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- Artist(s): Atsuo, Takeshi, Wata
- Summary: This is the third Heavy Rocks album from the experimental Japanese trio Boris.
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- Record Label: Relapse Records
- Genre(s): Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore, Indie Rock, Heavy Metal, Experimental Rock, Stoner Metal, Noise-Rock, Sludge Metal, Speed/Thrash Metal
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Aug 23, 2022As a whole, Heavy Rocks [2022] is demanding, wild, and raw, yet needs to be heard in a single listening session. After three decades together, Boris continue to willfully and eagerly engage a tense musical restlessness that keeps them sounding unsettled, ambitious, often feral, and in a class of their own.
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The WireSep 13, 2022Not every release in the heaving Boris discography is essential; this one most definitely is. [Oct 2022, p.52]
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Aug 23, 2022There’s greatness all over this thing, and the way in which Boris stop just short of seeing the whole thing off in style can’t help but scan as unnecessary and frustrating. Did Heavy Rocks (2022) need to be a triumph for rambunctious heavy rocking glory at the minor but palpable expense of quality control? Bah. Shou ga nai; Boris is Boris.
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Aug 23, 2022More than anything, the album allows the trio to not only appeal to the variety within their followers, it also shows they’ve still got plenty of ground ahead of them.
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UncutAug 31, 2022Tracks such as "My Name is Blank" capture the album's essence - a middle ground between metal and punk - on a record that barely lets up for a single second. [Oct 2022, p.25]
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MojoAug 23, 2022Their ongoing Heavy Rocks series plays things relatively straight, however, restricting their palette to metallic tones. Even so, this third volume rewrites the rulebook. An opening brace of tunes gallop like vintage Motorhead, if they were being chased by wild banshee saxophones. [Oct 2022, p.90]
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Sep 20, 2022
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