HIM Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights

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Tracklist:
1. Salt In Our Wounds
2. Heartache Every Moment
3. Lose You Tonight
4. In Joy And Sorrow
5. Pretending
6. Close To The Flame
7. Please Don't Let It Go
8. Beautiful
9. Don't Close Your Heart
10. Love You Like I Do

Release Date: 2001

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3.6
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RazorBladeLight USER (1 Reviews)

May 4th, 2006 | 15 replies | 5,257 views

2 of 3 thought this review was well written

This is my first review. I will try to make this as unbias as possible because this is one of those bands that everybody loves to hate... I personally think this band is great, but like I mentioned, I will review the songs as unbias as possible... I'll get started now.
This is HIM's third album and I think the last good album they've made.

Salt In Our Wounds- This is a great opener in my opinion and one of my personal favorites. It starts off slow and then when it gets to the chorus it gets a bit heavier. It has a pretty good solo, nothing too difficult but it sounds cool. A great track. 5/5

Heartache Every Moment- This song was one of the singles. It took me quite a while to get into this song. I owned the album for about a year and a half before I started liking it. I think the intro lyrics are pretty cool as well "From Lashes to ashes and From lust to dust." 4.5/5

Lose You Tonight- The intro is a nice bass line with like a hawk screeching (at least that's what I've always thought it was) in the background. The vocals throughout the song song pretty distorted and it has a fairly decent interlude. Nothing too "WOW" about the song, but it's a good listen. 3.5/5

In Joy And Sorrow- Here is another single from the album. It has a very soothing and nice guitar riff and Valos vocals are beautiful in this song. It's a great track off teh album and favorite of a lot of HIM fans. 4.5/5

Pretending- Here's yet another single and my favorite track off the album. The songs starts of slow with "Love is a flame that can't be tamed and though we are its willing prey we are not the ones to blame" and ends with those lines. The song has a very good solo near the end of the song and the track itself is just great. 5/5

Close To The Flames- This track is one of the slow songs and as well another single. I personally don't like this song. It has nice lyrics, but it just bores the hell out of me. 2/5

Please Don't Let Go- Here's a decent track. It has nothing to it that makes it stand out in my mind and I find myself skipping it often, but that doesn't make it such a bad song. It sounds more upbeat in lyrics and in music to me. Still 3.5/5

Beautiful- Here's another slow track that just has Ville talking about how beautiful he thinks some girl is. It starts of slow and it takes a while to get into the song and once it does it's not a very good one. It ends with him just repeating how "Beautiful" he thinks the girl is. I think it's the worse track of the album. 1/5

Don't Close Your Heart- Here's another track I think is great. It reminds me of "Please Don't Let Go" but I think this song is better. For some reason it puts a smile on my face (I don't knwo why really) and it's just a good song overall. The ending of this song just leads on to the next song. 4/5

Love You Like I Do- Many people don't like this track, I love it. It's Ville singing in a deeper voice (I at first thought it was someone else) and what I believe is an organ. Don't hold my word to that. Still the song sounds so dark and my second favorite on this album. I think it's a great closer to one of the better HIM albums. 5/5

Overall, this album is the last great thing they've done. For the album I give it a 4/5

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