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Art-metal heavyweights Neurosis have been steadily perfecting the balance between heaviness and symphonic grandeur, and they may have gotten things one hundred percent correct with TIMES OF GRACE. While the term "progressive" might elicit groans from diehard headbangers, it's entirely appropriate when describing the evolution of Neurosis's sound. Songs like "The Doorway" and "The Last You'll Know" build an inescapable sense of oppressive dread with their walls of crushing, droning guitar, but the band has far more than that to offer. Tribal rhythms, electronic textures, and delicate acoustic passages color the work and make the sheets of noise all the more potent when they arrive. "Exist" and "End of the Harvest" could almost be Chicago post-rock, given the repeated spare guitar figures and ambient background noise, while "Descent's" bagpipes put the band's occasional Celtic tribal leanings front and center. Most impressively on TIME OF GRACE, Neurosis may well have finally mastered the science of the slow buildup they'd been calculating since 1985. The sonic topography they explore in each song is unflaggingly fascinating and varied, leading to what is arguably the band's most consistent, fully realized album.
Recorded at Electrical Audio Recording, Chicago, Illinois in October 1998.
Neurosis: Scott Kelly, Steve Von Till (vocals, guitar, percussion); Noah Landis (vocals, keyboards, samples); David Edwardson (vocals, Moog synthesizer, bass); Jason Roeder (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Wendy-O Matik (spoken vocals); Kris Force (violin, viola); Jackie Gratz (cello); John Goff (bagpipes); Jon Birdsong (cornet, tuba); Johannes Mager (trombone).
CMJ (5/3/99, p.34) - "...Recorded and mixed by Steve Albini, TIMES OF GRACE swirls in slow, sludgy riffs, butchering vocals, and subtle keyboard samples. You will not emerge unscathed..."
Melody Maker (5/1/99, p.36) - 3 stars (out of 5) - "...an experience [that is] dark and unsettling [is] this self-confessed 'abysmal force'..."
NME (Magazine) (5/8/99, p.40) - 7 out of 10 - "...Neurosis combine elephantine basslines and mad barking vocals with incongruously beautifully melodies. Imagine being titless on Ecstasy while being buggered with a razor- studded power tool as Satan nails your genitals to the kitchen table. And it's got bagpipes on it..." Times Of Grace Music | List Price | $14.98 (You save $1.89) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Heavy Metal, Punk | | Label | Relapse | | Orig Year | 1999 | | All Time Sales Rank |  21230  | | CD Universe Part number | 1038787 | | Catalog number | 766419 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 11, 1999 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Engineer | Steve Albini | | Personnel | Scott Kelly
Steve Von Till - vocals, guitar, percussion
Jason Roeder - drums, percussion
Noah Landis - vocals, keyboards, samples
David Edwardson - vocals, Moog synthesizer, bass
Also: Kris Force, Jon Birdsong, John Goff, Jackie Gratz, Johannes Mager, Wendy-O Matik |
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