Lollipop Magazine

Raunchy – Velvet Noise – Review

June 20, 2003

Reaching back to Killing Joke, Ministry, and Godflesh, Raunchy bridge the old school with the new, most notably that of Fear Factory and Strapping Young Lad.

Spiritual Beggars – On Fire – Review

May 16, 2003

The very best old music crafted by top-flight archeologists, rock-lifters, fakers, and shakers is here now; unravel and time-travel with the Spiritual Beggars.

Bathory – Nordland I – Review

May 16, 2003

A Bathory album of panoramic yet claustrophobic Viking metal that creaks like a chainmailed soldier of doom riding high atop weathered maritime planks.

“Dead Mexican in my Headphones”: Metallica Follow Many Rabbits – Column

April 18, 2003

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”: Dream Theater’s Pie Bananas – Column

April 18, 2003

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”: Lemmy in Little Clothes – Column

April 18, 2003

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”: Megadeth’s Little Sister Removal – Column

April 18, 2003

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.

Avantasia – The Metal Opera Pt. II – Review

February 14, 2003

An army of vocalists, many distinct, some cliché, each committed to enunciation like a diction school, most recalling the many facets of Bruce Dickinson.

Enchant – Blink of an Eye – Review

February 14, 2003

San Francisco’s Enchant have another winner here, a record that is a gleaming alloy of the rarely examined mid-’80s to mid-’90s material from Rush.

Nile – In Their Darkened Shrines – Review

January 31, 2003

Extreme, guttural, thick and progressive, Nile delivering the somewhat expected snaky Middle Eastern lead patterns, twinned and beyond.