the stellar 2007 launch of the finnish quintet's love metal album 'Venus Doom' created a wave of excitement through the metal community. going back to the less polished sound of Dark Light, and more towards the much older doom metal of Greatest Love Songs vol.666, Venus Doom presents a more ... Read review
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VENUS DOOM
Sixth album from Finnish goth rockers follows 2005's 'Dark Light'. Working once again with
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producer extraordinaire Tim Palmer (Robert Plant, The Mission, Ozzy Osbourne), they have pulled out all the stops to unleash what they have called their heaviest...
Advantages: amazing new album from finnish love metal band HIM Disadvantages: cyanide sun drags on a bit.
...of Greatest Love Songs vol.666, Venus Doom presents a more mature evolution of the band. despite the 'back to basics' change however, we still see this as a HIM album, from the guitar filled love in cold blood, the crooning of bleed well to the doom laden title track.
being a huge HIM fan myself, i definately praise this album as one of the band's best - my favourite being deep shadows and brilliant highlights - so any like minded fan may view this ...
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Album Notes: HIM (Goth): Valo (vocals); Linde (guitar); Burton (keyboards); Mige (bass guitar); Gas (drums).
Album Reviews: Uncut (p.93) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "HIM mainman Ville Valo gets closer to his dream fusion of Metallica, Depeche Mode and Ozzy, while still remembering to ad some distinctly gothic beauty."
Titles on disc 1
1.: Venus Doom
2.: Love In Cold Blood
3.: Passion's Killing Floor
4.: Kiss Of Dawn
5.: Sleepwalking Past Hope
6.: Dead Lover's Lane
7.: Song Or Suicide
8.: Bleed Well
9.: Cyanide Sun
10.: Dead Lovers' Lane (remix)
11.: Love In Cold Blood (remix)
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