Hardcore roots, Albini sessions and a surprise comeback after a decade away: each of these records moves at its own crushing pace.
1Through Silver in BloodThe crushing 1996 album widely regarded as a landmark of post-metal and of heavy music in the 1990s.1000pts
2A Sun That Never SetsA 2001 album that leaned into folk-tinged melody and restraint, home to the live favourite The Tide.622pts
3Times of GraceThe 1999 album recorded with Steve Albini, pairing monolithic riffs with stark, open space.551pts
4Souls at ZeroThe 1992 breakthrough that added samples, strings and tribal percussion and laid the groundwork for post-metal.466pts
5Enemy of the SunA 1993 album of punishing, ritualistic heaviness, built on tribal drumming and dense noise.466pts
6The Word as LawThe 1990 second album where Neurosis began stretching hardcore into longer, darker and more ambitious songs.363pts
7Given to the RisingA 2007 return to raw, heavy intensity, often named among the band's fiercest later records.363pts
8An Undying Love for a Burning WorldThe surprise 2026 twelfth album, the band's first new music in ten years, released through Neurot Recordings.363pts
9Honor Found in DecayThe 2012 album that balanced towering heaviness with folk and Americana textures.0pts
10Fires Within FiresThe compact 2016 album of five long songs that was the band's last record for a decade.0pts
11Pain of MindThe Oakland band's 1987 debut, a raw hardcore punk record from before their turn to slow, heavy experimentation.0pts
12The Eye of Every StormThe 2004 album of slow-burning, atmospheric songs that showed the band's most patient side.0pts
