Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Isis break up

Post metal pioneers Isis have officially announced their plans to call the band a day. The band released the following statement regarding this split:

"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.

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.

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."

With releases like first album Celestial, the groundbreaking Oceanic and Panopticon, through to last year’s stunning Wavering Radiant, Isis consistently delivered crushing, innovative works that have gone heavily copied in their wake, but never matched. This news comes as extremely saddening to all fans, but we wish them the best in all their endeavours.

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