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Coaltar Of The Deepers x Boris 'Hello There' Artwork
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Review: Coaltar Of The Deepers x Boris ‘hello there’

5th April 20245th April 2024 Sandy Williamson Alternative, Boris, Coaltar Of The Deepers, Dog Knights Productions, Doom, Heavy Rock

Japanese legends Boris have played around in pretty much every genre of rock and metal you can think of, and

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Boris @ Great America Music Hall, San Francisco, 28th Aug 2023 – Photo by Tyler Johnston
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Through The Lens: Boris & Melvins @ Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, 28th Aug 2023

15th September 202315th September 2023 Tyler Johnston Boris, Doom, Great American Music Hall, Heavy Rock, Melvins, Noise-Rock, San Francisco, Through The Lens

When two heavyweights collided and hit the road under the moniker of the Twins Of Evil Tour, when they hit

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Boris & Uniform 'Bright New Disease' Artwork
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Review: Boris & Uniform ‘Bright New Disease’

16th June 202316th June 2023 Dave Bowes Boris, Doom, Drone, Hardcore, Metal, Sacred Bones Records, Uniform

The fusing of Japan’s premier noiseniks Boris and the stark, corrosive violence of Uniform makes both perfect sense and no

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Nebula @ Desertfest London 2023 – Photo by Nessie Spencer
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Desertfest London 2023 – Sunday

12th June 202323rd February 2024 Ian M BIG|BRAVE, Black Groove, Blood Ceremony, Boris, Desertfest, Jo Quail, King Buffalo, London, Mars Red Sky, Nebula, Stoner Rock, Thunder Horse

This review of Day 3 of Desertfest is brought to you by the letter B. It starts in the Black

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Boris 'Fade'
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Review: Boris ‘Fade’

5th January 20238th March 2023 Sandy Williamson Boris, Doom, Drone, Independent

THREE new Boris records in 2022? Man, I am a blessed human to have this much of my favourite band

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Sandy Williamson - 2022
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Top Ten Of 2022: Sandy Williamson

29th December 20226th February 2023 Sandy Williamson Boris, Darkthrone, Et Moriemur, Kurokuma, Malignant Aura, Monasterium, Problem With Dragons, The Otolith, Top Ten 2022, Tzompantli

Christ, this year has been a blur for me, what with real life work, blogging, and the exponential growth in

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Dave Bowes - 2022
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Top Ten Of 2022: Dave Bowes

14th December 20226th February 2023 Dave Bowes BlackLab, Blut Aus Nord, Boris, Celeste, Chat Pile, Cult Of Luna, GGGOLDDD, The Lovecraft Sextet, Top Ten 2022, Zeal & Ardor

I’ll admit that I didn’t have high hopes going into 2022. It was coming off the back of a year

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Boris @ Sister Bar, Albuquerque, 22nd Aug 2022 - Photo by Adam DeBary
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Boris / Nothing @ Sister Bar, Albuquerque, 22nd August 2022

30th August 20229th December 2022 Martin Williams Boris, Heavy Rock, Nothing, Shoegaze, Sister Bar

I remember fairly vividly, my two introductions to Japanese heavy, stoner, punk, drone, noise experimentalist legends Boris: I randomly purchased

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Boris 'Heavy Rocks 2022'
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Review: Boris ‘Heavy Rocks 2022’

15th August 202223rd September 2022 Sandy Williamson Boris, Heavy Rock, Relapse Records

The simple idea that Heavy Rocks is so true and so potent that Japanese legends BORIS (and this is the

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Boris ‘W’
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Review: Boris ‘W’

17th January 202224th February 2022 Sandy Williamson Boris, Drone, Sacred Bones Records

Boris are one of my favourite bands EVER. Their magnificent genre bending, style switching music has enthralled me since the

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Boris With Merzbow '2R0I2P0'
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Review: Boris With Merzbow ‘2R0I2P0’

8th February 20219th March 2021 Will J 2R0I2P0, Boris, Doom, Drone, Merzbow, Noise, Relapse Records

Boris and Merzbow have worked together so often that Boris With Merzbow might as well be classed as an act

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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Today, The Shaman is pleased to premiere La Pucelle, the new video from Birmingham heavy rockers Alunah. Taken from their

Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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