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BORIS  Amplifier Worship  CD   (Southern Lord)   14.98
Amplifier Worship IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE FOR ORDER

A crucial exercise in extreme riff seismology. This 1998 full length from Japan's Boris was re-released by Southern Lord, and definitely brings the

heavy, all Earth-worship as played by some jacked up Detroit rock outfit by way of Japanese drone/doom mind-benders. Super low-end riffage butts up

against extended amplifier hum and feedback-drone, consciousness raising, eternal fuzz bliss and mega-slow sludge assault peppered with crushing Motor City

rock freakouts. Five tracks, but man, are they long...The first song, "Huge", begins with a monstrous, repetitive doom riff before descending into

an earth shaking free-drone jam. "Ganbou-Ki" continues the massive riff into a cosmic howling percussion workout and feedback orgy, sort of Boredoms -esque

but heavy as hell. "Hama" rips into a ferocious, howling rock blast, then shifts gears into a KILLER circular drone-rock / feedback / psyche-guitar blowout,

like Circle meets Comets On Fire or something. "Kuruimizu" brings in a pretty instrumental melody, like something you�d here from Godspeed You Black Emperor

or Tristeza, after an onslaught of buzz and distortion...an eye of the hurricane, all gorgeous and glistening and sad, as "Vomitself" comes in and flattens

your life with a stumbling,sub-sonic Godzilla-size riff and howling vocals. Absolutely recommended to fans of Corrupted, Earth, Khanate, Melvins, Earth, Sunn

O)))...you get the picture. A masterpiece of innovative,psychedelic detuned virtuosity.