Sun Baked Snow Cave


Sun Baked Snow Cave is a collaborative album between Japanese experimental doom band Boris )) member and regular Hydra Head designer Stephen O'Malley.

Composition

Structurally, the album has three distinct sections: the opening 18 minutes consist primarily of quiet, sparse acoustic guitar strums backed by distant whirs and machine noises; a lengthy crossfade shifts the album into drone doom metal, with Merzbow's accentuation via harsh noise layers; eventually, the loud half-hour settles through movements of noise into 6 minutes of a quiet electric guitar and ambience coda.

Release

In 2014, the album was released as a double LP. Released as a limited edition of 1,200 copies pressed on black, white, electric blue, or clear with blue streaks vinyl. Initially available on August 16, 2014 as a limited release on the Hydra Head online store and from Boris on tour. A general release followed on September 23. It was repressed in March 2015 on clear/blue splatter in an edition of 500 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

;Boris with Merzbow
  • Masami Akita – computer
  • Takeshi – guitar, bass guitar
  • Wata – guitar, echo
  • Atsuo – feedback conduction, computer
;Production