Boris (3) – Altar

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Label:	Inoxia Records – IXCD-0006S
Format:	CD , Album CD All Media , Limited Edition
Country:	Japan
Released:	2007
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Experimental

Tracklist

	Altar	58:48
1-1	Etna Drums – Atsuo Lead Guitar – Wata	9:50
1-2	N.L.T. Cymbal [Bowed] – Atsuo Double Bass [Upright Bass] – Bill Herzog	3:49
1-3	The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep) Drums [Traps] – Atsuo Effects [Space Echo] – Wata Percussion – Adrienne Davies Piano – Stephen O'Malley Vocals – Phil Wandscher Drums [Traps] – Atsuo Effects [Space Echo] – Wata Percussion – Adrienne Davies Piano – Stephen O'Malley Vocals – Phil Wandscher	7:37
1-4	Akuma No Kuma Drums [Lead] – Atsuo Effects [Sherman Filter Bank, Echoplex] – Randall Dunn Snare – Bill Herzog Synthesizer [Korg Ms20] – Stephen O'Malley Synthesizer [Moog Rogue] – Greg Anderson Synthesizer [Oberheim] – Troy Swanson Synthesizer [Roland Sh101] – Mell Dettmer Trombone – Steve Moore (5) Vocoder – Joe Preston Drums [Lead] – Atsuo Effects [Sherman Filter Bank, Echoplex] – Randall Dunn Snare – Bill Herzog Synthesizer [Korg Ms20] – Stephen O'Malley Synthesizer [Moog Rogue] – Greg Anderson Synthesizer [Oberheim] – Troy Swanson Synthesizer [Roland Sh101] – Mell Dettmer Trombone – Steve Moore (5) Vocoder – Joe Preston	7:52
1-5	Fried Eagle Mind Guitar [Clandestine], Performer [Califone] – Stephen O'Malley Lead Guitar [Bottle Lead] – Takeshi Performer [Natural Trouble] – Randall Dunn Synthesizer [Oberheim Voice 4] – Troy Swanson Vocals, Guitar [Space] – Wata Guitar [Clandestine], Performer [Califone] – Stephen O'Malley Lead Guitar [Bottle Lead] – Takeshi Performer [Natural Trouble] – Randall Dunn Synthesizer [Oberheim Voice 4] – Troy Swanson Vocals, Guitar [Space] – Wata	9:46
1-6	The Sinking Belle (Black Sheep) Effects [Space Echo] – Wata Viola, Violin – Eyvind Kang	5:05
1-7	Blood Swamp Guitar – Kim Thayil Pedalboard [Moog Taurus] – Rex Ritter Synthesizer [Moog Rogue] – Tos Nieuwenhuizen	14:45
	Altar Prelude	28:14
2-1	Her Lips Were Wet With Venom (SatanOscillateMyMetallicSonatas)	28:14

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Studio Litho
Recorded At – Aleph Studios
Mixed At – Avast! Recording Co.
Mastered At – Sinister Kitchen Laboratories

Credits

Art Direction – SOMA*
Artwork – Fangsanalsatan
Bass – Takeshi (tracks: 1-1, 1-7)
Engineer [Assistant] – Floyd Reitzmah*
Gong – Atsuo (tracks: 1-2, 1-7)
Guitar – Wata (tracks: 1-3, 1-7)
Pedalboard [Moog Taurus] – Tos Nieuwenhuizen (tracks: 1-5, 1-6)
Photography By [Portraits] – W.T. Nelson
Producer – Sunn O)))
Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By – Mell Dettmer
Recorded By, Recorded By [Additional], Mixed By – Randall Dunn
Synthesizer [Kork Ms20] – Randall Dunn (tracks: 1-4, 1-5, 1-6)

Notes

This 2CD japanese edition is limited to 1000 copies.

Recorded at Litho, October 2005
Additional Recording at Aleph, December 2005
Mixed at Avast, June 2006
Mastered at Sinister Kitchen, July 2006

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (on slipcase): 4535926000064

Other Versions (5 of 33)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Altar (2×CD, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered)	Southern Lord	sunn62	US	2006
Recently Edited	Altar (CD, Album)	Southern Lord	sunn⁶²	Europe	2006
	Altar (CD, Album)	Inoxia Records	IXCD-0006	Japan	2006
New Submission	Altar (CD, Album, Promo)	Southern Lord	sunn⁶²	US	2006
New Submission	Altar (CD, Album, Promo, Cardsleeve)	Southern Lord	sunn⁶²	UK & Europe	2006

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Reviews

FLuViRuS Jan 27, 2007
Edited 18 years ago

The album Altar has been released in various formats, but this Japanese release is the most complete and sought after. There are only 1000 copies, all sold out! Featured are great extra tracks: (i) "The Sinking Belle (Black Sheep)", a meltingly beautiful instrumental of her sister "The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep)", and (ii) "HerLipsWereWetWithVenom", a drone epic featuring Dylan Carlson (of Earth). Here, the intention of a long and painful kiss of death is clear: the boys mount a metallic wall of grinding guitars that is searingly hot, diabolic, and relentless. Blessed with the rest of the superb tracks on the original Altar (reviewed elsewhere), this release is a perfect 10 out of 10.