Isis (Band)

Isis was an American post-metal band. It was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1997 and was later in Los Angeles, California, resident. In June 2010, they disbanded after notice.

Style

Isis is often mentioned in the same breath as bands like Neurosis or Pelican because of their style mix. Their epic songs are rarely shorter than six minutes and consist principally elements of doom metal, post rock and sludge. Therefore, the band is often classified into the still young and controversial genre of post-metal, in which she plays a leading role. Early in her career, she played a mixture of brute hardcore and doom metal bonds and was regarded as one of many mediocre Neurosis copies. Throughout its development, however, she moved over the her pinned Sludge genre addition, since they started from Oceanic to embed dynamic interplay from the post - rock genre (eg Mogwai ) in their songs to make this little melody accentuated and the songs to pass through a prolonged development more room for development. The following album Panopticon spun the thread of this development further, in addition began Turner often clean to sing instead in the conventional way to use growls. The songs are even more marked quiet - loud by the contrast for the most part. The album In the Absence of Truth is markedly influenced by Isis ' tour of America as a support tool in 2006, as it clearly failed technical and complex than previously published material.

History

Isis was founded in 1997 by Aaron Turner, Jeff Caxide and Aaron Harris. After she had a first EP, The Mosquito Control (produced by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou ) was added, she toured with Dillinger Escape Plan, among other things, Converge and EyeHateGod. 1998 met with Mike Gallagher and Jay Randall joined the band.

Randall Isis left a year later, after the recording of the second EP The Red Sea, which in turn was produced by Kurt Ballou. His place was taken by Cliff Meyer. It was followed by a tour with Cave In.

With Celestial the first full album was released in 2000. For the first time the band with Matt Bayles worked together, who also worked for The Blood Brothers, Pearl Jam and Mastodon. Bayles also produced the following Isis albums. Celestial also aroused the interest of Mike Patton, which Isis then undertook for his label Ipecac Recordings.

Published in 2002, their second album Isis Oceanic again on Mike Patton's label, whose philosophy consists in the fact unconventional artists from different genres to provide a platform without prescriptive interfering with their work. Ever since Oceanic Isis was also known as a major base in Europe. Here she toured several times, particularly in 2003 as part of the Oceanic releases, where she played shows with, among others, Aereogramme, Dälek and Jesus. In 2005, she was also seen at the Roskilde Festival.

In October 2004 the album Panopticon Isis, after which again was followed by months of touring and promotion. After Germany they brought the band befriended by common routes of Jesus and learned here in the same way that the package belongs German band Bohren & The Club of Gore appreciate. For song In Fiction, a video was shot with the help of Josh Graham, which was never aired, according to Aaron Turner on commercial television.

2006 Isis was booked as a support tool for the large 10,000 Days tour, and thus known to an even wider audience. On 26 September 2006 published their Isis Clearing the Eye DVD containing various live recordings from 1999 to 2005, and a month later, on 31 October 2006, her album In The Absence Of Truth. Album and DVD also reappeared on Ipecac or Southern.

2007 followed the next grand tour of Europe, where she was also seen among other things at the Southside and at the Hurricane Festival. In 2008, the band came back in April on tour to Europe and played at some festivals.

Singer Aaron Turner is on his musical work also founder and owner of the label Hydra Head Records and responsible for the lyrical and visual concept behind the Isis publications. Also he has designed artwork for many other bands such as Pelican or Converge. He is also involved in several side projects, such as Old Man Gloom, Lotus Eaters, Mamiffer and House of Low Culture. Furthermore, Bryant Clifford Meyer founding member of post-rock notoriety Red Sparowes and the band Windmills by the Ocean.

On 18 May 2010 the Isis members announced that they will separate after their last concert of their last tour on 23 June 2010; they had done everything they wanted to do and said everything they wanted to say. Until then, the images of a previously announced EP should be completed. Ultimately, appeared in November 2012 a box set with specials on double CD and DVD called Temporal.

Discography

Albums

  • 2000: Celestial
  • 2002: Oceanic
  • 2004: Oceanic Remixes / Reinterpretations
  • 2004: Panopticon
  • 2006: In The Absence Of Truth
  • 2009: Wavering Radiant
  • 2012: Temporal ( box set with a double - CD and DVD)

Strictly limited have been published, the six live albums LIVE I to VI

EPs

Compilations

  • 2008: Shades Of The Swarm ( vinyl box set, includes the albums and EPs 1998-2006 )

DVD

  • 2006: Clearing The Eye (DVD)
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