Lollipop Magazine

The Cardigans – Long Gone Before Daylight – Magnus Lagerberg – Interview

October 4, 2004

An (email) interview with bassist Magnus Lagerberg

Anathema – A Natural Disaster – Review

April 19, 2004

Danny has written most of the record, but Anathema have turned in a fairly single-mooded, periodically guitary record, one that is equal parts Radiohead, Porcupine Tree, and late ’90s Anathema.

Entombed – Inferno – Review

September 24, 2003

Entombed have an innate talent for explosive groovy extreme metal, but sometimes they hit the autopilot and go with the first thing that pops into their heads.

Opeth – Damnation – Review

July 23, 2003

Friends have tried to convince me of sinister undertones, and sure, I hear some, but I mainly hear folky hippie sap rock. Full on Simon & Garfunkle’n’shit.

Spiritual Beggars – On Fire – Review

May 16, 2003

The very best old music crafted by top-flight archeologists, rock-lifters, fakers, and shakers is here now; unravel and time-travel with the Spiritual Beggars.

Opeth – Deliverance – Interview

January 2, 2003

An interview with vocalist/guitarist Mikael Akerfeldt and guitarist Peter Lindgren

Twisted Forever – A Tribute to Twisted Sister – Review

April 19, 2002

This navigates the hits, the hidden gems, combining big names, and underground faves digging deep and showing why the mainstream will never understand them.

Godflesh – Hymns – Review

March 1, 2002

On Hymns, even without the high-tech frills, Godflesh prove that they’re a real “rock” band capable of awesome harshness and an amazing melodic beauty.

Anathema – A Fine Day to Exit – Review

February 22, 2002

No band has ever moved farther afield from their original sound within this genre we love, and possibly even outside of it.

Lost Horizon – Awakening the World – Review

February 22, 2002

Taking a page from In Extremo, Crimson Glory and lost ’80s yuksters Warrior, Lost Horizon don the warpaint and flowing finery of power metal fromage.