Band: ISCARIOTEGenres: Punk / Post-Hardcore / Post-Metal / Hardcore / Thrash / Doom / Grunge / Sludge
Related artists: N/A.Country: Yverdon-les-Bains SWITZERLAND
Years Active: 2000-2004
Song: "Soleil Thahi"
Album: "Envy split"
Year: 2002
Label(s): Shogun Records / Heroine Records / PurePainSugar / Last Day of June Records / Molaire Industries / Code of Ethics / Salvation / Oto Records
This post's artist is from the October 2014 Mix. This is track #13.
You can download the October Mix#10 right here or get the new November Mix#11 here.
For fans of: Gantz, Envy, ∞ (aka Eight), Evylock, Curl Up And Die, Ken Mode, Light Bearer, AmenRa, Botch, Tetola93, Knut, Kowloon Walled City, Mono, Angel Eyes, Helmet and White Zombie.
I was introduced to ISCARIOTE through the Envy split cd that I picked up right after hearing 'Dead Sinking Story', as I was craving (that's putting it lightly) more Envy. I'm certainly glad that I picked this up because this band has a few really good songs and the albums are dark and brooding. Imagine Envy if there were less pretty stuff, way more sludge and an unsettling, dark ambiguity that shrouds many of the band's songs.
The Envy split is the superior release, in my opinion. ISCARIOTE starts out with "Soleil Thahi" which begins with an beautiful/eerie, spacey and dreamy intro that soon builds into a sludgy, grungy mess littered with scathing screams and breakdowns. The crazy riff that they bust out at 3:12 is unreal and my personal favourite of the band's. "Meanbeam and the Dark" has a great closing riff that leads into another great track, "Auto-Pilote" which is kind of a mix between AmenRa and Akimbo which is really cool.
The album has a few decent cuts but certainly doesn't draw me to it the same way as the split. "Kraj! (Old Jebi!)" is a great example of the band nailing their sound. There's the Japanese-esque soaring vocals (Evylock, anyone?) over anguished screaming, all packaged nicely with an epic Gantz feel to it. "Des Cheveux Noirs Sur la Paleur de Son Visage" has another dirty and grating , especially within the guitar sound, which isn't far off from heavy Helmet and White Zombie stuff with the chugging. The vocals bring Envy and ∞, and Vi Som Alskade Varandra Sa Mycket and there's even some nice violin work that complements everything very well.
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2001 - Iscariote 7"EP
2002 - Envy split cd (download here)
2002 - Overmars split floppy disk
2003 - Complete split 7" (download here)
2004 - Necropole Trauma cd/12"LP (download here)
2004 - Genese Et Agonie: 2000-2004 cd discography
(2002) ISCARIOTE - "Soleil Thahi" (from 'Envy' split)
(2002) ISCARIOTE - "Auto-Pilote" (from 'Envy' split)
(2004) ISCARIOTE - "Un Pas De Plus Vers La Grace" (aka "One Step Closer to Grace") (from 'Complete' split)
(2004) ISCARIOTE - "Kraj! (Old Jebi!)" (from 'Necropole Trauma')
2002 - Overmars split floppy disk
2003 - Complete split 7" (download here)
2004 - Necropole Trauma cd/12"LP (download here)
2004 - Genese Et Agonie: 2000-2004 cd discography
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(2002) ISCARIOTE - "Soleil Thahi" (from 'Envy' split)
(2002) ISCARIOTE - "Auto-Pilote" (from 'Envy' split)
(2004) ISCARIOTE - "Un Pas De Plus Vers La Grace" (aka "One Step Closer to Grace") (from 'Complete' split)
(2004) ISCARIOTE - "Kraj! (Old Jebi!)" (from 'Necropole Trauma')
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ISCARIOTE out of print mp3 discography download / additional links
(download here)
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