Lollipop Magazine

Sepultura – Roorback – Review

February 16, 2004

Derrick is just any shouter, and his phrasings here are laughable, like he was given finished tracks and told to come up with something quick to strew on top.

Life of Agony – River Runs Red Again: Live 2003 DVD – Review

January 28, 2004

Life of Agony have that special something, a universal hard rockness above trend that has turned the band into a minor cult legend.

Fu Manchu – Go For It… Live! – Review

October 22, 2003

22 tracks over two discs, the song selection covering the whole of the band’s career. Not a band prone to jamming, so the arrangements are left untouched.

Nuclear Assault – Alive Again – Review

October 8, 2003

Sloppy renditions of songs you already own three times over, and I’m almost sadder now that they’ve reformed than when I first heard they’d broken up.

Kreator – Live Kreation – Review

September 24, 2003

Live Kreation barrels through their entire 10-album arsenal (and then some) on this 22-show, 24-track, Sneap-snipped, first-ever live CD.

Freedom Call – Eternity – Review

January 10, 2003

Top-notch heavy metal with killer guitarwork, layered harmonies, with warbling vocals (Helloween/Gamma Ra, with just a touch of Queensÿchian melodrama).

The Quill – Voodoo Caravan – Review

January 3, 2003

Total classic into hard rock kick-ass. Whatever mid-tempo ’70s Deep Purple via Monster Magnet rockers are out there, The Quill is for you.

Judas Priest – Live in London – Review

January 3, 2003

The sound is perfect, the guitars afire, Ripper executing his cool, ever-so-slightly rock-ironic stage moves, his effortless highs, his comfortable growls.

Motörhead – 25 & Alive: Boneshaker – Review

January 3, 2003

Recorded at the Brixton Academy on the band’s 25th anniversary, this DVD preserves the evening’s entire 23-song set, complete with oodles of special guests.

Symphony X – The Odyssey – Review

January 3, 2003

Explodes band-like, Michael Romeo measuring his attacks, Russell Allen the consummate vocalist. I’ve not heard better production/tones on a science rock album.