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Dark Light had some good tracks on it. Behind the Crimson Door and Under the Rose are two of my favorites.
I've listened to this more than a few times now and I have to say I'm a bit disappointed... First of all those instrumentals, what the fuck? They don't bring anything to the album, just excess and random noise. I would have been cool with just the intro and outro but Trapped in Autumn and Lucifer's Chorale are just boring and cut the flow of the album.I like the first part of the album (songs 1-7), or atleast it's ok, except TOT which is a bit lame. The second half is just not that interesting which is why I feel it's not that good of an album.But what I really wonder is how short it is and how it's lyrically probably Ville's poorest effort. They were on a break for how long, two years? And we only got 9 new songs plus a few minutes of noises. One would assume that he had time to write a bit more songs and concentrate on the lyrics, but that's just me.Just my two cents, seems that you guys like so I guess I just have give it some more time.
I agree with whoever said these are Ville's weakest lyrics to date. And I also agree with Linde and Burton being underused. I wish Linde had solos on nearly every track again. Love Metal had his best solos ever (especially This Fortress Of Tears). And I wish Burton had more keyboard hooks in the same vain as The Sacrament, Heartache Every Moment, Beyond Redemption etc.Overall, I love this album. I just can't listen to Drawn & Quartered. Biggest throwaway track on the album for me.
We can at least be thankful that they haven't made a "Some Kind of Monster" documentary that requires them to get a therapist involved in the album making process. I really like Unleash the Red, but I wish it would have been fleshed out a bit more. I love that riff when it really kicks in, and then it just stops. Maybe it'll be a live jam of sorts on the tour. The other instrumentals I could do without.
yeah i think they listen the leak all day long too.
I enjoyed reading all reviews and want to give my five cents as well. probably I'm saying the same thing with every new realease...I don't think you do any good trying to compare and rank albums. it's again that golden HIM sound that I love and at the same time something new. In it's whole I really enjoy it from start to end...and that's how I like to see it - as a simple piece of art that the guys did this way by intention. That's why you as the listener will only lose if you have specific expectations such as a certain number of tracks, a certain overall duration, more solos, more poetic language and so on. By the way I don't think a lack of solos would leave Linde or Burton unfulfilled - I'd imagine they both enjoy that album a lot - and it's about the sound of the band not individual interests. Also I hear some of the most amazing riffs, keyboards and vocals in this album that HIM ever did. Hope that might be a little disappointed or were expecting something different get more into it with a couple more listenings.