Lollipop Magazine

Virgin Steele – The House of Atreus Act II – Review

June 4, 2001

Its 23 tracks combine savagery with sensuousness, Manowar with Rainbow, and sensitivity with rage in an enchanting tale of tragedy and triumph.

Vintersorg – Cosmic Genesis – Review

June 4, 2001

Now a two-piece and sung in English, Cosmic Genesis is a much more accessible concept, but still firmly rooted in the folk metal tradition.

Tsunami Bomb – The Invasion from Within! – Review

June 4, 2001

With manic paces, female lead vocals and harmonies, a sci-fi/b-movie fetish, and an eerie funhouse keyboard, yer getting a good new spin on an old theme.

Tricky – Mission Accomplished – Review

June 4, 2001

Tricky seems to have been wrapped up in jungle, and his repetition has moved from enticing to annoying.

Trail of Tears – Profoundemonium – Review

June 4, 2001

Some things are meant to roll like thunder across the plain. Heavy, syrupy metal riffs that mesh and work together much like the muscles in a dinosaur’s legs.

Toadies – Hell Below/Stars Above – Review

June 4, 2001

Todd Lewis has a Robert Plant vibrato that quakes with fury, trembles with passion and longing, and purrs like a finely-tuned muscle car at a stop light.

Thyrfing – Urkraft – Review

June 4, 2001

You can hear big, burly men beating the snot out of each other, drinking and wenching in a sticky-floored tavern, and mourning the loss of fallen brothers.

Thug Murder – The 13th Round – Review

June 4, 2001

A three-piece all-girl street punk band from Tokyo? Sounds like a gimmick, but if it is, it’s a good one cuz these girls rock! Discovered by DKM’s Ken Casey.

Throttlerod – Eastbound and Down – Review

June 4, 2001

Throttlerod sound like they’ve been weaned on a steady diet of the first five ZZ albums and the singer’s raw shout sits atop the racket just perfectly.

Thornspawn – Empress From the Realms of Blasphemy – Review

June 4, 2001

Thornspawn brings their hammer down in a show of force of such magnitude, the entire state of Texas itself may be cast into the lower depths of Hell.