Lollipop Magazine

Blessed by the Night – The Dark Metal Compilation Vol. 1 – Review

June 4, 2001

Two full CDs of dark/black/Gothic/atmospheric metal with 28 mostly well-known purveyors of all that is dark, dismal and frighteningly sexy.

Vintersorg – Odemarkens Son – Review

September 1, 2000

Vintersorg are stormy, snowy Viking metal designed for those who cock their ear to the brief clean vocal bits found within Dimmu Borgir and Borknagar.

Sinergy – Beware the Heavens – Review

January 1, 2000

Reminds me of the band concocted for Wayne’s World: Tia Carrere, the Marc Somethingerother from Keel, and a couple other guys who look like they’re in bands.

Beauty in Darkness Vol. 3 – Review

September 1, 1999

Part black metal, part Goth rock/metal, all excitingly scary and sexy. For anyone into darkwave, Goth, or whatever else they’re calling it, ya gotta get this.

Dimmu Borgir – Spiritual Black Dimensions – Interview

September 1, 1999

An interview with guitarist Astennu

Dimmu Borgir – Godless Savage Garden – Review

April 1, 1999

It’s a somewhat uneven, but entertaining, little package with pristine production, bound to make the brutal black metallers writhe in anti-commercial pain.

Dimmu Borgir – Enthrone Darkness Triumphant – Review

September 1, 1997

They’re heavy that blends the sounds of throat-tearing vocals, maniacally riffing guitars, and technicolor dreamcloak keyboards into one “symphonic mass.”