A Band Called Boris, Part 0: Just A List

26 Feb, 2026

So I am working on a much longer writeup about the band Boris, and I realized that what I would like to do with it will end up taking a lot more time than I initially planned. Because of that, I wanted to make a blog post slightly earlier that covers, what is in my mind, just the list of albums that I would consider Boris's main discography. Most of these are regular studio albums, but there is also one split album, one compilation album, and a few live releases in here. Additionally, for some of the albums in this list of 47 releases, you may notice multiple versions of the release listed, with differing release dates and record labels. Over the years, some of Boris's releases had slight differences between the version released in Japan and the versions released internationally, (or in the case of vein, immense differences between versions). There is often no "correct" version of these releases, so do not feel worried that you have to listen to them all unless you really want to be a completionist. That said, for a few releases, there is a version that I would recommend personally. If this is the case, you will find my preferred version bolded. Anyway, keep on rocking in the free world, and enjoy my list of Boris's general discography.

1. Absolutego
   • Absolutego | 1996-09
   • Absolutego+ (Special Low Frequency Version) | 2001-02-20
   • Absolutego (remastered) | 2020-11-11
2. Black: Implication Flooding, live album by Keiji Haino with Boris | 1998-10
3. Amplifier Worship | 1998-11-25
4. More Echoes, Touching Air Landscape, split with Choukoku no Niwa | 1999-09-21
   • Kanau Re-master (This is a remaster of Boris’s side of the 1999 split album) | 2021-05-07
5. Flood | 2000-12-15
6. Heavy Rocks (2002) | 2002-04-26
7. Megatone, with Merzbow | 2002-04-26
8. Akuma no Uta | 2003-06-06
9. boris at last –feedbacker– | 2003-12-25
10. 目をそらした瞬間 –the thing which solomon overlooked– | 2004-08
11. 04092001, live with Merzbow | 2005-02-11
12. dronevil
    • dronevil | 2005-02-28
    • dronevil –final– | 2006-08-08
    • dronevil –example– | 2025-10-17
13. マブタノウラ sound track from film “mabuta no ura”
    • マブタノウラ sound track from film “mabuta no ura” (Japanese, Inoxia Records & Catune version) | 2005-06-25
    • マブタノウラ sound track from film “mabuta no ura” (Brazillian, Essence Music version) | 2005-12-12
14. Sun Baked Snow Cave, with Merzbow | 2005-10-11
15. Pink | 2005-11-12
16. 目をそらした瞬間 2 –the thing which solomon overlooked 2– | 2006-04-12
17. 目をそらした瞬間 3 –the thing which solomon overlooked 3– | 2006-04-12
18. Alter, with Sunn O))) | 2006-10-31
19. vein
    • vein (Drone Version) | 2006-11-10
    • vein (Hardcore Version) | 2006-11-10
    • vein (CD version) | 2013-04-10
    • vein (Bandcamp compilation version) | 2020-10-02
20. Rainbow, with Michio Kurihara
    • Rainbow (Japanese, Pedal Records version) | 2006-12-23
    • Rainbow (International, Drag City version) | 2007-05-22
21. Rock Dream, live with Merzbow | 2007-11-02
22. SMILE
    • SMILE (Japanese, Diwphalanx Version) | 2008-03-07
    • SMILE (International, Southern Lord Version) | 2008-04-29
23. Cloud Chamber, with Michio Kurihara | 2008-12-23
24. Klatter, with Merzbow | 2011-02-23
25. New Album | 2011-03-16
26. Heavy Rocks (2011) | 2011-05-24
27. Attention Please | 2011-05-24
28. Präparat | 2013-03-06
29. Noise | 2014-06-18
30. 目をそらした瞬間 extra –the thing which solomon overlooked extra– | 2014-09-15
31. Asia | 2015-05-02
32. Urban Dance | 2015-05-02
33. Warpath | 2015-05-02
34. EROS, with Endon | 2015-05-02
35. 現象 Gensho, with Merzbow | 2016-03-16
36. Dear | 2017-07-14
37. LφVE | 2019-08-19
38. Evφl | 2019-08-19
39. 1985 | 2019-12-24
40. リフレイン –Refrain–, with Z.O.A | 2020-03-31
41. No | 2020-07-03
42. 2R0I2P0, with Merzbow | 2020-12-11
43. Japanese Heavy Rock Hits (This is a compilation of singles from 2009) | 2021-04-02
44. W | 2022-01-22
45. Heavy Rocks (2022) | 2022-08-12
46. Fade | 2022-12-02
47. Bright New Disease, with Uniform | 2023-06-16