Boris - Heavy Rocks (2002)

This is The Boris Album To Have...Well, actually, if you are sort of obsessed with them like I am then you should have everything you can get your hands on. Except maybe the Merzbow collaboration 49094309840 (whatever the hell the numbers are...)

Im getting off track. Boris are chameleons of metal and doom and psychedelia and and and...they seem to have the heavy rock world locked down. Whether it is the opressive Doom of Absolutego and Amplifier Worship, or the heady atmospherics of Flood or the straight ahead Motorhead meets The Stooges in a fist fight rock and roll of Akuma no Uta and Pink, they seem to have a firm grasp on the mechanics of crushing ones head and shaking up bowels. They are a trio and they make more noise than an airport next to a demolition site during an earthquake. And the guitarist is a pretty little Japanese girl that stands about 5' tall. So to continue, Heavy Rocks is the must have "Rock" album of the group. Pink, their second to most current release is a swashbuckling battle through some high octane punk and sludge metal, but Heavy Rocks, released a few years earlier is a better representation of that sound. Super low end, dirty sludgy rock and amped up, fume-huffing fun. The song "Death Valley" is amazing with a sick hypnotic groove wedged in the middle of some seriously awesome riffs.

I know these are opinions, and opinions are like assholes, everyones got one and no one wants to see anyone elses, so enough proselityzing, the only way you will know if its for you is if you give it a try. Go on, just a little listen, you'll come back for more, I promise... No, I guarantee. ^_^

This is a Japanese release only.



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