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There are at least seven artists that have used the name Isis:

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.
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  • maidenmetal1

    haven't really listened their albums very long except for Panopticon but so far: Panopticon>Oceanic>In The Absence of Truth>Wavering Radiant>Celestial( just because i've listened to it at all)xD

    8 hours ago

  • Tiamorf

    Эмейзинг

    yesterday morning

  • NanneTolsma

    okay, I'm in love with Panopticon, especially Syndic Calls. Time to listen to their other stuff.

    Friday morning

  • Taisan

    Oceanic > Celestial > Mosquito Control > Panopticon >>> Everything else

    Thursday evening

  • GiaNXGX

    Oceanic is more primitive and drags a beautiful "waves like" atmosphere... i don't care what people claim about Panopticon, i agree about their progression however, Oceanic is Isis true masterpiece

    Wednesday morning

  • Masafaka

    My religion: ISIS

    Tuesday afternoon

  • Lfcknu

    ItAoT = Panopticon > Oceanic = Celestial = Wavering Radiant

    Tuesday afternoon

  • Trempest

    My ISIS power rankings: 1. Panopticon 2. Wavering Radiant (am I the only one who actually loves this album?) 3. Oceanic 4. ITAOT 5. Celestial

    Tuesday morning
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18 May 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/sgnl05

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 …

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