Lollipop Magazine

Destroyer 666 – Defiance – Review

March 1, 2010

Destroyer 666 rain non-stop murder on their first album in six years. Nine tracks in 40 minutes, they only pull back on closer “A Sermon to the Dead.”

Charred Walls of the Damned – Review

March 1, 2010

Whether it’s his work in latter-day Priest or Iced Earth, Ripper Owens’ delivery is always 100 percent over-the-top metal mania.

Poisoned Heart – I Married Dee Dee Ramone – Review

March 1, 2010

This story is from the perspective of Dee Dee’s first wife Vera Ramone King. It tells of an enduring love that would’ve sent most people to the brink.

Metallica – The Club Dayz 1982-1984 – Review

March 1, 2010

Metallica would soon take over the world, but here, they were a bunch of dirty, long-hairs drinking, playing fast, and living out their lean years with vigor.

Black Diamond – The Unauthorized Biography of KISS – Review

March 1, 2010

Black Diamond gives an exhaustive, behind-the-scenes account of the band throughout their impressive, sometimes tumultuous, history.

Dark Void – Review

March 1, 2010

A developer who sets out to redefine the third-person action genre. With a game is as ambitious as Dark Void, it’s easy to forgive its faults.

BioShock 2 – Review

March 1, 2010

The storytelling, while solid, falls well short of the original’s superlative status, but elsewhere, the series has been polished up nicely.

Aliens vs Predator – Review

March 1, 2010

Blasting an Xenomorph with a shotgun is fun. As is tormenting humans from the shadows as an Alien, or ripping out their spines as a Predator.

Electric Earth – Vol II – Words Unspoken – Review

March 1, 2010

The big, fuzzy guitar tones sometimes recall Alice in Chains, and other times they kick it up to a pace more akin to modern-day Corrosion of Conformity.

The Casualties – We Are All We Have – Review

March 1, 2010

Hardcore punk/street punk, gruff and shredded-vocaled, rampaging and political. Anthemic hoo-ra, produced by Bill and Jason at The Blasting Room.