Lollipop Magazine

Brujeria – Brujerizmo – Review

April 1, 2001

A punishingly addictive death metal album that reestablishes Brujeria’s mixture of Fear Factory rhythms, Terrorizer riffing, and Spanish Satanic ramblings.

Deicide – Insineratehymn – Review

September 1, 2000

More hook-ridden and less predictable than their last studio effort, Serpents of the Light, it’s also a lot more paced than anything Deicide’s done.

Boiler Room – Can’t Breathe – Review

September 1, 2000

Heavy God Lives Underwater mixed with that whisper-to-a-scream thing every hack-ass nü metal band is doing now. Luckily, Chris Lino has a soulful voice.

MTV’s Return of The Rock – Review

September 1, 2000

MTV is opening saying they’d turned their back on your passé music, but now they’re back to sell you what you already should’ve considered Heavy Music 101!

Glassjaw – Everything You Wanted to Know About Silence – Review

June 1, 2000

Wildly overrated, like most nü metal.

Nickelback – The State – Review

April 1, 2000

Look at ‘m as a less bombastic Creed. Real pro playing, mixing, production, the big vocal treatment with that aggravating post-Vedder “sensitive manliness.”

Type O Negative – World Coming Down – Review

January 1, 2000

If you peel away the layers of sexuality, debauchery, love, loss, and carnage of both Carnivore and Type O, you’ll see an under-current of classic rock.

Coal Chamber – Chamber Music – Review

January 1, 2000

A repetitious, sleepy, confused, weakly-produced record that’s too electronica and hip-hop. Plus the grooves are gone, and there are fewer hooks. Disappointing.

Amen – Review

January 1, 2000

A punked-up force addressing many current metal flavors: A little bit of Korn Chamber, a cold-steel taste of Sevendustrial, and hard habits from hardcore.

Slipknot – Review

September 1, 1999

Hailing from Iowa the self-titled debut album from these masked freaks is not only the heaviest record this year, but one of the scariest as well.