Through Silver in Blood

Artist: Neurosis
Label: Relapse
Category: Music

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Media: LP Record
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 781676693818
EAN: 0781676693818
ASIN: B00000112P

Release Date: 1996-04-30

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Tracks:

Through Silver in Blood
Rehumanize
Eye
Purify
Locust Star
Strength of Fates
Become the Ocean
Aeon
Enclosure in Flame

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Customer Reviews:

Catastrophic violence in musical form.......2006-05-23

War. Catastrophe. Conflict. - Things that are said to bring out the most true and intense emotions in us. Maelstroms that smash through whatever is in their way, engulfing and consuming everything and everyone into a hellish orgy of violence. All that is left is a demolished landscape, full of survivors who will rise from these ashes, gather new arms and continue the violence. While for a time their may be a sorrowful form of peace and tranquility, but it is ultimately shattered once more.

War is the sound of Neurosis's Through Silver in Blood. Their methods of creating catastrophe are too many and too intricate for me to even break the surface of; they range from blasts of vicious, heavily distorted guitars to flawless orchestral sections to industrial influenced sampling and almost anything else available to these musical masterminds. I will make some attempt to convey the pure heaviness, destruction and genius of this album though.

The opener/title track makes its purpose known early in the album with a 10 minute dirge of tidal wave guitars, tribal rhythms, and brutally screamed vocals. Just as you think the song cannot do anything but explode into an immense sonic fireball; it slowly and painfully trundles to a stop. "Through Silver in Blood" is a perfect introduction to the agonizing hour that will then follow it.

While Neurosis's heavy sections are so good I don't even feel the need to comment on them, what really makes them special are the quiet parts. The disturbing sampling on "Rehumanize"; the minimalist, pained, and emotive vocals on "Strength of Fate"; the hollow, mourning, piano section that forms the main part of the funeral march style introduction to "Aeon"; and the tense rising and falling volume of "Enclosure In Flame" all combine with the vicious heavy sections to create all sorts of emotions and soundscapes. I can't help but thing of some demolished, totally leveled landscape when I hear "Strength of Fate", or the marching of armies when the punishing second half of "Aeon" kicks into gear. On the flipside there is a militaristic triumph about the song "Through Silver in Blood", as though an army is marching to war or Godzilla is just about to complete his march through the sea onto some unsuspecting metropolis.

I think that the each of Neurosis's releases after Through Silver In Bloood are masterpieces in their own way. As a band they are a huge influence on the post-metal thing that is being embraced in the form of Isis, Buried Inside, Pelican and Cult of Luna, but also they are the best at it - none of those bands can match the shear triumph, spirituality and emotional power of Neurosis. Listening to one of their albums is like being hit in the face with a brick wall, a totally overused saying while describing this style of music but suits it perfectly.

can't say i've heard this before.......2005-12-19

i must say, Neurosis is one of the most original and unique bands i've heard in a long time. i hated them the first time i heard them. just sounded like a bunch of artsy-fartsy noise with some fuzzed guitar and tribal drumming. but then i got hooked on a few songs of theirs, bought this and then BAM... i finally realized how incredible they are. i don't quite understand why so many people label them "hardcore." i can't say i enjoy ANY hardcore band, yet Neurosis is incredible. to be honest, Neurosis is one onf those bands that you can almost classify, but then they suprise you with something that breaches any limitation you can put on them. they are as close to hardcore as they are euro-pop. many will never really get this band, and i see why. they are a little strange, they do require some patience. however, for those who openly endure those first few listens, the rewards of Neurosis are endless.

Amazing .......2005-11-23

I don't think Neurosis has or ever will record anything that sucks. You'll always see 4-5 star ratings for them because the people who buy their records understand all the elements of what makes good music..."Good lyrics + amazing musicianship =great songs."
If you haven't been introduced to Neurosis, you're either missing out, or, you simply wouldn't get it. If you appreciate music with a message, you will love Neurosis.

soundtrack to the worlds end..before or after?.......2005-02-25

i can't tell if this sounds like the world being destroyed or what it would sound like after it was already destroyed. either way, i believe i have finally found the sound i've been searching for.

Wow... close to perfect........2004-03-19

Neurosis, Through Silver in Blood (Relapse, 1996)

Relapse continues to show it's the best label in America dedicated to releasing metal, consistently producing top-notch discs by bands that push the envelope. Neurosis has been one of those bands for a lot of years now.

Through Silver in Blood, the band's fifth full-length disc, combines straight-ahead metal, vocals that tread lightly into hardcore territory, epic structuring (four songs either approach or exceed ten minutes, none of them with Eric Clapton-ish extended bits that have nothing to do with the song's overall structure), and actual dynamics. Yes, there are soft bits!

The lyrics are a bit, well, twee ("Our destiny awaits/Survival of our wrath/The frigid apparition/Waits silently transcendent..." from "Purify," for example), but that's not terribly unsurprising on an album so top-heavy with mystical topics. But then, Steve von Till's shattered-glass-filled throat is going to make most of them unintelligible to you until you've listened to the disc enough that the music has you utterly captivated.

One of the better metal albums in my collection. Almost on a par with Elhaz' The Black Flame. **** ý

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