Lollipop Magazine

Voltaire – The Devil’s Bris – Review

November 1, 1998

Proving that Goth music doesn’t have to be a serious and abstract art form is the wickedly entertaining individual known as Voltaire.

Lycia – Estrella – Review

November 1, 1998

Ladies and gentlemen, brace yourselves… Lycia has finally broken the 60 bpm barrier. One of their songs is actually… midtempo.

Vidna Obmana – Crossing The Trail – Review

November 1, 1998

“Sometimes they sound like Dead Can Dance on downers, sometimes they sound like Eno on a bad day, and sometimes… sometimes… ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.”

Attrition – Étude – Review

September 1, 1997

This album sound human, as if they were in a sitting room, with a few spectators, creating a music that is both dark and haunting as well as organic and fresh.

Vidna Obmana/ Steve Roach – Cavern of Sirens – Review

May 1, 1997

Music for the threshhold between night and day. That brief moment when the sky is unsure about its character, spinning hues of purple and red and pink.

Steve Roach/ Vidna Obmana – Cavern of Sirens – Review

May 1, 1997

Music for the threshhold between night and day. That brief moment when the sky is unsure about its character, spinning hues of purple and red and pink.

Black Tape for a Blue Girl – Remnants of a Deeper Purity – Review

December 1, 1996

Even with Lucian Casselman’s soaring soprano voice, Remnants of a Deeper Purity is hardly to be considered “Ethereal Goth.” The music is far too grounded.

Lycia – Cold – Review

December 1, 1996

Empty wastelands. Barren cities. Full moons on February midnights. The songs are all drawn out, weighed down with processional drums and full strings.

Vidna Obmana – The River Of Appearance – Review

November 1, 1996

A beautiful ambient album, succinct, smooth, and soothing. Slow strings and piano, and gentle and sparse repeating lines.

Loveliescrushing – Xuvetyn – Review

September 1, 1996

These are some beautiful sound pieces that sound like a cross between some extended feedback loop via Experimental Audio Research with angelic voice drones.