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Track Listings
| 1. In Venere Veritas |
| 2. Scared To Death |
| 3. Heartkiller |
| 4. Dying Song |
| 5. Disarm Me [With Your Loneliness] |
| 6. "Love, The Hardest Way" |
| 7. Katherine Wheel |
| 8. In The Arms Of Rain |
| 9. Ode To Solitude |
| 10. Shatter Me With Hope |
| 11. Acoustic Funeral [For Love In Limbo] |
| 12. Like St. Valentine |
| 13. The Foreboding Sense Of Impending Happiness |
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
In my opinion this is probably one of their best albums yet, alongside with my other two personal favourites: Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights & Venus Doom (Heck, I love all the albums including the so called 'least favourite' Dark Light).
I think the greatest thing about H.I.M is that they don't sound the same on every album, they seem to adapt to new styles of the same genre of music, while maintaining their recognisable own unique style, and I believe this album is a great example of the bands professionalism in the art of music.
I know this album has had a mix of reviews elsewhere, but if you have an open mind, if you are the type of person that can accept slight change in style, then this album will blow your mind to another dimension.
Anyway, Ville Valo's voice is still breath taking, the instrumentals by Migé, Linde, Gas & Burton are electrifying and the lyrics to all the songs are... amazing, it's a must have for fans of H.I.M and people that are new to this kind of music.
I think the greatest thing about H.I.M is that they don't sound the same on every album, they seem to adapt to new styles of the same genre of music, while maintaining their recognisable own unique style, and I believe this album is a great example of the bands professionalism in the art of music.
I know this album has had a mix of reviews elsewhere, but if you have an open mind, if you are the type of person that can accept slight change in style, then this album will blow your mind to another dimension.
Anyway, Ville Valo's voice is still breath taking, the instrumentals by Migé, Linde, Gas & Burton are electrifying and the lyrics to all the songs are... amazing, it's a must have for fans of H.I.M and people that are new to this kind of music.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I first got into HIM when Love Metal came out. Metal music is now awful, way too thrashy and never any melody. As if metal music is all about volume and screaming.Him were the first band I had heard in ages that can string a decent melody to metal riffs and actuially make tunes you can listen too. Never understood the crticism from american metal quarters given the trash they often produce. Macho crap at it's worst. Love the new album some great songs such as Heartkiller. Consistently strong throughout. A great return to form after the so so Venus Doom. Reminds me so much of Sabbath and the so called goth bands of the eighties such as the Cure and The Mission etc. Some great tunes here. Him do divide opinion but dont be put of by the macho metal fraternity, in fact take their criticism as an endorsement and buy this album.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I really have big trouble chosing how many stars to give it. I'm a metal fan. I discovered Type O, black metal and gothic thanks to HIM. They made me. And now, 11 years later, 9 after the horror of 'Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlight' - THIS!
The metal fan in me, who was hoping for something at least as heavy as the kinda unfinished 'Venus Doom', and as gloomy and romantic as the 'classic' HIM stuff, got a slap in the face. Ouch!
But since I want to review it properly, lets be objective. I know many metal fans who appreciate all sorts of music, even if it's not heavy. So, one just should approach it more maturely, not with if-it's-not-metal-it's-bad sort of thinking. And this album indeed borders with pure (but still weird) pop-music. But it IS good. It is so damn freaking good.
The memorable melodies which we so much missed in 'Venus Doom' are back. The rock'n'roll guitar solos of Mikko Lindtrom are still that perfect (even if not so audible). On the whole it's very 80s and quite fast. As Metal Hammer correctly advices, DO LISTEN TO IT WITH HEADPHONES. Seriously.
The album is perfectly produced. The lyrics border with the genius, the best ever from HIM. There's no need to speak of each song - Hammer did that perfectly!
What I don't approve is the inside cover. We got to know that the band members have not been together at the appropriate time in order to make a decent photoshoot. Such excuse is rather lame. If you can't find several spare hours to shoot copule of snaps for something that you live off, then I don't know what for.
And since I'm talking about the deluxe edition (which is really far more worth than the single CD kit), I'll just add that I have no words to describe the acoustic album. I noticed that the disappointed metal fans, like me, found peace with this one. It is pure melancholy. Dense, concentrated Finnish melancholy (and a few owls). Precisely what the album lacks. That is the CD to behold.
Personally I accept 'Screamworks' (by the way, kudos to the master behind the mike - he's in a class of his own in this one) and 'Venus Doom' as the two sides of one coin. Not only because I know the story behind the lyrics and so. They're like ing and yang precisely. Really a good album. Not heavy, but other than that - perfect.
The metal fan in me, who was hoping for something at least as heavy as the kinda unfinished 'Venus Doom', and as gloomy and romantic as the 'classic' HIM stuff, got a slap in the face. Ouch!
But since I want to review it properly, lets be objective. I know many metal fans who appreciate all sorts of music, even if it's not heavy. So, one just should approach it more maturely, not with if-it's-not-metal-it's-bad sort of thinking. And this album indeed borders with pure (but still weird) pop-music. But it IS good. It is so damn freaking good.
The memorable melodies which we so much missed in 'Venus Doom' are back. The rock'n'roll guitar solos of Mikko Lindtrom are still that perfect (even if not so audible). On the whole it's very 80s and quite fast. As Metal Hammer correctly advices, DO LISTEN TO IT WITH HEADPHONES. Seriously.
The album is perfectly produced. The lyrics border with the genius, the best ever from HIM. There's no need to speak of each song - Hammer did that perfectly!
What I don't approve is the inside cover. We got to know that the band members have not been together at the appropriate time in order to make a decent photoshoot. Such excuse is rather lame. If you can't find several spare hours to shoot copule of snaps for something that you live off, then I don't know what for.
And since I'm talking about the deluxe edition (which is really far more worth than the single CD kit), I'll just add that I have no words to describe the acoustic album. I noticed that the disappointed metal fans, like me, found peace with this one. It is pure melancholy. Dense, concentrated Finnish melancholy (and a few owls). Precisely what the album lacks. That is the CD to behold.
Personally I accept 'Screamworks' (by the way, kudos to the master behind the mike - he's in a class of his own in this one) and 'Venus Doom' as the two sides of one coin. Not only because I know the story behind the lyrics and so. They're like ing and yang precisely. Really a good album. Not heavy, but other than that - perfect.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
grows on you!
When I first listened to the album there was only a couple of songs that I actually liked, because the others sounded too much like your usual American boy-band! Read more
Published 2 months ago by beth
Greatworks....
It seems that this band can't make a bad record. Almost every song is written in highly melodic and lyrically way. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Renato Medurecan
Screamworks
I nearly didn't buy this album because people were saying how much HIM had changed, but I wouldn't say they have changed, they have evolved, and I love this album, awesome.
Published 5 months ago by Jennifer Ferri
something different from H.I.M
ok first of i am a fan of H.I.M and i have all there albums. this new album screamworks is some what different to the other albums as it has more of an american mainstream sound to... Read more
Published 16 months ago by purple dreamz
FANTASTIC!!!!
I have loved HIM's songs since i first heard The funeral of hearts years ago but i have to say this this album is the best yet. Read more
Published on 30 May 2010 by Moondust
Ville My Dark Christ.
I love this album, I love this band, I love Ville!!! I've loved Ville ever since I heard his voice, before I even saw him, been a fan ever since then, back when the LOve Metal... Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2010 by Mrs. S. M. Smedley
Love at first play!
I have had this album for 3 days now and I'm totally in love with it. Though Dark Light and Venus Doom are both good albums, for me this is HIM's best since Love Metal. Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2010 by yeehahmc
A return to form
I was unsure whether to get this after Venus Doom. There was some good tracks on it but the whole album was dark and depressing in places. Read more
Published on 12 Feb 2010 by Mrs. K. White
HIM back on track
Dark Light was a superb album of Gothic rock full of melodic memorable songs but Venus Doom was a huge self indulgent disappointment. After that I pretty much wrote off HIM. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2010 by Warren Bubb
Good
For me this isn't as epic as Venus Doom was. Venus Doom was very dark, but Screamworks quite a bit lighter - I think the albums have a lot to do with Valo's relationship status... Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2010 by J. Cranston
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