Boris discography

Boris discography
Studio albums	23
Live albums	5
EPs	13

The following is the discography of the Japanese experimental band Boris.

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
Year	Album details	Billboard Heatseekers ^[1]	Billboard Hard Rock ^[2]	Billboard Tastemakers ^[3]
1996	Absolutego Label: Fangs Anal Satan	—	—	—
1998	Amplifier Worship Label: Mangrove	—	—	—
2000	Flood Release: December 15, 2000 Label: MIDI Creative	—	—	—
2002	Heavy Rocks Release: April 26, 2002 Label: Quattro/UK Discs	—	—	—
2003	Akuma no Uta Release: June 6, 2003 Label: Diwphalanx	—	—	—
2003	Boris at Last: Feedbacker Release: December 25, 2003 Label: Diwphalanx, Conspiracy Records	—	—	—
2004	The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked Label: Kult of Nihilow	—	—	—
2005	Dronevil Release: February 28, 2005 Label: Misanthropic Agenda	—	—	—
	Sound Track from Film "Mabuta no Ura" Release: June 29, 2005 Label: Inoxia Records, Catune Records, Essence Records	—	—	—
	Pink Release: November 18, 2005 Label: Diwphalanx Records	—	—	—
2006	The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2 Release: April 9, 2006 Label: Conspiracy Records	—	—	—
	The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 3 Release: April 9, 2006 Label: Conspiracy Records	—	—	—
	Vein Release: October 3, 2006 Label: Important Records	—	—	—
2008	Smile Release: March 7, 2008 Label: Diwphalanx Records	20	—	—
2011	New Album Release: March 16, 2011 Label: Tearbridge, Daymare Records, Sargent House	—	—	—
	Heavy Rocks Release: May 24, 2011 Label: Sargent House	11	25	18
	Attention Please Release: May 24, 2011 Label: Sargent House	12	—	19
2013	Präparat Release: March 6, 2013 Label: Daymare Recordings	—	—	—
2014	Noise Release: June 17, 2014 Label: Sargent House, Daymare Recordings	—	—	—
2014	The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked Extra Release: September 15, 2014 Label: Taiga Records	—	—	—
2015	Urban Dance Release: May 2, 2015 Label: fangsanalsatan, New Noise Literacy	—	—	—
	Warpath Release: May 2, 2015 Label: fangsanalsatan, New Noise Literacy	—	—	—
	Asia Release: May 2, 2015 Label: fangsanalsatan, New Noise Literacy	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Boris Archive 3CD (2005 aRCHIVE)
Smile -Live at Wolf Creek- 2CD (2008 Diwphalanx Records)
Smile -Live in Prague 2LP (2009 Conspiracy Records†)
Boris / Variations + Live in Japan CD + DVD (2010 Daymare Recordings / DIWPHALANX)
Archive II (2014 Daymare)
Crossing Waltz (2016 FangsAnalSatan)

EPs, singles and demos

"Demo Vol. 1" 2x Cassette (1993 FangsAnalSatan)
"Demo Vol. 3" Cassette (1994 FangsAnalSatan)
"1970" 7" (2002 Inoxia Records)
"A Bao A Qu" 7" picture disc (2005 SuperFi Records)
"Statement" 7" (2008 Southern Lord Records)
"Message" 12" (2008 Diwphalanx Records)
"Japanese Heavy Rock Hits v1-4" 7" (2009 Southern Lord Records)
"Black Original Remix" 12" (2011 Catune)
"Looprider Remix" 12" (2012 Catune)
"Cosmos (EP)" 12" (2012 Invada)
"Mr. Shortkill (EP)" 12" (2016 Daymare Recordings)

Concert films/Music videos

Music videos have been produced for several of Boris' songs, usually by the Japanese production company Foodunited.

"Hama"
"Kuruimizu"
"Ibitsu"
"Furi"
"Korosu"
"1970"
"A Bao A Qu"
"The Evil One Which Sobs (Remix)"
"Pink"
"Rainbow"
"Statement"
"My Neighbour Satan"
"Hope/Riot Sugar"

Collaborations

Merzbow collaborations

Boris have a well-established history of collaboration with Japanoise artist Merzbow. Thus far, three of the collaborations with Merzbow have been full-length albums, one of them is a 12" EP, and the last two are live albums.

Megatone CD (2002 Inoxia Records)
04092001 LP (2004 Inoxia Records)
Sun Baked Snow Cave CD (2005 Hydra Head Records)
Walrus/Groon 12" EP (2007 Hydra Head Records)
Rock Dream 2CD/3LP (2007 Diwphalanx Records/Southern Lord Records)
Klatter LP (2011 Daymare Records)
Gensho CD/LP (2016 Relapse/Daymare)

Other collaborations

Black: Implication Flooding (with Keiji Haino) CD (1998 Inoxia Records)
Altar (with Sunn O)))) CD/2CD/3LP (2006 Southern Lord Records/Inoxia Records/Daymare Records)
Rainbow (with Michio Kurihara) CD (2006/2007 Pedal Records/Drag City)
Cloud Chamber (with Michio Kurihara) CD (2008 Pedal Records)
BXI EP (with Ian Astbury) CD/LP (2010 Southern Lord Records)
EROS (with Endon) Cassette (2015 fangsanalsatan/New Noise Literacy)
Low End Meeting (with GOTH-TRAD) CD/12" (2015 fangsanalsatan)

Split recordings

Boris/Barebones Split EP 10"/CD (1996 Piranha Records/Fangsanalsatan)
Boris/Tomsk 7 Split EP 7" (1997 Bovine Records)
More Echoes, Touching Air Landscape (with Choukoku no Niwa) CD (1999 Inoxia Records)
Boris/The Dudley Corporation Split EP 7" (2003 Scientific Labs)
Long Hair and Tights (with Doomriders) 2LP (2007 Daymare Recordings)
Damaged split EP + DVD (with Stupid Babies Go Mad) 10" (2007 Diwphalanx Records)
She's So Heavy Wata/Ai Aso split 7" (2007 Diwphalanx Records)
Chapter Ahead Being Fake Torche/Boris split 10""/CD (2010/2009 Hydra Head/Daymare Recording)
Golden Dance Classics 9dw/Boris split vinyl and CD (2009 Catune)
Boris/Saade Boris/Saade split vinyl 12" (2011 KYEO)
Asobi Seksu x Boris Asobi Seksu/Boris split vinyl 7" (2012 Sargent House)
Boris/Joe Volk Boris/Joe Volk split vinyl 12" (2012 Invada)
Boris/Heap Split Single 7" (2014 Baked Goods)

Video releases

Hama VHS Promo (1998 Foodunited)
Live at Shimokitazawa Shelter DVD (2003 Diwphalanx Records)
Bootleg -Feedbacker- DVD (2005 Diwphalanx Records)
Heavy Metal Me DVD (2005 Diwphalanx Records)
Live in Japan DVD (2011 Southern Lord)

Other releases

Wizard's Convention: Japanese Heavy Rock Showcase DVD (2005 Diwphalanx Records)
Buzz In A.V/Scion Remix (with Todd Edward, Mixhell, Optimo, NosaijThing) Digital/promo cd (2009 A.V/Scion)
Statement Promo CD Promo cd (2008 Inoxia Records)

Compilation appearances

Exclusive songs

These songs are available only on the compilations.

"Water Porch" on Take Care of Scabbard Fish CD (1994 Scabbard Fish)
The above song was actually Boris' recorded debut.
"Mosquito" (studio version) on Eat the Chaos CD (1995 Thank You Record Co.)
"Vacuuum" on From Koenji to Eternity CD (1996 Inoxia)
"Me and the Devil Blues" on Up Jumped the Devil: Tribute to Robert Johnson CD (2000 P-Vine)
"Dronevil" on Mangrove2002 CD (2002 Mangrove)
"Froggie Bee Baa" on Merzbow: Frog Remixed & Revisited 2CD (2003 Misanthropic Agenda)
"You Were Holding An Umbrella" (live 10/16/07 at Echoplex, LA) on Invocation of Sacred Resonance I (2008 Southern Lord Records)
"Slither" on Doggy Style: The Dogs Tribute 2xCD (2008 Future Now)
"Slither (Alternative Version)" on Doggy Style: The Dogs Tribute 2xCD (2008 Future Now)
"Blood Swamp (Tloc Edit)" on Limits of Control [SOUNDTRACK] CD (2009 Lakeshore Records)
"(Tloc Edit)" on Limits of Control [SOUNDTRACK] CD (2009 Lakeshore Records)
"Sometimes" on Yellow Loveless [Tribute to My Bloody Valentine] CD (2013 High Fader Records)
"Lithium" (originally by Nirvana; tribute album Whatever Nevermind) (2015, Robotic Empire)

Samplers

These are tracks taken from other Boris albums.

"Huge" on Let There Be Doom CD (2003 Southern Lord Records) Originally from Amplifier Worship
"A Bao A Qu" on Darkness Hath No Boundaries CD (2006 Southern Lord Records) Originally from Mabuta no Ura
"A Bao A Qu" and "Etna" on Darkness Knows No Boundaries CD (2006 Southern Lord Records) Originally from Mabuta no Ura and Altar (with Sunn O)))) respectively
"The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep)" on Mind The Gap Vol. 65 CD (2006 Gonzo Circus) Originally from Altar (with Sunn O))))
"My Machine" on Walkabout CD (2007 Endless Flight) Originally from Pink
"Farewell" on Within the Church of Thee Overlords CD (2007 Southern Lord Records) Originally from Pink

References

↑ "Boris Chart History: Billboard Heatseekers". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
↑ "Boris Chart History: Billboard Hard Rock". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
↑ "Boris Chart History: Billboard Tastemakers". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2014-04-20.

Boris

Atsuo Wata Takeshi Nagata

Studio albums	Absolutego Amplifier Worship Flood Heavy Rocks Akuma no Uta Boris at Last: Feedbacker The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked Dronevil Sound Track from Film "Mabuta no Ura" Pink The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2 The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 3 Vein Smile New Album Heavy Rocks Attention Please Präparat Noise Urban Dance Warpath Asia

Collaborations	Megatone 04092001 Sun Baked Snow Cave Altar Rainbow Rock Dream Walrus / Groon Cloud Chamber BXI Klatter Gensho

Singles and EPs	Boris/Barebones Boris/Tomsk 7 More Echoes, Touching Air Landscape "1970" Boris/The Dudley Corporation "A Bao A Qu" Walrus/Groon Damaged She's So Heavy "Statement" "Message" Japanese Heavy Rock Hits

Live albums	Black: Implication Flooding 04092001 Boris Archive Long Hair and Tights Rock Dream Smile -Live at Wolf Creek- Archive II

Boxed sets	The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked – Chronicle

Video	Live at Shimokitazawa Shelter Bootleg -Feedbacker- Wizard's Convention: Japanese Heavy Rock Showcase Heavy Metal Me

Related articles	Boris discography "Boris" (Melvins song) Drone metal Doom metal Sunn O))) Merzbow Keiji Haino Inoxia Records Diwphalanx Records Southern Lord Records

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