Lollipop Magazine

Pro-Pain – Review

April 1, 1998

This exemplifies a stripped to basics approach (imagine Pantera without all the showing off), an urbancore aesthetic that I just don’t find very interesting.

Niden Div. 187 – Impergium – Review

April 1, 1998

The blackest of the black. The screaming is so nihilistic that, even though you can’t decipher a word, you know the fucker is pissed and evil.

Necro Tonz – Are You Dead Yet? – Review

April 1, 1998

It’s, um, Gothic lounge music. From Dallas. It’s mostly covers. Like “I Love The Dead,” “Black No. 1,” “I Put A Spell On You.”

Mike Tramp – Capricorn – Review

April 1, 1998

Mike still has a signature style, no matter how hard he tries to bury it beneath classic rock trappings. This sounds like bad Black Crowes.

Moonspell – Sin/Pecado – Review

April 1, 1998

A deep baritone with an old-world romantic accent atop dreamy synths, heavily-echoed acoustics, or dramatic powerchords that has a tendency to strut its stuff.

Meshuggah – The True Human Design – Review

April 1, 1998

The next step in the evolution of heavy music, surpassing Pantera and Fear Factory on their own terms, then rewriting the rulebook on dethroning metal godz.

Mayhem – Wolf’s Lair Abyss – Review

April 1, 1998

Black metal doesn’t get any more brutal or soul-rending than Mayhem’s newest EP, Wolf’s Lair Abyss. It’s so evil, it makes my body shudder and ache.

Mainesthai – Out to Lunch – Review

April 1, 1998

Mentallo And The Fixer record under a different name with a friend of theirs singing. The sound of the band was to be harsh but more “melodic” and “human.”

Logiq – Big On Mars – Review

April 1, 1998

Not really an industrial album, but it is on Boston’s industrial label, Sinless.

King Cobb Steelie – Junior Relaxer – Review

April 1, 1998

Another live band trying to slip into the warm-up suit of the mellowed-out raver. Good songs, mixing up some REM/Smiths vocals.