Articles by Laura Taylor

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  Subterranean Masquerade

  Temporary Psychotic State

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  Chalk up another point for avant-garde with the release of Subterranean Masquerade’s official debut. Temporary Psychotic State is unsurpris...

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  Insomnium

  Since the Day It All Came Down

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  On this, their second full-length, Insomnium have brewed a virile concoction of Nordic death metal, spiced judiciously with acoustic interl...

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  Morgion

  Cloaked by Ages, Crowned in Earth

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  Morgion are back with their first album in five years, and while its title sounds grand, its contents are magnificently subtle. Cloaked by...

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  Satyricon

  Volcano

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  It would be hard to identify Volcano as a Norwegian black metal album by just looking at the outside. Satyricon’s logo is way too legible,...

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  Winds

  The Imaginary Direction of Time

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  The metal in Winds is almost subordinate to the classical, particularly falling prey to captivating and nearly Chopin-esque piano sounds. W...

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  Secret Discovery

  Pray

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  Despite being deeply drenched in moody, synth-infused, guitar-heavy goth, Pray is a pretty upbeat album, coming off something like black-li...

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  Beseech

  Drama

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

  If you fused Type O Negative and Sundown or late-era Cemetary with Gathering-circa-Mandylion female vocals the result would probably be rem...

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  Eishelig

  Die Gärten des Herrn

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

  Die Gärten des Herrn is Eishelig’s sophomore record, apparently an exploration through Christian symbolism of good and evil (without being...