Lollipop Magazine

Psyclon Nine – INRI – Review

June 13, 2005

One of the leaders in the “Terror EBM” movement. Marshall Carnage brilliantly fuses black metal and EBM, adding guitars and string-textured sounds.

VNV Nation – Matter + Form – Review

June 13, 2005

One of the most highly-anticipated albums in the EBM/synthpop genre. VNV Nation’s fifth release in a decade. An album that takes some risks and still succeeds.

Heimataerde – Gotteskrieger – Review

June 13, 2005

If Wumpscut and Suicide Commando were highly influenced by medieval times. The songs are thumping EBM creations, but include what sounds like bag pipe samples.

Grendel – Soilbleed – Review

June 13, 2005

Three new songs, including a much-unexpected collaboration with Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, and two remixes of “Soilbleed” from Agonoize and Obszon Geschopf.

Juno Reactor – Labyrinth – Interview

June 13, 2005

An interview with Ben Watkins

Combichrist – Everybody Hates You – Review

June 13, 2005

Everybody Hates You is a 13-track crash-course, fueled by Jack Daniels, in debauchery, serial killers, abuse, backstabbing, snake girls, and much more.

Novakill – Kill Everyone – Review

May 26, 2005

Australian EBM. Hard, dark, littered with samples, distorted vocals, and an occassional hard-charger. That’s where they’re at their best.

Assemblage 23 – Storm – Interview

May 9, 2005

An interview with composer/vocalist Tom Shear

Juno Reactor – Labyrinth – Review

April 18, 2005

Juno Reactor’s sixth album, Labyrinth, continues the world music fusion that is uniquely Ben Watkins. The album contains two tracks from The Matrix film series.

Hanzel und Gretyl – Scheissmessiah – Review

April 11, 2005

Loopy’s signature slashing, gritty guitar, electronic mayhem, and Vas Kallas’s barking distorted vocals, remind us fondly of the Psalm 69-era Ministry.