Customer Reviews

Holy Tears

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Yeah picked it up the other day, its actually rather good. I've listened to it a good 10 or so times now and i must say, the Melvin/Lustmord remix is a must for any true isis fan. The video, despite being a little creepy is very well done (VERY WELL DONE!) and the live version is also excellent, taken from a the tour with Tool in 06. My only grizzle is it is very, very expensive for essentially a video you watch once and two songs, (since we already have holy tears on the album). AND, in fact, mine didn't even have 'holy tears the album version' at all. lol, it was wrists of kings instead... not that i don't like the song or anything but shouldn't a song labelled 'holy tears' actually be the song? hmm. Maybe its just my version. I'd be interested to see if anyone else's is the same. So, not bad if you're a big fan, but otherwise its not really worth $20.

Do you really need to read a review??? Just buy it, already. This is a great song and a great single, celebrating the 10 year anniversary of ISIS. Single includes album and live (from the TOOL Tour) versions of "Holy Tears" as well as a "Holy Tears" music video directed by Dominic Hailstone, and a Melvins/Lustmord version of "Not in Rivers but in Drops." Sound and visual quality are excellent all around, as you might expect from ISIS. The CD comes in a folded cardboard sleeve with liner notes, not a cardboard pouch or plastic jewel box. Destined to be a collector's item...

I just got my Holy Tears CD single today and even though Amazon and the printing on the packaging list the Video as the fourth element on this CD, it is nowhere to be found on my copy. My DVD player reads it as a music CD with 3 tracks as do my CDRom and computer's DVD drives. VLC and my computers' DVD software do not find any sort of video file on the disc. I may have to return it to Amazon and wait until there is confirmation that the discs are being made with the video on them.

From ISIS's band website: "SINGLES AND BOX SET? (2.06.08):::

Many of you have been inquiring about the "Holy Tears" single - Due to unforseen manufacturing mishaps the release of the "Holy Tears" single is once again being postponed... however it will be available very very soon. If you somehow managed to get one of the defects, then don't worry the real thing will be available shortly. We will keep you posted."

So, I'm sorry to give this a one star rating as the music and talent behind this band really are 5 stars! Just be cautious as you might not actually get the video on your disc. Watch for some official news, hopefully it will trickle down to Amazon's product page.

EDIT: (March 21, 2008)
ISIS' website now states; "HOLY TEARS SINGLES ARE IN!!! (3.14.08):::
Available now at all your favorite interweb shopping centers! Again we aplogize for the many delays, but hopefully it will be worth the wait."<sic>

So, does this mean Amazon has the full product? Please let us know here if your "Enhanced" single bought from Amazon has the video on it. Let's hope they don't just sell-through the defective ones. -- Thanks

I received this product and mine was also missing the video. I emailed ISIS and they said they apologize, but that it actually wan't even to be released yet, it was a record label mistake. I let amazon know already that the ones they have in their possession are defective and I guess we're just waiting for the corrected ones to be released. So basically, I would hold out on buying this and know it's the record label's fault.