Lollipop Magazine

Trap Them – Sleepwell Deconstructor – Review

January 1, 2007

Entombed’s muscle car guitar sound, mixed with feedback, spazz, and headache roar. Members of December Wolves, Backstabbers Inc, Transistor Transistor, Grief.

This Moment – Star Parallel – Review

January 1, 2007

Produced by a guy who’s done Atreyu, Thrice, and Death By Stereo. Hard to tell if it’s a genre filler or destined to be top-notch hardcore-based roarers.

This Ending – Inside the Machine – Review

January 1, 2007

New band, no bio, definitely Swedish or thereabouts, obsessed with technology/humanity like Fear Factory, but more death metal.

The Showdown – Temptation Come My Way – Review

January 1, 2007

Maybe middle America will relate to something this honest (and openly rockstar), but I’ll take Finland’s Lordi over this in a heartbeat.

The Shins – Wincing the Night Away – Review

January 1, 2007

They’re from Albuquerque, NM, write great melodies, yet aren’t afraid to experiment outside the indie pop rock realm.

Therion – Gothic Kabbalah – Review

January 1, 2007

Therion’s always been a blast, mixing cheesy power metal with full orchestration and choirs and Goth metal bombast.

The Love Me Nots – In Black and White – Review

January 1, 2007

Two girls in short skirts and go-go boots, two guys in suits, garage rock with reverb, surfy wiggle, and “that keyboard sound.” Produced by Jim Diamond.

The Handshake Murders – Usurper – Review

January 1, 2007

No emo metal for these Arkansas noise mongers. Feedback and D-tuned goodness like Machine Head’s debut, and some pit-swirl breakdown for the moshers.

The Dark Romantics – Some Midnight Kissin – Review

January 1, 2007

Practically every song will darkly win you over, locked in tight and classy, no boy band posing, no cheesy playing up the blonde hotties in the band.

Solefald – Black for Death – Review

January 1, 2007

This band always slips my mind when naming the black/folk metal leaders. They’re worth knowing if you dig Borknagar, Finntroll, Carpathian Forest, and Arcturus.