Are you of the mind, that in the big scheme of things, the really big scheme of things, there are no accidents? That everything happens for a purpose? Call it synchronicity or a Shirley MacLaine cake ...

Japanese doom metal chameleons Boris have announced a new collaborative album with fellow Japanese noisemaker Merzbow. The album is called Gensho and will be released in February 2016 on Relapse. This ...

Genius does not happen by accident. Combining two caustic elements together with the intent of creating something that is both destructive and beautiful requires special attention and care. Merzbow’s ...

Hyrrokkin, the now-defunct avant rock trio from Ohio, did not overtly have much in common with the revered Japanese noise experimentalist Merzbow (né Masami Akita)… other than, of course, a shared ...

The infamous Japanese noise artist has a vast and forbidding catalogue that commands a cult fandom. Sam Andrews, 18, is vlogging his way through the lot – and taking a stand for deep listening An ...

Calling Cuts Open by Merzbow (aka Masami Akita), Mats Gustafsson and Balázs Pándi their sotto voce record would be like saying you received a love tap from Mike Tyson. This is the trio's fifth release ...

Merzbow performing in May 2014 at the Red Gate in Vancouver. Credit: Erin Altomare at <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/65619791@N06/14293793135">Flickr</a ...

On Friday March 18, the avant-metal intronauts Boris are back with their 6th full-length collaboration with Masami Akita, known by most as the prime mover of Merzbow and one of the first instrumental ...

When listening to and discussing Merzbow, the question of whether the sound coming out of the speakers can accurately be called “music” inevitably arises. At the very least, it has been framed as such ...

As much as he’s respected for the noise itself, experimental Japanese artist Merzbow is perhaps best known for his prolific noise record output. Merzbow scholars estimate there are over 10,000 Merzbow ...