Lollipop Magazine

Pain of Salvation – Scarsick – Review

April 20, 2007

Start with Clawfinger, then add a little OSI, for Scarsick contains nü metal riffs, rappy vocals, and then lots of trippy contemplating bits textured up nicely.

Dominici – 03 A Trilogy Part 2 – Review

April 6, 2007

Charlie Dominici, former frontman of Dream Theater, makes a prominent comeback. Powerful melodic progressive metal with incredible musicianship and songwriting.

Dominci – 03 A Trilogy Part 2 – Review

January 1, 2007

Former Dream Theater vocalist’s solo CD. Melodic prog metal, and classic heavy metal, like ya couldn’t’ve guessed that.

The Devin Townsend Band – Synchestra – Review

April 21, 2006

As the album progresses, one enters a liquid world of layers, sorta lulling the listener into Dev’s assertion that the whole album is like one song.

Russell Allen – Atomic Soul – Review

April 4, 2005

Russell Allen is or was the singer for Symphony X. Anything using the words atomic or voodoo is cheesy and should be avoided.

Evergrey – The Inner Circle – Review

December 1, 2004

The bleakest, most depressing Evergrey album yet, due to the poetic and philosophical power of the story.

Evergrey – The Inner Circle – Interview

September 20, 2004

An Interview with guitarist/vocalist Tom Englund

Evergrey – Recreation Day – Review

October 22, 2003

Englund routinely comes up with melodies that either tug at the heartstrings with thespian melodrama or cast a doom pall over music you thought you had pinned.

Dead Soul Tribe – A Murder of Crows – Review

October 8, 2003

After two or three listens, I “connected” with the music of Dead Soul Tribe and started to experience their poetic, darkened realms of creativity.

Event – Scratching At The Surface – Review

September 3, 2003

Event play modern rock, are slickly produced, with lots of electronic clutter in the mix, no textbook soloing, no warbling falsetto, just melodic hard rock.