When I listen to this track I don't even notice that they're pretty much playing the same thing for 9 minutes because I get swept up in the layering and hypnotic repetitions. For a lack of a better term I'd call this a "feelings" band. If you feel it, you'll dig the hell out of it. If not, you get kinda bored haha. But I think that this counts for a lot of bands in this genre.
Neurosis is one of my favorite bands. I find it kind of strange that this song got the most votes. It's an odd one to introduce somebody to Neurosis with in my opinion, but I still love it. Thanks for checking it out.
Should have started with Locust Star. This song hooked me on Neurosis. Absolutely love this band, but it takes some time to get into them. Production by Steve Albini, so yeah it's pretty amazing.
I appreciate the shoutout on the Isis video. You should consider doing another neurosis song called Under the Surface. There are so many different shades of Neurosis.
This is one of my favorite Nerurosis songs, but if you're not a fan of repetition it's probably not the best first listen. Pretty much every other Neurosis song I've heard has constant change ups and different sections, usually they keep the same groove throughout the song but it's not just one riff the whole time haha. For a second listen I'd suggest checking out their song Purify.
Try these songs: Souls at Zero Lost Through Silver in Blood The Doorway The Last You'll Know Locust Star Bridges Distill My Heart for Deliverance At the Well Broken Ground
repetition in this kind of music is like a mantra of some sort, it is even more common in some others musical style like doom, desert rock or drone. It is like a trip, a circula motion, a brain massage maybe
Water is not enough hooked me into Neurosis, when I heard them on Brutal Assault in 2008 or so, they played around midnight, and I was little bit drunk and tired but, everything felt just fine at that moment, I will never forget it.
This guy has just been poorly served by the recommendations. IMHO Neurosis fell off after Times of Grace. From Enemy of the Sun to that album, they were on fire. So, songs like Purify, Locust Star, The Last You'll Know, Through Silver and Blood, Enemy of the Sun or Lost would have been a 100 times better to point him towards as they still had gas in the tank. All the stuff they've done with Albini after TOG has been trash to me.
This is definitely one of the more repetitive songs from Neurosis so it's not one of the best entry songs to their music. Anyway, Neurosis has never been about complex compositions (at the microlevel, the songs might have multiple different passages and therefore complex structures), but their music is rather a meditative experience, a journey and it's all about timbre, texture and emotion. Some really intense emotions are expressed frequently in their music. They can be at the same time very heavy and rhytmic while still having this meditative calmness present. That's why I love their music so much. Thanks for your reaction!
once you exit the entry plug of NEUROSIS. there is and afterbirth music is more that a persons interpretation......... Define your own likes. be your own self
Rather than referring to this song as a single riff - which it's not - rather all the riffs in the song follow a singular musical theme. There are at least 4 or 5 seperate distinct riffs in this song, all basically variations of the theme. I love the kind of walking bassline underneath the coda, with the dissonant detuned lead over top and the filtered distortion to mimic a violent storm. Very cleverly written.
The thing with post - metal (and post-rock) is that its to repetitive but playing the same chords, notes, etc. create an atmosphere very unique and i think sometimes you need to be in the mindset or mood to just focus on the atmosphere and what it provokes inside you (sorry for my grammar, english is not my first language). Anyway you should check out Rosetta - Europa from their album Galilean Satellites kinda of space post - metal hahahaha(fun fact: that album consists of 2 cd's and you can mix them up or combine to create a "new" song). Ps: also check out Night Verses! (yes im gonna keep spaming until you react to them hahahaha)
I went to a Converge concert and after their set Neurosis played and it was almost a lullaby feeling compared to Converge. It feels repetitive and lulls.
Don't worry about your English, you explained yourself very well. As to your point, I totally get that. There hasn't been anything else on the channel so far quite like post-metal and its adherence to atmosphere. It is unique and if that's what you dig then there really isn't anywhere else to get this. I'll keep the mindset concept in mind he come back to some post-metal on my own time, meeting it on its terms rather than my own.
So...Neurosis be like buying this expensive guitar, playing just this one riff until the bridge hambucker fries and then continue on the neck humbucker until... Well, will you outlive it? They call it: play with feeling.
Weird song to be recommended, but it's not bad for Neurosis. Locust Star is their defining masterpiece, Burn is fantastic as well, you should find the time off-camera to check those two out!
I honestly never paid that much attention to how repetitive this is until I saw someone listening to it, haha! But that's just it, to me it's meditative. The repetition with the little nuances in there are what make it what it is in my opinion, but appreciate your take! And thanks for the shoutout. ;) This is the close to an album though, so the repetition and the degradation of the sound throughout is sort of speaking to the album's build-up and eventual super-nove-esque explosion of sound. But yes, the ALBUM is fantastic, and their tracks are made to fall in line. EDIT: What you said about how you weren't listening for the right thing, I think is pretty spot on. This is a band that you have to *listen* to intently, and it's a mood for sure. Throw out music theory and just vibe and hear the little sounds that hide in the background, the rasp of their voices (there's two vocalists/guitarists), and get swept away in their production and songwriting more than their technical musicianship. I would, if you revisit, recommend The Eye of Every Storm, off the album of the same name. It's a VERY slow melodic album of theirs, it was the album that got me into them. But the song has a good... vibe. Which is pretty much what Neurosis is, haha. On your own time, listen to an album from start to finish. It makes a difference for a first-time listen, absolutely. Their songs are ordered very specifically and written specifically to flow a certain way, and this song being a closer probably wasn't the best for me to recommend, haha. But hey, I hope you go back to them even in your own time, they're worth a vibe or two, my dude.
Certainly live, with VOLUME, I've seen then with hardly anyone in the audience moving. It's like being caught in a sonic maelstrom. Try it slightly inebriated with the stereo loud enough to scare the crackhouse next door ;) GYBE is a good comparison. Similar live experience. Mesmerising and elemental.
Thanks for the shoutout man! I should've put a song down but if you were going to give Neurosis another shot I would definitely go for one of these - "Locust Star", "To Crawl Under One's Skin", "Stripped", "The Doorway", "Purify". Neurosis are one of the progenitors of post-metal with their third album Souls At Zero being considered one of the first post-metal albums.
Ok, I just re-listened to all of these and the one to go for has to be Purify. I would say it has literally everything that makes Neurosis such an important band.
So this album came as a turning point in their career when they finally transitioned to post-metal. You might say "I thought they were a post-metal band already!" but post-metal wasn't really codified back when Neurosis basically fathered the genre, and they were really atmospheric sludge metal. Their two previous albums I find to be much better and darker, but also much more innovative (especially Through Silver In Blood which has a WAY more oppressive and darker sound). Said two albums also have a sound that feels entirely different from anything else post-metal and a sound that definitely lives up to the name "Neurosis". There will be a bit of repetition still but I'd wager a track like Through Silver In Blood, Locust Star or Aeon (all off the Through Silver And Blood album) will be a much better testament to the Neurosis sound and to their creativity. Cheers again for the content and hope your channel keeps growing brother
If you look for a post-metal band especially after listening Neurosis, give a shot YOB - Adrift in the Ocean. You'll be surprised what you're hearing. YOB is on top with Neurosis in post-metal genre.
I always loved the ending of this because it has that feeling like the music is overwhelming the speakers and is on the verge of jumping out of the woofer and beating you about the face. There's some sort of narrative to it, and I'm not exactly sure what it is, but it's vaguely of impending doom/catastrophe/apocalypse. This kind of music is probably best listened to with a more cinematic mindest. Granted, that's easy for me to say, I am not a musician and not saddled with that particular burden of perspective.
The song is about an impact from outer space, I say. Sonthe ending obviously is just that. When no human really doesn't feel or sense anything anymore amidst the chaos.
I've only listened to their album Through Silver and Blood and thought that was great. I never went on to check out their other stuff but that's on me. I remember it being repetitious, but I feel like I remember the instrumentation being more interesting than this, definitely the drumming. I remember that album's music having a primal, tribal nature that I appreciated. And it was crushing as fuck in ways this is not. Didn't dislike this though and someone said it was the album's closing track so that makes sense.
i get that there's one riff, but there's so many different ideas on layers, tone and texture. It's a master class on iteration. not for everyone, but I think it's beautiful, meditative and has a feeling of being "immense". The ending thing I feel is like a decaying/skipping tape track. I feel it's meant to be almost a "wake up" procedure in hypnosis, gently bringing you up from the trance that the band has put you under.
I always accept that a single listen on a single song isn't a good way to judge a band. I'll always give a band multiple listens before I make a hard judgement of they're for me or not.
Neurosis is my favorite band and i think the atmosphere that they create through the entire song is unique and it´s an amazing sonic experience,when that tremolo picking riff starts,oh my,goosebumps,an emotion journey! I had the luck to see them live and it was the best show of my life.
Very late to the party, that record is from 2001, so that's a) them still laying groundwork for the whole Post Metal genre b) most probably not any kind of digital effect apart from the clipping. If you ever want to return to Neurosis, from this album I'd recommend "The Tide" (there should also be a video to that, AFAIR they shot a movie to the complete record), for older stuff I'd recommend "Locust Star" (as so many others did already) and for newer stuff I'd second "Distill (Watching the Swarm)". Also I wonder if you'd ever consider reviewing some track that you did a reaction to already after having had some time to really dig deep into it (and maybe take notes). I would be very interested. Thank you so much for doing all of this, I learn so much through you about songs I already love and I get to know new music I wasn't even aware of.
Probably one of the better and more important metal bands out there. I would’ve chosen something from Through Silver in Blood or Times of Grace for this though. This song is great, but it makes more sense after hearing the previous 2 albums
neurosis is incredible. Most of there albums have at least one or two really solid tracks. personal preference, but decidedly less post-metal, more sludge, times of grace and through silver in blood are personal favorites. every album is a little experimental pushing their sound forward and spinning off subgenres along the way.
Neurosis music is different, you need to be in a specific mood whilst listening it, so it can resonate with you, and enhance your feelings. It is a life story, monotonic repetitive, with slight modifications, and that makes this music and life interesting - what will be the actual small difference for the day. So don't count rhythm changes, riffs etc, just settle down and let your mind float.
@@CriticalReactions these guys came from the crust punk scene in California originally which was mostly addicts living in squats, if that helps with background info. This is actually after they got melodic.
Not really my fav Neurosis. But it’s the feeling their sound evokes that gets me mostly. To the Wind is what I prefer but then again, that’s the album I started with and even then it took a while before they clicked with me.
I'm sure the distorted wind sound you are describing is made with an instrument. It's a weird keyboard like thing with pedals, can't remember the name though.
Not sure if they're more black metal or post metal, but check out Reflection Pulse Remains by the band Altar of Plagues. Also Any Port by Intronaut which has more of a prog metal sound, but with some post metal elements. For something with more repetitive longevity and atmosphere like GY!BE have a listen to Cloud of Forgetting by Swans. Cheers! love your vids man.
For me, this is the kind of song I can just put on while driving, and let that riff take me away as it introduces different textures underneath. I see the repetitiveness, but I guess from my perspective the repetitive nature adds to the song, because the song just gradually changes over time through it's use of textures and engineering. So by the end, the repeated riff gets drowned out by distortion. I think the story is there in that sense, like something so familiar gradually becoming different (in a subtle way), and by the end the emotion conveyed from the riff changed into something else because of those other elements. Like in life, something familiar/repetitive, gradually dissolving into the absurd (yet, you still feel the familiarity coming out). Great reaction man! If this isn't your cup of tea, I'd recommend trying out "To Crawl Under One's Skin" the most (HIGHLY recommend that one), with Locust Star or Under the Surface as close seconds behind that. Neurosis is one of the fathers of Post Metal, along with ISIS and Cult of Luna. If you're interested in that genre, than I recommend checking out more Neurosis when you get a chance. :)
You are right, this song is an exploration in soundscapes. As a song it is highly repetitive, thus allowing for the listener to really experience the play with noise. Wouldn’t have been my first pick for an introduction to Neurosis, but what are you gonna do 🤷♂️
The first time i heard this song end, the way it drops off like that, i felt like i was dumped for the first time, lost my first pet, it was a feeling of being lost and incomplete , is still disturbs me to this day
Definitely a weird song to recommend, not really giving you the right side of the band. Yeah, they do a lot of this repetitive thingy, but for example their earlier albums like Souls At Zero or Through Silver In Blood are masterpieces Try these: Crib 45 - The Ghost Among Me Cult Of Luna - Nightwalkers Ghost Brigade - My Heart Is A Tomb The Moth Gatherer - Utopia Callisto - The Fugitive
I would assume the last selection tomorrow is probably Cult of Luna but I REALLY think you are missing out on the opportunity to play around with Rosetta's overlapping tracks from Galilean Satellites.
It's fun to think they began as an anarchopunk band ahah. Still the best concert of my life during the Given to the Rising tour. It just... swallows you into a vortex you can't escape. So here's a suggestion, with the 2nd best concert of my life : Oathbreaker - 10,56/Second Son of R. Caro Tanghe is somehow reliable to Julie Christmas ;)
Honestly, this song is a terrible representation of neurosis as a whole. Distil(watching the swarm) or Under the Surface would be more accurate. Pretty much any song other this one.
I'd say it's a bit unfair to react to one song by Neurosis. And especially this one. Yes, it is monotonous. But not if you listen to the entire album. Do a reaction on the entire Through silver in blood album. That's something that'll trigger the composer in you. You won't regret it.
The outro is just something I've thrown together. I want to expand upon it one day but I love how it turned out and I'm ok with it just staying as a single idea.
You definately need to check out some more songs by Neurosis. This is not representative of this awesome band in any way. They are pioneers and inspiration for most other bands in this genre.
I get the distaste, Post-Metal is my favorite genre, but I can certainly see how it is an acquired taste for so many. Obviously quite a bit of diversity in the genre though. You seemed to like Isis and The Ocean in the past, and Cult of Luna (as long as it is with Julie Christmas singing). I can see why too. Neurosis was the Post-Metal band to took me more time to enjoy, I believe it was primarily the singing that took me some time to enjoy. I LOVE this song though. I believe it is the "swaying" feeling it gives, and the nuances added on it, the exploratory nature on the riff it has. I usually describe Post-Metal as being a genre that explores nuances and layers on top of a riff, probably because you can only use that riff in one song. It's also a mix of light and dark (usually).
This is the album closer, which I guess is why it falls apart at the end. Maybe the song makes more sense in the context of the album, as a really long outro? I have tried to get into Neurosis but not been successful yet, despite liking most post-metal that I hear. Their albums pass me by and I find myself unengaged, maybe bored. I think maybe it's missing some elements I look for, and I am unsure of their songwriting approach - are they using the music to tell a story, or are they writing some instrumentals and putting some words over the top? One day things might change and I start enjoying them.
I appreciate that. They're my absolute favorite band, but I don't recommend them to many people because it's... obscure and weird, and unless you're there to listen to them, they're not passively interesting. It's not gonna be something where it's on in the background and someone's like "Oh, what's that?" when a part comes on. Nah, it's just a vibe, and if you ain't feelin' it, you ain't feelin' it. But I hope you keep giving them a chance, listen to their albums from start to finish rather than on shuffle. They're a journey!
Short answer, no. Long answer, noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Neurosis is a hard band to jump into. There's alot better songs to listen to by them that are not as repetitive. Ok so Neurosis is an album band. They write albums, so listening to 1 song of a record can be hard, and on top of that you listened to one of the last songs on that record which is a hard record. The whole record takes about how his wife tried to kill there child in the bath tub, how he had to stop it, and then his wife locked herself in their room, then hung herself, and he had to cut her down. So if you want to get a feel for Neurosis listen to something like "through Silver and blood" or even "to the wind". Those are a bit more straight forward. This track was ment to be the "epic closer" on a very hard expiremental album.
Alright man. Not for me either. I woulda turned this off about 1 minute in after the riff didn't change. Neurosis and ISIS have been around FOREVER. Mega respect for them, but yeah, nope. Just can't do it.
@@danielkorladis7869 no sir! I'm very attentive when it comes to music usually, but when there's no overall change in the theme or progression in the story of the song, it can get grinding at times. For me. Maybe to also make my former comment clearer, I've been in the HxC/metal scene for literal decades and have mega respect for Neurosis. This isn't the first time I've listened to them. I've seen them twice as well. Their music just is not for me. It has nothing to do with my musical attention span. :)
this wasnt your drink bro, point taken I drink my coffe black as the depths of infinite space.... others like like sweet like the inside of willi wonkas factory.
I like some repetitiveness in songs -- for example the way doom metal uses repetitiveness -- but this song was too much for me. If I’d been listening to this song on my own, I would have turned it off a minute or two into it. It’s a testament to your channel that I stuck it out -- had to see what you would say with the full context of the song. I can appreciate that this kind of groove clicks with other folks, just not for me yet. I'm more of a fan of post-metal bands like Alcest because their songs combine the repetitiveness with a strong sense of melody. But let’s see what tomorrow brings!
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I went through this band's discography twice; once because they're one of the most lauded bands of the last ~30 years, and again to see if I missed something. TBH, these guys just do nothing for me. If I had to guess why I love Cult of Luna and Isis and not this I think it's just because Isis does the whole wall-of-sound, atmospheric thing better and Cult of Luna does the "build-up to cataclysmic climaxes" thing better, and both are more willing to change or develop riffs and motifs. So your reaction pretty much mirrors my own to the band. Funny though you said you listen analytically first, because I'm more the opposite. I try to listen with pure feel/emotion first (and maybe second) and then if I like it, then I'll go back and listen analytically. RE post-pop; I've thought the same thing before. Probably the closest I've heard to it is someone like FKA Twigs, especially her first LP and first few EPs. All that said, I still kinda want you to listen to some Sunn O))) just so you can come back to stuff like this and think it sounds like Dream Theater by comparison!
@@CriticalReactions Oh, I'm sure youd' hate them! I have no interest in them either, but it's funny how far they've pushed the concept of repetitive drone. At least Neurosis et al, give you one riff. Sunn O))) strains to give you more than two notes!
You dont even have to break down your thoughts, your face says it all hahahah Check out some Karnivool man, i think you'd really appreciate their sound. Anything off Sound Awake
This is a pretty bad song choice for Neurosis. Should have definitely gone with "The Doorway" or maybe even "Through SIlver in Blood" or "Locus Star". Their earlier stuff is much more heavier and soul crushing compared to everything after that.
This is the kinda stuff that gives post metal a bad name haha. I don't mean any disrespect to the band but I find this so boring and gray sounding. Here's hoping to better songs in the coming days! Props to sticking this song out because I can't make it past the first minute
When I listen to this track I don't even notice that they're pretty much playing the same thing for 9 minutes because I get swept up in the layering and hypnotic repetitions. For a lack of a better term I'd call this a "feelings" band. If you feel it, you'll dig the hell out of it. If not, you get kinda bored haha. But I think that this counts for a lot of bands in this genre.
Neurosis is one of my favorite bands. I find it kind of strange that this song got the most votes. It's an odd one to introduce somebody to Neurosis with in my opinion, but I still love it. Thanks for checking it out.
I agree with you
Agreed
Should have started with Locust Star. This song hooked me on Neurosis. Absolutely love this band, but it takes some time to get into them.
Production by Steve Albini, so yeah it's pretty amazing.
Should do that live at ozzfest version. Probably the best 240p video on entire youtube.
Through Sliver and blood
I appreciate the shoutout on the Isis video. You should consider doing another neurosis song called Under the Surface. There are so many different shades of Neurosis.
Listen to this song for 22 years. Never thought about it was one riff😅. I always thought about it as an emotion flowing by
When I listen to this song I never want it to end.
When I listen to this song, I want everything to end.
This is one of my favorite Nerurosis songs, but if you're not a fan of repetition it's probably not the best first listen. Pretty much every other Neurosis song I've heard has constant change ups and different sections, usually they keep the same groove throughout the song but it's not just one riff the whole time haha. For a second listen I'd suggest checking out their song Purify.
Try these songs:
Souls at Zero
Lost
Through Silver in Blood
The Doorway
The Last You'll Know
Locust Star
Bridges
Distill
My Heart for Deliverance
At the Well
Broken Ground
Distil (watching the swarm), is one of my all time favorites!
Bridges is fantastic, that entire album was amazing. But for some heavy stuff, definitely do The Doorway.
THIS!!!
repetition in this kind of music is like a mantra of some sort, it is even more common in some others musical style like doom, desert rock or drone.
It is like a trip, a circula motion, a brain massage maybe
Love Neurosis, but there are definitely better tracks for a first-time listener. Try The Doorway, or Water Is Not Enough.
Yeah, or *Locust Star* or *Times of Grace*
Water is not enough hooked me into Neurosis, when I heard them on Brutal Assault in 2008 or so, they played around midnight, and I was little bit drunk and tired but, everything felt just fine at that moment, I will never forget it.
the doorway is so noisy and heavy not for the beginners under the surface is much better
Yeah these are brilliant
This guy has just been poorly served by the recommendations. IMHO Neurosis fell off after Times of Grace. From Enemy of the Sun to that album, they were on fire. So, songs like Purify, Locust Star, The Last You'll Know, Through Silver and Blood, Enemy of the Sun or Lost would have been a 100 times better to point him towards as they still had gas in the tank. All the stuff they've done with Albini after TOG has been trash to me.
This is definitely one of the more repetitive songs from Neurosis so it's not one of the best entry songs to their music. Anyway, Neurosis has never been about complex compositions (at the microlevel, the songs might have multiple different passages and therefore complex structures), but their music is rather a meditative experience, a journey and it's all about timbre, texture and emotion. Some really intense emotions are expressed frequently in their music. They can be at the same time very heavy and rhytmic while still having this meditative calmness present. That's why I love their music so much. Thanks for your reaction!
once you exit the entry plug of NEUROSIS. there is and afterbirth
music is more that a persons interpretation.........
Define your own likes. be your own self
Rather than referring to this song as a single riff - which it's not - rather all the riffs in the song follow a singular musical theme. There are at least 4 or 5 seperate distinct riffs in this song, all basically variations of the theme. I love the kind of walking bassline underneath the coda, with the dissonant detuned lead over top and the filtered distortion to mimic a violent storm. Very cleverly written.
The thing with post - metal (and post-rock) is that its to repetitive but playing the same chords, notes, etc. create an atmosphere very unique and i think sometimes you need to be in the mindset or mood to just focus on the atmosphere and what it provokes inside you (sorry for my grammar, english is not my first language). Anyway you should check out Rosetta - Europa from their album Galilean Satellites kinda of space post - metal hahahaha(fun fact: that album consists of 2 cd's and you can mix them up or combine to create a "new" song).
Ps: also check out Night Verses! (yes im gonna keep spaming until you react to them hahahaha)
Spam the Night Verses!
I went to a Converge concert and after their set Neurosis played and it was almost a lullaby feeling compared to Converge. It feels repetitive and lulls.
Don't worry about your English, you explained yourself very well. As to your point, I totally get that. There hasn't been anything else on the channel so far quite like post-metal and its adherence to atmosphere. It is unique and if that's what you dig then there really isn't anywhere else to get this. I'll keep the mindset concept in mind he come back to some post-metal on my own time, meeting it on its terms rather than my own.
It is repetitive in a sense, but for me its very comforting and soothing. The sort of music I can close my eyes and drift away with.
So...Neurosis be like buying this expensive guitar, playing just this one riff until the bridge hambucker fries and then continue on the neck humbucker until...
Well, will you outlive it?
They call it: play with feeling.
Weird song to be recommended, but it's not bad for Neurosis. Locust Star is their defining masterpiece, Burn is fantastic as well, you should find the time off-camera to check those two out!
I honestly never paid that much attention to how repetitive this is until I saw someone listening to it, haha! But that's just it, to me it's meditative. The repetition with the little nuances in there are what make it what it is in my opinion, but appreciate your take! And thanks for the shoutout. ;)
This is the close to an album though, so the repetition and the degradation of the sound throughout is sort of speaking to the album's build-up and eventual super-nove-esque explosion of sound. But yes, the ALBUM is fantastic, and their tracks are made to fall in line.
EDIT: What you said about how you weren't listening for the right thing, I think is pretty spot on. This is a band that you have to *listen* to intently, and it's a mood for sure. Throw out music theory and just vibe and hear the little sounds that hide in the background, the rasp of their voices (there's two vocalists/guitarists), and get swept away in their production and songwriting more than their technical musicianship.
I would, if you revisit, recommend The Eye of Every Storm, off the album of the same name. It's a VERY slow melodic album of theirs, it was the album that got me into them. But the song has a good... vibe. Which is pretty much what Neurosis is, haha.
On your own time, listen to an album from start to finish. It makes a difference for a first-time listen, absolutely. Their songs are ordered very specifically and written specifically to flow a certain way, and this song being a closer probably wasn't the best for me to recommend, haha. But hey, I hope you go back to them even in your own time, they're worth a vibe or two, my dude.
Certainly live, with VOLUME, I've seen then with hardly anyone in the audience moving.
It's like being caught in a sonic maelstrom. Try it slightly inebriated with the stereo loud enough to scare the crackhouse next door ;)
GYBE is a good comparison. Similar live experience. Mesmerising and elemental.
Thanks for the shoutout man! I should've put a song down but if you were going to give Neurosis another shot I would definitely go for one of these - "Locust Star", "To Crawl Under One's Skin", "Stripped", "The Doorway", "Purify". Neurosis are one of the progenitors of post-metal with their third album Souls At Zero being considered one of the first post-metal albums.
Ok, I just re-listened to all of these and the one to go for has to be Purify. I would say it has literally everything that makes Neurosis such an important band.
I highly recommend to try Purify next, it's my favorite song from them so far, it has a great climax and overall build up
So this album came as a turning point in their career when they finally transitioned to post-metal. You might say "I thought they were a post-metal band already!" but post-metal wasn't really codified back when Neurosis basically fathered the genre, and they were really atmospheric sludge metal. Their two previous albums I find to be much better and darker, but also much more innovative (especially Through Silver In Blood which has a WAY more oppressive and darker sound). Said two albums also have a sound that feels entirely different from anything else post-metal and a sound that definitely lives up to the name "Neurosis". There will be a bit of repetition still but I'd wager a track like Through Silver In Blood, Locust Star or Aeon (all off the Through Silver And Blood album) will be a much better testament to the Neurosis sound and to their creativity. Cheers again for the content and hope your channel keeps growing brother
If you look for a post-metal band especially after listening Neurosis, give a shot YOB - Adrift in the Ocean. You'll be surprised what you're hearing. YOB is on top with Neurosis in post-metal genre.
YOB YOB YOB!
I always loved the ending of this because it has that feeling like the music is overwhelming the speakers and is on the verge of jumping out of the woofer and beating you about the face. There's some sort of narrative to it, and I'm not exactly sure what it is, but it's vaguely of impending doom/catastrophe/apocalypse. This kind of music is probably best listened to with a more cinematic mindest. Granted, that's easy for me to say, I am not a musician and not saddled with that particular burden of perspective.
The song is about an impact from outer space, I say. Sonthe ending obviously is just that. When no human really doesn't feel or sense anything anymore amidst the chaos.
I've only listened to their album Through Silver and Blood and thought that was great. I never went on to check out their other stuff but that's on me. I remember it being repetitious, but I feel like I remember the instrumentation being more interesting than this, definitely the drumming. I remember that album's music having a primal, tribal nature that I appreciated. And it was crushing as fuck in ways this is not. Didn't dislike this though and someone said it was the album's closing track so that makes sense.
i get that there's one riff, but there's so many different ideas on layers, tone and texture. It's a master class on iteration. not for everyone, but I think it's beautiful, meditative and has a feeling of being "immense". The ending thing I feel is like a decaying/skipping tape track. I feel it's meant to be almost a "wake up" procedure in hypnosis, gently bringing you up from the trance that the band has put you under.
Who the fuck thought this song was a good way to introduce someone to the band? I really hope you give these guys another chance
I always accept that a single listen on a single song isn't a good way to judge a band. I'll always give a band multiple listens before I make a hard judgement of they're for me or not.
I used to listen them after my joga sessions when i was very relaxed and my mind could just fly with them.
Neurosis is my favorite band and i think the atmosphere that they create through the entire song is unique and it´s an amazing sonic experience,when that tremolo picking riff starts,oh my,goosebumps,an emotion journey! I had the luck to see them live and it was the best show of my life.
Very late to the party, that record is from 2001, so that's a) them still laying groundwork for the whole Post Metal genre b) most probably not any kind of digital effect apart from the clipping.
If you ever want to return to Neurosis, from this album I'd recommend "The Tide" (there should also be a video to that, AFAIR they shot a movie to the complete record), for older stuff I'd recommend "Locust Star" (as so many others did already) and for newer stuff I'd second "Distill (Watching the Swarm)".
Also I wonder if you'd ever consider reviewing some track that you did a reaction to already after having had some time to really dig deep into it (and maybe take notes). I would be very interested.
Thank you so much for doing all of this, I learn so much through you about songs I already love and I get to know new music I wasn't even aware of.
Probably one of the better and more important metal bands out there. I would’ve chosen something from Through Silver in Blood or Times of Grace for this though. This song is great, but it makes more sense after hearing the previous 2 albums
Yeah those seem to be the 2 albums most highly rated.
neurosis is incredible.
Most of there albums have at least one or two really solid tracks.
personal preference, but decidedly less post-metal, more sludge, times of grace and through silver in blood are personal favorites.
every album is a little experimental pushing their sound forward and spinning off subgenres along the way.
Times of grace, enemy of the sun, souls at zero?
Neurosis music is different, you need to be in a specific mood whilst listening it, so it can resonate with you, and enhance your feelings. It is a life story, monotonic repetitive, with slight modifications, and that makes this music and life interesting - what will be the actual small difference for the day. So don't count rhythm changes, riffs etc, just settle down and let your mind float.
From what I've heard about the so g breaking apart at the end is that the mixing board blew out while they were recording and they left it
Wow, that's quite the story. I wonder if it's true.
@@CriticalReactions these guys came from the crust punk scene in California originally which was mostly addicts living in squats, if that helps with background info. This is actually after they got melodic.
Not really my fav Neurosis. But it’s the feeling their sound evokes that gets me mostly. To the Wind is what I prefer but then again, that’s the album I started with and even then it took a while before they clicked with me.
I'm sure the distorted wind sound you are describing is made with an instrument. It's a weird keyboard like thing with pedals, can't remember the name though.
This track hits so fucking hard, RISE UP!
Rolo Tomassi (Aftermath / Flood of Light)
Lol that grim face at 11:22. AW YISS
Through Silver In Blood - full album listen!
Not sure if they're more black metal or post metal, but check out Reflection Pulse Remains by the band Altar of Plagues. Also Any Port by Intronaut which has more of a prog metal sound, but with some post metal elements. For something with more repetitive longevity and atmosphere like GY!BE have a listen to Cloud of Forgetting by Swans. Cheers! love your vids man.
For me, this is the kind of song I can just put on while driving, and let that riff take me away as it introduces different textures underneath. I see the repetitiveness, but I guess from my perspective the repetitive nature adds to the song, because the song just gradually changes over time through it's use of textures and engineering. So by the end, the repeated riff gets drowned out by distortion. I think the story is there in that sense, like something so familiar gradually becoming different (in a subtle way), and by the end the emotion conveyed from the riff changed into something else because of those other elements. Like in life, something familiar/repetitive, gradually dissolving into the absurd (yet, you still feel the familiarity coming out).
Great reaction man! If this isn't your cup of tea, I'd recommend trying out "To Crawl Under One's Skin" the most (HIGHLY recommend that one), with Locust Star or Under the Surface as close seconds behind that. Neurosis is one of the fathers of Post Metal, along with ISIS and Cult of Luna. If you're interested in that genre, than I recommend checking out more Neurosis when you get a chance. :)
You are right, this song is an exploration in soundscapes. As a song it is highly repetitive, thus allowing for the listener to really experience the play with noise. Wouldn’t have been my first pick for an introduction to Neurosis, but what are you gonna do 🤷♂️
One can’t simply listen to one song - we need an album reaction 😂
I heard them the first time when i watched their live Locust Star video.. i just love it ever since. That is apocalypse at it best 😃
You should try "Water Is Not Enough" by them. Has more raw power and energy, also riffs. Which is a much better representation of their style.
The first time i heard this song end, the way it drops off like that, i felt like i was dumped for the first time, lost my first pet, it was a feeling of being lost and incomplete , is still disturbs me to this day
Definitely a weird song to recommend, not really giving you the right side of the band. Yeah, they do a lot of this repetitive thingy, but for example their earlier albums like Souls At Zero or Through Silver In Blood are masterpieces
Try these:
Crib 45 - The Ghost Among Me
Cult Of Luna - Nightwalkers
Ghost Brigade - My Heart Is A Tomb
The Moth Gatherer - Utopia
Callisto - The Fugitive
I would assume the last selection tomorrow is probably Cult of Luna but I REALLY think you are missing out on the opportunity to play around with Rosetta's overlapping tracks from Galilean Satellites.
You got to listen to the comment section in RUclips more than patreon.
It's fun to think they began as an anarchopunk band ahah. Still the best concert of my life during the Given to the Rising tour. It just... swallows you into a vortex you can't escape. So here's a suggestion, with the 2nd best concert of my life : Oathbreaker - 10,56/Second Son of R. Caro Tanghe is somehow reliable to Julie Christmas ;)
Honestly, this song is a terrible representation of neurosis as a whole. Distil(watching the swarm) or Under the Surface would be more accurate. Pretty much any song other this one.
I'd say it's a bit unfair to react to one song by Neurosis. And especially this one. Yes, it is monotonous. But not if you listen to the entire album. Do a reaction on the entire Through silver in blood album. That's something that'll trigger the composer in you. You won't regret it.
And actually what is your outro song? sounds super
The outro is just something I've thrown together. I want to expand upon it one day but I love how it turned out and I'm ok with it just staying as a single idea.
@@CriticalReactions Whenever you upload a pure version of it pls, comment on me, i am interested in it, it sounds like my type of music :)
You definately need to check out some more songs by Neurosis. This is not representative of this awesome band in any way. They are pioneers and inspiration for most other bands in this genre.
I get the distaste, Post-Metal is my favorite genre, but I can certainly see how it is an acquired taste for so many. Obviously quite a bit of diversity in the genre though. You seemed to like Isis and The Ocean in the past, and Cult of Luna (as long as it is with Julie Christmas singing). I can see why too. Neurosis was the Post-Metal band to took me more time to enjoy, I believe it was primarily the singing that took me some time to enjoy. I LOVE this song though. I believe it is the "swaying" feeling it gives, and the nuances added on it, the exploratory nature on the riff it has. I usually describe Post-Metal as being a genre that explores nuances and layers on top of a riff, probably because you can only use that riff in one song. It's also a mix of light and dark (usually).
This is the album closer, which I guess is why it falls apart at the end. Maybe the song makes more sense in the context of the album, as a really long outro?
I have tried to get into Neurosis but not been successful yet, despite liking most post-metal that I hear. Their albums pass me by and I find myself unengaged, maybe bored. I think maybe it's missing some elements I look for, and I am unsure of their songwriting approach - are they using the music to tell a story, or are they writing some instrumentals and putting some words over the top?
One day things might change and I start enjoying them.
Also if you wanna continue the "Post" theme, Post-Punk would be the next logical step.
We'll see how I feel after post-rock. 😅
If this is an album closer that does make more sense.
I appreciate that. They're my absolute favorite band, but I don't recommend them to many people because it's... obscure and weird, and unless you're there to listen to them, they're not passively interesting. It's not gonna be something where it's on in the background and someone's like "Oh, what's that?" when a part comes on. Nah, it's just a vibe, and if you ain't feelin' it, you ain't feelin' it. But I hope you keep giving them a chance, listen to their albums from start to finish rather than on shuffle. They're a journey!
@@CriticalReactions You're doing that? Nice.
Short answer, no. Long answer, noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Neurosis is a hard band to jump into. There's alot better songs to listen to by them that are not as repetitive. Ok so Neurosis is an album band. They write albums, so listening to 1 song of a record can be hard, and on top of that you listened to one of the last songs on that record which is a hard record. The whole record takes about how his wife tried to kill there child in the bath tub, how he had to stop it, and then his wife locked herself in their room, then hung herself, and he had to cut her down. So if you want to get a feel for Neurosis listen to something like "through Silver and blood" or even "to the wind". Those are a bit more straight forward. This track was ment to be the "epic closer" on a very hard expiremental album.
Ah, i loved the ending, i was like "ok, youtube, you did alright for the all song and... oh, no ? On purpose ? maybe ? not sure..."
Alright man. Not for me either. I woulda turned this off about 1 minute in after the riff didn't change. Neurosis and ISIS have been around FOREVER. Mega respect for them, but yeah, nope. Just can't do it.
Short attention span?
@@danielkorladis7869 no sir! I'm very attentive when it comes to music usually, but when there's no overall change in the theme or progression in the story of the song, it can get grinding at times. For me. Maybe to also make my former comment clearer, I've been in the HxC/metal scene for literal decades and have mega respect for Neurosis. This isn't the first time I've listened to them. I've seen them twice as well. Their music just is not for me. It has nothing to do with my musical attention span. :)
Not sure if you’ve ever checked out Haken but their new album Virus is amazing
I've checked out two of their tracks so far and enjoy what they do. I should check out some of their new stuff soon.
Critical Reactions gotta check out the 5 part monster of a song but they’re all great
Probably listen to Locust Star
I think I'd need a second listening while being in the mood for it to really say anything of value but I'm not sure if I could do that.
Not the best first song for a Neurosis new listener. I will recommend Lantlos with their song These nights were ours or Pulse Surreal.
BTW on those songs Neige from Alcest was doing the vocals, and you were wondering how his black metal voice sounded like.
You have that first timer look for sure, you were put into the neurosis like trance. Its a force like none other
The suffering
Esoteric: Descent. British funeral doom band. 27 minute song with 3 sections. Sounds like falling into hell.
Didn't really care for this song, but definitely better then some of the stuff you've been playing lately. Lol
Tool 46 & 2. The Grudge .
this wasnt your drink bro,
point taken
I drink my coffe black as the depths of infinite space.... others like like sweet like the inside of willi wonkas factory.
Ulcerate is the next step, latest album any track would be cool
Pleaaaaase react to Curry Courier Career by Monobody. Or Country Doctor by Monobody or Ilha Verde by Monobody. Just anything by Monobody
The end of that song made me worry that my headphones were broken.
I was thinking the same😅
I like some repetitiveness in songs -- for example the way doom metal uses repetitiveness -- but this song was too much for me. If I’d been listening to this song on my own, I would have turned it off a minute or two into it. It’s a testament to your channel that I stuck it out -- had to see what you would say with the full context of the song. I can appreciate that this kind of groove clicks with other folks, just not for me yet. I'm more of a fan of post-metal bands like Alcest because their songs combine the repetitiveness with a strong sense of melody. But let’s see what tomorrow brings!
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I'm surprised this got so many suggestions. It's basically just a long outro. There's many many better songs to start out with.
I went through this band's discography twice; once because they're one of the most lauded bands of the last ~30 years, and again to see if I missed something. TBH, these guys just do nothing for me. If I had to guess why I love Cult of Luna and Isis and not this I think it's just because Isis does the whole wall-of-sound, atmospheric thing better and Cult of Luna does the "build-up to cataclysmic climaxes" thing better, and both are more willing to change or develop riffs and motifs. So your reaction pretty much mirrors my own to the band. Funny though you said you listen analytically first, because I'm more the opposite. I try to listen with pure feel/emotion first (and maybe second) and then if I like it, then I'll go back and listen analytically. RE post-pop; I've thought the same thing before. Probably the closest I've heard to it is someone like FKA Twigs, especially her first LP and first few EPs.
All that said, I still kinda want you to listen to some Sunn O))) just so you can come back to stuff like this and think it sounds like Dream Theater by comparison!
That doesn't make me want to listen to Sunn O))) 😂
@@CriticalReactions Oh, I'm sure youd' hate them! I have no interest in them either, but it's funny how far they've pushed the concept of repetitive drone. At least Neurosis et al, give you one riff. Sunn O))) strains to give you more than two notes!
"strains to give you more than two notes!"
I've watched horror movies that are less terrifying than that sentence. 😅
A weak song of a pretty damn great band.
You dont even have to break down your thoughts, your face says it all hahahah
Check out some Karnivool man, i think you'd really appreciate their sound. Anything off Sound Awake
you have been shown, over and over, don't you know?
Terrible song to start with. Shame on whoever suggested it.
Go for Through Silver In Blood or Aeon or even Locust Star.
This is a pretty bad song choice for Neurosis. Should have definitely gone with "The Doorway" or maybe even "Through SIlver in Blood" or "Locus Star". Their earlier stuff is much more heavier and soul crushing compared to everything after that.
This is the kinda stuff that gives post metal a bad name haha. I don't mean any disrespect to the band but I find this so boring and gray sounding. Here's hoping to better songs in the coming days! Props to sticking this song out because I can't make it past the first minute