Lollipop Magazine

Anvil- Speed of Sound – Review

June 1, 1999

Porn, murder, metal, and general cantankerous complaint, just like every other Anvil record.

Darkseed – Give Me Light – Review

June 1, 1999

Each track throws in a new sound and arrangement, but I can’t help thinking that the boys are abandoning ship, passing Sentenced on the way to Paradise Lost.

Amorphis – Tuonela – Review

June 1, 1999

As Amorphis moved through the years, they became the ultimate slash band, moving through death/doom, doom/folk and folk/death/progressive.

Spock’s Beard – Day For Night – Review

June 1, 1999

A live and bouncy power chord/keyboard hybrid that sounds like heavy Yes mixed with Kansas, popped fresh with the creative hippy spirit of Phish.

Michael Schenker Group – The Unforgiven – Review

June 1, 1999

Fat, groove-brimming riffs that borrow from the blues and the Gothic conventions that Schenker helped create, but bow to no sense of obviousness.

Ray Gillen – 5th Anniversary Memorial Tribute – Review

June 1, 1999

Just four tracks pumped up to a fake 12, rife with alternate versions, mixes, an instrumental, and an inane snippet of skidderish Gillen chatter.

Pentagram – Human Hurricane – Review

April 1, 1999

There’s a reason Sabbath got famous and nobody else did. But this is as heavy, and actually heavier than most of the “elses”.

Black Sabbath – Reunion – Review

April 1, 1999

Black Sabbath’s live history is patchwork at best. The record sounds great, everybody is doing their job, the secret weapon being Bill Ward and Geezer Butler.

The Gathering- How to Measure a Planet? – Review

April 1, 1999

The spiffy graphics support this abandonment of metal, and the cryptic waffle-minded lyrics sound great from said hummingbird throat.

The Black Crowes – By Your Side – Review

April 1, 1999

A knock-it-about rock record from these boys that catches us croakin’ and crowin’ stadium anthems like skinny days of yore.