Lollipop Magazine

Abigail Williams – Legend – Review

March 18, 2007

Five-song EP from a Gothenburg-style Phoenix four-piece. Thrash gallop and blastbeats, blackened shrieks, keys of terror, and guitarwork like Emperor.

Lifetime – Review

March 18, 2007

This is what they did best in the mid-’90s, and it’s what they still do best. The passing of time has not effected the songwriting whatsoever.

Titar – A Raining Sun of Light and Love, For You and You and You – Review

March 18, 2007

Like long Iron Butterfly or Deep Purple jams, perhaps. Bio also mentions Yes, King Crimson, and Uriah Heep, at least in passing. This ain’t my thing.

The Vein – Monsters and Men – Review

March 18, 2007

Danzig to stoner to psychedelia to Jeff Buckley to The Doors, yeah, it’s a lot to absorb all at once.

The Network – This is Your Pig’s Portrait – Review

March 18, 2007

Kinda goregrind in humor/feel, has non-tinny spazz, and plenty of howl and noise. Not since Dani Filth has such a “what the??” voice worked in brutal metal.

The County Medical Examiners – Olidous Operettas – Review

March 18, 2007

Medical-obsessed goregrind.

Sirenia – Nine Destinies of a Downfall – Review

March 18, 2007

Former members of Tristania, The Sins Of Thy Beloved, Trail of Tears: Quality Goth metal. Plenty of glorious orchestration, layered siren calls, and metal chug.

Since The Flood – No Compromise – Review

March 18, 2007

Bare-knuckle hardcore, produced with metal roar by Jim Siegel (Dropkicks and their knock-offs), last release on Unearth’s Trevor Phipps’ Ironclad Recordings.

Activision Hits Remixed – Review

March 17, 2007

All the favorites from the ol’ Atari days you remember (Pitfall, Ice Hockey), or don’t (Megamania), as well as some that are better forgotten (Oink!).

Face To Face – Shoot the Moon – Review

March 17, 2007

A two-DVD companion to the retrospective, Shoot the Moon contains just about everything a fan could ask for from the celebrated pop punk band’s 13-year career.