Lollipop Magazine

Infidel – I, Oathbreaker – Review

November 1, 2009

Safely straddling the line between super stoner-heavy and FM rock radio. They sound best when Dennis Kostopoulos’ guitars roar with Sabbath-like fury.

Heaven and Hell – The Devil You Know – Review

November 1, 2009

The old Sabbath/Dio albums may’ve just felt like a bunch of songs, but those songs were far better.

The Beatles – Rock Band – Review

November 1, 2009

A Beatles-tailored version of the tried-and-true Rock Band formula. I’s crafted with an affection and purity of vision that is impossible not to admire.

Little King’s Story – Review

November 1, 2009

Just when you thought they’d run out of creative uses for the Wii Remote… It’s a scepter, and you wield it to make your subjects do your bidding.

Architect – Ghost of the Saltwater Machines – Review

November 1, 2009

If you’re a band that wants people to buy into your political beliefs, it helps to have some good songs to hook the kids first. Architect’s got ’em.

Skitliv – Skandinavisk Misantropi – Review

November 1, 2009

“A bleak soundtrack to a personal apocalypse: Dark, loathing, hating, and full of venomous spite.” Mayhem’s singer Maniac with a few buddies chipping in.

Wizardry – Review

November 1, 2009

An interesting mix of psychedelic stoner metal and mystical power metal (mostly in the soaring vocals and anthemic choruses).

Ventana – American Survival Guide – Review

November 1, 2009

As if Mushroomhead weren’t awful and derivative enough, Ventana features “members of” that fourth-rate “industrial metal” band.

Urgehal – Ikonoklast – Review

November 1, 2009

Pure fuckin’ black metal. They like facepaint, spikes, blastbeats, and reverbed misanthropy, but there’s Celtic Frost mid-tempo uh! here and there.

Unleash the Archers – Behold the Devastation – Review

November 1, 2009

This band is unsigned?!? Brittany Hayes has the pipes (and other things, yeah, she’s a looker) and the band is tight as shit. Maybe tighter.