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HIM-Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice (2010)

’I am scared to death to fall in love,’ admits HIM's front man Ville Valo on second track “Scared To Death”. To understand the irony of that statement, one must be familiar with HIM and have had listened to some of the band’s previous albums from the past. All throughout their career as a band, Finnish rockers HIM have crafted albums that all center around the lyrical subjects of darkness, vampires, and love. With varying ways as to how they approach each album musically, whether...

Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us-Death Unites Us

"The descent to Hades is much the same from whatever place we start" Anaxagoras With “In Requiem” they returned to the metal community, if they ever left it. With this one they just finished their job. Yes, PARADISE LOST are back for good! Back on the track, back in the game, back in the old formula of gothic (or doom, or death, or symphonic or whatever kind of you prefer to use) metal that they established during the early and mid 90’s making them one of the most influential heavy...

Non Mortis -Silente Imagen De Horror(2009.10)

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Lacrimosa -I Lost My Star（2009.8）

Sehnsucht porta avanti senza consistenti novità la scelta del precedente Lichtgestalt di privilegiare il lato più orecchiabile, accattivante e a tratti metallico dei Lacrimosa. Tuttavia, sono proprio i brani dalle velleità heavy metal a far storcere il naso: quasi sempre poco ispirati e con un riffaggio a dir poco monotono. Nel singolo Feuer si fa stranamente centro, ma in episodi come I Lost My Star in Krasnodar e Mandira Nabula si arriva per la prima volta al ridicolo. I pochi brani lenti...

Katatonia -Night is the New Day(2009.11.2)

You’d think after spending almost two decades channelling the densest of gloom Katatonia’s bank of ideas might be running a bit dry – that said of course, creative frustration alone could easily inspire another song or two. It’s unfair to mock though, because since their humble beginnings in 1991 the Swedes have grown in sound and stature. ‘Night Is The New Day’ follows up ‘The Great Cold Distance’, a modern-sounding and modern-looking blockbuster, and while the spotless...