Souls at Zero
by Neurosis
- Type: Album
- Released: 19 May 1992
- Label: Alternative Tentacles
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:01:15
- Community rating: 4.39/5 from 19 ratings
Artists on this release: Steve Von Till, Walter P. Sunday, Siovhan King, Chad Salter, Jason Roeder, Noah Landis, Kris Force, Dave Edwardson, Scott Kelly, Sarah Augros
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A dramatic departure from the band's hardcore punk roots, 'Souls at Zero' established a new sound built on slower tempos, atmospheric sludge metal, and wide-ranging experimentation including samples, strings, and woodwinds. This exploration of unorthodox textures, paired with cryptic lyrical themes of social isolation and aggression, cemented the album's legacy as a foundational and pioneering work in the post-metal subgenre.
Genres
Descriptors: bleak, complex, sludgy, ritualistic, monolithic, sludge, atmospheric, slow-burning
Tracklist
- To Crawl Under One's Skin (07:51)
- Souls At Zero (09:18)
- Zero (01:40)
- Flight (04:05)
- The Web (04:55)
- Sterile Vision (06:20)
- A Chronology For Survival (09:34)
- Stripped (08:00)
- Takeahnase (07:56)
- Empty (01:36)
Credits
- Scott Kelly - lead vocals, guitar, production
- Steve Von Till - lead vocals, guitar, production
- Dave Edwardson - bass guitar, backing vocals, production
- Simon McIlroy - keyboards, synthesizers, samples, effects, backing vocals, production
- Jason Roeder - drums, percussion, production
- Kris Force - violin, viola
- Sarah Augros - flute
- Walter P. Sunday - cello
- Siovhan King - trumpet
- Adam Kendall - visual media
- Bill Thompson - production, engineering
- Jello Biafra - mixing
- Malcolm Sherwood - engineering
- Jeffrey Gray - engineering
- Jeff Fogerty - engineering