February 2002 – Page 7 – Lollipop Magazine

Six Feet Under – True Carnage – Review

February 22, 2002

Six Feet Under have created a niche by slowing down, simplifying, and in an odd way, shoe-gazing their way through hypnotic, crunchy mainstream metal riffs.

Anathema – A Fine Day to Exit – Review

February 22, 2002

No band has ever moved farther afield from their original sound within this genre we love, and possibly even outside of it.

Just Cause – Finger it Out – Review

February 22, 2002

Consider it dumbed-down SYL or, whatever, brutal straight-up death with slightly novel production and little melody or hook to be found.

Sinergy – Suicide by My Side – Review

February 22, 2002

Kim’s vocals do it for me, because she sounds like the ultimate party chick, belting along with Jack Daniels to the concert in her head.

Annette Farrington – Azure Wonder & Lust – Review

February 22, 2002

Azure Wonder & Lust is complex, samples-rich, echoey, wah-full and skittered up with instrumental comments that blow and crawl and scuttle in all directions.

Judas Priest – Screaming For Vengeance – Review

February 22, 2002

Broke the bank by visiting three areas: Songs reminiscent of British Steel, songs reminiscent of Point of Entry, and songs heavier than anything on either.

Unto Ashes – Saturn Return – Review

February 22, 2002

What impressed me most about Unto Ashes’ debut, Moon Oppose Moon, was the accessibility of Medieval and ritualistic music.

JJ Nobody And The Regulars – Rock ‘n’ Roll Doesn’t End at 2:00 – Review

February 22, 2002

One thing I really like about Nobodys’ frontman JJ Nobody is that he doesn’t let a little thing like having almost no talent whatsoever stand in the way.

Simon & Garfunkel – The Columbia Studio Recordings 1964-1970 – Review

February 22, 2002

Are any of these five albums essential? No. Are there 15-20 songs that are absolutely unforgettable and fully deserving of their classic status? You bet.

Judas Priest – Point of Entry – Review

February 22, 2002

Priest followed up British Steel in ’81 with Point of Entry’s ten mewling melodic flower arrangements (but God love it).