Century Media – Page 8 – Lollipop Magazine

Paradise Lost – In Requiem – Review

July 27, 2007

Sung and recorded better than a Sentenced album, but every time the verse starts, you’re bored. Stodgy, oppressive songs which, in the end, aren’t that heavy.

Fu Manchu – We Must Obey – Interview

July 27, 2007

An interview with singer/guitarist Scott Hill

Dark Tranquillity – Fiction – Review

July 27, 2007

The best of their past, combined with new, forward-looking tricks to become something flawless. Fresh, nostalgic, beefy, futuristic, classic, and catchy.

Himsa – Summon In Thunder – Review

June 1, 2007

They started out hardcore on Revelation, went death metal on Prosthetic, and are now a might roar-machine on Century Media. Some rubs my metal belly just right.

Firewind – Allegiance – Review

March 30, 2007

Gus G. is only in his mid-20s, but with all the extreme metal around, his take on power metal is stacked with chords of an In Flames or Finnish metal nature.

Fear My Thoughts – Vulcannus – Review

March 30, 2007

Fear My Thoughts pack and compact a pile of forceful, punishing Machine Head-esque riffing into each of these diamond-blinding constructs.

Nightwish – Highest Hopes – Review

March 12, 2007

The Best of Nightwish. Anyone into Evanescence who can live with layered operatic screeches and metal mall-strutting should check this out.

Borknagar – Origin – Review

March 12, 2007

An acoustic album with flutes and shit. Vintersorg’s voice can break hearts, but I just can’t get passed the freakin’ flutes.

In This Moment – Beautiful Tragedy – Review

March 1, 2007

Less interesting that Otep, which is to say, they’re awful. Check out Drain S.T.H. (for glorious, layered female harmonies) and Crisis (for banshee wail).

Arch Enemy – Live Apocalypse – Review

February 9, 2007

Two discs of concert footage, videos, and interviews, with the pristine production values and sound quality from a band that never does anything half-ass.