Boris
Boris is a Tokyo trio—Wata, Atsuo, and Takeshi—formed in 1992 whose discography of over 25 studio albums crosses sludge metal, drone, noise rock, shoegaze, ambient, and J-pop without settling in any single genre. Their debut Absolutego (1996) featured a single 65-minute drone-doom track, while Flood (2000) and the internationally reissued Pink (Southern Lord, 2005) introduced the band to Western audiences and widespread critical acclaim. Few acts in heavy music have maintained Boris's level of formal ambition and prolific output across more than three decades.
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Boris Discography
10 tracks
- 1 Flare 5:04
- 2 Hope 3:43
- 3 Party Boy 3:48
- 4 Luna 8:29
- 5 Spoon 4:29
- 6 Pardon? 6:00
- 7 Jackson Head 3:11
- 8 Les Paul Custom '86 4:10
- 9 Tu, La La 4:15
- 10 Looprider 7:01
10 tracks
- 1 Attention Please 5:12
- 2 Hope 3:26
- 3 Party Boy 3:51
- 4 See You Next Week 3:56
- 5 Tokyo Wonder Land 5:42
- 6 You 6:13
- 7 Aileron 2:01
- 8 Les Paul Custom '86 2:09
- 9 Spoon 4:16
- 10 Hand in hand 4:30
10 tracks
- 1 Riot Sugar 3:56
- 2 Leak-Truth,yesnoyesnoyes- 4:11
- 3 GALAXIANS 4:09
- 4 Jackson Head 3:00
- 5 Missing Pieces 12:22
- 6 Key 1:46
- 7 Window Shopping 3:57
- 8 Tu, La La 4:21
- 9 Aileron 12:45
- 10 Czechoslovakia 1:35
2 tracks
- 1 Asobi Seksu - Farewell 5:02
- 2 Boris - Neu Years 4:32
8 tracks
- 1 Melody 6:39
- 2 Vanilla 4:15
- 3 Ghost of Romance 5:49
- 4 Heavy Rain 6:12
- 5 Taiyo No Baka 3:35
- 6 Angel 18:41
- 7 Quicksilver 9:50
- 8 Siesta 2:51
20 tracks
- 1 Farewell 7:33
- 2 PINK 4:20
- 3 Woman On The Screen 2:38
- 4 Nothing Special 2:17
- 5 Blackout 4:49
- 6 Electric 1:45
- 7 Pseudo-Bread 4:29
- 8 Afterburner 4:22
- 9 Six, Three Times 2:53
- 10 My Machine 2:01
- 11 Just Abandoned My-self 18:15
- 12 Your Name Part 2 6:15
- 13 Heavy Rock Industry 3:18
- 14 SOFUN 3:57
- 15 non/sha/lant 2:35
- 16 Room Noise 3:45
- 17 Talisman 4:26
- 18 N.F. Sorrow 7:50
- 19 Are You Ready? 4:21
- 20 Tiptoe 2:18
10 tracks
- 1 D.O.W.N -Domination of Waiting Noise- 6:06
- 2 DEADSONG 6:42
- 3 Absolutego 4:55
- 4 Beyond 6:39
- 5 Kagero 5:34
- 6 Biotope 5:32
- 7 The Power 7:41
- 8 Memento Mori 4:48
- 9 Dystopia -Vanishing Point- 11:51
- 10 Dear 9:23
6 tracks
- 1 Introduction 9:41
- 2 Ibitsu 3:21
- 3 Furi 3:19
- 4 Naki Kyoku 12:13
- 5 Ano Onna no Onryou 6:28
- 6 Akuma No Uta 4:00
5 tracks
- 1 feedbacker, pt. 1 9:38
- 2 feedbacker, pt. 2 14:54
- 3 feedbacker, pt. 3 5:52
- 4 feedbacker, pt. 4 9:51
- 5 feedbacker, pt. 5 3:32
7 tracks
- 1 Away From You 7:36
- 2 Coma 7:47
- 3 EVOL 16:29
- 4 uzume 8:31
- 5 LOVE 6:46
- 6 In the Pain(t) 3:40
- 7 Shadow of Skull 11:23
13 tracks
- 1 Dystopia Intro 2:45
- 2 Absolutego 17:14
- 3 D.O.W.N -Domination of Waiting Noise- 7:02
- 4 DEADSONG -詩- 7:37
- 5 Absolutego -絶対自我- 6:09
- 6 Beyond -かのひと- 7:00
- 7 Phenomenons Drive 13:02
- 8 Kagero -蜉蝣- 9:11
- 9 Biotope -ビオトープ- 6:33
- 10 The Power 8:03
- 11 Memento Mori 6:06
- 12 Dystopia -Vanishing Point / 何処へ- 14:03
- 13 Dear 13:30
11 tracks
- 1 december 3:58
- 2 哀歌 -elegy- 4:23
- 3 evil stack 3 0:58
- 4 砂時計 -monologue- 4:32
- 5 method of error 7:15
- 6 bataille sucre 4:38
- 7 perforated line 0:34
- 8 コップの内側 -castel in the air- 0:07
- 9 mirano 2:29
- 10 カンヴァス -canvas- 4:30
- 11 maeve 8:34
4 tracks
- 1 v 14:40
- 2 e 15:43
- 3 i 18:04
- 4 n 17:59
2 tracks
- 1 Absolutego 60:22
- 2 Dronevil 2 7:53
5 tracks
- 1 Huge 9:14
- 2 Ganbou-Ki 15:43
- 3 Hama 7:31
- 4 Kuruimizu 14:27
- 5 Vomitself 16:58
3 tracks
- 1 scene 2 10:49
- 2 a bao a qu 7:56
- 3 見せ続ける死角 -the dead angle which it continues showing- 20:00
4 tracks
- 1 カレハテタサキ -no ones grieve part 2- 8:52
- 2 dual effusion 11:06
- 3 無残の涙 -merciless- 14:27
- 4 もう一枚の残像 -an another after image- 3:24
4 tracks
- 1 leviathan 17:34
- 2 思い出せないこと -dimly tale- 3:23
- 3 カレハテタサキ -no ones grieve part 1- 7:25
- 4 sola stone 13:13
7 tracks
- 1 一秒の長さ -length of eternity- 5:00
- 2 ケモノピーク -kemono peak- 4:10
- 3 howl part 1 5:28
- 4 宴 -unritual- 5:26
- 5 quadruplex 6:30
- 6 ディスチャージ -grave new world- 5:34
- 7 howl part 2 7:25
11 tracks
- 1 Blackout 10:47
- 2 PINK 4:23
- 3 Woman on the Screen 2:41
- 4 Nothing Special 2:05
- 5 Ibitsu 3:32
- 6 Electric 1:50
- 7 A Bao A Qu 4:05
- 8 the evilone which sobs 15:12
- 9 Akuma no Uta 5:24
- 10 Just Abandoned My-Self 10:24
- 11 Farewell 7:56
9 tracks
- 1 Heavy Friends 5:11
- 2 Korosu 4:41
- 3 Ibitsu 3:20
- 4 Death Valley 6:51
- 5 Naki Kyoku 11:13
- 6 Furi 3:26
- 7 Akuma no Uta 3:47
- 8 Dyna-Soar 3:41
- 9 1970 5:02
2 tracks
- 1 Absolutego 15:11
- 2 flood 22:16
3 tracks
- 1 Huge 17:11
- 2 Mosquito 17:48
- 3 Vomitself 12:51
8 tracks
- 1 Huge (96/12/21 at Koenji 20000V) 10:32
- 2 In Hush (96/12/21 at Koenji 20000V) 0:53
- 3 Soul Search You Sleep (96/06/21 at Koenji 20000V) 8:51
- 4 Vacuuum (96/06/21 at Koenji 20000V) 1:34
- 5 Mosquito (96/06/21 at Koenji 20000V) 3:17
- 6 Mass Mercury (97/10/04 at Shinjyuku Loft) 8:09
- 7 Scar Box (97/10/04 at Shinjyuku Loft) 4:14
- 8 Hama (98/08/02 at Koenji 20000V) 8:30
10 tracks
- 1 Loudd 2:55
- 2 AYA 3:20
- 3 Spell Down 4:56
- 4 Nods 3:47
- 5 Scar Box 3:34
- 6 Mosquito 2:42
- 7 Matozoa 2:33
- 8 Deep Sucker 5:56
- 9 Water Porch 5:28
- 10 Soul Search You Sleep 7:42
11 tracks
- 1 Genesis 6:28
- 2 Anti-Gone 2:57
- 3 Non Blood Lore 3:40
- 4 Temple of Hatred 2:06
- 5 Zerkalo 5:02
- 6 HxCxHxC -Perforation Line- 2:42
- 7 キキノウエ -Kiki no Ue- 2:06
- 8 Lust 2:51
- 9 Fundamental Error 2:43
- 10 Loveless 6:40
- 11 Interlude 3:00
4 tracks
- 1 Kanau Part 1 14:42
- 2 Kanau Part 2 11:25
- 3 Kanau Part 1 (Live) 9:34
- 4 Kanau Part 2 (Live) 10:36
9 tracks
- 1 I Want to Go to the Side Where You Can Touch… 5:23
- 2 Icelina 5:18
- 3 Drowning by Numbers 4:15
- 4 Invitation 2:55
- 5 The Fallen 4:30
- 6 Beyond Good and Evil 3:51
- 7 Old Projector 4:38
- 8 You Will Know (Ohayo Version) 9:19
- 9 Jozan 1:25
2 tracks
- 1 Pardon? 3:23
- 2 Last Christmas 4:27
3 tracks
- 1 More 7:16
- 2 Evil Perspective 7:00
- 3 D.O.W.N -Domination of Waiting Noise- (Full Version) 9:41
13 tracks
- 1 Shiver Silver 2:03
- 2 feedbacker 16:48
- 3 Heavy Friends 5:30
- 4 1970 5:09
- 5 PINK 4:21
- 6 Ibitsu 3:51
- 7 Rainbow 6:05
- 8 " " 13:05
- 9 Heavy Rain 6:29
- 10 8 4:16
- 11 Statement 4:08
- 12 flood 25:22
- 13 Farewell (Encore) 8:05
4 tracks
- 1 Part 01 11:47
- 2 Part 02 6:34
- 3 Part 03 13:39
- 4 Part 04 11:32
1 track
- 1 flood 36:19
4 tracks
- 1 トーキョーワンダーランド -Tokyo Wonder Land- 7:03
- 2 あきらめの花 -Akirame Flower- 6:08
- 3 トーキョーワンダーランド -Tokyo Wonder Land- (Studio Rehearsal 19th Sep, 2009. with Michio Kurihara) 5:38
- 4 あきらめの花 -Akirame Flower- (Live at Daikanyama UNIT 28th Dec, 2015. with GOTH-TRAD) 9:05
11 tracks
- 1 トーキョーワンダーランド -Tokyo Wonder Land- 5:40
- 2 Luna 9:10
- 3 Statement 4:54
- 4 となりのサターン -My Neighbor Satan- 6:26
- 5 Missing Pieces 15:23
- 6 Rainbow 5:46
- 7 PINK 4:41
- 8 Korosu 5:00
- 9 枯れ果てた先 -Ka Re Ha Te Ta Sa Ki– 7:59
- 10 feedbacker 28:52
- 11 あきらめの花 -Akirame Flower- 6:02
13 tracks
- 1 In Your Head 1:14
- 2 Genesis 6:16
- 3 Anti-Gone 3:00
- 4 Non Blood Lore 3:38
- 5 Temple of Hatred 2:35
- 6 鏡 -Zerkalo- 5:17
- 7 HxCxHxC -Perforation Line- 3:48
- 8 キキノウエ -Kiki no Ue- 1:58
- 9 Lust 3:21
- 10 Quicksilver 6:49
- 11 Fundamental Error 2:48
- 12 Loveless 6:40
- 13 Interlude 2:59
3 tracks
- 1 キルミスター -Killmister- incl. "Many Are Called, But Few Get Up" (Man) 12:03
- 2 Memento Mori 5:48
- 3 Aurashi no Ken (Instrumental) 1:46
4 tracks
- 1 Cosmos Part 1 3:09
- 2 Cosmos Part 2 6:00
- 3 Cosmos Part 3 5:13
- 4 Cosmos (Live) 5:05
6 tracks
- 1 Introduction (Demo) 7:36
- 2 Ibitsu 3:17
- 3 フリー -Furi- 3:23
- 4 無き曲 -Naki Kyoku- 9:33
- 5 あの女の音量 -Ano Onna no Onryou- 6:31
- 6 あくまのうた -Akuma no Uta- 3:53
7 tracks
- 1 Huge 9:11
- 2 Soul Search You Sleep 8:43
- 3 Ganbow-Ki 15:34
- 4 Hama 8:49
- 5 In Hush 1:01
- 6 Mass Mercury 6:21
- 7 Kuruimizu 9:55
9 tracks
- 1 8 5:14
- 2 ねえ エブリワン -Hey Everyone- 4:06
- 3 H.M.A. -Heavy Metal Addict- 5:35
- 4 ブラックオリジナル -Black Original- 4:27
- 5 16時47分52 -16:47:52...- 7:40
- 6 きこえない -...and hear nothing- 5:34
- 7 Seasons (Earth & Fire Cover Song) 5:57
- 8 H.M.A. -Heavy Metal Addict- (Re-mix) 3:51
- 9 Floor Shaker (Full Length Version) 8:25
10 tracks
- 1 8 (Album Version) 4:12
- 2 Luna (Album Version) 10:02
- 3 Leak -本当の反対の反対の反対の反対/Truth, yesnoyesnoyes- 4:30
- 4 また来週 -See You Next Week- 4:32
- 5 トーキョーワンダーランド -Tokyo Wonder Land- 5:38
- 6 16時47分52… -16:47:52...- (Takeshi Vocal Version) 7:33
- 7 黒い点滅 -Black Original- 0:41
- 8 Missing Pieces 14:37
- 9 扉 -Key- 1:46
- 10 あきらめの花 -Akirame Flower- (Album Version) 5:54
11 tracks
- 1 花 太陽 雨 -Flower Sun Rain- 9:18
- 2 BUZZ-IN 3:07
- 3 放て! -Laser Beam- 4:55
- 4 PINK 4:22
- 5 メッセージ -Statement- 4:26
- 6 Floor Shaker 6:12
- 7 虹が始まる時 -Rainbow- 5:49
- 8 となりのサターン -My Neighbor Satan- 6:40
- 9 枯れ果てた先 -Ka Re Ha Te Ta Sa Ki – No Ones Grieve- 9:22
- 10 君は傘をさしていた -You Were Holding an Umbrella- 14:02
- 11 _ 26:39
13 tracks
- 1 Introduction 2:21
- 2 Korosu 4:47
- 3 PINK 4:20
- 4 Woman on the Screen 2:40
- 5 yesterday morning 3:20
- 6 Rainbow 5:39
- 7 a bao a qu 6:03
- 8 Statement 3:24
- 9 My Neighbor Satan 5:18
- 10 Floor Shaker 5:46
- 11 Naki Kyoku 12:08
- 12 1970 5:15
- 13 Farewell (Full Length) 9:55
25 tracks
- 1 テーマ -theme- 2:32
- 2 階段の途中 -the meddle of stairs- 1:59
- 3 a bao a qu 4:58
- 4 水溜りの波紋 -the slow ripple of a puddle- 3:29
- 5 犬の名前 -your name- 3:25
- 6 陽の入る部屋 -white warmth- 2:26
- 7 melting guitar 1:32
- 8 昨日の朝 -yesterday morning- 3:16
- 9 amber bazaar 3:09
- 10 smoke sequence 2:37
- 11 うしろ -space behind me part 2- 1:59
- 12 風の絵 -the picture of a wind- 2:43
- 13 触れる -it touches- 6:03
- 14 yesterday morning 6:35
- 15 a bao a qu 4:58
- 16 the slow ripple of a puddle 3:29
- 17 your name 3:25
- 18 white warmth 2:26
- 19 melting guitar 1:35
- 20 continues 4:07
- 21 the meddle of stairs 1:57
- 22 amber bazaar 3:08
- 23 the picture of a wind 2:43
- 24 it touches 6:03
- 25 space behind me 12:39
15 tracks
- 1 Crossing Waltz 2:33
- 2 Riot Sugar 4:48
- 3 8 4:02
- 4 Statement 3:47
- 5 Attention Please 6:45
- 6 Party Boy 3:53
- 7 Flare 4:22
- 8 Spoon 4:48
- 9 Missing Pieces 15:53
- 10 Window Shopping 6:10
- 11 1970 5:08
- 12 PINK 4:54
- 13 Aileron 15:04
- 14 Looprider 7:50
- 15 Farewell 8:09
1 track
- 1 Absolutego 45:06
1 track
- 1 boris at last -feedbacker- 33:49
6 tracks
- 1 序章 三叉路 15:18
- 2 第一章 月光の入り江 -howling moon, melting sun- 14:20
- 3 第二章 満ち草 3:52
- 4 第三章 (汝、差し出された手を掴むべからず) 9:35
- 5 第四章 マリンスノー 6:29
- 6 終章 a bao a qu -無限回廊- 14:36
3 tracks
- 1 Phenomenons Drive 14:39
- 2 散歩 -Sanpo- 10:14
- 3 センシタイザー -Sensitizer- 3:50
4 tracks
- 1 ひとつにならずに (Boris) 10:07
- 2 Journey (Boris) 5:56
- 3 ひとつにならずに (THE NOVEMBERS) 4:59
- 4 Journey (THE NOVEMBERS) 4:32
10 tracks
- 1 She is burning 3:41
- 2 Cramper 3:23
- 3 My name is blank 3:15
- 4 Blah Blah Blah 4:22
- 5 Question 1 5:21
- 6 Nosferatou 5:20
- 7 Ruins 2:38
- 8 Ghostly imagination 3:52
- 9 Chained 3:34
- 10 (not) Last song 6:10
5 tracks
- 1 Milk 3:41
- 2 Forever Animals 2:59
- 3 Eros 6:08
- 4 Goodbye to Childhood 7:39
- 5 Painkiller (Judas Priest) 6:52
5 tracks
- 1 どうしてもあなたをゆるせない -tears- (Sadesper Record Version) 5:15
- 2 u fu fu 4:11
- 3 To the Beach 6:38
- 4 Peaches 2:04
- 5 どうしてもあなたをゆるせない -tears- (Instrumental) 5:15
7 tracks
- 1 Week End Part.01 5:58
- 2 どうしてもあなたをゆるせない -tears- 4:22
- 3 u fu fu 4:10
- 4 補綴 -Epithese- 4:21
- 5 in/out/in/out 6:51
- 6 papa 3:13
- 7 Week End Part.02 5:17
13 tracks
- 1 Heavy Friends 4:49
- 2 Korosu 4:48
- 3 Dyna-Soar 3:44
- 4 Wareruraido 2:44
- 5 Soft Edge 3:50
- 6 Dronevil 1:42
- 7 Death Valley 6:55
- 8 Koei 3:53
- 9 The Bell Tower of a Sign 8:28
- 10 1970 5:01
- 11 Rattlesnake 2:25
- 12 Wareruraido (Demo Version) 2:41
- 13 1970 (Demo Version) 4:55
1 track
- 1 “Ibitsu” Re-Recording 2023 3:24
9 tracks
- 1 You Are the Beginning 3:44
- 2 Weaponized Grief 1:52
- 3 No 2:35
- 4 The Look is a Flame 4:47
- 5 The Sinners of Hell 4:47
- 6 Narcotic Shadow 3:32
- 7 A Man from the Earth 1:47
- 8 Endless Death Agony 3:43
- 9 Not Surprised 5:08
7 tracks
- 1 Wipeout 3:58
- 2 Melody -Boris Cover- 6:10
- 3 Waterbird 4:26
- 4 Killing Another -The Cure Cover- 3:33
- 5 Luna 7:41
- 6 Quicksilver 6:56
- 7 Serial Tear -Coaltar of the Deepers Cover- 6:39
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