Lollipop Magazine

Josh Todd – You Made Me – Review

October 4, 2004

I dig You Made Me more than I ever did Josh Todd’s hyped and strangely suspicious Buckcherry. There’s an emotional rawness to this thing.

Aina – Days of Rising Doom – The Metal Opera – Review

September 27, 2004

Pretty much the final word in the metal opera sweepstakes, the apex of achievement and effort versus the disproportionately minimal attention this will get.

Evergrey – The Inner Circle – Interview

September 20, 2004

An Interview with guitarist/vocalist Tom Englund

Dark Tranquillity – Exposures: In Retrospect and Denial – Review

August 30, 2004

Only the very old and the very new from one of Swedish progressive death’s top acts. The second CD is the live show from the DVD in CD form.

Prong – Scorpio Rising – Interview

August 9, 2004

An interview with singer/guitarist Tommy Victor

Herod – For Whom The Gods Would Destroy – Review

June 28, 2004

A gorgeous combination of Swedish thrash, Finnish drear/thrash/doom and all the things that made Metallica great, sorta in a space between Master and Justice.

King Diamond – The Puppet Master – Review

June 21, 2004

Look for a few twists in the tale this time, King Diamond, for his 11th solo album adding occasional female vocals (Livia Zita), more guitar soloing, and a DVD.

Hypocrisy – The Arrival – Review

June 14, 2004

Tried-and-true yet shrieky and fatiguing screechy production, a re-use of alien themes, that caustic caw, and those almost doomy tower of power chords.

God Forbid – Gone Forever – Review

June 7, 2004

Gone Forever is a plush, hi-fidelity feat of modern metal, epic often despite short tracks (and a short running time of 41 minutes), high art born from strife.

Opeth – Lamentations – Review

May 23, 2004

You see the band creating, thinking real hard, in the studio, emulating the old ways, which, unfortunately for the band’s health, included recording in a “classic prog” studio, a process which almost killed the band.