Dronevil is a double album

Double album

A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....

 by Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese band Boris

Boris (band)

is a Japanese experimental rock band, known for often combining and switching between different music genres including drone metal, sludge metal, noise rock, psychedelic rock, ambient and pop...

. The Drone disc's tracks are quieter and fall in the more ambient

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

/drone

Drone music

Drone music is a minimalist musical style that emphasizes the use of sustained or repeated sounds, notes, or tone-clusters – called drones. It is typically characterized by lengthy audio programs with relatively slight harmonic variations throughout each piece compared to other musics...

 spectrum of Boris' work. The Evil disc's emphasis is on guitar

Guitar

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-work, falling into the doom-metal range of Boris.

The album was originally released on double

Double album

A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....

 vinyl in a pressing of 1000 copies; 200 on grey vinyl and 800 on black. The intention is for both LPs to be played simultaneously, though they can also be listened to separately. The artwork for this release was done by Stephen O'Malley

Stephen O'Malley

Stephen O'Malley is a musician, predominantly a guitarist, producer and composer from Seattle, Washington who has conceptualized and participated in numerous drone doom, death/doom, and experimental music groups....

 of Sunn O)))

Sunn O)))

Sunn O))) is an American doom metal band known for its synthesis of diverse genres including drone, ambient, noise, and black metal. Supported by a varying cast of collaborators, the band has two core members: Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson .-History:Sunn O))) is named after the Sunn...

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Dronevil was re-released through Inoxia Records

Inoxia Records

Inoxia Records is a Japanese record label that is closely related to the Japanese band Boris. In addition to releasing material, they also distribute other Japanese labels such as Daymare Recordings, Pedal Records, and Diwphalanx Records.-Discography:...

 as Dronevil -Final- in 2006 on (double) CD format, remastered by Jason Lescalleet with two additional tracks not found on the original release.

Original vinyl LP

Dronevil -Final- CD

Pressing history

Year	Label	Format	Country	Out of Print?	Notes
2005	Misanthropic Agenda	2LP	U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Yes	Ltd. 1000. 200 gray vinyl, 800 black vinyl
2006	Inoxia Records Inoxia Records Inoxia Records is a Japanese record label that is closely related to the Japanese band Boris. In addition to releasing material, they also distribute other Japanese labels such as Daymare Recordings, Pedal Records, and Diwphalanx Records.-Discography:...	2CD	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	No