Scott Hefflon – Page 135 – Lollipop Magazine

Nicodemus – The Supernatural Omnibus – Review

September 11, 2003

From delicate piano serenades to galloping metal to broody Goth metal, Nicodemus ooze style, good musicianship, and the dynamics most bands had to build up to.

Celldweller – Review

September 11, 2003

Celldweller have the good sense to mix in some icy industrial, breakbeat freakouts, ranting, and crystalline, heartbreaking verses into the cyber metal stew.

Cradle of Filth – Damnation And A Day – Interview

September 11, 2003

An interview with bassist Dave Pybis

Event – Scratching At The Surface – Review

September 3, 2003

Event play modern rock, are slickly produced, with lots of electronic clutter in the mix, no textbook soloing, no warbling falsetto, just melodic hard rock.

The Rocket Summer – Calendar Days – Review

August 27, 2003

20-year-old Bryce Avary (who wrote, performed, recorded the 10 songs on this debut), has the rare ability to craft simple yet touching tunes with quirky twists.

Old Man’s Child – In Defiance of Existence – Review

August 27, 2003

Total top-notch brutality, blastbeats and flutter-picking, punctuated by “scary symphonics” and delicate piano. Always a side project to revolving members.

Smoking Popes – The Party’s Over – Review

August 27, 2003

Recorded in ’98, never released, here’s the final Smoking Popes record. Ten non-ironic covers of Judy Garland, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, The Byrds, and more.

40 Grit – Nothing To Remember – Review

August 27, 2003

Imagine the bump’n’grind of nü metal groove with the rich, powerful, manly belt-it-out of ROCK. Yeah, thundering music, but with melodies you can sing along to.

Turbonegro – Scandinavian Leather – Interview

August 16, 2003

An interview with bassist Happy Tom

Frost Like Ashes – Pure As The Blood Covered Snow – Review

August 6, 2003

Ah, good ol’ Kansas black metal… Facepaint and shrieks, frantic drumming, sawing guitars, and the necro-style switched up with a real Testament thrash groove.