Fires Within Fires

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Fires Within Fires
File:Fires within fires cover art.jpg
Studio album by
Neurosis
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2016
StudioElectrical Audio Studio
Genre
Length40:50
LabelNeurot Recordings
ProducerSteve Albini
Neurosis chronology
Honor Found in Decay
(2012) 		Fires Within Fires
(2016)

Fires Within Fires is the eleventh studio album by American post-metal band Neurosis.[3] The album was released on September 23, 2016, via the band's own record label, Neurot Recordings.[4] Recording began on December 27, 2015, at Electrical Audio Studio;[5] the album was produced by Steve Albini and the cover art created by Thomas Hooper.[3] Like Neurosis' previous albums, Fires Within Fires combines "elements from the post-metal genre they co-created [with] elements of industrial, doom, punk and folk".[6] This is the band's final album with founding member Scott Kelly who was fired in 2019 due to domestic abuse allegations, which he officially confirmed to be true and announced his withdrawal from the public eye in August 2022.[7][8]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic85/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[9]
The A.V. ClubA−[10]
Blabbermouth7/10[11]
Exclaim!7/10[12]
Kerrang!StarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[13]
Pitchfork7.1/10[14]
Metal HammerStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[15]
musicOMHStarStarStarStarHalf star[16]
Sputnikmusic4.0/5[17]

The album received an average score of 85/100 from 10 reviews on Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim".[1] Thom Jurek of AllMusic wrote, "Given [the album's] relative brevity, it's among the few albums in their catalog that doesn't leave the listener exhausted (not a bad thing by any means), but wanting more."[9] The A.V. Club writer, J.J. Anselmi, said, "Fires Within Fires is yet another invaluable contribution from this legendary band."[10]

Accolades

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Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
2016 CVLT Nation United States "CVLT Nation's Albums of the Year for 2016" 1 [18]
2017 Rolling Stone United States "20 Best Metal Albums of 2016" 5 [19]
2016 Rough Trade United States "Albums of the Year 2016" 96 [20]
2016 Terrorizer United States "Terrorizer’s Albums of the Year, 2016" 1 [21]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Bending Light"7:46
2."A Shadow Memory"6:50
3."Fire Is the End Lesson"6:54
4."Broken Ground"8:44
5."Reach"10:36
Total length:40:50

Personnel

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Neurosis
  • Scott Kelly – vocals, guitar
  • Dave Edwardson – bass, backing vocals
  • Jason Roeder – drums, percussions
  • Steve Von Till – guitar, vocals
  • Noah Landis – keyboards, synthesizers, effects, backing vocals
Technical personnel

Charts

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Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 124
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 121
French Albums (SNEP)[24] 132
Scottish Albums (OCC)[25] 81
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 64
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[27] 12
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[28] 8
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[29] 39

References

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  27. ^ "Neurosis Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  28. ^ "Neurosis Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  29. ^ "Neurosis Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
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