Articles by Laura Wiebe Taylor

Profound Lore

PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2008

Name: Profound Lore Records Date of Birth: May 2004 Releases to Date: 34 Biggest Seller: Alcest Souvenirs D’un Autre Monde Upcoming Release...

Agalloch

The White EP

PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2008

Four years ago, Agalloch released the limited edition Grey EP to coincide with their monumental tour alongside the Gathering and Novembers...

Tarja

My Winter Storm

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2008

My Winter Storm makes it clear that the split between Tarja Turunen and Nightwish was not about musical differences — the album’s blend of...

Virgin Black

Requiem - Fortissimo

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2008

Brutally powerful, an onslaught of catastrophic guitar work, thunderous percussion, turbulent bass and guttural growls, Requiem — Fortissim...

Woods Of Ypres

Deepest Roots and Darkest Blues

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2008

An album as perpetually delayed as Deepest Roots and Darkest Blues is nearly condemned to anti-climax. Four years is too long for an indepe...

Ayreon

1011001

PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2008

Overflowing with the grandiose ambition you’d expect from an Ayreon rock opera, 01011001 is more memorable than its title suggests. The bin...

Isole

Bliss of Solitude

PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2008

Isole are hoping to reach a broader audience with this release, their third full-length album and first for Austria’s Napalm Records, and t...

Sinamore

Seven Sins a Second

PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2007

Compared to 2006’s A New Day, Seven Sins a Second sounds like the work of a band that’s spent some time getting to know their inner demons....