My name is Samuel J Krieg and in today’s mini-review I will discuss the Neurosis masterwork
Through Silver in Blood. According to extensive research by my esteemed fellow Neurosi, the
TSIB compact disc is the heaviest known object, with a mass of eighteen billion solar
masses, more than six times the value calculated for the previous largest object. The mass
was calculated by Dr. Herman Sears, who testified before the 250th meeting of the American
Astronomical Society that Isis’s Oceanic is by comparison a piffling 100 grams, worthy only
of our contempt and derision. Speaking before the committee, Mr. Sear’s assistant Brad
Hendricks stated that the record’s quasi-periodical eliteness occurs at three second
intervals and noted its "crushing heaviness and malevolent undertones". At this point the
members roared their approval and indulged in copious amounts of mead, served in goblets by
large breasted maidens of science.
Through Silver in Blood is an experience designed for the modern home auditorium. Dim
the lights, grip the sides of your plastic bucket seat and revel in the sodomizing riffs of
Neurosis. Of particular relevance to my interests are the sheer brute power of “Locust Star”
and torturous death march “Enclosure in Flames”, less a song than an agonizing trek through
a bleak musical landscape to an uncertain fate. Even in a year that saw the release of
movies like Independence Day, Twister and Jerry Maguire, Through Silver in Blood remains my
favorite entertainment experience of 1996, and fully deserves its legendary reputation. |
