Most easily classified as hardcore, but really hardly
fitting into that or any category, Neurosis has always been a frontrunner
in the indie music genre. Revered by metallers, punks, hardcore kids,
indie rockers, noise fiends and ambient fans alike (thanks greatly to
the work done by the Neurosis side project Tribes of Neurot on a label
of the same name) by grouping together elements of all these styles, this
group has set many standards and influenced a whole bunch of bands (like
Isis and Alchemist, to name a couple) that have come very much into their
own.
I'm not going to make it seem like I'm a Neurosis
expert, nor that I'm a particularly huge fan. I have some of their records,
which I like, but Enemy of the Sun is something really special.
It's the epitome of heavy music with tribal elements, hardcore vocals
and gripping atmospherics. It features deeply moving rhythms, breathtaking,
thought-provoking sound clips and trance-inducing passages. Neurosis'
rep has always been one of being cerebral yet primal at the same time,
and Enemy of the Sun represents that more than any record that
I've heard from this group.
