Lollipop Magazine

All That Remains – Behind Silence and Solitude – Review

September 9, 2002

You can’t listen to this and not think of Amon Amarth or In Flames. Thematically, they’re lost in thought, questioning faith, and willing themselves on.

Virgin Black – Sombre Romantic – Review

July 12, 2002

With symphonic magnificence and technical proficiency, song strength is emphasized over virtuosic tendencies.

Gwar – Violence Has Arrived – Review

May 17, 2002

It’s another frightful and diabolical plunge into the bowels of indecency that shames their goofy We Kill Everything.

The Electric Hellfire Club – Electronomicon – Review

March 29, 2002

They mix modern technology with black metal, to an unusual effect. Their obsession with evil and all things Hell is well-founded, if a bit laughable at times.

The Casualties – Die Hards – Review

March 22, 2002

The Casualties are a complete punk package that exploits every conceivable mannerism the movement ever created.

Evergrey – In Search of Truth – Review

March 1, 2002

Just when I thought I’d heard everything prog metal had to offer, along comes a band from Sweden (naturally) to blow a hole in my thickened skull.

Betty Blowtorch – Are you Man Enough? – Review

February 22, 2002

Betty harmonizes well, and can be melodious, but when she gets down, she don’t fool around. We’re talking loud, mean, dirty and a little bit obscene.

Kamelot – Karma – Review

February 22, 2002

Kamelot is an American band, yet their’s is the signature German power metal sound.

Alice Cooper – Dragontown – Review

February 22, 2002

Dragontown paints the final portrait in jet black, the last piece of the concept born of violence, vice, and corruption in a material world gone awry.

Testament – First Strike Still Deadly – Review

February 22, 2002

The long-awaited rerecording of the band’s early material has finally arrived. It’ll prove as devastating as it did the first time around, if not more so.