Genre(s): Drone Metal
Release Date: December 25th, 2003
My Rating: 4.5/5

Boris has been my favorite band of all time for almost a year now, and it's in large part because of their album "Flood". But this review is about my second favorite album of theirs, a legendary Drone Metal album called "Boris at Last -Feedbacker-"

As the album title implies, the primary tool is amplifier feedback, where the sound created by the amplifier is recycled through microphones or guitar pickups multiple times, which tends to compound noise in the electrical signal. Done on accident, this causes the sharp screeching sound you occasionally hear in live music. Done on purpose, the sound becomes hypnotically dense and crushingly loud. Boris truly demonstrate their mastery of this guitar technique on this album, using it to create pulsing and droning sounds you can hear nowhere else

I gave the album a 9/10, with one point taken off solely for Parts 4 and 5. Part 4 in particular I dislike because it sharply swerves into the realm of raw noise for seemingly no purpose. Feel free to also skip Part 5, which serves as a short recap of the main melody before bowing out. But the first three parts are must listen 10/10 music

YT Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lWd0imnQRzFnBQBlpJHq0vXNgKiUYiWQY

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2Xbd3EI9auhlw5WOKnNX3H

Review Date: August 15, 2024
Last Updated: N/A