1996 – Page 123 – Lollipop Magazine

Opeth – Orchid – Review

March 1, 1996

Sweden’s Opeth orchestrate a soulful blend of extreme metal with the spirit of ’70s progressive rock, to create something entirely unique.

Austen’s Dead – Vomit – Review

March 1, 1996

They’re loud, ugly, and they’re not taking shit from anyone. They’d stomp on your mother’s face just for a laugh. If you pick this up, don’t forget to duck.

N.O.T.A. – “Hell Hole” – Review

March 1, 1996

They haven’t forgotten what made them one of the all-time greats of the genre, but judging from this release, they’re incapable of reproducing it.

Anubian Lights – The Jackal and Nine EP – Review

March 1, 1996

Nik Turner has met up again with an old Hawkwind partner, Len Del Rio, and they have created Anubian Lights,

No Empathy – No Empathy/Zoinks! split – Review

March 1, 1996

The production is more indie guitar rock than your usual stadium punk fare, a needed change of pace. No Empathy sounds more like the Knack than NOFX.

New Bomb Turks – Pissing Out The Poison… – Review

March 1, 1996

New Bomb Turks are everything they’re cracked up to be. Pissing Out The Poison compiles singles, many of which are hard to find, demos, and unreleased tracks.

Alien Faktor – Desolate – Review

March 1, 1996

Feedback creates notes to be linked together into a semblance of melody. Sound waves roll and respond, communicate and coalesce, and the result is Desolate.

Napalm Death – Diatribes – Review

March 1, 1996

Their new material has definitely not lost its edge, but is headed down the road of traditional heavy metal.

Aimee Mann – I’m With Stupid – Review

March 1, 1996

A way with a music hook, a turn of phrase, and a voice that isn’t one of those damn coquettish Mary-Lou-thank-the-Lord voices so in MTVogue nowadays.

Misfits – Collection II – Review

March 1, 1996

Compiled are Beware tracks like “Attitude” and “Last Caress,” rare gems like “Rat Fink” and “Return of the Fly,” and some Earth A.D. and Walk Among Us songs.