Archives by: Sophie Laliberté

Sophie Laliberté

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Loves words and music. When not writing or reading reviews, she’s writing horror stories where music plays a part.

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Review: Lacuna Coil “Comalies XX” [Century Media Records]

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What a way to celebrate your best album’s anniversary, with a reedition that’s just as great and might even be better in some ways. So let’s use this ...
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Review: Queensrÿche “Digital Noise Alliance” [Century Media Records]

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Here’s a pretty catchy album that has some good things going for it but rarely rises above being a nice but rather ordinary album. We begin with the ...
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Review: Charlotte Wessels “Tales from Six Feet Under Vol. II” [Napalm Records]

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Here is a pop/metal/unclassifiable album that, while it’s not the most memorable album even for that subgenre, is really enjoyable. Once again, you must listen to this with ...
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Review: Machine Head “Of Kingdom and Crown” [Nuclear Blast]

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This new Machine Head album has a pretty good dark groove. There are some heavy tracks, and some complex, odd ones, but they both work because of the ...
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Interview with Charlotte Wessels

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Since this album is called Tales From Six Feet Under II, what makes it different from the first one? They had some similarity, because they were both written ...
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Review: Bloodbath “Survival of the Sickest” [Napalm Records]

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Bloodbath are back, with a big, heavy, evil album that pays homage to old school death metal and horror movies, but still can stand on its own with ...
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Interview with Tomas Åkvik of Bloodbath

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Let’s talk about your new album. The main themes seem to be death, but also environmental damage and religious cults. Yes. I guess that fits into the usual ...
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Review: Blind Guardian “The God Machine” [Nuclear Blast]

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This is a strange metal epic, with catchy power metal, witches and cults, and a delicious dark undertone. We’re sure of that with the first track, “Deliver Us ...
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Review: Soilwork “Övergivenheten” [Nuclear Blast]

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Here is a pretty good Soilwork album, working with interesting melodies and stories, creating a melodic death/power metal hybrid with an identity of its own. The album is ...
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Review: Imperial Triumphant “Spirit of Ecstasy” [Century Media Records]

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Let’s have one more trip through Imperial Triumphant’s mix of metal, jazz and weirdness. This new offering manages to be both different from their previous live album I ...
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Review: Krisiun “Mortem Solis” [Century Media Records]

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Krisiun are back to kick our asses with a loud, heavy and powerful album, with a set of nice but somewhat uneven song. Let’s look at the best ...
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Review: Oceans of Slumber “Starlight and Ash” [Century Media Records]

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What a troubled, mystical and unclassifiable album. But there is definitely something special about its strange moods and melancholy. It’s hard to classify in the sense that it ...
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Review: Witchery “Nightside” [Century Media Records]

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Here is one pretty fun witch hunt and witchcraft-themed album, which doesn’t always have the most interesting or memorable music but does have its moments. The first track ...
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Review: Defiant “Vanguards of Misrule”

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This is some highly energized blackened death metal. Not necessarily the most interesting take on the subgenre you’ll ever hear, but it still packs a punch and kicks ...
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Review: Alestorm “Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum” [Napalm Records]

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The pirates are back! Are you ready for some adventures in the seven seas of rock’n roll? The first track, “Magellan’s Expedition” is the best intro possible for ...
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Review: Saor “Origins” [Season of Mist]

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Let’s travel the Highlands, with metal versions of Scottish folk songs, or at least, pretty convincing and pleasant imitations thereof, with interesting instrumentals and vocals. Saor is a ...
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Review: White Ward “False Light” [Debemur Morti Productions]

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Let’s go for a full immersion in this melancholic and strange post-black metal opus. This is the kind of album that, with its long and experimental songs, inspires ...
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Review: Gwar “The New Dark Ages” [Pit Records]

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The alien monsters have returned for a new set of adventures. It’s all about evil but fun stuff and some pretty cool metal riffs too. While Gwar is ...
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Review: Crematory “Inglorious Darkness” [Napalm Records]

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Crematory have returned, with an album that’s enjoyable from beginning to end, and has a pretty nice selection of songs. It continues the mix of industrial music with ...
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Interview with Crematory

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Would you say that your new album is a response to all the chaos of the past few years, much like the previous one? It is indeed, the ...
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