What is Isis (band)?
{{redlinks|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Isis | image = Isis performing live at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco--June 29, 2009.jpg | caption = Isis in 2009. From left to right: [[Michael Gallagher (guitarist)|Michael Gallagher]], [[Jeff Caxide]], [[Aaron Turner]] and [[Bryant Clifford Meyer]] (with [[Aaron Harris (Isis drummer)|Aaron Harris]] in the background). | landscape = Yes | alias = Celestial (2018) | origin = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | genre = {{flatlist| *[[Post-metal]] *[[sludge metal]] *[[progressive metal]] }} | years_active = 1997–2010 (one-off reunion: 2018) | label = [[Ipecac Recordings|Ipecac]], [[Robotic Empire]], [[Hydra Head Records|Hydra Head]], [[Neurot Recordings|Neurot]], [[Escape Artist Records|Escape Artist]] | current_members = | past_members = *[[Jeff Caxide]] *[[Aaron Harris (drummer)|Aaron Harris]] *[[Aaron Turner]] *[[Michael Gallagher (guitarist)|Michael Gallagher]] *[[Bryant Clifford Meyer]] See {{slink||Members}} for others | website = {{url|isistheband.com}} }}{{Distinguish|Isis|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} '''Isis''' (also stylised as '''ISIS''') was a American metal band made in Boston, Massachusetts in the year 1997 by guitar player and singer [[Aaron Turner]], bass player [[Jeff Caxide]], singer and instrument tuner Chris Mereschuk and drum player [[Aaron Harris]]. After the album Mosquito Control were recorded by the original band, Chris was replaced by Jay Randall in the year 1999, who joined the group with guitar player [[Michael Gallagher]]. Jay Randall would then be replaced with guitar player and piano player [[Bryant Clifford Meyer]] after the recording of the album [[Red Sea]]. The band took inspiration from other bands such as [[Neurosis]] and [[Godflesh]], and making themselves distinct by repeating parts of the song. Isis disbanded in June of 2010 but came back one last time in 2018 to pay their farewells