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.

Death Is Just The Beginning – Vol. 7 – Review

July 23, 2003

Split (kinda) into power metal on disc one and extreme on disc two, tracked alphabetically per disc, there’s so much to open yer eyes, if yer at all into metal.

A Tribute to The Beast – Review

August 2, 2002

Covering Iron Maiden is tricky. Two decades of shitty metal bands have paved the way for this thing all the way up my ass. But that’s not always the case here.

Sinergy – Suicide by My Side – Review

February 22, 2002

Kim’s vocals do it for me, because she sounds like the ultimate party chick, belting along with Jack Daniels to the concert in her head.

A Tribute to The Scorpions – Review

June 4, 2001

Love at First Sting brought guitarists to their knees, something it’s time for again with all the half-assed heroes with more facial piercings than chops.

Sinergy – To Hell and Back – Review

September 1, 2000

Children of Bodom’s Alexi Laiho still rips shit up on his geetar, and Kimberly Goss is belting it out more believably, but there’s still something missing.

Sinergy – Beware the Heavens – Review

January 1, 2000

Reminds me of the band concocted for Wayne’s World: Tia Carrere, the Marc Somethingerother from Keel, and a couple other guys who look like they’re in bands.