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Format:Audio CD
'Amplifier worship' shows just how heavy music can be. The first track is so slow it's almost stationary. The bass frequencies on this album are so unbelievably low and heavy it makes you feel as if you're being crushed by it! The vocalist's gutteral screams and shouts are actually quite haunting, yet he sounds like he's trying to escape from a mental asylum! Track 4 or 5 (can't remember which one) is more upbeat, with a more punky vibe to it and yet more manic vocals.
This album is great- it's dark, heavy, yet quite a good album to sleep to. The c.d case is green and there's a gummy worm in the spine of it! I was gonna give this album 4 stars but the artwork/ design pushed it up a star!
This album is great- it's dark, heavy, yet quite a good album to sleep to. The c.d case is green and there's a gummy worm in the spine of it! I was gonna give this album 4 stars but the artwork/ design pushed it up a star!
Format:Audio CD
This is my first venture into any of Boris' music, but I have been rather charmed by this little disk. I am a huge fan of stoner and sludge stuff anyway so it was probably inevitable that I would like this band, but what I'm saying is that just on the first listen this CD hooked me... and suprised me too which is not something I can often say for the genre.
So how does it sound? Well it's very heavy for the most part, being either droney or sludgy... but not in an oppressive Sunn O))) kind of way, more in an enthralling Pelican sort of way i.e. it's very loud and very heavy but it just sounds powerful, not depressing. It's a pretty standard rock band setupd (Drums, bass, guitars, vocals) but it's used in various, very effective ways. For instance the song Kuruimizu starts out like a heavy sludge song then drops down to near silence with just a distant bassline line and then... it turns into a full on Explosions in the Sky-esque post-rock song. No joke; it sounds like it shouldn't fit but it worked so well. The last thing I will mention is that many of the riffs herein instantly reminded me of the Melvins, but I don't suppose that's too suprising seeing as how this band take their name from a Melvins song
Vocals/Lyrics? The vocals are good, I like them. Nothing groundbreaking... nothing varied really; more or less just constant shouting in a sort of EyeHateGod Sludge style. But it works for the album and it doesn't get tiresome as it has some nice echo effects that keep things fresh.
I can't comment much on the lyrics since I haven't read them but from what I can hear they all appear to be in Japanese (No suprise really, Japanese band and all that); a language which I unfortunately don't speak and as such I am unable to critique what I heard.
Overall I would highly recommend this to any open-minded rock/metal fan but particularly to those who already have a leaning towards the sludgy stonery stuff. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Dom x
So how does it sound? Well it's very heavy for the most part, being either droney or sludgy... but not in an oppressive Sunn O))) kind of way, more in an enthralling Pelican sort of way i.e. it's very loud and very heavy but it just sounds powerful, not depressing. It's a pretty standard rock band setupd (Drums, bass, guitars, vocals) but it's used in various, very effective ways. For instance the song Kuruimizu starts out like a heavy sludge song then drops down to near silence with just a distant bassline line and then... it turns into a full on Explosions in the Sky-esque post-rock song. No joke; it sounds like it shouldn't fit but it worked so well. The last thing I will mention is that many of the riffs herein instantly reminded me of the Melvins, but I don't suppose that's too suprising seeing as how this band take their name from a Melvins song
Vocals/Lyrics? The vocals are good, I like them. Nothing groundbreaking... nothing varied really; more or less just constant shouting in a sort of EyeHateGod Sludge style. But it works for the album and it doesn't get tiresome as it has some nice echo effects that keep things fresh.
I can't comment much on the lyrics since I haven't read them but from what I can hear they all appear to be in Japanese (No suprise really, Japanese band and all that); a language which I unfortunately don't speak and as such I am unable to critique what I heard.
Overall I would highly recommend this to any open-minded rock/metal fan but particularly to those who already have a leaning towards the sludgy stonery stuff. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Dom x
Format:Audio CD
Never have I come across an album with such a wonderfully accurate title. "Amplifier Worship" is a bludgeoning, mind-numbing onslaught of guitar tone at its most heavy. It is also a complex and very progressive album, and this is what separates Boris from the rest of the doom/drone/stoner field - their ability to utilise extreme doom and drone amidst various contrasting genres.
The bookends to the album, "Huge" and "Vomitself" are pure unabashed outings into heaviness - the former is an abrasive and threatening opening, fully equipped with lumbering doom grooves, shrieked vocals and slogging drone blasts. The counterpart bookend "Vomitself" is 17 minutes of classic drone a la Earth and Sunn O))), equally otherworldly and epic. The middle section of "Amplifier Worship" makes for a more varied and eclectic listen. "Ganbou-Ki" starts in a similar vein to "Huge" but a sudden tempo change breakdown cuts in and shifts the atmosphere completely. The song grooves and drifts into a base-lead march with hypnotic ambience, tribal drumming and atmospheric guitar antics. "Hama" starts with energetic punk rock then breaks down with a very retro 70s stoner rock groove. "Kuruimizu" fashions a brooding finale, sounding part ambient and part post-rock with down tempo, gentle and trippy guitar layering. These songs are superbly varied, showcasing a band in full control shifting genres, tempos and dynamics with ease.
Fans of stoner/doom/drone will find much joy here. "Amplifier Worship" is on of the sheer heaviest albums I have ever heard, but also one of the most compelling and perfectly experimental. Highly recommended for fans of this sound and style or just those wanting something heavy with a twist.
The bookends to the album, "Huge" and "Vomitself" are pure unabashed outings into heaviness - the former is an abrasive and threatening opening, fully equipped with lumbering doom grooves, shrieked vocals and slogging drone blasts. The counterpart bookend "Vomitself" is 17 minutes of classic drone a la Earth and Sunn O))), equally otherworldly and epic. The middle section of "Amplifier Worship" makes for a more varied and eclectic listen. "Ganbou-Ki" starts in a similar vein to "Huge" but a sudden tempo change breakdown cuts in and shifts the atmosphere completely. The song grooves and drifts into a base-lead march with hypnotic ambience, tribal drumming and atmospheric guitar antics. "Hama" starts with energetic punk rock then breaks down with a very retro 70s stoner rock groove. "Kuruimizu" fashions a brooding finale, sounding part ambient and part post-rock with down tempo, gentle and trippy guitar layering. These songs are superbly varied, showcasing a band in full control shifting genres, tempos and dynamics with ease.
Fans of stoner/doom/drone will find much joy here. "Amplifier Worship" is on of the sheer heaviest albums I have ever heard, but also one of the most compelling and perfectly experimental. Highly recommended for fans of this sound and style or just those wanting something heavy with a twist.
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