Lollipop Magazine

Misery Loves Co. – Happy? – Review

June 1, 1996

Its haunting, Alice In Chains-esque chorus, blended with mournful, distorted diary-reading verses, combine to make a beautifully depressing dirge.

A.C. – 40 More Reasons To Hate Us – Review

June 1, 1996

What’s the difference between A.C. and a cat being thrown into a blender? There is none. They both sound like this: “RRAAHHHREEBLEEAAHHRREEHER!”

Napalm Death – Diatribes – Review

March 1, 1996

Their new material has definitely not lost its edge, but is headed down the road of traditional heavy metal.

Scorn – Gyral – Review

February 1, 1996

As would be expected, the beats are emphasized, and the bass EQ is brought down, down, into the subdued maelstrom of minimized audio loops and samples.

Napalm Death – Greed Killing – Review

February 1, 1996

Though not quite as brutal as past releases, Napalm Death still show promise as one of the most talented of the grindcore bands with this new mini-album.

Ultraviolence – Pyschodrama – Interview

February 1, 1996

An interview with Johnny Violent

At The Gates – Slaughter of the Soul – Review

February 1, 1996

Slaughter of the Soul combines all that is mean riffing and vocally shredding with all that’s melodic and beautiful.

Brutal Truth – Need to Control – Review

December 1, 1995

This disc is more hardcore than the total death metal assaults of the past, it is still fast as shit. Fast, mean, and brutal. That’s the truth.

Fudge Tunnel – In A Word – Review

November 1, 1995

One of the heaviest bands on one of the most shitty-sounding records you’ve ever heard! Compiles unreleased and hard-to-find songs into a smorgasbord of sludge.

Cathedral – The Carnival Bizarre – Review

November 1, 1995

I seem to recall liking their first album, but The Carnival Bizarre is just gloomy post-Sabbath cheese with a metal growler.