Articles by Laura Wiebe Taylor

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  Dark Tranquillity / The Haunted / Into Eternity / Scar Symmetry

  Opera House, Toronto ON March 29

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

  A skull-crushing alloy of progressive, melodic death and thrash, the Metal for the Masses tour hit the dregs of March with a reanimating jo...

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  Cruachan

  The Morrigan's Call

  PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2007

  There are two main ways folk metal can go desperately wrong: latching onto an easy gimmick and pounding it into zombification or ramming th...

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  Funeral

  From These Wounds

  PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2007

  Funeral don’t have a lot of material for a band that’s been around more than a decade-and-a-half, and somehow I’ve managed to hear none of...

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  Sirenia

  Nine Destinies and a Downfall

  PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2007

  The revolving door that ushers vocalists in and out of Sirenia has swung round again, and Nine Destinies and a Downfall reveals a band fres...

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  Satariel

  Hydra

  PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2007

  A many-headed beast, as its title suggests, Satariel’s third record frequently shifts direction, making it difficult to classify. Melodic S...

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  Blinded By Faith

  Veiled Hideousness

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2007

  In 2003 Blinded by Faith’s Under an Occult Sun emerged from the clamour of Quebec’s metal scene, a vehement statement in Canadian symphonic...

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  Christopher

  Smoke and Origination

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2007

  On the surface, Christopher sounds like dark progressive metal along the lines of Riverside, or maybe even Wolverine, particularly from a v...

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  Echoes of Eternity

  The Forgotten Goddess

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2007

  We’ve come a long way since female-fronted metal was a rarity but thankfully, Echoes of Eternity aren’t just a redundant clone. Though not...