Lollipop Magazine

Thursday – Full Collapse – Review

February 22, 2002

Interesting arpeggios and harmonies, loads of breakdowns, heartfelt singing, At The Drive-In-ish guitar pull-offs, and none of the stubborn predictability.

Thumb – 3 – Review

February 22, 2002

Thumb were doing the rap metal thing before it was fashionable, so time-served gives these German lads a bit of cred in a genre with absolutely none.

Darkest Hour – The Mark of the Judas – Review

February 22, 2002

The record that came out just before MIA had their plug pulled. This DC hardcore/ metalcore/ whatever band heard At The Gates and it changes their lives.

Waterdown – Never Kill the Boy on the First Date – Review

February 22, 2002

Waterdown combines the brawn of Deftones, the melodies of Grade, and the fierceness of loud rock in what could be the best new band in the hardcore underground.

Darkest Hour – So Sedated, So Secure – Review

February 22, 2002

Gimme At the Gates, Carcass, Entombed, The Haunted, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity or dozens upon dozens of other bands over this.

Grade – Headfirst Straight to Hell – Review

February 15, 2002

The music has gotten better, even without the input of now-departed founding member/main songwriter Greg Taylor, but the vocals still kill it.

New York City Takeover – Vol. Two – Review

June 4, 2001

These two live samplers/comps are really bad representations of what Victory has to offer. Recorded during the last CMJ showcase.

New York City Takeover – Vol. One – Review

June 4, 2001

These two live samplers/comps are really bad representations of what Victory has to offer. Recorded during the last CMJ showcase.

Grade – The Embarrassing Beginning – Review

June 2, 2001

Grade, in all of its predictable sing-scream/loud-soft/we-can’t-play-anything-other-than-emo-chords, has opened up its high school photo album for all to see.

Electric Frankenstein – Annie’s Grave – Revidew

June 1, 2001

Another pie, another slice. The borrowed tune on this one’s a good one from the second Dead Boys album, “3rd Generation Nation,” done up with the zim and zigor.