Lollipop Magazine

Suicide Inside – Homicide – Review

July 1, 2012

An eclectic blend of aggressive electronic music and furious industrial rock, with heavy breakbeats, rhythmic noise, and Natasha’s razor-sharp provocative female vocals.

Stray – Letting Go – Review

July 1, 2012

Second release by Erica Dunham of Unter Null’s side project. One can perceive hope and light at the end of this trancey tunnel.

Schwarzblut – Maschinenwesen – Review

July 1, 2012

A five-piece band from the Netherlands that blends romantic, melancholic Weimar poetry with danceable dark electronic music.

Freakangel – Let It All End – Review

July 1, 2012

“It’s an album about how brain-dead we act in this dying world, how we have lost faith in ourselves and how we prefer to believe in television and pseudo-Gods.”

Alien Vampires – Clubbers Die Younger – Review

July 1, 2012

Louder, faster, harder: Upfront industrial dance full of distorted noise, vibrating bass-drums, hypnotic turbo beats, and provocative, harsh vocals.

Author & Punisher – Ursus Americanus – Review

June 1, 2012

The dystopian mecha-future that Fear Factory and Sarah Connor tried to warn us about finally has a soundtrack.

SITD – Icon Koru – Review

April 15, 2012

“State of Tyranny” has a big beat that is eminently danceable, but the gruff vocals and haunting robo-sounds signal a dark end to this celebration.

Psy’aviah – Introspection/Extrospection – Review

April 15, 2012

Uplifting electric eclectics (can’t take credit for that one, it’s in their bio) Psy’aviah chart some interesting territory on “SOS Overdose.”

Neikka RPM – Chain Letters – Review

April 15, 2012

The product of a chance meeting at a Valentine’s Day event at a New York City Goth club, Neikka RPM is the baby of Dominique and Richard.

Toxic Coma – Satan Rising – Review

April 15, 2012

A project from Velvet Acid Christ mastermind Bryan Erickson. A more experimental, fun, psychedelic, and downright weird approach to industrial techno music.

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.

Stiff Valentine – America Inbreeding – Review

April 15, 2012

Stiff Valentine brings a lighthearted vibe to their raucous electronic attack, and “Somebody to Hate” is a thrashing rallying call to the likeminded.

Mentallo & The Fixer – A Collection – Review

April 15, 2012

Texan electro-industrial act Mentallo & The Fixer has been at it for a while, and that knowledge shows on the lean, effective “decomposed (spent).”

Diffuzion – Winter Cities – Review

April 15, 2012

Touring across Eastern Europe since 2005, the three-piece Belarus natives eventually signed with Alfa Matrix and refined their sound into icy-cool calculations.

Lowe – Evolver – Review

April 15, 2012

The synths, guitars, and other machines working on “Breathe In Breathe Out” set the stage for a dancefloor success, but Josefsson’s vocals light the match.

Lords of Acid – Pop That Tooshie – Review

April 15, 2012

Lords of Acid have been at this game for too long to whiff on a track called “Pop That Tooshie,” so, of course, they deliver.

Inure – The Offering – Review

April 15, 2012

“This Is The Life” was playing at that warehouse party that you walked past in the wrong part of town last night and were too afraid to go in.

Angelspit – Hello My Name Is – Review

April 15, 2012

Aussic electro mavens Angelspit have toured with the likes of Front Line Assembly, Skinny Puppy, Sisters of Mercy, and, just last year, Lords of Acid.

Aiboforcen – Dedale – Review

April 15, 2012

Aiboforcen return with their first album in seven years. The duo is known for marrying their meticulously crafted sounds with a wide array of guest vocalists.

Caustic – The Golden Vagina of Fame and Profit – Review

April 15, 2012

As if that title isn’t enough, this is the artist who brought you “Love That Taint,” “Another Fist in the Ass” and “Digital Mangina,” so c’mon people.

Acylum – Karzinom – Review

April 15, 2012

The abrasive “Your Pain v.2.0” has harrowing screams, distorted, demonic vocals, and an aggressive, unruly attitude. You’ve been warned.

Klutae – Electro Punks Uniten – Review

April 15, 2012

There’s little room for misinterpretation on “Electro Punks Unite,” the latest from Claus Larsen’s solo project Klutae.

Skrillex – More Monsters And Sprites – Review

April 15, 2012

The dubstep maestro whose songs grace every movie trailer or commercial wishing to make a loud statement.

The Gothsicles – Industrialites & Magic – Review

April 15, 2012

Self-described practitioners of the “nerdy shitheads who jump around-dustrial” sound, The Gothsicles are nothing if not immediate on “Drunk Cuts.”

The Qualia – Memorial Gore – Review

April 15, 2012

Thoughtful synth-popsters The Qualia have an Interpol-like air of dark confidence about them on “Guess I Lied.”