Articles by Laura Wiebe

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  Devin Townsend Project

  Deconstruction

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2011

  Following Ki and Addicted (2009), Deconstruction is the third instalment of the monumental Devin Townsend Project "quadrilogy." Like any De...

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  Amorphis

  The Beginning of Times

  PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2011

  If you've heard Silent Waters (2007) and Skyforger (2009), Amorphis's latest record, The Beginning of Times, might sound like another piece...

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  Anathema

  We're Here Because We're Here

  PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2011

  When Anathema's long awaited eighth studio album was released in Europe last year, it received critical acclaim, but not the wider apprecia...

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  Maryland Deathfest featuring Neurosis, Ghost, Kylesa, Skinless

  Sonar, Baltimore MD May 26-29

  PUBLISHED May 31, 2011

  In its ninth year, Maryland Deathfest has become an annual pilgrimage for metal fans across the United States, Canada and more distant loca...

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  Unexpect

  Fables of the Sleepless Empire

  PUBLISHED May 31, 2011

  It's been a long wait since In a Flesh Aquarium (2006), but I wasn't all that fussed. As "mad genius" as the Unexpect collective are, they'...

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  My Dying Bride

  Evinta

  PUBLISHED May 29, 2011

  My Dying Bride's Evinta is an anniversary release of sorts, two decades' worth of doom transformed into nine lengthy, sometimes symphonic,...

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  Wolverine

  Communication Lost

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2011

  Somewhere between Cold Light of Monday (2003) and now, I lost track of Wolverine, despite my addiction to the band's sophomore record and,...

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  Samael

  Lux Mundi

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2011

  With new album Lux Mundi, Samael demonstrate their ongoing mastery of the particular industrial metal hybrid they pioneered more than a dec...