Dear

by Boris

Dear cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 12 July 2017
  • Label: Sargent House
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 1:09:16
  • Community rating: 3.54/5 from 11 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally intended as a farewell album following a grueling 25-year career, the Japanese experimental metal trio instead crafted a devastatingly heavy, rejuvenating masterwork. The record purposefully revisits the sludgy, feedback-drenched drone of their early catalog, balancing terrifying amplifier worship with ethereal, almost shoegaze-adjacent vocal melodies. It ultimately re-energized the band, preventing their planned dissolution.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, noisy, atmospheric, funereal, droning, distorted, experimental, long-form

Tracklist

  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)

Credits

  • Kosuke Kawamura - artwork
  • AXONOX - musician [additional musician], electronics
  • Takeshi - musician [boris are], vocals, bass, guitar
  • Atsuo - musician [boris are], vocals, drums, percussion, electronics
  • Wata - musician [boris are], vocals, guitar, effects [echo]

More from Boris: full discography