Boris and Uniform announce collaborative album 'Bright New Disease'
Photo credit: Ebru Yildiz
After touring together in 2019, Japanese metal band Boris and NYC industrial metal band Uniform are joining forces for a collaborative album.
Revealed today, Bright New Disease will be released on June 16 via Sacred Bones Records. The first single from the album is titled “Bright New Disease,” and it was primarily written by Boris in the summer of 2020 with the assistance of Uniform drummer Mike Sharp.
Boris' Atsuo said this about the new single:
“At that time, we didn't know when we would be able to resume concerts, and our wish became the song directly.”
Boris’s Atsuo and Takeshi collectively said this about Uniform’s musical delivery:
“On tour, we learned more about the depth of their musicality, which we felt was compatible with our own expression. They are a band that can be described in many ways—punk, metal, industrial—but they truly excel because they are not locked into any style. They are always experimenting and innovating.”
Uniform vocalist Michael Berdan said this about being on the road with Boris:
“Uniform have been longtime fans and admirers of Boris. Supporting them on tour was a dream come true. The first time I met Atsuo he was wearing a Gastunk shirt, and Takeshi has schooled me harder on Burning Spirits than any fetishist westerner could ever hope for.”
Tour dates for both Boris and Uniform can be seen below. Pre-orders for Bright New Disease can be made here.
Bright New Disease tracklisting:
1) You Are the Beginning
2) Weaponized Grief
3) No
4) The Look is a Flame
5) The Sinners of Hell (Jigoku)
6) Narcotic Shadow
7) A Man from the Earth
8) Endless Death Agony
9) Not Surprised
Boris Live Dates:
03/05/23: Dublin, IE - Button Factory
04/05/23: Belfast, UK - Black Box
05/05/23: Glasgow, UK - Room 2
06/05/23: Settle, UK - Victoria Hall
07/05/23: London, UK - Desert Fest
09/05/23: Aschaffenburg, DE - Colos-Saal
10/05/23: Antwerp, BE - Trix
11/05/23: Haarlem, NL - Patronaat
12/05/23: Hamburg, DE - Hafenklang
13/05/23: Copenhagen, DK - A Colossal Weekend
15/05/23: Oslo, NO - Blå
16/05/23: Oslo, NO - Blå
17/05/23: Stockholm, SE - Debaser
19/05/23: Helsinki, FI - Sonic Rites
20/05/23: Tallinn, EE - Sveta
21/05/23: Riga, LV - Tu Jau Zini Kur
22/05/23: Vilnius, LT - SODAS 2123
23/05/23: Warsaw, PL - Proxima
24/05/23: Krawkow, PL - Kwadrat
25/05/23: Brno, CZ - Kabinet Muz
26/05/23: Innsbruck, AT - Heart Of Noise Fest
27/05/23: Fribourg, CH - Fri-Son
28/05/23: Turin, IT - Jazz Is Dead Festival
29/05/23: Bologna, IT - Freakout Club
30/05/23: Milan, IT - Legend Club
01/06/23: Barcelona, ES - Primavera Sound
03/06/23: Lisbon, PT - ZDB
04/06/23: Braga, PT - Gnration
08/06/23: Madrid, ES - Primavera Sound
Uniform Live Dates:
28/06/23: Hamburg, DE - Hafenklang
29/06/23: Roskilde, DK - Roskilde Festival
30/06/23: Stockholm, SE - HUS7
01/07/23: Göteborg, SE - Hemligheten
02/07/23: Malmo, SE - Plan B
04/07/23: Lodz, PL - Przestrzen
05/07/23: Warsaw, PL - Voodoo
06/07/23: Berlin, DE - Urban Spree
07/07/23: Tilburg, NL - Little Devil
08/07/23: Ypres, BE - Ieperfest
10/07/23: Nijmegen, NL - Merleyn
11/07/23: Paris, FR - La Boule Noire
12/07/23: Antwerp, BE - AMC
13/07/23: Leipzig, DE - Soltmann
14/07/23: Kutna Hora, CZ - Creepy Teepee Festival
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