Articles by Laura Taylor
Orphaned Land
The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR
PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2010
Several years in the making, Orphaned Land's The Never Ending Way of OrwarriOR is an ambivalent success. More than anything, the latest alb...
Ihsahn
After
PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2010
Despite all the intricate arrangements and complicated shifts, Ihsahn's (ex-Emperor) After is a sparse record. It's the kind of sparseness...
Woods Of Ypres
Woods 4: The Green Album
PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2010
With each record, Ontario's Woods of Ypres become more enigmatic, and Woods 4: The Green Album is the band's most amorphous and powerful cr...
Heathen Crusade
Station 4, St Paul MN November 14 to 15
PUBLISHED Nov 25, 2008
Minneapolis/St. Paul doesnt seem like a pagan metal Mecca, yet for three years running pilgrims from all over North America have made the...
The Bombs of Enduring Freedom
The Bombs of Enduring Freedom
PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2007
After severing music industry chains and laying Ewigkeit to rest, James Fogarty is back with a new assault on ignorance and complacency und...
Nightwish
Dark Passion Play
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2007
Never having been a fan of Tarja Turunen (or really, for that matter, Nightwish), I didnt approach the debut of new vocalist Anette Olzon...
Vision Bleak
The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey
PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2007
Deep vocals and thick guitar riffs make goth rock the dominant flavour as the Vision Bleaks latest album gets underway. Intensity, speed a...
Fall of the Leafe
Aerolithe
PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2007
I wish I liked this record better. Aerolithe has lots to recommend, from goth rock to metal "oomph, melodic flair and progressive complexi...
