California post-metal pioneers Neurosis have quietly released a new studio album, An Undying Love for a Burning World, their first collection of new material in ten years and the band’s first project after co-founder Scott Kelly left following revelations of domestic abuse. The record arrives as the group reshapes its identity and prepares to introduce a new member onstage this summer.
What changed — and why it matters now
The surprise drop marks a notable moment for a band long associated with emotionally intense, heavy music. In recent months Neurosis framed the record as a necessary outlet for the stress, isolation and grief many people are facing today, touching on the personal upheaval inside the band as well as broader anxieties such as the climate emergency. For fans and critics, the release tests how the group moves forward without one of its founding voices.
Musically the album continues the band’s tradition of dense, cathartic arrangements, while the personnel shift introduces a new tonal element: Aaron Turner, known for his work with Isis and Sumac, contributed to the record and will tour with Neurosis for the first time this July.
- Album: An Undying Love for a Burning World
- Artist: Neurosis
- Significance: First studio album in a decade; first release after Scott Kelly’s departure
- New member: Aaron Turner (Isis, Sumac) — appears on the album and will make his live debut with the band at the Fire in the Mountains festival in Montana this July
- Availability: Released without prior announcement and streaming now on major platforms
Band statement and context
In announcing the album, Neurosis described the recording as a form of emotional release — a response to personal difficulties within the group and the wider pressures of contemporary life. The band emphasized that creating and sharing this music felt urgent, a necessary step toward moving forward after a period of upheaval.
That framing places the album in a broader cultural moment: audiences are receptive to art that wrestles with isolation, mental strain and ecological anxiety, and Neurosis positions this record as both a personal reckoning and a communal outlet.
Tracklist
The album consists of eight tracks, listed below:
- We Are Torn Wide Open
- Mirror Deep
- First Red Rays
- Blind
- Seething And Scattered
- Untethered
- In The Waiting Hours
- Last Light
For listeners who want context, Neurosis’s previous full-length, Fires Within Fires, arrived in 2016; revisiting it may highlight how the band’s sound and themes have evolved in the intervening years.
Neurosis’s decision to release the album now underscores a turning point for the group — a public attempt to reckon with internal changes while continuing to address the anxieties that have long inflected their work. Fans can expect to hear the new material live for the first time this summer at Fire in the Mountains in Montana, where Aaron Turner will join the lineup.
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