Lollipop Magazine

Hammerfall – Legacy of Kings – Review

April 1, 1999

While many of their peers are either stuck in the ’80s sound or just plain suck, Hammerfall shines like a diamond in shit.

Dimmu Borgir – Godless Savage Garden – Review

April 1, 1999

It’s a somewhat uneven, but entertaining, little package with pristine production, bound to make the brutal black metallers writhe in anti-commercial pain.

Benediction – Grind Bastard – Review

January 1, 1999

Combining the freight train aggression of their older stuff with the slower style of The Dreams…, they’ve found a balance just right.

Am I Blood – Agitation – Review

January 1, 1999

Someone listened to a lot of early Testament and Metallica and took their teachings to heart. That is by no means a slag, it’s just a reference point.

Pungent Stench – Praise the Names of the Musical Assassins – Review

January 1, 1999

19 songs spanning 70 minutes, the whole time I was thinking, “Yeah, I remember when I listened to a lot of shit that sounded this bad.”

Lostsouls – Fracture – Review

January 1, 1999

Combining elements of Korn, Machine Head, Fear Factory, and Meshuggah, it’s surprising that I have little more to say than, “Wow! Great Production!”

Hollow – Modern Cathedral – Review

November 1, 1998

Hollow rule, playing a sort of middle metal that combines groovebang stuff like Accept, Priest, and ’80s Sabbath with elevated prog touches.

Therion – Vovin – Interview

November 1, 1998

An Interview with guitarist/composer Christofer Johnsson

Covenant – Nexus Polaris – Review

November 1, 1998

This five piece band (not project) from Norway more closely resemble Emerson, Lake and Palmer with black metal influences than they do Mayhem.

Primal Fear – Review

September 1, 1998

If you always loved Priest, but thought their production lacked the over-the-topness available to hacks with half the songwriting talent, here’s Primal Fear.