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Free Music Review: HIM
Hit: 5 Stars
Couldn't wait to get this. Love it to death. As usual Ville's lyrics are sad in a hopeful way. Vocals are beautiful. What can I say this band can do no wrong!Free Music Review: HIM - LOVE METAL
Hit: 5 Stars
PURE LOVE METAL - FROM THE BAND THAT INVENTED IT !!!!!!
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Free Music Review: f-ing kick butt!
Hit: 5 Stars
this compact disc was one of the best that i have heard! i love H.I.M.!Free Music Review: The let's-get-our-act-together album.
Hit: 4 Stars
Being the second HIM album I have ever listened to, it had been the most disappointing one, but that was before I met this album's predecessor, and after that, I think I could come up with aobjective assessment of how HIM has progressed into this.
First off, this isn't your gothic/romantic rock/metal album. This is something entirely different. It has fast-paced songs with heart-wrenching choruses, atmospheric keyboards, a mixture of acoustic and electric guitars and good solos. Lyrically, it can't rival Razorblade Romance or Greatest Lovesongs, but overall it is great. These were the upsides.
Now, onto the downsides of this album. I don't know what exactly Ville Valo found wrong with the voice he used in the first two albums of HIM, but his new voice is certainly a downside, because it makes the album sound like it had been sung by a thirteen year old kid who was somehow let into the band; not at all good. The second downside is that, this album also marks HIM's growing obsession with making riffs sound almost overrated. The overall fluffy and crunchy guitar riffs do have certain strong points, but, like in "This Fortress of Tears", they sometimes are unnecessary. The third downside is the final song, "The Path", the unnecessarily stretched out meant-to-be epic. A two-to-three minutes cut out from this closer could make it amazing, but it just soars below average, and brings the album to a bad end. The fourth downside is the placement of "Soul on Fire"; while it is a great song, after "Sweet Pandemonium", it shifts the mood too far away, and you can't help but laugh out loud after you are done with your shock. Last but not least, the album's overall sound carries a hint of, "Well, we did great stuff, but we want to put some of Deep Shadows stuff into this too, so let's create a mixture of Razorblade, Greatest Lovesongs and Deep Shadows in this!". And this approach doesn't help the album, it feels somewhat out of place.
Overall, this is the only interruption of the downward spiral HIM has gotten into after and with Deep Shadows, but it is a good album and is among this band's top three. I'd highly recommend it for those that have a taste for somewhat gothic and rocky albums.
Free Music Review: Another impressive HIM record
Hit: 4 Stars
First off, since most of you have heard "Wings of a Butterfly", and possibly bought Dark Light because of it, let me say that this album is more similar to Dark Light than any of HIM's other records. I think Razorblade Romance, and Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights are better, but that's opinion. This is still a very very good record.
It starts off with "Buried Alive by Love", which has some very strong vocals. Then comes "The Funeral of Hearts", one of my two favorite tracks. The lyrics are beautiful, and the music blends nicely with Ville's voice. "Beyond Redemption" follows. The music on this is good, but mostly I am amazed by the words.
The guitar on "Sweet Pandemonium" reminds me of Coheed and Cambria's "Welcome Home". It's a good song, kind of unusual for HIM. "Soul On Fire" switches between slow and fast so rapidly it gets confusing, but is still impressive. The vocals on the chorus are kind of screamingish.
"The Sacrament" is my other favorite song from this record. Again, the thing that strikes me is how seamlessly the music and vocals blend. Following is "This Fortress of Tears", which is similar to "Sweet Pandemonium". Then, starting off with some very exotic guitar, is "Circle of Fear". It's one of the stronger tracks, particularly the words.
This album closes with "Endless Dark", which is really a beautiful song, and "The Path", which has good words, but could have been better in the music category. Similar to "In the Nightside of Eden".
All in all, this record is very good, but if you're buying your first HIM album, go for Razorblade Romance. Otherwise, this is a good choice and will greatly improve your CD collection.