NEWest albums that you should be aware of

ISIS - WAVERING RADIANT

The music of ISIS is a suitable metaphor for their 12-year career: patient, meticulous, fraught with tension and gradually building towards an apex of seismic proportions.

From the hypnotically bludgeoning down-tuned riffs of their early years to the gracefully sprawling passages on their pivotal sophomore album ‘Oceanic' and continuing through the intricate rhythmic textures and increased melody of 2006's ‘In The Absence of Truth', ISIS have successfully navigated the process of growing and evolving without disavowing their initial vision.

There is no consensus among ISIS's cult-like fan base as to which album serves as the ultimate document of their art. Each record is a piece in the puzzle. Consequently, to brand their latest offering, ‘Wavering Radiant', as the pinnacle of their achievements would be folly, yet it's a tempting proclamation.

The factors that defined ISIS in the past are still present, but the band manipulates its tactics and strategies with a refined sense of purpose and a heightened knack for nuance. They've extrapolated on the polar nature of their music, it's simultaneously their most challenging and accessible music to date.

LUSTMORD - The Dark Places of the Earth

GENRE: Indie, Ambient, Dark Ambient, Experimental

In the previous two Lustmord releases, "Juggernaut" and "[ O T H E R ]", Brian Williams decided to take a new approach and intermix guitar with his erie sound-scapes. Similar to his release with the Melvins, these albums embodied more than his usual dark ambient releases. But while this experimentation was highly acclaimed by most fans, it left some listeners wanting a more "traditional" record.

"The Dark Places of the Earth" is just that. After his release of "[ O T H E R ]", Lustmord decided to strip all of the guitar from the album and remix it down to something more sinister. The end result was a "reduced" version of the album that will leave you with visions of monstrous things dancing in your head. "The Dark Places of the Earth" is a true return to form for Lustmord, not seen since his "Rising" album back in 2006.
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