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Many a HIM fan may tell you that this is not the bands best work. After purchasing this album sometime ago now, I still have a mixed view of it. When I first heard it I , like many other, was used to hearing a mixture of love and death with distorted yet tamed guitars and melodic riffs, that gave this scandinavian fivesome a gothic rock edge. This album overall has a more mellow if not mature approach, stepping away from the 'death' and satanic references which caused some constoversy with the media ('Your Sweet 666' for example, a powerful yet beautiful song that has absolutley nothing to domore… with the devil!). However many believed this new album wasn't 'rock' enough and even described parts of it as pop rock. This may have partly been due to the bands record label who commercialised them in away that even made the band unhappy, (this is maybe why their latest offering 'Love Metal' goes back to their roots a little more). However, when I listen to this album I do not see any 'pop' references. Individual songs like 'Pretending' still shows off the bands fast paced rock riffs. Similaly, 'Love you like I do' and 'In Joy and Sorrow' still show off Valo's sentimental yet meloncholic lyrics. 'Razorblade Romance' matured from their first album 'Greatest lovesongs vol 666', whether it was noticable or not, and this album has done the same. It may have stepped away from their roots slightly, but their fans have still stuck by them. This album has not been done justice after being overly compared with the success of thier last albums, and due to peoples expectations being too high.So do not be decieved by what people say, this is a fantastic album. It shows a side to HIM that everyone can enjoy. 'Don't close your heart' may be a little too soft compared with the other work of the dark and mysterious god that is Ville Valo, but this album certainly brings some briliant highlights along the way...

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CD

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HIM - Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights (2002) Retail CD

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