Isis discography

Isis discography
Isis performing live at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, CA. Visible from left to right are: Michael Gallagher, Jeff Caxide, Aaron Turner, Bryant Clifford Meyer. Visible in the back is drummer Aaron Harris.
Studio albums	5
Live albums	5
Compilation albums	1
Video albums	1
Music videos	4
EPs	5
Singles	2
Other appearances	1

Isis was an American post-metal band, active from 1997 active until their disbandment in 2010. They released five full-length albums, five extended plays (EPs), five live albums, two singles and have collaborated with other artists on numerous other projects.

Isis was formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in late 1997 by Aaron Turner (guitar/vocals; also the owner of Hydra Head Records), Jeff Caxide (bass guitar), Chris Mereschuk (electronics/vocals) and Aaron Harris (drums).^[1] They released a demo and their first EP, Mosquito Control, in 1998, with this lineup. The roster was fairly fluid around the release of the 1999 EP The Red Sea, until the recruitment of Bryant Clifford Meyer of The Gersch and former Cast Iron Hike guitarist Michael Gallagher in 1999. Isis remained with this lineup until their dissolution. Isis' debut full-length, Celestial, and its sister EP, SGNL>05, were released in 2000.

In 2002, Oceanic was released to critical acclaim,^[2][3][4] and was the subject of a series of four vinyl reinterpretations by various contemporary artists; the series was consolidated into an Ipecac Recordings release, entitled Oceanic: Remixes & Reinterpretations.^[5] Growth in stature necessitated relocation to Los Angeles in 2003.^[6] Panopticon was released in 2004, to further critical plaudits and an album of the year award from Rock Sound.^[7][8][9] It was also the band's first entry into the charts, peaking at number 47 in the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart.^[10]

Their next record, In the Absence of Truth, was released by Ipecac on 31 October 2006. This full-length charted more successfully, peaking at number six in Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart;^[10] however, critical reception was not particularly warm and the band themselves have expressed disappointment with the album.^[11][12] "Holy Tears" and "Not in Rivers, but in Drops" were released from the album as singles in 2008, along with a limited-edition vinyl compilation box set entitled Shades of the Swarm later in the year. Their final full-length, Wavering Radiant, was released in 2009 and marked the band's first entry in the Billboard 200, peaking at 98;^[10] it also saw international commercial exposure, seeing entry into the charts of the United Kingdom, Germany and Norway.^[13][14][15] Isis split up in June 2010, just before the release of a split EP with Melvins.^[16] Their entire back-catalogue of live releases saw digital re-release in mid-2011,^[17] and two compilations are lined up in the wake of Isis' dissolution.^[18] A compilation of demos and alternative versions of songs, called Temporal, has been released on November 6, 2012, by Ipecac Recordings.^[19]

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Chart positions
		US Indie [10]	US Heat [10]	US Rock [10]	US Taste [10]	US [10]	UK [13][20]	UK Rock [21]	GER [15]	NOR [14]
2000	Celestial[22] Released: 3 April 2000 Label: Escape Artist Records (EA07.0) Format: CD/LP	81	34	30	29	200	205	42	73	111
2002	Oceanic[23] Released: 16 September 2002 Label: Ipecac Recordings (IPC-032) Format: CD/LP	54	20	20	31	184	192	34	50	76
2004	Panopticon Released: 19 October 2004 Label: Ipecac Recordings (IPC-057) Format: CD/LP	47	10	23	8	96	123	22	54	39
2006	In the Absence of Truth Released: 31 October 2006 Label: Ipecac Recordings (IPC-081) Format: CD/LP	20	6	1	12	60	65	10	18	25
2009	Wavering Radiant Released: 5 May 2009 Label: Ipecac Recordings (IPC-113) Format: CD/LP	10	1	14	7	20	26	1	96	37
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Extended plays

Year	Release details	Notes
1998	Demo[24] Released: June 1998 Label: Hydra Head Records (HH666-27.5) Format: cassette
1998	The Mosquito Control EP[25] Released: 28 October 1998 Label: Escape Artist Records (EA03.0) Format: CD/LP
1999	The Red Sea Released: 1999 Label: Second Nature Recordings (SN014) Format: CD/LP	This release includes all material from the 1998 demo.[26]
1999	Sawblade Released: 1999 Label: Hydra Head Records (HH666-41.5) Format: CD-R	Tour-only limited edition release. 200 handmade CD-Rs and 250 copies of the vinyl edition were pressed.[27][28]
2001	SGNL›05 Released: 6 March 2001 Label: Neurot Recordings (NR012) Format: CD/LP	This release is effectively an "extension" of Celestial.[29]

Singles

Year	Single	Album
2008	"Holy Tears"[30] Released: 5 February 2008 Label: Ipecac Recordings (IPC-095) Format: CD/LP	In the Absence of Truth (2006)
	"Not in Rivers, But in Drops"[30] Released: 14 October 2008 Label: Ipecac Recordings (IPC-099) Format: CD/LP

Live

Year	Album details	Recorded
2004	Live.01[31] Released: March 2004 Label: Self-released; Electric Human Project (EHP 0.31) Format: CD/LP/digital	23 September 2003 The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA
	Live.02[32] Released: November 2004 Label: Self-released; Troubleman Unlimited Records (TMU 152) Format: CD/LP/digital	19 March 2003 Stockholm, Sweden
2005	Live.03[33] Released: April 2005 Label: Self-released; Profound Lore Records (PLR 018) Format: CD/LP/digital	7 December 2004 The Launchpad, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
2006	Live.04[34] Released: May 2006 Label: Self-released; Robotic Empire (Robo 079) Format: CD/LP/digital	2001–2005 Various sources
2009	Live V[35] Released: October 2009 Label: Self-released; Viva Hate Records (VHR018) Format: CD/LP/digital	23 July 2006 KOKO, London, England
2012	Live VI Released: 14 February 2012 Label: Self-released Format: 2xLP/digital	16 November 2007 Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, Oregon, USA

Collaborations and other releases

Year	Album details	Type	Notes
2000	Split with Pig Destroyer Released: July 2000 Label: Relapse Records (RR-040) Format: 7" vinyl	Split EP	Isis contribute only one song; a Godflesh cover.[36]
2004	Oceanic: Remixes & Reinterpretations Released: 7 July 2004 Label: Hydra Head Records (HH666-83) Format: 2×CD	Cover album	Consists of remixes of tracks from Oceanic, contributed to by a variety of artists. Originally released as a series of four 12" LPs on Robotic Empire.[37]
2005	We Reach: The Music of the Melvins Released: 23 August 2005 Label: Fractured Transmitter (FTRC004) Format: CD	Tribute album	Isis and Agoraphobic Nosebleed collaborate to cover the track "Boris" for this tribute to the Melvins.[38]
2006	In the Fishtank 14 Released: 25 September 2006 Label: Konkurrent (Fish 14) Format: CD	Split album	Part of the "In the Fishtank" series, where two artists are given a limited recording time and compose in the studio. This release is a collaboration with Scottish band Aereogramme.[39]
2008	Shades of the Swarm Released: 22 February 2008 Label: Robotic Empire and Conspiracy Records (Robo 074) (CORE058) Format: 12×LP	Box set	LP box set of all of Isis' full-length albums and EPs up to and including In the Absence of Truth, produced in commemoration of their 10 year anniversary. Limited to 600.[40]
2010	Split with Melvins Released: 13 July 2010 Label: Hydra Head Records (HH666-214) Format: LP	Split EP	Split EP with Melvins containing two Isis songs recorded during the Wavering Radiant sessions.[41]
2012	Temporal Released: 6 November 2012 Label: Ipecac Recordings Format: 2×CD, DVD (IPC-140)	Compilation	Contains unreleased demos, remixes and all official music videos.[19]

Singles and Music videos

Album	Title	Director
Panopticon (2004)	"In Fiction"	Josh Graham[42]
In the Absence of Truth (2006)	"Holy Tears"	Dominic Hailstone[43]
	"Not in Rivers, But in Drops"	Sera Timms[44]
Wavering Radiant (2009)	"20 Minutes / 40 Years"	Matt Santoro[45]

DVD

Year	Title	Notes
2006	Clearing the Eye Label: Ipecac Recordings (IPC-080) Format: DVD	Features live videos (including an entire live performance), the "In Fiction" music video, photo galleries, lyrics for all songs featured, a complete discography, and a 20-page booklet.[30]

Other appearances

• Metal Swim - Adult Swim compilation album (2010)

References

1. "Aaron Turner interview". Feast of Hate and Fear. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
2. Jahdi, Robin (8 May 2009). "Isis: Wavering Radiant". FACT Magazine. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
3. Savage, Milton (13 May 2009). "Isis: Wavering Radiant". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
4. "Isis – Panopticon". Tiny Mix Tapes. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
5. "Oceanic: Remixes/Reinterpretations". allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
6. Lee, Cosmo (22 May 2006). "Signal Fills the Void: An Interview with Mike Gallagher of Isis". PopMatters. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
7. Bennett, J (November 2004). "Review of Panopticon". Rock Sound (66).
8. Diver, Mike (1 October 2004). "Isis – Panopticon". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
9. Stosuy, Brandon (8 November 2004). "Isis: Panopticon". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
10. "Artist Chart History - Isis". Billboard. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
11. "In the Absence of Truth". Metacritic. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
12. Bennett, J. (June 2009). "Five Alive". Decibel (56): 68–73. [A]ll five members express varying degrees of dissatisfaction with that album [...] Turner offers [...] 'Because we were composing things as duos or trios rather than as a whole group, it made the whole record maybe less coherent and slightly weaker than it should have been.'
13. "UK Albums Chart - Isis". Zobbel. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
14. "Isis' Wavering Radiant lands on Norwegian chart". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
15. "German Albums Chart - Isis". musicline.de. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
16. Barton, Chris (19 May 2010). "L.A.-based band Isis calls it quits". LA Times. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
17. "Isis says goodbye with five live albums". Punknews. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
18. Bennet, J (September 2010). "Aaron Turner". Decibel (71): 53–4.
19. "ISIS: 'Temporal' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
20. "Chart Log UK – 1994–2008: I Am Kloot – I Wayne". Zobbel. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
21. "Top 40 Rock albums". BBC Radio 1. 15 May 2009. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009.
22. York, William. "Celestial – Isis". allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
23. Serba, John. "Oceanic – Isis". allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
24. Downey, Ryan. "Isis". allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
25. York, William. ""Mosquito Control" – Isis". allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
26. York, William. "The Red Sea – Isis". allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
27. Conrad, Matt (21 June 2007). "Isis - Sawblade EP Review". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
28. "Isis Sawblade 12". Tortuga Recordings. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
29. Taylor, Ken. "Isis – SNGL>05". allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
30. "Isis". Ipecac Recordings. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
31. "Live 1: 09.23.03 { Preorder } LP". Electric Human Project. Archived from the original on 5 March 2005. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
32. "TMU 152 Isis". Troubleman Unlimited Records. Archived from the original on 25 April 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
33. "ISIS: Rehearsal Video Posted Online". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 6 November 2006. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
34. "Discography". Robotic Empire. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
35. "Isis – Live V on vinyl out in October…". Viva Hate Records. 30 August 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
36. "Artist Biography – Pig Destroyer". Relapse Records. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
37. "Oceanic: Remixes/Reinterpretations". allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
38. Henderson, Alex. "We Reach: The Music of the Melvins". allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
39. "Isis + Aereogramme". Konkurrent. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
40. "Shades of the Swarm ten year anniversary (CORE058)". Conspiracy Records. Archived from the original on 13 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
41. "Isis/Melvins & Torche/Boris Split Vinyl Releases Available From Hydra Head On 7/14!!". Hydra Head Records. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
42. "Interview with Jeff Caxide". Global Domination. 25 November 2004. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
43. Turner, Aaron (5 February 2008). "Isis video, single, etc". Feral Pig. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
44. Not in Rivers, But in Drops (Digipak single notes). Isis. Ipecac Recordings. 2008. IPC-099.
45. "Isis - "20 Minutes / 40 Years"". MTV. Retrieved 30 November 2009.

General

• "Catalog". Escape Artist Records. Archived from the original on 18 April 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

See also

• Hydra Head Records discography
• Ipecac Recordings discography