Lollipop Magazine

Sigh – Somniphobia – Music Stream

July 1, 2012

Extreme noise bringers from Japan, Sigh have run the gamut of styles over their 20+ years, from black metal to progressive to avant-garde.

Corrosion of Conformity – The Doom – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Gone is Pepper’s trademark voice (Mike Dean’s voice is fine, but no replacement), as well as a little of the band’s sense of adventure.

Orange Goblin – Red Tide Rising – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

UK metal veterans Orange Goblin come out of the gate swinging on their first album in five years. “Red Tide Rising” punches with some hefty old-school force.

Taint – Secrets And Lies – Review

April 1, 2008

Taint (taint stoner, taint sludge, taint hardcore neither) competing with Spice, Spiritual, and Clutch, but adding an artful noise and an Entombed Viking vocal.

Entombed – Serpent Saints – Review

December 7, 2007

Only two things separates them from standard heavy metal: The growl of vocalist L.G. Petrov and their death metal legacy.

Obituary – Xecutioners Return – Review

October 19, 2007

Xecutioner’s Return, like the last couple of Gorefest and Grave records, is a no-frills old school trip with only one goal in mind: Stick to the basics.

Gorefest – Rise to Ruin – Review

October 19, 2007

Pretty much La Muerte Part Two, meaning that it’s classic Gorefest: Simple but punishing riffs, varying tempos, political lyrics, and bad-ass breakdowns.

Electric Wizard – Witchcult Today – Review

September 1, 2007

They’re British doom/drone, distortion-heavy for the sake of being distortion-heavy, and the reverbed vocals make non-hit Sabbath tunes sound chipper.

Benea Reach – Monument Bineothan – Review

April 20, 2007

Ex-Extol guitarist Christer Espevoll’s new outfit, Benea Reach. Monument Bineothan is a stainless steel, massive pillar of majestic metal.

Abigail Williams – Legend – Review

March 18, 2007

Five-song EP from a Gothenburg-style Phoenix four-piece. Thrash gallop and blastbeats, blackened shrieks, keys of terror, and guitarwork like Emperor.