ISIS MAY HAVE mellowed a bit over time, especially compared with the pummeling of its 1999 debut EP, but the more melodic, dynamic approach to its latest, "In the Absence of Truth," enhances the subtlety of the group's sludge metal. The album-opening "Wrists of Kings" allows its delicate details (a galloping, tribal percussion and an eerie organ line) to grow and build slowly before guitarist Aaron Turner's feverish moan joins in....
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ISIS MAY HAVE mellowed a bit over time, especially compared with the pummeling of its 1999 debut EP, but the more melodic, dynamic approach to its latest, "In the Absence of Truth," enhances the subtlety of the group's sludge metal. The album-opening "Wrists of Kings" allows its delicate details (a galloping, tribal percussion and an eerie organ line) to grow and build slowly before guitarist Aaron Turner's feverish moan joins in....