Lollipop Magazine

Torche – Admission – Review

July 8, 2019

All roads lead to the title track, the heart of the album (placed smack in the middle) and among the best songs the band has ever recorded.

True Widow – Avvolgere – Review

December 30, 2016

2016 may have dropkicked all our hopes and dreams, but it also gave us this killer album, so it might be a wash.

Valkyrie – Shadows – Review

July 10, 2015

The power of the riff compels Valkyrie, a Virginia heavy rock group led by guitarists/vocalists Pete (also of Baroness) and Jake Adams.

Toxic Holocaust – Chemistry of Consciousness – Review

January 17, 2014

Down and dirty 30 minutes of pure speed-shot thrash metal, Toxic Holocaust’s fifth full length, Chemistry of Consciousness, is definitely their best work yet.

ASG – Blood Drive – Review

June 21, 2013

These 12 songs are catchy, memorable, and sound like classics as soon as you hit play.

Call Of The Void – Dragged Down A Dead End Path – Review

March 29, 2013

Boulder, Colorado’s Call Of The Void play some brutal hardcore combined with grind and metal that will get your ass into a frenzy.

Rotten Sound – Species at War – Review

January 25, 2013

First-rate grindcore from Finland. It’s a raw meat slab designed to keep the wolves at bay between the band’s 2011 album Cursed and their next full length.

Christian Mistress – Possession – Review

March 9, 2012

Christian Mistress drummed up a lot of buzz with the Agony & Opium EP, and their debut full-length delivers on all of that promise with confidence and ease.