Articles by Laura Wiebe Taylor

Sodom

Lords of Depravity: Part I

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

A mix of biography and live onslaught, Lords of Depravity documents Sodom's career from 1982 to 1995. Disc one offers three hours of interv...

Sodom / Finntroll / Burn to Black

Opera House, Toronto ON - January 11, 2006

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

The first marauders to tear up the Opera House on this unseasonably warm January night were local thrash/death/black metallers Burn to Blac...

Pain

Live Is Overrated

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

Live may be overrated but for those of us in North America hooked on Peter Tägtgren's industrial-infused hit machine, the opportunity to se...

Sacriversum

Saevitia Draconis Live 2005

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

So far I've been on the fence with Sacriversum and this DVD hasn't pushed me to either side. The exclusive performance captured here nicely...

The Gathering / Agalloch / Novembers Doom / In Vein

Club Rockit, Toronto - February 13, 2004

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

A first appearance in Toronto for the Gathering, Agalloch and Novembers Doom, this much anticipated show was delayed even longer thanks to...

King Diamond / Nocturne / Single Bullet Theory

The Opera House, Toronto ON - November 4

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Undermining the excitement of having a metal monolith back in town, bad news threatened the night's potential success before it even starte...

Northern Lights 2004

Club Rockit, Toronto - June 26, 2004

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Rather than the black metal extravaganza that was last year's gathering, Northern Lights 2004 brought together a more diverse metal line-up...

Voivod Cannot Be Silenced

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

In 1984, four metalheads who called themselves Voivod introduced the world to Quebec underground metal with a screaming sci-fi thrash debut...