In The Absence Of Truth

[evildave]

Wankerness, I love your animated gif sig, man. Hilarious. They your kids?

 

[biggsy]

cheers wank, good interview.

 

[Pethical]

Got it last week finally. absolutely love it. much more of a cruisy trippy record, something you can just drift away listening to. plenty of lovely repeating motifs and atmospheres to make this my 2nd favourite isis record after oceanic. will be on high rotation for some time

 

[Alex78]

got this one last week and I love it! don't see any Tool influence at all though.

 

[S<issors]

First listen I wasn't impressed and I didn't think it would grow on me, but amazingly it does! I like it quite a lot now.

+1

Oceanic is still my fav, but I think ITAOT is a notch above Panopticon.

The main difference between Isis and Tool is that Isis aren't a bunch of obnoxious blowhards. Tool's music isn't awful (all that filler aside...), but everything else about them is. Even Tool hates Tool fans.

 

[Scourge of Malice]

still loving it, theres parts that are still sounding better and better each time i listen

 

[Awake_In_Animosity]

The tool reference I get from this album is in the bass sound, there are times where the bass player has the exact same tone as the bass in tool. Apart from that that is where it ends for me. Isis>Tool. I still love tool, but Isis ftw.

 

[biggsy]

Well I think it's fairly obvious that there is a Tool influence but as other people have said, I think it just adds to the music. Isis don't copy, they build upon their influences to the point where the influence is noticeable but no way is it a big factor listening wise.

Aside from that, still loving it. I haven't listened to Isis for a little while but seeing this thread made me chuck a bit on. Sounds as good as always!

 

[Sadguru]

Great album, meh Isis album IMO.

 

[biggsy]

Fair call, they are quite excellent.

 

[MasterOLightning]

Pretty mediocre. Way below Oceanic and Panopticon.

 

[Hewitt]

I love this band so much and this CD is no exception. One of my favorites from '06 for sure.

 

[cheechonaleash]

Pretty decent album imo. A favourite of mine from '06.

 

[Scourge of Malice]

I don't understand the disappointment for it, I think it has the best flow out of all their albums, especially 1000 shards, it just flows together so nicely. I'm a total fan boy though ^_^

 

[winters epilogue]

Pretty mediocre. Way below Oceanic and Panopticon.

That's silly - In the Absence of Truth is a fantastic amalgamation of everything they have accomplished before with much improved drumming, superb vocals, and a truly rich sound. Give it a few more listens...there's a lot to love.

 

[The Evil Toucan]

This is just...just...beautiful

 

[Seance]

sounds like a pretty generic band from that vid

 

[biggsy]

didnt watch the vid but theyre far from generic. dl a couple of songs.

 

[Hewitt]

sounds like a pretty generic band from that vid

Are you serious?

And I've always loved that video. They have such an amazing ambient quality to their music to go along with all the harder parts.

 

[The Evil Toucan]

sounds like a pretty generic band from that vid

what would you consider "not generic"?

Let me just add, Isis has the best clothing design of any band. I have two tees and a hoodie, and they all look really good and fit. Most metal bands shirts are way too big and have some shit album art on the front. Aaron Turner is the fucking man.