ISTHMUS is a progressive metal band from Baltimore, MD. The four-piece group was formed in 2005 by guitarist/vocalist Noel Mueller, and drummer Chris May. Guitarist Matt Hogans and bassist Joe Kienle completed the band in 2007. Among other attempts at description, they have been called "progressive post-metal" and compared to recent acts, Russian Circles, Intronaut, Dysrhythmia and Neurosis.

In the Spring of 2008, they entered the studio to record their full-length debut album “Land Bridge.” The album was recorded and engineered by Bill Mueller* at Vision-Audio studios. Although quite melodic, “Land Bridge” twists and turns through angular riffs and crushing waves of distortion, with a level of rhythmic complexity well above the pack of recent ‘atmospheric metal’ bands.

Isthmus has shared the stage with a handful of critically acclaimed acts while touring the East Coast, and in their home town of Baltimore, including: Behold... The Arctopus (Metal Blade), Rosetta (Translation Loss), Sea of Bones, Cargo Cult Revival, Conifer (Important Records), God Is An Astronaut, Scale The Summit, Black Pyramid, Lesbian (Holy Mountain), Khann (Black Market Activities), Wooly Mammoth, The Minor Times, Admiral Browning (Dark Harvest Records), Black September, Monolith, and many more.

They are available for USA booking at: isthmus.booking@gmail.com

*Nominated for “Best Engineered Recording” by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in 1984 for Michael Hedges’ “Aerial Boundaries.”