''The Eye of Every Storm'' is the eighth
studio album
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by American
post-metal
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band
Neurosis
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.
Style
It tones down the strong
folk music
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influences that were prominent on the band's previous album, ''
A Sun That Never Sets'', while incorporating more industrial elements. The album explores their trudging and massive sound
with a more dynamic approach, closer to
post-rock
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than their earlier work.
Track listing
Personnel
Neurosis
*
Steve Von Till
Stephen Francis Von Till Jr. is an American musician, best known as the guitarist of the metal band Neurosis (band), Neurosis, in which he also shared lead vocals with former member Scott Kelly (musician), Scott Kelly. Following Kelly's departu ...
– vocals, guitar, filtered and textured sounds
*
Scott Kelly – vocals, guitar
*Noah Landis – organ, piano, synth, sampler, atmospheric sounds and effects
*Dave Edwardson – bass, Moog, backing vocals
*
Jason Roeder
Jason Roeder is a retired American drummer, formerly of the Oakland-based metal bands Neurosis and Sleep.
He played in the hardcore punk band Violent Coercion with Scott Kelly and Dave Edwardson before the trio formed Neurosis in 1985. The gro ...
– drums, percussion
*Josh Graham – visual media
Additional musicians
*Desmond Shea – trumpet on "Left to Wander" and "Shelter"
*Jeffrey Luck Lucas – cello on "I Can See You"
References
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2004 albums
Neurosis (band) albums
Relapse Records albums
Albums produced by Steve Albini