Lollipop Magazine

Hypocrisy – Hypocrisy Destroys Wacken – Review

June 1, 1999

With 11 live tracks (gorgeously produced, I might add) and four studio tracks, Hypocrisy Destroys Wacken is a must for die-hard fans.

Sculpture – Review

June 1, 1999

Similar to bands like Cemetery, Dreadful Shadows, and Evereve, Sculpture mix the metal with the moodiness and have produced some fine, heavy Goth rock.

New Eden – Obscure Master Plan – Review

June 1, 1999

Evidently, some guy started New Eden, joined Steel Prophet for a couple albums, then thought it’d be a swell idea to resurrect his old band. I disagree.

Thy Serpent – Christcrusher – Review

April 1, 1999

These Fins create some wickedly atmospheric and skillful black metal that rivals their contemporaries in Sweden and Norway.

Agathodaimon – Blacken the Angel – Review

April 1, 1999

On Blacken The Angel, this German sextet leans toward the more melodic and atmospheric end of the black metal spectrum.

Sinister – Aggressive Measures – Review

April 1, 1999

While they were never one of the better bands to begin with, they play death metal the way it was meant to be played: fast, technical, and piled with grooves.

Night in Gales – Thunder Beast – Review

April 1, 1999

On Thunderbeast, Germany’s Night In Gales do a fine interpretation of the Gothenburg sound without aping any band in particular.

Meshuggah – Chaosphere – Interview

April 1, 1999

An interview with drummer Gustaf Hielm

Call on the Dark – 2 – Review

April 1, 1999

While I prefer NB’s Beauty in Darkness2 and CM’s FireStarter to this, fans of dancier and/or less metal-tinged darkness will simply die for Call on the Dark2.

Raise Hell – Holy Target – Review

April 1, 1999

Fellow scribes have mentioned Dissection and Children Of Bodom as similar warpspeed blacksters, and the comparisons are apt.