What I love about ISIS and this album in particular is that its heavy as hell but you can still chill out to it. Many a night I will pour myself a glass of whiskey, turn the stereo up load and lay faceup on the floor near the speakers, listening to this (or Pelican, Rosetta, Neurosis, Earth, etc)
I'm surprised you say whiskey. Whenever I get into a brown bottle and listen to music, I usually get into Nine Inch Nails and get really destructive. Lmao. Been sober a while, I was wondering how it to smoke and listen to ISIS or Neurosis.
@@InTheDecay different strokes man. Whiskey and bourbon are chill for me. Anything clear like rum or vodka and I'm going to run around, make a fool of myself and likely be apologizing to 3-4 people the next day.
ISIS are legendary. This album almost feels like a hidden gem sometimes. I often pair them together with Pelican, even though the latter are instrumental
Panopticon is an amazing album, you should definitely give it a try Bryan! One of the distinct things about ISIS imo is the amount of keyboards and also the type of keyboards they use. There's lots of organ besides synths. The band went on a more experimental vibe after this, before disbanding.
I terms of ending abruptly, the whole album has an ambient backing that doesn't stop, played by the keyboard/guitarist Bryant Clifford Meyer, while the rest of the band go in and out of the respective sections for each individual song. The only real pause is for the final song, which starts with a drum pattern.
Hell yeah. Isis is one of my favorite bands, and they do the whole "repetition with variation" thing better than any other post-metal group. Their production is fantastic too, so easy to get lost in all the little sonic details. If you liked this you would definitely like their other work. They never drastically changed their sound, but with each album they slowly got more and intricate and texture-dense. Their earlier stuff is sludgy and crushing and their later stuff is more melodic and less repetitious. This album (Panopticon) is considered their best along with Oceanic, but they never released a bad record.
Post Metal is kind of like the 'chill beats to study to' of metal. If you ever revisit Russian Circles, I would recommend one of their studio recordings. A lot of the subtle changes they're layering can often get lost in their live recordings because their tones are quite aggressive and harsh at times. Their music is often very drone like because of how they perform them, using loop pedals to lay down a foundation and then adding more layers on top. The song Mota does a good job of blending their softer, more melodic side with their heavier more aggressive stuff.
Great song and the whole album is my favorite by them. Pretty sure that was a lap steel creating that dissonance. Found the request spreadsheet and added an underrepresented band called Zebulon Pike: an instrumental, primarily studio band thats like if Black Sabbath and King Crimson and Richard Wagner has a baby (progressive doom?). Cheers and keep up the awesome reactions!
Initially I wasn't straight up able to connect to this band and album, but after listening to it like 3 or 4 times it really grew on me VERY quickly, to a point where I'd even go as far and say this has become my favorite album of all time, despite being a huge Tool and Opeth (pre-2011) fan. "So did we" keeps making me cry when I focus listening to it, not because it makes me sad, but just for the perfection and beauty of it. I never found a band that so absolutely perfectly knows for how long to keep repeating a part, only ever so slightly adding nuances to it. After getting hooked so much (btw. "Oceanic", the predecessor album, is also great, it also features two longer tracks), I've spent years finding similar stuff, as I did with Tool and Opeth because at the time either the band hadn't released anything for a very long time (Tool, only last year they released "Fear Inoculum" after 13 years of waiting for new Tool music), or they had quit doing what I loved so much (Opeth dropped the contrastive deathmetal part after 2008). Here's what you need to listen to if you really liked Isis: "Huldra - A Signal Permeates The Sky", "Huldra - Ursidae", "Huldra - Thousands Of Eyes", "Ghost Brigade - Deliberately", "Psychonaut - Celestial Dictator", "Rosetta - Soot", "Rosetta - In & Yo/Dualities of the Way", "Rosetta - Ayil", "Exquirla - Europa Muda", "Being as an Ocean - It's really not as complicated as you're making it out to be", "Being as an Ocean - Thorns", "Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom". Huldra was a really great band, I haven't found anything that comes about as close to Panopticon/Oceanic-Isis as they did. Unfortunately they disbanded due to lack of commercial success back in 2016. Their bandcamp page gives away all their music for free.
I strongly recommend Mouth of the Architect, specially the album called The ties that blind. My fav song over there is No one wished to settle here. Truly Beautiful Post Metal
Isis is an amazing band. Life changing imo. Ive been a huge fan for 20 years. Had an out of body experience seeing them on oceanic tour. Definitely a meditative band for me.
Right on bro. I had a similar type of transcendent experience listening to them. It was a powerful thing to experience, one I’ve never had with any other band or music….
Cult of Luna should get a third reaction haha. I would love you to react to Lights on the Hills or The Fall from their last album. If you give Isis a second reaction, you could listen to Threshold of Transformation :) !
wow I alluded to this band in a comment in the russian circles video! not genre related entirely, but a band that i suspect emerged from similar (sonically anyway) influences while incorporating more groove and prog is intronaut. you will love them :)
I'm glad you finally got to enjoy some Post-Metal and theres a lot more to check out More Post-Metal which I enjoy myself: Rosetta - Monument The Ocean - Silurian Age of Scorpions Solstafir - Fjara Agalloch - Not Unlike the Waves Anything from Long Distance Calling, Jesu, Pelican, Jakob, Amenra And as honorable mention if you want to experience what the boundaries of drone are: Earth, a fantastic band that is considerable as the founder of Drone On that note, the most extreme form of drone would probably be Sunn O))), a German duo which I enjoy but most people would arguably call noise.
For more ISIS, the Beginning and the End, Carry, Dulcinea, Garden of Light. Thanks for checking out one of my favorite bands! I'd also love to see you check out Oranssi Pazuzu and also returning to more Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. Thanks for all you do.
Toundra is one of the most underrated post rock/metal, all instrumental but the music is so good, there is no need for vocals. If you want one to check out Cielo Negro, from the III album.
@@thewhorocks515 hell yeah dude. Part of me thinks that he wouldnt like the "slow burn" aspect of it but the other part of me doesnt care and wants him to do it anyway lol
Other songs for you to react to: False Light, The Beginning and the End, Celestial, Dulcinea, Threshold of Transformation, 20 Minutes/40 Years, The Pliable Foe
Well hey, here it is lol. Glad you enjoyed it, hope you take the time sometime to give this album a listen. I liked post before, but wasn't really that into the genre until I discovered ISIS. I listened to their discography in chronological order and liked their first couple albums for sure, but this track (being the first on Panopticon) and then getting mad chills to ~8:10 was really the moment I went "oh, whoaaaaaa ok" and the rest is history.
Glad you enjoyed it, I think it's fair to say this is very archetypal of Isis in general and I would recommend Threshold of Transformation should you want to try something more in a similar vein of theirs. Isis together with Cult of Luna and Neurosis definitely constitutes the pantheon of Post-Metal and I've heard people jokingly state that every other Post-Metal band is just choosing one of the three to imitate. Though you expressed feeling somewhat mixed about enjoying Post-Metal after having listened to Russian Circles and Celeste I think it's fair to say that given your glowing praise for Cult of Luna (and The Ocean which would be another band in that third of the Post-Metal spectrum) and warm reception for this other third, that it's likely a genre in large parts up your alley. Real curious about your reaction to Neurosis and thus final Post-Metal pillar tomorrow, even though they are clearly a major inspiration for Celeste and Russian Circles. This is because they are by far the most varied of the three and so I think your reaction will vary wildly depending on whether you react to one of their sludgier heavy tracks or one of their mellower introspective ones (which I enjoy vastly more).
This is definitely a good representation of thier catalog. Another ISIS song you shold check out is Carry. Honestly, its hard to recommend just one song.
Sweet. I'm always getting and pushing other channels to react to them. Personally I'd say my fav from them Celestial- gentle time Oceanic- hym Panopticon- wills dissolve In the absence of truth- garden of light Wavering radiant- threshold of transformation
I'm glad to hear confirmation for Neurosis! I'm SUPER glad you liked this, because so far this week this is the most similar to Neurosis of a band you've done, so I'm excited!
If I may suggest you a few other groups, since u liked that; Cult Of Luna - Nightwalkers Crib 45 - The Ghost Among Me Ghost Brigade - My Heart Is A Tomb The Moth Gatherer - Utopia Callisto - Where The Spirit Tread
I feel you, I love post-metal bands like Cult Of Luna, Isis, Neurosis, Amenra, and Rosetta but never really got into stuff like Russian Circles. I completely get what you mean by bands feeling like they're "standing still", I'm fine with slow or repetitive parts in post-metal but they have to build up to some sort of crescendo to keep me interested and I think Isis and Cult Of Luna pull that off really well. If it's just slow the whole song and doesn't really build up to anything, or takes way too long to build up to something, I get kind of bored. The ending in this song perfectly represents what I love about the Isis / Cult Of Luna style of post-metal, both bands usually keep the same repetitive melody throughout the song but experiment with it so much that each section sounds completely different, and the riffs will get heavier over time.
@@TransparentBarriers Yeah I think I've heard most of their material, and I've even seen them live. But I rarely ever think about revisiting their stuff.
ISIS is interesting. I wouldn't put them neatly into post-metal. I'd actually call them progressive sludge, the latter of which has roots in doom metal, which makes sense to me. For other songs, I'd say something like Ghost Key - ruclips.net/video/uv5t1KsVqnA/видео.html Adam Jones from Tool also contributes guitar to this album (that specific song, if I recall correctly. Been a while.)
Isis recommendations from their other albums: Celestial - Celestial (The Tower) Oceanic - The Beginning and the End In The Absence of Truth - Dulcinea Wavering Radiant - Threshold of Transformation
Haven't clicked play yet but gotta say this is one of my more highly anticipated reactions and happy it's this track. Post-listen (lol): Glad you enjoyed this one more. I do agree that it's the little extra things they do with their composition that puts them a cut above most Post-Metal bands. Do yourself a favor and listen to this whole album it's a masterpiece. Each track does flow into the next but idk if I'd go as far to say it's meant to be listened as a single track. This track is pretty typical of the band's sound I'd say. I can't speak on Celeste but I feel like with Russian Circles they tend to do either heavy tracks or softer tracks and don't mix the styles a ton. So you got one of their heavy tracks. I do enjoy both styles but not as much as I enjoy ISIS.
You did a good job of pointing out some of the reasons why ISIS is one of my favorite post-metal bands. (I love Neurosis as well, which I tend to think of more as "doom metal") The sense of coherent musical structure, interesting little details to focus your attention, the ongoing sense of momentum, all of these things make it more engaging and gives it more emotional payoff. I only got to see these guys live once, and I wish I'd had more opportunities. The "extreme end" of drone for me is better represented by bands like SunnO))) and I'd be curious to hear you react to them and see how they line up with Russian Circles.
Oh man, I would be interested in a Sunn O))) reaction. Could be a Trainwreck though. I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about them and I've listened to them for at least 15 years.
Russian Circles and Celeste are more the outliers in the genre. ISIS, Neurosis, Cult of Luna, The Ocean, Rosetta, Light Bearer etc are more closely reflective of Post-Metal, basically what you've heard here. Cult of Luna perhaps a little on the sludgy side.
Btw, when it comes to Russian Circles, to me the greatest track they've done is "Harper Lewis" on the "Station" album. With any instrumental bands, there's rarely any stuff that I can keep coming back to due to the lack of singing. Harper Lewis is on my playlist, though.
Turner, when asked to define Isis, described their sound as "avant-garde, drone-oriented rock, but that doesn't completely cover the bases".[50] At the same time, he is reticent about settling on one label exclusively, and steers away from the use of specific genre labels - "'heavy, atmospheric, droning, post-epic, post-metal, shoegazer blah blah blah.'"[11] When asked how he reacts to being asked to define Isis' sound, he admits "I never know what to say. I'm almost afraid of perpetuating a new tag."[51] Likewise, he also describes their music using a slightly more open-ended tag: as "thinking man's metal";[45] however, this tag refers to the intellectual elements behind the music, as opposed to exclusively aural ones. - ISIS (band) Wikipedia
When I mentioned Post-Metal I loved I forgot about Isis. For whatever reason I don't associate them with post-metal because I got into them around the time of Panopticon in '04 before I'd ever heard the term post-metal, so to me they were just their own brand of metal. Anyway, they're definitely awesome and close with Cult of Luna for my favorites in the genre. Oceanic and Panopticon are both masterpieces that deserve to be heard in their entirety. Funny you talking about pushing the limits of repetitive, droning music as I'm tempted to recommend Sunn O))) but I feel like I'd just be trolling you.
Glad you liked Isis! I'd suggest you check out the entire Panopticon album by them, it's a very emotional ride and it's also a concept album so quite something to sink your teeth in. It's an abstract one with no actual story to follow, which I find quite amazing and challenging, and it does a fantastic job with its theme imo. P. S. Check the Swans out.
so glad you liked this one, they are dear to my heart. please react to Jonathan Hultén - The Mountain. Beautiful and dense vocal harmonies with acoustic guitar, absolutely gorgeous
I guess there’s so much variety in many genres because a large part of their definitions is history/geography - where the genre comes from. Weird how I really liked Celeste but find ISIS pretty boring. I’ve tried them out before and this is how I remember them. Now Neurosis, however, are one of my favorites. Looking forward to tomorrow :)
I feel you should give Cult of Luna a third try. You were blown away by the first track and I feel like you had an adverse reaction to the second one mainly because your expectations were raised quite a bit from Julie's singing. Taken on its merits, you'd enjoy their buildups quite a bit, they're not dissimilar to Isis's. Also, after this one, I'm kinda looking forward to a proper round of Doom Metal, the one you did was not representative at all. 12 by Katatonia, Antithesis of Light By Evoken, Godether by Mourning beloveth are all great examples of very different takes on the slow, heavy droning plod that is doom.
I had a feeling you'd you'd enjoy this. I'm curious how you'll react to Neurosis, as I find them to be much more primitive (not a value statement, BTW). I still think Russian Circles merits another listen. In fact, I propose a Second Chances week. Take the highly requested bands that didn't work for you, look back through recommendations and then compare that to their top song on Spotify. I bet it aligns pretty close... Or just do Youngblood. Yeah, you should do Youngblood.
Ok you listened to ISIS, next is Neurosis after that you must continue with Rosetta (Galilean Satellites or Wake/Lift). Ps: still waiting for a Night Verses reaction :)
Absolute behemoths who dropped this planet shattering album. I remember listening to this the first time about 10 years ago. I have never been the same since.
It surprises me no one recommended Rosetta so far. Hearing your thoughts on either Departe or Au pays natal would be great. Edit: someone actually did recommend them but it was buried in the comments.
totally slept on your posts this week but glad I tuned back in still hoping you'll find time for The Quantum Hack Code. gotta be the full album when you do it
Mmm, Barbiturate metal. Let me recommend Lethargy - Watching The Grass Grow, Hypersomnia - The Paint Is Almost Dry, or Somnolent - Is The Water Boiling Yet. 😉
@@acoldwoody they still underrated and there is many underrated gem bands, Amenra..YOB....Dirge..Blindead..year of no light.. we lost the sea..Swans and many man post metal its the classy genre in Metal and not for all metal heads to get into it, Its higher level
ISIS were masters at weaving complexity out of simplicity. You can take any one part and isolate it and see its not crazy in the slightest. But you combine all parts and it becomes a layered, deep, compelling piece of music. If you want more ISIS listen to Garden Of Light. Some more post metal you should check out is If These Trees Could Talk. That being said, your analysis of this was damn near spot on.
I was just talking to my wife about that this morning. They are master composers and it’s almost a symphony of collaborative perfection between the band
To be honest, it took me several years to further explore their other stuff because I was so damn stuck on 'Panopticon.' It felt like when I tried, I was disregarding a lifeline. Didn't feel right. I couldn't bring myself to not just until I 'got it', but until I absorbed it. It was that essential. Even moving past 'So Did We' felt awkward for several days. Not to sound hyperbolic, but definitely one of the greatest and most underrated bands ever.
you really gotta check out ISIS - Garden of Light. Also the post-metal supergroup Palms, which is members of ISIS + Chino Moreno (Deftones) as the lead singer. Another less known band is We Lost The Sea - A Gallant Gentleman
Check the track from the instrumental solo album of John Petrucci: Temple of Circadia. This is what instrumental metal world need for a long time. Again the chemistry between Petrucci and ex drummer of Dream Theater Mike Portnoy is creating some amazing sound and compositions.
Given you've already given Cult of Luna a spin twice, you really can't not go through this stuff without hitting Amenra. Honestly, it's probably not the easiest of listens as a first up thing, but I think they're pretty vital listen cover across this spectrum and to experience their bone brushing atmosphere. Some recs would be Boden, A Mon Ame, Diaken, A Solitary Reign, Nowena | 9.10
Mastodon should appear this week.They took sludge metal and used progressive and psychedelic elements and they are just one of the most important bands of our generation. Their biggest inspirations are Neurosis and other post metal bands. I suggest The Last Baron, The Czar , Oblivion, all from their "best" album, Crack The Skye(2009).
Cult of Luna are the best of the genre, I thought this back in the mid 2000s and slowly as their discography became masterpiece after masterpiece I see more people agreeing with me. They're just way more epic and darker and better musicians and artists than the others(not that the others are clowns, just COL are something special). I hope you react to older Cult of Luna, some of the heaviest and darkest shit you'll ever heard. The song Genesis from their second album is so fucking heavy. Then Vague Illusions from Salvation has one of the most perfect second halves of a song ever. Finland from Somewhere along the highway has one of the most emotional passages you'll hear in music. You can slowly hear the evolution whilst not sacrificing the heaviness and darkness. Oceanic by ISIS was a big deal when it came out in musical circles, the critical acclaim was everywhere and the follow up was also highly acclaimed but not for being a monumental game changer like Oceanic even though it has So Did We which I think is their best songs and one of the great epic metal songs.
Try one of the ocean's new song off of there upcoming albums phanerozoic II its proggy but post metal. I know you've checked out 2 of their tracks before but honestly the song jurassic/cretaceous is 13.5 mins long implanting the 13.5 million year time scale and its a masterpiece. Try the drum play through from their drummer Paul Seidel well worth it.
@@CriticalReactions awesome news, im surprised you haven't done a karnivool reaction before soon as you've done wheel who sound like they're copying a lot of karnivool's traits. Anyway last reaction I will ask for cuz i know your busy with loads of requested but I will be super happy if you did deadman or new day by karnivool. Gunna subscribe now cheers.
This album deserves to be heard in its entirety.
I have to listen to it, in its entirety, more than any album. It's damn near perfect.
It's addictive as hell.
You deserve to be heard in your entirety.
What I love about ISIS and this album in particular is that its heavy as hell but you can still chill out to it. Many a night I will pour myself a glass of whiskey, turn the stereo up load and lay faceup on the floor near the speakers, listening to this (or Pelican, Rosetta, Neurosis, Earth, etc)
Exactly, there’s an immersive droning nature to it that really takes you somewhere. Especially if you’ve got a nice set of speakers or headphones.
I'm surprised you say whiskey. Whenever I get into a brown bottle and listen to music, I usually get into Nine Inch Nails and get really destructive. Lmao. Been sober a while, I was wondering how it to smoke and listen to ISIS or Neurosis.
@@InTheDecay different strokes man. Whiskey and bourbon are chill for me. Anything clear like rum or vodka and I'm going to run around, make a fool of myself and likely be apologizing to 3-4 people the next day.
ISIS really nailed it on the albums Panopticon and Oceanic, so those would be where I point you towards.
Celestial's no slouch either.
@@delugesofgrandeur TBF Wavering Radiant keeps you on the edge from begining to the end as well
ISIS are legendary. This album almost feels like a hidden gem sometimes. I often pair them together with Pelican, even though the latter are instrumental
Panopticon is an amazing album, you should definitely give it a try Bryan!
One of the distinct things about ISIS imo is the amount of keyboards and also the type of keyboards they use. There's lots of organ besides synths. The band went on a more experimental vibe after this, before disbanding.
This album was the soundtrack to my life for many years. Absolute masterpiece, every song, every moment…
This album is in my top 3 albums of all time! The closing track, 'Grinning Mouths', is the epic to end all epics!
I terms of ending abruptly, the whole album has an ambient backing that doesn't stop, played by the keyboard/guitarist Bryant Clifford Meyer, while the rest of the band go in and out of the respective sections for each individual song. The only real pause is for the final song, which starts with a drum pattern.
Hell yeah. Isis is one of my favorite bands, and they do the whole "repetition with variation" thing better than any other post-metal group. Their production is fantastic too, so easy to get lost in all the little sonic details.
If you liked this you would definitely like their other work. They never drastically changed their sound, but with each album they slowly got more and intricate and texture-dense. Their earlier stuff is sludgy and crushing and their later stuff is more melodic and less repetitious. This album (Panopticon) is considered their best along with Oceanic, but they never released a bad record.
I'd argue about changing their sound. Oceanic onwards shows a great change from earlier work like The Red Sea.
Post Metal is kind of like the 'chill beats to study to' of metal. If you ever revisit Russian Circles, I would recommend one of their studio recordings. A lot of the subtle changes they're layering can often get lost in their live recordings because their tones are quite aggressive and harsh at times. Their music is often very drone like because of how they perform them, using loop pedals to lay down a foundation and then adding more layers on top. The song Mota does a good job of blending their softer, more melodic side with their heavier more aggressive stuff.
Great song and the whole album is my favorite by them. Pretty sure that was a lap steel creating that dissonance. Found the request spreadsheet and added an underrepresented band called Zebulon Pike: an instrumental, primarily studio band thats like if Black Sabbath and King Crimson and Richard Wagner has a baby (progressive doom?). Cheers and keep up the awesome reactions!
Did anyone listen to palms. Basically it's isis with chino from the deftones singing. It's pretty good.
Can't stand that project. It's like watered down ISIS with absolutely no substance. ISIS worked because off all of the people in it.
That album is so beautiful .
Third opinion here: I neither overly like nor dislike Palms.
Initially I wasn't straight up able to connect to this band and album, but after listening to it like 3 or 4 times it really grew on me VERY quickly, to a point where I'd even go as far and say this has become my favorite album of all time, despite being a huge Tool and Opeth (pre-2011) fan. "So did we" keeps making me cry when I focus listening to it, not because it makes me sad, but just for the perfection and beauty of it. I never found a band that so absolutely perfectly knows for how long to keep repeating a part, only ever so slightly adding nuances to it. After getting hooked so much (btw. "Oceanic", the predecessor album, is also great, it also features two longer tracks), I've spent years finding similar stuff, as I did with Tool and Opeth because at the time either the band hadn't released anything for a very long time (Tool, only last year they released "Fear Inoculum" after 13 years of waiting for new Tool music), or they had quit doing what I loved so much (Opeth dropped the contrastive deathmetal part after 2008). Here's what you need to listen to if you really liked Isis: "Huldra - A Signal Permeates The Sky", "Huldra - Ursidae", "Huldra - Thousands Of Eyes", "Ghost Brigade - Deliberately", "Psychonaut - Celestial Dictator", "Rosetta - Soot", "Rosetta - In & Yo/Dualities of the Way", "Rosetta - Ayil", "Exquirla - Europa Muda", "Being as an Ocean - It's really not as complicated as you're making it out to be", "Being as an Ocean - Thorns", "Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom". Huldra was a really great band, I haven't found anything that comes about as close to Panopticon/Oceanic-Isis as they did. Unfortunately they disbanded due to lack of commercial success back in 2016. Their bandcamp page gives away all their music for free.
I strongly recommend Mouth of the Architect, specially the album called The ties that blind. My fav song over there is No one wished to settle here. Truly Beautiful Post Metal
Isis is an amazing band. Life changing imo. Ive been a huge fan for 20 years. Had an out of body experience seeing them on oceanic tour. Definitely a meditative band for me.
Right on bro. I had a similar type of transcendent experience listening to them. It was a powerful thing to experience, one I’ve never had with any other band or music….
Neurosis - "Through Silver in Blood" is the definitive post-metal song IMO.
Cult of Luna should get a third reaction haha. I would love you to react to Lights on the Hills or The Fall from their last album. If you give Isis a second reaction, you could listen to Threshold of Transformation :) !
If he visits the 2006 record, "Dim"
the whole album a masterpiece Lights Of The Hill oh man
"...Dim" or "Dark City, Dead Man"
@@ojikumaa The live version of Dark city, Dead man is one of the most intense live performance ever haha
What about Eternal Kingdom? I love that album
wow I alluded to this band in a comment in the russian circles video! not genre related entirely, but a band that i suspect emerged from similar (sonically anyway) influences while incorporating more groove and prog is intronaut. you will love them :)
I'm glad you finally got to enjoy some Post-Metal and theres a lot more to check out
More Post-Metal which I enjoy myself:
Rosetta - Monument
The Ocean - Silurian Age of Scorpions
Solstafir - Fjara
Agalloch - Not Unlike the Waves
Anything from Long Distance Calling, Jesu, Pelican, Jakob, Amenra
And as honorable mention if you want to experience what the boundaries of drone are: Earth, a fantastic band that is considerable as the founder of Drone
On that note, the most extreme form of drone would probably be Sunn O))), a German duo which I enjoy but most people would arguably call noise.
For more ISIS, the Beginning and the End, Carry, Dulcinea, Garden of Light. Thanks for checking out one of my favorite bands! I'd also love to see you check out Oranssi Pazuzu and also returning to more Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. Thanks for all you do.
Toundra is one of the most underrated post rock/metal, all instrumental but the music is so good, there is no need for vocals. If you want one to check out Cielo Negro, from the III album.
ruclips.net/video/PZY0vzusAWw/видео.html&start_radio=1&ab_channel=ToundraOfficial
Agreed Toundra is one of the best period.
I feel like the song In Fiction you would really like
For sure. I was like should Bryan do this one or In Fiction? Couldn't decide.
@@thewhorocks515 hell yeah dude. Part of me thinks that he wouldnt like the "slow burn" aspect of it but the other part of me doesnt care and wants him to do it anyway lol
Other songs for you to react to: False Light, The Beginning and the End, Celestial, Dulcinea, Threshold of Transformation, 20 Minutes/40 Years, The Pliable Foe
I was gonna write a whole thing, but then I saw this comment. I'm on board for any of those recommendations. Good call.
I absolutely love Threshold of Transformation. That slide guitar solo, made me cry the first time I heard it.
Well hey, here it is lol. Glad you enjoyed it, hope you take the time sometime to give this album a listen. I liked post before, but wasn't really that into the genre until I discovered ISIS. I listened to their discography in chronological order and liked their first couple albums for sure, but this track (being the first on Panopticon) and then getting mad chills to ~8:10 was really the moment I went "oh, whoaaaaaa ok" and the rest is history.
Glad you enjoyed it, I think it's fair to say this is very archetypal of Isis in general and I would recommend Threshold of Transformation should you want to try something more in a similar vein of theirs.
Isis together with Cult of Luna and Neurosis definitely constitutes the pantheon of Post-Metal and I've heard people jokingly state that every other Post-Metal band is just choosing one of the three to imitate. Though you expressed feeling somewhat mixed about enjoying Post-Metal after having listened to Russian Circles and Celeste I think it's fair to say that given your glowing praise for Cult of Luna (and The Ocean which would be another band in that third of the Post-Metal spectrum) and warm reception for this other third, that it's likely a genre in large parts up your alley.
Real curious about your reaction to Neurosis and thus final Post-Metal pillar tomorrow, even though they are clearly a major inspiration for Celeste and Russian Circles. This is because they are by far the most varied of the three and so I think your reaction will vary wildly depending on whether you react to one of their sludgier heavy tracks or one of their mellower introspective ones (which I enjoy vastly more).
This is definitely a good representation of thier catalog. Another ISIS song you shold check out is Carry. Honestly, its hard to recommend just one song.
Sweet. I'm always getting and pushing other channels to react to them. Personally I'd say my fav from them
Celestial- gentle time
Oceanic- hym
Panopticon- wills dissolve
In the absence of truth- garden of light
Wavering radiant- threshold of transformation
I'm glad to hear confirmation for Neurosis! I'm SUPER glad you liked this, because so far this week this is the most similar to Neurosis of a band you've done, so I'm excited!
This is the kind of music I listen to when I wanna just zone out. Put on headphones and turn out the lights.
Isis are my favourite post metal band. ‘Dulcinea’ or ‘garden of light’. These are in my top tier bands.
If I may suggest you a few other groups, since u liked that;
Cult Of Luna - Nightwalkers
Crib 45 - The Ghost Among Me
Ghost Brigade - My Heart Is A Tomb
The Moth Gatherer - Utopia
Callisto - Where The Spirit Tread
Moth gatherer FTW
😭😲 My favorite song from my favorite band. I got a chill once I saw the thumbnail of this video. This is awesome. Thank you, CR!
I feel you, I love post-metal bands like Cult Of Luna, Isis, Neurosis, Amenra, and Rosetta but never really got into stuff like Russian Circles. I completely get what you mean by bands feeling like they're "standing still", I'm fine with slow or repetitive parts in post-metal but they have to build up to some sort of crescendo to keep me interested and I think Isis and Cult Of Luna pull that off really well. If it's just slow the whole song and doesn't really build up to anything, or takes way too long to build up to something, I get kind of bored.
The ending in this song perfectly represents what I love about the Isis / Cult Of Luna style of post-metal, both bands usually keep the same repetitive melody throughout the song but experiment with it so much that each section sounds completely different, and the riffs will get heavier over time.
I never got into Russian Circles either, it's strange how that works.
Did you try Young blood from Russian Circles ?
mdd47 agree .. only really care for the few songs that are way more post rock than post metal
@@TransparentBarriers Yeah I think I've heard most of their material, and I've even seen them live. But I rarely ever think about revisiting their stuff.
ISIS is interesting. I wouldn't put them neatly into post-metal. I'd actually call them progressive sludge, the latter of which has roots in doom metal, which makes sense to me. For other songs, I'd say something like Ghost Key - ruclips.net/video/uv5t1KsVqnA/видео.html
Adam Jones from Tool also contributes guitar to this album (that specific song, if I recall correctly. Been a while.)
Adam jones is on Hall of the Dead
YOB - Adrfit in The Ocean Masterpiece and these guys everything they did a Masterpieces
YOB is love.
@@crimsonthunder1178 YOB and Amenra both spiritual experience
Amenra "Boden - Spijt" the most powerful riffs on the earth
FAV SONG FROM FAV BAND
Isis recommendations from their other albums:
Celestial - Celestial (The Tower)
Oceanic - The Beginning and the End
In The Absence of Truth - Dulcinea
Wavering Radiant - Threshold of Transformation
Omg yes, someone listening to ISIS!
I have never actually met anyone else that also enjoy ISIS and their work!
Panopticon is full of great pieces!
Can't wait for the Neurosis reaction. My favourite metal band ever.
Haven't clicked play yet but gotta say this is one of my more highly anticipated reactions and happy it's this track.
Post-listen (lol): Glad you enjoyed this one more. I do agree that it's the little extra things they do with their composition that puts them a cut above most Post-Metal bands. Do yourself a favor and listen to this whole album it's a masterpiece. Each track does flow into the next but idk if I'd go as far to say it's meant to be listened as a single track. This track is pretty typical of the band's sound I'd say.
I can't speak on Celeste but I feel like with Russian Circles they tend to do either heavy tracks or softer tracks and don't mix the styles a ton. So you got one of their heavy tracks. I do enjoy both styles but not as much as I enjoy ISIS.
So glad you did some ISIS! One of my favorites! And you pronounced my last name correctly, I'm impressed!
You did a good job of pointing out some of the reasons why ISIS is one of my favorite post-metal bands. (I love Neurosis as well, which I tend to think of more as "doom metal") The sense of coherent musical structure, interesting little details to focus your attention, the ongoing sense of momentum, all of these things make it more engaging and gives it more emotional payoff. I only got to see these guys live once, and I wish I'd had more opportunities. The "extreme end" of drone for me is better represented by bands like SunnO))) and I'd be curious to hear you react to them and see how they line up with Russian Circles.
They used to be called neurisis in their early days in Boston
Oh man, I would be interested in a Sunn O))) reaction. Could be a Trainwreck though. I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about them and I've listened to them for at least 15 years.
He should go with khanate first maybe?
Russian Circles and Celeste are more the outliers in the genre. ISIS, Neurosis, Cult of Luna, The Ocean, Rosetta, Light Bearer etc are more closely reflective of Post-Metal, basically what you've heard here. Cult of Luna perhaps a little on the sludgy side.
Btw, when it comes to Russian Circles, to me the greatest track they've done is "Harper Lewis" on the "Station" album. With any instrumental bands, there's rarely any stuff that I can keep coming back to due to the lack of singing. Harper Lewis is on my playlist, though.
Turner, when asked to define Isis, described their sound as "avant-garde, drone-oriented rock, but that doesn't completely cover the bases".[50] At the same time, he is reticent about settling on one label exclusively, and steers away from the use of specific genre labels - "'heavy, atmospheric, droning, post-epic, post-metal, shoegazer blah blah blah.'"[11] When asked how he reacts to being asked to define Isis' sound, he admits "I never know what to say. I'm almost afraid of perpetuating a new tag."[51] Likewise, he also describes their music using a slightly more open-ended tag: as "thinking man's metal";[45] however, this tag refers to the intellectual elements behind the music, as opposed to exclusively aural ones. - ISIS (band) Wikipedia
Some more great ISIS songs: Dulcinea, Backlit, Garden of Light, Not in Rivers But In Drops
I seconda No in Rivers but in Drops, domek od the heaviest riffings out there!
Garden of Light outro is the best outro they've ever written
When I mentioned Post-Metal I loved I forgot about Isis. For whatever reason I don't associate them with post-metal because I got into them around the time of Panopticon in '04 before I'd ever heard the term post-metal, so to me they were just their own brand of metal. Anyway, they're definitely awesome and close with Cult of Luna for my favorites in the genre. Oceanic and Panopticon are both masterpieces that deserve to be heard in their entirety. Funny you talking about pushing the limits of repetitive, droning music as I'm tempted to recommend Sunn O))) but I feel like I'd just be trolling you.
Glad you liked Isis! I'd suggest you check out the entire Panopticon album by them, it's a very emotional ride and it's also a concept album so quite something to sink your teeth in. It's an abstract one with no actual story to follow, which I find quite amazing and challenging, and it does a fantastic job with its theme imo.
P. S. Check the Swans out.
so glad you liked this one, they are dear to my heart. please react to Jonathan Hultén - The Mountain. Beautiful and dense vocal harmonies with acoustic guitar, absolutely gorgeous
I guess there’s so much variety in many genres because a large part of their definitions is history/geography - where the genre comes from.
Weird how I really liked Celeste but find ISIS pretty boring. I’ve tried them out before and this is how I remember them. Now Neurosis, however, are one of my favorites. Looking forward to tomorrow :)
For more meditative stuff check out State of Non-Return by Om and Ablaze by YOB.
Dulcinea by Isis
The side projects that came from Isis are also pretty rad
I feel you should give Cult of Luna a third try. You were blown away by the first track and I feel like you had an adverse reaction to the second one mainly because your expectations were raised quite a bit from Julie's singing. Taken on its merits, you'd enjoy their buildups quite a bit, they're not dissimilar to Isis's.
Also, after this one, I'm kinda looking forward to a proper round of Doom Metal, the one you did was not representative at all. 12 by Katatonia, Antithesis of Light By Evoken, Godether by Mourning beloveth are all great examples of very different takes on the slow, heavy droning plod that is doom.
Voting "Dim" or "Dark City, Dead Man" for Cult of Luna
@@ojikumaa I hope he reacts to Eternal Kingdom or Following Betulas
Rare selection of 12 by katatonia
Good ear
Waving Radiant is my favorite album of theirs 🔥🤘🏼 if u do them again check something off that !!!
Love ISIS. Would really love to hear your take on Intronaut - Killing Birds with Stones
I had a feeling you'd you'd enjoy this. I'm curious how you'll react to Neurosis, as I find them to be much more primitive (not a value statement, BTW).
I still think Russian Circles merits another listen. In fact, I propose a Second Chances week. Take the highly requested bands that didn't work for you, look back through recommendations and then compare that to their top song on Spotify. I bet it aligns pretty close...
Or just do Youngblood. Yeah, you should do Youngblood.
One of the greatest metal band ever, unbelievable sound
Ok you listened to ISIS, next is Neurosis after that you must continue with Rosetta (Galilean Satellites or Wake/Lift).
Ps: still waiting for a Night Verses reaction :)
Absolute behemoths who dropped this planet shattering album. I remember listening to this the first time about 10 years ago. I have never been the same since.
It surprises me no one recommended Rosetta so far. Hearing your thoughts on either Departe or Au pays natal would be great.
Edit: someone actually did recommend them but it was buried in the comments.
Nice, I was thinking the same thing. One of my favorite bands that very few people know about.
Check out Rosetta - Departe
From one of my favorite post metal album along with this ISIS album.
In Fiction as well as The Beginning and the End is really good
Also just wanna add seeing them live is like a whole other level of amazing !!! Luckily I got to see em twice before they called it 🔥🔥
totally slept on your posts this week but glad I tuned back in
still hoping you'll find time for The Quantum Hack Code. gotta be the full album when you do it
YES! I love this band
You should check from Oceanic
Mmm, Barbiturate metal. Let me recommend Lethargy - Watching The Grass Grow, Hypersomnia - The Paint Is Almost Dry, or Somnolent - Is The Water Boiling Yet. 😉
Hand of the Host or Holy Tears have my vote for the next ISIS track if you want a journey.
The Moth Gathrer - Drone Kingdome or Faliure Design album of the year in 2019
Was reading through the comments.
No one has mentioned Moth Gatherer.
You have a good ear buddy
@@acoldwoody they still underrated and there is many underrated gem bands, Amenra..YOB....Dirge..Blindead..year of no light.. we lost the sea..Swans and many man post metal its the classy genre in Metal and not for all metal heads to get into it, Its higher level
ISIS were masters at weaving complexity out of simplicity. You can take any one part and isolate it and see its not crazy in the slightest. But you combine all parts and it becomes a layered, deep, compelling piece of music. If you want more ISIS listen to Garden Of Light. Some more post metal you should check out is If These Trees Could Talk. That being said, your analysis of this was damn near spot on.
I was just talking to my wife about that this morning.
They are master composers and it’s almost a symphony of collaborative perfection between the band
For more melody driven songs i would for sure go with one of these 1) Hand Of The Host 2) Ghost Key 3) Way Through Woven Branches
To be honest, it took me several years to further explore their other stuff because I was so damn stuck on 'Panopticon.' It felt like when I tried, I was disregarding a lifeline. Didn't feel right. I couldn't bring myself to not just until I 'got it', but until I absorbed it. It was that essential. Even moving past 'So Did We' felt awkward for several days. Not to sound hyperbolic, but definitely one of the greatest and most underrated bands ever.
you really gotta check out ISIS - Garden of Light. Also the post-metal supergroup Palms, which is members of ISIS + Chino Moreno (Deftones) as the lead singer. Another less known band is We Lost The Sea - A Gallant Gentleman
Glad you finally got around to them.
Swans - The Seer the god fathers of the Genre
please react to the creators of postmetal NEUROSIS songs : end of the havest or to crawl under one's skin
I recommend “Dulcinea” and “Garden of light” from ISIS. Amazing songs
yes garden of light!
The Crescendo in that song is amazing
@@jasonfowler2354 one of the best song endings ever! 3 minutes of bliss.
Always loved this song
saw ISIS open for Tool on the 10,000 days tour. unreal good band. check out Garden of Light. amazing song.
Lucky bastard.
@@acoldwoody indeed!
Hell yes!! Never enough Isis!
You should definetely check out "Threshold of transformation". Completely different approach than "So did we", but same philosphy.
"..based on taking ideas you've already written and bringing them back with new context". God damn. You just described Tool in a nutshell.
this band rules. they have so many solid albums
Check the track from the instrumental solo album of John Petrucci: Temple of Circadia. This is what instrumental metal world need for a long time. Again the chemistry between Petrucci and ex drummer of Dream Theater Mike Portnoy is creating some amazing sound and compositions.
As much as I love this album in it's entirety. I would have to say that wills dissolve is most certainly the stand out track.
If you think there's a stand out track, you didn't get the album.
Given you've already given Cult of Luna a spin twice, you really can't not go through this stuff without hitting Amenra. Honestly, it's probably not the easiest of listens as a first up thing, but I think they're pretty vital listen cover across this spectrum and to experience their bone brushing atmosphere. Some recs would be Boden, A Mon Ame, Diaken, A Solitary Reign, Nowena | 9.10
Amenra just missed the cut for this week unfortunately.
@@CriticalReactions Dang, bit of a bummer, but fair enough. Absolutely worth a listen at some other point, though.
@@chopchop080808 definitely.
A solitary reign cannot be ignored.
I'd take an Aaron Harris over a Thomas Pridgen in my band any day
Some of the rhythmic patterns remind of some folkish metal and post metal, almost a Celtic feel to it in some of the guitar work.
So Gits and Isis? Nice
You should check out: Burn All Your Rock Records - He Is Legend. Probably one of the best from their newest album, White Bat.
Red Sparowes - In Illusions of Order. Features the keyboard player for ISIS, is instrumental, features a shit load of slide guitar, not metal at all!
bryant clifford meyer is a genius
You would probably like intronaut.
Mastodon should appear this week.They took sludge metal and used progressive and psychedelic elements and they are just one of the most important bands of our generation. Their biggest inspirations are Neurosis and other post metal bands.
I suggest The Last Baron, The Czar , Oblivion, all from their "best" album, Crack The Skye(2009).
Cult of Luna are the best of the genre, I thought this back in the mid 2000s and slowly as their discography became masterpiece after masterpiece I see more people agreeing with me. They're just way more epic and darker and better musicians and artists than the others(not that the others are clowns, just COL are something special). I hope you react to older Cult of Luna, some of the heaviest and darkest shit you'll ever heard. The song Genesis from their second album is so fucking heavy. Then Vague Illusions from Salvation has one of the most perfect second halves of a song ever. Finland from Somewhere along the highway has one of the most emotional passages you'll hear in music. You can slowly hear the evolution whilst not sacrificing the heaviness and darkness.
Oceanic by ISIS was a big deal when it came out in musical circles, the critical acclaim was everywhere and the follow up was also highly acclaimed but not for being a monumental game changer like Oceanic even though it has So Did We which I think is their best songs and one of the great epic metal songs.
Looking forward to your reaction to Neurosis. Purify is probably their best song
Someone have ever heard about : Alcest or Deluge?
He actually reacted to Alcest before
This might be the best album ever made
Try one of the ocean's new song off of there upcoming albums phanerozoic II its proggy but post metal. I know you've checked out 2 of their tracks before but honestly the song jurassic/cretaceous is 13.5 mins long implanting the 13.5 million year time scale and its a masterpiece. Try the drum play through from their drummer Paul Seidel well worth it.
I think you'll be happy with today's video!
@@CriticalReactions awesome news, im surprised you haven't done a karnivool reaction before soon as you've done wheel who sound like they're copying a lot of karnivool's traits. Anyway last reaction I will ask for cuz i know your busy with loads of requested but I will be super happy if you did deadman or new day by karnivool. Gunna subscribe now cheers.
Pliable Foe pleeeeease
I love Isis but man the vocalist always reminds me of Joe Swanson
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