Isis

...thing that binds the series is a sense of sonic exploration and a slow, muted pacing, as past peak entrees from Low/Dirty Three and Isis/Aereogramme have amply demonstrated through differing approaches. Of course, it helps that all of those...

In this article: Sparklehorse, In the Fishtank, Mark Linkous, Jason Lytle, Christian Fennesz, Wayne Coyne, Iggy Pop, Julian Casablancas, Aereogramme, and Frank Black

...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...

In this article: Aaron Turner, Oceanic, Tool, Panopticon, Neurosis, Godflesh, Celestial, Philosophy, and Michael Gallagher

...Larry Herweg's otherwise rudimentary rhythms with some off-beat flourishes. An album pocked with guest appearances (Hydra Head/Isis boss Aaron Turner rages on the title track), What We All Come To Need's final seven minutes are the most...

In this article: Pelican, Dylan Carlson, Hydra Head, Southern Lord, Blood Mountain, Earth, A Red Red Rose, and Life & Times

...2009 UK release date: 27 October 2009 Throughout the course of their career, Pelican has drawn constant comparisons to doomsludge greats Isis, and rightfully so. The massive wall of sound, the crushing waves, the dynamic planes; these are...

In this article: Pelican, Australasia, Guernica, Pablo Picasso, Hydra Head Records, Aaron Turner, Neurosis, Satellite Years, and Chicago

...and recorded at the band s Black & Blue studio in New Bedford, MA, along with their live sound engineer James Whitten. Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Isis, Minus The Bear, Shook Ones) mixed the five song record. The band has posted a song from the...

In this article: A Wilhelm Scream, Minus the Bear, Punknews.org, Matt Bayles, Mastodon, Career Suicide, and New Bedford, MA

...out of town I was introduced to this year as well: Youngstown, Ohio's Rebreather had some excellent loud doom in the vein of decade-old Isis; Denver's Git Some (featuring two of the dudes from Planes Mistaken for Stars) played raw, thrashy...

In this article: Planes Mistaken for Stars, Denver, Flagstaff, Seattle, and Ohio

Tonight Tonight in Music: Khingz, ISIS, Papercuts, PWRFL Power Posted by Chris Govella on Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 9:00 AM Khingz, the Physics, Yirim Seck, DJ Daps1, Spaceman Chop Suey) Now let's chat about Khingz. Since he's been on the...

In this article: Aaron Turner, Seattle, Homophobia, and Michael Gallagher

Slow. Loud. Heavy. That's pretty much the only way to describe the metal band Isis and do it justice, unless you put the word "very" in front of those three words. While TV suggests heavy metal is crowded with receding hairlines, devil...

In this article: Mike Gallagher, Adam Jones, Neurosis, Jeremy Bentham, Michael Foucault, Grammy, and Tool

enhanced by Top weekend shows: Isis, Goran Bregovic, Metric, Passion Pit Isis: The California quintet heads off into space on its latest album, "Wavering Radiant" (Ipecac), with keyboards splashing ambient and psychedelic colors onto the...

In this article: Goran Bregovic, Pelican, Highland Park, Ill., Toronto, and California

o one does foreboding like Isis. On Wavering Radiant, the band plays through a series of long, gloomy pieces, punctuating the oppressive atmospherics with flashes of shimmering melody and gripping thrash-metal. But even with such theatrics,...

In this article: Aaron Turner, Oceanic, Hall of the Dead, Jeff Caxide, and Panopticon