Dark Light

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Album Summary:

After conquering the rest of the world with chart-topping albums and sold-out tours, Finland's HIM (His Infernal Majesty) makes its U.S. debut with Dark Light. A Scandinavian rock icon, HIM enjoys more than a mere buzz overseas. It's a frenzy. Haunting, gothic, rocking, beautiful and melodic-produced by Tim Palmer (Robert Plant, U2) with the band recording for the first time in the U.S.-Dark Light opens the eyes of America to HIM.

Release Date:

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

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Average: 4.6 (134 votes)

Comments

on Tuesday, May 26th The_MenaCe wrote
one question

Guys u know where i can find tracks like " Venus in our blood" (supposed to be in this cd from internet research that i made) or "one last time" supposed to be in Razorblade Romance ?

on Monday, March 23rd ItsAllTearz wrote
The All-Out

I think this album is the album HIM has been dying to make for the past years . Shows there inner HIM. This is the album that brought me up to the fan i am. The songs Face of God and Play Dead were just amazing. Vampire Heart along with Wings of a Butterfly, Under the Rose, and Behing the Crimson Door were the best of the album. My favorite song of the album must be Killing Loneliness.

on Monday, March 16th charity cromer wrote
i love all the songs off this cd

i love all of the song off this cd its amazing!

on Saturday, March 7th rissa672 wrote
Him Is So Hot!!!

I love this album.It's so Hot!!!

on Saturday, February 28th zwartduivel wrote
dark light

i like this album

on Wednesday, December 31st H.E.A.R.T.A.G.R.A.M. wrote
Dark Light

To me, this is one of HIM's top 2 albums of all time. Even people who have never heard HIM know the songs "Dark Light" & "(Rip Out) The Wings Of A Butterfly". It is a 5 star album, very catchy and artistic. I Love it.

on Monday, December 22nd Cyanide_Lindsey wrote
Dark Light

This one will always be special to me, since it is the singles from this album that made me fall in love with HIM
Also the very first studio album that I bought!

on Monday, December 1st Moon Glass wrote
Dark Light \m/

To be honest, I like a lot this album and making a top three of my fav. tracks from it[ which believe me, it's hard], there'll be:"Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly","Killing Loneliness " and "Play Dead". At the song " Under the Rose" I love the lyrics and " In the Nightside of Eden" it's also a great song with a special ending." Vampire Heart" ," Behind the Crimson Door", " The Face of God" and " Drunk on Shadows" are also amazing songs. :))It sounds funny the way that i've chosen to expose my opinion about this songs, but like i said in the begining i love the whole album and there's no song that i don't like from it. Amazing job! My whole respect for the band and specially for their frontman ^:)^

on Sunday, November 16th dukenberg wrote
My second fave album behind Love Metal

This album may have a more commercial sound to it as compared to the others, but I still really like it. I love how HIM has a slightly different sound and theme on every album. That along with Ville's unique voice and lyrics are what sets them apart from other rock bands, in my opinion. Favorite song on album is "Wings of a Butterfly". I have listened to that song probably 2,000 times since the cd came out and I never get tired of hearing it, and probably never will.

on Tuesday, September 30th miss-margera-valo wrote
best album

this is definitely my favourite HIM album. i just love the songs on it. i really like drunk on shadows, it is one of my favourite HIM songs but i also really like face of god. the songs are all pretty great.

on Friday, September 19th skater kid wrote
hey

hey pinningbear666 are you knoking him i wouldent if i were you they rock me and my big bro listern to him all the time and this cd rocks hardkore

on Monday, September 15th pinningbear666 wrote
BOO !!!!!

worst album from HIM !!!!
only bout 2 r bearable

on Sunday, September 14th charity cromer wrote
the dark light cd :)

i loved it i love the song face of god that song means alot to me! and all the other songs mean alot to me as wall its just all good music <3

on Monday, September 1st dark prince666 wrote
dark light

dark light is one of the best alumbs i have ever heard one of the best i love all the songs HIM is my favorite band

on Thursday, August 7th HIMislovemetal66 wrote
THIS ALBUM IS AWSOME!!!

words can not describe how awsome this album is.HIM 4 LIFE!!!!

on Wednesday, August 20th himfan1988 wrote
hm

i have to agree with you the album is awsome my favourite song has to wings of a butterfly

on Wednesday, July 9th lara_him wrote
dark light

i`d love that album
i tink it´s one of the bests of all albums

HIM 4EVER

on Sunday, June 29th lunaplena wrote
I think this album is not as

I think this album is not as good as the others because it is too soft and americanized.Ville´s voice does´'t seem very deep like in the other records.However i love UNDER THE ROSE and VAMPIRE HEART.Vampire heart makes me wonder about how a vampire could be in love and how could a person react to this kind of loveIt makes me think about winter days in London .Very dark.

on Tuesday, September 16th mgcpp wrote
I couldn't aggree more!!!!

I think once the band went to USA they forgot their roots, every european that sets foot in america lose his way, I hate that stupid friendship with Bam, they like a couple, Bam has the same tattoo on his belly as Ville's, I saw something in You Tube the other day that I really don't want to think of that but the scenes with Ville and Bam makes us think,like their a couple, before the band went to the states Ville was a respecteble MAN, now I don't know, don't get me wrong, gays are flesh and blood like everybody else, I have a few good friends that are gay, that's not the point, the point is, Ville's different since he went USA.
I know lots and lots of people which aggree with me,
Keep listen good music :-)

on Monday, June 23rd xXxTreehuggingd... wrote
confused much

I personally loved the album the sultry sounds of ville's voice almost totally made me have one in my pants...... oh yeah I said it! Any who the reason for my confusion is like every other person commenting on this album is bashing it, yet congratulating "H.I.M."on having great lyrics I'm just wondering did ya read off your comment before ya sent it off, did it make sense to you?????? Just curious

on Tuesday, May 20th Ulyana wrote
I ♥♥♥ Dark Light!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dark Light is one of my favourite album ever!!!!!!!!

on Saturday, May 17th Nuspharus wrote
Cool

Cool

on Saturday, May 17th DaniArrow wrote
Dark Light

Good songwriting, some songs are a bit too pop-music-like in my taste. Could have used some more guitars.

on Sunday, May 11th gotHim wrote
Very Good!

Well,... in my opinion is their worst one... But... it's H.I.M.!!!!! However, I think it's the one with the greatest lyrics!!! Or is it "Venus Doom"??... I don't know...!!Anyway, I totally love it!!! Best tracks "Under the Rose" and "Play Dead"...

on Monday, May 5th angelbaby wrote
Darklight awsome album

This album is just amazing but then i love all of HIMs music this one just helped me through some shit and i love it.

on Sunday, May 11th poisonhard wrote
HIM is just perfect!thanks

HIM is just perfect!thanks for this awesome album and for everything!
Hello from Brazil!

on Sunday, May 4th maebelauryn wrote
favorite.

To be perfectly honest, this is my favourite HIM album, like, ever.
I just ordered the guitar tab for this album, so I'm trying to learn how to play all the songs.
But, yeah. I like every single song on the album.
And not to sound corny, the lyrics were inspiring for my own poetry.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

on Friday, April 11th dark_secret_lover wrote
MY FIRST HIM ALBUM EVER!!!

this is a great album... most people say it is thier worst, i dont think so. yes it may have been way more mainstream than all the others, but look where it landed HIM in the US. its a gold record!!! what more could they ask for. and the songs are great...even wings of a butterfly...i bet if it was played 50% less on the radio when it came out, every one would love it. i used to go to sleep whit this album playin in my stereo every night for like 4 months straight. i love killing lonliness, drunk on shadows, vampire heart, and the nightside of eden, and i liked the bonus track The Cage... it is a very well put together album

on Friday, March 14th shepi wrote
KILLING LONELINESS.. UNDER THE ROSE.. DRUNK ON SHADOWS..

MY FAV. TRACKS ON THIS (DARK LIGHT) ALBUM.. HIM'S THE BEST.. <3

on Monday, September 15th pinningbear666 wrote
besides these songs and

besides these songs and maybe face of god this album was horrible

on Wednesday, March 5th thenightsideofeden wrote
ONE OF THE BEST!!!!

Man i was a fan way before this album came out and alot of the older fans (like myself) seem to hate it... i think its an amazing album... so beautiful. i understand alot of fans think its alot more mainstream and to pop sounding but i belive it is musical gold. I love so many tracks on it, favs are vampire heart, under the rose, dark light and drunk on shadows... i like the fact that it made them bigger in other parts of the world. its just another beautiful chapter in the HIM book with hopfully many more to come!

on Sunday, March 2nd I LOVE HIM2 wrote
I LOVE THIS ALBUM!!

i love all the songs i've heard so far...which is like all of them! but when i have school off the concerts are all in australia, and i live on pretty much the other side of the world which really sucks...but anyway i love HIM!

on Friday, February 29th vampirification wrote
TSUNAMI CALLED FAME! HITS HIM ...

and as a result they make the worst album ever... great cover..says everything! says how crap it is!

on Friday, February 29th vampirification wrote
Worst HIM ABLUM EVER...

This was the worst album ever... too much repetitive and commercial sounds...that sometimes reminded me some pop sound. They can make better than this. The albums from before were much better, more creative, with more power and great melody... they were more original!

on Sunday, February 24th jacobson wrote
This was my

This was my first HIM Cd

on Tuesday, February 19th NOT THE ONE wrote
BESTEST

i love this album and the the photo on the album rulz

on Monday, February 18th maryn wrote
Dark light is an album with

Dark light is an album with a genre of it's own. It shows the vocal growth of Ville and the band as a whole. Many may see it as commercial hype. This album was made for the intelligent mind. It is music, and sounds like music! The symbolic meaning behind the songs are for intelletual people. People who don't understand what is being said acuse this album as being a hype. It is deep from within the soul. I find this album to be one of the best albums HIM has ever made to date. I wouldn't want love metal, or razorblade romance 7 times. This shows the band going for new things, and not being afraid to show it! People acuse bands of selling out, and it's just not that way, they have spiritual growth, and each album shows where they have been and where they are going. To the top!

on Monday, February 18th the_angel_floppy wrote
The Best Album of the fucking word !! yeah! xD

Hola!

Aguante Dark Light,loco! =D

Vengan a Argentina!

Tienen un monton de fans !! :D

Aguante H.I.M. !!

HIM ROCK & RULEZZ !!

on Monday, January 21st x.Razorblade_Ro... wrote
<3<3

Love This Album.... What Else Can I Say All Of HIM's Albums Always Turn Out Awesome.. The Lyrics are Dark...And The Front Cover Of Album, Just Love It...!!
HIM 4eva

on Sunday, January 6th Gotem wrote
Este album esta re bueno.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sometimes death is better.
Este album esta re joya como todos los de HIM, ¿no?. Los temas "Vampire Heart", "Behind the Crimson Door" y "Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly" son mis favoritos, están re buenos. La verdad que todos las canciones estan buenisimas a mi me gustan todas.

on Monday, December 24th narnina wrote
love dark light

love dark light

on Saturday, December 22nd Katrin wrote
objection

i wouldn`t say that dark light is commercial cause I hate that word :) but the fact is that is much more "happier" then other albums. lyrics are always dark, same, but sometimes they don´t fit with the sound, the case in dark light is an example. whole product is not for every day listening. i get bored of listening it after 3 times. fortunately, venus doom is absolutely tuned.
And my soul from that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted - nevermore!
(E.A.P)

on Sunday, December 23rd sinful_ivy wrote
Excuse moi!

Maybe comercial is not the right word, yes you said it better, bloody english:)
Venus Doom?Just can´t get enough, yet, it is f.... short:(

on Saturday, December 22nd sinful_ivy wrote
dark light,yaix!!!

After Love Metal, this was something new.I heard WOAB and i liked it, i rushed to store for album and after hearing it several times i realzed that it is not that great like others, too comercial I would say.
I like vampire heart but live version the most.
All songs are great but they are not timeless like for instance Join me, or older songs.

Don´t hate me, I am fan like you, DL is on the last place for me, but only because of music, lyrics are still great and amazing:)

on Thursday, December 20th Julchen wrote
that album is absolut

that album is absolut amazing, but I can´t say, it´s their best, every album is perfect.
but my favorite song is vampire heart currently
luv ville (the imperfekt perfection)

on Monday, December 10th JaneAlexSisterS wrote
Vampire heart...Killing

Vampire heart...Killing loneliness...Play dead.....................

on Sunday, December 2nd WisHIMfan4life1975 wrote
First heard them with this Album and loved them ever since.

First heard about 25 seconds of the end of "Wings of a butterfly" and spent the next 2 days surfing the channels to hear more. Finally got to see the whole video & heard about the webcite. Got to learn more found out about other albums & been hooked ever since. "Drunken Shadows" is my favorite song. I even have a tat, my first, about the words... Devils Dance while Angels smile..... The song talks about things I relate to and love the song with all my heart. I have all the albums, videos, and tons of Heartagram stuff. Recently bought the promotion bag from Lune festival in Germany on Ebay. Still have yet to see them live but no worries when its ment to happen it will, I'm sure of it....

on Friday, November 30th unholyghost616 wrote
One of my favourite albums EVER!!!

I used this album to introduce a very close friend of mine to the band.I thik it was a good place to start for an american fan."Wings of a butterfly"(which is the title change of "rip out the wings of a butterfly on the American version,why?I don't know,I like the original title better!)got alot of radio play and MTV2 showed the video alot. "Vampire Heart" was featured on an MTV2 "Headbanger's Ball compilation(Your sweet 666 was featured on another one.)My favourite track is "Play dead"I relate to the lyrics in that song very much.This particular album had a lot of keyboard,which I enjoy quite a bit,I think Burton is AWESOME!I always listen to it from start to finish.DARK LIGHT IS ONE OF MY FAOURITE ALUMBS EVER!!!

on Thursday, November 29th RENDEZVOUS_WITH_ANUS wrote
dark light

yay i got first comment.