Isis
15,639,461 plays (344,392 listeners)
1. Isis was a Los Angeles, CA based band that started in Boston, MA in 1997. They borrowed from and helped to evolve a sound pioneered by the likes of Neurosis and Godflesh, creating heavy music consisting primarily of lengthy songs that focus on repetition and evolution of structure and texture. As such, their music encompasses a considerable range of genres. Some of these include sludge metal and post-metal; the band is considered a pioneer of the latter sub-genre.
The band released their last and most recent album, Wavering Radiant, on May 5, 2009.
Several sessions of experimentation in Boston, MA led friends Aaron Turner (guitar/vocals, also the owner of Hydra Head Records and its subsidiary, HH Noise Industries), Jeff Caxide (bass guitar), Chris Mereschuk (electronics/vocals) and Aaron Harris (drums) to form Isis in late 1997. As Turner states, “Isis formed as a result of the dissatisfaction with past bands of the founding members. None of us were happy with what we were doing musically at the time, two of us lived together, we had similar tastes and similar record collections.” Isis released a demo and their first EP, Mosquito Control, in 1998, with this line-up. After an East Coast tour in the summer of 1998 in which Randy Larsen of Cable joined them on guitar, Mereschuk left the band. Jay Randall (now of Agoraphobic Nosebleed) soon replaced him, working on Red Sea (1999). However, his stay would not last; this ultimately led to the addition of Bryant Clifford Meyer of The Gersch as well as former Cast Iron Hike guitarist Michael Gallagher in 1999.
Top Albums
-
Panopticon
Isis
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $6.93
- 7digital $8.99
- iTunes $6.93
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Oceanic
Isis
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $8.99
- 7digital $8.99
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $98.96
- eBay Search
-
Wavering Radiant
Isis
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $8.99
- 7digital $8.99
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
In the Absence of Truth
Isis
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $8.91
- 7digital $8.99
- iTunes $8.91
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Videos
-
Play
The Power of Myself is Moving
-
Play
The Pliable Foe
1 shout
-
Play
Way Through Woven Branches…
-
Play
Stone to Wake a Serpent
News
Good Night!
18 May 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/sgnl05
- Good Night! 18 May 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/sgnl05
- Wavering Radiant 1 Year Anniversary 5 May 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/sgnl05
- Wavering Radiant 1 Year Anniversary 5 May 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/sgnl05
Listening Now
Top Listeners
-
zerezias
Top Listener
-
Eargh
Top Listener
-
nartuk
Top Listener
-
someonebeat
Top Listener
More Information
- Links
- Band Members
- Labels

















