Articles by Laura Wiebe Taylor

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  I Hate Sally

  Don't Worry Lady

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007

  Like I Hate Sally’s earlier recordings, Don’t Worry Lady combines metal, punk and hardcore in a thick, crushing, melodic sludge of visceral...

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  Various

  The Realm of Napalm Records

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007

  Napalm’s first DVD collection includes 19 music videos by 12 different bands, live festival footage and a couple of single artist featurett...

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  Kamelot

  One Cold Winter's Night

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

  With two discs — a full concert, promo videos, interviews and background miscellanea — One Cold Winter’s Night is a value-packed treat for...

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  Shade Empire

  Intoxicate O.S.

  PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2007

  In simplest terms, Shade Empire manipulate blackened death metal with synthesisers, catchy melodies and upbeat riffs. Intoxicate O.S. is th...

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  Trail Of Tears

  Existentia

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2007

  Existentia’s first few minutes storm by as a condensed summary of the entire album, showcasing the tightly woven threads that make up its m...

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  Sounds of the Underground

  Kool Haus/Guvernment, Toronto ON - July 11, 2006

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  I never imagined that the Kool Haus/Guvernment would make a good venue for an all-day metal event; it doesn’t. That’s not to say that Sound...

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  Therion

  Celebrators of Becoming

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

  As grandiose a production as Therion’s musical gestures, Celebrators of Becoming is part retrospective, part celebration (as its title sugg...

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  Type O Negative

  Symphony for the Devil

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006

  Exaggerated gestures of metallic clamour on an immense German festival stage interrupted by episodes of self-mocking, low-brow "behind the...