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Throughout their career, Boris have made deliberate efforts to avoid a strong association with any musical style. In particular, they do not consider themselves a heavy metal band despite frequently being place categorized as such.[1][2] "Having some kind of preconceived message or theme is very boring to me", stated drummer Atsuo. "It becomes a crutch. Just say what you want to say."[3]

Key genres they have been associated with include experimental music,[4][5] experimental rock,[6] noise music,[7] noise rock,[8] experimental[9]/avant-garde metal,[8] doom metal,[10] post-metal,[11] drone metal,[12] sludge metal,[13] psychedelic rock,[10][14] and stoner rock.[15] Initially starting out as a hardcore punk-influenced sludge metal act,[10] their subsequent releases employed elements of drone music,[11] old-school industrial music,[11] ambient music,[7] psychedelia,[11] acid rock,[10] garage rock,[11] shoegazing,[7] dream pop,[11] J-pop,[10] and crust punk.[10] While the band's debut album, Absolutego, featured a "65-minute track of oozing, slow motion, Melvins-inspired drone rock,"[16] its follow-up Amplifier Worship incorporated psychedelia and jam band influences to this sound.[17] 2005's Akuma No Uta and Pink engaged in different stylistic varieties,[18] including shoegazing and post-rock.[19] Vein (2007) was released with a "hardcore" and a "drone" version,[20] whereas 2011's simultaneously released Attention Please and Heavy Rocks incorporated electropop/shoegazing and heavy metal influences, respectively.[21] Noise (2014) featured elements from grunge music.[22]

During their career, Boris has collaborated with various artists of different musical genres, including Merzbow, Sunn O))), Keiji Haino and Ian Astbury.[20]

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2014-12-22. 
  2. ↑ "Boris: Genre Defying Japanese ‘Rockers’ Are Quizzed By Stephen B Murray". The Sleeping Shaman. Retrieved 2016-09-28. 
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-10-24. Retrieved 2013-07-22. 
  4. ↑ Bland, Benjamin. "Interview: Boris". Echoes and Dust. Retrieved 20 May 2017. 
  5. ↑ Dick, Jonathan K. "Boris & Merzbow – Gensho". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 27 June 2017. 
  6. ↑ Jacobs, Justin (14 September 2009). "Boris to Release Japanese Heavy Rock Hits 7-Inch Series". Paste. Retrieved 17 November 2014. 
  7. ↑ a b c Camp, Zoe (17 June 2014). "Boris – Noise". Pitchfork. Retrieved 29 May 2017. 
  8. ↑ a b Walschots, Natalie Zina (17 June 2014). "Boris - Noise review". Exclaim!. Retrieved 17 November 2014. 
  9. ↑ "So Grim So True So Real: Boris". Invisible Oranges. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017. 
  10. ↑ a b c d e f Bath, Tristan (10 June 2013). "'Noise Is Japanese Blues': An Interview With Boris". The Quietus. Retrieved 20 May 2017. 
  11. ↑ a b c d e f Wiederhorn, Jon (4 August 2016). "A Brief History of Post-Metal". Bandcamp. Retrieved 11 May 2017. 
  12. ↑ McClure, Steve (March 2007). "Filtering the Flies". Billboard 119 (11): 14. 
  13. ↑ Geslani, Michelle (19 May 2014). "Listen: Boris’ fiery new rocker "Vanilla"". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 17 November 2014. 
  14. ↑ Currin, Grayson Haver (21 March 2016). "Boris / Merzbow: Gensho". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 June 2017. 
  15. ↑ "Boris". BBC. Retrieved 20 May 2017. 
  16. ↑ "Boris - Absolutego". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 June 2017. 
  17. ↑ "Boris - Amplifier Worship". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 June 2017. 
  18. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/akuma-no-uta-mw0000255797
  19. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/pink-mw0000726587
  20. ↑ a b http://www.allmusic.com/artist/boris-mn0000075383/biography
  21. ↑ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15460-attention-please-heavy-rocks/
  22. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/noise-mw0002676124
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