Lollipop Magazine

Ulver – Blood Inside – Interview

April 16, 2006

An interview with Kristoffer Rygg

Headtrip Superstar – Beautiful – Review

December 2, 2005

Poor old groove, abused and over-used by the nü metal, so bands who base their sound around the kind of stomping grooves can’t help but sound a little dated.

Life Of Agony – Broken Valley – Review

November 18, 2005

The hardcore component LOA always tried to shy away from has been almost entirely dropped, replaced by a slick, vaguely punchy post-grunge rock-out vibe.

KHZ – Reality on a Finer Scale – Review

November 11, 2005

NYC female-fronted electro-rockers KHZ have largely looked beyond the pleasing electro-noir slinkiness, and turned into a full-on aggro industrial rock act.

Ulver – Blood Inside – Review

November 4, 2005

Orchestral ambience, trip hop-imbued electronica, metallic guitars, big band jazz exuberance, prog rock sensibility, and purely experimental awe.

Frantic Bleep – The Sense Apparatus – Review

June 13, 2005

Swirls of blackened psychedelia and flourishes of prog-metallic flair, melodic vocals, melancholic keyboards, eerie atmospheric chantings, the works.

Beseech – Drama – Review

April 4, 2005

Where Sentenced, Tiamat, and HIM leave off: Sometimes ultra-cheesy and weak, other times it gels, with bold guitars and keyboards playing off each other.

Until The End – The Blind Leading The Lost – Review

April 4, 2005

Like most straight-ahead metalcore, it’s one-dimensional, but unlike Hatebreed, at least these troops of doom have a pretty clear idea of who the enemy is.

Torque – Review

April 4, 2005

Hailing from MA, Torque tread where the likes of Staind, Chevelle, or Godsmack have before them, with some decent enough angst-ridden grunge-imbued metal.

The Warriors – War Is Hell – Review

April 4, 2005

Gritty, nasty, and uncompromising metal-tinged hardcore with nary an opening for melody or hope anywhere in sight. Breakdowns, yelling, and brutality aplenty.