Reviews – Page 66 – Lollipop Magazine

Accept – Stalingrad – Review

April 15, 2012

The 2012 version of Accept barrels ahead with “Stalingrad,” the title cut from their new album, a powder keg of wartime heroism, misery, and brotherhood.

Lo-Pan – Salvador – Review

April 15, 2012

This Ohio band’s “El Dorado” is some dirty American rock that holds up well to ridiculous comparisons.

16 – Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds – Review

April 15, 2012

The term “sludge metal” immediately conjures up thoughts of the basketful of bands. Los Angeles’ 16 breaks out of that narrow description.

7 Horns 7 Eyes – Throes of Absolution – Review

April 15, 2012

7 Horns 7 Eyes bring (almost) 7 minutes of metal fury and atmosphere on “Divine Amnesty,” a song from the Seattle band’s debut Throes of Absolution.

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.”

Trivium – In Waves – Review

April 15, 2012

Trivium found a great balance between the freewheeling attack of their first album with the more controlled sounds of their second with 2008’s Shogun.

Meshuggah – Koloss – Review

April 13, 2012

A shiny, evil-intentioned robo-threat with a zillion individual parts moving in perfect harmony while steam expels rhythmically from certain orifices.

Xenoblade Chronicles – Review

April 13, 2012

Within the first steps of this epic RPG, you’ll want to spend time in this awe-inspiring foreign world, taking on quests out of desire rather than necessity.