Lollipop Magazine

Lock Up unveil “Dark Force of Conviction” – News

October 7, 2021

Legendary grindcore death metal supergroup Lock Up unveil “Dark Force of Conviction” while gearing up to release their new album, The Dregs of Hades.

Soilwork to embark on The Ride Majestic – News

June 30, 2015

Sweden-based melodic death metal experts Soilwork have announced their forthcoming 10th studio album, The Ride Majestic, available worldwide on August 28, 2015.

Mors Principium Est – Liberation=Termination – Review

December 1, 2008

Part thrash classic, part Swedish melodic death metal glory, this six-piece blends melodic, soaring guitar, virtuositic keyboards, and death roars and bellows.

Angtoria – God Has A Plan For Us All – Review

December 8, 2006

Sarah Jezebel Deva has sung for Cradle of Filth, Therion, and others. She’d give the Evanescence chick a run for her diva status, but she’s, well, a chunky one.

Scarve – Irradiant – Review

August 16, 2004

While I must applaud Scarve for the powerful, shapeshifting sorting of technical/groove metal on Irradiant, the sound is too reminiscent of Darkane/Meshuggah.

Amaran – Pristine In Bondage – Review

March 22, 2004

A combination of pounding, proggish but pedestrian power metal, fronted by a mid-operatic female vocalist, landed somewhere between the Goth metal world, old Gathering, low Nightwish, and Lullacry.

Theory In Practice – Colonizing the Sun – Review

July 12, 2002

Just the way I like ’em: Mind-boggling prog/fusion/jazz death metal splashed with spacey acid trip-ness ala Nocturnus.

No Return – Self Mutilation – Review

February 22, 2002

Roaring vocals, excellent production, and killer guitarists who layer in thirds, and chug those nasty half-stepping riffs that simply never get old.

Crest of Darkness – Project Regeneration – Review

June 1, 2001

Part of the new wave of high-tech black metal, along with Satyricon and Dodheimsgard, but they blend in more thrash and epic metal elements.

Theory In Practice – The Armageddon Theories – Review

April 1, 2001

It’s possible that Theory In Practice is the most musically complex and mind-boggling death metal band to emerge from the Swedish metal scene.