also hi willie i read the entire review and didnt even realise it was you till i saw the first comment

i somehow got an og copy of this, which i paid way too much for lmao

good album for sure

Album Rating: 3.8

also hi willie i read the entire review and didnt even realise it was you till i saw the first comment

Is that good or bad? Ha ha.

lol qwe sighting

BMDrummer I have one too, found it used at my local record store. I don't remember how much I paid for it but I don't think it was that much

Album Rating: 3.8

The original one I bought had extra songs on it. I wish those would have been remastered too.

Album Rating: 3.8

It's in the review, but... it sounds better ;) No, the drums have a crisper sound and so does the bass. Also the guitars are mixed a little higher so that they don't feel so buried. The vocals seem about the same. Definitely more separation between instruments.

It sounds really great, glad they decided to do this. I was never able to fully appreciate this album until now

Album Rating: 3.8

It's one of those things, I guess. When I listened to the new version I though it might sound better but I wasn't 100% sure, so it's not a 'revolutionizing' remaster or anything. But, once I was clicking back and forth between the original and the remaster, it was obvious.

"The Word as Law is the only album where the band really wear their progressive influences on their sleeve"

I highly disagree with this. Prog metal isn't just about virtuosity and technicality... I tend to include a lot of post metal under the prog metal umbrella for other reasons revolving around the genre's traits. Namely: long compositions, multiple sections, influences from classical and jazz, conceptual pieces, etc. Idk, I always considered Neurosis' output (especially Souls at Zero, Enemy of the Sun, and Through Silver in Blood) to have a heavy prog influence to it.

Kinda the same reason I consider Pink Floyd a prog artist. Either way, just my two cents. This review still kicks ass :]

"I'm open to suggestions..."

hey man I'm here to nitpick not offer constructive criticism

Is that good or bad? Ha ha.


Well i like to think back in the day I woulda clocked you by your writing. Been awhile I guess. Good review though man. I love the crustyness in this

Album Rating: 3.8

It might not be you, it could definitely be me. The last review I wrote before this one was in November of 2016, and this was definitely harder to write than it should have been.

Album Rating: 3.5

I always thought that TWAL was a pretty good album despite the leap in sound they took from it to Souls at Zero, but this remaster really made me appreciate the album even more. Much more punchier and less flat for lack of a better way of putting it.

Album Rating: 3.8

I highly disagree with this. Prog metal isn't just about virtuosity and technicality... I tend to include a lot of post metal under the prog metal umbrella for other reasons revolving around the genre's traits. Namely: long compositions, multiple sections, influences from classical and jazz, conceptual pieces, etc. Idk, I always considered Neurosis' output (especially Souls at Zero, Enemy of the Sun, and Through Silver in Blood) to have a heavy prog influence to it.

Kinda the same reason I consider Pink Floyd a prog artist. Either way, just my two cents. This review still kicks ass :]

I kind of already answered to this on the first page, so I'm just going to repost... I mean their debut album is basically standard hardcore with some metal influence. Souls At Zero has some of the same progressive influences as The Word As Law, but they had already started to give way to the lumbering song structures and 'post metal' that would come to define them. And everything after that is the lethargic post metal they're known for. Of course, post metal by definition has some prog influences in its song structures, but as far standard prog metal genre musicianship and things like that, it can only really be found here.



I always thought that TWAL was a pretty good album despite the leap in sound they took from it to Souls at Zero, but this remaster really made me appreciate the album even more. Much more punchier and less flat for lack of a better way of putting it.

Yeah, hopefully all these Neurosis fans make an effort to check out an improved version of their early stuff.

I already saw that first comment you made, but it's fine. Lol

Album Rating: 3.8

Okay. I'll expand on it... I don't really see long song structures as progressive or you'd have to call all doom and post metal progressive no matter how repetitive those 10+ minutes were. And there are post metal bands that use classical and jazz influences, but I don't really count Neurosis among them. Each album since this one has had less and less 'prog' influences, IMO, until they pretty well disappeared.

You don't like Neurosis if you can't dig their first two albums.

Album Rating: 3.8

I totally agree. Also, "Souls At Zero" is and always will be their best ;)

Album Rating: 3.5

This is a pleasant surprise, not heard the original master but this is a solid album. I can see how they went from this to Souls at Zero (which I love). I’m interested in checking Pain of Mind now just to see how they arrived here.