April, 2001 | Lollipop Magazine

Enemy You – Where Nobody Knows My Name – Review

April 1, 2001

Catchy, yet sound really honest and down-to-Earth, unlike most of the (new) Foo Fighter-style stuff that sounds like a pop gem with words about something.

Umbra Et Imago – Machina Mundi – Review

April 1, 2001

German Goth/industrial pioneers/sex show. Part less-metal Rammstein, part “hey, look at the tits!,” Umbra Et Imago get a little tiresome after a while.

Type O Negative – The Least Worst Of – Review

April 1, 2001

This sucker’s sexy, gloomy, and funny in that Type O Negative way. Like covering Black Sabbath’s “Black Sabbath” from Lucifer’s point of view.

Tristania – Beyond the Veil – Review

April 1, 2001

Authentic black metal howling, gorgeous male choirs, and some truly inspiring female vocals, not just the quaint afterthought of their contemporaries.

Throwdown – Drive Me Dead – Review

April 1, 2001

Metalcore has become so predictable that when any unit succeeds in breaking my expectations just a tiny bit, it feels like a miracle.

The Want – Greatest Hits Volume 5 – Review

April 1, 2001

For a band so obviously hell-bent on paying tribute to their favorite band, The Want do it right. They don’t lift any of Zeppelin’s songs or riffs.

The Stryder – Masquerade in the Key of Crime – Review

April 1, 2001

They’re gourmet chefs on their instruments, creating new flavors with the usually tiresome emo singing and pseudo-glam rock guitar licks.

The Sins Of Thy Beloved – Perpetual Desolation – Review

April 1, 2001

Goblin-snarl vocals with near-porno female vocals (lots of breathy, dreamy singing, and full-on panting) swirl atop the charging riffs and mid-tempo pounding.

The Presidents of The United States of America – Freaked Out and Small – Review

April 1, 2001

A return to indie labeldom, and a record of pure loose’n’lively pop. A breath of fresh air in a time of carefully planned stardom.

Theory In Practice – The Armageddon Theories – Review

April 1, 2001

It’s possible that Theory In Practice is the most musically complex and mind-boggling death metal band to emerge from the Swedish metal scene.