Isis, The Perfection Continues...

Today I have another installment of the Isis collection. All four of their EPs are here for the taking. I hope you all enjoy this, the third installment is due sometime next week.

Isis - Mosquito Control
Country: USA
Genre: Post-Metal
Track List:
1. Poison Eggs – 6:42
2. Life Under the Swatter – 5:50
3. Hive Destruction – 4:10
4. Relocation Swarm – 11:43
Total Play Time - 27:45

Starting in 1998, Isis put out there first release. An EP by the name of Mosquito Control. This EP should be taken in one shot. This is pretty much one song split into four, and it shouldn't be too hard to listen to the whole thing in one sitting considering its short play time. This is the first release to start the mosquito theme that appears within Isis' future releases.

Download: Isis - Mosquito Control

Isis - The Red Sea
Country: USA
Genre: Post-Metal
Track List:
1. Charmicarmicarmicat Shines to Earth – 2:23
2. The Minus Times – 5:26
3. Red Sea – 7:20
4. Smiles and Handshakes – 6:02
5. Catalyst – 4:26
6. Ochre – 4:41
7. Lines Across Eyes – 5:47
Total Play Time - 35:25

Their next release same a year later in the form of The Red Sea. When originally released it was made up of three tracks, now it is seven. With the first three tracks being the original three, they show a slight evolution towards what Isis was on their first release. The next four songs are from their 1998 demo, and obviously have a different feel to them.

Download: Isis - The Red Sea

Isis - Sawblade
Country: USA
Genre: Post-Metal
Track List:
1. Emission of the Signal – 4:53
2. Streetcleaner – 5:42
3. Hand of Doom – 8:36
4. House of Low Culture – 11:09
Total Play Time - 30:20

The next EP was in the same year. Sawblade, originally released on 200 self made CD-Rs by Isis while on tour, is only a four song showing. It has a slightly softer feel to it then does The Red Sea. I've been trying to get my hands on this for a while but nothing doing. Two of the four songs on this record are covers, track two a cover of Godflesh, and track three a cover of Black Sabbath.

Download: Isis - Sawblade

Isis - SGNL>05
Country: USA
Genre: Post-Metal
Track List:
1. SGNL>05 (Final Transmission) – 2:52
2. Divine Mother (The Tower Crumbles) – 9:16
3. Beneath Below – 4:54
4. Constructing Towers – 8:24
5. Celestial (Signal Fills the Void) – 10:22
Total Play Time - 35:19

Their latest EP dropped in 2001. SGNL>05 is seen as a true extension onto their Celestial release. With many of the same themes being evident through the two releases, it is hard to deny their similarity. For the last track of this EP, Broadwick (mixer/producer) pulled some influence from his work with Godflesh and Jesu to remix the opening track from Celestial.

Download: Isis - SGNL>05