Razorblade Romance - HIM

Ah the famous Finnish 'love metal' band. You either totally adore & worship them or loathe every single thing about HIM, there seems to be no inbetween with this band. One of the main things that people seem to argue about with HIM, is what genre they fit in to, is it goth, rock or a form of melodic metal - but quite frankly, who cares?! I certainly don't and seemingly neither does there colossal army of fans. Whatever you want to call HIM or think about them, it would be hard to deny that they really are something quite special & unique, especially back when this album was released. 'Razorblade romance' is the second album HIM released - back in the ...  Read the complete review

Introduction How I started to listen HIM? Normally I went at 29th August, 1998 to Summer Horizon-Festival in Gelsenkirchen / Germany for see there Sisters of Mercy. There also played HIM as an opening act, before this they published their album Greatest Lovesongs 666 successfully and received a contract with Gun/really Sonic. Until this time, I did not know this band at all. Immediately I liked the sound, a little rock, melancholy, miraculous guitar reef and all that with the great voice of Ville Valo. The front man Ville Valo is a very charismatic man (counts in Finland as a sex symbol) with a great variety in his voice, which he uses mostly ...  Read the complete review

I bought this album a few years ago after being introduced to HIM by a friend. HIM standing for 'His Infernal Majesty', which was their original name. It was everything I expected and more! The album was originally released in December 99 in HIM's native country - Finland, followed by releases in mainland Europe in January 2000 & in the UK in May 2000. Track 3 - Join Me in Death was used in the sci-fi film "The Thirteenth Floor" and consequently the album sales went through the roof, making HIM huge in Europe. HIM were unable to release this under their name in the US, as a band already existed called HiM. To get around ...  Read the complete review

Best of HIM. Even if it was issued years and years ago it shows HIM true talant before he got into all pop trend especially with his american friends. I love HIM but i love HIM being himself and Razorblade Romance is a piece of truth in my eyes. Join me in death.. Beautiful.. 666... Even the name of the songs are dark and strong.. Join me in death is the first probably well known video and that would describe the general feeling for the album as well. Death. Dark. Passionate. Extreme. Deep. Emotional. Sexy. Its a great album but its not HIM you know now. So if you do love HIM now you would probably be confused listening to a darker side of theirs. If you do not like HIM ...  Read the complete review