Lollipop Magazine

Headcase – Crosseyed Rabbit – Review

October 29, 2003

Crosseyed Rabbit has a rougher texture, adding some choppy guitar and analog synths to the mix, distorting the drums here & there, generally making a mess.

Chimaira – The Impossibility of Reason – Review

October 29, 2003

On full-length number two, Chimaira continue to psych-out the label-slappers with a sound that is as much about The Haunted as it is hardcore.

Camarosmith – Review

October 29, 2003

The mullet-rock post-Zeke project known as Camarosmith came into being, as do many such similarly-themed ideas, as a joke.

Burden Brothers – Queen O’ Spades – Review

October 29, 2003

While waiting six years for the Toadies’ Hell Below/Stars Above to be released by Interscope, Vaden Todd Lewis and Taz recorded this Burden Brothers EP.

Brandtson – Death & Taxes – Review

October 29, 2003

A fiery EP from one of Deep Elm’s best. Almost idiotic to call Brandtson “emo” at this point.

Black Cross – Art Offensive – Review

October 29, 2003

Louisville, Kentucky’s Black Cross are a band on a mission: To rock out.

Armor For Sleep – Dream To Make Believe – Review

October 29, 2003

Dark and delicate, painfully distant lyrics, rocking melodies that crash in at all the right times…

Armored Saint – Symbol of Salvation – Review

October 29, 2003

A three-CD reissue, no doubt due to Metal Blade’s Brian Slagel’s deep appreciation for this record, and his experience of the tragedy of Dave Prichard’s death.

Alkaline Trio – Good Mourning – Review

October 29, 2003

How can you sit through sugary songs with lyrics about coffins and Satan with a straight face?

Transport League – Grand Amputation – Review

October 29, 2003

Considering the band’s twin impulses (metal and groove), it’s no surprise that Grand Amputation has more than a bit of the astringent flavor of nü metal.