Lollipop Magazine

Speak 714 – The Scum Also Rises – Review

September 1, 1999

They’re here to make sure you treat everybody with respect, and they’re doing it by playing some furious (yet tasty) melodic old-school.

Pennywise – Straight Ahead – Review

September 1, 1999

Since Pennywise take as kindly to progression as they do to corporate America, you can bet your bottom dollar they’ll be sounding this way for a long while.

Soil – Throttle Junkies – Review

September 1, 1999

Big drums, outrageously electric guitars, and solid vocal belts from McCombs when he’s loud, something closer to Days Of The New than Creed when he’s quiet.

PC69 – Electrified – Review

September 1, 1999

Electrified rides those same razor-sharp rails as Helloween and Gamma Ray, and scoops up odd tricks from Accept, Scorpions, and various hair bands.

Stormtroopers of Death – Bigger than the Devil – Review

September 1, 1999

The reasons this sucks are many. Most obviously: This style is now commonplace, unlike when Speak English or Die! came out and knocked us all on our asses.

Overthrow – React – Review

September 1, 1999

A 50/50 combo of H2O and Sick Of It All’s Scratch the Surface, Overthrow does that energetic hardcore thang pretty damn well.

Orange 9mm – Pretend I’m Human – Review

September 1, 1999

Obliterating any remnants of the old O9, this new full-length has the band continuing to shed their hardcore roots and taking on electronic ones.

Slipknot – Review

September 1, 1999

Hailing from Iowa the self-titled debut album from these masked freaks is not only the heaviest record this year, but one of the scariest as well.

Coroner’s Corner – I’ve Seen This Somewhere Before – Column

September 1, 1999

Many of this year’s offerings are nicely packaged effects-enhanced rip-offs. Even Blair Witch Project copies another lesser known, more controversial film.

Old Man’s Child – Dimmu Borgir – Sons of Satan Gather for Attack – Review

September 1, 1999

Both Dimmu Borgir and Old Man’s Child have sounded “better,” but there’s a charm to hearing quickly thrown together material with less-than-huge production.