ISIS: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'Wavering Radiant' REcording Sessions Posted Online

March 30, 2009

ISIS, the innovative Los Angeles-by-way-of-Boston-based band, will release its fifth full-length album, "Wavering Radiant", on May 5 via Ipecac Recordings. The CD, produced by Joe Baressi (TOOL, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE),will receive a limited-edition vinyl release on April 21. TOOL's Adam Jones contributed guitar to two songs from the LP.

"Wavering Radiant" track listing:

01. Hall Of The Dead
02. Ghost Key
03. Hand Of The Host
04. Wavering Radiant
05. Stone To Wake A Serpent
06. 20 Minutes / 40 Years
07. Threshold of Transformation

Behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions can be viewed below.

The song "20 Minutes / 40 Years" is available for free download as an MP3 audio file at this location.

Having been on the forefront of the progressive metal scene for over a decade now, ISIS has managed to pump out landmark records like a well-oiled machine, each one more unique and daring then the last. Routinely changing the genre's landscape, the group produced destructive, incendiary riffs on their debut, explored the sprawling, vast unknown via 2004's "Oceanic" and discordant, rhythmic textures on "The Absence of Truth". Enter "Wavering Radiant". Their first full-length in over two years, it marks yet another push towards the unexplored; solidifying a career in adaptation and transformation. Acting as the culmination of twelve years spent unleashing backbreaking riff-age and sonic explorations of light and dark, "Radiant" sees the colossal five-some moving beyond the visible spectrum of rock and the realm of the uninspired. Blissfully melodic, frighteningly dense; the album is an epic conflict between worlds of beauty and the darkest of demons. A monster of epic proportions, its seven tracks clock in at a total of 54 minutes. The shortest number (also the album's title cut) stays under two minutes, while its longest reaches 11 minutes. Less tracks then they are portions, they are better described as subsections to one massive piece. After just one listen, it's clear that "Radiant" is the sum of years of experimentation, varying influences and the organic infusion of their multiple personalities (band members are featured in a slew of successful side-projects).

Upcoming ISIS shows:

May 15 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
May 16 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
May 17 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
May 19 - Austin, TX - Emo's
May 20 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre
May 21 - Houston, TX - Meridian - Red Room
May 22 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
May 23 - Birmingham, AL - Bottle Tree
May 25 - Orlando, FL - The Social
May 26 - Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds
May 27 - Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbit's
May 28 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
May 29 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
May 30 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
May 31 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
Jun. 02 - New York, NY - The Filmore at Irving Plaza
Jun. 03 - Philadelphia, PA - TLA
Jun. 04 - Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
Jun. 05 - Boston, MA - Paradise
Jun. 06 - Montreal, QC - The National
Jun. 07 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Theatre
Jun. 09 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
Jun. 10 - Cincinnati, OH - 20th Century Theatre
Jun. 11 - Detroit, MI - Small's
Jun. 15 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
Jun. 16 - Salt Lake City, UT - Club Sound
Jun. 18 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
Jun. 19 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
Jun. 20 - Seattle, WA Neumo's
Jun. 22 - San Jose, CA - The Blank Club
Jun. 23 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
Jun. 24 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre

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