In the autumn of 1992 Boris were formed, from 1996 they became what they are known as today.
Boris supported many American bands on there tours of Japan, Including; The Melvins, Cows, Karp, Thrones, Fu Manchu, Blue Bird and Pelican. They performed with Merzbow, Masonna and Keiji Haino, later leading on to release these shows as collaboration albums.
Boris as a band have two personas, one Being "BORIS" in upper case and the other being "boris" in lower case. "BORIS" albums such as "Heavy Rocks" (Quatro Disk/UK 2002) and "Pink" (Diwphalan/Southern Lord 2006) have a more distinctive Loud, Heavy Rock aspect, drawing influences from many Heavy Rock bands from the 1970's onwards. Whereas "boris" albums have a more experimental approach. "Mabuta No Ura" (Essence/Catune 2005) and "Feedbacker" (Diwphalanx, 2003) show the members ability at writing music that is indistinguishably there own. Creating ambient soundscapes often breaking convention with single songs reaching over 40 minutes at a time.
The American record label Southern Lord Recordings have re-released four Boris albums to date, Albums ranging from dark meditative Doom and Sludge to more Heavy Rock style albums, all reaching high acclaim in the U.S. and Europe.
The most recent work on Southern Lord is "Altar". a collaboration with American band SUNN O))).
Boris have been collaborating with Japanese noise artist Merzbow for the past 6 years, working under the guise of "boris with Merzbow" there most recent release was produced by Hydrahead Records, run by Aaron Turner of Isis. Also, Drag City re-released "Rainbow" a collaboration work with Michio Kurihara from Ghost in 2007.
The members of Boris created a design/promotional group called Fangsanalsatan in the late 1990's, under this name they produce the artwork for there own Japanese CD's and LP's, Tshirts, Fliers/Posters and Video as well as for other bands in Japan. such as Masonna, The Wizards Convention festival.
Full-Lengths
Absolutego - 1996 Fangs Anal Satan (CD) ( 'special low frequency version' reissued by Southern Lord 2001, sunn10)
Amplifier Worship - 1998 Mangrove (CD; reissued by Southern Lord in 2003)
Flood - 2000 MIDI Creative (CD)
Absolutego - Special Low Frequency Version - 2001 Southern Lord (CD; Absolutego remastered with one bonus track)
Heavy Rocks - 2002 Quattro/UK Discs (CD)
Akuma No Uta - 2003 Diwphalanx (CD/LP; reissued by Southern Lord in 2005)
Boris At Last: -Feedbacker- - 2003 Diwphalanx (CD; LP)
European version by Conspiracy Records (cd/pictureLP)
The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked - 2004 Kult Of Nihilow (LP)
Dronevil - 2005 Misanthropic Agenda (2LP)
Soundtrack to the film "Mabuta No Ura" (Japan version) - 2005 Catune (CD)/Inoxia (LP)
Pink - 2005 Diwphalanx (CD/2LP)
Soundtrack to the film "Mabuta No Ura" (World version) - 2005 Essence (CD, 1000 copies; deluxe box edition, 199 copies. Has a different tracklisting to the Japan version.)
The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked Vol. 2 - 2006 Conspiracy Records (LP)
The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked Vol. 3 - 2006 Conspiracy Records (LP)
Vein - 2006 Important (LP)
Dronevil Final - 2006 Inoxia (2xCD)
Pink - 2006 Southern Lord (CD/2LP)
Smile (Japanese version) - 2008 Daymare Recordings (CD/LP)
Smile - 2008 Southern Lord (CD/LP)
EPs
1970 - 2002 Inoxia (7")
A Bao A Qu - 2005 SuperFi (7")
Message - 2008 Daymare Recordings (12")
Statement - 2008 Southern Lord (7")
Japanese Heavy Rock Hits Vol.1 – 2009 Southern Lord (7”)
Japanese Heavy Rock Hits Vol.2 – 2009 Southern Lord (7”)
Japanese Heavy Rock Hits Vol.3 – 2009 Southern Lord (7”)
Japanese Heavy Rock Hits Vol.4 – 2009 Southern Lord (give away 7”)
Collaborations
Black: Implication Flooding (with Keiji Haino, live) - 1998 Inoxia (CD)
Megatone (with Merzbow) - 2002 Inoxia (CD)
04092001 (with Merzbow) - 2005 Inoxia (LP)
Sun Baked Snow Cave (with Merzbow) - 2005 Hydra Head (CD)
Altar/Alter (with Sunn O)))) - 2006 Southern Lord, Inoxia (CD)
Altar 3LP box set -2006 Southern Lord, 2007 Daymare Recordings
Rainbow (with Michio Kurihara) - 2006 Pedal Records, 2007 Drag City (CD)
Walrus/Groon (with Merzbow) - 2007 Hydra Head (LP)
Rainbow Box set including a bonus LP, DVD, photo book - 2007 Inoxia
Rock Dream (with MERZBOW) - 2007 Daymare Recordings (2CD), Southern Lord (2CD, 3LP)
Split Recordings
With Barebones - 1996 Piranha/Fangs Anal Satan (10", 500 copies. Reissued in 1997 on CD with bonus live tracks, 1000 copies)
With Tomsk - 1997 Bovine (7")
With Choukoku No Niwa: More Echoes, Touching Air Landscape - 1999 Inoxia (CD)
With The Dudley Corporation - 2003 Scientific Laboratories (7")
Long Hair & Tights - 2007?DOOMRIDERS vs BORIS?
Live Recordings
Volume I "Live 96-98" - 2005 aRCHIVE (CD)
Volume II "Drumless Shows" - 2005 aRCHIVE (CD)
Volume III "Two Long Songs" - 2005 aRCHIVE (CD)
DVDs
Migoroshi Tou Kara Zutto - Live at Shimokitazawa Shelter - 2003 Diwphalanx
Bootleg -Feedbacker- - 2005 Diwphalanx
Wizard's Convention: Japanese Heavy Rock Showcase - 2005 Diwphalanx
Heavy Metal Me - 2005 Diwphalanx
Compilation Appearances
Take Care Of Scabbard Fish - 1994 Scabbard Fish (CD)
From Koenji To Eternity - 1996 Inoxia (CD)
Up Jumped The Devil: Tribute To Robert Johnson - 2000 P-Vine (CD)
Mangrove2002 - 2002 Mangrove (CD)
Merzbow - Frog: Remixed And Revisited - 2003 Misanthropic Agenda (2CD)
Darkness Hath No Boundaries - 2006 Southern Lord (CD)
Innovation Of Sacred Resonance I - 2008 Southern Lord (CD)