November 2003 – Page 7 – Lollipop Magazine

Shai Hulud – That Within Blood Ill-Tempered – Interview

November 5, 2003

An interview with guitarist Mike Fox

Nevermore – Enemies of Reality – Review

November 5, 2003

This album, or perhaps The Politics of Ecstasy, may one day be viewed as the band’s Reign in Blood, the punk rock album of a long catalogue of epic productions.

Killing Joke – Review

November 5, 2003

75% of the ’80s poli-punks have gotten together (drum duties by Dave Ghrol, who must be psyched!), and retained the power and edge they had all those years ago.

The Real McKenzies – Oot & Aboot – Review

November 5, 2003

I was looking forward to this, as I’m as Scottish as Irish. Sadly, it comes across as the Fabulous Thunderbirds of Celtic punk.

Minus – Halldor Laxness – Review

November 5, 2003

Breaking off a chunk of melodious/atmospheric nü rock to blow open the emotional palette and drawing textural tools from old and new psychedelic bands.

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Take A Break – Review

November 5, 2003

Me First And The Gimmick Gimmicks don’t seem to know when a good joke has lost its humor.

Marilyn Manson – The Golden Age of Grotesque – Review

November 5, 2003

The Golden Age of Grotesque is cloaked as an electro-metal reminiscence of the roaring ’20s, America’s first counter-cultural movement of the Twentieth Century.

The Electric Hellfire Club – Electronomicon – Review

November 5, 2003

Electronomicon is King Diamond meets cyberpunk, a glorious rollercoaster ride of electro death rock and self-proclaimed Satanic excess.

The Business – Hardcore Hooligan – Review

November 5, 2003

Every song on this record is about football. No, not American football, what us Yanks call “soccer.” Well done hardcore/Oi with pretty damn funny lyrics.

The Black Dahlia Murder – Unhallowed – Review

November 5, 2003

This Detroit act add fresh twists by moving faster than most, and by utilizing a traditional death vocal next to a thrashy scream that is nearly black metal.