Isis - In The Absence Of Truth [12", 2LP]

IN THE ABSENCE OF TRUTH was the follow-up to Panopticon, which i still think is the best album ISIS ever made. But this is a great album as well - don't get me wrong. Especially the drumming really stands out. Like Panopticon, it's again less metal than the previous albums and also the vocals are more clean. My copy's one of the first pressing on Conspiracy Records, the European edition. In the USA it came out on Robotic Empire. Conspiracy pressed 2000 copies and 500 of them were clear/red splattered. Nice and thick quality stuff like all of Conspiracy's releases.


Label: Conspiracy Records
Cat.nr.: CORE 045
Year of release: 2006

SIDE A:
01. Wrists Of Kings
02. Not In Rivers, But In Drops

SIDE B:
01. Dulcinea
02. Over Root And Thorn

SIDE C:
01. 1000 Shards
02. All Out Of Time, All Into Space
03. Holy Tears

SIDE D:
01. Firdous E Bareen
02. Garden Of Light

Red Sparowes - The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer [12", LP]

I've got a couple of albums by RED SPAROWES and this one, THE FEAR IS EXCRUCIATING, BUT THEREIN LIES THE ANSWER is their latest. It originates from 2010. The Sargent House label released it in the States, and over here in Europe it was released on Conspiracy Records. That's the version i have. The band consists of members from various other bands, of which Isis is the best known. And if i'd have to describe the band's sound i would say it's like an instrumental version of Isis. Or maybe: Isis-light. No big riffs, no dramatic vocals except for a some choir-like ones here in the last two songs. Epic stuff. First pressing on black vinyl, 1400 made.

Label: Conspiracy Records
Cat.nr.: CORE088
Year of release: 2010

SIDE A:
01. Truths Arise
02. In Illusions Of Order
03. A Hall Of Bombs
04. Giving Birth To Imagined Saviors

SIDE B:
01. A Swarm
02. In Every Mind
03. A Mutiny
04. As Each End Looms And Subsides

Isis - Panopticon [12", 2LP]

PANOPTICON is to my opinion the best album by the mighty ISIS. On vinyl, it came out both on Trust No One Recordings with the same artwork as the Ipecac CD in the fall of 2004, and on Robotic Empire with alternative artwork a few months later. I have a copy of that version; of the 4th press / 400 on blue, from 2007 to be exact. I could listen to this album for hours in a row without getting bored. Excellent stuff.

Label: Robotic Empire
Cat.nr.: Robo-041
Year of release: 2007 (originally released 2005)

SIDE A:
01. So Did We
02. Backlit

SIDE B:
01. In Fiction
02. Wills Dissolve

SIDE C:
01. Syndic Calls
02. Altered Course

SIDE D:
01. Grinning Mouths