L.A. Times - Entertainment — A tough week for heavy music fans got even tougher Tuesday night as atmospheric post-metal band Isis has, in the words of the band, "reached an end" after 13 years and five studio albums. ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A tough week for heavy music fans got even tougher Tuesday night as atmospheric post-metal band Isis has, in the words of the band, "reached an end" after 13 years and five studio albums. "Simply put, Isis has done everything... more info

Metalsucks — All bands end eventually and if you had to pick the best way for a band to go out, you couldn’t come up with something much better than what Isis said in yesterday’s announcement. They have done what they wanted, are all still healthy and engage... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Faith Coloccia The massively influential slow-churn metal band Isis are calling it quits. The band announced their impending breakup yesterday on their blog, writing, "This end isn't something that occurred over night and it hasn't been brou... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-26 San Diego, CA - The Casbah *05-29 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall *05-30 Olympia, WA - Capitol Theater *05-31 Vancouver, British Columbia - Rickshaw Theatre *06-01 Seattle, WA - Neumo's *06-02 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *06-04 San Francisco, CA - Gre... more info

Stereogum — As the post-metallers note, after five full-lengths, a bunch of EPs, and more than a decade, “ISIS has reached an end.” They go on: “This end isn’t something that occurred over night and it hasn’t been brought about by a single cataclysmic ... more info

Metal Injection — A few hours ago, ISIS announced that after their next run of dates with the Melvins, they will cease to exist as a band. As somebody who was madly in love with the band a few years ago, I can say this is fine with me. Don't get me wrong, I great... more info

The Culture Of Me — It's official now that Canadian dance duo Thunderheist have broken up, going further than the news we'd reported previously of Grahm and Isis just taking 2010 to do solo stuff and then coming back together. And what's a band breakup... more info

Metalsucks — It’s not really a surprise that Isis broke up. Their last Decibel cover story had the members alluding to at least a hiatus, and if you heard the band’s last two albums, something wasn’t the same. Even Cosmo Lee was taking (imaginary) bets on i... more info

Metalsucks — Obituary coming. more info