Scott Hefflon – Page 136 – Lollipop Magazine

Death Is Just The Beginning: Vol. 7 – Review

July 23, 2003

Metal is alive and well and living in Europe. Americans futz with knuckledragging nü metal and ’til-you-grow-outta-it hardcore, European metal pushes forward.

Swag – Issue 1 – Review

July 23, 2003

There’s eye candy, smart, attitude-laced editorial, and coverage of topics you didn’t know you were interested in until you were absorbed in the piece.

MK Ultra – Vol. 2, Issue 3 – Review

July 23, 2003

Interviews with The Donnas, producer Kim Fowley, Apocalypse Theatre, Nocturne, Bile, Graves (ex-Misfits singer), PIG, Opeth, Amon Amarth, Cattle Decapitation.

Industrial Nation – Issue #17 – Review

July 23, 2003

Well-written and knowledgeable. That shouldn’t be such a surprise, but passionate fans, knowledgeable fans, and decent writers are three separate things.

Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles- Issues #67, 68, 69 – Review

July 23, 2003

Run by the metal-obsessed, for the metal-obsessed, BW&BK requires you already know yer ass from yer elbow metal-wise. As it should be.

The Kovenant – Seti – Review

July 23, 2003

The Kovenant are Norwegian, come from a black metal background, and are smart enough to bring in members of Apoptygma Berzerek and Zeromance.

Lacrimas Profundere – Fall, I Will Follow – Review

July 23, 2003

While German veterans Lacrimas Profundere still don’t stroke me as especially exceptional, there are some big, beautifully dark and sweeping passages.

Opeth – Damnation – Review

July 23, 2003

Friends have tried to convince me of sinister undertones, and sure, I hear some, but I mainly hear folky hippie sap rock. Full on Simon & Garfunkle’n’shit.

Intro5pect – Review

July 23, 2003

Political punk rock with samples, breakbeats, frantic paces, and both live and synthesized guitars. Lots of whoa-whoa’s, but also plenty of Chemical Brothers.

Curse – Review

July 23, 2003

Dark, brooding, mythical rock. Slow to mid-tempos, with Mikaela’s voice hovering and dangling, then soaring away, to pause and tease until you catch up again.