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Steve Von Till
Stephen Francis Von Till Jr. is an American musician, poet, and educator, best known as the guitarist of the band Neurosis, in which he also shared lead vocals with former member Scott Kelly. Following Kelly's departure in 2019, he is now the sole lead vocalist for the band. He also records solo work under both his given name and the moniker Harvestman. Career Von Till joined Neurosis in 1989. and the group would later form experimental/noise group Tribes of Neurot, Neurosis' alter ego. Solo Von Till's solo music as a singer songwriter has been described as a hybrid of "haunting" folk songs, rural psychedelia and expansive gothic Americana full of melancholic beauty. These songs are often built around sparse arrangements, the centerpiece of which is his distinctive solemn weathered voice and minimal acoustic guitar stylings. In many ways a catch all for his other musical interests and influences, distilling his love for home recorded psychedelia, ambient, folk, lo-fi, kr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avant-garde Metal
Avant-garde metal (also known as avant-metal, experimental metal, and experimental) is a subgenre of heavy metal music loosely defined by use of experimentation and innovative, avant-garde elements, including non-standard and unconventional sounds, instruments, song structures, playing styles, and vocal techniques. Avant-garde metal is influenced by progressive rock and extreme metal, particularly death metal, and is closely related to progressive metal. Some local scenes include Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, and Seattle in the United States, Oslo in Norway, and Tokyo in Japan. Characteristics "Avant-garde metal" is interchangeable with "experimental metal" and "avant-metal", and may also refer to a separate genre of "atmospheric metal" or "post-metal", which was named in reference to post-rock. Avant-garde metal is related to progressive metal, but avant-garde metal often has more experimentation, while progressive metal usually has a tighter focus on traditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idaho Panhandle
The Idaho Panhandle—locally known as North Idaho—is a salient region of the U.S. state of Idaho encompassing the state's 10 northernmost counties: Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone (though the southern part of the region is sometimes referred to as North Central Idaho). The Panhandle is bordered by the state of Washington to the west, Montana to the east, and the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north. The Idaho panhandle, along with Eastern Washington, makes up the region known as the Inland Northwest, headed by its largest city, Spokane, Washington. Coeur d'Alene is the largest city within the Idaho Panhandle. Spokane is around west of Coeur d'Alene, and its Spokane International Airport is the region's main air hub. Other important cities in the region include Lewiston, Moscow, Post Falls, Hayden, Sandpoint, and the smaller towns of St. Maries and Bonners Ferry. East of Coeur d'Alene is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fires Within Fires
''Fires Within Fires'' is the eleventh studio album by American post-metal band Neurosis. The album was released on September 23, 2016, via the band's own record label, Neurot Recordings. Recording began on December 27, 2015, at Electrical Audio Studio; the album was produced by Steve Albini and the cover art created by Thomas Hooper. Like Neurosis' previous albums, ''Fires Within Fires'' combines "elements from the post-metal genre they co-created ithelements of industrial, doom, punk and folk". This is the band's final album with founding member Scott Kelly who was fired in 2019 due to domestic abuse allegations, which he officially confirmed to be true and announced his withdrawal from the public eye in August 2022. Critical reception The album received an average score of 85/100 from 10 reviews on Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim". Thom Jurek of AllMusic wrote, "Given he album'srelative brevity, it's among the few albums in their catalog that doesn't leave the listen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honor Found In Decay
''Honor Found in Decay'' is the tenth studio album by American band Neurosis, released on October 30, 2012. The album is notable for incorporating elements of folk music while furthering the heaviness that was emphasized on Neurosis' previous album, ''Given to the Rising''. ''Honor Found in Decay'' was lauded by Sputnikmusic for being "as challenging and engrossing a record as they have ever produced and an incredible celebration of the band's legendary career". Guitarist and vocalist Steve Von Till cautioned that "if you're going put our record on, it's not going to be a party". Overview Considering the title of the album, Steve Von Till conceded that the band members cannot agree on its precise meaning, but "one thing that really resonates with me is that decay is the natural state of all things over time...When shit's falling apart, that is when you see the people who have honor and will stand by what they said, or those that are self-serving or dishonorable and stab people in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given To The Rising
''Given to the Rising'' is the ninth studio album by American band Neurosis (band), Neurosis, released on June 5, 2007. The album is available in a standard jewel case, a limited-edition digipak, and a limited-edition double LP album, LP, all with the same track list. ''Decibel Magazine'' listed ''Given to the Rising'' as the 76th-best metal album of the decade. A DVD documentary is also available from Neurot Records. The artwork for the album, designed by Josh Graham, is a mixture of photos from Hősök tere, Heroes Square in Budapest and drawings inspired by the place. Coincidentally, singer/guitarist Steve Von Till and Josh Graham had separately thought of the idea of using Heroes Square as the artwork for the album. Musical style The album has been described by music critics as a more aggressive, heavier album than their recent previous output, showcasing a "more direct and hard-hitting approach", resulting in "their heaviest record since 99's 'Times of Grace (album), Times Of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eye Of Every Storm
''The Eye of Every Storm'' is the eighth studio album from the Californian band Neurosis. It retains the strong folk music influences prominent on the band's previous album ''A Sun That Never Sets'', while exploring their trudging and massive sound with a more dynamic approach closer to post-rock than their earlier work. Track listing Personnel Neurosis *Steve Von Till : vocals, guitar, filtered and textured sounds * Scott Kelly : vocals, guitar *Noah Landis : organ, piano, synth, sampler, atmospheric sounds and effects *Dave Edwardson : bass, Moog, backing vocals *Jason Roeder : drums, percussion *Josh Graham : visual media Additional musicians *Desmond Shea : trumpet on "Left to Wander" and "Shelter" *Jeffrey Luck Lucas : cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neurosis & Jarboe
''Neurosis & Jarboe'' is a collaboration between American avant-garde metal band Neurosis and singer-songwriter Jarboe formerly of Swans. It was released on November 4, 2003 by Neurot Recordings. On August 2, 2019, the album was re-released on Neurot Recordings. The 2019 version was remastered by Bob Weston (of Shellac) with new artwork by Aaron Turner. Accolades Track listing Production Adapted from the ''Neurosis & Jarboe'' liner notes. ;Musicians * Dave Edwardson – instruments, effects, recording * Jarboe – lead vocals, instruments, effects * Scott Kelly – instruments, effects * Noah Landis – instruments, effects, recording * Jason Roeder – instruments, effects * Steve Von Till – instruments, effects, recording ;Production and additional personnel * Jeff Byrd – recording * William Faith – recording (1–4, 6–8) * Chris Griffin – recording (5) * Neurosis – mixing * Desmond Shea – recording ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Sun That Never Sets
''A Sun That Never Sets'' is the seventh studio album from the Californian band Neurosis. The album was awarded #18 on Decibel Magazine's top 100 metal albums of the decade. The band later released a DVD of a full-length film, which the album accompanies. Track listing Personnel Performance Neurosis * Scott Kelly – guitar, vocals *Noah Landis – keyboards, sampling, sound manipulation *Jason Roeder – drums *Steve Von Till – guitar, vocals *Dave Edwardson – bass, backing vocals Additional personnel *Kris Force – violin, viola Production *Chris Manfrin – assistant engineer *Greg Norman – assistant engineer *John Golden – mastering *Steve Albini Steve Albini (pronounced ; born July 22, 1962) is an American musician, record producer, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman and Flour, and is a member of Shellac. He is the founder, owner and principal en ... – en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovereign (EP)
''Sovereign'' is an EP by Californian band Neurosis. As with the previous album, ''Times of Grace'' (and each Neurosis album since) it was recorded by Steve Albini at Electric Audio in Chicago, Illinois. The CD contains a mixed-media CD-Rom portion featuring visuals and music reminiscent of their live shows and their work under the Tribes of Neurot moniker. In 2011 Neurot Recordings released a reissue that includes bonus track "Misgiven". Track listing Personnel *Steve Von Till – guitar, vocals *Scott Kelly – guitar, vocals *Dave Edwardson – bass, vocals *Noah Landis – keyboards, vocals *Jason Roeder – drums * Dave Collins David S. Collins (born October 20, 1952) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball from to . Collins is one of three players to have made it to the major leagues who played for the Rapid City Post 22 American Legion baseball program in ... - mastering References {{Authority control 2000 EPs Neurosis (band) albums Albums produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times Of Grace (album)
''Times of Grace'' is the sixth studio album by Californian band Neurosis, released on May 4, 1999. It continued the band's development of the post-metal genre and demonstrates gothic rock and progressive rock influences. This album and ''Grace'', an ambient companion by the band's alter-ego Tribes of Neurot, are designed to play alongside each other. ''Times of Grace'' marked the beginning of the band's ongoing working relationship with recording engineer Steve Albini. Background and composition In 1996, Neurosis released ''Through Silver in Blood'' to critical and popular acclaim. Following extensive touring, the band returned to the studio in October 1998 to begin ''Times of Grace''. As the band's debut release featuring the production of Steve Albini, who would become a regular Neurosis collaborator, ''Times of Grace'' has been called "the first album where Neurosis started to sound like Neurosis." Numerous publications praised Albini's work on the album, highlighting the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Through Silver In Blood
''Through Silver in Blood'' is the fifth album from the American avant-garde metal band Neurosis. The album was released on April 2, 1996, and was their first record to be released through Relapse Records. The album was reissued in July 2009 on the band's own label, Neurot Recordings. Since its release, ''Through Silver in Blood'' has been recognized not only as the band's critical and popular peak, but as one of the sources of post-metal and as one of the best metal albums of all time. ''Through Silver in Blood'' was preceded by Tribes of Neurot companion album ''Silver Blood Transmission'' (1995) and succeeded by a split EP between the two projects, ''Locust Star'' (1996). Background and composition Neurosis bassist and vocalist Dave Edwardson described ''Through Silver in Blood'' as "more of an epic undertaking than the last one." In keeping with the band's progressively deeper experimentation into extreme metal, the album is notably slow, distorted, and heavy, drawing from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enemy Of The Sun
''Enemy of the Sun'' is the fourth studio album by American avant-garde metal band Neurosis. It was originally released on Alternative Tentacles in 1993 and later reissued on Neurot Recordings in 1999. The album was reissued with new cover artwork on April 20, 2010. On February 14, 2012, a fully remastered version was released on vinyl via Relapse Records. The album opens with a sample from the movie adaptation of ''The Sheltering Sky''. The cover artwork depicts a statue from Toddington Manor in Gloucestershire, England – the subject is unknown but is most likely Saint Thomas Becket. Simon Marsden is the original photographer. This album is the last Neurosis album to feature Simon McIlroy. The track "Cleanse" runs for 26:35 on the original CD and the 1999 reissue. On the 2010 reissue, it was edited down to 15:54. An episode of the TV series ''Home Improvement'' had the character Mark (played by Taran Noah Smith) wearing a T-shirt that featured the album. Track listing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
