Lollipop Magazine

Sunn O))) – Flight of the Behemoth – Review

May 17, 2002

The disc is divided into “songs,” but its flow is similar to Sleep’s Jeruselum: One big chunk of stuff with different moods affecting the flow.

Desert Sessions – 7 + 8 – Review

March 1, 2002

Half of this’ll fit your slot as well as any pickle named QOTSA, Fatso Jetson, Screaming Trees, or Masters of Reality will.

Warhorse – As Heaven Turns to Ash – Review

June 4, 2001

They build a Gothicly melodramatic edifice of pensive, cleanly-picked intros to house walls of churning trudge and gritty, guttural, speak-singing.

Church of Misery – Master of Brutality – Review

June 1, 2001

These guys really have a thing going for round-eye serial killers and very heavy doom metal topped with a course, gritty this-side-of-grind vocalist.

Boris – AbsolutEgo – Review

June 1, 2001

AbsolutEgo is very, very thick, often sounding like a loop of a from a five-story cement factory cracking from its moorings and falling over.

Mondo Generator – Cocaine Rodeo – Review

September 1, 2000

An ass-kick that scoops up all power scoot available and churns it, balls it up, and lets it gel enough to hit the classic twisted forward propulsion groove.

Goatsnake – Dog Days – Review

August 1, 2000

A throbbing, updated roll rooted in the ’68-’72 germination of the heavy gunk that wasn’t progressive or fusion-oriented. Heavy, bluesy, hard rock-based doom.