California metal band Neurosis has surprise-released An Undying Love for a Burning World, their first album in 10 years since Fires Within Fires. The release features new member Aaron Turner of Isis and Sumac, following the band's 2019 split from co-founder Scott Kelly after his confession of domestic abuse. The group will debut the lineup live in July at Montana's Fire in the Mountains festival.
Neurosis, long-running avant-garde metal veterans from California, announced the surprise release of their 12th studio album, An Undying Love for a Burning World, on March 20, 2026. The album is streaming now with physical copies available for preorder. It marks the band's first full-length since 2016's Fires Within Fires and comes after years of uncertainty, including the 2019 departure of co-founder Scott Kelly. Kelly confessed to abusing his wife and children through coercive control; the band stated in 2022 that it was unaware of his behavior beforehand and clarified, “not a reunion; we never broke up.” Drummer Jason Roeder, who announced retirement plans in 2025, appears on the record alongside the rest of the Fires Within Fires lineup minus Kelly. The album was recorded over three weekends at Seattle’s Studio Litho with producer Scott Evans of Kowloon Walled City and Sumac fame. New singer-guitarist Aaron Turner joins the band, having long admired Neurosis. “From the moment I first heard Neurosis over 30 years ago, I felt this was the music my heart and mind had been seeking but not yet heard,” Turner said. The band explained the release in a statement: “We need this, perhaps more than ever, and we suspect we are not alone. … This strange emotionally charged music has always been our method of trying to survive this and this is what we’ve always been singing about.” They ended by noting, “This was now or never.” The new lineup debuts at the Fire in the Mountains festival on the Blackfeet Nation in Montana this July, headlining alongside acts like a Sixteen Horsepower reunion and Baroness. Vocalist-guitarist Steve Von Till, involved with the festival's Firekeeper Alliance nonprofit, said: “I cannot think of a more appropriate environment for us to return to the stage.” Neurosis has long supported mental health initiatives, previously sharing hotlines for domestic violence and suicide prevention. Tracklist: 1. We Are Torn Wide Open 2. Mirror Deep 3. First Red Rays 4. Blind 5. Seething And Scattered 6. Untethered 7. In The Waiting Hours 8. Last Light.
