Boris - Demo Vol. 3 (1994)

Ladies and gentleman, BEHOLD!

The earliest Boris release that I've found online to date. There exists a Vol. 1 according to the Encyclopedia Metallum, however...it is quite impossible to find some digital copy of this release. One would assume even members of Boris would have trouble locating a hard copy.

But alas, this earliest of earlys is here for your listening pleasure (with minimal blips and audio abnormalites, but what can you do...). What incantation of Boris you are about to encounter is much like what you would hear on the Barebones and Tomsk splits. More centered around the doom aspects of the band with the original four-member lineup including Wata, not Takeshi on vocals but Atsuo and the now-former member known as Nagata on drums.

The songs, I believe, are fine examples of the beginnings of this completely unpredictable band. I reference the said splits, however these songs can be distinguished completely from those performances as much as much as could be compared. Experimental and raw, you could find amusement at the strenuously manic vocals (imagine the earliest Darwinian incantation of Atsuo's signature "WOOOO'S"), or even miss the static wails of later-Wata's screaming solos, but here is a different band evident not by missing elements of other notable releases, but portrayals of other nuances filling the spaces in the air.

Deep, heavy and darker Boris. You know it's gotta be good.