Articles by Laura Taylor

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  Hammerfall

  Crimson Thunder

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002

  HammerFall has got to be one of the best power metal bands out there these days, and Crimson Thunder does nothing to endanger their reputat...

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  Iced Earth

  Tribute to the Gods

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002

  You may have already noticed that Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer attended the Paul Stanley School of vocal technique, but if that idea’s new to...

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  Primordial

  Storm Before Calm

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002

  Ireland’s Primordial has definitely earned themselves a place on the list of revered doom bands from the British Isles. While carrying a di...

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  Thine

  In Therapy

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002

  Thine’s sophomore album, In Therapy, starts out so strong with moody tracks like "Best Kept Secret” and "Feel,” but then leaves you disappo...

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  Thyrfing

  Vansinnesvisor

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002

  How can anyone resist an album that features keyed fiddle on three tracks? Only two tracks on Thryfing’s latest are actually in English, te...

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  Trail Of Tears

  A New Dimension of Might

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002

  Trail of Tears’ third album doesn’t vary much from their previous Tristania-like approach. There’s still the keyboard-heavy Wagnerian metal...

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  Beseech

  Souls Highway

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2002

  Another goth band mixing female and male vocals, Beseech is a little less metal and a little more rock than many of their counterparts. Alt...

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  Vintersorg

  Visions from the Spiral Generator

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2002

  The album's looping intro gives you a pretty good idea of the lyrical direction Vintersorg has taken on this new release, exploring science...