ISIS

tripone · Post by **tripone** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:49 am

Any ISIS fans in the house? I personally consider them the Boards of Canada of metal, and they are one of the few bands which mean as much to me as BoC does. Panopticon is a triumph of a record, and to this day I haven't found anything else in the genre that can compare. A perfect balance of massive heaviness and beautiful melody.

Here's an instrumental tune from that album, a great segway into their sound for those who haven't heard them before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKB2ZfmL-Ts

todieisfun · Post by **todieisfun** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:19 am

nice track! i saw them live once a few years back with Jesu. One of the best shows that I've been to

tiny sparrow · Post by **tiny sparrow** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:34 am

Ah man, I remember loving the album Oceanic for a while. I took a nice bike ride once and listened to that album and it blew me away.

jungle.james · Post by **jungle.james** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:36 am

I just bought a vinyl copy of Panopticon; it's a great album, and I'd say my only critique of it is that it starts on a peculiar note. I'm somewhat more of a GSY!BE fan.

7T · Post by 7T » Fri Jun 14, 2013 12:40 pm

todieisfun wrote:nice track! i saw them live once a few years back with Jesu. One of the best shows that I've been to

You lucky son of a bitch!

Love ISIS, definitely in my top bands of all time. Unique music, it's aggressive and relaxing all at the same time.

todieisfun · Post by **todieisfun** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:04 pm

7T wrote:
todieisfun wrote:nice track! i saw them live once a few years back with Jesu. One of the best shows that I've been to
You lucky son of a bitch!

Love ISIS, definitely in my top bands of all time. Unique music, it's aggressive and relaxing all at the same time.

haha ya never seen them live or heard there music before that night but i've been a fan ever since. definitely a perfect blend between aggressive and relaxing

tripone · Post by **tripone** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:08 pm

One of my good friends caught them on one of their first tours, they were opening for whatever band he went to see. He said he had never heard a band sound that heavy live.

Add to that my girlfriend has seen them live TWICE, and I've never seen them. Still holding out for the day they decide to cash in on a reunion tour.

I did hear recently that Jeff Caxide is making a record with the singer from the Deftones. Not sure I can tolerate that dude's voice long enough to hear Caxide's thunderous bass, but I have a glimmer of hope it will be worth a listen. Aaron Turner's solo stuff hasn't really done it for me.

If anyone needs me, I'll be watching this video... crying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQkP2cV54rY

pianoforte · Post by **pianoforte** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 2:48 am

I thought these guys did electronica. Hm, I suppose I must be thinking of some other group that has a similar name.

This is lovely. Thanks for sharing!

pianoforte · Post by **pianoforte** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 2:53 am

A waaaaaaay DIY VHS video of ISIS playing live in 2000:

tripone · Post by **tripone** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:59 pm

Wow, hadn't seen that video. Thanks for the link!

And yeah, there's another Isis out there, although I haven't heard their stuff. They both pop up on Spotify when searching the name, and I'd love to see the look on their fans faces when they crank up the volume and click on a "real" ISIS album by accident.

honeypower · Post by **honeypower** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 8:02 pm

love isis.

'in the absence of truth' is one of my favorite records along with 'oceanic'.

shame they broke up.

i guess three or four of the members of isis formed a new band with chino from deftones called 'palms'.

i heard of sample of the record though and wasn't really feelin it.