2R0I2P0

by 

Boris

 + 

Merzbow

AlbumDec 11 / 202010 songs, 1h 17m 58s
Noise Post-Metal
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Japanese doomsters Boris join up with noise artist Merzbow for... doomy noise

Japan's overdriven avant-metal power trio Boris and industrial noise pioneer Merzbow (Masami Akita) have been working together intermittently since 2002.

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"2R0I2P0" is seemingly a random collection of alphanumeric characters at first glance, but each alphabetic letter splits the numerical digits to essentially stand for "2020 Rest In Peace." Similarly, the pairing of artists that collaborated to create "2R0I2P0" are seemingly out of sync, but the long...

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Despite what the lion’s share of Merzbow’s discography would hint at, Masami Akita is able to take a foot off the speaker-shredding gas and, when called upon, play nice with others. As far as Boris is concerned, the Tokyo-based experimental institution has shown itself more than capable of creating

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Apparently, the title of the latest outing for these titans of righteous noise-making, 2R0I2P0, translates as

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2R0I2P0 by Boris/Merzbow album review by Gregoey Adams the album drops on December 11th via Relapse Records and stsreaming services

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