Through Silver in Blood

Through Silver in Blood

Track Listings

1. Through Silver in Blood

2. Rehumanize

3. Eye

4. Purify

5. Locust Star

6. Strength of Fates

7. Become the Ocean

8. Aeon

9. Enclosure in Flame

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The bizarre metal act's albums 'Souls At Zero' (1992) and 'Enemy Of The Sun' (1993) digitally remastered. Both are pressed on full color picture discs & with previously unreleased bonus tracks: 'Souls' adds demo versions of 'Soul' & 'Zero', plus 'Cleanse III' (Live In London); 'Enemy' adds 'Takeahnase' (Demo Version) and 'Cleanse II' (Live In Oberhausen). 23 tracks total. Laminated double gatefold slipcase with a 12 page lyric booklet. 1997 Iron City release. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Through Silver In Blood
Rehumanize
Eye
Purify
Locust Star
Strength Of Fates
Become The Ocean
Aeon
Enclosure In Flame

Album Description

The bizarre metal act's albums 'Souls At Zero' (1992) and 'Enemy Of The Sun' (1993) digitally remastered. Both are pressed on full color picture discs & with previously unreleased bonus tracks: 'Souls' adds demo versions of 'Soul' & 'Zero', plus 'Cleanse III' (Live In London); 'Enemy' adds 'Takeahnase' (Demo Version) and 'Cleanse II' (Live In Oberhausen). 23 tracks total. Laminated double gatefold slipcase with a 12 page lyric booklet. 1997 Iron City release.

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Brutality.......2007-06-08

Metal conjures up a lot of stereotypes, though different stereotypes based on who you ask. For the modern mainstream listener, it conjures up the angsty, simplistic down-tuned hard rock bands. For others, it can be the high-tempo, overly rhythmic double-bass pedal frenzy that's great for mosh pits and head-banging. Metal also invokes great melody and an over-abundance of guitar solos with long lineages of well-known shredders.

But the descriptions "slow" and "atmospheric" are almost alien to the Metal genre, and perhaps that's why Neurosis was so awkward and difficult to listen to at first. Sure, Through Silver In Blood packs with it the same loudness and distortion that are mainstays of Metal, but it strays so far from the main selling points of Metal. Namely, it doesn't have those high-tempo blastbeats and mindblowingly technical solos. In 1996, this album was indeed progressive, but not "Progressive" - that is to say it is far from the genre-alchemy of Prog-rock/Prog-metal and Rush clones like Dream Theater.

Neurosis is genuinely Metal in the sense that their music is bleak, brutal and apocalyptic, but their focus strayed from the formulaic "let's make it as fast and technical as possible" approach. Rather, Through Silver In Blood has a more textured, almost soundtrack feel to it, and this is due to Neurosis using droning repetition and tempering their songs with an element with a seemingly forgotten element of music - quietness. The often used analogy for Neurosis is that their music "oozes" or seeps forth from the speakers/headphones, but I don't think this quite does them justice. Songs build up from and break down to slower-paced, quiet sections, but there are also several moments where the music genuinely erupts into chaotic torrents of tribal drums, guitars, samples, and synths. I almost want to say that Through Silver In Blood would make a great horror-movie soundtrack - with the softer moments lulling one into a false sense of security, and then with either an explosion (this is especially true of the track "Strength of Fates") or slow buildup the listener finds oneself in a Silent Hill-esque world of gritty, distorted sound.

The backbones of the album are the epics "Purify" and "Aeon" that along with the title track and "Enclosure In Flame" all exceed the 10-minute mark a piece. "Aeon" is especially a masterpiece: starting with a simple piano melody, the song builds up with distorted guitars and tribal rhythm as Neurosis's three vocalists growl and scream off one another, and then breaks down to another quiet interlude which eventually is shattered by an outburst of distortion, which then slowly builds up to an almost "uplifting" section, and eventually ending with the piano returning with accompanying violins. Shorter tracks, such as "Eye" and "Locust Star" which both clock under six minutes, are much more direct in their approach. The interstitial tracks "Rehumanize" and "Become The Ocean" are short, sample-heavy tracks that advance the album's themes of war, apocalypse and spirituality. To me, the only tracks that detract from the value of the album are the bookends - "Through Silver in Blood" which is a bit too repetitive until the last minute or so, and "Enclosure In Flame" which really just seems to meander just a bit too much.

Dense, Chaotic Proto-Post Modern Metal Opus.......2007-06-01

I had heard of Neurosis for years, but had never really gotten around to checking them out. After reading a number of different articles in which bands that I enjoy listed them as an influence, I decided to check them out, and after a few spins I am definately hooked.

Neurosis' "Through Silver In Blood" is an immensly heavy, trance-inducing, and chaotic roller-coaster ride through walls of static, distorted, thickly layered guitars, bizarre samples and spoken-word weirdness, and occasional tranquility. I can definately hear the influence Neurosis must have had for many of the "post-metal" bands gaining listeners these days, such as Isis, Pelican, and even "drone" bands such as Sunn))Lyrically intriguing, dense, nihilistic and chaotic yet oddly serene on occasion, Neurosis write lengthy, epic and churning odes to mankind's folly. I can't wait to pick up a few more albums. Highly recommended.

One Breathtaking Audio Adventure.......2007-05-03

"Through Silver In Blood" is one of those albums that is meant to create an atmosphere that you can easily get lost too. This album is a showcase of blending in ambience, sludge, tribal, and progressive music all into one. Crushing riffs and perfectly blended vocals by Scott Kelly and Scott Von Till make this album an essential. Excellently crafted musicmanship is also a big role in this album, as it is nowhere close to being predictable. There is nothing that can match up to this brilliance, and many bands have looked up to this album as well (examples: Isis, Mastodon, Pig Destroyer).

This album is an essential for your collection whenever you want to experience crushing music with an ambient touch to it. I highly recommend this album, along with the rest of their works from 1992 to onward (starting with Souls at Zero, and the albums before that were hardcore punk styled, which I also recommend).

Music to move mountains..........2007-04-14

Ever watch a film that showcases destruction on a massive scale and follows it up with scenes of weeping agony and retrospective? Say, a nuclear detonation with a mushroom cloud that slowly reaches for the heavens and the post-apocalyptic lifestyle that ensues? Or a meteor impact which produces a shockwave that slowly creeps out across the landscape and the consequent images of wrecked countryside? Maybe even a fire that sweeps across an expansive forest and the miles of charred earth that result? Perhaps a war that takes a catastrophic toll on two nations?

Well, on this here slab of post-hardcore sludge metal, Neurosis paint evolving pictures of gradual devastation that would easily go hand in hand with such events.

Right from the introductory seconds of the album - which feature odd industrial sounds, tribal drums, and a menacing guitar progression that ripples with volume and distortion - you sort of get that feeling you'd get if you were to wake up in the morning, walk out into your front lawn, look up into the distance, and watch in horrified disbelief as the sky itself cowers under an encroaching shadow that is slowly spreading across the atmosphere. Before you can figure out what the hell is going on, your ears are shattered by a desperate roar - "THROUGH SILVER IN BLOOOOOOOD!!!" - marking the transition from a purely suggestive sense of dread to something far more immediate. Guitars swell, still subdued as they crawl along, gathering strength much like a tornado that sweeps across the countryside, gradually becoming bigger and stronger; the bass, slightly distorted, shakes the very ground you stand on; the drums continue to pound out relentless tribal rhythms; Scott Kelly's pained yells fill your head, backed by the guttural intonations of Steve Von Till. Soon, the storm reaches its peak. The earth begins to split before you, the bleak sky begins to rain fire, and the skyline in the distance slowly begins to crumble to the ground. With several bowel-shaking bass slides, the same guitar riff that was but a shadow in the corner of your mind six minutes earlier explodes into a roaring, indiscriminate wall of sludgy ruin. The drums transform from a hypnotic pulsing to a creeping, pounding onslaught reminiscent of a wrecking ball methodically crushing its victims into dust. The next thing you know, you're on the ground. Your vision is blurred, your head throbbing. Sitting yourself upright, you look off into the distance. The storm is slowly retreating, and you are finally made aware of the utter desolation around you. The tallest buildings have been laid flat across the now barren landscape, the oceans themselves have been set aflame, and ash falls from a sky that sunlight no longer seems to touch. As the drums resume their primal throbbing and the guitars send shockwaves of undulating distortion across the diminishing soundscape, you notice other people around you. They are cold, empty... mothers clutch their children as their lost eyes sweep over a homeland that has been turned into a post-apocalyptic wasteland in the course of twelve minutes. As a final show of power, the music briefly reverts to the opening motif of rolling tribal rhythms punctuated by industrial noise before finally dropping out for good.

...and that was only the first song.

"Rehumanize" is a brief, slightly disturbing, yet oddly compelling track that contains twisted samples of various people talking about subject matter that is spiritual and strangely chaotic on top of a cerebral collage of mechanical sound. "Purify" is an immense moment of music that moves from a melancholy arrangement of gently ringing guitars and orchestral elements throughout the introduction, to a lengthy evolution of sheer intensity wrapped in trademark tom-heavy drumming and slithering, sludgy guitars... and on to the striking closing sequence that features rolling drum patterns and atmospheric bursts of distortion placed against uplifting and highly melodious bagpipes. Yes, bagpipes. "Aeon" starts with gentle pianos and subtle snare rolls in its first half, only to ascend into a monolithic scene of uncompromising tragedy in a second half that's as powerful and emotionally moving as it is destructive and militaristic. The remainder of the album shares a similar sense of crushing intensity and swirling dynamics.

Through Silver in Blood is immense. It is an absolutely triumphant soundtrack to the apocalypse and the subsequent rebirth of the world anew.

Listen and be swept away.

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.

"Limited Edition CD & DVD" Gutter Phenomenon [Explicit Content] + 30 minutes with Every Time I Die cut from the upcoming "Shit Happens" full length DVD release shot in 2005 / 2006

Average customer rating:

"Limited Edition CD & DVD" Gutter Phenomenon [Explicit Content] + 30 minutes with Every Time I Die cut from the upcoming "Shit Happens" full length DVD release shot in 2005 / 2006
Every Time I Die
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000JN7T3Y

Product Description

Track Listings 1. Apocalypse Now And Then 2. Kill The Music 3. Bored Stiff 4. Easy Tiger 5. Tusk And Temper 6. The New Black 7. Champing At The Bit 8. Gloom And How it Gets That Way 9. Guitared And Feathered 10. L'astronaut 11. Pretty Dirty

Average customer rating:

All Out Intensity

Through Silver in Blood
Neurosis
Manufacturer: 3d
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004U2R1
Release Date: 2000-05-03

Tracks:

Through Silver In Blood
Rehumanize
Eye
Purify
Locust Star
Strength Of Fates
Become The Ocean
Aeon
Enclosure In Flame
Sustenance (Tribes Of Neu

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: "Sustenance".

Customer Reviews:

All Out Intensity.......2000-06-16

This is Neurosis' best album. The title track is probably the most dense, sonically heavy song ever written by the band. Locust Star is not too far behind. While I don't think it's the best place to start with Neurosis, it is still very essential. To start, get A Sun that Never Sets. Get this album when you think you're ready.

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