NEUROSIS

Formed in Oakland, California in late 1985, Neurosis developed a style blending industrial, heavy metal, and alternative rock with often spiritually focused lyrics. Members (guitar, vocals, percussion), Dave Edwardson (bass, vocals), (bass, vocals), Jason Roeder (drums), Noah Landis (keyboards, samples, tape effects), and Pete Inc. (visuals) debuted in 1987 with the album Pain of Mind, but it took nearly five years for any follow-up to be released. Both Souls at Zero and The Word as Law appeared in 1992, followed by Enemy of the Sun a year later. Released in 1996, Through Silver in Blood became the band's most popular release, and 1999's -produced Times of Grace helped build upon that breakthrough. Sovereign followed a year later. In 2001, Sun That Never Sets stuck with more tribal-like beats and composition, while 2004's The Eye of Every Storm, despite retaining a patina of smoky folk, found the group returning to its sludge metal roots. Given to the Rising, the band's ninth studio album, which was voted the 76th greatest metal album of the decade by Decibel magazine, arrived in 2007, followed in 2012 by Honor Found in Decay, their fifth outing to feature behind the board. The year 2016 proved to be busy one for the group, with delivering reissues of A Sun That Never Sets and The Eye of Every Storm on vinyl, as well as a brand-new studio album, Fires Within Fires. ~ Steve Huey, Rovi