Lollipop Magazine

Kreator – Endorama – Review

January 1, 2000

I’m always surprised by how little I like Kreator’s ’90s releases. ’87’s Terrible Certainty is one of my faves, right up there with Slayer’s Reign in Blood.

Vader – Live in Japan – Review

June 1, 1999

A lot more than just a documentary of an impeccable machine at work, it’s hard evidence that Vader is among the best pure death metal bands today.

Anti-Nowhere League – Scum – Review

April 1, 1999

Anti-Nowhere League are stil totally old school, like the UK Subs smeared with the Misfits, production booted to boot.

Malevolent Creation – The Fine Art of Murder – Review

April 1, 1999

Break-neck riffing, elbow-swinging grooves, lyrics about decapitation… all the ingredients that make death metal such guilt-free fun.

English Dogs – All The World’s A Rage – Review

April 1, 1999

English Dogs record real good now, and musically, blur it up closer to technically adept hardcore. More punk than anything American, new or old.

Vader – Black to the Blind – Review

November 1, 1998

Three records later and Vader have soaked up like so much bile, the work of all those New York and Florida technical deathsters, ingesting and learning it well.

Perpetua – Irational – Review

September 1, 1996

While much of the songwriting is bare-bones brutality, and that which isn’t is a rather juvenile stab at aggressive electronic music, I have faith in Perpetua.

Crowbar – Time Heals Nothing – Review

September 1, 1995

Their songwriting has improved. They are not just playing that slow slug stuff, but using more energy and groove, making this album a helluva lot more brutal.

Accept – Death Row – Review

June 1, 1995

Death Row moves Accept into the ’90s under the power of Hoffman’s rock solid, aggressive guitar style and Udo’s piercing growl.

Scatterbrain – Mundis Intellectualis – Review

October 1, 1994

Musical proficiency and composition have increased, along with the heaviness factor, and their wit and sense of the ribald has sharpened since Scamboogery.