Isis

Because the swathes of fans packed in the curious surrounds of Stereo tonight are not here for heavy metal - Isis are much more than that.

Fortunately someone in charge had their head screwed on right and Isis's (pictured) Toronto stop at the Phoenix on their Wavering Radiant tour went off without a hitch.

A shocking May 18th announcement on their website declared the end of their impactful 13-year run: Simply put, ISIS has done everything we wanted to do, said everything we wanted to say.

Clearly much more comfortable in the Manning Bar than the scorching Soundwave mid afternoon heat the Sunday before Isis blazed though a set of their unique metal making it one of the clear highlights of the Soundwave sideshows.

Kulturbolaget, Malmo, Sweden

On this cold October evening they played not the first not the second not the third but the fourth room of the Manchester Academy.

Arriving on British shores again in support of their latest release Wavering Radiant comes Isis, with new songs, new merchandise and most shockingly of all, a rather bedraggled looking frontman.