Martin Popoff – Page 17 – Lollipop Magazine

Demonoid – Riders of the Apocalypse – Review

April 11, 2005

Three Therion guys, plus acrobatic Soilwork drummer Rickard Evensand doing a sort of disciplined, sawed-off version of Swedish thrash or death metal revival.

Amorphis – Far From The Sun – Review

April 4, 2005

Enigmatic lead singer Pasi Koskinen’s swansong is an interesting, not altogether successful, return to heaviness, although it’s more la trip to a new heaviness.

Amon Amarth – Fate of Norns – Review

April 4, 2005

Bloodied but unbowed Viking metal. Man, album after album, these guys crack me up. The Viking lessons never grow tired, and live, Amon Amarth kill with power.

Blind Guardian – Imaginations Through The Looking Glass – Review

March 7, 2005

Finally, a Blind Guardian DVD has arrived, and the band has pulled out all the stops, if not for loading up a DVD, at least for presentation of a live show.

“Dead Mexican in my Headphones”: Mountain of Ankles – Column

February 28, 2005

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”: King on the Throne – Column

February 28, 2005

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”: Back Up Beat Up – Column

February 28, 2005

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.

Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple Story – Review

February 28, 2005

The triumph of this book is that it makes the very tangled story of this band highly readable, if a bit academic, all within 321 pages.

Vintersorg – The Focusing Blur – Review

January 31, 2005

Vintersorg incorporates back-to-nature lyrics through the use of medieval, folky passages over Peccatum-styled terror prog, and occasional blasting blackness.

Unleashed – Sworn Allegiance – Review

January 31, 2005

Blunt, boorish words you can understand, riffs you’ll remember after the smoke’s cleared, production loud and proud, rhythms touched by the hand of chaos.