{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Locust Star | type = ep | longtype = (split) | artist = Neurosis & Tribes of Neurot | cover = File:Locust_Star_(1996)_cover.jpg | alt = | released = 1996 | recorded = 1994–1995 | venue = | studio = Brilliant Studios, Coast Studios, and Aurora House in Oakland, California | genre = {{hlist|Post-metal|dark ambient}} | length = {{Duration|m=47|s=04}} | label = Relapse Records | producer = Neurosis | chronology = Neurosis | prev_title = Through Silver in Blood | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = Times of Grace | next_year = 1999 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Tribes of Neurot | type = ep | prev_title = Silver Blood Transmission | prev_year = 1995 | title = Locust Star | year = 1996 | next_title = Static Migration | next_year = 1998 }} }}
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'''''Locust Star''''' is a split EP between Oakland bands Neurosis and Tribes of Neurot released in 1996 through Relapse Records as a CD and a promo.<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web|title=Neurosis – Locust Star|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/locust-star-mw0001159863|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref><ref name="discogs1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Locust Star |type=CD liner notes |others=Neurosis / Tribes of Neurot |year=1996 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Neurosis-Tribes-Of-Neurot-Locust-Star/master/47471 |access-date=April 5, 2018 |publisher=Relapse Records |id=RR 6941-2}}</ref> Unlike most split releases, both groups involved with this EP are composed of the same members.<ref name="db1">{{cite web|last=Solis|first=Matt|title=Grace Period: Neurosis Talk Times of Grace's Companion Album|url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2016/08/18/grace-period-neurosis-talk-times-of-grace-s-companion-album/|work=Decibel|date=18 August 2016 |accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref>
==Content== The first half of ''Locust Star'' is performed by Neurosis, while the second half features more experimental dark ambient music by Tribes of Neurot (a side project which includes memebrs of Neurosis, with occasional other collaborators). The Tribes of Neurot releases are intended as companion pieces to Neurosis albums, and meant to be played simultaneously.<ref name="pf1">{{cite web|last=Leone|first=Dominique|title=Tribes of Neurot – Adaptation and Survival: The Insect Project|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8151-adaptation-and-survival-the-insect-project/|work=Pitchfork|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref> In 1995, Tribes of Neurot released ''Silver Blood Transmission'', and in 1996, Neurosis released ''Through Silver in Blood''. ''Locust Star'' acts as a sort of bridge between the two, featuring songs from both.
===The song=== "Locust Star" is a track originally from ''Through Silver in Blood''. This split includes a shortened edit of the song that was distributed to radio stations as a promotional.<ref name="discogs2">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Locust Star ''(promotional)'' |type=CD liner notes |others=Neurosis / Tribes of Neurot |year=1996 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Neurosis-Locust-Star/release/361294 |access-date=April 5, 2018 |publisher=Iron City Records |id=ICR 002 B CD}}</ref> Musically, "Locust Star" is an aggressive post-metal song that has since been recognized as one of Neurosis's signature tracks.<ref name="decibel2">{{cite web|last=Pratt|first=Greg|title=Hall of Fame Countdown: Neurosis' Through Silver in Blood|url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2016/09/29/hall-of-fame-countdown-neurosis-through-silver-in-blood/|work=Decibel|date=29 September 2016 |accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref>
A music video for "Locust Star" directed by Neurosis and Andrei Rozen was released in 1996.<ref name="video1">{{cite web|title=Neurosis – 'Locust Star' (Official Music Video)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEVyDjxsUrk|publisher=Relapse Records|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref> The video depicts a weary man wandering through a wasteland, assaulted by visions.<ref name="av1">{{cite web|last=Anselmi|first=J.J.|title=Neurosis' Through Silver In Blood is still crushing, 20 years later|url=https://www.avclub.com/neurosis-through-silver-in-blood-is-still-crushing-20-1798251493|work=The A.V. Club|date=31 August 2016 |access-date=January 25, 2018}}</ref>
===The EP===
''Locust Star'' is composed of four tracks from ''Through Silver in Blood'', three of which are new shortened edits, and three tracks by Tribes of Neurot, one of which appeared on their 1995 album ''Silver Blood Transmission''.<ref name="discogs3">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Silver Blood Transmission |type=CD liner notes |others=Tribes of Neurot |year=1995 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Tribes-Of-Neurot-Silver-Blood-Transmission/release/261625 |access-date=April 5, 2018 |publisher=Relapse Records |id=RR 6929-2}}</ref> The closing songs, "Sustenance" and "Crawl Inside", are unique to this release.
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_music = Neurosis | title1 = Locust Star | note1 = Edit | length1 = 4:00 | title2 = Aeon | note2 = Edit | length2 = 3:40 | title3 = Eye | note3 = Edit | length3 = 3:48 | title4 = Aeon | length4 = 11:46 | total_length = 23:14 }} {{Track listing | all_music = Tribes of Neurot | title5 = Wolf Lava | length5 = 9:09 | title6 = Sustenance | length6 = 9:50 | title7 = Crawl Inside | length7 = 4:51 | total_length = 23:50 {{small|(47:04)}} }}
==Personnel== '''Neurosis''' * Scott Kelly – guitar, vocals, percussion * Steve Von Till – guitar, vocals, percussion * Noah Landis – keyboards, synthesizer, sampling * Dave Edwardson – bass guitar, backing vocals * Jason Roeder – drums, percussion * Pete Inc. – visuals
'''Tribes of Neurot''' * Dave Edwardson – percussion, bass, effects, programming * Noah Landis – sampling, tapes * Steve Von Till – synthesizers, electronics, noises, effects, tapes, drums, samplers, bass, timpani
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