Articles by Laura Taylor

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  Lacrimas Profundere

  Fall, I Will Follow

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003

  Like so many other bands, Lacrimas Profundere is caught up in the seemingly inevitable progression from doom metal to melancholy rock. Thei...

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  Soulforge

  Duality

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003

  Soulforge's full-length debut album, Duality, seems like power metal with hardcore vocals at times, but this is a band that's hard to pin d...

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  Blood Divine

  Rise Pantheon Dreams

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2003

  There doesn't seem to be much reason for Peaceville to issue a Blood Divine "best of" album. Despite the Anathema and Cradle of Filth alumn...

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  Crystal Castle

  October Hymns

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2003

  he power metal on October Hymns is made up of several pieces that could fit together but don't. There's lots of soloing, along with a heavy...

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  Downfall

  My Last Prayer

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2003

  If I had never heard any dark rock from Finland, I would probably think this album was pretty cool, but it's hard to get past just how much...

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  Nightingale

  Alive Again: The Breathing Shadow Part IV

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2003

  Despite Dan Swanö's history with Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath and a mind-boggling list of other metal bands, Nightingale has never really been...

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  3 Inches Of Blood

  Battlecry Under a Winter Sun

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2003

  Lyrically, Battlecry Under a Winter Sun reeks of power metal, but 3 Inches of Blood sounds more like a Megadeth/Mercyful Fate/Iron Maiden h...

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  ...And Oceans

  Cypher

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002

  Cypher takes ...And Oceans another step further away from their black/death metal origins. The percussive guitars, and even much of the voc...