Boris

Boris at Last -Feedbacker-

[Genre: Drone Metal]

Well, that was a certified Experience™!

I feel like in this genre quest, the Japanese artists have always just astounded me. For instance, Tatsuro Yamashita with For You, Fishmans with their live album 98.12.18, and now the experimental Japanese band Boris have earned a spot with their drone metal album "Boris at Last - Feedbacker". Having heard of drone metal in the past and wanting to dive into the genre, I didn't think there was too much else in the ... read more

This album is a divine creation, big division.

the beauty of boris at last - feedbacker is how gracefully it shatters all preconceptions about the genres it dabbles in. listeners who hate metal will be immersed in how multi-faceted the instrumentation is. those who despise metal will appreciate how it never settles into redundancy. and everyone can get behind the incredible musicianship takeshi, atsuo, & wata bring. one of the greatest albums to ever take advantage of the fact that a record can be an experience.

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Boris impress once more with one of their most beautifully crafted and majestic records yet. Feedbacker was recorded as a single, monolithic and colossal piece of music that shows the band's remarkable ability to craft lenghty and well-developed drone compositions that take the listener towards their slow-moving distorted soundscapes showing a deep and accurate sense of emotion, which one usually doesn't expect from a work of the genre. Feedbacker acts, then, as an essential experience for ... read more