Lollipop Magazine

The Orb – The Orbserver in the Star House – Review

October 24, 2012

Synopsis: Well-respected UK electro/dance duo team up with wacko Reggae legend. Cool songs like “Hold Me Upsetter” ensue.

Blaqk Audio – Bright Black Heaven – Review

September 14, 2012

Electro side project of AFI’s Davey Havok and Jade Puget. They bring the tight song structures and pop sensibilities from latter-day AFI.

Marilyn Manson – Born Villain – Review

August 13, 2012

Nasty guitars, smart lyrics to whisper while fucking all your little sister’s friends, and a snarl that’d make a lion tuck tail.

Fear Factory – The Industrialist – Review

July 6, 2012

The Industrialist, Fear Factory’s eighth album, sounds much like a “band” album, along the lines of FF landmarks like Demanufacture and Obsolete.

Skinny Puppy – HanDover – Review

July 1, 2012

Skinny Puppy are as wild and weird as ever on their 14th album. The big beats of “Village” stand on their own, but they’re just one of many puzzle pieces.

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.