Articles by Laura Taylor

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  Mercenary

  11 Dreams

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

  From orchestral intro to dying chords, 11 Dreams is a dramatic production, nearly pretentious, generally flamboyant, and consistently grand...

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  Amon Amarth

  Fate of Norns

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  Fate of Norns, Amon Amarth’s fifth full-length album, is more of what we’ve come to expect from the band — epic Nordic themes on a rock-sol...

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  Arch Enemy

  Dead Eyes See No Future

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  Capitalising on the band’s recent success and current tour with Cradle of Filth, Century Media has released a new between-albums disc from...

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  Augury

  Concealed

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  Concealed begins with misleading meekness but before too many seconds have elapsed Augury makes it clear that this band takes no prisoners....

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  Damnation

  Destructo Evangelia

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  The first full album from Damnation (following up a series of successful demos and a many years of fermentation), Destructo Evangelia is ra...

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  Jon Oliva's Pain

  Tage Mahal

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  Out of a desire to work with musicians who live nearby and to step outside the musical expectations inescapably tied to the Savatage name,...

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  Age of Silence

  Acceleration

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

  Age of Silence is a Norwegian "super-group” featuring Lazare (Borknagar, Solefald), Eikind (Khold, Tulus), Hellhammer (Mayhem, etc.), Andy...

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  Crematory

  Revolution

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

  Crematory’s last studio album came out in 2000, and after a supporting tour and a subsequent live album the band had been put to rest. With...