Scott Hefflon – Page 54 – Lollipop Magazine

Down – III – Over The Under – Review

June 1, 2007

New Orleans groove metal, three records deep. Anyone familiar with Phil, COC, and any of the fine stoner/swamp rock bands from NOLA, you know what yer in for.

3 Inches of Blood – Fire Up the Blades – Review

June 1, 2007

Falsetto-howled classic heavy metal with plenty of throat-scratched snarl. Double-bass thunder, silly lyrics, and grooves/breakdowns to move your ass..

Playdeadpics – Review

May 4, 2007

Random picture of people pretending they died in an accident. Like failing down stairs or having an amp fall on them (called “Mesa Boogie’d,” ha ha).

Azrael – Act III: Self Act IV: Goat – Review

March 18, 2007

Two hours of brutish beauty like Agalloch and such. Mostly instrumental (the vocals are blackened growl when they occur), mostly droning and tinkering.

Alesana – On Frail Wings Of Vanity and Wax – Review

March 18, 2007

Screaming, skimpy metal and the yearning of some poser whose balls have yet to drop. Probably have 100,000 MySpace friends, all girls who love boyz in eyeliner.

Agressor – Deathreat – Review

March 18, 2007

20th anniversary for this French death band. Old school Cookie Monster death with awkward stepping and blurry grind over blastbeats.

Abigail Williams – Legend – Review

March 18, 2007

Five-song EP from a Gothenburg-style Phoenix four-piece. Thrash gallop and blastbeats, blackened shrieks, keys of terror, and guitarwork like Emperor.

Titar – A Raining Sun of Light and Love, For You and You and You – Review

March 18, 2007

Like long Iron Butterfly or Deep Purple jams, perhaps. Bio also mentions Yes, King Crimson, and Uriah Heep, at least in passing. This ain’t my thing.

The Vein – Monsters and Men – Review

March 18, 2007

Danzig to stoner to psychedelia to Jeff Buckley to The Doors, yeah, it’s a lot to absorb all at once.

The Network – This is Your Pig’s Portrait – Review

March 18, 2007

Kinda goregrind in humor/feel, has non-tinny spazz, and plenty of howl and noise. Not since Dani Filth has such a “what the??” voice worked in brutal metal.