September 2003 – Page 7 – Lollipop Magazine

Fierce Tibetan Gods Forbidden Frequencies – Review

September 3, 2003

It’s been a few years since Delirium refined the trip-pop flag Enigma first flew in 19-blabla. And now, Fierce Tibetan Gods have taken up the helm.

Fairview – We’ll Dodge It On The Way Back + Extras – Review

September 3, 2003

Fairview rocks hard while combining the melancholy sound of The Get Up Kids, the gorgeous female vocals of The Anniversary, and the synthesizers of Ozma.

Event – Scratching At The Surface – Review

September 3, 2003

Event play modern rock, are slickly produced, with lots of electronic clutter in the mix, no textbook soloing, no warbling falsetto, just melodic hard rock.

Death By Stereo – Into The Valley of Death – Review

September 3, 2003

Fuck yeah! Proving Day of the Death was no fluke, Death By Stereo are back to show you that relevant hardcore is still alive in the 21st century.

Where Fear And Weapons Meet – Control – Review

September 3, 2003

It doesn’t get any straighter hardcore than the battering ram style of Florida act Where Fear And Weapons Meet. Tough, in – your-face, and tight.

Victory at Sea- The Good Night – Review

September 3, 2003

Moody and melodically creepy like Engine Down, they’ve finally mastered the art of turning slow-death melancholia into weighty emotional excursions.

Vaux – There Must Be Some Way To Stop Them – Review

September 3, 2003

Vaux fulfill the promise Filter never made good on. Experimental rock bits are swirled into the metal base, appealing to folks weary of Tool’s whining.

Cannibal Corpse – Worm Infested – Review

September 3, 2003

Worm Infested reminds us that – although the band’s best work is behind them – there’re still plenty of reasons to love Cannibal Corpse.

Cannibal Corpse – Tomb of the Mutilated – Review

September 3, 2003

The album that birthed the Cannibal Corpse sound and image: Sexually-based gore lyrics, intense technical sparring, and “how much can you take?” artwork.

Cannibal Corpse – Eaten Back to Life – Review

September 3, 2003

Perhaps the group at its purest, just five, gore movie-loving guys, pounding away at their instruments, trying to write Kreator songs backwards.