Well this seems a little difficult, even for an experienced metal fan. What the hell is this? Actually NEUROSIS is no metal. Not in the usual way. What is it anyway will ask the interested reader. I have to admit, I don't know. I can only describe it as: deepest evil. And I don't mean only spreading a dark mood or sinister and suspicious like a soundtrack from Carpenter. No, I mean really evil.
Depressed people should leave NEUROSIS where they are. It might be dangerous. The whole album is like a request for suicide. I never knew that you may spread a mood like this only with music. Afterwards the halfway normal intro Erode follows the first big one The Tide. Very dark and dramatic rolls it slowly through my room. In every syllable of the vocals you can feel his hate against the world. It seems that these are his last breaths and he gotta put all his hate and despise in his last words. Like in every song actually. Followed by From The Hill, where the extreme vocals are even better going through than in the first track. These two openers are comin' along without all the samples NEUROSIS used in their former CD's Enemy Of The Sun or Through Silver In Blood in spite of their average length of 9 minutes each. That'll not mean the old ones are better than the new ones, just different. The title track A Sun That Never Sets seems nearly happy for NEUROSIS but you don't have to get used to it for long. After about 2 minutes it's coming right back to genuine NEUROSIS. Afterwards it will follow the usual monster on NEUROSIS albums. Falling Unknown with 13 minutes. Regarding the usual length of the today's songs these ones are really lengthy, but they are not boring at all. They are not so diversified like other 10 minute instrumental songs you know from different bands, but they just keep you in their spell. A spell you just can escape from by turning off your CD. This is really fascinating!
From Where Its Roots Run seems like a new recording of a traditional Indian folksong. I have no idea how the guys fit in these melodic parts in Crawl Back In without lifting this sad feeling. Watchfire fits perfectly after this great track. Resound will cause a short and nice intermission but will be immediately pushed away to your memory from Stones From The Sky .This 10 minute track will is the end of a great and incredible magnum opus.

Anyway NEUROSIS (like most of the releases of Relapse) must belong into the sick corner of the music business. pleasantly sick however. Knowing that NEUROSIS always take a lot of time with a new album, A Sun That Never Sets is very matured and extremely good produced. So 10 points will be absolutely minimum to give for this ( hey Cal are there sometimes more than 10 points allowed? - Nah, it's not allowed :-P , although ... sometimes I would like to give more ratings too).