Love Metal - Him

HIM (His Infernal Majesty) is a rock band from Finland that formed in 1991. To date the band has released a grand total of six studio albums of which 'Love Metal' was the fourth. The album contains ten tracks and comprises of a grand total of 53 minutes of music. It's a decent album, not hugely memorable and yet enjoyable to listen to nonetheless. Despite the albums misleading name of 'Love Metal', music of the metal genre can definitely not here be found. The music is not particularly hard hitting, 'Love Metal' is however pleasant to listen to and great to relax to. The album begins with 'Buried Alive by Love', the most powerful track on this release I ...

HIM's fourth album Love Metal has restored my faith somewhat in the Gothic scene of the early 21st century. Being old enough to remember the first stirrings of the that dark musical beast, my definition of what is Gothic and what isn't probably sits at odds with the average Marilyn Manson fan, just as someone who followed, say, The Clash around in the late seventies isn't going to be convinced of the validity of the likes of Sum 41 as punk icons. Although the die-hards from those dry ice shrouded days of the early eighties placed all their faith in the clinical and cold works of the Sisters of Mercy and March Violets, for me there was a side to the scene that summed up ...

***Intro*** Whilst on the German Exchange a good few months ago I made what I think was a decent swap with my partner, she had the HIM ? Love Metal which she didn?t care for, and for odd reasons I had Justin Timberlake?s album which I despise. So both now happy we leave each other with amongst other souvenirs a new cd each! ***Background Information*** Surprisingly not many fans of HIM even know what the 3 initials stand for!? I can never understand that, well anyway the answer is His Infernal Majesty, so far this year they have released only two songs, both regularly shown on Kerrang, Scuzz and what used to be P-Rock and Mtv2, but never on any ...