ISIS In The Absence Of Truth 2xLP 2014 REPRESS pelican mogwai post-rock neurosis

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ISIS In The Absence Of Truth 2 x LP

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(Robotic Empire)
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Back in print via a new 2014 vinyl reissue from Robotic Empire, in a gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeves.
Finally getting around to listing both the vinyl and cd version of Isis's In The Absence Of Truth here at C-Blast for anyone that's new to Isis or who missed out on the vinyl edition the first time around. Hard to imagine anyone being new to Isis though, since these guys have become one of the biggest bands in the artier end of the metal underground over the past few years; the Isis name itself is now often used by lazy rockcrits as a genre in itself to describe the myriad other bands who ply similiarly slow-moving and atmospheric sludgewaters, for chrissakes. It's easy enough to do, I guess...when the heavy grey tides of 2002's Oceanic rolled in, they established Isis as the overlords of crushing, smoldering metallic rock with a sound that blew through the early Neurosis/Godflesh inspired sludge into cinematic new territory, with carefully crafted epics that rivalled the time-released power of Mogwai and Godspeed You Black Emperor, but with riffage and explosive power that was far heavier and more complex than any of those bands, and immediately influenced legions of bands who wanted to harness that sound.
When In The Absence Of Truth came out in 2006, I remember reading reviews that knocked the album for not progressing beyond the epic, atmospheric sludge/ambient rock of the previous two albums Oceanic and Panopticon, but I thought otherwise; this massive disc (their longest at over 65 minutes) reveals some subtle shifts in their sound that has actually made Abscence my favorite of Isis's full lengths. With each album, Isis seem to slough off more of their outer metal skin to reveal proggier, more emotive surfaces, but Absence isn't light on the heaviness either, with the core components of the Isis sound showing up in all of the right places: the pounding tribal drums, vast droning metallic riffs, the gruff, feral roars. But these parts are contrasted with a moodier approach than on the previous records. Aaron Turner delivers most of his vocals in a mesmeric croon, only erupting into his monstrous roar at climactic explosions of riff and volume, and the guitars themselves are much more textured and ambient here, with an added emphasis on textured chords, ringing clean guitars and jangly melodies that more than once recall the ethereal rock of bands like Ride, The Cure and The Church. It's that dreamy alt rock sound that really differentiates In The Abscence Of Truth from the rest of the Isis catalog in my mind, while still remaining an intensely heavy experience, with songs like "Dulcinea" and "Wrists Of Kings" unleashing some of the heaviest Isis riffs ever, carefully interwoven with expansive instrumental sections and cryptic lyrics. It's another crushing chapter in the band's evolution, and reaffirms their mastery of the form.   © CRUCIAL BLAST
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