Scott Hefflon – Page 50 – Lollipop Magazine

Hulda – Always Haunted – Review

January 1, 2008

Lyrical cliches abound, but the tunes are solid, the guitarwork and solos are spot-on, and the addition of keyboards adds a new depth to the dark bar rock.

HorrorPops – Kiss Kiss Kill Kill – Review

January 1, 2008

Female-fronted psychobilly. Dark guitarwork, the singer belts it out and lashes against fashion/trendy music, but it’s a bit too self-aware for my tastes.

Firecrackers – You Gotta Love It – Review

January 1, 2008

French rock’n’rollers that love The Hellacopters.

Draconian – Turning Season Within – Review

January 1, 2008

Swedish doom, huge and looming, crystal production, sweet female vocals, and trudging guitars supporting the monster roar lamenting deep and sorrowful stuff.

Crom – Hot Sumerian Nights – Review

January 1, 2008

Crom was Conan’s god. Conan had a big sword, and Crom, the band, has big grooves, lots of distortion, and screams and demon bellows from here ’til doomsday.

Cougars Kill Cobras – Review

January 1, 2008

This Portland, ME band has style, chops, some studio trickery, and lots of heart. And heart can’t be taught or faked, you either got it or you don’t, and these fuckers got it.

Biomechanical – Cannibalised – Review

January 1, 2008

Of the debut, I said ” Blends tightly-compressed Pantera groove’n’thunder with Halford screeching.” Cannibalised is pretty much the same, only heavier.

Atrocity – Werk 80 II – Review

January 1, 2008

Don’t know how often I’d whip this out, but lots of these songs were sappy and dumb to start, so a mediocre Goth metal version of them is no better or worse.

Ascension of the Watchers – Numinosum – Review

January 1, 2008

If you like originals by Pink Floyd tribute bands, this might be for you.

Acursed – Tunneln i ljnsets slut – Review

January 1, 2008

U.S. reissue of the spelling-challenged band’s 2004 crusty gem. Swedish, bleak, metallic punk. Blasting and violent, with way more heads cracked than smiles.