Boris next month in Helsinki

por Emil Gil Bretón · 24/10/2026

Japanese drone metal pioneers BORIS will play in Helsinki next month as a part of their new 2026 European tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of their amazing album «Pink». The concert will take place on Wednesday November 4th in Helsinki at KULT.

BORIS was formed in 1992 in Tokyo, the band is composed of drummer Atsuo, guitarist/bassist Takeshi, and guitarist/keyboardist Wata. All three members provide lead vocals. BORIS has released more than 20 studio albums on various labels around the world, as well as a variety of live albums, compilations, EPs, singles, and collaborative albums.

Throughout their career, BORIS have made deliberate efforts to avoid a strong association with any musical style. In particular, they do not consider themselves a heavy metal band despite frequently being categorised as such.

The wide variety of genres used by reviewers to describe BORIS‘s music include experimental music, experimental rock, noise music, noise rock, experimental/avant-garde metal, doom metal, post-metal, drone metal, sludge metal, psychedelic music, psychedelic rock, psychedelic metal, and stoner rock. While they first emerged as a sludge metal band with strong hardcore punk influences, their subsequent releases have employed elements of a wide variety of genres, including drone music, old-school industrial music, ambient music, acid rock, garage rock, shoegaze, dream pop, J-pop, and crust punk.