Lollipop Magazine

Cursed – One – Review

November 5, 2003

Canadian hardcore/grind/noise outfit Cursed will no doubt shake the foundations of said genre with their monstrous debut, One.

Haste – The Mercury Lift – Review

November 5, 2003

Like the 800 bands that sound like them, Haste mixes hardcore Rage with syrupy boy-band regressions. Their strength is inventing golden titles for shitty songs.

Freya – As The Last Light Drain – Review

November 5, 2003

Freya is nothing more than Earth Crisis 2003, but with a different agenda. It still reeks of the same attitude and sound. No thanks.

Breather Resist – Only In The Morning – Review

November 5, 2003

I hear a lot of Unsane in Breather Resist, but I also hear a lot of other cool things being hurled in the 22 minute barrage of noise and mayhem on their debut.

Blood Has Been Shed – Spirals – Review

November 5, 2003

Miles above their debut offering, Blood Has Been Shed turn it up to “11” with Spirals, a dynamically heavy album that rocks with a deafening blow to the head.

As I Lay Dying – Frail Words Collapse – Review

November 5, 2003

No offense to As I Lay Dying, but bands like the incredible Darkest Hour and labelmates The Black Dahlia Murder do it much better.

Zeromancer – Clone Your Lover – Review

November 5, 2003

Formed with members from Prick, Kidney Thieves, and Seigmen, Zeromancer is a hybridized college-fraternity fun ride of alt-rock, metal, Goth, and electronica.

Year Of The Rabbit – Review

November 5, 2003

They’re worthy of Cave In’s worship on this stellar debut. Bombastic grooves, arena-shaking tunes, all parading to Andrews’ left-of-center pop sensibility.

Throwdown – Haymaker – Review

November 5, 2003

Throwdown are a bludgeoning, powerhouse machine of aggression that rolls with such speed and momentum that in the right environment, they’d be unstoppable.