June 2001 – Page 14 – Lollipop Magazine

Leatherface – The Last – Review

June 3, 2001

Leatherface’s most daring record (also their shortest, and their last before breaking up for six years) gets a deserved rebirth, and I’ve got it on repeat.

Labyrinth – Sons of Thunder – Review

June 3, 2001

This is a very heavy, very fast power metal band, not some flighty orchestral experiment, Labyrinth yammering on about some subplot in the life of Louis XIV.

Kreator – MCMLXXXV – MCMXCII: Past Life Trauma – Review

June 3, 2001

18 tracks, four of them live/rare, and the booklet is a careful cataloging of who was in the band, what album each song is from, and what year it was released.

King Diamond and Black Rose – 20 Years Ago: A Night of Rehearsal – Review

June 3, 2001

Kudos to the King for having the open mind and healthy ego enough to let/put out this casual, raw CD capturing the man’s pre-Mercyful Fate band in late 1980.

Kind of Like Spitting – One Hundred Dollar Room – Review

June 3, 2001

Lo-fi, sad, acoustic indie ballads that will win over college kids, as well as the older/noisier post-grads who flock to Built To Spill and Modest Mouse shows.

Killing Machine – Review

June 3, 2001

It’s a cool thing when grizzled veterans of the metal wars collide and try their hand at the power metal they themselves had a hand in creating in the ’80s.

Kick Axe – Welcome To The Club – Review

June 3, 2001

Welcome To The Club is less godly than the debut barnstormer, and suffers from a bit of a wide, echoey, drafty recording, but there are many gems.

Iron Savior – Dark Assault – Review

June 3, 2001

One of the most widely-respected and talented “side projects” in the ranks of metal, Iron Savior goes the distance yet again.

Ink And Dagger – Review

June 3, 2001

I don’t “love” or “hate” psychedelic pseudo-cock rock tinged with useless “weird sounds.” I just really couldn’t care less.

Hypnosia – Extreme Hatred – Review

June 3, 2001

Tremolo bar diving solos, thunderous drumming and half-steppin’ thrash riffs galore, and snakespit vocals you can’t understand but sound really bad-ass.