Articles by Laura Wiebe Taylor

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  Borealis

  World of Silence

  PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2009

  Sounding more Euro than Orangeville, debut album World of Silence from Borealis is a solid and persuasive onrush of melody and power. The r...

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  Hellveto

  Neoheresy

  PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2009

  Mere microseconds into the first track, "Taran," on Neoheresy, Hellveto begin spinning a spell of dark enchantment, with Eastern and gothic...

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  Root

  Hell Symphony and The Book

  PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2009

  When Florida and Scandinavia were busily turning themselves into metal nerve centres, bands like Root were toiling away in Czechoslovakia a...

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  Turisas

  A Finnish Summer with Turisas

  PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2009

  A Finnish Summer with Turisas is one of the better metal DVDs I've seen lately, offering a little insight into Finnish life and landscapes...

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  Forest of Shadows

  Six Waves of Woe

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2009

  When Sweden's Forest of Shadows cite Katatonia, Rapture and Cult of Luna as musical influences it comes as no great surprise, at least not...

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  Gates of Winter

  Lux Aeterna

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2009

  Gates of Winter's first full-length album is dramatic and dense, an ambitious and complicated fusion of multiple metal styles and big ideas...

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  Treachery

  Treachery

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2009

  More horror-drenched than any Hollywood scream flick could possibly imagine, Treachery's self-titled debut excretes primeval ferocity and c...

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  Lacuna Coil

  Visual Karma [Body, Mind and Soul]

  PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2009

  Featuring two 2007 concerts, four music videos and an entire disc of background and behind-the-scenes material, Visual Karma should be a tr...