Relapse Records – Page 11 – Lollipop Magazine

Burnt By The Sun – Review

February 22, 2002

All the enthusiasm and none of the focus that grindcore/tech metal requires, just like The Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge, every band on Hydra Head.

Neurosis – A Sun That Never Sets – Review

February 8, 2002

Welcome to a kindler, gentler, and less brutal Neurosis, and one of the best albums of 2001.

Exhumed – Slaughtercult – Review

April 1, 2001

No surprises, here. Just fuckin’ outrageous goregrind with both snakespit snarls and demon belch vocals.

Dying Fetus – Destroy the Opposition – Review

April 1, 2001

Always technical, always “scary scary” with the two-vocal approach, Dying Fetus set themselves apart by being catchy and heavy at the same time.

Red Harvest – Cold Dark Matter – Review

April 1, 2001

Sweeping atmospheric keys, squealing metal sounds (literally), dirty guitars, and a strong melodic sense all filtered through a very analog-sounding mix.

Nile – Black Seeds of Vengeance – Review

April 1, 2001

A record that charms by being so in love with death metal, while pushing the form ever-forward, using progressive breaks and weird exotic instruments.

Napalm Death – Leaders Not Followers – Review

April 1, 2001

Napalm Death take six songs by their favorite bands and make them sound even better.

Incantation – The Infernal Storm – Review

September 1, 2000

The Infernal Storm is cleaner and better-played than any of their previous efforts, and it retains the kind of morbid magic that the classics embodied.

Cephalic Carnage – Exploiting Dysfunction – Review

September 1, 2000

I’d given up hope on humorous grindcore until I played this disc. Imagine Mr. Bungle, Candiria, Pink Floyd, Acid Bath, and Impulse Manslaughter.

Origin – Review

September 1, 2000

Kansas’ Origin are first and foremost a vicious death metal band with a bloodlust that’ll match Deicide and Cannibal Corpse.