Akuma No Uta

Artist: Boris
Label: Southern Lord
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 808720004120
EAN: 0808720004120
ASIN: B0007XMKYO

Release Date: 2005-04-19

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Tracks:

Introduction
Ibitsu
Furi
Naki Kyoku
Ano Onna No Onryou
Akuma No Uta

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Customer Reviews:

Pretty heavy stuff.......2006-08-25

I assume they are named after a Melvins song, and the tribute is apt. Played at any volume, you can appreciate that when these songs were recorded, the volume was cranked at 11 throughout. Some is slow, some is fairly fast, none of it at a speed-metal pace. Actually reminds me of the best Black Flag, the way their clear enthusiasm for volume and ugly noise competes with simple, good song structure. I would imagine they're quite a good live show.

The Shape of Sludge to Come.......2006-06-26

Boris is a brutal delicacy, that rare concoction that does all things for all people. If everyone knew it and consumed it in extremis, though, it would stop being a delicacy, right? Oh well, everyone else's loss. _Akuma No Uta_ is a drop-dead masterpiece, from the punishing drone of the opener to the gong-inititiated reprise of the intro on the last song, the title track (translated as "The Evil Song.") They can do it all and just about better than all the competition:
--Sludge? I don't hear anyone who can blend a blaring punk melody with sludge in such a truly sickly-sweet manner as Boris does on their upbeat tracks;
--Metal? Ozzy probably doesn't even know it, but these guys are the real heirs to the heavy-as-hell legacy; way more than anyone on Ozzfest;
--Drone? To say the least, but that doesn't stop them from rocking like mad when they choose to push their own boundaries.
--Psychedelic? Believe me, when you turn _Akuma No Uta_ up as loud as you need to, there are few more mind-and-body-altering experience than this one (really your body churns!!!);
--Punk? Yeah . . . we can call this band "punk as f**k." To those who like their music in boxes and think that "punk as f**k" means the latest Exploited retread, well, Boris is too punk for you. For the rest of us, Boris may be the band who can cash in on the late, great Refused's promise of _The Shape of Punk to Come_. Like the Refused, Boris takes any style and makes it their own in their awe-inspiring music machine (minus the jazziness of the Nordic screamers, but plus the sludge, drone, psychedelia, etc. . . .). Also like the Refused, Boris are forward-looking, taking the listener on a gleeful death ride that leaves you absolutely free. It doesn't get more punk than that, kids.

When you take into account that Boris are Japanese and rock harder and better than pretty much any of us in the Anglo world, it's clear to see where our eyes should be turning to discover where the future of rock lay. I realize that I've talked them up more than I've reviewed the songs, but words can hardly describe. I'll just say that it compares 100% favorably with their newest opus _Pink_, just more succinct. Oh, did I mention they play their instruments to within an inch of their literal existences? (I don't think I've heard an amp abused as much as on _Akuma No Uta_). Wata is one wicked, original, and visceral guitarist. I could go on and on, but I'm just gonna let you buy this album; wait for it to come in the mail; put it on your stereo's highest setting (jack up the bass!!!); and feel your perception, and hence your life, change.
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Magic.......2005-12-22

Here's the thing about Boris that many reviewers neglect to mention. They sure can write a tune and they sure know how to rock. The comparisons to doom/drone rock don't really give the full picture of how varied Boris are. One minute there is a gentle, slow Mogwai style tune the next an acid rock freakout. Boris are heavy rock combined with a great big dollop of post-rock. This album is one of their best. There are elements of Mogwai (Rock Action), Motorhead, Pink Floyd, Melvins etc in Boris's music. This is one of the most accessible Boris albums and my favorite.

Awesome!.......2005-05-31

I haven't heard Flood. Yet. After listening to this disk, oh, I'd say a dozen times, I feel that it rocks. The first track is great. After that, it is pure Japanese guitar freak-outery. Some of it reminds me of Acid Mothers Temple's Electric Heavyland album, and not because both groups hail from Japan. If you like listening to the sound of electric guitars, this disk has 'em.

One Of The Best Boris Albums.......2005-05-17

Akuma No Uta is one of my personal fave Boris albums & it's totally different to my other fave, Flood
Akuma No Uta is uptempo heavy rocking at it's finest...
but please checkout Flood too it's a more ambient soundscape work for fans of Mogwai,GYBE!,Explosions In The Sky,Sunn0))) etc
The Boris dvd is also killer, to get a sample of Boris live featuring the best female guitarist in the biz Wata!!!

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