Lollipop Magazine

Whitechapel – Recorrupted – 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 – Worlds Torn Asunder – 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 – Odalheim – 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 – Koloss – 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 – TH1RT3EN – 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 – Unto The 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 – Dark Adrenaline – 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 – Enslaved – 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 – The Great Execution – 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 – The Path Of Totality – 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 – Plains Of Oblivion – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

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

In Flames – Sounds Of A Playground Fading – 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 – Dystopia – 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 – The Great Bludgeoning – 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 – Blood for the Master – 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 – Ex Lives – 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 – Requiem of the Indifferent – 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 – Age Of The Joker – 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 – The Arts of Destruction – 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 – Cold Winds On Timeless Days – 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.

Leaves’ Eyes – Symphonies Of The Night – Music Stream

April 9, 2012

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.

Say Anything – Anarchy, My Dear – Music Stream

April 5, 2012

Singer Max Bemis has an incredible charisma that channels Ted Leo, and that energy is on shining display during “Burn A Miracle.”