Articles by Laura Taylor

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  Event Horizon

  Naked on the Black Floor

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

  Event Horizon’s first label release is not one-dimensional. That is one of the strengths of Naked on the Black Floor but also its greatest...

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  Wolves in the Throne Room

  Diadem of 12 Stars

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

  Although Diadem of 12 Stars oozes the murkiness (and epically long songs) of ambient black metal, rhythmically and melodically the record b...

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  Moonspell

  Memorial

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

  Memorial reveals a more ferocious Moonspell than we’ve heard in a while. The album’s darkness pours out in waves of serious intensity, coun...

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  Madder Mortem

  Desiderata

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2006

  Madder Mortem are like a low-riding bulldozer driving forward with a stuttering groove, their momentum fuelled by a relentless soul-piercin...

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  Lacuna Coil

  Karmacode

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2006

  Without straying far beyond the attention-getting Comalies, Lacuna Coil have slid a few steps further away from the underground on their la...

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  The Gathering

  Home

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2006

  With its opening track, Home establishes the rock-laden atmosphere pervading the Gathering’s latest musical fascination. While not a drasti...

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  Summoning

  Oath Bound

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006

  Summoning’s music has always struck me as the ideal Tolkien soundtrack: their merging of Middle Earth mythology, primeval metal ore, and pr...

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  Evestus

  Wastelands

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Inside the liner notes of Evestus’s new CD, below all the credits, lies the phrase, "Have a nice apocalypse!” and the feeling evoked by tha...