Lollipop Magazine

Metal For The Masses – Vol. 4 – Review

August 11, 2006

20 songs on each of the two discs, a few edits and demo tracks, and inclusions from Nuclear Blast and Liquor and Poker to boot.

Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree – Interview

October 28, 2005

An interview with vocalist Jens Kidman

Meshuggah – I – Review

December 27, 2004

A nonstop rollercoaster of accelerated awkward tempos, tempered by stylish dynamics to create a flowing, well-paced epic. You never see it coming.

Death Is Just The Beginning – Vol. 7 – Review

July 23, 2003

Split (kinda) into power metal on disc one and extreme on disc two, tracked alphabetically per disc, there’s so much to open yer eyes, if yer at all into metal.

Meshuggah – Nothing – Review

January 3, 2003

How Swede it is. Nothing is the long-awaited follow-up to ’98’s Chaosphere, and the patented stun gun approach is intact and back-cracking.

Meshuggah – Rare Trax – Review

February 22, 2002

Demo versions of decade-old material, a couple “screw around” tracks, a remix of Chaosphere’s “Concatenation,” and the new, unreleased speedfest, “War.”

Power from the North – Sweden Rocks The World – Review

June 1, 2000

The concept is simple: Get a bunch of Swedish metal bands to take a whack at tunes by Swedish bands that laid the groundwork for them.

Fredrik Thordendal’s Special Defects – Sol Niger Within Version 333 – Review

June 1, 1999

Crazy. Just fucking crazy. Like being lost in a maze with melting walls, Sol Niger Within Version 3.33 constantly morphs, reboots, and deteriorates.

Meshuggah – Chaosphere – Interview

April 1, 1999

An interview with drummer Gustaf Hielm

Meshuggah – The True Human Design – Review

April 1, 1998

The next step in the evolution of heavy music, surpassing Pantera and Fear Factory on their own terms, then rewriting the rulebook on dethroning metal godz.