Before I begin there are 2 notes I have to make.
1. I did not the proper release date I checked a little bit and could not find it anywhere
2. I did not put the bonus tracks on the tracklist.
Now without further adue the review:
Neurosis (1992):
Scott Kelly - Guitars, Vocals
Steve Von Till - Guitars, Vocals
Dave Edwardson - Bass, Vocals
Simon Mcllroy - Keyboards, Tapes, Samples
Jason Roeder - Drums
Adam Kendall - Visual Media
Neurosis are a very dense band a wall of noise and a very powerful one they create such intense music. You really need to sit down and listen to these with there dual singing the synth and keyboards create the paranoid line behind the music but always seems frontal. The guitars always play for the song not for the guitars. Then they show something that Neurosis are great for stopping full flow and going into a dark and scary tunnel so to say maybe with an acoustic interlude and keyboards very haunting music with very long and and spaced out vocals. Even though it seems so dark there is something beautiful playing with the cellos or a violin or piano which is what makes neurosis so great. Neurosis are also a band that must be seen live to really have the full experience. If you ask any Neurosis fan who has seen them live they will have no words just sit there for Neurosis live
is like being reborn you have to watch them more than once to really understand what is going on.
Now this album for me is something special sometimes I will despise it sometimes I will be astonished at the musicmanship on this album. It is by far Neurosis' most ambitious release. Also there most Accessible, if someone asked me for a great Neurosis album to start on I would give them this.
They hit the nail on alot of track's, not overdoing the reptition which seems to be a factor they have somtimes if your no in the greatest mood for them. There was alot of variation on this album and some of the greatest riffs I have ever heard.
Souls At Zero is one of my favourite tracks on this album it is great throughout and that little guitar line that keeps poppin out is too catchy to get bored of (if that makes sense). They use Piano in this song which is not unfamiliar to Neurosis. They use the piano subtley but when you hear it yout think it is gorgeous. There are extremely catchy crunchy riffs in this song. It flows into the next track which is called Zero which is a man talking and that little guitar line once again.
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The Flight in some ways is very dark and very beautiful with screaming vocals and keyboards with screeching guitars with dark and brooding bass and drums that always fit the song prefectly not showing off a solid rythm.
The Web has some of the greatest riffs I have ever heard they are so heavy it also shows what poets Neurosis are with there Lyrics usualy describing time and the world and the evolution in humanity and many other things there beliefs there philosophy Neurosis are some of the best lyricsists I have ever read or heard. The Web has to be one of the moost grooving songs Neurosis have ever made throughout you strangely feel like dancing or flailing your body to the music.
Sterile Vision comes in with an Acoustic guitar with some strange dream effect going on and strangely reminds me of the olden times. An amazing melodic riff comes through a few times then the song finnaly evolves with Scott screaming and the song falling into a great rythm and then it becomes a typical Neurosis song but with some twists. This song leads on a more unhappy note with most Neurosis music, with Sterile Vision nearing the end it leads to one of the greatest pieces of music I have heard near the end with an amazing guitar line and Trumpets and it is just breathtaking with Scottt Screaming sterile over and over again. Then complete destruction with some Women singing.[B A Chronology of Survival[B/] follows with jsut bass starting up and some guitar lines that are barely heard and Noah working away on keyboards and whatever he comes up with. The acoustic guitar sees the light of day on another Neurosis song twanging away but barely moving away from the mesh of music. Then the disortion kicks in falling in a downward spiral while they sing The cycles they are crawling Thrive. Then they let the music loose going into a Neurosis trademark which then leads into what seems to be a guitar solo but really just feedback, through this comes up one of my favourite parts in any Neurosis song "Rise Run Feed Rip[en Wound Wither Rise Again" in a Tribal chant. A beautiful acoustic passage kicks in but what makes this so nice is the violin playing in and out through this whole acoustic passage then disortion kicks in with the violin and acoustic guitar another phenomonal moment in this album.
Stripped a song that seems with alot of review's floating about gets alot of attention as the best song on that album. It goes through the acoustic guitar and that dreamy type effect on it, it just suddenly seems to break into the riffage and what do I hear? a solo on guitar and as soon as it starts its over only to be left with a viola playing on its. Breaks into another great riff which then falls back in the acoustic with what it seems to be proper singing on. The riff breaks back in but with a difference with a little violin quartet and also arrgh I dont know the instrument but the noise that clocks make. This song just keeps flowing into and out of acoustic guitar amaazingly. Probably one of the most uplifting leads are in this song and it has to be heard to be understood I actually honestly cant review this song properly it just has something in it that doesnt aloow it to be propperly review it is amazing song. Download it now to see the glory that is this song. If this album had all bad songs and this song was the only realy shining moment it would get a 4/5 just for this song.
Takahnase come in with a man talking about destruction (something that neurosis knows music wise) I am getting tired of saying this but another acoustic passage and then we hear the Neurosis trademark the full outburst and screaming in all that it reminds you is destruction but there is always something so melodic on this. This is probably one of the most friendly songs on this album with the hypnotic chanting from Simon popping in here and there. With Scott/Steve Screaming it always seems is gonna be unpleasent. Then the bassist (Dave) comes in with his low growls anf just such an outburst and a chug chug riff then flows back into that memorable riff that they seem to carry onto another song on
Enemy Of The Sun. There is alot of audio of people talking on this song which fits into little bridges a man and a woman comes in once or twice. The song ends out on what seems to be evry live concert just a clash of Instruments. The last song is really them and an acoustic guitar alternating between that and the band getting heavy.
Pros:
+Album that will easily guide you into Neurosis
+Some amazing Ideas
+Calmed down on the repition
Cons:
-You may find yourself to have to be in the right mood for this album
Well thats the end of my review I hope someone has liked it.
