Lollipop Magazine

All State Champion – Review

February 16, 2004

All State Champion steer clear of ambiguous yelling and haphazard noodling for concise crunch of the raucous kind.

Children of Bodom – Hate Crew Deathroll – Interview

February 16, 2004

An interview with vocalist/guitarist Alexi Laiho

New Bomb Turks – Switchblade Tongues and Butterknife Brains – Review

February 16, 2004

Ostensibly an odds’n’sods collection, this curiously-titled release is packed with enough good material that it could’ve passed as a “great lost album.”

Napalm Death – Noise For Music’s Sake – Review

February 16, 2004

Compiles the influential grindcore forefathers’ best moments and – most importantly – all the saliva-inducing rarities that I’ve been digging for years.

Greenleaf – Secret Alphabets – Review

February 16, 2004

A hard rock record with occasional psychedelic dalliances, something I might’ve expected had I known going in that Greenleaf is a Dozer side project.

Acumen Nation – Lord of the Cynics – Review

February 16, 2004

While Lord of the Cynics may poke its head above the morass of nü metal/industrial/whatever, that’s not really saying much. I would suggest Pigface over this.

Arch Enemy – Anthems of Rebellion – Review

February 16, 2004

Anthems of Rebellion reeks of amateur riffs, a suspicious stench of commerciality, and a child-like obsession with predictable E-minor progressions.

Meatjack – Days of Fire – Review

February 16, 2004

Instead of extremism for it’s own sake, these guys butt heads with all sortsa ugliness and non-ugliness. Hey, is that an acoustic guitar and clean singing?

Aborted – Goremageddon – Review

February 16, 2004

Take a highly-caffeinated early Carcass, give it a gloss that rivals a spacelab, stick sharp knives in its hands, and strap rocket roller skates to its feet.

16 – Zoloft Smile – Review

February 16, 2004

A roiling, bass-centric tub of heaviness, the rhythms surprisingly groovy, but still fiercely vitriolic as they form a solid rock/roll-based metal foundation.