Lollipop Magazine

Forlorn – Opus III: Ad Caelestis Res – Review

April 1, 2001

Distantly-produced black metal from Norway that never got to the big time. A good opening band for the greats, ripping beats, full of Viking rage and pride.

Fine China – When The World Sings – Review

April 1, 2001

Sweet and ’80s naive, based on classics like The Smiths, The Cure, Tears for Fears, Pet Shop Boys and Suede instead of Chemical Brothers and Prodigy.

Agathodaimon – Higher Art of Rebellion – Review

April 1, 2001

Some of the momentum has been lost – an epic album in the same vein as Blacken the Angel, but lacking the ferocity and excitement.

Favez – Gentlemen Start Your Engines – Review

April 1, 2001

Combining the slumbering melodies of Travis with (again?) The Get Up Kids’ drive, Favez is proving to critics that they, too, can turn up the volume.

Fanmail – Fanmail 2000 – Review

April 1, 2001

Fanmail slip a couple tricks in here and there that the followers woulda never thought of, and that’s what makes the difference.

Factory 81 – Mankind – Review

April 1, 2001

Sounds like Rage ATM. Factory 81 also mixes in some Tool tenderness, but seeing as the singer can’t hold a tune with both hands, that’s not a good thing.

F.Y.P. – Come Home Smelly – Review

April 1, 2001

An EP, part Blag-produced with Josh Freese on drums, part Darian Rundall-produced with Sean Cole on drums. Part crisp’n’chirpy, part foul-smelling.

EyeHateGod – Confederacy of Ruined Lives – Review

April 1, 2001

It’s still, technically speaking, sludgecore, but Eyehategod are now much closer to a slothful psychedelic stoner rock act than the obnoxious fumes of old.

Exhumed – Slaughtercult – Review

April 1, 2001

No surprises, here. Just fuckin’ outrageous goregrind with both snakespit snarls and demon belch vocals.

Entombed – Uprising – Review

April 1, 2001

Entombed have been heading down this dirty death’n’roll (left hand) path for some time, and Uprising goes even further in that direction.