Album: Enemy of the Sun by Neurosis (1993)
Genre: Post-Hardcore | Style: Metal
Record Label: Alternative Tentacles
Format: Album

Description: Enemy of the Sun is the fourth studio album by Californian 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 same sample also opens The God Machine's Scenes from the Second Storey, an album released in the same year as Enemy of the Sun.
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.

Artist Background: Neurosis is an experimental metal band, based in Oakland, CA. Their unique sound draws from influences ranging from hardcore punk and doom metal to dark ambient, progressive rock and industrial music as well as incorporating elements of post-punk and folk music. The band is highly regarded as the primary pioneer of its genre, sometimes referred to as atmospheric sludge. Critic Brian Russ has described them as "atmospheric hardcore". In late 1985, Scott Kelly, Dave Edwardson and Jason Roeder (... Part of the Oakland, CA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Post-Hardcore movement. Known for Metal style.

Related Artists: Isis, Cult of Luna, Rosetta, Amenra

Music Scene: Part of the Oakland, CA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Post-Hardcore movement. Known for Metal style.

Tags: Post-Hardcore, Metal, 1990s, Album, Alternative Tentacles

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Enemy of the Sun is the fourth studio album by Californian 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 same sample also opens The God Machine's Scenes from the Second Storey, an album released in the same year as Enemy of the Sun.
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.

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