Scott Hefflon – Page 55 – Lollipop Magazine

The County Medical Examiners – Olidous Operettas – Review

March 18, 2007

Medical-obsessed goregrind.

Sirenia – Nine Destinies of a Downfall – Review

March 18, 2007

Former members of Tristania, The Sins Of Thy Beloved, Trail of Tears: Quality Goth metal. Plenty of glorious orchestration, layered siren calls, and metal chug.

Since The Flood – No Compromise – Review

March 18, 2007

Bare-knuckle hardcore, produced with metal roar by Jim Siegel (Dropkicks and their knock-offs), last release on Unearth’s Trevor Phipps’ Ironclad Recordings.

Kittie – Funeral For Yesterday – Review

March 16, 2007

Mostly gone are the growls, replacing them are harmonies that sound a lot like Finland’s Lullacry. The same notes and melodies are repeated, song after song.

Ira – The Body and The Soil – Review

March 16, 2007

Ira is like Isis, Neurosis, Pelican, and all that instrumental stuff I’ve had a casual interest in for years, as you should. I like good drone, and this has it.

Gothic Calendar 2007 – Review

March 16, 2007

With Mistress Juliya on the cover, Lollipop cover model Satu gracing two pages, and Leaves’ Eyes’ Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull, this is a classy item.

The Strays – Le Futur Noir – Review

March 16, 2007

Straight-served, some Clash worship and touselled hair, but also a crappy b&w booklet. From Greece, Britain, and Orange County, and you can hear the geography.

By Night – A New Shape Of Desperation – Review

March 16, 2007

The style is more Meshuggah than Hatebreed. The roar is immense, the guitars compressed and precise (they’re Swedish, duh), and the drumming mind-boggling.

RTX – Western Xterminator – Review

March 16, 2007

Jennifer Herrema was in Royal Trux with then-husband Neil Hagerty. Their drug abuse was legendary, but the tunes were good. This is so bad, it’s embarrassing.

Rotor – 2 – Review

March 16, 2007

Cosmic exploration juxtaposed by fuzzy riffery, cerebral vs he-man thud, dig? Jazzy prog wank and repetitive, slow builds, and you’ve got a bit to smoke up to.