May You Be Held

Pitchfork 7.8/10 Returning with mightier riffs and wilder improvisations than ever, the trio offers a spiritual vision of metal, one well timed to a moment of crisis.

All Music 3.5/5 As with any of the band's releases, this one requires extreme patience, as it can go from lengthy passages of near-stillness to unrelenting torrents of sound.

Blabbermouth.net 9/10 The gradual progression of Boston post-metal giants ISIS from competent NEUROSIS clones with potential to an ambitiously heady prog-metal machine was one of the more enthralling musical developments of the new millennium's first decade. Band members have continued to pursue musical endeavors since t...

Metal Injection 8/10 Those willing to dig into the sprawling anti-musical excavations will uncover many progressive sludge metal gems.

Beats Per Minute 76% Direct when it needs to be, ethereal and gorgeously distant at other times, May You Be Held is not for the casual listener seeking instant gratification.