July, 2013 | Lollipop Magazine

Aesthetische – Nachtbrenner – Music Stream

July 31, 2013

Aghast View and Biopsy side project returns with a 15 track release, few new songs, bunch of reworks. EBM, pure and simple.

Hot Lunch – Music Stream

July 31, 2013

Big amps, lots of wah and distortion, Kyuss-souled stoner rock yahoo, and “Killer Smile” has drum fills Sabbath’s Bill Ward would approve of.

Hot Lunch – Review

July 31, 2013

Big amps, lots of wah and distortion, Kyuss-souled stoner rock yahoo, and “Killer Smile” has drum fills Sabbath’s Bill Ward would approve of.

Aesthetische – Nachtbrenner – Review

July 31, 2013

Aghast View and Biopsy side project returns with a 15 track release, few new songs, bunch of reworks. EBM, pure and simple.

Mechanical Cabaret – Selective Hearing – Music Stream

July 30, 2013

Selective Hearing is a greatest hits record, and therefore a great introduction. The words dour and deadpan pop up in numerous reviews, as they should.

Mechanical Cabaret – Selective Hearing – Review

July 30, 2013

Selective Hearing is a greatest hits record, and therefore a great introduction. The words dour and deadpan pop up in numerous reviews, as they should.

Masked Intruder – Review

July 30, 2013

Sure, it’s a novelty, and punk pop needs another gimmick like I need Frank’s Red Hot Sauce squirted in my eye, but this one’s worth the sting.

Masked Intruder – Music Stream

July 30, 2013

Sure, it’s a novelty, and punk pop needs another gimmick like I need Frank’s Red Hot Sauce squirted in my eye, but this one’s worth the sting.

Kant Kino – Father Worked In Industry – Music Stream

July 29, 2013

Combining cold distortion of ’90s-style dark industrial with the anthemic synthpop of 2000’s faves like Apoptygma Berzerk, including chillingly female vocals.

Less Than Jake – Greetings & Salutations – Review

July 29, 2013

Combines tour-only EPs Greetings from Less Than Jake (2011) and Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake (2012), plus a pair of unreleased tracks.

Kant Kino – Father Worked In Industry – Review

July 29, 2013

Combining cold distortion of ’90s-style dark industrial with the anthemic synthpop of 2000’s faves like Apoptygma Berzerk, including chillingly female vocals.

Less Than Jake – Greetings & Salutations – Music Stream

July 29, 2013

Combines tour-only EPs Greetings from Less Than Jake (2011) and Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake (2012), plus a pair of unreleased tracks,.

Amon Amarth – Deceiver of the Gods – Review

July 26, 2013

Amon Amarth churn out solid album after solid album because they can replicate their style and excellent writing every time without sounding stale or tired.

Hypocrisy – End of Disclosure – Review

July 26, 2013

Never content to simply rely on heaviness to carry their death metal sound, the pros in Hypocrisy have always known it’s about the song above all.

Hypocrisy – End Of Disclosure – Music Stream

July 26, 2013

Never content to simply rely on heaviness to carry their death metal sound, the pros in Hypocrisy have always known it’s about the song above all.

Shai Hulud – Reach Beyond the Sun – Review

July 25, 2013

Shai Hulud (named after the sandworms in Dune) have been cranking out their awesome metal/hardcore hybrid for nearly 20 years, and they do their name proud.

Shai Hulud – Reach Beyond the Sun – Music Stream

July 25, 2013

Shai Hulud (named after the sandworms in Dune) have been cranking out their awesome metal/hardcore hybrid for nearly 20 years, and they do their name proud.

Suffocation – Pinnacle Of Bedlam – Review

July 24, 2013

The title of their seventh full-length, Pinnacle of Bedlam, talks a good game, and without fail, they deliver on that swagger.

Suffocation – Pinnacle Of Bedlam – Music Stream

July 24, 2013

The title of their seventh full-length, Pinnacle of Bedlam, talks a good game, and without fail, they deliver on that swagger,

Nightfall – Cassiopeia – Review

July 23, 2013

Mediterranean metallers Nightfall continue to push their brand of accessible black metal. One would be hard pressed to consider them strict black metal nowadays.

Nightfall – Cassiopeia – Music Stream

July 23, 2013

Mediterranean metallers Nightfall continue to push their brand of accessible black metal. One would be hard pressed to consider them strict black metal nowadays.

Lightning Swords of Death – Baphometic Chaosium – Review

July 22, 2013

Baphometic Chaosium, the follow up to 2010’s The Extra Dimensional Wound, is just as harsh and unforgiving as we’d expect from Autrach and Roskva.

Lightning Swords of Death – Baphometic Chaosium – Music Stream

July 22, 2013

Baphometic Chaosium, the follow up to 2010’s The Extra Dimensional Wound, is just as harsh and unforgiving as we’d expect from Autrach and Roskva.

Drug Church – Paul Walker – Review

July 19, 2013

Paul Walker maintains a bleak outlook, but it incorporates grooves into its punk assault in the tradition of Helmet, Quicksand, and The Bronx.

Time and Eternity – Review

July 19, 2013

Time and Eternity wins early points for its striking anime art style and its intriguing premise, but the story collapses under the weight of insipid dialogue.