April 2005 – Page 8 – Lollipop Magazine

Hot Rod Circuit – Reality’s Coming Through – Review

April 11, 2005

Blending today’s pop sensibilities with an early ’90s rock sound, the album experiments with songs that come off as adult-contemporary or as college rock.

Hognose – Longhandle – Review

April 11, 2005

Thunder grooves, suckerpunch riffage, rolling drawl growls, warm-toned metal bait’n’switch with nods to ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy, Rose Tattoo, and Nazareth.

Hanzel und Gretyl – Scheissmessiah – Review

April 11, 2005

Loopy’s signature slashing, gritty guitar, electronic mayhem, and Vas Kallas’s barking distorted vocals, remind us fondly of the Psalm 69-era Ministry.

DJ? Acucrack – Mako vs. Geist – Review

April 11, 2005

Drum & bass was the coolest shit. When tekno-industrialists got hold of it, they made it all creepy, with samples, distortion, and misery. That’s DJ? Acucrack.

Die Warzau – Convenience – Review

April 11, 2005

Die Warzau’s fourth studio album, released nearly decade after their 1995 release, Engine, shows a band still at the top of their game.

Diecast – Tearing Down Your Blue Skies – Review

April 11, 2005

One of the better bands to emerge from the hardcore scene in Boston. Singer Colin Schleifer left, Paul Stoddard joined, and the band signed to Century Media.

Demonoid – Riders of the Apocalypse – Review

April 11, 2005

Three Therion guys, plus acrobatic Soilwork drummer Rickard Evensand doing a sort of disciplined, sawed-off version of Swedish thrash or death metal revival.

Further Seems – Forever Hide Nothing – Review

April 11, 2005

Hide Nothing showcases the beautiful and delicate melodies that were so apparent on their first album, and so glaringly absent on their second.

Fu Manchu – Start the Machine – Review

April 11, 2005

Big-ass guitars, meaty classic rocker riffs, punk attitude, and all that’s cool in rock and roll: Aliens, girls, vans, cars, monsters, skating, cars, aliens…

Beseech – Drama – Review

April 4, 2005

Where Sentenced, Tiamat, and HIM leave off: Sometimes ultra-cheesy and weak, other times it gels, with bold guitars and keyboards playing off each other.