Enemy of the Sun
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Enemy of the Sun is the fourth studio album
from the Oakland, California
band Neurosis
. It was originally released on Alternative Tentacles
in 1993 and later reissued on Neurot Recordings
in 1999.
The album opens with a sample from the movie adaptation of The Sheltering Sky
. The same sample also opens The God Machine
's Scenes From The Second Storey
, an album released in the same year as Enemy Of The Sun.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
from the Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
band Neurosis
Neurosis (band)
Neurosis is a post-metal band, based in Oakland, California. They formed in 1985 as a hardcore punk band, and their sound progressed towards a doom metal style that also included influences from dark ambient and industrial music as well as incorporating elements of folk music...
. It was originally released on Alternative Tentacles
Alternative Tentacles
Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label originally based in San Francisco, California and was established in 1979. It was originally used as the label name by the Dead Kennedys for the self-produced single "California Über Alles", and after realizing the potential for an independent...
in 1993 and later reissued on Neurot Recordings
Neurot Recordings
Neurot Recordings is an independent American record label founded by members of Neurosis and Tribes of Neurot. The label was founded to release the side projects of Neurosis and its members. It has since expanded to a fully functioning label, releasing music from artists...
in 1999.
The album opens with a sample from the movie adaptation of The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky (film)
The Sheltering Sky is a 1990 British-Italian drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich. The film is based on the 1949 novel by Paul Bowles about a couple who journey to northern Africa in the hopes of rekindling their marriage but soon fall prey to the...
. The same sample also opens The God Machine
The God Machine (band)
The God Machine was an alternative rock band, active in the first half of the 1990s. Its members were all from San Diego, California, United States, but they all lived and performed mainly in the United Kingdom and across Europe....
's Scenes From The Second Storey
Scenes from the Second Storey
Scenes from the Second Storey is the debut album by The God Machine released in 1993 by Fiction Records / Polydor. It peaked at #55 in the UK Album Chart....
, an album released in the same year as Enemy Of The Sun.
Track listing (1993 original release)
- "Lost" – 9:41
- "Raze the Stray" – 8:41
- "Burning Flesh in Year of Pig" – 1:37
- "Cold Ascending" – 4:35
- "Lexicon" – 5:41
- "Enemy of the Sun" – 7:33
- "The Time of the Beasts" – 7:59
- "Cleanse" – 15:53
Track listing (1999 re-issue)
- "Lost" – 9:41
- "Raze the Stray" – 8:41
- "Burning Flesh in Year of Pig" – 1:37
- "Cold Ascending" – 4:35
- "Lexicon" – 5:41
- "Enemy of the Sun" – 7:33
- "The Time of the Beasts" – 7:59
- "Cleanse" – 15:51
- "Takeahnase" (Demo, 1991) (Bonus Track)
- "Cleanse II" (Live in OberhausenOberhausenOberhausen is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen . The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It is also well known for the...
, May 1996) (Bonus Track)