Neurosis - Given to the Rising

noodles · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:05 am

It leaked yesterday sometime. I listened to it last night and it's one of the easiest albums to fall in love with that I've heard. It's got everything that makes Neurosis amazing - the atmosphere that carries you off to their crazy world, devastating rhythms, weird and wonderful noises that you never knew a guitar could make, spine chilling climaxes to songs - without repeating themselves or sounding much like their previous albums (to me it sounds something like The Eye of Every Storm meets Times of Grace). The densest and best sound Neurosis album to date.

Good to see Neurosis have comealong and shown Agalloch, Pelican, Isis and Mastodon who is boss =P

Dago · **Posted:** Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:55 am

The album is cool, but Mastodon is still the boss. :wink:

North From Here · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:28 am

Dago wrote:

The album is cool, but Mastodon is still the boss. :wink:

The only good thing about Blood Mountain was a certain guest spot from a Neurosis band member. I hate Mastodon, so I'm a biased jerk. :wink:

Given to the Rising= :dio:

I do not know about showing Agalloch who is boss, but Neurosis certainly beats Pelican and Isis.

Dago · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:44 am

That beats Pelican and Isis i agree 100%.

Adam · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:02 pm

I'm glad you guys like it. I haven't heard it yet, besides the song on their myspace that kicks ass, but if it gets approval from the true Neurosis fans, that's a good sign. I'm gonna review it as soon as I can (legally) get my hands on it. I'm finding that this year might have the highest ever quantity of releases that I am anxiously anticipating (Neurosis, Candlemass, Mekong Delta, etc.)

noodles · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:40 am

emperorblackdoom wrote:

Dago wrote:

The album is cool, but Mastodon is still the boss. :wink:

The only good thing about Blood Mountain was a certain guest spot from a Neurosis band member. I hate Mastodon, so I'm a biased jerk. :wink:

Given to the Rising= :dio:

I do not know about showing Agalloch who is boss, but Neurosis certainly beats Pelican and Isis.

Agalloch can be second place. Pelican would be about tied if City of Echoes showed any progression at all from their last two albums :lame:

Dago · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:14 am

noodles wrote:

emperorblackdoom wrote:

Dago wrote:

The album is cool, but Mastodon is still the boss. :wink:

The only good thing about Blood Mountain was a certain guest spot from a Neurosis band member. I hate Mastodon, so I'm a biased jerk. :wink:

Given to the Rising= :dio:

I do not know about showing Agalloch who is boss, but Neurosis certainly beats Pelican and Isis.

Agalloch can be second place. Pelican would be about tied if City of Echoes showed any progression at all from their last two albums :lame:

So true, the album was another dissapointment this year.

noodles · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:42 pm

Yeah, seems to be a bad year for post-rock since the new Do Make Say Think and Explosions in the Sky were also kinda crappy.

rio · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:11 pm

Just heard "Water is not Enough". It's given me a lot more interest in this album. A great track, that I prefer to anything else by Neurosis so far, although there's still quite a lot of holes for me in their catalogue.

noodles · **Posted:** Wed May 02, 2007 6:50 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBGGjgt0ZcQ

making of video with some interviews

I'm not surprised they record live, since seeing them live the sound quality was basically dead on with the album except louder and a bit rawer

Angel Black · **Joined:** Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:54 pm **Posts:** 342

Very good album, but...Minsk seems to have won this year's sludge poll ;)

Given... is too cold a album. It's not as atmospheric as the new Minsk and perhaps that's why I didn't really enjoy it as much as The Ritual Fires Of Abandonment.

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