ISIS' 'Wavering Radiant' Lands On Norwegian Chart

May 15, 2009

"Wavering Radiant", the fifth full-length album from ISIS, the innovative Los Angeles-by-way-of-Boston-based band, has entered the Norwegian chart at position No. 37. This marks ISIS' first-ever chart placement in Norway.

Asbjorn Slettemark, editor of the Norwegian music industry magazine Faro Journalen, commented: "It is somewhat surprising that a band like ISIS has this kind of connection with a broad base of record-buyers in Norway. On the other hand, Norway is the only country in the world where bands like DIMMU BORGIR, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE and THE MARS VOLTA have managed to top the national chart, so I guess you could say that the average music lover in Norway has a sweet tooth for hard rock or music that is a little bit to the left of the mainstream. It also helps that ISIS did a great gig at the Øyafestival last summer; they made a lot of new fans after their thundering set at Norway's most prolific festival."

Christer Hansen, the label manager at Tuba Records, which distributes ISIS' releases in Norway, stated, "We were a little bit surprised, but we are, of course, happy about the chart position. It seems that, while, for example, the Swedish record-buyers are fond of traditional metal, the Norwegian audiences like to dig into the more alternative stuff."

"Wavering Radiant" was released in the U.S. on May 5 via Ipecac Recordings. The CD, produced by Joe Baressi (TOOL, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE),received a limited-edition vinyl release on April 21. TOOL's Adam Jones contributed guitar to two songs from the LP.

"Wavering Radiant" sold 5,800 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 98 on The Billboard 200 chart. ISIS' first full-length in over two years, sees the colossal fivesome moving beyond the visible spectrum of rock and the realm of the uninspired. Blissfully melodic, frighteningly dense; the album is an epic conflict between worlds of beauty and the darkest of demons. A monster of epic proportions, its seven tracks clock in at a total of 54 minutes. The shortest number (also the album's title cut) stays under two minutes, while its longest reaches 11 minutes.

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