By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-ChiefPlay any of the songs on the harrowing third record by Alison Chesley — who records as Helen Money — on electric guitar, and you'd have one of the most brutal, unnerving metal records of… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorEvery year, when eMusic's editorial staff compiles our annual best-of list, the goal is never to come to some kind of academic determination of the year's best records via a series of complicated formulas and… more »
By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic ContributorLike the band's last album, 2007's Given to the Rising, Neurosis's 10th studio album in 27 years, Honor Found in Decay, is a cinematic, multi-dimensional exploration of texture and emotion that weaves together doom-metal,… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorLike many other Manhattan-based offices, eMusic is currently in recovery mode from Hurricane Sandy. So we apologize in advance if things are a little wonky at the moment. That said, today's a big day for… more »
By John Wiederhorn, eMusic ContributorGiven that Neurosis frontman Scott Kelly recently released the covers album Songs of Townes Van Zandt and has issued two other sparse, introspective and largely acoustic solo records since 2001, it's not surprising that his… more »
By Jason Diamond, eMusic ContributorIt isn't really shocking that guys like Scotty Kelly and Steve Von Till (most famously of Neurosis) and Wino (God of all things doom metal) would be big enough fans of the late Townes Van… more »
By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic ContributorOver the past 20-plus years, this Bay Area band's music has undergone various evolutions, cycling through hardcore, industrial art-noise and hypnotic tribal dissonance. But it was Through Silver in Blood that lay the groundwork for… more »