Boris - Flood
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2000 Rank: #7All Time: #112
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80
FLOOD Magazine
Boris’ third studio album is a rigidly minimal 70 minutes taking influence from Steve Reich while weaving in elements of prog and slowcore.
UltimateLifeFrm
100

A chilling 70min journey of emotions.

Well, if there's one thing I can say about Boris, it's that they're one of the most unique musical groups I've discovered this year. I've checked out 2 of their albums (Pink and Feedbacker) and they were equally fantastic in their own ways. Pink was filled with heavy metal bangers while Feedbacker was a spine-chilling noise rock experience that genuinely freaked me out. So now it's go back in time to see what these guys had to offer before those two had ... read more

StygianHollow
99

Pr.
Embo beach. An incredibly important and magical place to me. It was my last night staying there, and I was standing on the veranda looking out to the North Sea with Norway directly in front of me. My headphones were on, and I was listening.

All that follows really did happen tonight.

Part I
The water was choppy, the clouds were thick, and the wind was cold and strong. I felt unsafe, like the sea could swallow me up at any time, even from the distance I was situated at. I felt terrified. ... read more

nah_
70

It's been a few months that I've been on this website and I cannot believe that I have already hit 400 fucking albums. It's insane how much work can get done in so little time. The work I have put into the reviews I have written here have been special. Writing is something I've put a lot of effort into over the years and something I've thought about for awhile after being on here, but the support I've gotten has been heartwarming and something I hold dear.

The thing about music is it's both a ... read more

magomago
NR

havent finished listening to it yet since i simply havent found the time. this feels like an album i need to get into the MOOD for, ya

Chibu
80

Drowned me in the heaviest water ever.

ChazzaMaate
97

Wow. What an experience from front to back.

Flood is an album I've been meaning to listen to for a long time, as I've seen the overwhelmingly positive reception to this album, but never gotten around to listening to it since it's not on streaming services, and because I wanted to dive into Boris' discography and what what else they've released to get a better picture of where this album sits in their catalogue. Since I've now managed to hear quite a few projects from Boris now, I decided to ... read more

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Track List

1Flood I
14:42
91
2Flood II
13:35
96
3Flood III
20:38
97
4Flood IV
21:35
91
Total Length: 1 hour, 10 minutes
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Added on: August 16, 2014