Articles by Laura Taylor

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  Eyes of Fire

  Ashes to Embers

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

  Featuring former Mindrot members, Eyes of Fire might be America’s answer to the European melancholia of bands like Katatonia and Lacrimas P...

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  Orphaned Land

  Mabool

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

  Nordic folk metal is becoming fairly commonplace, but Orphaned Land offer a tributary off the folk metal flood, approaching the crossover f...

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  Zaraza

  No Paradise to Lose

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

  If you can remember way, way back to the debut album from Toronto’s Soulstorm you’ll have a head start on grasping the aesthetics driving Z...

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  Anathema

  A Natural Disaster

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  Heavy now for their emotive powers more than their sonic approach, Anathema have crafted another thoughtful, slightly trippy exploration in...

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  Apostasy

  Cell 666

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  Apostasy is Black Mark Records’ new stab at a Swedish take on symphonic black metal. Cell 666 has a grand sound, layering guitars over a be...

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  Hypocrisy

  The Arrival

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  Abandoning Catch 22’s uninspiring direction, Hypocrisy’s latest offering revives the spirit of their late ’90s output. It’s a welcome shift...

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  Korpiklaani

  Spirit of the Forest

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  There’s folk metal, and then there’s Korpiklaani, so folk that metal’s nearly an afterthought. The name means "Forest Clan” and the band fo...

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  My Dying Bride

  Songs of Darkness, Words of Light

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  Less frozen and bleak than The Dreadful Hours, My Dying Bride's Songs of Darkness, Words of Light bleeds the warmth of a dying heart. Deep...