Articles by Laura Wiebe Taylor
Nevermore
The Obsidian Conspiracy
PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2010
I might have been anticipating the new Nevermore album a little too much. After being wowed one more time by 2005's This Godless Endeavour,...
Witchery
Witchkrieg
PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2010
It's been a few years' wait since Sweden's Witchery last delivered, but Witchkrieg makes it pretty clear they haven't been wasting time. Sh...
Madder Mortem
Where Dream And Day Collide
PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2010
After my disappointment with Madder Mortem's latest album, Eight Ways, the Where Dream and Day Collide EP is a tantalizing, but too short r...
Pain
Cynic Paradise
PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2010
Usually it's the complex albums that take some time to grow on you, so after extended re-play, Cynic Paradise ended up catching me off guar...
Hypocrisy / Scar Symmetry / Blackguard
Wreck Room, Toronto ON May 29
PUBLISHED May 31, 2010
Wandering inside Toronto's Wreck Room, you couldn't quite escape the bright sun streaming in around the windows and doors of the dark club....
Covenant / Decoded Feedback
The Mod Club, Toronto ON May 17
PUBLISHED May 18, 2010
I could swear I heard U2 on the sound system after making my way through the Mod Club doors, and if it hadn't been for all the goth-attired...
Barren Earth
Curse of the Red River
PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2010
Barren Earth's Our Twilight EP was enough to create a little buzz around the band late last year, but Curse of the Red River is even harder...
Negura Bunget
Maiestrit
PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2010
Out of Negura Bunget's two latest releases, Maiestrit is the retrospective album, putting an end to one chapter in the band's development w...
