Neurosis News: Neurosis - Souls At Zero (2010)

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For Neurosis, it all started in 1992 with, "Souls at Zero." This reissue, among the many recent ones by the band, is particularly generous, as it features demos, unreleased and live tracks, added onto a record that was already a classic. The sweaty Oakland band has never stopped raging full-on, and this reissue is a good reminder of that.

The progressive hardcore of classics like "Crawl Under One's Skin" and "Zero" combine the relentless wall of sound of mid-period Huskers with brain-collapsing, Helmet-esque riffs. The massive, sledgehammering assault of "Takeahnase" and "the Web" are prototypes for so much metal that...