Lollipop Magazine

Devin Townsend Project – Addicted – Music Stream

April 11, 2014

Devin Townsend filmed a rock opera. He and his merry band of pranksters are as comfortable with gospel choirs as blastbeats.

Leaves’ Eyes – Hell To The Heavens – Music Stream

April 9, 2014

Lacuna Coil get goofy at times, but their female-fronted metal seems like a Renaissance painting compared to the silliness of bands like Leaves’ Eyes.

Legion Of The Damned – Summon All Hate – Music Stream

April 7, 2014

Head-down, serious thrash from the Netherlands. Meat-and-potatoes thrash.

Falling In Reverse – Keep Holding On – Music Stream

April 4, 2014

Able to write catchy choruses most pop metal and pop punk bands would kill for, Ronnie Radke writes trite lyrics he believes so earnestly, it’s embarrassing.

Def-Con-One – Soul Possessed – Music Stream

April 2, 2014

Pure opening-act mediocrity from the UK. Def-Con-One is a throwback to scores of second stage Ozzfest bands from the late ’90s-early ’00s.

Letlive – Banshee (Ghost Fame) – Music Stream

March 31, 2014

Pop raps (remember 311? No?) and Linkin Park clean vocals offset with screaming and metal groove are a mix bound to sell.

Eldritch – Alone Again – Music Stream

March 20, 2014

Intriguing, moody power metal from Italy. Incredibly (for this genre), the singer doesn’t overplay it.

Behemoth – Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel – Music Stream

January 31, 2014

Nergal has defeated leukemia and hosted a Polish version of The Voice, all while creating brutal death metal. It’s kind of hard not to root for the guy.

Satan’s Wrath – Die White Witch Die – Music Stream

January 29, 2014

Greece’s Satan’s Wrath is actually much closer to traditional heavy metal than it is to the storms of the antichrist.

Weekend Nachos – Satan Sucker – Music Stream

January 28, 2014

The 90 second “Satan Sucker” manages to cram in an unsettling intro, a freight train midsection, and a lurching, menacing outro before you can come up for air.