Pitchfork

Welcome to the dark, turgid realm of double digits, Isis! Just think: in a couple years, that sneer you've perfected in your ten years on earth is going to turn into a bona fide measured brood. And then we're all gonna be in trouble.

Indeed, the longstanding, gloomy prog/metal act is a decade old, and to celebrate, they've got a pair of Ipecac singles and a bi-coastal tour on the way. "Holy Tears" [pictured above], along with the titular In the Absence of Truth tune, comes packaged with a video directed by Dominic Hailstone, a live version of "Tears" from fall 2006's tour with Tool, and a remix of Truth's "Not in Rivers, but in Drops" by the Melvins in collaboration with Lustmord. "Not in Rivers" also gets its own single, with a remix of "Holy Tears" and a video (what symmetry!). Both singles are due in February, but precise details for the second one are, for now, TBA.

As for the tour, well, it kicks off tonight (November 1) in New York. Go easy on the cake.

11-01 New York, NY - Irving Plaza *#
11-02 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero *#
11-03 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs *#
11-04 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs *#
11-14 Seattle, WA - Neumos ^#
11-15 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards ^#
11-16 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater %#
11-18 San Francisco, CA - Slim's $#
11-19 San Luis Obispo, CA - Downtown Brew $#
11-20 West Hollywood, CA - The Troubadour $#

* with Oxbow
# with 27
^ with These Arms Are Snakes
% with Wolves in the Throne Room
$ with Big Business