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| 8.3 by Pitchfork Media |
Isis's elegant fourth full-length, In
the Absence of Truth, comes packed with surprises. As
might be expected following their
2004 breakthrough and subsequent big-time tour with Tool, the Los Ange... |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
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| n/a by www.dustedmagazine.com |
The road continues for post-Neurosis metalgazers Isis. On their fourth full-length, they continue to refine the basic materials – drone, dirge, riff, and (more recently) melody – that have preoccupied... |
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| n/a by www.drownedinsound.com |
What does Isis mean to you, today?
If your mind is still rattling to the deep growls and rumbling terror of the Celestial album, then you’re only six years out of date; enjoy the various natural d... |
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| n/a by www.prefixmag.com |
To call it intense cheapens the word. To criticize a section of "Over Root and Thorn" for excessiveness is relative; its slow, meticulous build lasts a long time, but that's the intention,... |
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| n/a by www.stylusmagazine.com |
t’s not Isis’ fault that they sound unoriginal these days. All you have to do is pick up a copy of Decibel, open it to any page, and you’ll find someone counting the group as an influence. The LA-via-... |
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| n/a by www.cokemachineglow.com |
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| n/a by www.tinymixtapes.com |
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| n/a by www.villagevoice.com |
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| n/a by www.adequacy.net |
For every full-length since Celestial, Isis had been on a seemingly upward trajectory. That album's grand gesturing could hardly prepare listeners for Oceanic's Slint-as-metal-band constructs.... |
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| 8 by Aftonbladet |
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| 4 by Dagensskiva.com |
Det knappt jag fattar själv vad det är jag nu ska skriva. Men jag antar att det är lika bra att fĂĄ det överstökat: Isis nya skiva “In the Abscence of Truth” är inte ens i närheten av att n... |
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| 8 by Metica |
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