Years Active:
1985 -
Present
Records to
Date: 11
Genre: Post Metal | Experimental
|
Progressive
| Sludge | Ambient |
Hardcore
| Crust
Labels: Neurot Recordings |
Relapse
Records
The Band:
Scott Kelly | guitar, vocals, percussion
Steve Von Till | guitar, vocals, percussion
Noah Landis | keyboards, synthesizer, sampling
Dave Edwardson | bass guitar, backing vocals
Jason Roeder | drums, percussion
Pete Inc. | visuals
Additional musicians
John Goff | bagpipes
Martha Burns | cello
Kris Force | violin
The Review:
It
has been 20 years since the release of the monumental 'Through Silver in Blood' and its power and influence is as strong
today as it ever was.
From
the opening mechanical noise of the title track (Noah Landis' first appearance
on a Neurosis
record) it's evident that something special is happening. Managing to make a 12
minute song simultaneously feel like a flash and a lifetime, this is the sound
of a cohesive unit firing on all cylinders. Tracks like the raging 'Eye', the decadent 'Aeon' and the incredible 'Locust Star' strike a chord with the
audience with their sheer force and ethereal overtones and are still met with
rapturous cheers and applause when they're played.
The
epic 'Purify' and 'Strength Of Fate' serve as lengthy
legs of the journey while brief interludes of 'Rehumanize' and 'Become The
Ocean' serve as pit stops that enhance your awareness along the way. It
closes with the often overlooked and underrated 'Enclosure in Flame' and leaves your spirit obliterated...but
refreshed, regenerated and ready to begin again, awakened.
While
many bands up to and throughout 1996 had travelled well worn paths to reach the
top of the mountain, Neurosis had been carving stone, digging earth
and building, slowly and meticulously for 10 years, through this, everyone
realised Neurosis
had made their own mountain and were now at the top. While many feel that this
and 1999's 'Times Of Grace' remain
their best work, they seem to have missed the point, 'Through Silver In Blood' is a one of a kind album, trying to
repeat it would be a foolish and unrewarding move. There will never be another Neurosis,
they've continued to push the envelope, adding more earth to their already
towering mountain, they sit, godlike, watching the world spin.
Album
Details:
“Through Silver in Blood” is the fifth album from Neurosis. The album was released on
April 2, 1996, and was their first record to be released under Relapse
Records. The album was recorded at Brilliant and Coast, SF
and produced by Neurosis and Billy Anderson. Mixed at Different Fur, SF and
mastered by George at Fantasy, Berkley
During an interview with “Chronicles of
Chaos” in 1996, bassist Dave Edwardson was asked “What is the
most important thing that you want a Neurosis fan to get out of this record? To which his response was
DE: “For people to be inspired by it. Maybe with the emotions we reveal
people can relate to it and get through that shit. To have a part of it speak
to their deeper self or soul. That is what we'd like to see come out of it.”
“Through
Silver in Blood” track listing:
1).
Through Silver in Blood
2).
Rehumanize
3).
Eye
4).
Purify
5).
Locust Star
6).
Strength of Fates
7).
Become the Ocean
8).
Aeon
9).
Enclosure in Flame
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