Tim Den – Page 74 – Lollipop Magazine

Aeon – Dark Order – Review

April 12, 2002

Aeon is here to deliver death metal fans into ecstasy. The sheer brutality that the band put to good use on this crisp and crushing release is overwhelming.

Rebaelliun – Annihilation – Review

April 12, 2002

Rebaelliun burn through their songs ridiculously fast but never really play more than a few notes.

Kataklysm – Epic: The Poetry of War – Review

April 12, 2002

Sounding like Bolt Thrower and Arch Enemy combined (except with more blastbeats than those two could ever muster), the crazy Canucks of Kataklysm are back.

Mastodon – Lifesblood – Review

April 12, 2002

Exquisite technicality embracing neo-Sabbath doominess coupled with eerie melodies of early ’90s death metal, punctuated by Clutch’s down and dirty aesthetics.

Diabolical Masquerade – Death’s Design – Review

April 12, 2002

As far as pure vision and scope go, this is the most breath-taking, ambitious, and experimental death metal album this year… and it’s only a side project!

Fugazi – Furniture – Interview

April 12, 2002

An interview with bassist Joe Lally

Ringworm – Birth Is Pain – Review

March 29, 2002

Yet another Cleveland-style metalcore band? Something in the way they revive the lust for early-’90s NYHC says that they’re better than that.

7 Angels 7 Plagues – Jhyzmyne’s Lullaby – Review

March 29, 2002

A mix of metalcore ala Botch, Zao, and Coalesce while maintaining more traditional hardcore elements such as primitive breakdowns and power chords.

Building On Fire – Blueprint for a Space Romance – Review

March 29, 2002

Building On Fire play average metalcore-with-a-little-melody, and nowhere but the opening of “Analogue Heartbeat” do they stray from the formula.

Bane – Give Blood – Review

March 29, 2002

Bane spread the love by reminding us that everyday could be our last, and that you should “give blood” and whatever else you’ve got every moment.