De...Marga...

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CD Audio I have it ★★★★

23 feb 17

It's difficult, even for a band like Isis, to replicate the glory of their previous two albums; indeed, as far as I'm concerned, "In The Absence Of Truth" remains a step below "Oceanic" and "Panopticon." There are no shortage of songs of enormous quality, featuring that celestial and ethereal sound that first envelops you, warms you, and then suddenly sinks you with abrupt shifts in sound that move with colossal, asphyxiating cadences of the Sludge Metal school. The nine minutes of the concluding "Garden of Light" once again demonstrate the greatness of a band among my favorites of the last twenty years. Listen to the instrumental part that concludes the piece, with those tribal percussion accompanying a guitar sound that "ascends" to total ecstasy...HOLY TEARS...

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Isis: Oceanic

6 aug 14

Together with "Panopticon," the pinnacle of Isis' production; long compositions that unfold for over an hour of Music, where walls of sound of immense beauty coexist with much more intimate, ethereal passages, carrying that dark, shadowy aftertaste that sent me into total ecstasy. It is my duty to mention the progression of a true "spiritual high" represented by the interminable, almost eleven minutes, "Weight" with its sublime build-up of intensity leading to the final purification... SHAMANIC...

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Ociredef86
6 aug 14

Oh, finally something we both like :P
De...Marga...
6 aug 14

I’m laughing with pure delight; a truly spectacular band and live performance remains one of the most "mystical" experiences I have ever had. They managed to vary the sound within the same track so radically that at times it felt like I was listening to two different bands in the same song. This is just my opinion.
TSTW
6 aug 14

Here between the first Beggining and the End, Carry and Weight, I really can't figure out which one I prefer.
De...Marga...
6 aug 14

Even the explosive finale of The Beginning and the End is something to remember: if I recall correctly, when the guitars come in, about 3 minutes from the end of the song, the sound suddenly becomes so compact and violent that it takes your breath away. This is the peak of their mighty sound. WHAT A SUPERGROUP... And how I miss it.
De...Marga...
6 aug 14

I only now realize that I didn't put an apostrophe... over an hour of Music... To avoid the Caudine Forks.
SilasLang
6 aug 14

Their masterpiece. Another album that I love very, very much. For me, it is 10 notches above "Panopticon"...
Goldfinger
6 aug 14

Beautiful Dema, you have described this record perfectly.
De...Marga...
6 aug 14

Silas, I knew about your preference for Oceanic over Panopticon; Whatever!!! For me, of the two, I prefer the album released in 2004, which contained songs that had a "rising" pace, so to speak, with a growth in music that left you in awe. Just listen to the track "In Fiction," which starts off calmly with a clean, heavenly guitar sound, building up to an enormous final crescendo that is disturbingly beautiful. @Goldfinger: thank you for your words; they make me very happy. What an amazing record.
SilasLang
6 aug 14

Watch out... I also adore 'Panopticon', you know! The beautiful crescendos, indeed, on that album! I also like "In The Absence Of Truth", although there I can really feel the 'Tool' influence... I didn't like the last one so much. But for me, "Oceanic" is something beyond :-)
De...Marga...
6 aug 14

Sure, after Oceanic and Panopticon it was hard to replicate that success, even though the two subsequent works are solid albums. I find the decision to end their career reasonable, as they risked becoming too repetitive; even though I miss them, there's no question about it. I don't remember if I had recommended listening to Grey Machine, a project by Aaron Turner and Justin Broadrick: a single album called "Disconnected." A weighty behemoth, but worth listening to.
GIANLUIGI67
7 aug 14

I prefer "Panapticon"; I find it less monolithic. However, they manage to reconcile different musical tastes while being a proposal that is not exactly light.

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Isis: Panopticon

20 may 14

It has been ten years since this third album for the Boston band; and the compositional zenith is finally reached, without detracting from its predecessors "Oceanic" and "Celestial." There are seven lengthy tracks that flow through the listening experience, where violent electric outbursts and solemn atmospheric passages coexist and progress hand in hand, bestowing fascinatingly opposite sensations: tension, emotion, anger. Hypnotic, ethereal, and evocative tracks like "In Fiction" with its gradual final build-up...

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musicanidi
20 may 14

5 stars seem a bit few for this work!
De...Marga...
20 may 14

Wonderful group, outside of any measure of judgment, at least from my side. Rarely have I experienced a concert where I felt like jumping around and immediately afterwards being enveloped in emotional spirals of immense beauty; they also deserve credit, in my opinion, for ending their career at the peak, without risking to repeat themselves with clone albums. A band of enormous importance.
Psychopathia
20 may 14

If you like this record, de marga, I think you might also enjoy Four Great Points by June of 44. Released in 1998, I bought it back then and never stopped listening to it. But maybe you already know them.
De...Marga...
20 may 14

I only know the group you mentioned by name; another excellent suggestion that I must take note of.
musicanidi
21 may 14

Great "Four Great Points" (A MUST LISTEN) but quite far from the sounds of Isis.....post rock (classic) VS post metal (classic)....perhaps even more beautiful is the second "Tropics And Meridians" by June Of 44....
Marco Orsi
21 may 14

Overrated as hell. I mean: they can't hold a candle to Slayer and Black Flag. But, damn it, this album has an edge over many other productions of the same kind. Dreamlike.
algol
22 may 14

Yet I prefer Oceanic by a neck. It's a shame they broke up and I wasn't able to see them live.
De...Marga...
22 may 14

The line that separates my preference for this album over Oceanic is nonetheless minimal; I saw them live in June 2007 in Milan. Front row concert with all those sound characteristics highlighted: a mystical experience, to say the least.

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