Lollipop Magazine

Found Dead Hanging – Dulling Occams Razor – Review

April 5, 2004

The raw, sludgy aspect attached to the forward-moving hardcore/grind style works wonders, strengthening each song with a deafening and deadly blow.

The Wage of Sin – A Mistaken Belief in Forever – Review

March 8, 2004

The sophomore outing by all-girl hardcore act The Wage of Sin is much better than their debut, The Product of Deceit and Loneliness. While still hardcore rooted, there’s a much more pummeling, anthemic flow this time around.

With All Sincerity – The Age Where Nothing Fits – Review

March 8, 2004

With All Sincerity are a death metal band in a hardcore band’s body. The band reeks of metal music, but delivers the metallic edge with a hardcore stomp.

Nora – Dreamers and Deadmen – Review

March 1, 2004

The New Jersey natives have always put on great live shows, and for the most part, captured an honest, raw, live feel to each and every recording.

Mercury Switch – Review

March 1, 2004

Pushing the boundaries of hardcore/noisecore with message from the “Big Guy” above (read: God) New Hampshire’s Mercury Switch muscle up some creative ideas.

Built Upon Frustration – Resurrected – Review

February 23, 2004

Pittsburgh’s Built Upon Frustration recently reformed and upped their heaviness with Resurrected, a truly punishing onslaught of metal and hardcore.

Integrity – To Die For – Review

February 23, 2004

The band returns to the hardcore/metalcore scene with a solid album, following a slew of hits and misses over the last few years on Victory.

Malefaction – Where There Is Power There Is Always Resistance – Review

February 23, 2004

A monstrous meshing of noisecore brutality, grindcore intensity, and politically-charged lyrics that rain down upon us with a maelstrom of fury.

Bleeding Through – This is Love, This is Murderous – Review

February 16, 2004

Think Swedish death metal mixed with metalcore, kind of like Swedish metal pioneers At the Gates meshed with brutal heavies Hatebreed.

Ichabod – Let The Bad Times Roll – Review

February 9, 2004

Producer Reverend Steve Austin (of Today Is The Day fame) was involved in helping the Ichabod boys draw up plans for their massive noise machine.