Neurosis: The Eye Of Every Storm : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone

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It's hard to fathom why The Eye of Every Storm, Neurosis' ninth studio effort, runs almost sixty-nine minutes. A three-track EP could have made the same point quite sufficiently. Instead, this album of trippy, industrial-metal-with-hushy-bits is ponderous and self-indulgent. But Neurosis is clearly not without talent. Conceptually there are a few promising buds of sonic-psychological exploration and while there are some interesting lyrics, the vocals of dual singers Steve Von Till and Scott Kelly are half-crazed and buried so deep in the mix that it's difficult to hear. Alas, everything remains bolted inside frustratingly narrow parameters. If Neurosis would use their abilities more progressively, they might just be a noteworthy, new-millennium prog-rock band. Let's hope this veteran Bay Area sextet get it right next time.