Articles by Laura Taylor

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  Lacrimas Profundere

  Ave End

  PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2007

  Four records into the band’s career, Ave End finds the members of Lacrimas Profundere well settled on the doom rock path begun on their las...

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  Melechesh

  Emissaries

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2007

  Extreme metal and Middle Eastern melodies are logical companions (as at least two decades of metal history have proven), so it’s not surpri...

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  Therion

  Gothic Kabbalah

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2007

  Therion’s latest monster manages to be refreshing as well as unmistakeable, utterly familiar but thoroughly unpredictable. Classic riffs an...

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  Destination: Oblivion

  Larvae

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

  Destination: Oblivion have established a pattern of alternating full-length albums and remix CDs over the band’s relatively brief existence...

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  SpiRitual

  Pulse

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

  The promo material for Pulse describes SpiRitual as an "ethno metal project” and it’s an appropriate, if inadequate, description. The "east...

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  Cradle of Filth

  Thornography

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

  Cradle of Filth have gone heavy metal, and strangely enough, it works. There are clear glimpses of "the band that were” on Thornography but...

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  Riverside

  Voices in My Head

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  Recorded before Riverside’s most recent album, Second Life Syndrome, this EP is only now seeing official release. Voices in My Head takes t...

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  Merrimack

  Of Entropy and Life Denial

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  Swarming up from a pit of stygian depths, Of Entropy and Life Denial is hypnotically vile, an undeniable testament to Merrimack’s ferocity...