Lollipop Magazine

Astroqueen – Into Submission – Review

February 22, 2002

Into… is no embarrassment, but distinctly within “the known.”

Murder Squad – Unsane, Insane, and Mentally Deranged – Review

February 22, 2002

Members of Carnage, Merciless, Dismember, and Entombed bring you the kind of wide-eyed innocence that gore metal hasn’t seen since its humble beginnings.

The Project Hate MCMXCIX – Cybersonic Superchrist – Review

September 1, 2000

Some atmospheric keys and a female vocalist above the Ministry-meets-Meshuggah chug, but Jorgen could say, “how’s it going?” and it’d sound evil as shit.

CJSS – Kings of The World – Review

September 1, 2000

A blast from the past, but so is bed-wetting… Never cared for David T. Chastain, his guitarwork, his songwriting, his production, or his taste.

Power Symphony – Lightbringer – Review

September 1, 2000

Female-fronted power/epic metal with Celtic, doom, and classical influences. Very atmospheric and moody, but pushing the vocals too far forward.

Transport League – Satanic Panic – Review

June 1, 2000

Now courting new Metallica, heavy Clutch, hints of hardcore, retro-punk re: Hellacopters, all anchored by cool shouty vocals and a sense of metal groove.

Malevolent Creation – Manifestation – Review

June 1, 2000

You shouldn’t need this uneven best-of because you should already own every Malevolent Creation album (well, except for the monotonous In Cold Blood).

Defleshed – Fast Forward – Review

June 1, 2000

All the shredding half-steps and snarling vocals of, say, Kreator’s heyday, and crushing production that’ll leave you breathless as a hamster on a wheel.

Metalium – Millennium Metal – Review

January 1, 2000

Metalium follows the formula set by the greats, and perhaps in time will become great themselves. They have the chops, they just don’t write memorable songs.

Prophecy- Contagion – Review

January 1, 2000

Take a large Fear Factory motor, attach a Brutal Truth steering system, add some Skinny Puppy shocks, and use a Napalm Death transmission.