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- Artist: Neurosis
- Album: The Eye Of Every Storm
- Label: Neurot
- Year of Release: 2004
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- Reviewed by: dscanland on 2004-09-14
RecommendNeurosis have been trudging along now for a number of years. I find I really have to be in the mood for this type of music. I can't just throw on a Neurosis album and enjoy it. It again took me three listens before I started getting into The Eye Of Every Storm, their latest offering. It's a heavy, thick album that has many different dimensions to it. The group comes off very moody, mellow at times and heavy as hell at others. The album starts out with "Burn", a track that starts out a fairly decent pace and then Scott Kelly comes in with some grating vocals that make this song seem so damn heavy without actually being heavy. At about the three minute mark, everything drops out and Scott sings over a droning guitar, reminding me of Mark Lanegan a lot. The band seems to really get into the second track ("No River To Take Me Home") though. This is where the pummeling riffs mix in with the intricate breaks and the dynamic vocals making a clever amalgam of metal. The title tracks drags on for a little while making it stretch to 12 minutes in length. I think they could have probably edited this one a little. It's still a worthy track, just a bit lengthy. The Eye of Every Storm is a great psychedelic metal album that gives people something to work towards. As Neurosis plugs away at their very own genre, other bands try to imitate but none manage to slay the music just like these guys.
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on 2011-12-06 CharlesMartel Said:
Perhaps Neurosis most experimental album, "The Eye of Every Storm " sees the band set out to explore with a little more improvisation the sort of themes for which they have become synonymous. I suppose it marks the point at which Neurosis felt that had gained a loyal fanbase and now was the time to unleash upon them something a little different. And it would seem they were right. The critics and the fans hailed the album as the band's greatest and it remains an all-time favourite for many.
Now I was never the worlds greatest Neurosis fan to begin with. But when I heard that " The Eye of Every Storm" sees the band in a different light, lighter, freer if you will, then I thought it the right time to try to get myself acquainted with the band and their music. Yet try as I might, I have come to the conclusion that this sort of sludge metal is not really for me. I can understand how some people might like it, but as far as my own taste is concerned, the musical structure which appeals to me most is distinctly lacking here.
Lesson one: when the guitarist is improvising on a melody, stretching the limits of what he can achieve and at the same time keeping within the rhythm and structure the rest of the band lay down, the best thing the vocalist can do is SHUT THE F**K UP!! I mean, screaming and growling at these times is not just off putting and plain bad manners, but it destroys whatever effect the rest of the band are trying to create.
That being said, it takes a while before the band actually create anything. The album starts with about 20 minutes of mindless droning and occasional screaming. The impression is almost if the band are tryting to discover a melody out of aimless noise. And in some ways, that first twenty minutes or so typifies the them, and everything that is wrong about this album. It doesn't go anywhere. I'm not suggesting that every album has a concept or even a theme, but there is always something about the time and space in which it was recorded which gives an album some sense of continuity. That creates the impression that the album has a destination, a point if you like. " The Eye of Every Storm" is, in that sense, quite aimless. It meanders along without having any real idea where it is going. One of the tracks is called " Left to Wander" . That just about sums it up.
Rating: 4/10
