Author Topic: The Isis Thread (Read 6865 times)

Sigz · « **on:** March 03, 2010, 06:29:29 PM »

I'm currently listening to Garden of Light combined with the rain outside. It's wonderful.

I know there's some other Isis fans at DTF, reveal thyselves!

MetalManiac666 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 03, 2010, 06:59:09 PM »

Recommendations?

Sigz · « **Reply #2 on:** March 03, 2010, 07:02:20 PM »

Their newest album, Wavering Radiance, is probably a good place to start.

MetalManiac666 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 03, 2010, 07:04:36 PM »

Thanks. When I check it out, I'll come back and add my two cents.

Volk9 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 03, 2010, 08:58:15 PM »

Sometime last year I was in Best Buy and saw one of their albums. I remembered hearing the name on the forum and devided to pick it up. Unfortunately, it was just a single

Portrucci · « **Reply #5 on:** March 04, 2010, 02:05:53 AM »

I just came in here to say, I was a fan of the band...then I saw them live. They were just bad. Maybe it's because the opener was so good (Baroness) but I've got little time for them now. I reckon they are best in the studio

Zantera · « **Reply #6 on:** March 04, 2010, 03:29:57 AM »

Wouldn't call myself a huge-fan, but i own Wavering Radiant, which i listen to from time to time...
really solid album, a positive surprise.

PixelDream · « **Reply #7 on:** March 04, 2010, 04:32:49 AM »

So far I like a few songs, most off of 'Oceanic', a bit from 'In the Absence of Truth', and maybe some off of their latest too. Although I thought it was a bit weaker. Production is too clean or something..

briang · « **Reply #8 on:** March 04, 2010, 10:59:08 AM »

"In Fiction" is easily my favorite Isis song.

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #9 on:** March 04, 2010, 01:13:51 PM »

Wooh! Isis!

faemir · « **Reply #10 on:** March 04, 2010, 05:22:43 PM »

We need more post-metal bands, what with post-rock being a little over saturated.

Sigz · « **Reply #11 on:** March 04, 2010, 05:41:29 PM »

Quote from: faemir on March 04, 2010, 05:22:43 PM

We need more post-metal bands, what with post-rock being a little over saturated.

Indeed.

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #12 on:** March 05, 2010, 09:02:38 AM »

I'd quite like to start a post-metal band when I go to university

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 05, 2010, 10:23:42 AM »

I've only got In The Absence of Truth, but I fucking love it.

faemir · « **Reply #14 on:** March 07, 2010, 03:13:18 PM »

In The Absence of Truth is really, really awesome.

Rafael Guerra · « **Reply #15 on:** April 05, 2010, 08:04:39 PM »

Isis is amazing. I was wondering if there were any fans around so I did a forum search and found this thread

I love how the dense singing just emerges from nothing and how organic the sound is. Its metal, yet i just think its so calm. Its a great band, not very acquainted with the old stuff, I just have Panopticon and Wavering Radiant and i think both albums are outstanding.

Sigz · « **Reply #16 on:** April 05, 2010, 08:12:08 PM »

Quote from: Rafael Guerra on April 05, 2010, 08:04:39 PM

Isis is amazing. I was wondering if there were any fans around so I did a forum search and found this thread
I love how the dense singing just emerges from nothing and how organic the sound is. Its metal, yet i just think its so calm. Its a great band, not very acquainted with the old stuff, I just have Panopticon and Wavering Radiant and i think both albums are outstanding.

Get In The Absence of Truth NAO.

j · « **Reply #17 on:** April 05, 2010, 09:43:13 PM »

Been meaning to check them out. How would you guys describe them?

-J

PixelDream · « **Reply #18 on:** April 06, 2010, 03:47:20 AM »

Quote from: j on April 05, 2010, 09:43:13 PM

Been meaning to check them out. How would you guys describe them?

-J

Whalecore, definately.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #19 on:** April 06, 2010, 08:47:24 AM »

I only have Wavering Radiant, and its pretty good. Gonna need to give it a few more listens. Very cool music.

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #20 on:** April 06, 2010, 08:52:09 AM »

Panopticon is probably my fave

Sigz · « **Reply #21 on:** April 06, 2010, 10:41:02 AM »

Quote from: PixelDream on April 06, 2010, 03:47:20 AM

Quote from: j on April 05, 2010, 09:43:13 PM
Been meaning to check them out. How would you guys describe them?

-J

Whalecore, definately.

That's... oddly fitting.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #22 on:** April 06, 2010, 11:41:32 AM »

Quote from: Sigz on April 06, 2010, 10:41:02 AM

Quote from: PixelDream on April 06, 2010, 03:47:20 AM
Quote from: j on April 05, 2010, 09:43:13 PM
Been meaning to check them out. How would you guys describe them?

-J

Whalecore, definately.

That's... oddly fitting.

Sounds like it would better describe Leviathan by Mastodon. I would say they're post-metal, though I am very frustrated as to why the names "post-metal" and "post-rock" exist...

Sigz · « **Reply #23 on:** April 06, 2010, 11:49:50 AM »

Quote from: skydivingninja on April 06, 2010, 11:41:32 AM

Quote from: Sigz on April 06, 2010, 10:41:02 AM
Quote from: PixelDream on April 06, 2010, 03:47:20 AM
Quote from: j on April 05, 2010, 09:43:13 PM
Been meaning to check them out. How would you guys describe them?

-J

Whalecore, definately.

That's... oddly fitting.

Sounds like it would better describe Leviathan by Mastodon. I would say they're post-metal, though I am very frustrated as to why the names "post-metal" and "post-rock" exist...

This is also true. Generally they're considered post-metal or atmospheric sludge metal, either one works. Post-rock/metal is a stupid name, but everyone seems to have a general understanding of what constitutes post-rock, so it's not too much of a stretch to think about how post-metal would sound.

PixelDream · « **Reply #24 on:** April 06, 2010, 12:51:43 PM »

Whalecore is such an idiotic description, but it's definately fitting for outfits like Mastodon (Leviathan), Isis (Oceanic), The Ocean and Gojira (From Mars to Sirius). They all have this sea-textured sound or something. Their music is always coming at you like a...

Whale.

In The Wake Of Poseidon · « **Reply #25 on:** April 06, 2010, 12:57:01 PM »

Isis fans should defiantly check out Neurosis, their album Through Silver in Blood is amazing. And they both have that same atmospheric approach.

austin · « **Reply #26 on:** April 06, 2010, 07:26:04 PM »

I am a fan
i have oceanic and wavering radiant
good stuff

Rafael Guerra · « **Reply #27 on:** April 06, 2010, 08:25:47 PM »

I just got Oceanic and In The Absence Of Light. I´ve listening to both heavily in the past two days. They are both awesome, but i think Panopticon is my fav still.
I did notice some things though.

Portrucci · « **Reply #28 on:** April 06, 2010, 11:04:12 PM »

Quote from: In The Wake Of Poseidon on April 06, 2010, 12:57:01 PM

Isis fans should defiantly check out Neurosis, their album Through Silver in Blood is amazing. And they both have that same atmospheric approach.

Neurosis is way better than Isis. Though I prefer Times of Grace to Through silver in Blood.

But this is not the thread to discuss that.

Sigz · « **Reply #29 on:** May 18, 2010, 11:06:07 PM »

I think I'm gonna cry.

Quote

ISIS has reached an end. It's hard to try to say it in any delicate way, and it is a truth that is best spoken plainly. This end isn't something that occurred over night and it hasn't been brought about by a single cataclysmic fracture in the band. Simply put, ISIS has done everything we wanted to do, said everything we wanted to say. In the interest of preserving the love we have of this band, for each other, for the music made and for all the people who have continually supported us, it is time to bring it to a close. We've seen too many bands push past the point of a dignified death and we all promised one another early on in the life of the band that we would do our best to ensure ISIS would never fall victim to that syndrome. We've had a much longer run than we ever expected we would and accomplished a great deal more than we ever imagined possible. We never set any specific goals when the band was founded other than to make the music we wanted to hear and to play (and to stay true to that ideal), so everything else that has come along the long and winding path has been an absolute gift. As with any momentous life-changing decision (which this certainly is for the 5 of us), we feel a very dynamic range of emotions about this and cannot express all of it within the space of a few sentences, and perhaps it's best to do what we've always done in and let our music speak for us. It is and has been the truest expression of who we are as a collective and in some ways who we are as individuals for the 13 years in which we've been together. The last and perhaps most important thing we might say in relation to all this is how grateful we are for the people that have supported us over the years. It is a lengthy list that would include those who put out our records, those that played on them and put them to tape, the many bands with whom we shared the stage, all of our family, friends and companions who supported us in our individual lives and thus made it possible for us to continue on in the band, and most importantly those who truly listened to our music whether in recorded form or by coming to out to our shows (or both). It is quite true that we would never have done what we have without those people, that is many of you who are reading this. Our words can never fully express what we feel, but we hope that our music and the efforts made to bring it into being can serve as a more proper expression of gratitude for this life and for everyone in it. Thank you.

In more immediate and practical terms the tour we are about to embark upon is indeed our last. We are hoping that these final live rituals can help us bring a close to the life of this band in a celebratory and reverent way, and also provide us with a chance to say goodbye to many of those that have supported us over the years. While there is a measure of sadness that comes with the passing of this band, we hope that the final days can be joyous ones during which any and all that wish to come and join us will do so. It seems fitting that the last show of the tour and of our active existence will take place in Montreal, the site of the very first ISIS show in 1997 (though that was an unintentional move when booking the show initially). After the tour we also plan to follow through with other projects set in motion some time ago - pursuing the completion of a final EP, compiling live audio and visual material for future releases, and generally doing whatever we can to make our music available for as long as there are people who wish to hear it.

Thanks again to any and all,

ISIS, May 18, 2010

https://isistheband.blogspot.com/2010/05/isis-has-reached-end_18.html

SPNKr · « **Reply #30 on:** May 18, 2010, 11:43:33 PM »

Well that's unfortunate.

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #31 on:** May 19, 2010, 08:28:48 AM »

I never got to see them live sadly but at the same time I can't pretend I'm distraught that they're gone. I'd rather that then them producing subpar material, which is obviously what they think will happen if they stay together.

faemir · « **Reply #32 on:** May 19, 2010, 09:40:49 AM »

At we got a solid album recently, rather than a big wait then a breakup.

Sigz · « **Reply #33 on:** May 22, 2010, 06:45:04 PM »

I've been spinning Wavering Radiant a lot lately, and it's really grown on me.

(not that I disliked it before, I just like it more)

PixelDream · « **Reply #34 on:** July 18, 2010, 05:12:14 PM »

Diggin' up some old thread yo.

Anyway. Isis is, oops.. was a great band. I'm listening to Oceanic right now, and I'm having a blast. But that could be said for any of their albums, though this is my favorite along with In The Absence of Truth. Wavering Radiant is a good enough album to call it quits though, it's certainly not their weakest effort.

Listening to Isis' incredible music, it's almost unbelievable to believe these guys just quit on it. They had a great band chemistry, AND they were original.

News: Video of online chat between fans and members of Dream Theater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx8cLlXnHpA&feature=youtu.be (*no chickens were harmed during the filming of this chat)

Author Topic: The Isis Thread (Read 6865 times)