Lollipop Magazine

About the Mess – Anthem of Imperfection – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Glorious late ’90s pop punk goodness, complete with whoa whoas, songs about drinking, and drumming to get your ass moving.

Municipal Waste – The Fatal Feast – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Party thrashers Municipal Waste take you back to the good ol’ days of crossover metal with “The Fatal Feast” featuring Nuclear Assault’s John Connelly.

Whitechapel – Section 8 – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Whitechapel vocalist Phil Bozeman’s guttural growl has been described as “bowel-rotted throat flatulence,” and we won’t even try to top that descriptive gem.

Warbringer – Shattered Like Glass – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Thrash revivalists Warbringer trade a little bit of the technical ecstasy this time around for some straight-up brutality on “Shattered Like Glass.”

Unleashed – Rise of the Maya Warriors – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Unleashed do things their way, and while their Viking assault has stayed pretty much true to its roots, you might hear some tweaks to the formula here.

Trivium – In Waves – Music Stream

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 – Do Not Look Down – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

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

Megadeth – Public Enemy No. 1 – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

“Public Enemy No. 1” comes from the fun side of Megadeth. Plus, the video for the song has monkeys in it.

Machine Head – Locust – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Machine Head experienced a renaissance with the 2007 thrashterpiece The Blackening, and after a long wait, Unto The Locust picks up right where they left off.

Lacuna Coil – Trip The Darkness – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

“Trip The Darkness” is streamlined and effective: even if modern-day Lacuna Coil is miles away from the more thoughtful, expansive sounds of Unleashed Memories.

Soulfly – World Scum – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

One thing you can always count on: Max Cavalera is gonna make it heavy and catchy, and “World Scum” fits that description nicely.

Krisiun – Rise and Confront – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Krisiun’s no-nonsense death metal has earned the Brazilian band tour spots alongside Immolation, Nile, and Unleashed, and they’re still going for the jugular.

Korn – Way Too Far – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Nu-metal posterboys Korn have long been vilified for their musical mood swings. Find out if you like their latest endeavor, dubstep, on “Way Too Far.”

Jeff Loomis – Surrender – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Ex-Nevermore guitarist Jeff Loomis shreds alongside like-minded souls Marty Friedman, Chris Poland, and, on “Surrender,” former Emperor frontman Ihsahn.

In Flames – Deliver Us – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Gothenburg, Sweden’s melo-death success story In Flames has made their sound more accessible with each new release in recent years.

Iced Earth – Anthem – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Iced Earth picked up Into Eternity screamer Stu Block for this album after the (second) departure of Matt Barlow. Like Ripper Owens, Block is a great fit.

HateSphere – Need To Kill – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

HateSphere have long been bringers of lean, fat-free death/thrash, and “The Killer,” a cut from their seventh album, delivers the goods.

Goatwhore – Collapse In Eternal Worth – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Slide on your spiked gauntlets and prostrate yourself before NOLA’s reigning kings of blackened death.

Every Time I Die – Underwater Bimbos from Outer Space – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Buffalo metalcore mainstays Every Time I Die have a way with song titles, and “Underwater Bimbos from Outer Space” also delivers on the chaotic sounds.

Epica – Storm the Sorrow – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Female-fronted symphonic metal group Epica doesn’t aim to sooth with “Storm the Sorrow,” a call to arms against the ills of the world.

Edguy – Robin Hood – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Edguy have been a fixture on the power metal scene for decades, and these Germans have never been afraid to tackle iconic or fantastical sources.

Desaster – Queens of Sodomy – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Remember that Soufly song “Blood Fire War Hate?” Add Satan to that cheerful string of words and you’ve got Desaster’s modus operandi.

Charred Walls of the Damned – Ashes Falling Upon Us – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Drummer Richard Christy (Death, Iced Earth) has to split his time between metal and The Howard Stern Show, but neither seem to be suffering for it.