Lollipop Magazine

Trail of Tears – Free Fall Into Tears – Review

June 1, 2005

Doubled male clean vocals are tasty, but a siren’s call is always a nice touch. Glorious melody, plenty of roar, both Gothic metal swagger and speedy racing.

Beseech – Drama – Review

April 4, 2005

Where Sentenced, Tiamat, and HIM leave off: Sometimes ultra-cheesy and weak, other times it gels, with bold guitars and keyboards playing off each other.

Atrocity – Atlantis – Review

April 4, 2005

A strange metal album that defies categorization. It might be a bit over-the-top for some, and little hard to follow for others, but Atrocity make it work.

Lacrimas Profundere – Fall, I Will Follow – Review

July 23, 2003

While German veterans Lacrimas Profundere still don’t stroke me as especially exceptional, there are some big, beautifully dark and sweeping passages.

Beseech – Souls Highway – Review

January 3, 2003

Rich, beautiful Gothic metal with deep, Type O male vocals (manly like Rammstein, not goofy like Moonspell) and strong, non-wispy female vocals.

Vintersorg – Visions From the Spiral Generator – Review

January 3, 2003

A distinct and impassioned vocal now known as much for his work with Borknagar as his band, Vintersorg, our man turns in his cleanest, most precise record yet.

Hollenthon – With Vilest Worms to Dwell – Review

March 1, 2002

Hollenthon combine death and black metal influences to make these Austrians a force to be reckoned with.

Eisheilig – Review

February 15, 2002

There’s something somber and sexy about a deep voice singing German. Eisheilig opens and closes their debut strongly, and they brush good points along the way.

Lacrimas Profundere – Burning: A Wish – Review

February 2, 2002

Some nice elements, granted, but it’s all, ya know, first-draft stuff. And after almost a decade, you’d think these guys could’ve dug a little deeper.

Vintersorg – Cosmic Genesis – Review

June 4, 2001

Now a two-piece and sung in English, Cosmic Genesis is a much more accessible concept, but still firmly rooted in the folk metal tradition.