Articles by Laura Taylor

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  Octavia Sperati

  Winter Enclosure

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  Darkly haunting, equal parts goth, doom, and rock, Octavia Sperati’s debut spins a delicate yet powerful web of mystery and romance. The se...

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  Sentenced

  The Funeral Album

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  Subscribing to the "go down in flames” philosophy, Sentenced is calling it quits with 50 solid minutes of wrist-slitting rock’n’ roll. Char...

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  Slowmotion Apocalypse

  My Own Private Armageddon

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  Swedish death metal done Italian style, with a little hardcore and thrash thrown in, Slowmotion Apocalypse are definitely not slow and not...

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  Wolverine

  The Window Purpose

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  Filling in the gap between new albums, this release of The Window Purpose is a reissue of Wolverine’s first full-length, revamped with new...

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  Green Carnation

  The Quiet Offspring

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  It’s more or less inevitable that any band known for releasing an album-length song has got to be harbouring some artistic sensibilities an...

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  Apocalyptica

  Apocalyptica

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  The three metal cellos return for another round. Opener "Life Burns!” is a hard rocker (with guest vocals by Lauri Ylönen from the Rasmus)...

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  Eclipse Eternal

  Reign of the Unholy Blackened Empire

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  Epically evil, Eclipse Eternal’s Galy Records debut has moments of sheer torrential violence, but never strays far beyond the reach of melo...

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  Novembers Doom

  The Pale Haunt Departure

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  Novembers Doom has shaped another dismal passage across a tragic landscape, with lyrics and music equally drenched in doom. Mixed by Dan Sw...