux Vaches: Locomotive Breath is a live album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow, recorded for VPRO radio in Amsterdam. The same European tour also produced the live album Noizhead.
Rainbow Electronics 2 is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It is an alternate mix of the 1990 album Rainbow Electronics.
Another Merzbow Records is a compilation album by the noise artist Merzbow, released in 2010.
Sonic Command is an album by the Japanese noise group Merzbow. It was released on cassette in 1984 and rereleased in 1989 as a remixed version retitled Live Drum Ensemble. The reissue is labeled "Alternation for the Rock Structures".
Full of Hell is an American grindcore band from Ocean City, Maryland and Central Pennsylvania, United States, formed in 2009. They are currently signed to Relapse Records. They have released four studio albums –Roots of Earth Are Consuming My Home (2011), Rudiments of Mutilation (2013), Trumpeting Ecstasy (2017), and Weeping Choir (2019) – as well as three collaborations – Full of Hell & Merzbow (2014) with Japanese noise artist Merzbow and One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache (2016) and Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light (2017) with sludge metal band The Body – aside from numerous EPs and splits.
Cuts is collaborative studio album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow, Hungarian drummer Balázs Pándi, and Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. It was recorded during a stop on the trio's East European tour in April 2012. The album was followed up in January 2015 by Live in Tabačka 13/04/12, which was recorded live the day before Cuts in Slovakia. Cuts of Guilt, Cuts Deeper, a studio album recorded with the addition of Thurston Moore, was released in March 2015.
