Experimental Japanese metal group, Boris, released new live footage for their song, “The Power” this morning. The song maintains the power and scale associated with Boris with a refined clarity. In their own words, it’s “a song that  takes the glacial doom of their early records and broadens the expanses of empty space to allow the chirp of amplifier tubes, the groan of strained speaker cabinets, and the sizzle of cranked distortion to transform their dirges into macrocosms of textures.”

“The Power” can be found on Boris’ 23rd studio album, Dear, which was released three weeks ago. The album was originally intended as a farewell project, yet the band produced three albums worth of content in the process. Apparently, the rest saved for “future releases.” As mxdwn writer Cervante Pope put it, “Dear is this, taking the best of over three albums of songwriting material and cramming it into one… Fortunately it was not the farewell album that the band had initially conceived. Even if it were, it would’ve been a good, grimly beautiful one.”

In support of its release, Boris will traverse the United States on an extensive headline tour this Fall, alongside Japanese noise metal band, Endon. Dear can be found via digital download on bandcamp.

Full Dates:
October 3  Fresno, CA @ Strummers *
October 4  Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s *
October 6  Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall ^
October 7  Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s ^
October 8  Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre ^
October 9  Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge ^
October 11  San Francisco, CA @ The Independent ^
October 12-14 Joshua Tree, CA @ Institute of Mentalphysics (Desert Daze Fest)
October 14  Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole %
October 16  Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall %
October 17  Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater %
October 19  Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre %
October 20  Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room %
October 21  Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club +
October 22  Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall +
October 23  Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall +
October 25  Detroit, MI @ El Club +
October 26  Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop +
October 27  Millvale, PA @ Mr Smalls +
October 28  Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer +
October 29  Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live! (Days of Darkness)
October 31  Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall =
November 1  Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw =
November 4  Durham, NC @ Motorco =
November 5  Knoxville, TN @ The Concourse =
November 7  Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade, Hell Stage =
November 8  Nashville, TN @ Exit / In =
November 9  Birmingham, AL @ Saturn $
November 10  New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks $
November 10-12  McDade, TX @ Sound on Sound Fest
November 14  Albuquerque, NM @ Sister +
November 15  Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom #
November 17  San Diego, CA @ Casbah #
November 18  Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex #
* w/ Endon
^ w/ Sumac, Endon
% w/ Subrosa, Endon
+ w/ Helms Alee, Endon
= w/ Mutoid Man, Endon
$ w/ Thou, Endon
# w/ Torche, Endon

Photo Credit: Owen Ela