Articles by Laura Wiebe Taylor

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  V:28

  VioLution

  PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2007

  Vendlus Records describes V:28 as an industrial death metal band, and though it’s true that Violution combines elements of industrial and d...

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  Moonspell

  Under Satanae

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2007

  Featuring all new recordings of early Moonspell material, Under Satanae sounds like just that — the riffs, structure and atmosphere conjure...

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  Destination: Oblivion

  December Sun

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2007

  A chronicle of digital age horrors, December Sun is divided into three "cycles” that roughly translate into birth, murder and death. The se...

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  The Foreshadowing

  Days of Nothing

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2007

  The Foreshadowing’s earliest tendrils reach a decade back in time but Days of Nothing is the band’s first, eerily mesmerising release. Appr...

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  Three

  The End Is Begun

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2007

  Three’s latest album is addictive and slightly annoying all at once. A fusion of ’70s and contemporary progressive rock, The End Is Begun i...

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  Katatonia / Scar Symmetry / Insomnium / Swallow the Sun

  Funhaus, Toronto ON September 11, 2007

  PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2007

  For many people this night at the Funhaus peaked early, with Finns Insomnium and Swallow the Sun making both their Toronto debuts and kille...

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  H.I.M.

  Venus Doom

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2007

  From its opening moments, Venus Doom (both the song and album) is undeniably HIM: brooding, crooning and melancholy, wallowing in every dar...

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  Vreid

  I Krig

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2007

  A hybrid metal beast, I Krig is the third album from Vreid and a further step away from the shadow of Windir. Drawing heavily on the black’...