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“Sluggish guitar riff that sets into motion as a keyboard layers the melody. The drums pulses with a feel and the band unites in a Rock and Roll we’ve not heard in over a decade or ever for that matter. A absolute born rock singer lights his cigarette and then so elegantly lets you know about what love does to us all in some way. I noticed HIM’s symbol of the “heartagram” and listened carefully to the words and the way they pummel a listener with a truth in between lines. Its as though the lyrics see love as a great evil, because it can be all you want so greatly that it can and will drive you mad. Like a fierce drug that holds us all in its absolute power. ~ review by Michael J. Harper
For You (Intro)
“For You is a 1950’s riff, that song began with it and was repeated in the chorus. It perhaps is directly copied from the original Wicked Game. The riff itself is a sort of 1980’s type of thing. In fact, I stole it from Rory Erikson’s The Evil One album, the Bloody Hammer song which is a little slow. In other words, in principle it was just one big theft as usual.”
Your Sweet Six Six Six
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“You wouldn’t expect a lot from a band whose debut album is entitled Greatest Lovesongs, Vol. 666, but H.I.M. surprises in a very positive way. H.I.M.’s stigma of so-called “love metal” is actually undeserved and relates only to Ville Valo’s love-oriented lyrics; the music itself combines metal with ’80s rock and some goth influences, and the album as a whole has a very diverse sound.” – view full review
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