Disco de Neurosis: “Souls At Zero”

I saw this band live twice during their hardcore punk days at Gilman's in the late 80s and again in 99 and they are a great live band. Anyhow maybe if they were not classified as a metal band in music stores they would get a better reception. They are more "expermental/industrial/gothic" than death metal or "hardcore" Agnostic Front and Bad Brains are hardcore!

It all strated, ended and began again here, in all senses. Compared with this fabulous disaster of a record, the thrash bands of the Eighties were merely playing Whoops! Apocalypse with all their talk of nuclear war and The Bomb. Neurosis, on the other hand, acted out an endtime drama that none have been able to eclipse since. 'Souls at Zero' was where the metal serpent ate its industrial-meets-crustcore tail, a musical ouroubourous to match the striking cover image. Little surprise, then , that the Oakland sextet's fourth album is still regarded to this day as an Alpha and omega of extreme music.

This is a truely wonderful recording, no wonder neurosis have so much respect out there in the industry, The title track is esspecially great, This is one of those albums that sends you into anouther world!

This is by far the best one they have, I know through silver in blood is supposed to be the best one, which is also a great album, but wow, I wish they would put out more like this and Enemy of the sun.

This was the album that ruled my world for at least a few months when I was around 18 and just graduating high school. This was so hard and raw, that it just always made me feel emotion. None of their later albums even come close to the energy that Souls at Zero generates. Pain of Mind is probably the next best. I wish the band had made a couple of more albums along the same lines as SAZ, but I guess they wanted to "mature" or whatever. I don't care if the new stuff is more musical. It just doesn't have as much feeling and honesty.