LOVING THIS VOCAL WRITING // Neurosis - The Chronology For Survival // Composer Reaction & Analysis

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@lostinreverb 11 ай бұрын

Hi, I´m from Argentina and Neurosis is my favorite band of all time, I had the immense fortune of watching them live in 2017 and of course that was the best show of my life, period. This record is amazing and it´s a clear example of their musical evolution and vision, no band sounded like Neurosis in 1992, no band sounds like them, to be honest, they are almost a genre themselves, it´s really cool that you make these reaction videos about bands that not a lot of people know, Neurosis, Oceansize, The Angelic Process for example. Keep on with this, it´s really important for this kind of music, so ignored by the masses and in my opinion, the truly honest and hearted music out there, if I can recommend you some other Neurosis´songs I would say: "Aeon", "Crawl Back In", "The Eye of Every Storm", "To the Wind" and "My Heart for Deliverance"(probably my favorite song ever), cheers from Argentina!

@DiiNovensiles 11 ай бұрын

The sample at the end is a loop of lines from Wicker Man (1973), quoting Walt Whitman (of animals) - "They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins. They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God [...] Not one of them kneels to another" (film quote varies slightly from Whitman original). I am not 100% positive but I do believe the horn is part of the sample. The album has many references to Wicker Man, especially the cover. The band specifically wanted to use a shot from the film but were quoted an unfeasible number to use it, so they actually made their own wickerman to recreate the shot. There are several interviews out there about the Wicker Man connection, apparently Steve Von Till was obsessed with the film and its spirituality at the time. Wrapping that into the other theming of the song you discussed, it could be that the introduction of the non-circular, instrumental later section of the song is meant to be about humanity. And reaaaally speculatively, maybe even the long repetition into fadeout is a commentary on humanity's position and direction, given the bitter view of humanity implied by the quote after that context. People who like this album should also try the follow up, in ways it's a smoother/mature version of the sound. One thing I really love about this album is that prior to this they were much more a punk band, and from this point onward they'd continually play with tribal and ambient elements. The start of all that mixing is pretty intriguing, and something about the tribal stuff seems to me better incorporated than a lot of metal bands that play around with it. Very interesting points! A great video.

@Furao80 11 ай бұрын

Fun fact! This was the first band I ever saw live. They opened for Biohazard and Pantera. I think they were touring on Through Silver in Blood during the Great Southern Trendkill Pantera tour.

@johnseward2934 11 ай бұрын

Good god that must have been a show.

@thegrimner 11 ай бұрын

It's three vocalists, yes. For all of metal's talk about treating the scream as textural, having multiple singers is something precious few bands use to good effect, though, sadly. Nile are another band who takes the same approach, and it really elevates what can at times be somewhat flat deliveries. This album was the beginning of Neurosis' metamorphosis. The crusty punk is still very much presence, and, like with Melvins, Swans still casts very much a shadow over their music (as a curiosity, Michael Gira would, on the strength of this and their next album, consider using Neurosis as the stage band for Swans, and Neurosis would eventually collaborate with Jarboe, Swans's former female singer), but like everyone else that was seriously stretching their musical legs at this point, it can't be understated how experimental this was for its time, even if less experimental than future outings. It's a bit of a shame that you've only been subjected to their most atavistic and monolithic side, though, as Neurosis also eventually flirt a lot with more dulcet texturing, sounding positively frail and vulnerable when they want to. Most songs from A Sun that Never Sets, and especially their The Eye of Every Storm albums have them toning down the wall of sound to incorporate sung vocals, some minimalist melodies and just a very different angle to the the way they do texturing.

@whatdothlife4660 11 ай бұрын

Do you mean River of Nihil when you say Nile? I love their vocals.

@thegrimner 11 ай бұрын

@@whatdothlife4660 Rivers of Nihil do have good vocals, but it's not the specific effect I am mentioning here. Nile have a similar way of overlapping vocals and doing tradeoffs, the same call and response that Neurosis does that can sound absolutely crushing even if only in a harsh vocal register. It can sometimes be lost in the faster, messier songs, but in their best moments it sounds almost like an incantation being read. That's the effect I'm comparing here. Listen to their song "Kafir" for a good example of it. no more than to lines are sung by the same person and they start and end the song on a call and response that perfectly sums what I'm saying. I'm not even a big fan of Nile, but that's one thing I always appreciated in their songwriting.

@jonathanhenderson9422 11 ай бұрын

This was the first album where Neurosis moved away from their punk roots into what would eventually end up being post metal. Here you can still hear some of those punk roots--probably where the "sludge" aspect comes from--but I think they already had a huge chunk of the post aesthetics that would come to define the genre. It's definitely much rawer than where they'd end up at with albums like Through Silver in Blood and everything that came later. Much like Melvins they've never been a huge favorite of mine, but I have a lot of respect for their influence and originality.

@jordahnnelson9926 11 ай бұрын

If you check out Neurosis again a great song off their best album in my opinion is The Last You'll Know - also has great vocal harmonies and a surprisingly sweet melody with I think bagpipes interspersed throughout

@TheDragonBugg 10 ай бұрын

Glad you've gone back to Neurosis, probably my favorite band of all time. Coincidentally everything before Through Silver In Blood I am not a huge fan of, but this is the track from them that you seem to have enjoyed the most of the ones you've listened to, haha. I dig it though, still inventive and beautiful in its own way.

@alek98 11 ай бұрын

I knew Souls at Zero era Neurosis would be more right down your alley. If you visit them again I'd really recommend listening to the track "To crawl under one's skin", it's a sick one from this same album. A song you might like too is "Locust star", one of their most well known songs. It's rather short and sweet compared to most of their catalogue, and features the triple vocal delivery you liked from this track.

@DiiNovensiles 11 ай бұрын

Missed opportunity to name the vid "IT'S SORT OF MID?" (from the slow burn section)

@erkkapehto9125 11 ай бұрын

I think the outro is weird on purpose. I'd say its purpose is to be unsettling and creepy. Neurosis at this point of their career loved experimenting with samples, weird sounds and psychedelia. On their albums of this era, there are very many moments sounding weird and like something you have never heard before to create this sensation of fear, paranoia and "jumping into the void"

@skull1leader 7 ай бұрын

FUN FACT. i saw them LIVE at the 1st OZZFEST. all expectatioms blown are they played TROUGH SILVER IN BLOOD to an unintiated ..... you either feel this band or you dont. this band HITS YOU or it MISSES you,

@christopherblue2004 8 ай бұрын

Killer Bassline.

@SubConscious. 11 ай бұрын

Locust star or under the surface next!

@Jovanche9 11 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it for the most of the part, i agree about endings, they are mostly whack on their earlier work (a lot of it samples from obscure horror films) that just kinda ruin it at the end. Souls at Zero was the start of their primordial feel and their departure from punk and it was very unrefined but it showed where it can go. Really good record nonetheless. Times of Grace/Grace is their best though and one of the best records of all time for me. Neurosis is all about Records, context is very important and songs usually tie one in another. On their own songs are very repetitive but they are usually some form of micro concepts, lyrics are also important when it comes to neurosis. A lot of alchemical, Buddhist, pagan (?) influence from different members that is somehow combined and just works. As far as additional instrumentation, they did that a lot. They had another alter ego project Tribes of Neurot where they'd create a sister record which is some form of sonic textures or sonic clutter for a lack of a better word where you could put both records at the same time (Times of Grace from Neurosis and Grace from Tribes of Neurot i mentioned earlier) and you would get this amazing layering effect of these insane distorted guitars and music that feels like a celtic funeral or something from medieval ages almost. Also that Post-Metal thing is always really tough, since no post-metal band actually sounds like Neurosis. They just took certain core ideas from neurosis and went with them for better or worse while neurosis went wherever they wanted (more folk, more electronic). Edit: it is three vocalist and it is insane live,they sound the same live because they record live.

@yurishatniy1103 11 ай бұрын

ok, this is some great neurosis, but I think they really start to take off in 1996 ‘through silver in blood’, and that record is very different in sound; here though their music is basically a american remastered version of crust punk in vein of Amebix, a formative and most influential band that is a mandatory listen.