Articles by Laura Wiebe Taylor

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  Destination: Oblivion

  Hardwired

  PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2008

  Ever prolific, Destination: Oblivion have now added a DVD to their alternating album/remix schedule, documenting on video the 2007 CD relea...

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  Hammerfall

  Rebels with a Cause: Unruly, Unrestrained, Unihibited

  PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2008

  Hammerfall’s fifth DVD release features a 90-minute documentary charting the band’s activities from 2002 to 2007. A round table interview r...

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  Arkona

  Ot Serdca K Nebu

  PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2008

  It’s fairly easy to appropriate folk instrumentation, ethnic melodies and aged mythology, toss them in with some growls and distorted guita...

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  Destination: Oblivion

  Winter Solstice

  PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2008

  Winter Solstice is the latest remix album from Destination:Oblivion, revisiting nine tracks from last year’s December Sun. Abandoning the t...

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  Empire Auriga

  Auriga Dying

  PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2008

  Atmosphere is the dominant sonic theme on Empire Auriga’s debut, permeating every long, drawn-out moment. Auriga Dying evokes more than it...

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  Scar Symmetry

  Holographic Universe

  PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2008

  At one level, Holographic Universe is typical Scar Symmetry (or as typical as a band’s third album can be): a solid, prog-inflected, melodi...

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  Daylight Dies

  Lost to the Living

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2008

  Foreboding and reassuring, complex without unnecessary complication, Lost to the Living is easily recognisable as Daylight Dies, building o...

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  Machinery

  The Passing

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2008

  Machinery’s second official album is a well-rounded contemporary metal outing that successfully pulls together melodic breaks and driving r...