Isis discography

Infobox Artist Discography
Artist = Isis


Caption =
Studio = 4
Singles = 2
EP = 5
EP link = Extended plays
Live = 4
Video = 1
Tribute =
Compilation = 1
Comp link = Compilations
Music videos = 2
Soundtrack =
B-sides =
References = Yes

This is a comprehensive listing of official recordings by Isis, a Los Angeles, California-based post-metal band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1997. Isis have released four full length albums, five extended plays, four live albums, have two upcoming singles and have collaborated on numerous other projects.

Several sessions of experimentation in Boston, Massachusetts led friends Aaron Turner (guitar/vocals; also the owner of Hydra Head Records and its subsidiary, HH Noise Industries), Jeff Caxide (bass guitar), Chris Mereschuk (electronics/vocals) and Aaron Harris (drums) to form Isis in late 1997. As Turner states, "Isis formed as a result of the dissatisfaction with past bands of the founding members [Aaron Harris, Jeff Caxide, Aaron Turner, and Chris Mereschuk] . None of us were happy with what we were doing musically at the time, two of us lived together, we had similar tastes and similar record collections."cite web | url = http://www.feastofhateandfear.com/interviews/isis.html | title = Aaron Turner interview| work = Feast of Hate and Fear | accessmonthday = October 8 | accessyear = 2006] Isis released a demo and their first EP, "Mosquito Control", in 1998, with this line-up. After an East Coast tour in the summer of 1998 where they were joined by Randy Larsen of Cable on guitar, Mereschuk left the band. Jay Randall (now of Agoraphobic Nosebleed) soon replaced him, working on "Red Sea" (1999). However, his stay would not last; this ultimately led to the addition of Bryant Clifford Meyer of The Gersch as well as former Cast Iron Hike guitarist Michael Gallagher in 1999. After releasing their debut full-length entitled "Celestial" and its sister EP, "SGNL>05" (on Neurot Recordings), in 2000, Isis gained national underground attention in the metal/hardcore scene through tours with Cave In and Neurosis. Isis remains with this lineup to date.

Subsequent releases helped further the band's status at the fore of alternative heavy music. 2002's release "Oceanic" won album-of the year accolades from "Rock Sound" and "Terrorizer",cite press release
title = Isis > Biography
publisher = Southern Records
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url = http://www.southern.net/southern/band/ISIS0/biog.php
accessdate = 2006-11-11 ] 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 "". Growth in stature necessitated relocation to Los Angeles in October 2003.

"Panopticon" was released in 2004, to critical acclaim and another album of the year award from "Rock Sound".Bennet, J. Review of "Panopticon". "Rock Sound" issue 66, November 2004.] It was also the band's first entry into the charts; it peaked at number 47 in the Top Independent Albums "Billboard" chart. This critical attention was matched by their latest full-length release, "In the Absence of Truth", released on October 31, 2006 by Ipecac. This release charted even more successfully, peaking at number six in "Billboard's" Top Heatseekers chart. "Holy Tears" was released off the album as a single in 2008, and a compilation box set entitled "Shades of the Swarm" was released, limited to 600, later in the year.

tudio albums

Live

DVDs

References

General
*citeweb|title= Catalog|publisher=Escape Artist Records|url=http://www.escapeartistrecords.com/htms/catalog.htm| accessdate=2008-01-24
*citeweb|title= Isis|publisher=Ipecac Recordings|url=http://www.ipecac.com/bio.php?id=15
accessdate=2008-01-24