Lollipop Magazine

Fields of the Nephilim – Mourning Sun – Review

August 11, 2006

Vampire rock, caked in dust and blood, the weariness of the ages hanging off every word Carl McCoy croaks (he barely has a human voice anymore).

Sodom – Review

June 23, 2006

13 years on, the band survived like Kreator: Not a bit out of breath like most of their American contemporaries. There’s just something about German thrash…

Beyond Fear – Review

May 12, 2006

Ripper gets to run his own ship. A cool first step, a measure of variety, but maybe just a bit too grimly clanking and double bass-barraged for my liking.

Manowar – Hell on Earth IV – Review

April 28, 2006

A video of the band’s over-the-top concert and behind-the-scenes behavior was a welcome arrival in 2001, the original Hell on Earth. We didn’t need the sequels.

Sepultura – Live in Sao Paulo – Review

April 28, 2006

Double DVD/CD set has the band storming through 20 songs with Green at the helm, more than capably leading the charge like he was born to do the job.

Sepultura – Dante XXI – Review

April 14, 2006

Sepultura turn in what is probably their coolest album of the under-rated Derrick Green years.

Nuclear Assault – Third World Genocide – Review

November 18, 2005

Nuclear Assault used to be able to come up with the most eerily melodic, minor-based riffs, but Third World Genocide sounds like a demo version of Game Over.

Angra – Temple of Shadows – Review

June 13, 2005

Temple of Shadows might be sensory overload, but power metal fans everywhere will still find enough in it to love. Angra are one of the best in the genre.

Hatesphere – The Killing EP – Review

May 26, 2005

Four-songs, including “Trip at the Brain” by Suicidal/Infectious Groove. Dense and filled with riffs galore and drumming, up, down, and all over the place.

Demons & Wizards – Touched by the Crimson King – Review

May 24, 2005

Band name, cover, title? No surprises here. Side project of Iced Earth guitarist and Blind Guardian singer. You get that they’re heavy metal, right?