Black Roses - The Rasmus

The Rasmus first came on to the scene in Britain with the single "In The Shadows" from the Dead Letters album. After this, Hide From the Sun became the second commercially available album in the United Kingdown. Both albums swam in dark, dramatic lyrics and atmospheric guitar work. Black Roses has, for the most part, changed that public perception of The Rasmus. Album opener Livin In A World Without You has the trademark Rasmus sound but is more a revisit to their old pre-goth pop days. Of course there are a couple of songs which continue their more recent style (Ten Black Roses + Ghost Of Love) but it is the quirkier, eccentric songs like Your ...  Read the complete review

The Rasmus are: Lauri Ylönen- Vocal Pauli Rantasalmi- Guitar Eero Heinonen- Bass Aki Hakala- Drums "Black Roses"- Executive Producer- Desmond Child. Main lyric writers- Lauri Ylönen, Pauli Rantasalmi, Desmond Child. The Rasmus' latest album (September 2008) was written as a tribute to their fans, Lauri Ylönen, the lead singer has said. For at least the past four years, the fans have been throwing plastic black roses to the Finnish guys as they perform on the stage, although the band are not quite sure why. People give roses as a gift, used to express their deepest emotions, and what a gift ...  Read the complete review