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Sectu - Nefarious Been a few months since I listened to this; solid modern-sounding semi-technical death metal with some cool little twists and turns. Mere might dig this.
Let me add that to my list, check! :D I started listening to T.O.O.H., btw. That is something I'm gonna listen to further tomorrow. The musicianship is great. His vocals are, crazy, but fitting.
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Let me add that to my list' date=' check! :D I started listening to T.O.O.H., btw. That is something I'm gonna listen to further tomorrow. The musicianship is great. His vocals are, crazy, but fitting.[/quote'] I love their stuff. I'm glad you're getting into it. I don't really know of anything else that sounds like that.
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Last few: Isis - Oceanic Isis - Panopticon Isis - In the Absence of Truth As much as I think Oceanic is a good album, I just can't sink into it the same way that I can with Panopticon, which I find to be truly moving. For some reason, the heavier passages in Oceanic are more off putting for me, I feel that Isis is at their best when they have a much slower sense of ebb and flow. In any case, all of those albums are great.

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Last few: Isis - Oceanic Isis - Panopticon Isis - In the Absence of Truth As much as I think Oceanic is a good album, I just can't sink into it the same way that I can with Panopticon, which I find to be truly moving. For some reason, the heavier passages in Oceanic are more off putting for me, I feel that Isis is at their best when they have a much slower sense of ebb and flow. In any case, all of those albums are great.
Those are my three favorites from them. Oceanic is still my top pick, and I like the dynamics, but I have to say their most straightforward "heavy" parts don't do much for me. I think they shine in their atmospheric sections and song structures.
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Those are my three favorites from them. Oceanic is still my top pick' date=' and I like the dynamics, but I have to say their most straightforward "heavy" parts don't do much for me. I think they shine in their atmospheric sections and song structures.[/quote'] That's why Panopticon gets the top spot for them in my book, the full on heavy parts seem more purposeful and well integrated with the moody prog structured of the songs. The sound is also magnificent on that album, and Aaron uses more clean vocals which fits better than his more strained harsh vocals. In the Absence of Truth meanders a bit too much before it gets to the point, and that point is not as profound as it is in Panopticon, but it's still good.
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That's why Panopticon gets the top spot for them in my book' date=' the full on heavy parts seem more purposeful and well integrated with the moody prog structured of the songs. The sound is also magnificent on that album, and Aaron uses more clean vocals which fits better than his more strained harsh vocals. In the Absence of Truth meanders a bit too much before it gets to the point, and that point is not as profound as it is in Panopticon, but it's still good.[/quote'] I actually find myself getting more deeply immersed in In The Absence Of Truth than Panopticon. I don't hear it as meandering (any more than their other material, I mean, it all meanders). It's certainly the most mellow of their albums. Have you gotten into Wavering Radiant? It's more like a retrospective than a real development for them (maybe that's why they split?), but I enjoy it anyway.
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I actually find myself getting more deeply immersed in In The Absence Of Truth than Panopticon. I don't hear it as meandering (any more than their other material' date=' I mean, it all meanders). It's certainly the most mellow of their albums. Have you gotten into Wavering Radiant? It's more like a retrospective than a real development for them (maybe that's why they split?), but I enjoy it anyway.[/quote'] I haven't heard Wavering Radiant, I kind of felt out of that sound around the time that it was released. Panopticon was the first Isis album I picked up, and it set its hooks in deep. In the Absence of Truth wasn't so much a disappointing as a failure to realize where they could have taken it, and while all of their albums meandor, In the Absence of Truth does so as if it is not sure where it wants to go. Still beautiful, it seems less determined than Panopticon, like it's just along for the ride. I dig the band overall though, I got to see them live twice, once headlining, and once opening for Tool, both times they were excellent.
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I haven't heard Wavering Radiant' date=' I kind of felt out of that sound around the time that it was released. Panopticon was the first Isis album I picked up, and it set its hooks in deep. In the Absence of Truth wasn't so much a disappointing as a failure to realize where they could have taken it, and while all of their albums meandor, In the Absence of Truth does so as if it is not sure where it wants to go. Still beautiful, it seems less determined than Panopticon, like it's just along for the ride. I dig the band overall though, I got to see them live twice, once headlining, and once opening for Tool, both times they were excellent.[/quote'] It's worth hearing, though it doesn't go anywhere they hadn't gone before. I also really like their live recordings. I only got to see them once, but they played a long set and they were phenomenal. They and Enslaved have done a great job with integrating a "third guitar/keyboard/sound effects guy" into their shows IMO, and their ability to recreate the different textures from their recordings in a live setting really impressed me.
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It's worth hearing' date=' though it doesn't go anywhere they hadn't gone before. I also really like their live recordings. I only got to see them once, but they played a long set and they were phenomenal. They and Enslaved have done a great job with integrating a "third guitar/keyboard/sound effects guy" into their shows IMO, and their ability to recreate the different textures from their recordings in a live setting really impressed me.[/quote'] It sounds like Enslaved will be doing a US tour with Yob, so I may finally get a chance to see one of my favorite bands live. I have both of their DVDs and all of their recorded works (with the exception of that Thorn EP), but have yet to catch them live, it just never seems to work out.
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It sounds like Enslaved will be doing a US tour with Yob' date=' so I may finally get a chance to see one of my favorite bands live. I have both of their DVDs and all of their recorded works (with the exception of that Thorn EP), but have yet to catch them live, it just never seems to work out.[/quote'] I was listening to Yob's 'Clearing The Path To Ascend' yesterday. I've actually never heard (of) them before. I was reading through Metal Assault's top albums of 2014 (that's also where I came across Dawnbringer's newest) I only got through one song 'In Our Blood', it is around 15 mins long, but thought it was pretty good and plan on checking out the rest of the album.
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YOB is a band I want to enjoy, that I usually find pretty boring. The guy has a great voice, though.

Weirdly' date=' I wasn't that blown away by Panopticon's latest. I wanted to like it but it just seemed all over the place. YMMV.[/quote'] We're talking about the Isis album. Panopticon the band, I still haven't heard. Anything good going on there?
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YOB is a band I want to enjoy, that I usually find pretty boring. The guy has a great voice, though. We're talking about the Isis album. Panopticon the band, I still haven't heard. Anything good going on there?
Doh, sorry, my bad. The band Panopticon isn't bad and I dig where he's going but I wouldn't put it in my top ten by any means as some publications have.
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YOB is a band I want to enjoy, that I usually find pretty boring. The guy has a great voice, though. We're talking about the Isis album. Panopticon the band, I still haven't heard. Anything good going on there?
I haven't heard much of their stuff, but I like his voice as well. He fronted the west coast supergroup Vhöl, whose album I greatly enjoyed.
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