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In The Absence Of Truth - Isis
  • Band Name: Isis
  • Record Label: Ipecac
  • Release Date: Oct 31, 2006
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Metascore
70 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 23 Ratings

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  • Summary: This fourth LP for the metal band follow's 2004's acclaimed 'Panopticon' as well as an opening slot on Tool's latest tour.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. All Music Guide
    90
    In the Absence of Truth is as solidly explosive and as adventuresome as Panopticon, but their elemental control over the music is greater, therefore creating a more even production.
  2. Pitchfork
    83
    Despite a couple brief dull spots, the ingredients are so carefully selected and masterfully performed that the collection creates a pretty endlessness, existing at its best as one long take of dark-n-stormy post-rock.
  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    60
    Every strong point is matched by a weaker one, but there is never an extremity of either.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. Adam
    10
    astonishing from start to finish my favorite band since radiohead and sigur ros words do no justice with this release my best album of 2006 and maybe since 2004s panopticon.… Expand
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  2. [Anonymous]
    5
    This album is weak, and anyone who believes otherwise is fooling themselves. Isis lack direction and focus on this album, the riffs are lazy and they just sound plain bored. Some new ideas are needed for their next release, there is only so much tribal drumming i can take. Best Track 'Holy Tears'… Expand
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  3. ChampiodiPi
    1
    Formulaic, tired, trite, boring, soulless, stargazing pretentious tommyrot. Unnecessary, redundant. Isis flog a dead horse which committed suicide after their only slightly less awful début Oceanic and this is BEFORE their God awful vocalist is brought to trial.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

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