Digitally remastered reissue of the second album by classic punk/hardcore/metal band Neurosis. The album has been out of print since the '90s. The album's artwork has been completely redone to match previous reissues. The Word Is Law as remastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service. The Word as Law is the second studio album by Neurosis. It was released in 1990 through Lookout! Records, originally on LP only. Neurosis is an American avant-garde metal band based in Oakland, California. They formed in 1985 as a hardcore punk band, but beginning with their third studio album Souls at Zero (1992) developed a unique style highly influential to the development of the post-metal and sludge metal genres. In total, Neurosis have released 12 studio albums, including a 2003 collaboration with Jarboe.