Lollipop Magazine

Napalm Death – Smear Campaign – Review

October 13, 2006

Mixing the savage rage of The Code Is Red with the angular and experimental sounds of the underrated Diatribes, there’s never a dull moment on Smear Campaign.

Shadows Fall – Fallout From the War – Review

September 29, 2006

As the title suggests, Fallout… acts like a companion piece to The War Within, replete with covers, re-recordings, unreleased material, and a few new tunes.

Poisonblack – Lust Stained Despair – Review

September 8, 2006

Sentenced’s Ville Laihiala provides a viable alternative to the much-beloved suicide rockers. Poisonblack isn’t afraid to get both Gothic and proggy.

Grave – As Rapture Comes – Review

September 1, 2006

The quartet ups the anger ante, adding a handful of honest to god blastbeats to the repertoire in an effort to liven things up. For the most part, it works.

Metal For The Masses – Vol. 4 – Review

August 11, 2006

20 songs on each of the two discs, a few edits and demo tracks, and inclusions from Nuclear Blast and Liquor and Poker to boot.

Lullacry – Vol. 4 – Review

August 11, 2006

Part Heart power ballad, part Mötley Crüe “Kickstart my Heart” wild-eyed shot-pounder. If you thought stripper rock was dead, you haven’t been paying attention.

Strapping Young Lad – The New Black – Review

July 7, 2006

Not as he-man thrash as Alien or SYL, more of a rule-breaker, which is what made City such a proud (and arguably unlistenable) creative moment in the extreme.

Watch Them Die – Bastard Son – Review

May 1, 2006

A raw brand of metal butchery. The band couples Eyehategod’s urgent brutality with intricate, catchy guitars, especially on “Bastard Son” and “Throne of Lies.”

God Forbid – IV: A Constitution of Treason – Interview

April 25, 2006

An interview with vocalist Byron Davis

Savage Circus – Dreamland Manner – Review

April 7, 2006

If you like your Blind Guardian-esque metal without the swooping highs and lows and feats of derring-do, then look to the cheeky audacity of Savage Circus.