Episode 002 - Bound with Arrows - A Neurosis discography deep dive - part 1

In this episode of The Heavy Music Club podcast, I’ll be taking a deep dive into one of the most important bands to my journey into heavy music; Neurosis. This first episode will actually begin before they were even Neurosis and then work through early line up changes, their hardcore/punk era, then and all the way up to just before the new millennium and the changes that time brought to their style and approach. As we go along we’ll look at the stories around their albums, the critical reception at the time, the reception since and some of my own feelings. There’s plenty to cover, so I’ve broken this series on Neurosis down into at least two episodes. The next one will be out in the coming weeks. Below are some show notes covering a few things relevant to or that I mention in this episode: If you like the sound of Violent Coercion, you can get hold of their album on Bandcamp here. And the awesome album cover art that I talk about for Souls at Zero is this: Find the rest of Neurosis’ discography here on their Bandcamp page. Make sure to pick up their beautiful new album, An Undying Love for a Burning World. I’ll tackle that in a future episode, too. More details here on Fire in the Mountains festival, with tickets for 2027 already on sale. And since writing and recording this series, Neurosis have been announced as the first act at Roadburn 2027. They’ll be playing two sets, and so that was an immediate purchase for me. I’ve not been since 2019 and I am excited! If you enjoy this episode, give it a like, subscribe and review on any of your podcast platforms. It’s available on all the major ones; Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, etc… *This episode was written, recorded and edited by me, Pete Churchill. Thanks to Yellow Eyes for letting me use their song Warmth Trench Reversal from their amazing 2019 album ‘Immersion Trench Reverie’ for the theme music. All other samples are used under UK ‘fair dealing’ rules.* *A final note - this is the first piece of audio I have ever recorded and edited, despite coming out after the Foglord interview. It’s a little bit janky in places, so bear with. I promise it gets better from episode 2 of this series and onwards.* *If you enjoyed this podcast, join the club and drop your email below to receive future episodes and writings.* If you like what you’ve heard in this episode, here are my other podcast episodes. They include an interview with the amazing dungeon synth artist Foglord off the back of his brilliant 2026 album, *Lore of the Blue Mist*. Give it a listen! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theheavymusicclub.substack.com