[ni'k]

bout time. wavering radiant wasn't great

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendId=4045552 Good Night!
ISIS has reached an end. It's hard to try to say it in any delicate way, and it is a truth that is best spoken plainly. This end isn't something that occurred over night and it hasn't been brought about by a single cataclysmic fracture in the band. Simply put, ISIS has done everything we wanted to do, said everything we wanted to say. In the interest of preserving the love we have of this band, for each other, for the music made and for all the people who have continually supported us, it is time to bring it to a close. We've seen too many bands push past the point of a dignified death and we all promised one another early on in the life of the band that we would do our best to ensure ISIS would never fall victim to that syndrome. We've had a much longer run than we ever expected we would and accomplished a great deal more than we ever imagined possible. We never set any specific goals when the band was founded other than to make the music we wanted to hear and to play (and to stay true to that ideal), so everything else that has come along the long and winding path has been an absolute gift. As with any momentous life-changing decision (which this certainly is for the 5 of us), we feel a very dynamic range of emotions about this and cannot express all of it within the space of a few sentences, and perhaps it's best to do what we've always done in and let our music speak for us. It is and has been the truest expression of who we are as a collective and in some ways who we are as individuals for the 13 years in which we've been together. The last and perhaps most important thing we might say in relation to all this is how grateful we are for the people that have supported us over the years. It is a lengthy list that would include those who put out our records, those that played on them and put them to tape, the many bands with whom we shared the stage, all of our family, friends and companions who supported us in our individual lives and thus made it possible for us to continue on in the band, and most importantly those who truly listened to our music whether in recorded form or by coming to out to our shows (or both). It is quite true that we would never have done what we have without those people, that is many of you who are reading this. Our words can never fully express what we feel, but we hope that our music and the efforts made to bring it into being can serve as a more proper expression of gratitude for this life and for everyone in it. Thank you.


In more immediate and practical terms the tour we are about to embark upon is indeed our last. We are hoping that these final live rituals can help us bring a close to the life of this band in a celebratory and reverent way, and also provide us with a chance to say goodbye to many of those that have supported us over the years. While there is a measure of sadness that comes with the passing of this band, we hope that the final days can be joyous ones during which any and all that wish to come and join us will do so. It seems fitting that the last show of the tour and of our active existence will take place in Montreal, the site of the very first ISIS show in 1997 (though that was an unintentional move when booking the show initially). After the tour we also plan to follow through with other projects set in motion some time ago - pursuing the completion of a final EP, compiling live audio and visual material for future releases, and generally doing whatever we can to make our music available for as long as there are people who wish to hear it.


Thanks again to any and all,


ISIS, May 18, 2010
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oceanic is up there with the best albums of the 00's. really really great band.

[atsonicpark]

Didn't like the last two albums at all, but everything before that was AWESOME. Probably a good time to call it a day. Where else could they have really gone? The last few albums were hippy-dippy boring effects pedal wanking. Still, kinda surprising, since Isis albums are now at Hot Topic. Hah.

Anyway, kinda sad, kinda predictable, I just hope bands like Sunn take note of this and pack it up as well.

[ni'k]

you can tell its a metal band by the break up announcement.

we feel/express/true!/dynamic range of emotions/sadness/hope/specific goals

[Derek]

Isis haven't really been on my radar for several years now. I forgot they exist actually!

Oh and I don't think Sunn O))) should quit, they're doing interesting things now! (Well, more interesting than before).

[atsonicpark]

12 years of the same 0-0-0-2-3 riff. They've always had some stuff going on underneath.

[Derek]

Didn't Domkirke have organs, trombones and all that fun stuff? I don't know, I usually only listen to their albums once or twice!

[atsonicpark]

Yeah, they ripped off Robe. with the trombone thing. Seriously. We kicked Booe out of the band after that album came out because we didn't want to be accused of ripping Sunn off.

Just kidding. He is a dickhead, that's the real reason.

I'm kidding, i LOVE HIM.

[Derek]

You seem to hate your friends a lot Adam Cooley!

I really liked the trombone in Robe. though. Find a new trombone player!

[batreleaser]

Celestial was sick, besides that whatevs.

[nicfit]

Ah fuck.
I haven't read the first post yet, but lemme say I'm sad I never got to see them live and I kinda hoped the thread title meant they'd release some nice split ha ha.
fuck.
But hey, lots of other music around, let's not be sad.

[atsonicpark]

Yeah, they probably had to break up because Jesu and Sunn release tons albums a year so they're getting all the money from the "slow heavy" market. I think Isis were always better than any of those other bands... I always liked Isis's subtle emphasis on electronics though... though obviously Neurosis did that first, and better... but oh well.

Anyway.

[Ghostchase]

LOL XXXDDD GOOD ONE!

I have immense love for Jesu, ISIS, and Sunn O))) and I wish they would release more material. No need for your smartass comments.

A sad day. I guess I should try to make it to the ISIS show on the 31st.

[atsonicpark]

What smartass comment? All those bands release a ton of stuff. I like 'em all (been listening to ISIS, for example, for nearly half my life), and usually end up enjoying the releases. There, factually, are quite a lot of releases coming out though, Jesu and Sunn got the slow heavy market covered in ISIS' absence. I don't see anything particularly "smartass" about that, just stating facts, but sure. They can release whatever they want! I mean, I listen to Jandek, who released 20 albums a year of detuned acoustic strumming with a guy moaning over top, clearly I'm not complaining.

Anyway..

 

[ni'k]

damn adam you are getting ripped by noobs somethin' feirce lately. you must have some smell on you that is attracting their attentions.

you need some of this to cover it up.

 

 

 

[atsonicpark]

Eh, people just don't get my sense of humor or posting style or.. something. Oh well.

I really didn't mean any disrespect in this case -- when I do mean disrespect, it's pretty obvious (Mars Volta)!

[ni'k]

you should just tell them to fuck off.

im off to get vajazzled.

[pbradley]

Vulva is an asshole, fuck that guy.

[atsonicpark]

I just wish sku j would come back.

"This place isn't what I thought it was."

[atsonicpark]

Poor guy!

[ni'k]

yeah. after the whole joanna newsom debacle.

it was funny that i made him leave. im sure hes cool.

but he actually repped me for the film socialisme thread yesterday, the rep was this link http://www.criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7216&start=100&sid=a30d137fabd d731e70b8ee2a7498565e FIXED

there is talk of a streamin version

hopefully it may be torrented sooner than expected