06.12.09
NEW June and July 2009 NEUROSIS tour dates! Check the tour page here for more information!
02.17.09
NEUROSIS announces tourdate to play Ruisrock festival in Turku, Finland. July 3-5. Keep checking the tour page here for more tour information and dates.
02.12.09
NEUROSIS announces tourdate to play Tuska Festival in Helsinki, Finland: Friday, June 26. Keep checking the tour page here for more tour information and tourdates.
01.08.09
Shrinebuilder is a project that features, in equal measure, Wino (St, Vitus, Hidden Hand), Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Al Cisneros (Om, Sleep), and Dale Crover (Melvins). The band will be in the studio with Toshi from January 9th through January 11th. Shrinebuilder's debut full-length, currently self-titled, is set for a summer 2009 release on Neurot Recordings.
Scott Kelly has announced that he will report live from the studio via www.weburnthroughthenight.blogspot.com beginning no later than Saturday, January 10th. Look for guest blogs by other members of Shrinebuilder as well as possible in-studio photos from the band.
01.15.09
GRAILS, EARTH, GREY DATURAS & TRIBES OF NEUROT CONFIRMED FOR NEUROSIS' BEYOND THE PALE AT ROADBURN 2009
"Grails are one of my favorite bands of all time"--Steve Von Till, Neurosis.
Steve Von Till comments: "Guitars more lyrical than most voices, drums more frantic than Keith Moon, instrumentals that take you to both distant yet incredibly internal spaces. In my opinion Grails are one of the most formidable bands of our day. A tight knit group of dynamic players who simultaneously push their sound through the known gateways into uncharted territory while somehow remaining as hauntingly familiar as your own name. Perhaps they are improving on what has been taught to them, yet again, they may be opening new sonic doors be it through lulling the listener into a numbingly beautiful space or luring one into the dark recesses of their fucked up head. Either way, they are completely blowing your mind. Grails are one of my favorite bands of all time."
"Let’s face facts, the worlds of heavy guitar and drone music did not have much in common until Dylan Carlson and Earth seemed to come out of nowhere. Any project with the balls to name itself after the original name for Black Sabbath should have something intense to offer. What Earth brought forth was a minimal wall of distorted guitar bliss. A dreamtime music for the indie music world. Repetition so deep that the listeners ears and mind are altered to hear voices and subtleties that may or may not be there.
Slowly shifting yet endlessly sustaining, that chord would resonate through music and drone would eventually become part of modern heavy music vocabulary. As soon as they changed everything they disappeared in smoke only to reemerge years later. Bearing telecasters and evoking the literary dust covered blood stains of Cormac McCarthy with a narcotic pace, they are still changing the way we all perceive rock music."
"Not many display the DIY, "grab the bull by the horns" attitude the way Australia’s Grey Daturas do. Completely uncompromising music and total dedication to touring initially warmed our hearts to these amazing people. Not content to sit around and wait for something to happen, or for all the imaginary conditions to be right, Grey Daturas have toured the United States several times, mostly in the true underground art and noise spaces.
Expense, frustration and difficulties be damned, they show more balls than most bands that live in the U.S. or Europe.
Not many would reciprocate, and dare to throw it all to the wind and go to Grey Datura's part of the world. Uniting krautrock like jams, unstructured free noise, and psychedelic heavy rock into something unusual and heartfelt it will be a true joy to have their pure attitude and sound at Beyond the Pale."
Tribes of Neurot, the experimental soundscape sibling outfit to Neurosis will make a rare appearance at Beyond The Pale. Walter H, Roadburn's organizer comments: "Tribes of Neurot offer up a languidly swirling miasma of ambient psychedelica. Slowly cascading drones morph into startling glimpses of our own psyche's reflection and eventually fade back into hallucinogenic drones again. It is in these moments of unexpected self reflection that Tribes of Neurot prove that they offer up something unique in the field of ambient music.
They take their years of experience and put them to excellent use by adding layers of complexity and depth to their songs. The curious and the converted will be well rewarded for their attention, as sounds both soothing and foreboding will gently pull them into a blissful focused drift. See you down front when Tribes of Neurot round up three days of sonic exploration at Roadburn Festival 2009."
Also scheduled to appear at Beyond The Pale / Roadburn Festival 2009 are Akimbo, Guapo, Neurosis, OM, Six Organs of Admittance, Skullflower, A Storm of Light, U.S. Christmas & The Young Gods, with more bands to be announced.
Beyond The Pale & Roadburn 2009 --Europe's Terrorizer sponsored, pre-eminent festival for stoner, doom, psychedelica and other coloured metal -- sold out just 45 minutes after the tickets went on sale on Saturday, December 13.
11.6.08
OM, Six Organs of Admittance,
Skullflower & A Storm of Light
for Beyond the Pale at Roadburn 2009.
-- Scott Kelly, Neurosis.
OM, Six Organs of Admittance, Skullflower and A Storm of Light, along with Neurosis have been confirmed for the inaugural European version of Neurosis’ acclaimed Beyond The Pale festival, set to be held at Roadburn 2009 on Saturday, April 25, the 013 venue, Tilburg, Holland.
"Om is such a rare bird in the vast landscape that is sound, music, art, and emotive expression that they absolutely defy description", says Scott Kelly, "The straightest line is the quickest path to the godhead, Om know this, it is the foundation of their mountain. The meditative nature of the patterns and rhythms found within the speaker flexing sonic blanket that they weave is unparalleled. Om is the heaviest band to ever walk the face of the earth."
"Josh Graham is a prolific individual, a man driven to create. In the years that we have spent together collaborating in Neurosis he has shown himself to be a visionary artist as well as a diligent worker. A Storm Of Light is born of this obsession; it is an ominous sound, a cloud of oppressive doomage. Equal parts heavy and hypnotic, A Storm Of Light is a band grown from truth."
Steve Von Till comments: "All must bow before the pagan wall of drone --I couldn't agree more with the opening quote of Skullflower's semi-official website. Hearing the tortured distorted and eerily shamanic drones emanate from the stereo for the first time in the early nineties was truly a revelation. "IIIrd Gatekeeper" and "Obsidian Shaking Codex" are two of my all time favorite albums and have been extremely influential on the way my brothers and I approach guitar-based heavy music: to grab an electric guitar, drive a loud amplifier to its physical limit, and ride the drone into oblivion is ecstasy, and Matthew Bower has been showing us all how it is done for 20-odd years. Finally after all these years we will all get to witness the power together at Beyond The Pale 2009."
"The words "psych folk', although being a genre of music I feel a passion and affinity for, have begun to lose their meaning and significance over the last several years. A so-called "revival" has dredged up wave upon wave of shallow rehash. Ben Chasny and his Six Organs of Admittance, often tagged by that limiting genre, is a bright flower of inspiration to bring us all hope and remind us that as movements devolve, free spirits can rise above and remain vital among the pale imitators. Fearless and able to avoid the pitfalls and traps of classification he has constantly managed to play cathartic soul music. Not "soul" music, but music that accompanies transformation and the journey of one’s spirit. We are pleased to have this tonal psychonaut join us for this special event."
Also scheduled to appear at Beyond The Pale / Roadurn 2009 are The Young Gods, Akimbo, Guapo and U.S. Christmas, with more bands to be announced.
Roadburn 2009 will run for three days from Thursday, April 23 to Saturday, April 25 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland. There will be an additional Afterburner event on Sunday, April 26, 2009. Pre sales for Beyond The Pale / Roadburn 2009 will start, Saturday, December 13th. More info about Roadburn, including confirmed bands for Beyond The Pale and the full festival will follow soon.
Please keep checking www.roadburn.com, www.neurosis.com & www.neurotrecordings.com for updates.
Roadburn Festival 2009
Neurosis is bringing their brilliant
“Beyond The Pale” festival to Roadburn 2009.
The mission of Beyond the Pale is for us to honor the spirit and power of sound with people that we feel are kindred spirits. We want
to bring together a diverse group of people who push the envelope, are truly original, and have that unspeakable fire and inspiration flowing through their art. -Steve Von Till
On Saturday, April 25, Neurosis will have complete freedom to invite all the bands and set the lineups for each of the stages. Over the years, Neurosis has exhibited an amazing commitment and dedication to the art of underground music, something that we at Roadburn understand and appreciate completely. We are looking forward to the new ideas that they will bring to the festival, as we feel they are truly kindred spirits. We look forward to uniting at Roadburn 2009.
"2009 also marks the 10th anniversary of our own label, Neurot Recordings. What an amazing way to mark our first decade as a label.I believe that Roadburn and Neurosis share a clarity of vision that will result in an amazing experience for us all."
Roadburn 2009 will run for three days from Thursday, April 23 to Saturday, April 25 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland. There will be an additional afterburner event on Sunday, April 26, 2009. More info will follow.
Check out the Neurot Recordings "Beyond the Pale" page here for more information.
3.10.07
The new Neurosis album, entitled Given To The Rising, will be released worldwide on Neurot Recordings in May 2007. The first mp3 from the upcoming album has been posted on the sound page. The song is called 'Water Is Not Enough' and can be downloaded at no charge. The song can also be heard on the Neurosis and Neurot Recordings myspace pages.
Neurosis also has some upcoming European tour dates set! Check the tour page for all the details.
12.22.06
Neurosis is about to hit the studio in Chicago with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio. The first tone goes to tape on December 27th, and the album will be wrapped up before the live dates in California in mid-January.
If you live in Los Angeles or San Francisco, come and see Neurosis play some new material and some other songs we haven't heard for a long time. They're playing material from six albums in this set, so brace yourself for an onslaught like you haven't seen for some time. Ask anyone who was in Seattle or Portland, and then go get a ticket. Red Sparowes and Grails will be opening so get there early.
Check the tour page for all the details.
01.04.06
20 years ago the month of December, 1985 we sat in a room and began a
conversation. After talking for a couple of weeks we had constructed a
vision of where we wanted to go with our music and how far we were
willing to go to achieve our goal. We wanted to create a sound that
would be shot into space and eventually come down in a million pieces
to be found later by others who would understand as we did. We always
knew that there was something else at work when we played music
together. At times even our friends could hear it. It was something
unknown and beyond our comprehension, but we knew its presence. Soon it
began to drive us toward our first thought, our commitment, our
sacrifice. The trials that we have been through in this time are
untold, and they will continue as we are a driven force that will never
stop moving in all ways. We have had the absolute pleasure of
experiencing life and death in the purest forms. It is that experience
that continues our evolution as a family and it is that experience
which will bring us closer everyday to our truth. The path that was
seen 20 years ago, the vision that we share, our children, our
families, our friends, is all that will ever be to us. Our commitment
has never wavered, our conversation will continue, and the music is
still to be written.
In the spirit of sound,
NEUROSIS Winter Solstice 2005
Dave Edwardson
Josh Graham
Scott Kelly
Noah Landis
Jason Roeder
Steve Von Till
08.10.05
Scott has started new website, Combat Music Radio, which features "The Show," a weekly online broadcast, featuring over an hours worth of independent, underground and unsigned music, as well as a weekly guest interview.
The Eye Of Every Storm came out on Neurot Recordings (North America), Ritual Records (Japan) and Relapse Records (world) on June 29th 2004. Neurot Recordings also released the double album on colored vinyl with a gatefold sleeve and a poster insert. For more information or to buy direct, please visit Neurot Recordings.