In Absence of Truth

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Customer reviews

review by: manmadeofjam date: 2008-12-30 rating:
in the absence of grind.
Celestial and Oceanic were simple, grinding behemoths - expansive drum sounds, harsh gravel vocals and a massively metallic guitar sound that thundered and crunched. Along with other side projects, Turner et al created a sound that borrowed as much as it gave in the post metal genre..

And then he took Isis in another direction, a more instrumentally robust direction that lost nothing that was an integral lynchpin to their sound but didn't feel the same: it was like Turner had turned to his musical influences and wanted to expand Isis into something more like them.
I'm not intimating that this sounds like Floyd or Hendrix, but their progression as a band seems more in tune with a 'prog' mentality than anything previous.

ItAoT is an excellently pieced together album which, from anyone else, would be lauded as the next big thing, but due to Isis's calibre it doesn't look so fulfilling. I find this deserves a three star because unfortunately there are very few epiphanic, orgasmic, spine-tingling moments where I've remembered a crushing riff or a vocal line that makes me shiver.

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review by: date: 2007-11-07 rating:
My two cents
Before i start i would just like to say Isis are not a poor man's tool.

I bought this album by chance in January, As the front cover was that much different to every other album on the shelf.

Isis aren't your normal band you wont find a quick 3 minute sing along here, Instead you find complex sprawling tracks full of emotion, Despite the fact that Aaron doesn't actually sing that much. The music really does speak for itself, The heavy pounding of the drums, the consistency of the bassist, and the effortless way the guitarists flow in-between fiddly little riffs to full on rock out mode.

Every track on this album fits together so well, It never seems to miss a beat from the Epic opener that is "Wrist of Kings", To the Raw power of "Dulcinea", Followed by the brooding beauty of "Over Root and Thorn". "Garden of light" is the perfect album ender showing you in one song what most bands need two or three albums to do.

In my opinion one of the best albums i have ever bought.
I'm very glad i took a chance on Isis.

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review by: date: 2007-09-29 rating:
Treading the line between killer & filler
Definitely somewhat diluted compared to panopticon and oceanic. Still nice sounding riffs but not as compelling as past tracks. The sound seems to be more Post-Rock than Post-Metal. Its still heavy, but the overall feel is much more progressive. Having said that there are many a post rock band that do it that little better:- Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós etc.
I would recommend you still buy it though as even a wounded Isis easily tramples over the rest of the bands in this area of metal.

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review by: Nev date: 2006-11-11 rating:
Mourning the passing of the first ISIS era.
Oceanic was great, Panopticon was superb. In the Absence of Truth isn't as good as either.
Panapticon is my No.1 all time favourite album. In it there a certain ISIS something that sets them apart from Red Sparowes, Pelican and all those other Post Metal bands. Oceanic and Panoptican had it by the bucket load. In Absence of Truth has it for some tracks - but the bits between fail to maintain the interest - which was the key feature of the last two albums. I can see that turning out masterpieces can get a bit boring if your the creators - and it was worth a try to go this direction. If you've not got Panopticon or Oceanic then buy them. Then try this and mourn the passing.


review by: date: 2006-11-10 rating:
Absolutely sublime.
I have never been a huge Isis fan. I never got into Oceanic and whilst Panopticon had some good moments for me something was missing. I felt that the length of the songs was sometimes artificially long and got bored of listening to certain parts over and over.

But this album, this album is just something else, it's probably the best album I've heard this year by far (unless something sneaks in before the end. I don't even know where to begin, the contrast between the soft and the hard is absolutely perfect, there is very little unnecessary repetition and the whole thing just flows so well. The heavy riffs are amazing, so dense and textured with little Egyptian style guitar licks in the background whilst the softer parts ebbs and flow around the edges, slowly increasing in density resulting in huge almost tantrum like outbursts of sound.

I am thoroughly impressed with this album and am looking forward to one day seeing this band live.

This is a modern classic. Anyone into post modern rock should own this.

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