Bands – Page 111 – Lollipop Magazine

ICS Vortex – Storm Seeker – Review

September 30, 2011

The debut from ex-Dimmu Borgir, ex-Borknagar bassist/vocalist ICS Vortex is surprisingly traditional, given the extreme leanings of his previous work.

The Regime – Review

September 2, 2011

Dual singers, so you get a more mainstream rock vox on one hand, and a tougher voice on the other. You also get a fusillade of sound and fury.

Revocation – Chaos of Forms – Review

September 2, 2011

So many jaw-dropping riffs and solos are thown at you during the first half, the band takes an instrumental stretch break before the second half beatdown.

In Solitude – The World, The Flesh, The Devil – Review

August 12, 2011

Sweden’s In Solitude sound like King Diamond singing over galloping Maiden-style metal. That clicks with more readers than some clusterfuck from a thesaurus.

Wizardry – Labyrinth of Lost Souls – Review

August 2, 2011

It’s a fantasy RPG set thousands of years in the past, but the game also exists in an ooooold school RPG dream world where the modern age never came to pass.

Pretty Boy Floyd – Kiss of Death – A Tribute to Kiss – Review

July 29, 2011

It’s a Kiss tribute, released in 2010, by a band who peaked with their first album in ’89. Mean, but true. 15 covers ranging from classic Kiss to who cares?

Wonderful – Wake Up To Dreamland – Review

July 22, 2011

Gorgeous harmonies and strong leads, owing as much to the Four Freshman as the Beach Boys. These boys sound like they’re on a spiritual high.

Decapitated – Carnival Is Forever – Review

July 22, 2011

Poland’s speedy tech death merchants Decapitated must’ve had a few too many funnel cakes and cotton candy tugs, because this sounds way more brutal.

The Globes – Future Self – Review

July 1, 2011

To produce a work this mature this early portends of good things for the Globes. While Future Self isn’t great or even very good, it certainly has merit.

Samael – Lux Mundi – Review

June 29, 2011

Samael settles into its trademark midtempo mood and plays things a little too safe at times, but the highlights leave more of an impression than the dips.