Relapse Records – Page 13 – Lollipop Magazine

Unsane – Occupational Hazard – Review

April 1, 1998

While not as gritty, it still possesses an almost hypnotic monotony that acts as a perfect white-noise buffer to the vagaries of an unpleasant environment.

Today is the Day – Temple of the Moving Star – Review

April 1, 1998

TITD sawed the audience in half with overdriven guitar, creative sampling, and drumming that would have sounded appropriate on Led Zeppelin’s Moby Dick.

Embalmer – There Was Blood Everywhere – Review

March 1, 1998

Never saw the need for this kind of grindcore in the first place, much less remastering and repackaging old 7″s and demos.

Deceased – Fearless Undead Machines – Review

March 1, 1998

Straight-for-the-throat, chugga-chugga, growl-growl, insert melodic bridge, add gut-wrenching howl, close with echoing wails from the catacombs metal.

Amorphis – My Kantele – Review

September 1, 1997

If you grew up on the early, guttural vocals of Amorphis, then this is going to require an open mind. They’re more like a coffee-shop Queensrÿche now.

Xysma – Lotto – Review

June 1, 1997

Opening with a thin-sounding Clutch-popping rhythm, the buried-in-the-mix vocals seem to be singing throatily, but it’s really hard to tell.

Nightstick – Blotter – Review

May 1, 1997

“I swear, man, my stereo must be fucked up. What is this?” “Maybe it’s on the wrong speed.” “It’s a CD, Keith.”

Mortician – Hacked up for the Barbecue – Review

April 1, 1997

Vomiting into a toilet bowl and smashing your knuckles into something really hard, really fast sounds the same and is equally painful.

Morgion – Among Majestic Ruin – Review

April 1, 1997

Plodding through atmospheric doom, Morgion offers five new tracks from the studio session that produced two tracks for the In Memory of Celtic Frost tribute.

Exit 13 featuring Bliss Blood – Smoking Songs – Review

December 1, 1996

Steve O’Donnell and Bill Yurkiewicz are joined by bong blast buddies Dan Lilker and Richard Hoak of Brutal Truth, and Miss Bliss Blood of Pain Teens.