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| Released | April 26, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2000–2001 | |||
| Studio | Sound Square and Bedroom, Itabashi | |||
| Genre | Dark ambient, noise | |||
| Length | 61:26 | |||
| Label | Inoxia | |||
| Producer | Boris with Merzbow | |||
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Megatone is a collaborative album between the Japanese experimental doom band Boris and the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. [1] [2]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "It Continues Waiting for a Headronefish" | 23:26 |
| 2. | "Encounter with the Inside of the Wavemotion of Great Water Fuzz" | 20:04 |
| 3. | "…And Texas Spaceship" | 17:56 |
| Total length: | 61:26 | |
Boris with Merzbow
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