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Lavishly wallowing in misery---it's the Finnish way!


HIM
Venus Doom 4 Stars
Sire


HIM have superfan Bam Margera to thank for their early exposure, but it's frontman Ville Valo-a Byronic goth-metal pinup-who makes these Finns potentially iconic. Valo's steel-melting baritone, dipping so eerily low that you can actually feel it, infuses Venus Doom with melody and drama, and his once-faceless band finally gets a chance to stretch out alongside him. The result (see the 11-minute, Sabbath-via-Muse expanse of "Sleepwalking Past Hope") may be the year's heaviest, creepiest, and sexiest hard-rock group effort.


Aaron Burgess for SPIN Magazine.


The review is in the current issue out now.