Feels like those guys sings with guitars. Amazing talents. This band touched my heart. Inredibly sad because there is nothing even close to their unique style.
+BorisBr1tva Try the band Palms. It has a lot of the former band members with the lead singer of Deftones. Not quite as heavy, but certainly just as moving.
Blake maybe they do... I watched 3 ISIS show and every single time I couldn’t move: simply transported in another galaxy and totally stoned. These guys were simply on another level. And I miss them so much.
I am sad that I never really knew this band when they were active, but I am happy that I have found their music now. Man this is such an emotional song.. so cool!!!!! Their music is timeless. I am not a musician by any means but I like how they have all these layers in their songs. Friggen great band. If you guys read this how about getting back together for some more material..
@@feintcircles They released a lot of live music on iTunes also. The "Live VI 11.16.07" is really good. "So We Did" and "In Fiction" are really good live tracks. They could certainly come back and make more music and still be relevant in today's market. Because progressive rock music that is good only comes around so often. Never know. It took a lot of years for Soundgarden to make the decision.
Agreed on the different sounds, though it does give me a similar feeling with listening too tool. Kinds of weird'is and fictional feeling. Im more of an ISIS fan though!
I will be forever saddened that I never got to experience them live. Just as I was getting into them, they called it quits. I can only imagine how insanely awesome their live shows must have been.
Studying and understanding the motifs, themes, and influences behind Isis' music gives it a whole new power. It becomes more than music. Few bands seem to be able to manipulate the same transcendental form of communication in which Isis is fluent.
i went to see tool in oakland some years back and got super blazed before the show and isis happened to be opening for them...i had never heard of them before that. i sat just bobbing my head totally absorbed and grooving to their set. it was so amazing. my high wore off right at the beginning of tools set. i think thats how it was meant to be. this is one of the greatest songs of all time, it can speak for the seasons and natural ways of the world
@TheScientista well that was certainly the case for me. Since discovering ISIS, I haven't been able to listen to and enjoy TOOL as much I used to, which is a shame.
@CyValkarion great point Cy, after they made their move to LA I contacted Aaron Turner and did some street-team work for them, strictly based on the overall appreciation of what they had created and wanting to help facilitate what you described above, multiple level planes of feelings and emotions, a language that tells us we are not alone in sadness, disbelief and strength or lack thereof...
When you hear the genre name "Atmospheric Sludge Metal" it sounds like it’s gonna be one of those terrible Metal genres that combines 5 styles of Black or Death Metal with some weird bullshit😂. But when you listen to the music of Atmospheric Sludge & Post-Metal you come across some of the most talented bands in Rock & Metal. Bands like Boris, Neurosis and ISIS have some of the most talented musicians and performers in Rock & Metal. This song is a masterpiece and it was the first song I had ever heard of this band, Panopticon is amazing.
@davethehostage also he switched out the pickups with humbuckers and put on some heavy gauge strings to drop to b i believe. its only a tele in body but not the twangy soul
@davethehostage Those Telecasters are actually very well suited to all sorts of metal and heavily distorted tones. Tons of metal guitarists use Telecasters. They cut through really well, and while bright, they have a sort of low end grit that is really unique. They can sound amazing with distortion piled on, you just need to know how to dial in that tone.
@kirtbarnes Meh, I'm just not digging the sounds they produce when distortion is added. Like I said, I feel their new aluminum models blow them out of the water in a live setting.
Tool can play circles around this band from a pure musicianship perspective, but I think Isis wins out in terms of creating an atmosphere and mood. This is such a great song...it's a crime I discovered them so late.
@@jamesthomson4019 Adam uses a lot of pentatonic scales, but he mostly adds some random major notes to throw you around a bit. But I dont think Adams use of pentatonic makes them bad or predictable in any manner. That being said we are comparing different bands here, and is just a silly thing to do. Adam uses pentatonic to create the "Tool sound" which no one can deny, regardless of any music theory spiel, is unique. There is no band like Tool nor will there ever be (without being just a predictable copy cat atleast). There is also no band like Isis, absolutely unmatched in their creation of massive atomospheres with gut wretching dread that is so incredibly thought and emotion provoking. Comparing bands is stupid. They are who they are. They do what they do.
I've never understood why Aaron is so keen towards Fenders. Their cleans are enjoyable, but adding distortion makes for what is possibly the ugliest sounding guitar tone I've ever heard. I'm happy they switched to EGC guitars with the last record.
