Music Stream – Page 6 – Lollipop Magazine

Satan’s Wrath – Die White Witch Die – Music Stream

January 29, 2014

Greece’s Satan’s Wrath is actually much closer to traditional heavy metal than it is to the storms of the antichrist.

Weekend Nachos – Satan Sucker – Music Stream

January 28, 2014

The 90 second “Satan Sucker” manages to cram in an unsettling intro, a freight train midsection, and a lurching, menacing outro before you can come up for air.

Naam – Of the Hour – Music Stream

January 27, 2014

With Hawkwind and Iron Butterfly on the mind, Namm forge their own meandering path through the cosmos and desertscapes.

Deicide – In The Minds of Evil – Music Stream

January 10, 2014

“In The Minds of Evil” is heavy as hell, but it’s got groove and craft as well. This is how death metal is done.

Marmozets – Move Shake Hide – Music Stream

January 9, 2014

This clunkily-named band has angsty roar, belted-out melodies, and some tenderness, slathered atop powerpop riffery and stick-twirling drumming.

Matt Pryor – Kinda Go To Pieces – Music Stream

January 8, 2014

The Get-Up Kids got less terrible with every release, as the cute college girls I assigned to review them for the magazine often noted.

Death Angel – The Dream Calls for Blood – Music Stream

January 7, 2014

This is straight-up bloody meat thrown to ravenous thrash fans — prototypical thrash that is equal parts Slayer and Megadeth.

Dream Theater – Along for the Ride – Music Stream

January 6, 2014

It’s great to report that “Along for the Ride” from their 2013 self-titled record is along the lines of Dream Theater’s classic early work.

Red Fang – Blood Like Cream – Music Stream

January 3, 2014

Portland, Oregon stoner rock crew turned heads with their eclectic 2011 release, Murder the Mountains, but things may have gone off the tracks since then.

Boardwalk – Crying – Music Stream

January 2, 2014

Pleasant, predictable, and mesmerizing. Breathy, gauzy female vocals, and a hipster dude handling the deeply-reverbed guitars, and a drum machine set on snooze.