Lollipop Magazine

Machine Head – Unto The Locust – Review

April 15, 2012

Machine Head experienced a renaissance with the 2007 thrashterpiece The Blackening, and after a long wait, Unto The Locust picks up right where they left off.

The Troubled Three – Moving On – Review

April 15, 2012

The blasting horns, sweet shimmy, and undeniable swing of these tracks should get you prepped for the band’s legendary live show.

Asphyx – Deathhammer – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Laser-focused and effective, delivering beefy, dirty death metal with force and few surprises (’cause nobody wants any).

Korn – The Path of Totality – Review

April 15, 2012

Nu-metal posterboys Korn have long been vilified for their musical mood swings. Find out if you like their latest endeavor, dubstep, on “Way Too Far.”

The Menzingers – On The Impossible Past – Review

April 15, 2012

Why anyone would abandon a ska-punk band named Bob and the Sagets will remain an eternal mystery. Members joined with some other dudes to form The Menzingers.

Iced Earth – Dystopia – Review

April 15, 2012

Iced Earth picked up Into Eternity screamer Stu Block for this album after the (second) departure of Matt Barlow. Like Ripper Owens, Block is a great fit.

Gideon Smith & the Dixie Damned – Ride With Me – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

“Do I look like I give a fuck if you like it?” Gideon Smith asks on “Ride With Me.” If you’re not on board, seriously, find another site to visit.

Stromkern – Dead Letters – Review

April 15, 2012

Wisconsin’s Stromkern mixes minimalist beats with hip-hop, filling the empty spaces of their Kraftwerk-style framework with fast, catchy wordplay.

Whirr – Hide – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Don’t let the term “neo-shoegaze” fool you. The Bay Area crew will lower your blood pressure in the best way possible with the Cocteau Twins-like hum of “Hide.”

As I Lay Dying – Paralyzed – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

As I Lay Dying has outlasted and outshone nearly all of their peers. Their bulletproof formula of sharp riffs and intermittent clean vocals is on display here.