Lollipop Magazine

Amber Asylum – The Natural Philosophy of Love – Review

April 1, 1998

Like Attrition, Amber Asylum are going the Gothic Classical route, with Kris Force’s soprano graced by lulling strings and shimmering washes of cymbals.

The Carnival Within: A Tribute to Dead Can Dance – Review

April 1, 1998

Oh, I was trying to avoid this one, but it came up in the pile, and I can’t get rid of it. Who in their right mind would cover Dead Can Dance?

Spahn Ranch – Architecture – Review

April 1, 1998

While their last two albums had stripped everything down to a pumping beat and noisy vocals, Architecture takes a sharp left turn and punches the gas.

Solarus – Empty Nature – Review

April 1, 1998

Dark dub meets My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts. A little too over-the-top to be creepy, but a good listen nonetheless.

Necro Tonz – Are You Dead Yet? – Review

April 1, 1998

It’s, um, Gothic lounge music. From Dallas. It’s mostly covers. Like “I Love The Dead,” “Black No. 1,” “I Put A Spell On You.”

Logiq – Big On Mars – Review

April 1, 1998

Not really an industrial album, but it is on Boston’s industrial label, Sinless.

Information Society – Don’t Be Afraid – Review

April 1, 1998

Do you know what happens when synth pop meets industrial? That’s right: Dark, intense, electronic songs that don’t have tons of distortion on the vocals!

Dive – Snakedressed – Review

April 1, 1998

Some of these electro-industrial tracks from Belgian-born Dirk Ivens and Ivan Iusco are easily accessible to the listener, and therefore, boring.

Xorcist – Soul Reflection – Review

March 1, 1998

Cool moody structures, multiple samples, and electronically altered vocals. But it works, so who am I to argue?

My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult – A Crime For All Seasons – Review

November 1, 1997

It’s always amazed me how much of a reputation these guys have with so little to back it up. “Sex on Wheels” is a great song, but what else have they done?