Are you of the mind, that in the big scheme of things, the really big scheme of things, there are no accidents? That everything happens for a purpose? Call it synchronicity or a Shirley MacLaine cake ...

We mentioned a while ago that Boris and Merzbow were working on an ambitious double LP called Gensho together, and now they’ve revealed a track. The premise of the album is that the first disc ...

Japanese doom metal chameleons Boris have announced a new collaborative album with fellow Japanese noisemaker Merzbow. The album is called Gensho and will be released in February 2016 on Relapse. This ...

Calling Cuts Open by Merzbow (aka Masami Akita), Mats Gustafsson and Balázs Pándi their sotto voce record would be like saying you received a love tap from Mike Tyson. This is the trio's fifth release ...

Hyrrokkin, the now-defunct avant rock trio from Ohio, did not overtly have much in common with the revered Japanese noise experimentalist Merzbow (né Masami Akita)… other than, of course, a shared ...

As much as he’s respected for the noise itself, experimental Japanese artist Merzbow is perhaps best known for his prolific noise record output. Merzbow scholars estimate there are over 10,000 Merzbow ...

Over the years, Japanese fuzz-metal greats Boris have crossed paths with Masami Akita, the veteran harsh-noise king known as Merzbow, a number of times. Boris and Merzbow are both from Japan, they're ...

Merzbow is set to release a new album through Lawrence English’s Room40 label. Titled Noise Mass, the album is described as an updated version of the Japanese noise musician’s 1994 album Hole. The ...

With his collaborative album with Balázs Pándi and Mats Gustafsson just released, Joseph Burnett catches up with the enigmatic Japanese noise legend to discuss the making of the album, the modern ...

Hiding behind the band's combo logo is Merzbow on the left, followed by the three members of Boris. Credit: Miki Matsushima The Reader is free. Producing it isn’t. And without your support, we can't ...