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Boston, United States (1997 – present). Formed in Boston in 1997, Isis is a band that combines ambience, atmosphere, and aggression to form a unique style of metal music.
Isis draws from post-rock, which leans away from the traditional elements of choruses, verses, repetitive vocals, or fast/repetitive riffs. Compared to many post-rock bands, though, Isis displays more hardcore and sludge influence (especially in their pre-Celestial era).
Frontman Aaron Turner, when posed the challenge of defining Isis, stated they were best described as “avant-garde, drone-oriented rock, but that doesn’t completely cover the bases.”
Some fans and critics tend to label Isis as post-metal. This genre is associated with similar-sounding contemporaries such as Pelican, Cult of Luna and Rosetta.
Members of Isis are active in a variety of other projects: Aaron Turner was associated with black metal supergroup Twilight (who have officialy disbanded in 2008), appears in House of Low Culture with Isis bassist Jeff Caxide, and plays in Old Man Gloom. Live guitarist Bryant Clifford Meyer appears in Red Sparowes, Windmills by the Ocean, and The Gersch.
Artist – Melvins / ISIS
Album – Split
Release Date – 2010
Genre – Ambient-metal Progressive-metal Sludge-metal
Tracklist
01 – Pig house (alt. version)
02 – I’ll finish you off (alt. version)
03 – Way through woven branches
04 – The pliable foe
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Melvins / ISIS – Split
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Artist – ISIS
Album – Demo
Release Date – 1998
Genre – Ambient-metal Progressive-metal Sludge-metal
Tracklist
1 Smiles and Handshakes 6:02
2 Catalyst 4:26
3 Ochre 4:40
4 Lines Across Eyes 5:47
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ISIS – Demo Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – ISIS
Album – Mosquito Control Ep
Release Date – 1998
Genre – Ambient-metal Progressive-metal Sludge-metal
Tracklist
1 Poison Eggs 6:42
2 Life Under the Swatter 5:50
3 Hive Destruction 4:10
4 Relocation Swarm 11:43
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ISIS – Mosquito Control Ep Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – ISIS
Album – Sawblade
Release Date – 1999
Genre – Ambient-metal Progressive-metal Sludge-metal
Tracklist
1 Emission of the Signal 4:53
2 Streetcleaner 5:42
3 Hand of Doom 8:36
4 House of Low Culture 11:09
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ISIS – Sawblade Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – ISIS
Album – The Red Sea
Release Date – 1999
Genre – Ambient-metal Progressive-metal Sludge-metal
Tracklist
1 Charmicarmicarmicat Shines to Earth 2:23
2 The Minus Times 5:26
3 Red Sea 7:20
4 Smiles and Handshakes 6:02
5 Catalyst 4:26
6 Ochre 4:41
7 Lines Across Eyes 5:47
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ISIS – The Red Sea Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – ISIS
Album – Celestial
Release Date – 2000
Genre – Ambient-metal Progressive-metal Sludge-metal
Tracklist
1 SGNL>01 0:55
2 Celestial (The Tower) 9:42
3 Glisten 6:35
4 Swarm Reigns (Down) 6:02
5 SGNL>02 0:51
6 Deconstructing Towers 7:30
7 SGNL>03 0:35
8 Collapse and Crush 5:55
9 C.F.T. (New Circuitry and Continued Evolution) 5:43
10 Gentle Time 7:02
11 SGNL>04 (End Transmission) 1:07
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ISIS – Celestial Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – ISIS / Pig Destroyer
Album – Split
Release Date – 2000
Genre – Ambient-metal Progressive-metal Sludge-metal
Tracklist
01 Streetcleaner
02 Genital Grinder – Regurgitation of Giblets
03 Exhume to Consume
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ISIS – Split Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – ISIS
Album – Oceanic
Release Date – 2002
Genre – Ambient-metal Progressive-metal Sludge-metal
Tracklist
1 The Beginning and the End 8:02
2 The Other 7:15
3 False Light 7:42
4 Carry 6:48
5 – 2:05
6 Maritime 3:03
7 Weight 10:46
8 From Sinking 8:24
9 Hym 9:13
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ISIS – Oceanic Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – ISIS
Album – Panopticon
Release Date – 2004
Genre – Ambient-metal Progressive-metal Sludge-metal
Tracklist
1 So Did We 7:30
2 Backlit 7:43
3 In Fiction 8:58
4 Wills Dissolve 6:46
5 Syndic Calls 9:39
6 Altered Course 9:57
7 Grinning Mouths 8:27
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ISIS – Panopticon Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – ISIS
Album – In the Absence of Truth
Release Date – 2006
Genre – Ambient-metal Progressive-metal Sludge-metal
Tracklist
1 Wrists of Kings 7:45
2 Not in Rivers, But in Drops 7:48
3 Dulcinea 7:10
4 Over Root and Thorn 8:31
5 1000 Shards 6:18
6 All Out of Time, All Into Space 3:04
7 Holy Tears 7:04
8 Firdous E Bareen 7:51
9 Garden of Light 9:17
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ISIS – In the Absence of Truth Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – ISIS
Album – Holy Tears And Not In Rivers But In Drops
Release Date – 2008
Genre – Ambient-metal Progressive-metal Sludge-metal
Tracklist
01 – isis – holy tears
02 – isis – holy tears (lustmord – melvins remix)
03 – isis – holy tears (live)
04 – isis – not in ivers but in drops
05 – isis – not in rivers but in drops (thomas dimuzio remix)
06 – isis – not in rivers but in drops (live)
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ISIS – Holy Tears And Not In Rivers But In Drops Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – ISIS
Album – Live UK
Release Date – 2008
Genre – Ambient-metal Progressive-metal Sludge-metal
Tracklist
01 – intro
02 – so did we
03 – dulcinea
04 – isis_20081204_track4
05 – in fiction
06 – grinning mouths
07 – holy tears
08 – the beginning & the end
09 – hive destruction
10 – carry
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ISIS – Live UK 2008 Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – ISIS
Album – Wavering Radiant
Release Date – 2009
Genre – Ambient-metal Progressive-metal Sludge-metal
Tracklist
Hall Of The Dead
Ghost Key
Hand Of The Host
Wavering Radiant
Stone To Wake A Serpent
20 Minutes / 40 Years
Threshold of Transformation
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ISIS – Wavering Radiant Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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