Isis Breaks Up
By: Carl Sundberg
Last updated May 19th , 2010

Well it's been a heavy week in the metal world, with Dio passing away Sunday morning and now experimental progressive metal band Isis is calling it quits after a solid 13 year career. The band issued a lengthy statement recently discussing the decision. The following is an excerpt from that statement.

"Isis has reached an end. It's hard to try to say it in any delicate way, and it is a truth that is best spoken plainly. This end isn't something that occurred over night and it hasn't been brought about by a single cataclysmic fracture in the band. Simply put, Isis has done everything we wanted to do, said everything we wanted to say."

"In the interest of preserving the love we have of this band, for each other, for the music made and for all the people who have continually supported us, it is time to bring it to a close. We've seen too many bands push past the point of a dignified death and we all promised one another early on in the life of the band that we would do our best to ensure Isis would never fall victim to that syndrome."

"We've had a much longer run than we ever expected we would and accomplished a great deal more than we ever imagined possible. We never set any specific goals when the band was founded other than to make the music we wanted to hear and to play (and to stay true to that ideal), so everything else that has come along the long and winding path has been an absolute gift."

Isis released five studio albums, including their latest, "Wavering Light," which landed at 98 on the Billboard 200 chart. 

They will be completing the final dates of their tour, so if they're making their way to your area, you might want to see them, as it is now their farewell tour. The remaining dates are listed below.

May 26 - The Casbah w/ Jakob & Tombs San Diego, California, US 
May 29 - Wow Hall w/ Jakob & Tombs Eugene, Oregon, US 
May 30 - Capitol Theatre w/ Jakob & Tombs Olympia, WA 
May 31 - Rickshaw Theatre w/ Jakob & Tombs, Vancouver, British Co, CA 
Jun 1 - Neumo's w/ Jakob & Tombs Seattle, Washington, US 
Jun 2 - Doug Fir Lounge w/ Jakob & Tombs Portland, Oregon, US 
Jun 4 - Great American Music Hall w/ Jakob & Tombs San Francisco, California, US 
Jun 5 - The Troubadour w/ Jakob & Tombs Los Angeles, California, US 
Jun 12 - Bonnaroo Festival W/ Clutch, Melvins, Flaming Lips, etc. Manchester, Tennessee , US 
Jun 14 - 40 Watt Club w/ Melvins Athens, Georgia, US 
Jun 16 - 9:30 Club w/Melvins Washington, Washington, US 
Jun 17 - Theater Of Living Arts (TLA) w/ Melvins Philadelphia, Pennsylvan, US 
Jun 18 - Webster Hall w/ Melvins New York, New York, US 
Jun 19 - Music Hall Of Williamsburg w/ Melvins Brooklyn, New York, US 
Jun 20 - Paradise Rock Club w/ Melvins Boston, Massachuse, US 
Jun 21 - Paradise Rock Club w/ Melvins Boston, Massachuse, US 
Jun 22 - Port City Music Hall w/ Cave In Portland, Maine, US 
Jun 23 - Club Soda w/ Cave In Montreal, Quebec, CA

[Tags] Metal, Rock

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