Lollipop Magazine

Overkill – Killbox 13 – Review

August 16, 2003

Straight-ahead NJ metal with just the right amount of modern hard rock grooves; Blitz sneering like a rabid hound refusing to be put down.

Napalm Death – Order of the Leech – Review

June 13, 2003

Following the lead of ’00’s Enemy of the Music Business, those untouchable godfathers of grind are back with a second “return to roots” album.

Pissing Razors – Live in the Devil’s Triangle – Review

May 30, 2003

Pissing Razors are from Texas, they sound a lot like Sepultura (Pantera, Skinlab, and Machine Head, per the bio). This is their fourth record, a live album.

Cathedral – The VIIth Coming – Review

February 14, 2003

The VIIth Coming is full of heavy guitar riffs sure to satisfy the doom punters, but I don’t remember the earlier stuff being quite this, well, groovy.

Sixty Watt Shaman – Reason to Live – Review

January 3, 2003

Kick your ass, rock your house, groove-bangin’ metal on the stonerrock side of the divide. Scott Reeder’s knob-twisting is great.

Tribe of Judah – Exit Elvis – Gary Cherone – Interview

January 3, 2003

An interview with singer Gary Cherone

Overkill – Wreck Everything: Live – Review

November 15, 2002

Overkill, 20 years strong, descend upon their home turf and hammer New Jersey even further into the toxic wasteland it already is.

The Metal Years – Power Metal – Review

November 11, 2002

If you follow these genres, most of these bands are familiar. They’re mostly the big names, with little “filler,” and omissions were probably licensing issues.

The Metal Years – Progressive Metal – Review

November 11, 2002

If you follow these genres, most of these bands are familiar. They’re mostly the big names, with little “filler,” and omissions were probably licensing issues.

The Metal Years – Gothic Doom Metal – Review

November 11, 2002

If you follow these genres, most of these bands are familiar. They’re mostly the big names, with little “filler,” and omissions were probably licensing issues.