Lollipop Magazine

Anti-Nowhere League – Scum – Review

April 1, 1999

Anti-Nowhere League are stil totally old school, like the UK Subs smeared with the Misfits, production booted to boot.

Sleep – Jerusalem – Review

April 1, 1999

Jerusalem is often a one chord mudbank of crumbled sludge, making just enough twists to keep us from nodding off, but really falling to the rear of the pack.

Skid Row – 40 Seasons: The Best Of Skid Row – Review

April 1, 1999

Three remix versions, one demo version, one live, and two previously unreleased compositions comprise a pretty good haul.

Sheavy – The Electric Sleep – Review

April 1, 1999

Sheavy enter a cosmic Monster Magnet zone, loping into slow blues, acoustic flights o’ fancy and of course tons of Sabbath-steeped power chords.

Nevermore – Dreaming Neon Black – Review

April 1, 1999

A semi-autobiographical tale based on the utter, blank, unsolved disappearance of a loved one and the subsequent descent into madness.

My Dying Bride – 34.788% Complete – Review

April 1, 1999

My Dying Bride is just as daft, fang-dripped, and miserable as ever, despite the slight/slate electronic flourishes and Aaron’s point-blank confessionals.

Scholomance – A Treatise on Love – Review

April 1, 1999

Scholomance is what it professes to be, a mesmerizing pastiche of progressive black metal, soaking up all the complicated habits of the centuries.

Metallica – Garage Inc. – Review

April 1, 1999

Eleven new covers, ranging from non-events to the divinely sublime. Bob Seger’s “Turn The Page” is the single, and it’s the worst pick of the lot.

Memory Garden – Verdict of Posterity – Review

April 1, 1999

Pure delight for fans of progressive metal. Memory Garden are a Swedish phenom who mix their convolution with a detectable trace of doom via Memento Mori.

Roachpowder – Viejo Diablo – Review

April 1, 1999

Roachpowder are a Swedish thing, fronted by a Canadian, but pertinently produced by Entombed twiddler Tomas Skogsberg.