June 1999 – Page 15 – Lollipop Magazine

Skinlab – Eyesore – Review

June 1, 1999

Along the same lines as new metal roarboyz Machine Head, Skinlab are a headache waiting to happen.

Gamma Ray – PowerPlant – Interview

June 1, 1999

An interview with vocalist/guitarist Kai Hansen

Skinlab – Disembody: The New Flesh – Review

June 1, 1999

Dark, moody passages amidst the roaring repetitions and stomping guitars, Disembody shows Skinlab to be intelligent songwriters as well as sonic destroyers.

Marc Olsen – Didn’t Ever… Hasn’t Since – Review

June 1, 1999

Replete with a haunting, small-universe personalness, the songs of Marc Olsen ring with an easy authenticity.

Hellbent – Helium – Review

June 1, 1999

As you light up another smoke, you hear NIN very faintly in the background and realize just how much it fuckin’ annoys you. This is the sound of Hellbent.

Emperor – IX Equilibruim – Interview

June 1, 1999

An interview with vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn

Skimmer – “Bored Again” – Review

June 1, 1999

And Buddy Holly crossed the ocean and begat the Beatles who crossed the ocean and begat every band on the Nuggets compilation who crossed the ocean and…

Hecate Enthroned – Dark Requiems – Review

June 1, 1999

Dark Requiems… is a real shame cuz I like Hecate Enthroned. So badly produced, it’s depressing.

Pinhead Gunpowder – Shoot the Moon – Review

June 1, 1999

Steering clear of “Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong’s other band” comments, Pinhead Gunpowder has always struck me as the band Billie probably wants to be in.

Gwar – We Kill Everything – Review

June 1, 1999

There’s the usual goof rock, punk, and speed metal, but there’s hard rock, Iron Maiden, and, um, funk metal in here, too.