Articles by Laura Taylor

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  Battlelore

  Sword's Song

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Despite a slight membership adjustment, Battlelore seem to be settling into their own identity fairly well. Sword’s Song is a more consiste...

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  Dawn Of Relic

  Lovecraftian Dark

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Inspired by the horrific imagination of H. P. Lovecraft, Dawn of Relic’s second full-length is a saga in three parts. Chapter I, "Throes Ma...

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  Helloween

  Rabbit Don't Come Easy

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  "Something’s growing in my pants as she looks into my eyes…” With that line I was about ready to write off the latest album by the German p...

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  S.U.P.

  Angelus

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  An odd blending of death metal and goth with heavy spiritual and religious overtones, Angelus wavers between very good and quite bad, punct...

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  Thyrane

  Hypnotic

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Despite the overused album title, Thyrane is neither very hypnotic, nor totally generic. Hypnotic is the band’s third full-length (first av...

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  Windir

  Likferd

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Windir’s fourth album starts off like a threatening thundercloud — ominous and brooding — and though the mood lifts at times, that dark thr...

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  Apocalyptica

  Reflections

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  Just to make things clear right off the bat; this is no phenomenal record. The more metallic riffs tend to be pretty traditional (very Mast...

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  In Flames

  Trigger

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  The release of Trigger falls just in time to stir up some fresh interest for In Flames before their June/July headlining tour of North Amer...