Isis
E417133
Isis is an American post-metal band known for its atmospheric, heavy soundscapes and influential role in shaping the post-metal genre in the late 1990s and 2000s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isis canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4161646 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Isis Context triple: [Neurosis, hasAssociatedAct, Isis]
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A.
Isis
Isis is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with magic, motherhood, healing, and protection, widely venerated throughout Egypt and the Greco-Roman world.
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B.
Isis
Isis is the name given to the stretch of the River Thames that flows through Oxford, England.
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C.
Neith
Neith is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with war, hunting, and weaving, often revered as a creator deity and protector of Lower Egypt.
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D.
Sekhmet
Sekhmet is an ancient Egyptian lioness-headed goddess associated with war, destruction, and healing, revered as a powerful protector and bringer of both plague and cure.
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E.
Nephthys
Nephthys is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with mourning, protection, and the night, often depicted as the sister of Isis and Osiris and the wife of Set.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Isis Target entity description: Isis is an American post-metal band known for its atmospheric, heavy soundscapes and influential role in shaping the post-metal genre in the late 1990s and 2000s.
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A.
Isis
Isis is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with magic, motherhood, healing, and protection, widely venerated throughout Egypt and the Greco-Roman world.
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B.
Isis
Isis is the name given to the stretch of the River Thames that flows through Oxford, England.
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C.
Neith
Neith is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with war, hunting, and weaving, often revered as a creator deity and protector of Lower Egypt.
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D.
Sekhmet
Sekhmet is an ancient Egyptian lioness-headed goddess associated with war, destruction, and healing, revered as a powerful protector and bringer of both plague and cure.
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E.
Nephthys
Nephthys is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with mourning, protection, and the night, often depicted as the sister of Isis and Osiris and the wife of Set.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
band
ⓘ
musical group ⓘ post-metal band ⓘ studio album ⓘ studio album ⓘ studio album ⓘ studio album ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2010 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1997 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Isis (band)
ⓘ
surface form:
Isis the band
|
| announcedBreakup | 2010 ⓘ |
| bassist | Jeff Caxide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfOrigin | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| debutStudioAlbum | Celestial ⓘ |
| drummer | Aaron Harris ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1997 ⓘ |
| formerMember |
Chris Mereschuk
ⓘ
Jay Randall ⓘ |
| genre |
ambient
ⓘ
doom metal ⓘ experimental metal ⓘ post-metal ⓘ post-rock ⓘ progressive metal ⓘ sludge metal ⓘ |
| guitarist |
Aaron Turner
ONNED1
ⓘ
Bryant Clifford Meyer ⓘ Michael Gallagher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelease |
Celestial
ⓘ
In the Absence of Truth ⓘ Oceanic ⓘ Panopticon; or, The Inspection-House ⓘ
surface form:
Panopticon
Wavering Radiant ⓘ |
| influenced |
Cult of Luna
ⓘ
Neurosis-inspired post-metal bands ⓘ Pelican ⓘ Russian Circles ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | post-metal ⓘ |
| laterBasedIn |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California
|
| member |
Aaron Harris
ⓘ
Aaron Turner ⓘ Bryant Clifford Meyer ⓘ Jeff Caxide ONNED1 ⓘ Michael Gallagher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric heavy soundscapes
ⓘ
conceptual albums ⓘ |
| performer | Isis ⓘ |
| publicationDate |
2000
ⓘ
2002 ⓘ 2004 ⓘ 2006 ⓘ 2009 ⓘ |
| reasonForNameChangeInPromotion | association of acronym ISIS with extremist group ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Hydra Head Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ipecac Recordings ⓘ Neurot Recordings ⓘ |
| vocalist | Aaron Turner ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Isis Description of subject: Isis is an American post-metal band known for its atmospheric, heavy soundscapes and influential role in shaping the post-metal genre in the late 1990s and 2000s.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.