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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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  • xtoolx

    Hive Destruction <3 Makes me smile :D

    10 hours ago

  • MichaelSnoxall

    I'd start off with In the Absence of Truth, then Wavering Radiant, then Celestial, then Oceanic, then Panopticon (because it blows all the other albums out of the water)

    14 hours ago

  • FeedingWhatIAm

    As an Isis noob, which album should I start out with?

    17 hours ago

  • LauncelotGobbo

    No it's not. Sorry to burst your bubble.

    yesterday evening

  • MichaelSnoxall

    I think you should listen to Panopticon again. Keep listening until you realise it's the best album ISIS have ever released. Maybe even the best album any band could release.

    yesterday morning

  • LauncelotGobbo

    Weak statement, since both albums are not the best work of their respective bands.

    yesterday morning

  • MichaelSnoxall

    My Dad had Dark Side of the Moon, I have Panopticon [8]

    yesterday morning

  • xtoolx

    live6 sounds very good.

    Tuesday morning

  • EmptyUniverse

    My Dad had Dark Side of the Moon, I have Panopticon [7]

    Tuesday morning

  • NepravylnaRyba

    My Dad had Dark Side of the Moon, I have Panopticon [6]

    Monday afternoon

  • simon91hollnich

    new live record sounds great ^^

    Monday morning

  • emptycookiejar1

    It's not that I don't expect it, it's that I hate the way it sounds.

    Saturday morning

  • buzdehiljadu900

    It's kind of dumb not to expect people cheering and clapping on live recordings, but yeah, I also prefer seeing the fuckers live as opposed to listening to live recordings.

    Friday morning

  • emptycookiejar1

    No, SwingBreed, they sound like shit. I hate the sound of the drums, I hate the acoustics, I hate the people cheering and clapping, and I hate the way Turner's vocals sound. This is a symptom of all of the live recordings, and that is why I said they add nothing. You might want your live experience vicariously, but not I. I'll be perfectly happy to listen to the studio versions.

    Friday morning

  • juanbrujox

    Bitch please.. I still haven't had enough Dark Side of the Moon... neither Panopticon

    Friday morning

  • kum_harris

    My Dad had Dark Side of the Moon, I have Panopticon [5] и это правда

    last week

  • Landem

    My Dad had Dark Side of the Moon, I have Panopticon [4] That's so fuckin' true...

    last week

  • Quissar

    Live VI is incredible! Quality of studio album ;0

    last week

  • TheDaysOfDaniel

    My Dad had Dark Side of the Moon, I have Panopticon.[3]

    last week

  • klangmoment

    My Dad had Dark Side of the Moon, I have Panopticon.[2]

    last week
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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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