Scott Hefflon – Page 104 – Lollipop Magazine

Cranked Up – This Is A Weapon – Review

May 26, 2005

Sophomore release from ex-members of a lot of Philly street punk bands. Too bad they signed with a label that dicked me out of ad money years ago.

Hatesphere – The Killing EP – Review

May 26, 2005

Four-songs, including “Trip at the Brain” by Suicidal/Infectious Groove. Dense and filled with riffs galore and drumming, up, down, and all over the place.

Corrosion Of Conformity – In The Arms Of God – Review

May 26, 2005

COC have reinvented themselves a few times, and over 75% of the time, I catch on eventually to what they’re going for, and dig it. This might be the 25%.

Col. Knowledge – Fall In Love All Over Again – Review

May 26, 2005

’60s-inspired garage pop with organ flourishes and falsetto harmonies.

Champion – Time Slips Away – Review

May 26, 2005

Just another straight-edge hardcore band. This one from Seattle. This is a combination of a couple EPs from 2002 and 2003, that’re outta print.

Blue Monday – Rewritten – Review

May 26, 2005

From Vancouver, BC, mixing early ’80s hardcore with mid-’90s youth crew group shouts of unity. Straight-forward and stripped down hardcore.

Bleed The Dream – Built By Blood – Review

May 26, 2005

New school hard rock from Southern California. Like Avenged Sevenfold, powerful clean singing sprinkled with hardcore roar.

Hate Eternal – I Monarch – Review

May 26, 2005

Pretty much what you expect from them: Deep-vocal death, ripping guitars, and blastbeatting ’til the cows come home.

Bane – The Note – Review

May 26, 2005

I’ve never cared much for most of Bane’s songs, but they sometimes surprise me. Like the end of “Swan Song,” the part with the group shouts and a vocal cameo.

Torche – Review

May 26, 2005

This might have teeth. Ex-members of Floor and Cavity who wanna write pop tunes but also love Sabbath and Melvins fuzz and thunder.