Neurosis (band)

Neurosis
Neurosis at Tuska Open Air Metal Festival 2009
Background information
Origin	Oakland, California, U.S.
Genres	Post-metal sludge metal crust punk (early)
Years active	1985–2019 (on hiatus)
Labels	Neurot Relapse Alternative Tentacles Lookout! Alchemy Your Choice
Spinoffs	Tribes of Neurot
Members	Steve Von Till Dave Edwardson Noah Landis Jason Roeder
Past members	Scott Kelly Adam Kendall Pete Inc. Simon McIlroy Chad Salter Josh Graham
Website	neurosis.com

Neurosis is an American post-metal band from Oakland, California. It was formed in 1985 by guitarist Scott Kelly, bassist Dave Edwardson, and drummer Jason Roeder, initially as a crust punk band. Chad Salter joined as a second guitarist and appeared on the band's 1987 debut Pain of Mind and then Steve Von Till replaced him in 1989. The following year, the lineup further expanded to include a keyboardist and a visual artist. Beginning with their third album Souls at Zero (1992), Neurosis transformed their hardcore sound by incorporating diverse influences including doom metal and industrial music, becoming a major force in the emergence of the post-metal and sludge metal genres.

The band's lineup stabilized in 1995 with the addition of Noah Landis, who replaced Simon McIlroy on keyboards and electronics. That same year they formed the experimental music group Tribes of Neurot and in 1999 the record label Neurot Recordings. This line-up remained stable until 2019, when the band parted ways with Kelly after discovering his history of domestic violence against his family, though this would not come to light until August 2022 out of respect for the privacy of Kelly's family members. The band has been on hiatus since then, and there is currently no information on whether or not the band will continue or disband.

Neurosis have garnered critical recognition over the course of their 11 studio albums. The BBC credited them with taking "heavy music to previously unimaginable spaces ... [and shaping] metal's definitive response to the 21st century."^[1]