Japanese Experimental Rockers Boris return with their new full-length album “Heavy Rocks (2022),” out on August 12, 2022 on LP/CD/CS/Digital via Relapse Records. Watch a music video for the first single “She Is Burning” through the YouTube player below:
The legendary Boris celebrate a 30 year career as one of Experimental music’s most forward-thinking, Heavy, and innovative bands with the new album “Heavy Rocks (2022)” Continuing their series of “Heavy Rocks” 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 – from the driving, Fuzzed out Rock’n’Roll opener “She Is Burning,” to the punk, raucous “My Name Is Blank,” Boris are heavier than ever before. “Question 1” is just kickass – 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, “out there” side of the band begins to shine on tracks such as the aptly titled “Blah Blah Blah,” the industrial “Ghostly Imagination” and the truly wild “Nosferatou.” 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 records to date.
Pre-order “Heavy Rocks (2022)” here: bit.ly/boris-heavyrocks2022
Digital downloads/streaming: orcd.co/boris-heavyrocks2022
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
