Best Buy has the album in the absence of truth on sale for this week.I have never heard anything by ISIS.Should i buy the album? Also what do they sound like?

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Amazon always has fancy samples for your listening pleasure.

http://www.amazon.com/Absence-Truth-Isis/dp/B000I2K9JW

Scroll down to "listen to samples" and have at it. That should help you decide.

I'm no Isis fan, so I couldn't help you any further

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my computer has no speakers

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Yes you should buy it. Its on sale, take the chance.

Do you have headphones, like ipod headphones or anything? You can plug those in to your speaker jack and it works fine.

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Buy it whether it's on sale or not. And then get the rest of their discography.

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fantastic band. definately a best buy!

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i concur whole-heartedly

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amazing live band and damn good on records too get some!

i just bought a copy of "in the absence of truth" last week on a whim, and im awful glad i did. these guys are the shit, and i look forward to getting the rest of their work.

Great to hear you like them. I'm sure you'll be thrilled by everything else they've put out.

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In Absence of Truth surely is amazing. Go for Panopticon next.

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panopticon will be next on my list, followed shortly by oceanic and celestial. great band.

I just downloaded Oceanic. Wow, I'm buying this for sure.

Be sure to get Panopticon; for me, it's their best work.

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i completely agree. easily their best album, every track is a stunner. that's my top album ever.

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now you guys are getting me all fired up about getting it, because i was really impressed with in the absence of truth.

Oceanic is the only one i don't have. Panopticon is truly an amazing album. I would probably rank it over ITAoT. I never really got into Celestial very much though.

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some of celestial is really, really awesome. i always loved "C.F.T. (New circutry and continued evolution)". That song is the reason i found metaltabs and was my first post here
i didn't really rate In the absence of truth very highly compared to their older stuff, although it was still brilliant. Panopticon's production is just amazing, the writing is phenomenal, the build up for So did we (opening track) is just something else, and when it breaks at 6mins 14secs...well...wow.

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I've been told, if I love Godflesh, I'll really like this band... opinions? Good first album to check out?

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Grinning Mouths for me. So crushing at the end; simply exhilirating. Panopticon is in my top three albums of all time, probably only behind In Their Darkened Shrines.

Anybody who likes Isis should probably check out the following:

Red Sparowes (more rock than metal though)
*shels (perfect mix between Isis and Red Sparowes with a theme of the African savannah)
Pelican
The Ocean Fracture (a bit more raw, but good nonetheless)

I would highly recommend *shels' Sea of the Dying Dhow, Red Sparowes' At the Soundless Dawn and Pelican's The Fire in our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw.

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great recommendations john, the fire in or throats is an awesome album, my fave pelican release.
you could try Russian Circles and Tides as well if you like anything off that list.

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Well, I might as well plug two other bands Isis fans would like....

Mouth Of The Architect (= better than Isis, by far)
Cult Of Luna

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cult of luna are awesome, salvation is an amazing album.
i havn't heard much mouth of the architect, i got a few tracks which were really cool. any recommendations on an album to check out?

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I hope you realize that < and > are the traditional symbols for 'greater/better than' and 'lesser/worse than.' It just seems pointless to use the symbols at all when it doesn't actually economize the amount you type.

Anyway, I will make a note to check out Mouth of the Architect.

Yeah, I should have thought of that.



Autumncurve, check out "The Ties That Bind," then "Time and Withering." They also have a split with Kenoma.

...and that's pretty much their discography. A new album comes out July 8th.

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i'll see if i can find them, cheers. think i have the split with kenoma.

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just ordered panopticon, so ive got something to look forward to.

not so much. it's like an indie/hc crossover bunch of dweebs doing a neurosis meets unwound rip-off. in the same way that mastadon swings from TITD's sack. fuck hydrahead records. worst shit.

They are classic. Amazing band with amazing lyrics. Check out some of their older CD's, i think they are a lot better than the newer stuff.

False. They still have:

Torche
Cavity
Big Business
Xasthur
Pelican
Mare
Discordance Axis

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^ yecchh case in point sry im just being a dick. i used to jam celestial a lot in the car when it first came out. they sound huge live if you can get right up front and feel the bass. tight band. better before they got too spaced out imo.

just got my copy of panopticon, and it doesnt dissapoint. i cant believe i waited so long to check these guys out.