Articles by Laura Taylor

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  Agathodaimon

  Serpent's Embrace

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  With album number four, Agathodaimon have fallen on the lighter side of the fence they were riding between black metal and the less grim va...

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  Eternal

  The Sombre Light of Isolation

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  Previously known as Crystal Darkness, Australia’s the Eternal has reinvented itself with a new name and a fresh start. The Sombre Light of...

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  Nebelhexë

  Laguz — Within the Lake

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  Nebelhexë is the new project from Andrea Haugen, known musically for her previous medieval-ish, pagan outfit Hagalaz Runedance. Laguz — Wit...

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  Necare

  Ruin

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  Ruin is the first official release from Necare, an American-based doom metal band on the Finnish label, Firebox. Despite what the album’s g...

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  Human Temple

  Insomnia

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  If you just pay attention to the music, Insomnia is a fairly generic ’80s-styled hard rock album with a little Hammond organ, piano and ’70...

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  Leaves' Eyes

  Lovelorn

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  She released a pop record and was ousted from Theatre of Tragedy, but Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull hasn’t abandoned the metal scene. After p...

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  Moonlight

  Audio 136

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  The latest album from Poland’s Moonlight takes a little getting used to. Pushing the metal foundation of the band’s earlier material to the...

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  Azrael

  Into the Shadows Act II: Through Horned Shadows Glimpse

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  A logical complement to its precursor, last year’s Into the Shadows Act I: Denial, Azrael’s latest is another avant-garde black metal sound...