Through silver in blood we stand
Judged not by eyes of flesh
When transit times cross
Prey vision consumed
Bleeding one
Bleed alone
Breeding love
Windstorm promised the teeth
Strained eyes see glory
Rings end in slow death
Wash out your wound
Rings end in slow death
Don’t crawl
Seek his burn of war
When the fallout comes
He is fire
I used to play this song all the time on my radio show, and about the 5 minute mark I wold start getting phone calls, asking how much longer it was going to last. I think people couldn't wrap their heads around a 12 minute song on the radio.
This is probably the best album I have ever listened to. I was a massive Tool fan about 5 years ago now sitting in agony waiting for a new album having no idea who Neurosis were. Fast forward 5 years and here I am at a venue at the most intense, surreal and intimate gig I have ever witnessed and that includes Tool, NIN, Machinehead and a host of others. Got to shake Steve Von Till and Scott Kelly's hand just to thank them for the experience! I couldn't care less if Tool released another album now (although I love Puscifer). It all started with Isis and then a gradual transition to Neurosis. I am sad I have only just found them but being an Australian Neurosis fan is hard. They have only toured here twice but I can't complain. They have jobs and young families and we are a long, long way away for band whose motivation is raw emotion and energy rather than money.
Just saw them live and I can say that their concert was one of the most intense, extreme and unnerving experiences I've ever had. This was the last song they played and throughout it I felt like my cells wanted to rip themselves to shreds and divide. Jaw dropping performance... It was like someone chocking you, but you wouldn't die, you would just suffocate for an hour straight... Neurosis and Swans are just the best bands that I've seen live. Every "extreme" musician should aspire to be just like them.
Through silver in blood
We stand judged not by
Eyes of flesh, when
Transit times cross
Prey vision consumed
Bleeding one
Bleed alone
Breeding love
Windstorm promised
The teeth strained
Eyes see glory
Rings end in slow
Death wash out
Your wound, rings
End in slow death
Don't crawl seek his burn of war
When the fallout comes he is fire
There are so many good bands, I'm always finding new ones in multiple genres. This is that point where you listen to a band you've been meaning to check out and you go "where the hell have I been? This is great!"
holy crap, i can definitely see how neurosis influenced mastodon with just this song. it has that same beat heavy awesomeness present in the leviathan and blood mountain albums. and the singing styles are nearly identical.
You may find Neurosis boring but you're wrong about it trying to be prog metal. Neurosis is closer to No Wave and noise rock which tends to involve "abrasive atonal sounds, repetitive driving rhythms, and a tendency to emphasize musical texture over melody" Prog.metal is concerned with experimenting thru technique and theoretical complexity which I'm not hearing at all in Neurosis. Neurosis have a hardcore punk background. the technical aspects of Prog metal are of no interest to them.
This band absolutely blew me away, there is something special about this band and i don't really know how to describe it. There is this raw intense primordial energy, its very deep and captivating.
I saw these guys when I was in University like 14 or 15 years ago. They had three drum kits set up, all this tribal drumming... blew my fucking mind. amazing show.