Posts Tagged 'Dark Light'

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Metal Hammer has another poll up on their website. This time it’s for “your album of the decade” …. Dark Light  is the album put up for voting. Go ahead and  Vote here.

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As fans and music lovers, we often question ourselves about the inspiration or the reason behind the songs we love, and the lyrics we most often relate to. Ville Valo has been asked about this a zillion times, but today I found an interesting article written by Niki Phaser , about the inspiration behind one of HIM’s underated songs. I say underated because I personally enjoy listening to it when I feel like a lonely little helpless child in need of mommy’s or daddy’s lap:) I like to call it HIM’s lullaby…and I guess I’m not the only one. According to this article, Dark Light was inspired by

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Finland’s His Infernal Majesty (H.I.M.) has managed to release a solid, if not wholly overwhelming album. Listening to vocalist Ville Valo work his magic on the title tune, where he bridges the distance between Bono and Bowie, you almost believe you’re listening to one of the great voices, maybe even great bands, of the age. ~ read full review by Jedd Beaudoin

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“Apparently, my wish has been granted by Finland’s H.I.M. They’ve been doing this for a number of years (completely under my rock radar), finally producing Dark Light for their U.S. debut. I don’t know what their other records sound like (yes, I know, with this new record they’ve “sold out,” “mellowed” or whatever adjective describes an old fan’s betrayal), but this one sets my WaybackMachine to 1975.” … read full review by Mark Saleski

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The production is very clear (it is also definitely radio friendly) and it gives this album the proper sound it needs in order to attract H.I.M.’s audience. It is absolutely certain that this album deserves huge radio attention and air time. One of the drawbacks of this album is the lack of extensive guitar leads which lessens the strength of “The Dark Light” at certain points. ~ full review by Panagiotis

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