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| Neurosis Ranked By Album Cover
I'll be starting from the beginning of Neurosis proper (meaning Souls and beyond), and including only full-length releases. Please enjoy.... Also I don't think any of these covers are bad by any means, just wanted to pit them against each other. | | 1 |  | Neurosis
Times of Grace
It's just a wolf, with a tongue of fire, about to be engulfed in flames. The components of this cover aren't extremely special, but they're executed in the most perfect way they could've been. Simply put, it's a beautiful illustration. It harkens to the bestial quality of Neurosis' sound and has a very organic feel (the texture that was applied to physical copies certainly helped with this). However, the cover's also very straight forward, and is very memorable. This album is the best thing Neurosis ever did in every way. | | 2 |  | Neurosis
Given to the Rising
For the most part, as Neurosis matured, so did their artwork. Here we have a very clean, simple photograph by Josh Graham (who had been collaborating with the band for some time at this point). Again, this one is very easy to remember. The statue itself is in a town square in Romania (if I recall correctly), or some other Eastern European nation, and was simply modified with an impressive pair of antlers made to be tusks, then applied to a plain black background. It's a cover that maintains the right amount of surreality, without going over the top with a good idea. | | 3 |  | Neurosis
The Eye of Every Storm
Another basic format for a cover succeeds. By far the most barren cover on this list, but yet again, it's hard to forget such a striking cover. The fade from pure white to grey is a nice touch, and the hurricane is oddly inviting, which seems appropriate for this being widely regarded as their most accessible work. | | 4 |  | Neurosis
A Sun That Never Sets
This cover is intense to look at. The sheer amount of red and black and grey strokes passing over and under one another is entrancing, and it makes for the densest looking Neurosis cover. I can only imagine the horror we would feel of our own sun looked like this. | | 5 |  | Neurosis
Through Silver In Blood
I really do enjoy the layering of images on TSIB's cover, although it is ever so slightly heavy handed. However, it is a badass cover. Snakes latching on to some deities hollowed eyes and drawing blood? One could argue this being their most "metal" cover | | 6 |  | Neurosis
Honor Found In Decay
This photo was well put together, but all the background accoutrement is really unnecessary for the front cover (it is cool on the lyrics sheet). This one may have been up with TEOES or GTTR if not for that. | | 7 |  | Neurosis
Enemy of the Sun
This cover definitely could've been better. It suffers mainly due to the flames coming off the statue. I don't know how they would've improved them, but if you look at the cover long enough, it just makes it look a bit too copy and pasted. | | 8 |  | Neurosis
Souls At Zero
The of this cover is much better than the original. Mainly because the new version has a completely hand drawn look. It just looks like the photo was thrown together, and the whole snake eating its tail thing doesn't seem that inspired. | |
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02.27.14 | Yeah, I really like the cover of Times of Grace, too. | YoYoMancuso
02.27.14 | dude 5 is 1 for me because i didn't know it was a face for literally forever and when I figured it out my mind separated | neurisis17
02.27.14 | haha nice man | VisionsFromTheDarkSide
02.27.14 | I'd have to say 4 and 7 are my favourite covers | conesmoke
02.27.14 | 7 is hilarious. Cracks me up every time lol. | DominionMM1
02.28.14 | 2 is 1 especially on the triple gatefold vinyl | Snake.
02.28.14 | 4 is 1. | Inveigh
02.28.14 | 1, 2 and 5 are my favorites, but I might have to agree with Dom here on GttR being their best album cover. especially that vinyl... | DominionMM1
02.28.14 | http://suspendedinlight.com/apparel#/id/i6263849 | PistolPete
02.28.14 | 5 is 1 for sure. 3's is super plain and not memorable. 6 was an average album but man that album cover is sick. | climactic
02.28.14 | 2 IS CLEARLY THE BEST GUYS | Relinquished
02.28.14 | the art within some of these albums are also fuckin great | Ending
02.28.14 | 5 is 1 on this list and 5 is 1 in general if you ask me. | neurisis17
02.28.14 | for sure. and to go a step further, the full length companion DVD for ASTNS is really cool as well. although I haven't seen all of it (my dad's copy not mine). | Relinquished
02.28.14 | it should be on yt if you wanna finish it | climactic
02.28.14 | your dad rocks | neurisis17
02.28.14 | I've seen some of the individual songs (videos) up, but I haven't seen the full DVD, and I feel it would be important to be able to not be distracted by the constant breaks to pull up the next song.
And absolutely he does, If it weren't for him I would never have gotten into half of the music I now love. | Relinquished
02.28.14 | I dig the DVD, shame about the repetitiveness
but damn near had a catharsis with the DVD on PCP | neurisis17
02.28.14 | hahahaha well damn, perhaps I'll have to compare it sober and on perhaps a less intense drug than PCP. |
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