Sun Baked Snow Cave
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| Studio album by Boris with Merzbow | |||||
| Released | August 23, 2005 | ||||
| Recorded | 2001–2004 | ||||
| Genre | Dark ambient | ||||
| Length | 62:02 | ||||
| Label | Hydra Head / Double H Noise Industries | ||||
| Producer | Boris with Merzbow | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | D+ |
| Delusions of Adequacy | Mixed |
| Dusted Magazine | Favorable |
| Exclaim! | Mixed |
| LAS Magazine | 7.5/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.5/10 |
| Prefix Magazine | 6.0/10 |
Sun Baked Snow Cave is a collaborative album between Japanese experimental doom band Boris and Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The album consists of a single track that clocks in at over an hour in length. The album artwork was done by Sunn O))) member and regular Hydra Head designer Stephen O'Malley.
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.
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.
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