- Holy Tears
Infobox Single
Name = Holy Tears
Artist = Isis
from Album =In the Absence of Truth
B-side =
Released =February 5 ,2008 [Cite web|url=http://www.ipecac.com/bio.php?id=15|title=Isis|publisher=Ipecac Recordings |accessdate=2008-05-17]
Format =CD single ,
Vinyl
Recorded = July 2006 at The Bomb Shelter
Genre =Post-metal Experimental
Psychedlic
Length = 7:04
Label =Ipecac Recordings
(IPC95) (CD)
Producer =Matt Bayles
Writer = Isis
Chart position =
Last single =
This single = "Holy Tears"
(2008)
Next single = "Not in Rivers but in Drops"
(2008)Extra tracklisting
Album =In the Absence of Truth
Type = studio
prev_track = "All out of Time, All into Space"
prev_no = Track 6
this_track = "Holy Tears"
track_no = Track 7
next_track = "Firdous e Bareen"
next_no = Track 8"Holy Tears" is a single by
Los Angeles, California -basedpost-metal band Isis, released in 2008 onIpecac Recordings . It is their first ever single, taken from their 2006 album "In the Absence of Truth ". However, it was not released for radio airplay or chart success.It was originally released on
February 5 ,2008 , but had to be recalled due to the title track being replaced by "Wrists of Kings", also on "In the Absence of Truth". [cite web|authorlink=Aaron Turner|first=Aaron|last = Turner| title = ISIS VIDEO, SINGLE, ETC| publisher = Feral Pig | url = http://aaronbturner.blogspot.com/2008/02/isis-video-single-etc.html | date = 2008-02-05 | accessdate = 2008-03-17]The
enhanced CD contains a video, directed by Dominic Hailstone. It depicts a man leaping from a building in a suicide bid, and as he hits the floor, imagery depicting an embryo and his subsequent death.Track listing
All tracks written by Isis.
# "Holy Tears" – 7:04
# "Not in Rivers, But in Drops (Melvins /Lustmord remix)" – 3:54
# "Holy Tears (Live)" – 8:23The live version was recorded by Greg Moss at
Continental Airlines Arena ,East Rutherford ,New Jersey , onOctober 6 ,2006 . It also featuresJustin Chancellor of Tool on bass guitar and effects. ["Holy Tears"liner notes .]References
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