Sun Baked Snow Cave | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Boris with Merzbow |
Cover: | Sun Baked Snow Cave.jpg |
Recorded: | 2001–2004 |
Label: | Hydra Head / Double H Noise Industries |
Producer: | Boris with Merzbow |
Prev Title: | 04092001 |
Prev Year: | 2005 |
Next Title: | Rock Dream |
Next Year: | 2007 |
Sun Baked Snow Cave is a collaborative album between Japanese experimental doom band Boris and Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The album consists of a single track that clocks in at over an hour in length. The album artwork was done by Sunn O))) member and regular Hydra Head designer Stephen O'Malley.[1] [2]
Structurally, the album has three distinct sections: the opening 18 minutes consist primarily of quiet, sparse acoustic guitar strums backed by distant whirs and machine noises; a lengthy crossfade shifts the album into drone doom metal, with Merzbow's accentuation via harsh noise layers; eventually, the loud half-hour settles through movements of noise into 6 minutes of a quiet electric guitar and ambience coda.
In 2014, the album was released as a double LP. Released as a limited edition of 1,200 copies pressed on black, white, electric blue, or clear with blue streaks vinyl. Initially available on August 16, 2014 as a limited release on the Hydra Head online store and from Boris on tour.[3] A general release followed on September 23.[4] It was repressed in March 2015 on clear/blue splatter in an edition of 500 copies.[5]
Region | Date | Label | Format | Quantity | Catalog | Notes |
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United States | August 23, 2005 | Hydra Head | CD | Unknown | hh666-92 / 2xh-011 | |
September 23, 2014 | LP | Unknown | Black vinyl | |||
Unknown | Clear with blue streaks | |||||
Unknown | Electric blue | |||||
Unknown | White | |||||
March 2015 | 500 | Clear/blue splatter |