Lollipop Magazine

Death Is Just The Beginning – Vol. 7 – Review

July 23, 2003

Split (kinda) into power metal on disc one and extreme on disc two, tracked alphabetically per disc, there’s so much to open yer eyes, if yer at all into metal.

Amorphis – Am Universum – Review

February 22, 2002

This singular sound is a combination of doomy, death-like melodies with completely conventional rock instrumentation. I find it a bit naggingly fence-sitting.

Metal Dreams – Vol. 3 – Review

February 22, 2002

I’m an admitted speed freak (the verb, not necessarily the drug), and while Goth metal tickles my brooding dark side, I’m just not a fan of ballads.

Beauty in Darkness – Vol. 5 – Review

February 22, 2002

18 songs, 78 minutes, there’s creepy, brutal, eerie, sexy, and every combination you can imagine, and plenty you can’t until you hear these dark masters.

Blessed by the Night – The Dark Metal Compilation Vol. 1 – Review

June 4, 2001

Two full CDs of dark/black/Gothic/atmospheric metal with 28 mostly well-known purveyors of all that is dark, dismal and frighteningly sexy.

Relapse Sampler – Review

September 1, 1999

With a roster like Neurosis, Soilent Green, Nile, Incantation, Amorphis, Today Is The Day, and Dillinger Escape Plan, how can Relapse be anything but quality?

Amorphis – Tuonela – Review

June 1, 1999

As Amorphis moved through the years, they became the ultimate slash band, moving through death/doom, doom/folk and folk/death/progressive.

Amorphis – My Kantele – Review

September 1, 1997

If you grew up on the early, guttural vocals of Amorphis, then this is going to require an open mind. They’re more like a coffee-shop Queensrÿche now.

Amorphis – Elegy – Review

June 1, 1996

Its eleven songs venture into Middle Eastern parts and double harmony guitar/keyboard passages while developing a controlled, passionate sound.

UHF/VHF – Review

November 1, 1995

Disc one has 16 noise/ambient/experimental tracks, disc two has 21 of the most insanely heavy songs you’ll ever hear. Many are teasers to new records.