San Francisco-based post-black metal act Bosse-de-Nage have returned to The Flenser for their fifth studio album titled Further Still. This latest album sees the band eschew the sprawling arrangements and hypnotic repetition of their previous efforts in favor of tight, propulsive song structures. It is deliberately succinct in approach while maintaining the band’s unique lyrical style set to unpredictable melodies. Bosse-de-Nage takes their name from a character in the book The Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician by the French symbolist author Alfred Jarry. They recorded their first demo in 2006, which was subsequently released on cassette by Aesop Dekker’s The Funeral Agency label. Their first album was recorded the following year, but the band became inactive for awhile, and their debut sat on the shelves until The Flenser released it in 2010. This sparked new life into the project and they recorded and released two more self-titled albums over the next two years. In 2012 BDN released a split EP with fellow Bay Area “blackgaze” upstarts Deafheaven. They subsequently released their monstrous and surreal masterpiece, All Fours (Profound Lore), in 2015 to critical applause. Further Still sees the band refine their multitude of ideas, distilling them to their most basic forms yet retaining their idiosyncratic footprint.
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10/12/2018
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09/14/2018
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09/14/2018
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09/14/2018
All Fours by Bosse-de-Nage is the mysterious Bay Area act’s fourth and finest full-length. Monstrous and surreal, the album is a strange mix of black metal, noise and dark, post-modern lyrical themes. Comparisons range from ’90s post-rock like Slint to fellow post-black metal brethren Deafheaven (the two bands released a split 12-inch in 2012), but the work stands on its own as a unique creation. Recorded with Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Botanist, Wreck and Reference), All Fours is the most immediate and accessible album in the band’s discography, as well as the first to feature analog synths. The Flenser is proud to present Bosse-de-Nage’s latest full-length on deluxe, double-disc vinyl packaged with a large twelve-page booklet.
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07/10/2015
Despite a number of releases over the past several years, Bay Area extreme metal band Bosse-De-Nage has kept a low profile: no promotional photos, no interviews, few live appearances. Perhaps they prefer to let their music—an intriguing mix of visceral black metal, classic early-’90s indie rock / screamo, and thought-provoking lyrics—speak for itself. Following a pair of demos (the first released by Agalloch / Vhöl drummer Aesop Dekker), three full-lengths and, most recently, a split with comrades Deafheaven, Bosse-De-Nage unleashes their deadliest and most epic work to date. Like the soundtrack to the ultimate mental breakdown, All Fours pushes the group’s trademark sound into previously unexplored experimental and noise territories. The album was produced and recorded by Jack Shirley, known for his work with the likes of Botanist, Burial Year, Grayceon, etc. It stands as a companion piece of sorts to Deafheaven’s critically acclaimed Sunbather release—a genre-defining work unlike anything else in extreme music today.
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04/14/2015
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04/14/2015
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04/14/2015
***NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! Received a 7.9 rating from Pitchfork. Little is known about Bay Area enigma BOSSE-DE-NAGE, since the band rarely plays live, doesn’t disclose its membership, or partake in promotional activities like interviews or promo photos. Nonetheless, the four-piece has a solid and distinct repertoire at their disposal. A cassette demo (released by Aesop Dekker of Agalloch / Worm Ouroboros / Ludicra fame) and two full-length albums (on Flenser Records) have made an impression within the underground, and the band’s vitriolic mix of minimal black metal, indie rock and post-punk has garnered reviews describing them as a black metal version of the legendary Slint. Their latest album titled simply III, is the most sophisticated and introspective Bosse-De-Nage release to date—one of the most powerful collisions of indie rock and black metal you’ll hear this year. LP limited to 500 copies. CD released on Profound Lore.
2XLP $20.25
03/12/2013
Little is known about Bay Area enigma Bosse-De-Nage, since the band rarely plays live, doesn’t disclose its membership, or partake in promotional activities like interviews or promo photos. Nonetheless, the four-piece has a solid and distinct repertoire at their disposal. A cassette demo (released by Aesop Dekker of Agalloch / Worm Ouroboros / Ludicra fame) and two full-length albums (on Flenser Records) have made an impression within the underground, and the band’s vitriolic mix of minimal black metal, indie rock and post-punk has garnered reviews describing them as a black metal version of the legendary Slint. Their latest album and first for Profound Lore, titled simply III, is the most sophisticated and introspective Bosse-De-Nage release to date—one of the most powerful collisions of indie rock and black metal you’ll hear this year.
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06/26/2012
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06/26/2012
***BACK IN PRINT AT A NEW LOWER PRICE!!! The follow up to minimalist black metal weirdos BOSSE-DE-NAGE’s self titled debut. This album was recorded in 2010 by JUSTIN WEIS and features a HUGE sound along with the Lousiville-styled post rock (think Slint not Godspeed) and black metal weirdness that made Bosse-de-Nage’s debut a divisive genre defying classic. This is black metal, but black metal tinged with 20th century minimalism and outlandish vocals.
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08/30/2011
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08/30/2011
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08/30/2011
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08/30/2011
First time on vinyl! Over the last decade, SF Bay Area’s Bosse-de-Nage has operated at the forefront of the post-black metal movement, and with albums like All Fours and Further Still, the band cemented their place as touchstones of the genre. Their self-titled debut—an early foray in the blackgaze sound—was recorded in 2007, but not officially released until 2010. The CD version of the album was one of The Flenser’s first releases, and a vinyl edition has always been a critical omission in both the band’s and the label’s catalogs. Remastered and sounding better than ever. “A circling Venn diagram where math rock and black metal meet.” —SPIN “Bosse-De-Nage has raised the art of metal lyrics to a whole new level.” —Noisey/Vice “The group had a knack for mixing explosive post-punk and black metal.” —Pitchfork
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05/31/2011
2XLP $27.00
08/27/2021
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05/31/2011
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05/31/2011