It’s hard to think of a band more committed to exploring the entire heavy-music spectrum than Boris. It’s also hard to think of another band more committed to venturing outside that spectrum. With ...

Speaking to the New York Times shortly after their breakthrough album Pink was released in the United States, Boris made a distinction between their “uppercase” records—the ones where they played ...

Normally, a band releasing three albums in one year would be a big deal. But in the case of Japanese power trio Boris, the rapid-fire output is less surprising than the diversity featured on the ...

Their recent album W, a warp and weft of dream pop and drone, offered a warm embrace of appealing sound. Hot on the heels of music whose strength felt as if it came from gently treading water, Heavy ...

At the very beginning of the year, the unstoppable Boris released a new album, W, a companion to their 2020 album NO. They're already back with another one, and it's also something of a sequel: Heavy ...

Over the years, Japanese fuzz-metal greats Boris have crossed paths with Masami Akita, the veteran harsh-noise king known as Merzbow, a number of times. Boris and Merzbow are both from Japan, they're ...

Even watching Boris soundcheck during South by Southwest felt like a blessing from the southern lord. The Japanese trio, who played their only U.S. gigs at the Fest, pointed and signaled their way ...