Articles by Laura Taylor

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  Sonic Syndicate

  Eden Fire

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Sonic Syndicate’s first full-length is loaded with groove and catchy riffs but never quite breaks through the familiarity barrier. Eden Fir...

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  Xasthur / Leviathan

  Xasthur / Leviathan

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  This split release couldn’t offer a better match up, bringing together two of America’s most intriguing contributors to the black metal und...

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  Falkenbach

  Heralding: The Fireblade

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  More than a decade after Falkenbach’s intended debut album got derailed, it’s finally seeing the light of day — re-recorded, and released a...

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  Fear of Eternity

  Toward the Castle

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  With the aged melancholy of goth, not to mention its layers of synthesised strings, keyboards and effects, and the maleficence of black met...

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  Green Carnation

  Acoustic Verses

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  An early follow-up to last year’s The Quiet Offspring, Acoustic Verses explores the softer side of Green Carnation. Similar to Opeth’s Damn...

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  Mastery

  Lethal Legacy

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  Lethal Legacy is an apt title for a record of blistering thrash — a deadly concoction of tribute and rejuvenation. Steadily firing off roun...

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  Nocturnal Rites

  Grand Illusion

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  For all the wiggly guitar soloing, cheesy keyboard lines and hard rock clichés, Nocturnal Rites’ latest album is head-bangingly irresistibl...

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  Sinamore

  A New Day

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  In line with the dark rock of fellow countrymen H.I.M., Entwine, Rapture and late-era Sentenced among others, Sinamore’s first record offer...