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Dronevil is the seventh studio album by the Japanese experimental band Boris. It is a double album: the first LP, Drone, showcases a more ambient sound, while the second LP, Evil, showcases a heavy guitar-oriented doom metal sound. Though the two sides can be heard separately, the original intention is for both to be played simultaneously. The album was originally released on double vinyl with the artwork for this release done by Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))). 1,000 copies were pressed of this album, 200 of which were printed on grey vinyl with the other 800 copies pressed on black vinyl. The album was re-released through Inoxia Records in 2006 under the name Dronevil -Final- on (double) CD format. This version includes two additional tracks not found on the original release. An alternate mix of "The Evil One Which Sobs"/"Interference Demon" appears on Heavy Metal Me, while a live version appears on Archive II. In 2025, a remixed version of the album, titled Dronevil -Example-, was announced, to be released by Relapse Records. This release included new versions of the songs previously released on Dronevil -Final-, with each pair of songs combined into a single new song.
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Waited till I was in a headspace for this. I gelled with it.
Boris' version of Zaireeka, already assembled on streaming for your listening pleasure. A VERY mood dependent album, but if anyone's craving about an hour of really fucking loud and intense drone metal, this might kinda be the pinnacle of that niche. Or like maybe "Rock Dream", but I think they'd actually just throw you in a woodchipper if you submitted that to the user list.
I don't know about evil, this certainly brought the drone. There appear to be versions of this and I'm not sure about the one I ended up with, and I gather it's "intended" to be consumed in some exotic fashion playing different parts simultaneously (crazy thought: mix that into something a normal person can listen to on one stereo track, yeah I'm looking at you too Flaming Lips). So, I didn't hate it but it was mostly just a kind of heavy ambient background track. The prior offering by this band on this list was more conventional, and accessible.
The first Boris album suggested on this list didn’t go over well with me, so I thought this wasn’t likely to be a hit either. Surprisingly I kind of liked this. I was relieved that the linked version mixed what was originally delivered on two separate albums designed to be played in sync so I was able to listen to it closer to as intended.