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On Heavy Rocks, Boris mostly kick out the jams, making it one of the easiest entry points into the band's massive, fathoms-deep catalog.
2y
Lowkey underrated in boris' discography. Every song on there goes insane. My mom wouldn't feed me last night
"let me get this straight. you think Heavy Rocks is better than Akuma No Uta?"
i do, and i'm tired of pretending it's not
Sick thick and heavy stoner riffs and fast punky tempos, it's a very consistent record quality-wise. Not much stands out about the songs individually on first listen but it all adds up to a great listening experience, it really excels at providing a punky stoner atmosphere. I haven't listened to any other Boris, but judging by other reviews on here and RYM, this is one of their most accessible. It may be accessible for them, but it's still quite the album for stoners who like ... read more
Dude Boris genuinely has some of the best albums on the fucking planet dude, like dude i genuinely came to this album and i want to do it again 🤤🤤
Boris Shallow Dive #2- “Heavy Rocks”
A chaotic, intense and noisy album. Following their expansive masterpiece “flood” and a collaboration with Merzbow, Boris would release their 2002 version of “Heavy Rocks”, they have since reused this name for two other albums, and instead of the large and dynamic post-rock and drone of “flood” they delivered an intense and noisy rock/metal album. To call this this thing ‘intense and noisy’ is an ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Heavy Friends 4:49 | 91 |
| 2 | 殺す 4:48 | 94 |
| 3 | Dyna-Soar 3:44 | 91 |
| 4 | ワレルライド 2:44 | 88 |
| 5 | Soft Edge 3:50 | 85 |
| 6 | Rattlesnake 2:16 | 90 |
| 7 | Death Valley 6:56 | 89 |
| 8 | 孤映 3:54 | 88 |
| 9 | 鐘 -The Bell Tower of a Sign- 8:28 | 88 |
| 10 | 1970 4:58 | 90 |
Total Length: 46 minutes
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7mo
Soft Edge is definitely top 5 here in my opinion, I get it doesn't fit but it's just so beautiful and melodic
