ISIS
Heavy, down tempo, metal……ahhhh…. just the way I like it. I have just recently (6 months or so) started listing to ISIS (band info.) I have been looking for this type of band for a while. I wondered where all the heavy instrumental stuff was. Where was the blanket of dark sound I could wrap myself in? I found just that in ISIS.
Their new album “In The Absence Of Truth” was released on the Ipecac label October 31st. It’s easily as good as “Panopticon,” their 2004 release. If anything, it's a bit smoother. The transitions from ambient to driving metal are seamless and flowing. Lyrics are still few and far between, as well as indecipherable. The traditional growling vocals are still there but are highlighted with traditional clean vocals on a couple of tracks. The clean vocal is something I had not heard on the previous two albums, at least not to this extent, and it helps add to the over all depth of the album. Guitars and drums remain simple and heavy through out. The average track length is around 7 minutes and total playing time is 1 hour. There is a type of sensory deprivation I get when listening to ISIS and I think that’s the reason I want more (Buy Here.)
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