Lollipop Magazine

Essence of Mind – Indifference – Review

August 21, 2013

Norway’s answer to anthemic synth pop, while there’s nothing here to topple Apoptygma Berzerk or Zeromancer, there are many potential singles here.

Cathedral – The Last Spire – Review

August 21, 2013

The near seven-minute “Tower of Silence” closes Cathedral’s 20+ year run as doom giants, The Last Spire being their last album of new recordings.

Chixdiggit – Double Diggits – Review

August 20, 2013

Combines Chixdiggit’s second and third albums: 1998’s Born on the First of July and 2000’s From Scene to Shining Scene, plus eight bonus tracks.

Chixdiggit – Chupacabras/Thursday Night – Music Stream

August 20, 2013

Combines Chixdiggit’s second and third albums: 1998’s Born on the First of July and 2000’s From Scene to Shining Scene, plus eight bonus tracks.

Siva Six – Superstition – Music Stream

August 19, 2013

The Greek Gothers nailed it with 2011’s The Twin Moons, and this 15-track Superstition EP continues the distorted whispers, frantic beats, and industrial chaos.

Gozu – The Fury of A Patient Man – Review

August 19, 2013

Soulful vocals over fuzzy, well-crafted classic rock: Handclaps here, probably some cowbell, and metallic gallop and doom plod, just for good measure.

Siva Six – Superstition – Review

August 19, 2013

The Greek Gothers nailed it with 2011’s The Twin Moons, and this 15-track Superstition EP continues the distorted whispers, frantic beats, and industrial chaos.

Battlecross – Force Fed Lies – Music Stream

August 16, 2013

Thrash metal, pure and simple. Battlecross wastes no time ripping your face off with polka beats and riffs in thirds (Slayer, Dark Angel, everyone since).

Summoning – Old Mornings Dawn – Review

August 16, 2013

Distant, echoey vocal roar (punctuated by Gandalfian spoken bits), but there’re no real vocal dynamics like the latest Finntroll and Korpiklaani releases.

Deville – Hydra – Music Stream

August 16, 2013

There’s enough metal chug and stoner swagger to keep this a rock record, but the polished production will make the shaggy wary of commercial overplay.