Boris | |
Artist: | The Melvins |
Album: | Bullhead |
Released: | 1991 |
Recorded: | 1990 |
Genre: | Sludge metal |
Length: | 8:34[1] |
Label: | Boner Records |
Producer: | Jonathan Burnside |
"Boris" is a song by the Melvins from their 1991 album, Bullhead.[1] The song is a fan favorite and appears on the Melvins retrospective album/book Neither Here nor There and the live album Alive at the Fucker Club.[2] The Japanese doom/drone metal band Boris named themselves after this song.[3] The Boris song "Vomitself" from their album Amplifier Worship has a similar but slower riff at the start of the song.
The song was covered by Isis and Agoraphobic Nosebleed on the 2005 tribute album , and by Boris and Japanese noise musician Merzbow on their 2020 collaborative album 2R0I2P0.