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Generally favorable reviews- based on 77 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 59 out of 77
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Mixed: 3 out of 77
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Negative: 15 out of 77
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Dec 10, 2010
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SnakeXMay 3, 2008I don't give it 10 only because I believe they can do even more amazing stuff in the future
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SnakeXMay 3, 2008I don't give it 10 only because I believe they can do even more amazing stuff in the future
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MarkasL.Dec 15, 2007Having not heard the entire album I find it profoundingly easy to say it's a really good album. besides I'm a HIM fan in the rising.
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MinaSNov 27, 2007as a lifelong fan- just perfect!
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LightBearerNov 22, 2007the most horrible sounding album I've ever heard. The bastard has desigrated the pentagram, and he is know more intellectual than the music he plays.
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KalenaBNov 21, 2007This album is very refreshing and different from the past albums. HIM manages to reinvent their sound while drawing on influences from their past. I think this album is beautifully done!
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EricY.Nov 15, 2007I like that it is heavier than their older stuff.
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JamesA.Oct 29, 2007I love them because they are very good and Ville Valo has a very good voice.Plus he pulls off the gothic look so well!
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OlgaB.Oct 13, 2007Full bullshirt.
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DahliaOct 12, 2007I honestly think this album is really fucking great, i wont discard any of the songs, because each one of them is just charming, i can see the guys really put their souls in it. The guitars are wonderful, the voice the feeling it transmits... i really loved everything and i think that is something that's worth to listen.
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ToddW.Oct 5, 2007
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mindulios.Oct 2, 2007This stuff is amazing...one of the best albums overall in 2007!!!
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AnnaG.Oct 1, 2007Yes, i consider *Venus Doom* is an amazing thing, witch includes awesome guitars, kristall keyboards, and deep voice by Ville. In the whole, album looks like a very tragic and melancholy book, and i'm ready to read it again and again.
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Ville'sPrincessOct 1, 2007Best album ever! The boy's have done it again. I have not stopped listening to it since I got. You don't make it to #12 for nothing.
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JenHOct 1, 2007
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WendySep 28, 2007One of the best rock albums ever!!! You just can't rate it 0.
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DavidS.Sep 28, 2007One of the best HIM album Its really rocks, thanks God, HIM back there perfect sound! ))) Sleepwalking Past Hope...is also one of the best HIM's song ever!
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lukeSep 26, 2007This music was designed to please ordinary white trash girls. not recommended.
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BryanH.Sep 25, 2007A heaping pile of mediocrity. With this album, I've pretty much officially moved on from HIM. They really would have done well to just break up after "Love Metal" and quit releasing sub-par, phoned-in slop like this.
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MakE.Sep 25, 2007This album is Rock. Everything else out there is just lending its support to it.
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EllieC.Sep 25, 2007This album gives me chills in the very best way. Ville Valo's vocal range is amazing on all the albums, but on this one he really blows me away, especially in the song Sleepwalking Past Hope. H.I.M. is innovative in their music in this album and have gone back to where they sound best.
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[Anonymous]Sep 25, 2007David Hasselhoff is better...
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ToryE.Sep 24, 2007
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JohnD.Sep 24, 2007Dark light was a little too mainstream, this is him going back to its roots and doing a great job at it. I'm glad they got away from the mainstream s*** and got back to their roots. not the best album up there, but second to razorblade romance isn't that bad.
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GeorgeASep 24, 2007This is terrible noise...I'd rather hear a light bulb than this dribble. Its not hard to turn up distortion on the amplifier.
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TimP.Sep 23, 2007Best HIM album so far. Great songs and performances and the production is immaculate.
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AshleyN.Sep 23, 2007
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HottrampSep 23, 2007Almost perfect! Add a touch of RR for spontenaiety & rawness & a pinch of DL for it's brilliant lyrics to VD's kickass sound and you'd end up with the PERFECT 10 H.I.M album.
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PoisonGrl666Sep 23, 2007Venus Doom is HIM's best album to date. The guitar rifts are amazing, and Ville's voice and lyrics are simply beautiful. Venus Doom is a perfect 10!!
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GregASep 23, 2007This is terrible music, but what is even worse is having to see overweight teenagers the band's name all over their dirty hoodies.
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ToniSep 23, 2007Just perfect HIM-album!!Dark,heavy,beautiful..Best performance from HIM since Razorblade Romance.
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JainaT.Sep 22, 2007This is the best album HIM has ever put out. I can't stop listening to it!
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SpiderW.Sep 22, 2007Excellent album from a great band. Heavier yet without sacrificing melody.
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XDeviantXXDoomXSep 22, 2007Its awesome...love it or hate it...its VD baby!
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Awards & Rankings
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H.I.M. isn't a band known for profound lyrics, but, at the same time, most fans of the band don't want to philosophize, they want to hear the group rock out, and this release shows them doing precisely that, even harder than before.
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BlenderWhen Ville lets loose a rare scream on 'Love in Cold Blood,' it's a downer. Dude: We know you've come to suck our blood, but at least have the courtesy to romance us first! [Oct 2007, p.110]
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Though it's pretty easy to be the best band in their self-created genre of 'love metal', if you can ignore the cartoon goth twaddle that comes out of Valo's mouth, you'll find an extremely well-executed pop-metal album underneath.