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| 3.5 great | CrazyFool84 | October 11th 09 |
Perhaps costing myself whatever bit of credibility I may have had on this site, I actually was pretty big into this band (along with the CKY crew and vids) when I was younger, and this band (alongside CKY - the band, that is) have always held a bit of a place in my library as a guilty pleasure. With Love Metal, despite naming their album after a retarded moniker developed for the band's music, it was almost a culmination of what they had been working at with Razorblade and Brilliant Shadows. There are more than a handful of good songs on here, and in the odd moment of weakness I still find myself rockin' the Sacrament or Funeral of Hearts now and then. Everything after this point for the band, however, is open for justifiable criticism.
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| 4.0 excellent | Isley Browne | April 29th 19 |
HIM's second masterpiece. It was bound to happen eventually
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| 2.0 poor | Jared Floryan | August 4th 15 |
Wherever you can appreciate or ultimately despise what this Finnish rock band usually churns out, there's no denying how sappy and one-dimensional HIM can be; Love Metal is proof of that. Although fairly admirable production-wise thanks to Hiili Hiilesmaa and Tim Palmer, about a good chunk of this album is unfortunately less than the sum of its parts. The instrumentation on the record lacks power while the overall atmosphere that's presented has all the subtlety of an oversized gong. If I'm being perfectly honest, a golden retriever dressed up like Edward Scissorhands would come across as more tasteful and all-around clever. "Soul on Fire" and "This Fortress of Tears" are actually good enough tracks to revisit on the plus side, while closer "The Path" is decent in its own right as well, but I wouldn't bother coming back to every other song.
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| 4.0 excellent | Spotter | August 5th 10 |
Recommended Songs:
Buried alive by love
Soul on Fire
Endless Dark
Circle of Fear
The Funeral of Hearts
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| 5.0 classic | alliefilth | October 15th 07 |
What can I say about this? Perfection. Every HIM album has touched me but "Love Metal" has touched me the most. From "Buried Alive by Love" to "The Path" is sweet bliss. Once I turn on this CD, I can't stop. I have to listen to every song. The first HIM song I ever heard, "The Sacrament", is on this album and when I saw HIM live for the first time in 2005, I cried when they performed it.
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| 4.5 superb | Brabiz | June 19th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Timmy | January 18th 23 |
| 3.5 great | manosg EMERITUS | October 28th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | vhv | October 11th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Metaxu | May 14th 21 |
| 3.5 great | ChuppaC | September 19th 20 |
| 3.5 great | zantxu | March 29th 20 |
| 2.5 average | mEyck07 | November 18th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | ryuko | July 23rd 19 |
| 3.5 great | heck | February 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobby72 | February 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nero88 | July 31st 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Viot | March 20th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rosier | February 10th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Izzy2049 | November 24th 17 |
| 3.5 great | elry2k | April 1st 17 |
| 2.5 average | manu8a | December 28th 16 |
| 3.0 good | SB129 | May 16th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | BadLuck | February 19th 16 |
| 3.5 great | endtime | December 28th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Luxx | November 29th 15 |
| 2.5 average | mEyck97 | October 4th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | boff | August 22nd 15 |
| 3.5 great | Lassie | April 22nd 15 |
| 2.5 average | mursu | April 18th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sebe | March 30th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | nadryv | March 25th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Dylan | March 16th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | CWBrown | December 6th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | tiberk | November 20th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mookid | August 5th 14 |
| 3.5 great | dragoth | February 27th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zuh | February 18th 14 |
| 1.5 very poor | Sithese | January 31st 14 |
| 3.0 good | Axl752 | November 2nd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Mesm277 | October 22nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | joomisy | August 17th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Kalhur | August 12th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Majkl | April 20th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kibj411 | March 22nd 13 |
| 3.5 great | Ueddy | June 24th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Spec | May 17th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | abysmo | May 13th 12 |
| 3.0 good | bain89 | March 10th 12 |
| 2.5 average | humhaz | February 27th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Djjakul | February 14th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vasckin | February 7th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | CarloH | December 14th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | sodas | October 20th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Jiffi | March 30th 11 |
| 3.0 good | NateT | March 11th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | synera | November 1st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nego | September 19th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Texture | September 12th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Koots | September 7th 10 |
| 3.5 great | tom960 | August 31st 10 |
| 2.5 average | Moses77 | August 22nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Astraea | July 29th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | tallkid | July 28th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Manon | May 19th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | KILL | January 12th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | xSMDx | January 6th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Naenia | December 14th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Piglet | November 5th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | DalioG | October 27th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Aesir | October 23rd 09 |
| 2.5 average | aris19 | October 13th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | Phantom | October 11th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Amazone | October 3rd 09 |
| 3.0 good | necreo | September 15th 09 |
| 3.5 great | YHB | August 19th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Tim00w | July 6th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zaton | June 23rd 09 |
| 4.5 superb | SVIIB | May 1st 09 |
| 3.0 good | mar1s | December 17th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | mts | October 12th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Umb | September 14th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Sconza | September 5th 08 |
| 1.5 very poor | Oneiron | June 16th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | beans | December 28th 07 |
| 5.0 classic | sp3d2 | November 28th 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | pleetf | November 20th 07 |
| 3.0 good | Goku | August 29th 07 |
| 3.5 great | JTV | August 24th 07 |
| 1.5 very poor | Iai EMERITUS |
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