Lollipop Magazine

Nevermore – Enemies of Reality – Review

November 5, 2003

This album, or perhaps The Politics of Ecstasy, may one day be viewed as the band’s Reign in Blood, the punk rock album of a long catalogue of epic productions.

The Black Dahlia Murder – Unhallowed – Review

November 5, 2003

This Detroit act add fresh twists by moving faster than most, and by utilizing a traditional death vocal next to a thrashy scream that is nearly black metal.

John Arch – A Twist of Fate – Review

October 29, 2003

A rousing out of retirement for fabled Fates Warning vocalist John Arch, who is in amazing form, even if his mature voice has taken on an almost affected twang.

Lamb of God – As the Palaces Burn – Review

October 29, 2003

A cross between American thrash, German thrash, and death metal, spiced with the canny stealings of the Swedish from said trinity of terror-filled metal styles.

Chimaira – The Impossibility of Reason – Review

October 29, 2003

On full-length number two, Chimaira continue to psych-out the label-slappers with a sound that is as much about The Haunted as it is hardcore.

Armored Saint – Symbol of Salvation – Review

October 29, 2003

A three-CD reissue, no doubt due to Metal Blade’s Brian Slagel’s deep appreciation for this record, and his experience of the tragedy of Dave Prichard’s death.

Evergrey – Recreation Day – Review

October 22, 2003

Englund routinely comes up with melodies that either tug at the heartstrings with thespian melodrama or cast a doom pall over music you thought you had pinned.

Clutch – Live at the Googolplex – Review

October 22, 2003

The product of a road-hardened band of warriors that plays in the spaces as much as in the deftly distorted bulldozer rock chords around them.

The Clash – The Essential Clash – Review

October 15, 2003

12 videos, of which only two could be called standard storyboarded productions, the rest live in the studio, live lip-synching, live collages, or truly live.

Danzig – Archive De La Morte – Review

October 15, 2003

Archive De La Morte offers up 12 Danzig videos, no extras, no diversions. But man, what a slew of hard-hearted rock ‘n’ roll goodies.