Lollipop Magazine

Megadeth – So Far, So Good… So What! – Review

December 21, 2004

Stuck between the album that broke the band and the best album they would ever release. The forgotten middle child, and unjustly so.

Megadeth – Rust in Peace – Review

December 21, 2004

Lunging with ferocity and desperation, Mustaine, Marty Friedman, and Nick Menza, layed to waste the aural battlefield with beautifully choreographed carnage.

Megadeth – Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying? – Review

December 21, 2004

Immersed in drug-enhanced nihilism, the boys purged demons that would scare the pants off of that other M band. This shit’s fucking ferocious, man.

Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction – Review

December 21, 2004

Sounding slicker than ever, the songs were paired down to simpler arrangements, but Countdown to Extinction tread the line between accessibility and integrity.

Old Man Gloom – Christmas – Review

December 20, 2004

Old Man Gloom (I thought it was “Oh My Gawd” the first time I saw it abbreviated) drift and drone, hammer and drive through meta-metal language and not.

Rilo Kiley – More Adventurous – Review

December 20, 2004

Jenny Lewis’ enchanting voice floats over stories of love and loss, then seamlessly stab you through the heart with unexpected burst of expletives and wails.

Rhapsody – Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret – Review

December 20, 2004

Italy’s princesses of ballerina metal return, offering 72 minutes of symphonic priss rock (A 60 piece orchestra was used, and often) about dragons and castles.

Refused – The Shape of Punk to Come – Review

December 20, 2004

Tired of kids ignoring their political diatribes while beating each other up, the band retreated to the studio. The result was The Shape of Punk to Come.

Red Planet – We Know How it Goes – Review

December 20, 2004

Red Planet play peppy, synth-heavy new wave driven by bouncy, super-catchy songs that sound kinda sorta familiar.

Iced Earth – The Blessed and the Damned – Review

December 20, 2004

Celebrating a 10-release relationship reaching back to 1991, Century Media round it off with a two CD best-of, closing the book with Iced Earth.