 After two EPs ( Mosquito Control on Escape Artist and The Red Sea on Second Nature), ISIS issued their first truly definitive recordings via 2001's Celestial (Escape Artist) and its companion EP, Sgnl>05 . The stunning Oceanic would follow in 2002, marking the beginning of the band's relationship with Ipecac Recordings and earning Album of the Year accolades from popular UK metal mags Terrorizer and rocksound.
While tours of the US, Europe and Japan with (and at the behest of) underground legends such as Melvins, Mogwai, Dillinger Escape Plan, Dälek, Fennesz, Neurosis and Napalm Death solidified Isis' standing as masters of live performance, special engagements at 2004's All Tomorrow's Parties Festival in East Sussex, England (curated by Mogwai)—and, most recently, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles—attest to ISIS' reputation as avant-metal visionaries.
The band has just released their third full length album Panopticon (Ipecac / Shock) which has been hailed as "... the pinnacle of ISIS' considerable sonic achievements to date; a sprawling epic that will cement their place in underground legend the world over."
ISIS toured Australia, for the very first time, in February 2005.
Along for the ride were special guests, Sydney hardcore noisenik's THE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME, in their first shows in almost a year.
ISIS 2005 TOUR DATES WERE:
Thu Feb 10 - Brisbane, The Rev
Fri Feb 11 - Sydney, Annandale Hotel
Sat Feb 12 - St Kilda, Gershwin Room
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