Lollipop Magazine

Daysend – Severance – Review

April 4, 2005

A mixing of Swedish-style neo-thrashery and prog-style guitar noodling with stomping grooves and melodies reminiscent of Faith No More circa-Angel Dust.

Hypersolid – Inertia – Review

February 21, 2005

Providence, RI quintet Hypersolid, on this debut five-track EP, fuse the histrionics of latter-day Queensrÿche with something a bit more contemporary.

Crisis – Like Sheep Led To Slaughter – Interview

February 7, 2005

An interview with singer Karyn Crisis

Sybreed – Slave Design – Review

January 24, 2005

How many Fear Factory clones does the world need, especially now that Dino-less Fear Factory themselves are an unsatisfying clone of their former selves?

Murder By Death – Who Will Survive, And What Will Be Left Of Them? – Interview

November 15, 2004

An interview with frontman Adam Turla

Atreyu – The Curse – Review

November 1, 2004

Atreyu’ve been combining Arch Enemy guitar wails with hardcore rumbling since ’01, recently overtaken by Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, and Avenged Sevenfold.

Secret Chiefs 3 – Book of Horizons – Review

October 4, 2004

From minimalist Musique Concrète to lush lounge exotica to raging death metal to Spaghetti Western to Middle Eastern strings and Danny Elfman atmospherics.

Winds – The Imaginary Direction of Time – Review

September 20, 2004

A mellower, more laid-back cousin to Borknagar and Vintersorg’s journeys through folk, classical music, and prog rock.

Primal Fear – Devil’s Ground – Review

September 20, 2004

Featuring a former Gamma Ray frontman and an ex-Annihilator drummer, Primal Fear have been amongst the most dependable when it comes to power metal.

Nocturnal Rites – New World Messiah – Review

September 20, 2004

Everything here is in place for those who like their power metal predictable, safe, and by-the-book.