Bryter Boris
* Boris: Ibitsu (4.0 mb) | Ano Onna No Onryou (8.0 mb) | Akuma No Uta (6.0 mb)
From Akuma No Uta : Southern Lord Records : sunn41
Akuma No Uta, by Boris is an incredible sonic thrill ride. Hailing from Japan, this power trio of Takeshi (Bass, Guitar & Vocal), Atsuo (Drums & Vocals) and Wata (Guitar) have been blowing heads open for more than ten years now. This trio likes to stretch out and play everything from stoner doom drones to hard hitting psych workouts to groovy head nodders.
Starting off with a Earth-esque drone-metal intro the record then slams into the riffed-out, noisy stormer “Ibitsu”. Distorted, manic, tear-shit-up stuff. After another song in the same Hendrix meets the Stooges style psych-punk rawk vein, Boris switch gears again, for the album’s centerpiece, a twelve-minute opus entitled “Naki Kyoku” that begins all super languid, quiet and pretty before building into a soaring psychedelic jam. The jams continue on the next track, another in the red Garage stompin’ blow-out. Finally, title track “Akuma No Uta” winds things up with a return to the immense sludge grind of track one, melded into a headbanging groove, ending the disc on an adrenaline high.
(from Southern Lord's Boris page)
But honestly, even if this album weren’t any good, it’d still be worth picking up simply for the brilliant art work. Paying homage to Nick Drake’s Bryter Layter album (look here), Boris perfectly replicates the album cover, except for the addition of an electric double neck guitar/bass instead of the acoustic guitar that Nick Drake uses. Absolutely brilliant.
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Akio said,
March 22, 2006 @ 10:33 pm
I will never say no to more Boris. Great stuff.
the of mirror eye » Doom And Sludge said,
December 18, 2006 @ 6:03 pm
[...] When I first heard that doom metal masters, Sunn 0))) (look here) and psych/sludge rockers, Boris (look here), were joining forces and recording music, I just about messed my pants. Even though I thought I knew exactly what it would sound like, I was still as excited as a little boy on Christmas day. I mean c’mon, who better to make some heavy duty drones than these two bands. And, to a certain extent, I was right on the money about how they would sound. This collaborative album is a total, low-sonics sludge ride from beginning to end. From the start, they bring in the doom drones and don’t let up. [...]