A new collaborative record between Boris and Merzbow, Gensho, will release on Relapse Records sometime next February.
At over 150 minutes across two discs, the record is fully collaborative including reinventions of Boris songs. The bands will join forces for a special one-off show in Tokyo in November as well.
BORIS WITH MERZBOW Live:
Nov 27 Tokyo, JP Fever
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