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Media: Isis post new track from upcoming album

Posted by aubin on Sunday, August 20, 2006 at 1:30 PM (EDT)

Isis have posted the first track from their upcoming full-length, In the Absence of Truth, which is also their first multi-word album title since 1999's The Red Sea. Due out October 31st on Ipecac, the album was recorded with producer/engineer Matt Bayles.

You can check out the song here.

The record is the follow up to their 2004 release, Panopticon. Last year, the band also issued the domestic release of Oceanic: Remixes and Reinterpretations.

In anticipation of the new record, the band will be hitting the road with Tool with the first date on that tour just two days from now.

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Someone (August 20, 2006)

This band fucking rules.

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Someone (August 20, 2006)

I concur.

PaintItAlex (August 20, 2006)

wow this songs is amazing!

Someone (August 20, 2006)

I dig this track a lot. Seems like they've been bringing in a bit of Red Sparowes influence back with them.

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alex_pastepunk (August 20, 2006)

bah, i meant to post this under my name. yes, this song is good, etc.

usversusthem (August 20, 2006)

Basically Red Sparowes and Isis are both amazing.

Sirens (August 20, 2006)

Isis > Pelican

usversusthem (August 20, 2006)

Fine but Pelican is still pretty good.

Pelican > Neurosis, for instance.

Someone (August 20, 2006)

that is one of the most rediculous things i've ever read.

ILOVESCOTT (August 20, 2006)

pelican is good, but they dont touch neurosis

JohnnyDanger (August 20, 2006)

Old ISIS > Old Pelican > New ISIS > NEW Pelican

ElVaquero (August 20, 2006)

New Pelican > Old Pelican

they've grown up a lot

DenBez (August 20, 2006)

There are very few musical taste things that I actually judge people's character based on, but liking old Isis and Pelican better than new Isis and Pelican is just plain fucking stupid. Pelican especially, but Isis didn't start being amazing until Oceanic at the very least.

Someone (August 20, 2006)

i think there's a much smaller divide between old pelican and new pelican than with ISIS. there's been evolution, but it's subtle. i don't tend to differentiate the two albums much when i listen to them. obviously there is a much bigger stylistic divide between newer and older ISIS. and old ISIS was great, but they're a band who gets better with each record.

DenBez (August 20, 2006)

That's crazy, Pelican has had a complete overhaul. Isis plays basically in the same format as they used to, but with stylistic differences. Pelican's first album was riffs-on-riffs-on-riffs-on-riffs-on-riff, but was basically a bunch of 8 minute jam sessions. The Fire is a collection of cohesive pieces of songwriting that build using atmosphere. Totally different. The Fire made Australasia totally irrelevant to me.

ElVaquero (August 20, 2006)

you are ridiculously correct

givemeamuseumandillfillit (August 20, 2006)

Pacman > Isis

ILOVESCOTT (August 20, 2006)

yeah, but Pelican is still really good.

Jimmy_the_Saint (August 20, 2006)

Windmills By The Ocean (another Isis-related project) is also quite good.

JohnnyDanger (August 20, 2006)

This song is terrible. Bring back Mosquito Control.

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Someone (August 20, 2006)

you're an idiot.

ElVaquero (August 20, 2006)

you're joking right?

Someone (August 20, 2006)

I think johnny is just one of the guys who worships the original work of any band.

Obviously Necroticism is the best Carcass album.

opened_ground (August 20, 2006)

this production is very clean

DenBez (August 20, 2006)

So, if Isis weren't already my favorite band on the planet, they would be now for sure.

Someone (August 20, 2006)

great song. all the new stuff they played when i saw them a few months ago slayed.

ElVaquero (August 20, 2006)

this song is so fantastic, this will be amazing

Kursk (August 20, 2006)

I like Tool, but lets face the facts, they're the lazy man's "thinking metal" band. Everyone and their mom knows who Tool are and now it will be the same for Isis. I'm just gonna piss and moan a little more and keep being an ass.

In other news, I can't wait for the new Isis.

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DenBez (August 20, 2006)

I'm okay with Isis getting popular as long as they don't start totally fucking sucking (see: Tool). I don't really see Isis ever doing anything really accessible. It seems like the less hardcore they get, the weirder and less conventional they get. I can't see them blowing up to Tool-like proportions.

ILOVESCOTT (August 20, 2006)

I love Isis because they are one of those bands that always move forward but keep a signature sound.

Someone (August 21, 2006)

i think this track is good, the mix is definatly better than on panopticon (the mix that is)
the drums being louder gives this track a heavier feeling

Someone (August 21, 2006)

Tool is a rich kid's Isis. Discuss.

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Someone (August 26, 2006)

haha what?

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