Released April 14, 2003 Length 52:53 Release date 14 April 2003 | Recorded 2002–2003 Artist HIM | |
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Label BMG, RCA, GUN, Supersonic EU)
Jimmy Franks, Universal (US) Love Metal
(2003) Genres Rock music, Gothic rock, Gothic metal, Alternative rock, Hard rock, Alternative metal Producers Hiili Hiilesmaa, Tim Palmer Nominations Kerrang! Award for Best Album Similar HIM albums, Gothic rock albums | ||
Love Metal is the fourth studio album by Finnish band, HIM, released on April 14, 2003. A two disc remastered edition was released on December 15, 2014 via The End Records.
Contents
Him when love and death embrace lyrics on screen
Overview
The digipak edition of the album includes the bonus track "Love's Requiem", originally intended for release on the standard version of the album, but it made the album's duration longer than one hour, so Valo decided to put it on the Digipak version of the album. On 1 February 2005 the regular edition of this album was released in the United States under Universal Records licensed by Jimmy Franks Recording Company. In 2005, the album peaked at number one on the Top Heatseekers chart and 117 on the Billboard 200.
Sounds and Themes
The album has been described as “…return[ing] to their metallic roots[…] the band's heaviest offering since its full-length debut[…]amidst the turbocharged reinvigoration, the group retains a flair for disarmingly beautiful sounds, with flowing piano work and a mandolin accompaniment. [Their] formula could have been stagnant, but through passionate performances and a desire to push their own boundaries, HIM keep making beguiling, goth-flavored heavy rock”
Rob Theakston of Allmusic said of the album "The songwriting is as strong as it has been in quite some time and a newly found sense of urgency keeps the record going at a well-tempered pace. For die-hard fans, this is the album H.I.M. has been struggling to make and realize for quite a while"
The track "The Path" was written for the Finnish film 'Honey Baby'.
Track listing
All songs are composed by Ville Valo.
HIM
Songs
1Buried Alive by Love5:01
2The Funeral Of Hearts4:30
3Beyond Redemption4:28