Neurosis Debuts New Lineup at Fire in the Mountains

First Live Appearance in Seven Years

The performance took place on the traditional lands of the Blackfeet Nation as part of the Fire in the Mountains festival. Neurosis accepted a special invitation to perform from the Firekeeper Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing youth suicide in Indian Country. This set represented the band's first live concert in seven years, showcasing a Sludge Metal sound that has been revitalized by the group's first major lineup change in decades.

The setlist for the performance, according to Setlist.fm, included the following ten songs:

• 01. We Are Torn Wide Open

• 02. Mirror Deep

• 03. First Red Rays

• 04. End Of The Harvest

• 05. The Tide

• 06. Lost

• 07. Seething And Scattered

• 08. Distill (Watching The Swarm)

• 09. Blind

• 10. Untethered

The Addition of Aaron Turner

The current lineup features longtime members Steve Von Till (vocals/guitar), Jason Roeder (drums), Dave Edwardson (bass), and Noah Landis (keyboards). They are now joined by Aaron Turner, a musician known for his work with SUMAC and ISIS. The festival appearance follows the release of "An Undying Love For A Burning World", the band's first new album in ten years, which debuted in March 2026 via Neurot Recordings.

In a recent interview with The New Scene, Von Till addressed the band's silent split with co-founder Scott Kelly in 2019. The group had dismissed Kelly following revelations of domestic abuse and emotional manipulation, keeping the matter private for three years to respect the wishes of Kelly's family before a public statement was made in 2022.

"Well, I don't wanna feed too much oxygen into a certain situation as we're looking forward. But we weren't sure. We had to walk away and put it on ice. We had to get perspective. You can imagine that the entire mixed emotions that we had of having essentially our life's work pulled out from under us… It was heartbreaking and devastating and shameful, seeing what our name was associated with."

— Steve Von Till

Von Till recalled the years between 2019 and 2022 as a difficult period of transition and reflection.

"So 2019 to 2022 was purgatory. Couldn't talk. Couldn't say. Just tend to a rotting corpse. 2022 we were at least able to finally say, and that's when we could emotionally mourn it, move on, process the ego death, process the humiliation and wonder how and what and why."

— Steve Von Till

Finding the "Missing Piece"

The remaining four members began playing together again in late 2023 without a clear objective. Von Till noted that while their "unique voice" remained, they struggled to find a path forward until Turner was brought into the fold. The band had considered Turner due to their long history, which included ISIS touring with Neurosis and Turner providing artwork for a previous EP.

"But it still wasn't clear. It wasn't clear until we brought Aaron in as the much-needed element and the much-needed kind of new energy and interesting perspectives. 'Cause we had a lot of different ways we perceived maybe reinventing ourselves sonically in different ways and manipulating sound. But Aaron was the missing piece that we needed to bring in to really make it jell and make it clear. And it instantly felt right."

— Steve Von Till

Despite some initial hesitation—including concerns about "NEUR-ISIS jokes"—the band officially invited Turner in September 2025. Von Till recalled the moment they sat together in Turner's yard on the island where he lives: "Are we doing this? If we're doing this, we're making plans tomorrow." Turner, despite a busy schedule and family life, agreed to the collaboration.

"I wouldn't even consider this for any other thing in my life right now. I've got too much. But, yeah, let's have a conversation and let's try it."

— Aaron Turner

Songwriting and Recording Process

The band began jamming with Turner in May 2024. The new material for "An Undying Love For A Burning World" was developed through a communal process that Von Till described as a "meat grinder."

"Our process is very meat grinder. We build everything up and completely destroy it and then reform it from the ashes of what the original idea was until we're happy with it. And it's everybody's unique feedback and filters that make it what it is and make it make it stronger than any individual's ideas could have ever been."

— Steve Von Till

The album was recorded by Scott Evans at Studio Litho in Seattle over the course of three weekends during the winter. Due to their work schedules, the band broke the recording into "bite-sized chunks," focusing on one third of the material at a time. The final mixing was completed in just three days at Antisleep Audio in Oakland, only six weeks before the album's release.