Temporal (Isis album)

Temporal
Compilation album by Isis
Released	November 6, 2012
Recorded	1999-2011
Genre	Post-metal, progressive metal, sludge metal, doom metal
Length	111:49
Label	Ipecac (2×CD, DVD), (3×Vinyl LP, DVD) (IPC-140) Daymare Recordings (CD)
Isis chronology
Melvins / Isis (2010) Temporal (2012)

Temporal is a compilation album by American post-metal band Isis, containing various demo recordings, unreleased tracks and remixes from throughout the band's history. It was released on November 6, 2012, by Ipecac.^[1] The compilation includes demos and alternate versions of songs from Oceanic, Panopticon and Wavering Radiant. It also features songs originally from Sawblade EP and Melvins / Isis. The compilation also includes a DVD of all the band's music videos. This is their second release since their dissolution in 2010.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Pitchfork	6.7/10[3]
Revolver	3.5/5[4]

Track listing

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Threshold of Transformation (demo)"	9:38
2.	"Ghost Key (alternate demo version)"	8:34
3.	"Wills Dissolve (alternate demo version)"	6:56
4.	"Carry (demo)"	6:30
5.	"False Light (demo)"	7:44
6.	"Grey Divide (demo)"	16:34

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Streetcleaner" (Godflesh cover from Sawblade EP, 1999)	5:42
2.	"Hand of Doom" (Black Sabbath cover from Sawblade EP, 1999)	8:36
3.	"Not In Rivers, But In Drops (Melvins / Lustmord remix)" (from "Holy Tears" single, 2008)	5:30
4.	"Holy Tears (Thomas Dimuzio remix)" (from "Not In Rivers, But In Drops" single, 2008)	12:14
5.	"Temporal"	2:03
6.	"Way Through Woven Branches" (from Melvins / Isis split, 2010)	6:24
7.	"Pliable Foe" (from Melvins / Isis split, 2010)	7:43
8.	"20 Minutes / 40 Years (acoustic version)"	7:40

Downloadable bonus tracks / Disc three (Daymare Release)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"From Sinking (demo)"	8:32
2.	"Syndic Calls (demo)"	9:28
3.	"In Fiction (demo)"	8:29
4.	"20 Minutes / 40 Years (demo)"	6:53
5.	"Hall of the Dead (demo)"	6:44

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"In Fiction"	5:34
2.	"Not In Rivers, But In Drops"	7:49
3.	"Holy Tears"	7:07
4.	"20 Minutes / 40 Years"	7:31
5.	"Pliable Foe"	7:47

Personnel

Band members

• Jeff Caxide – bass guitar
• Aaron Harris – drums, audio recording, mixing
• Michael Gallagher – guitar, Photography
• Bryant Clifford Meyer – electronics, audio recording
• Aaron Turner – guitar, vocals, album art, design, Photography

References "ISIS: 'Temporal' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2013. Heaney, Gregory. "Temporal – Isis". Allmusic. Retrieved 31 December 2013. Currin, Grayson (15 November 2012). "Isis: Temporal". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 3 December 2012. Wiederhorn, Jon (26 October 2012). "Review: Isis – Temporal". Revolver. NewBay Media. Retrieved 3 December 2012.