Lollipop Magazine

Ignite – A War Against You – Review

January 15, 2016

These OG SoCal punkers have a big, infectious sound that’s equal parts driving, aggressive punk and stadium-ready, anthemic supersongs.

Killing Joke – Pylon – Review

December 18, 2015

A superlative work of industrial music from start to finish – 10 impeccably crafted songs that drag you slack-jawed through the gamut of human experience.

Intronaut – The Direction of Last Things – Review

November 27, 2015

A collection of seven songs just too fascinating not to take notice.

Denner-Shermann – Satan’s Tomb – Review

October 9, 2015

Mercyful Fate’s Melissa and Don’t Break The Oath are classics due to King Diamond’s vocals and the mind-bending riffs and solos of Michael Denner and Hank Shermann.

German Psych-Metal power trio Kadavar return with new album – News

August 27, 2015

Towering psych-metal trio Kadavar released its new album, Berlin, on August 21 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Fear Factory – Genexus – Review

August 21, 2015

Genexus, their ninth album, delivers exactly the mix of brutality, melody, foreboding and ambition we always want from Fear Factory.

Valkyrie – Shadows – Review

July 10, 2015

The power of the riff compels Valkyrie, a Virginia heavy rock group led by guitarists/vocalists Pete (also of Baroness) and Jake Adams.

Paradise Lost – The Plague Within – Review

June 19, 2015

The Plague Within is a surprisingly dark album. An album full of gnarly, dirt-under-fingernails dirges, soaked in deliberate, droning heaviness.

Raven – ExtermiNation – Review

May 15, 2015

Every now and then, when your brain has been fried by so many far-out variants, it’s great to have some old-school Heavy Metal kick you in the head.

Soilwork – Live In The Heart of Helsinki – Review

March 1, 2015

This first-ever live DVD/Blu-Ray from Soilwork, arriving right around the two-year anniversary of the band’s excellent 2013 double album, The Living Infinite.