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Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

  • Summary: The latest release for the Japanese experimental metal band includes influences from doom, psychedelic, punk, shoegaze, and sludge-rock music.
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  • Record Label: Sargent House
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Experimental Rock
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Heavy Rain
Looking up at the sky Sitting on the land, holding my knee The movement of my right hand When trying to fill up the sky The rain falls on the... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. 85
    Pink still remains Boris’ best record, and the best entry-point into their staggering catalogue. But Noise is the best album since that, a staggering, cathartic masterpiece that won’t have much competition in terms of quality in 2014.
  2. Jun 23, 2014
    80
    With the exception of the very syrupy Taiyo No Baka, (an apparently "dark" song despite its relatively chipper demeanor), Noise fuses the best aspects of every genre Boris tackles, perpetuating their evolution with the promise of aggressiveness, distortion and all things wonderfully “loud.”
  3. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 18, 2014
    80
    Boris are still finding new ways to discomfort, disorient, and discombobulate. [Summer 2014, p.92]
  4. Jun 16, 2014
    70
    Noise is another impressive addition to Boris' expansive catalog of experimental rock.
  5. Uncut
    Jun 16, 2014
    70
    Noise, which might frustrate hardcore types because despite the promise of its title--delivered via speed-metal monster "Quicksiler" and 18-minute, FX-strafed-epic, "Angel"--it leans on their melodic shoegazing tendencies. [Jul 2014, p.70]
  6. Jun 17, 2014
    67
    It’s worth the ride, even if the bland, six-minute intro feels like so much pseudo-epic throat-clearing.
  7. Jun 25, 2014
    50
    This panoply of styles is both the most impressive and the most frustrating thing about Noise, the result being that only at select moments do they approach the majesty, the fists-pounding-the-ground righteousness that many have come to associate them with.

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