Isis

ISIS, the Los Angeles based post-metal quintet, release their debut DVD, Clearing The Eye, on Sept. 26 via Ipecac Recordings, which will be followed by their as-of-yet untitled new album (slated for a Halloween release).

The DVD captures live performances (from the venerated stages of CBGB's and The Troubadour) of the band's powerful music that Entertainment Weekly described as "exploding with ominous beauty" while the New York Times characterized their live shows as "enthralling." Also included in Clearing The Eye is a music video for "In Fiction," interactive photo galleries, a discography and a graphically rich twenty-page booklet. This outgrowth of the band is long overdue as band member Aaron Turner has often sought out visual elements to pull together the band's conceptual releases. Ironically Decibel Magazine, while declaring their 2004 release Panopticon as one of the Top 10 releases of the year, summed up ISIS' music as a "cinematic tour de force, only without the moving pictures."

For the band's upcoming album, they have re-teamed with producer Matt Bayles (Mastodon, These Arms Are Snakes). This album is certain to not only reaffirm ISIS as trailblazers of a specific sub-genre but will propel the group into the mainstream consciousness. The band is spending the final months of summer supporting Tool in North America; dates are below.

August 22 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place

                24          Calgary, AB              Pengrowth Saddledome

                25          Edmonton, AB          Rexall Place

                27          George, WA             The Gorge Amphitheater

                30          Englewood, CO         Coors Amphitheater

September 1 Las Vegas, NV Theater Under The Stars

                 2           Marysville, CA           Sleep Train Amphitheater

                 3          Oakland, CA              Oakland Arena

                 5          Bakersfield, CA          Rabobank Arena

                 7          Los Angeles, CA        Staples Center

               11          The Woodlands, TX     Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

               12          San Antonio, TX          AT&T Center

               14          Dallas, TX                  American Airlines Arena

               15          Kansas City, MO        Kemper Arena

               16          Minneapolis, MN         Target Center

               18          Chicago, IL                 Allstate Arena

               21          Columbus, OH           Nationwide Arena

               22          Detroit, MI                 The Palace of Auburn Hills

               23          Toronto, ON               Molson Amphitheater

               25          Cleveland, OH            Wolstein Center at CSU

               28          Camden, NJ               Tweeter Center

               29          Mansfield, MA            Tweeter Center