Enemy of the Sun

For the band, see Enemy of the Sun (band).

Enemy of the Sun
Studio album by Neurosis
Released	August 17, 1993 (original release) 1999 (re-issue)
Genre	Sludge metal, post-metal
Length	61:21
Label	Alternative Tentacles Neurot Recordings (reissue) Relapse Records (vinyl reissue)
Producer	Neurosis, Billy Anderson
Neurosis chronology
Souls at Zero (1992) Enemy of the Sun (1993) Through Silver in Blood (1996)

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Enemy of the Sun is the fourth studio album from the Oakland, California band Neurosis. It was originally released on Alternative Tentacles in 1993 and later reissued on Neurot Recordings in 1999.

The album opens with a sample from the movie adaptation of The Sheltering Sky. The same sample also opens The God Machine's Scenes From The Second Storey, an album released in the same year as Enemy of the Sun.

Relapse Records reissued the album on vinyl in 2012 with new cover artwork.

Track listing (1993 original release)

1. "Lost" – 9:41
2. "Raze the Stray" – 8:41
3. "Burning Flesh in Year of Pig" – 1:37
4. "Cold Ascending" – 4:35
5. "Lexicon" – 5:41
6. "Enemy of the Sun" – 7:33
7. "The Time of the Beasts" – 7:59
8. "Cleanse" – 15:53

Track listing (1999 re-issue)

1. "Lost" – 9:41
2. "Raze the Stray" – 8:41
3. "Burning Flesh in Year of Pig" – 1:37
4. "Cold Ascending" – 4:35
5. "Lexicon" – 5:41
6. "Enemy of the Sun" – 7:33
7. "The Time of the Beasts" – 7:59
8. "Cleanse" – 15:51
9. "Takeahnase" (Demo, 1991) (Bonus Track)
10. "Cleanse II" (Live in Oberhausen, May 1996) (Bonus Track)