Mike Delano – Page 19 – Lollipop Magazine

SMP – Death of the Format – Review

August 22, 2013

SMP delivers “Metal Madness” with metal aggression (and a delightfully wanky guitar solo) over a dance/industrial skeleton, along the lines of Rammstein.

Revocation – The Hive – Music Stream

August 20, 2013

Unlike most “tech metal” bands, Boston’s Revocation actually have some great hooks and songs that stick with you.

Revocation – Review

August 20, 2013

Unlike most “tech metal” bands, Boston’s Revocation actually have some great hooks and songs that stick with you.

The Black Dahlia Murder – Everblack – Review

August 14, 2013

A chunky, reliable slab of Michigan death metal with a dark edge.

Children of Bodom – Halo of Blood – Review

August 13, 2013

I liked the glammified sounds used to spice up 2005’s Are You Dead Yet?, but most fans felt the opposite, so the next two COB albums dialed up the brutality.

Children of Bodom – Halo of Blood – Music Stream

August 13, 2013

I liked the glammified sounds used to spice up 2005’s Are You Dead Yet?, but most fans felt the opposite, so the next two COB albums dialed up the brutality.

Dark Tranquillity – Construct – Review

August 9, 2013

The classiest melodic death metal band: So crisp and perfectly arranged – with a hint of artful restraint. I imagine them headbanging in tuxes with tails.

Dark Tranquillity – The Science of Noise – Music Stream

August 9, 2013

The classiest melodic death metal band: So crisp and perfectly arranged – with a hint of artful restraint. I imagine them headbanging in tuxes with tails.

Arsis – Unwelcome – Music Stream

August 7, 2013

A killer slice of late-period Carcass worship with the playfulness and experimentation necessary to stand out from the pack in the tech metal swamp.

Arsis – Unwelcome – Review

August 7, 2013

A killer slice of late-period Carcass worship with the playfulness and experimentation necessary to stand out from the pack in the tech metal swamp.