| Heavy Metal Me | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Live album by Boris | ||
| Released | November 18 2005 | |
| Genre | Experimental, Drone Doom, Shoegaze | |
| Length | 1:58:15 | |
| Label | DiwPhalanx | |
| Producer | Boris | |
| Boris chronology | ||
| Pink (2005) |
Heavy Metal Me (2005) |
Sun Baked Snow Cave (2005) |
heavy metal me is a DVD release by Japanese band Boris. It consists of various live material, video material, and heavy metal me, a short film which is subtitled in both Japanese and English. The titular short film is actually a series of chapters on the disc which play in a random order every time the user hits play (though the chapters for each language remain together). Filmed primarily in black and white, the piece is deliberately low quality and aged, with guitarist Wata playing the lead; most chapters feature analog hiss and white noise for audio tracks, though some are totally silent, and others contain acoustic guitar plucks atop the hiss. Notably the DVD has no "play all" button and each portion must be played individually from the menu.
Tracklist[]
- 1. a bao a qu (9:23)
- 2. 泣きたがるスピード (16:25)
- 3. heavy metal me (Japanese) (11:28)
- 4. heavy metal me (English) (11:27)
- 5. Feedbacker (25:47)
- 6. Flood (22:25)
- 7. Staff Credit (2:25)
Track Information[]
- a bao a qu - based on the 7" version of the song with both sides crossfaded together into a 9-minute full length version (Rather than the rendition on The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked or Soundtrack From Film "Mabuta no Ura"); its video consists of extremely wide and narrow shots with low quality lighting, following several characters as they walk the streets, smoke, and reflect or contemplate.
- the evil one which sobs layers the titular song with its ambient counterpart "Interference Demon" from Dronevil, but starts the former several minutes later than the coupling of the CDs would play, and fades out just at the end of the loud drone (thus removing the acoustic guitar coda of CD2); the video consists solely of shots from what appear to be underneath layers of moving webbing.
- heavy metal me - Original short film presented in fragments, in random order with each play. Presented with both Japanese and English subtitles.
- feedbacker - A live rendition of Feedbacker, recorded on 1 November 2003 at Shinjuku Liquid Room.
- flood - A live rendition of Flood, recorded on 3 May 2001 at Koenji 20000v. Notably this performance would appear on Archive I.
- staff credit - acoustic guitar plucks while the credits roll.
Personnel[]
- Takeshi - Bass, Guitar, Vocals
- Wata - Guitar, Echo
- Atsuo - Drums, Gong, Vocals