Martin Popoff – Page 13 – Lollipop Magazine

Nevermore – This Godless Endeavor – Review

March 3, 2006

A new level of maturity. There’s a cohesion here, a rounding of the sharp prog edges into a massive and moving, mostly mid-paced and slow-end-of-fast thrash.

Icarus Witch – Capture The Magic – Review

March 3, 2006

Thinking man’s Primal Fear, double bass-void Stratovarius (Kotipelto solo?), or the last couple of Maidens come to mind. Dependable, frilly-sleeved metal.

“Dead Mexican in my Headphones”: Dio- Printer of Evil – Column

February 28, 2006

I interview rock guys two, three times a week. I use voice recognition software to transcribe these interviews. It doesn’t always come out as planned though.

Beautiful Creatures – Deuce – Review

February 24, 2006

Hard to believe it’s Joe LeSte of Bang Tango. The band are so corrected and corporate-sounding, every trendy texture thrown on the guitar, bass, and vocals.

Exodus – Shovel Headed Kill Machine – Review

February 24, 2006

One vocalist dead and another “You are dead to me,” Gary Holt keeps it alive with Rob Dukes. Like the thrash purity of Peter Dolving returning to The Haunted.

“Dead Mexican in my Headphones”: Slash Solos for Steak – Column

January 28, 2006

I interview rock guys two, three times a week. I use voice recognition software to transcribe these interviews. It doesn’t always come out as planned though.

“Dead Mexican in my Headphones”: Metal Mike’s Crazy Aunts – Column

January 28, 2006

I interview rock guys two, three times a week. I use voice recognition software to transcribe these interviews. It doesn’t always come out as planned though.

Gorefest – La Muerte – Review

January 20, 2006

Dutch thinking man’s extremists Gorefest have been coaxed out of retirement, partly by a reissue campaign, partly because the damnable creativity still flows.

Aerosmith – Rockin’ the Joint – Review

January 13, 2006

Brings back the magic of Aerosmith in their prime. Quite pleasurably geared to the fan who’s been in it for the long, sometimes hair-pulling haul.

Symphorce – Godspeed – Review

January 13, 2006

Along the lines of rock-sculptured records by Evergrey, Morgana Lefay, and Nevermore, Godspeed finds this band stonewalled with heaviness, but progressive in all the creases.