Lollipop Magazine

Suidakra – 13 Years of Celtic Warrior Tunes – Review

June 1, 2008

This is a CD/DVD package, which is expensive for a band no one’s heard of, yet most are asking “why haven’t I, until now?” Celtic metal in full swing.

Moonspell – Night Eternal – Review

March 1, 2008

Less brooding and more roar this time around. Fernando tends to croon for an album or two, then shed the frilly shirt for battle armor and roar his balls off.

Kamelot – Ghost Opera: The Second Coming – Review

March 1, 2008

A reissue of the prestigious power metaller’s Ghost Opera, now with two videos, a second CD of 10 live tracks, plus four bonus tracks.

Helloween – Keeper of The Seven Keys – The Legacy World Tour – Review

January 1, 2008

Andi Deris’ voice sounds superb, the musicianship is spot on, and the audience sings along with fervor. Not much more that you could want out of a live album.

Chthonic – A Decade on the Throne – Review

December 12, 2007

Chthonic on their turf, playing to thousands of screaming Taiwanese fans with a backing choir, laser light shows, and, of course, the prerequisite corpse paint.

Tristania – Illumination – Review

October 19, 2007

Rich male vocals, soaring, multi-layered female vocals, robust guitar thunder, some nice dark acoustic tinkering, and drums that thud or patter as needed.

Chthonic – Relentless Recurrence – Review

September 21, 2007

A reissue of the rising Taiwanese black metal band’s 2002 effort. Every bit as musically proficient, thematically grand, and lyrically poetic as Seediq Bale.

Helloween – Gambling With The Devil – Review

September 1, 2007

Best Helloween album in years. Not really that much of an accomplishment, seeing as many recent albums have fallen between passable and freakin’ embarrassing.

Kreator – Enemy of God Revisited – Review

July 13, 2007

A best-of set from all their records, much of which comes from Pleasure to Kill, Terrible Certainty, Extreme Aggression, and Coma of Souls.

Type O Negative – Dead Again – Review

June 22, 2007

Sprawling 78 minute opus. Sabbath doom and the dark part of the Beatles, and the lyrics are amazing, colorful yet to the point, clear and graphic.