Articles by Laura Wiebe Taylor

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  Cantata Sangui

  On Rituals and Correspondence in Constructed Realities

  PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2009

  Two basses and no guitar; I can't decide whether it's a cheap gimmick or a creative innovation. Cantata Sangui are a quintet of Finns into...

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  Madder Mortem

  Eight Ways

  PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2009

  After three years of near-silence, Madder Mortem have resurfaced with a complex collage of an album, their second for Peaceville. Genre-wis...

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  Leaves' Eyes

  We Came with the Northern Winds / En Saga I Belgia

  PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2009

  After only two full-length albums and a few EPs, Leaves' Eyes have provided their fans with a two-disc DVD that's part concert and part doc...

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  Novembers Doom

  Into Night's Requiem Infernal

  PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2009

  This winter, instead of touring with Rotting Christ, Novembers Doom recorded a new album. As much as I would have enjoyed a live performanc...

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  Primordial

  Imrama

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2009

  I've read that Primordial are absolutely a black metal band and I've read that they absolutely are not. Listening to Imrama again, nearly 1...

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  Amorphis

  Skyforger

  PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2009

  It takes less than a microsecond for Skyforger to sound unmistakably Amorphis. With its opening notes the album exposes the band's characte...

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  Leprous

  Tall Poppy Syndrome

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2009

  Leprous are progressive metal in the semi-experimental, art rock sense, which means that though Tall Poppy Syndrome has its powerful, drama...

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  Candlemass

  Death Magic Doom

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2009

  I lost track of Candlemass somewhere in the midst of Messiah Marcolin's revolving participation, so Death Magic Doom came to my ears as a p...