Lollipop Magazine

Sonata Arctica – Winterheart’s Guild – Review

October 22, 2003

Finnish classic heavy metal favorites return with another thundering slab of melodic metal. A little tougher and bolder, but every bit as breath-taking.

Hanzel und Gretyl – über Alles – Review

October 22, 2003

They sing in German a lot of the time, there’re a lot of Nazi samples spouted and slamming, goose-step marching beats, and the singer is female.

Collide – Some Kind Of Strange – Review

October 22, 2003

Some Kind of Strange is both quirky and conceptual from top to bottom, a kaleidoscope of ideas and expressions.

Clutch – Live at the Googolplex – Review

October 22, 2003

The product of a road-hardened band of warriors that plays in the spaces as much as in the deftly distorted bulldozer rock chords around them.

Chubby – So Gone – Review

October 22, 2003

Fronted by ex-The Mighty Mighty Bosstones trombone player Dennis Brockenborough, Chubby’s debut three-song EP packs a minor-key power pop punch.

Christopher – Wer Next Project – Review

October 22, 2003

Christopher’s debut album, Wer Next Projekt, sounds like a very remarkable mix of King Black Acid meets Dead Can Dance meets Nine Inch Nails.

Fu Manchu – Go For It… Live! – Review

October 22, 2003

22 tracks over two discs, the song selection covering the whole of the band’s career. Not a band prone to jamming, so the arrangements are left untouched.

Wolfsheim – Casting Shadows – Review

October 22, 2003

Beautiful, pure synth-pop, every song is captured in a bare-bones style that exemplifies Peter Heppner’s honest and sensitive voice.

Wellwater Conspiracy – Review

October 22, 2003

The fourth Wellwater Conspiracy album and I still don’t get it. The only way to succeed at poppy psychedelic rock is to write incredible songs. WWC do not.

Anthrax – We’ve Come For You All – Review

October 22, 2003

We’ve Come for You All has NO FILLER in sight, only 14 of the best tunes the band have ever written.