Lollipop Magazine

Paragon – Revenge – Review

October 28, 2005

Bad take-off on the classic Judas Priest/Iron Maiden sound, which I was never that fond of. Souring vocals, boring, one-note bass galloping, and shitty songs.

Crowbar – Lifesblood for the Downtrodden – Review

October 21, 2005

This is truly Southern stoner rock: Mostly mid-tempo jams with trippy, gruff, echo-heavy vocals, and riffs that breathe and stretch out well.

Burden of Grief – Fields of Salvation – Review

October 21, 2005

By-the-numbers, European, thrash/death metal. Fast, riffy, with lots of melodic, dueling lead guitar lines and gruff vocals. Nothing new or all that special.

Astarte – Sirens – Review

October 21, 2005

Thanks for showing me that women can play and write crappy, go nowhere, repetitive, uninteresting, unoriginal, faux black metal garbage as well as any man.

Overkill – Relix IV – Review

September 30, 2005

A killer thrash metal record: Well-written, precisely-executed, with a down and dirty, raw production style. These New Jersey veterans sound hungry.

High On Fire – Blessed Black Wings – Review

September 30, 2005

Matt Pike, Des Kensel, and ex-Melvin Joe Preston have mixed the best aspects of every era of metal into a boiling broth of riffs, melody, and power.

Entombed – Unreal Estate – Review

June 13, 2005

In 2002, much respected-metal veterans Entombed played as the pit orchestra for some kinda fuckin’ ballet. This is the CD document of that live extravaganza.

The Ducky Boys – Three Chords and the Truth – Interview

June 13, 2005

An interview with bassist/vocalist Mark Lind

Leviathan – Tentacles of Whorror – Review

June 13, 2005

Ultra-fuzzy guitar, melodic bass lines, echo heavy banshee wails, and blastbeat drumming segue nicely to the more quiet, atmospheric compositions.

Behemoth – Demigod – Review

May 16, 2005

Polish black metal. Chugging guitar riffs, lots of Arabic-sounding lead lines, really mushy cookie monster vocals, but the drummer! Hot damn!