One week prior the release of their next album “Heavy Rocks III,” Japanese veterans Boris put out a brand new music video for the last advance single “My Name Is Blank.” The video clip was directed by Yutaro (Art Love Music), stream it through the YouTube player below:
The legendary Boris celebrate a 30 year career as one of Experimental musicβs most forward-thinking, Heavy, and innovative bands with the new album βHeavy Rocks (2022).β Continuing their series of βHeavy Rocksβ records, Boris once again channels the Classic Proto-Metal sounds of the 70s into something all new.
The album, 10 pulse-pounding tracks, highlight the very trajectory of Boris and their storied career β from the driving, fuzzed out RockβnβRoll opener βShe Is Burning,β to the Punk, raucous βMy Name Is Blank,β Boris are heavier than ever before. βQuestion 1β is just kickass β D-beats give way to a doomed, spaced out and heavier-than-anything guitar wailing and feedback, before diving back into their Metal, sending the listener into a complete frenzy. This is unmistakably Boris, and this is the band at the height of their powers.
Elsewhere on the record, a more daring, βout thereβ side of the band begins to shine on tracks such as the aptly titled βBlah Blah Blah,β the industrial βGhostly Imaginationβ and the truly wild βNosferatou.β Noisy passages (not unlike prior collaborations with legendary artists like Merzbow,) collide with visceral vocal howls while a relentless, almost Zornian-saxophone shreds harder than any guitar solo ever could.
In 2022, Boris cement what Heavy Rock means to them, and release one of their most captivating ecords to date.
Pre-order βHeavy Rocks (2022)β here: bit.ly/boris-heavyrocks2022
Digital downloads/streaming: orcd.co/boris-heavyrocks2022
Tracklist:
- She Is Burning
- Cramper
- My Name Is Blank
- Blah Blah Blah
- Question 1
- Nosferatou
- Ruins
- Ghostly Imagination
- Chained
- (Not) Last Song
Lineup:
Atsuo / Vocals, Drums & Percussion
Wata / Vocals, Guitar, Piano & Echo
Takeshi / Vocals, Bass & Guitar
Additional musicians:
suGar Yoshinaga / Vocals, Guitar & Synth
Kazuya Wakabayashi / Sax on Track 01, 04 & 06