Formed in 1985, Bay Area psych-metal titans Neurosis started out as a hardcore punk band and made their debut in ’87 with Pain of Mind. They soon enlisted key vocalist/guitarist Steve Von Till and landed on Alternative Tentacles, the label founded by Dead Kennedys members Jello Biafra and East Bay Ray. With 1992’s Souls at Zero, Neurosis shifted away from punk into a heavier psychedelic sound that fused Sabbathian doom with AmRep-style noise rock. By 1996’s monumental Through Silver in Blood—listen to the crushing title track and hypnotic “Locust Star”—they had come completely into their own with massive walls of guitars, atavistic tribal drums and visceral lyrics about man’s separation from nature and himself. Their reputation as “the Pink Floyd of metal” was only bolstered by the four albums they released subsequently. After a long decade of silence during which many thought the band may have dissolved, Neurosis suddenly re-emerged in 2026 with new member Aaron Turner (Sumac, Old Man Gloom) and a surprise new album, An Undying Love for a Burning World.