Lollipop Magazine

Speedealer – Bleed – Review

July 12, 2004

Shit-hot “live-in-one-take” disc from one of the world’s foremost flamethrower aggropunk-rock units. Primal early rock and roll, punk dynamism, and metal chomp.

Snapcase – Bright Flashes – Review

July 12, 2004

When a band releases a hodge-podge of new tracks, remixes, and covers, they’re trying to stay in the spotlight. That said, Snapcase always delivers the goods.

Remembering Never – Women And Children Die First – Review

July 12, 2004

Great album title. Florida’s Remembering Never hit us up big-time with a rollercoaster ride of emotions, brutal breakdowns, and heavy-set vocals.

Regenerator – Regenerated X – Review

July 12, 2004

This, the U.S. version, offers 15 definitive remixes of their most classic tracks from a career that has spanned seven albums and over a decade of performances.

Raunchy – Confusion Bay – Review

July 12, 2004

The compressed “future metal” of Fear Factory mixed with the more singable parts of Strapping Young Lad (more accurately, Devin’s solo stuff). Pretty cool.

Rasputina – Frustration Plantation – Review

July 12, 2004

As all Rasputina albums should be: Reeking of mold and moss, terrible, rusting metal tools and the fascination of limb loss.

Quintaine Americana – Dark Thirty – Review

July 12, 2004

Dark Thirty starts off strong, but gets bogged down after a while in sludgy mid-tempo yowl. Production is as thick as steak, and just as juicy with blood.

Prong – Scorpio Rising – Review

July 12, 2004

Prong’s first studio album since ’96’s underrated Rude Awakening. Punishing grooves laced with industrial triggers, meaty guitars, Tommy Victor’s dark melodies.

Probot – Review

July 12, 2004

Dave Grohl acknowledges his love for old-school metal by writing a bunch of songs and sending them to his favorite metal vocalists to add lyrics and vocals.

Premonitions of War – Left in Kowloon – Review

July 12, 2004

Punishing, grinding hardcore done with such ferocious, and head-down momentum that sitting through a listen or two can weigh heavily on your nerves.