Holy Tears
Isis
Ipecac Records, 2008
1 CD
Catalogue #: 95
EAN: 0689230009528
UPC: 689230009528
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This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Atmospheric metal masters Isis have been together for 10 years, and to celebrate, Ipecac records has released a maxi-single, "Holy Tears," off of their last album, IN THE ABSENCE OF TRUTH. Pairing the album version of the song with a live version, a remix by the Melvins, and a video, the single displays every aspect of the song's power and grandeur. At times as swirling and psychedelic as the Cure, HOLY TEARS is also as bruising as a 50-foot tidal wave, and handing it over to the influential Melvins is a no-brainer considering how much their sludgy style contributed to Isis's sound.
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Isis
The Los Angeles-via-Boston-based metal band Isis are one of the most popular outfits working in heavy metal's more avant-garde sectors. While some hard-rock acts would flinch at being saddled with arty descriptors and qualifiers, frontman Aaron Turner has himself referred to what the band plays as "thinking man's metal." Certainly, Isis's highly technical, concept-driven experimental sound doesn't immediately call to mind more familiar genre standard bearers. Still, the band has the requisite musical elements to keep even the most meat-and-potatoes metalheads satisfied.
