Through Silver in Blood
Neurosis (1996)
Review: Through Silver in Blood is an album I certainly did not expect to enjoy as much as I did. I'm not the type of person to say that I dislike any particular genre of music, but I'd be lying if I said metal is something I choose to listen to in my free time. In addition, when I saw that this album was 70 minutes long and that the genre is one I hardly listen to, I started dreading the thought of listening to this album in its entirety. So - I decided I would break my rule and just put this album on in the background while I did other things. I quickly found that I had set myself an impossible task as this album requires more attention to listen to than any other I've ever heard.
Through Silver in Blood is a war album. Not a glorified war album, the real stuff and man does it deliver on that idea. This is undeniably the most haunting album I have ever listened to. It transported me to another world for the entirety of its 70 minute run time. It hits you in the face with heart pumping instrumentals, taking frequent, calming - rather chilling pauses to lure you into a sense of safety. These pauses in any other album may seem relaxing, but in this one they give you such intense anxiety because you are never certain when the adrenaline rush is going to start up again. This album made me anxious the entire way through, and yet funnily enough that's exactly why I enjoyed it so much. Through Silver in Blood is not easy listening, through music alone it makes you feel like you are on the front lines of a horrible war, and that's why it's so damn intriguing.
Standout Tracks:
Strength of Fates: This song transported me like no other track on the album. For 9 minutes straight I could focus on nothing else. It's somber and depressing, but also still has those anxiety trips and brutal bits that the album is so good at producing. It takes a moment to reflect on the rest of the album leading up to this point - and reminds you of all the horrors that took place.
Aeon: Just such a good second to last track - it serves as such a good "post war" song to begin closing things out. There's a sense of despair and pain that comes in with the wind instruments near the end of the track. They aren't present in from my memory any other part of the album and really do an amazing job at setting the mood and tone for the end of this great album. Phenomenal track.
Recommendation: I recommend this album to anyone whose interest was piqued by anything I have said about it so far. I know this album is not for everyone - but I do want to say that if your reasoning for not checking it out is because you "don't like metal" I think it's a pretty silly one. I am absolutely not a metal listener by any means, but I thought this album was fucking amazing. If an anxiety inducing, heart pumping, bone-chilling ride is not the type of thing that you think you would enjoy then definitely steer clear of this album. If rather your interest is piqued at the thought of an album that haunts you for long after you listen to it, please give this one a listen. And please stick through with it to the end, I really don't think you will be dissapointed. This album might be a 6/6 for me, I have to listen to it a few more times to decide!
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And that's it for my review on Through Silver in Blood! The next one is Pan's Labrynth, until then!
- Malachi
Through Silver in Blood is a war album. Not a glorified war album, the real stuff and man does it deliver on that idea. This is undeniably the most haunting album I have ever listened to. It transported me to another world for the entirety of its 70 minute run time. It hits you in the face with heart pumping instrumentals, taking frequent, calming - rather chilling pauses to lure you into a sense of safety. These pauses in any other album may seem relaxing, but in this one they give you such intense anxiety because you are never certain when the adrenaline rush is going to start up again. This album made me anxious the entire way through, and yet funnily enough that's exactly why I enjoyed it so much. Through Silver in Blood is not easy listening, through music alone it makes you feel like you are on the front lines of a horrible war, and that's why it's so damn intriguing.
Standout Tracks:
Strength of Fates: This song transported me like no other track on the album. For 9 minutes straight I could focus on nothing else. It's somber and depressing, but also still has those anxiety trips and brutal bits that the album is so good at producing. It takes a moment to reflect on the rest of the album leading up to this point - and reminds you of all the horrors that took place.
Aeon: Just such a good second to last track - it serves as such a good "post war" song to begin closing things out. There's a sense of despair and pain that comes in with the wind instruments near the end of the track. They aren't present in from my memory any other part of the album and really do an amazing job at setting the mood and tone for the end of this great album. Phenomenal track.
Recommendation: I recommend this album to anyone whose interest was piqued by anything I have said about it so far. I know this album is not for everyone - but I do want to say that if your reasoning for not checking it out is because you "don't like metal" I think it's a pretty silly one. I am absolutely not a metal listener by any means, but I thought this album was fucking amazing. If an anxiety inducing, heart pumping, bone-chilling ride is not the type of thing that you think you would enjoy then definitely steer clear of this album. If rather your interest is piqued at the thought of an album that haunts you for long after you listen to it, please give this one a listen. And please stick through with it to the end, I really don't think you will be dissapointed. This album might be a 6/6 for me, I have to listen to it a few more times to decide!
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And that's it for my review on Through Silver in Blood! The next one is Pan's Labrynth, until then!
- Malachi
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