Boris

Ah Boris. I have listened to a lot of bands (yay for internet) but Boris will always have a special part in my little wooden heart. Funny though, now that I finally did all this I have no idea what to write. I thought I should write some humongous text to go along with all of this but I don't really have anything constructive to say. So anyway, people who are beginning with this band will most likely ask themselves "Where to start?". Well that's a tricky question because Boris is an very diverse band they changed styles a lot of times. But here's my advice. If you are into drone then you should start off with Absolutego, then with Solomon volumes and then with Dronevil. If you are into sludge then you should start with Amplifier Worship. If you are into stoner metal/hard rock then start with all famous Pink album and Heavy Rocks. If you are into experimental and unusual then go with Soundtrack for film "Mabuta No Ura". That's little advice what I can give. Either way shall we start?

This is the full discography except the DVDs which I haven't found so if someone has them please share it with me. :D

DVDs are:

見殺し塔からずっと
Bootleg -Feedbacker-
Wizard's Convention
Heavy Metal Me

Chronologically sorted (according to metal archives):

Absolutego Full-length, 1996ž

Boris / Barebones Split album, 1996

Split w/ Tomsk Split album, 1997

Amplifier Worship Full-length, 1998

Keiji Haino with Boris - Black: Implication Flooding Live album, 1998

More Echoes, Touching Air Landscape - Split CD w/Choukoku No Niwa Split album, 1999

Flood Full-length, 2000

Heavy Rocks Full-length, 2002

Boris With Merzbow - Megatone Full-length, 2002

1970 EP, 2002

Boris / The Dudley Corporation Split album, 2003

Akuma No Uta Full-length, 2003

Boris At Last - Feedbacker Full-length, 2003

The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked Full-length, 2004

Boris With Merzbow - 04092001 Live album, 2005

Dronevil Full-length, 2005

A Bao a Qu Single, 2005

Sound Track from Film "Mabuta No Ura" Full-length, 2005

Boris Live Volume I: Live 96-98 Live album, 2005

Boris Live Volume II: drumless drone power ambient disc Live album, 2005

Boris Live Volume III: live 2001 two long songs Live album, 2005

Pink Full-length, 2005

Boris With Merzbow - Sun Baked Snow Cave Full-length, 2005

The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2 Full-length, 2006

The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 3 Full-length, 2006

Dronevil -Final- Full-length, 2006
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Vein (hardcore) Full-length, 2006

Vein (drone) Full-length, 2006

Altar - Collaboration with Sunn O))) Full-length, 2006

Boris with Michio Kurihara "Rainbow" Full-length, 2006

Walrus & Groon EP, 2007

DOOMRIDERS vs. BORIS / Long Hair And Tights Live album, 2007
Part 1
Part 2

Damaged Split album, 2007
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

She's So Heavy Split album, 2007
Booklet.

Boris With Merzbow - Rock Dream Live album, 2007
Part 1
Part 2

Message~Floorshaker EP, 2008

Smile (Japanese ver) Full-length, 2008

Smile (American ver) Full-length, 2008

Statement Single, 2008


Personal favorites:

1. Sound Track from Film "Mabuta No Ura"
2. Flood
3. Boris with Michio Kurihara "Rainbow"
4. Akuma No Uta
5. The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 3

Pas mater instalater

I can't get this out of my head.

Ah finally I have a week off. Well actually I should be studying for exams but since I didn't get enough kvlt points (they are called ECTS actually but I call them kvlt points, fucking bologna) I can't attend exams so basically I fail at life. I can now finally sort out all the stuff people sent me and begin posting again. But then again, next week I'll haft to start again with next subjects so if I fail that I'll be leaving college, grabbin' a shovel and dig canals excellent.

We sail through endless skies
Stars shine like eyes
The black night sighs
The moon in silver trees
Falls down in tears
Light of the night
The earth, a purple blaze
Of sapphire haze
In orbit always

While down below the trees
Bathed in cool breeze
Silver starlight breaks down the night
And so we pass on by the crimson eye
Of great God mars
As we travel the universe

<3

No movie this week.

Sorry, but I have no time to do anything blog related this week because I have math tests/exams which consume most of my time so actually I won't post anything this week not just the movies.

This also counts for TNA. I feel kinda bad because a lot of people sent me stuff which I didn't post/listen for ages but don't worry I will post them, it's just a matter of time really.

Anyway, cool song:

Junji Ito - Museum of Terror

The all popular Junji Ito and an abundant collection of his short stories published all over the place. This is the third volume, the first two volumes are only Tomie stories which I'll post separately later on. So what kind of stories does he make and how is the art? Well the stories vary a lot. There are some ghost stories, some freak stories and even an fantasy story basically it has everything and even a story about a hair. Most stories are short but there are also some longer ones but nothing longer then 3-4 chapters. Art is awesome, Junji portrays expressions on peoples faces like no one else does it really shows the madness and confusion in them and you can notice how the story goes the characters faces go more and more grim and depressed with an insane look. Anyway, you should really check this out it's quite awesome and bit longer from average mangas (it's around 400 pages) if you like good classic Japanese horror stories.


Get.

Inter Arbores - The Last God

Inter Arbores is an rather unknown funeral doom metal band from Russia. They didn't release much, just three or so promos/whatever. This is their latest released in 2005. I got it through a friend for free and I can say even though it's an mini cd it sounds awesome. It packs just one song called Last God and someone posted a live video of it on youtube but it seems they suck live. Anyway, check it out you won't regret it if you are into doom metal stuff.

Tracklist:

1. The Last God (08:58)

Download.

Belphegor - Goatreich - Fleshcult

One day when I was about 14 years old and very much into any power metal I could find (Rhapsody, Blind Guardian, Iced Earth etc.) I was waiting for my friends so we can go and see some movie. Since I knew they won't come for like a next hour or so I decided I should go and check out the only store in the city that sells a bit more alternative music. Proud with my extensive collection of 2 original CDs I rushed into the shop hoping to find another Blind Guardian CD so I can drool all over it while I wait for my friends. While searching through the cds something quite unusual caught my eyes. It was this black cd with some splattered letters and two inverted crosses behind it and a small "parental advisory" icon on the right lower corner. I said to myself "Hey I heard about this satanic stuff on the forum." so for some random reason I decided to buy it. I heard of it via the old Dark Lyrics forum (which died a long time ago) which was then my only source of information for metal music (the only music I was listening at the time really) and pretty much the only site I would visit during my modem days. So I got home and I finally opened this marvelous cd. The booklet to me then was very funny and it looked kinda cool but I didn't take them very seriously after looking through it. So finally I started listening to the cd. The amazement and the "FUCK YEAH THIS SHIT IS HEAVY" facial expression that this cd caused is pretty much the reason why I decided to leave my power metal shell and move onwards to much more extreme music. This album to me was a milestone in my taste and it changed it quite radically. I would listen to it 4-5 times a day and it would be amazing each time. For todays standards (and even for the standards then) this album is pretty much classic Black/Death crossover and very, very stereotypical (blah blah flaming cocks and satan blah blah). It usually gets good grades around the internets but nothing rare or groundbreaking but it means a lot to me ahaha. Anyway, on with the tracklist and things.

Tracklist:

01. The Cruzifixus - Anus Dei (04:15)
02. Bleeding Salvation (03:48)
03. Fornicationium et Immundus Diabolus (02:59)
04. Sepulture of Hypocrisy (04:57)
05. Goatreich - Fleshcult (03:24)
06. Swarm of Rats (04:53)
07. Kings Shall Be Kings (04:59)
08. The Crown Massacre (03:00)
09. Festum Asinorum / Chapter 2 (05:51)

Download.

Did anyone notice his middle name is Hussein ololololol?

Tetsuo The Iron Man

Year of release: 1989
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Duration: 67 min
Language: Japanese (English subs)

imdb

Completely insane and wild tale of an man who runs over a person who has a fetish for inserting metal objects in his body.

An really awesome review can be found here so I won't really add anything else.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8

Sorry for being late >.<

You need HJ Split to patch this back into one file.

Tsutomu Nihei - Abara

From the creator of Blame!, Abara is set in a dystopian world, filled with large structures. The story revolves around creatures known as Gaunas, those who can shape bone like armor and weaponry around themselves by transforming. The transformation begins around the spine and then shapes layered armor. The story focuses on one such Gauna known as Kudou Denji, though he uses Itou Denji as a fake name earlier. If you liked Blame you'll enjoy this manga and the main character kinda looks like Killy.

Get.