Celestial (album)

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Celestial
Studio album by Isis
Released	April 3, 2000
Recorded	January/February 2000
Genre	Sludge Metal Drone Doom Post-Hardcore Minimalism
Length	49:57
Label	Escape Artist (EA07.0) Hydra Head (HH666-59)
Producer	Isis, Matt Bayles
Professional reviews
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Isis chronology
Sawblade EP (1999) Celestial (2000) SGNL>05 (2001)

Celestial is an album by American avant-garde metal band Isis, released in 2000 by Escape Artist and Hydra Head Records. It is their third solo release and first full length. While Celestial is heavily rooted in experimental sludge and minimalist drone, it is a significant work because of its use of abrupt dynamic shifts, an element that Isis would later refine in Oceanic and Panopticon to become a pronounced characteristic of the post-metal aesthetic.

In addition to the regular CD and vinyl LP editions, Celestial is available in a double release, coupled with its sister EP, SGNL>05.

Contents 1 Themes 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3.1 Band members 3.2 Other personnel

[edit] Themes

Celestial and SGNL>05 reintroduce the control tower and female character themes; specifically, a central "mother" tower ("Celestial (The Tower)," "Divine Mother"), which is built ("Constructing Towers"), decayed ("Deconstructing Towers"), and finally crumbles ("Divine Mother (The Tower Crumbles)" which isn't featured until their SGNL>05 EP). As well, the SGNL theme is introduced ("SGNL>01" through "SGNL>05 (Final Transmission)"), and the mosquito (Mosquito Control) is linked through the artwork on both releases.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Isis.

1. "SGNL>01" – 0:55
2. "Celestial (The Tower)" – 9:42
3. "Glisten" – 6:35
4. "Swarm Reigns (Down)" – 6:02
5. "SGNL>02" – 0:51
6. "Deconstructing Towers" – 7:30
7. "SGNL>03" – 0:35
8. "Collapse and Crush" – 5:55
9. "C.F.T. (New Circuitry and Continued Evolution)" – 5:43
10. "Gentle Time" – 7:02
11. "SGNL>04 (End Transmission)" – 1:07

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Band members

• Jeff Caxide – bass guitar
• Aaron Harris – drums
• Michael Gallagher – guitar
• Bryant Clifford Meyer – electronics, guitar, vocals on "Gentle Time"
• Aaron Turner – vocals, guitar, art and graphic construction

[edit] Other personnel

• Matt Bayles – producing, audio recording and audio mixing
• Jason Hellmann – video stills
• Dave Merullo – mastering and audio editing

v • d • e Isis Jeff Caxide · Michael Gallagher · Aaron Harris · Cliff Meyer · Aaron Turner Albums Celestial · Oceanic · Panopticon · In the Absence of Truth EPs Mosquito Control · The Red Sea · Sawblade · SGNL>05 Other releases Pig Destroyer / Isis Split · Oceanic: Remixes & Reinterpretations · In the Fishtank 14 Live Live.01 · Live.02 · Live.03 · Live.04 · Clearing the Eye Singles "Not in Rivers, But in Drops" · "Holy Tears" Related articles Discography · Ipecac Recordings · Hydra Head Records · Old Man Gloom · Red Sparowes