Hansel Merchor | Lollipop Magazine

Infidel – I, Oathbreaker – Review

November 1, 2009

Safely straddling the line between super stoner-heavy and FM rock radio. They sound best when Dennis Kostopoulos’ guitars roar with Sabbath-like fury.

Sin Dealer – Dying to Live – Review

September 1, 2009

“Lying to Myself” is a two-prone guitar attack that builds cool riffage, and in “Got Into You,” warm guitar notes make stoner rock with attitude.

Freevil – Freevil Burning – Review

July 1, 2009

Freevil offer capable, middle of the road thrashy death metal. A trio comprised of ex members of Witchery and Denata.

A Thousand Knives of Fire – The Last Train to Scornsville – Review

June 1, 2009

The best thing about stoner rock is that you don’t have to be a member of Mensa to put out an album on a reputable, specialized indie.

Sgt. Sunshine – Black Hole – Review

May 1, 2008

Maintaining the trippy vibes not via Iommi riff clonage, but via psychedelic rock that screams as much Captain Beefheart and Cream as it does, er, Kyuss.

Raw Radar War – Review

May 1, 2008

Jonah Jenkins sung for Only Living Witness, Milligram, and now with Raw Radar War, he’s straight-up going for the jugular. Sludged-up, crusty hardcore.

Grief of War – A Mounting Crisis… As Their Fury Got Released – Review

May 1, 2008

Tokyo’s Grief of War barely make the grade. They sound too complacent to rub elbows with thrash metal revival bands as goods as Evile and Municipal Waste.

Dead Hookers – The Burial/The Rebirth – Review

May 1, 2008

From Wisconsin. The sort of noisy, fuzzy, hairy, garage rock that’s best when you turn it up really loud. Fast and hard, the tracks are short and concise.

Dekapitator – The Storm Before the Calm – Review

December 21, 2007

Dekapitator have arguably created the second best old school thrash metal revivalist record. The first, of course, being Municipal Waste’s The Art of Partying.

High Tension Wires – Midnight Cashier – Review

December 14, 2007

One simple riff is repeated ’til exhaustion while the corrosive voice of Mike Wiebe (Riverboat Gamblers) delivers a deadpan performance.