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Neurosis

Musical Group
Forlisteners into heavy, experimental music (post-metal, sludge, post-hardcore) who want immersive albums and intense live reports.
21 Reviews 21 Definitions 29 Charts

The Profile

Neurosis are an American heavy music group from Oakland, California, known for evolving from hardcore punk roots into expansive, genre-blurring works often described in terms of apocalyptic atmosphere, catharsis, and dense walls of sound.

Publicly verifiable basics: formed in Oakland, California; generally classified within post-metal/sludge/post-hardcore; active since the mid-1980s; associated with Neurot Recordings (their label).

Across 20 reviews, Neurosis are framed as genre-breakers with hardcore roots and a later, expansive sound built on walls of guitars, electronics, and tribal momentum. The consensus peaks around Through Silver in Blood, Times of Grace, and The Eye of Every Storm, described with recurring themes of apocalypse, desolation, and catharsis. Live reports emphasize an austere, anti-celebrity aura and a physically overwhelming, ritual-like impact. Neurot Recordings, Tribes of Neurot, and the Jarboe collaboration are repeatedly cited as key extensions of their universe.

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