Japanese trio Boris is set to perform at St. Andrew’s Hall in downtown Detroit on October 16, 2024.
The band is set to play all of the songs from their debut album ‘Amplifier Worship’.
Opening the show will be Los Angeles rockers, Starcrawler.
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Boris have been in constant pursuit of their own ideal ‘heavy’ since their formation in 1992.
From the outset they became like a chimera, evolving at a rapid pace, establishing a unique style with extreme downtuning and megavolume.
Their broad sense of ‘Heavy Rock’ swelled grotesquely, as it engulfed powerviolence, ambient and drone, with a trance component of krautrock and so on.
From Tokyo to the world, Boris spread out from the underground community to have their name become more widely known.
Five years after their formation, Boris went deep into the beyond of heavy music to make their first album, one that can be said to be a palace constructed in unexplored realms.
However, the album by no means serves as a peaceful ‘end’ or resting place/’gravestone’ for those compositions.
Rather, it was a map to the ‘beyond’ that Boris drew up at the time, a blueprint pointing to the future.
25 years after the release of ‘Amplifier Worship’, that guidance has been revealed: a full length tour for performing all of the songs on the album in a double-drum-format Drone Set.
As a pioneering effort in Drone Metal, a palace under the name of ‘Amplifier Worship’ was constructed and revealed as both a point of departure as well as a destination.
Amplified oscillations and volume, going from anguish to pleasure and back, being in fear as well as in awe at what can be called heavy— we venture into this palace of worship together.
For this tour Boris are taking along Starcrawler, a band that intensifies the prayer of rock ‘n’ roll.
“This only takes us further into the ‘beyond’ embarking on this worship service. Welcome to the ceremony!” the band stated on their website.
Follow the band at https://borisheavyrocks.com/.
Starcrawler consists of striking frontwoman Arrow de Wilde, guitarist Henri Cash and brother Bill Cash on pedal steel/guitar, drummer Seth Carolina, and bassist Tim Franco.
SWOMP caught Starcrawler’s performance at Louder Than Life in 2023:
“The dynamic five-piece, Los Angeles rock band brought high energy to the Disruptor Stage on the first day of the Louisville music festival on Thursday, September 21, 2023.
Sounding and looking like 1990’s era Courtney Love, combined with Mick Jaggar-esque dance moves, de Wilde was flanked by guitarist Henri Cash and brother Bill Cash on pedal steel/guitar, drummer Seth Carolina and bassist Tim Franco.
Sporting faux tuxedos with pink accents, the band’s look at Louder Than Life was in sync with the artwork from their latest album, and their major label debut, ‘She Said’, released in September 2022 on Big Machine Label Group.
The band’s performance was tight, loud and engaging, with hints of L7, Nirvana, Hole and The Breeders, piercing through the speakers under the bright and hot Kentucky sun.”
Read our full article, including photos from Steve Thrasher and Jake Miller, here: Starcrawler perform high energy set at Louder Than Life 2023
Follow the band at https://www.starcrawlermusic.com/.
Watch for coverage from the show in Detroit on October 16, 2024 on SWOMP.