Martin Popoff – Page 42 – Lollipop Magazine

Curse of the Demon- A Tribute To Mercyful Fate – Review

June 1, 2000

Quality is high, unknowns Mystic Force and Psycho Scream doing well, bigshots like Deceased and Memory Garden get the nod. Soilwork whip “Egypt” into a frenzy.

Catch the Rainbow – A Tribute To Rainbow – Review

June 1, 2000

Helloween’s drummer Uli Kusch assembles a good chunk of the band plus the cream of German metal for a hi-tech, hi-fidelity romp through the Rainbow catalogue.

Steel Prophet – Messiah – Review

June 1, 2000

Steel Prophet are without a doubt one of America’s marquee power metal bands, slotting comfortably and confidently between Helloween and Primal Fear.

Transport League – Satanic Panic – Review

June 1, 2000

Now courting new Metallica, heavy Clutch, hints of hardcore, retro-punk re: Hellacopters, all anchored by cool shouty vocals and a sense of metal groove.

Raise Hell – Not Dead Yet – Review

June 1, 2000

A formula tapped and then slurped out the bottom of the barrel by Witchery, and now the newly tanked version of The Crown. A formula highly welcome.

Sculptured – Apollo Ends – Review

June 1, 2000

Sculptured are an intellectually and emotionally intense purveyor of metal progression that have crafted a headphone album.

Samson – Survivor – Review

June 1, 2000

Bruce Dickinson’s happy-go-stumbly years with one of the NWOBHM’s great underrated acts. Survivors is a little loose-bolted but the songs were strong.

Samson – Shock Tactics – Review

June 1, 2000

A monster of an album, one of the best of the genre, Bruce Dickinson caterwauling up to the level of any Maiden spread, axeman Samson turning in choice riffs.

Samson – Live at Reading ’81 – Review

June 1, 2000

Live At Reading ’81 is Bruce Dickinson’s last gig with the band and trots out the old chestnuts in the band’s celebrated devil-may-care style.

Pantera – Reinventing The Steel – Review

June 1, 2000

Keeping it short, ear to the ground, logical, almost compact and punky, within the golden-handcuffed confines of the tin-foil-on-a-filling Pantera screech.