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Dark Light by HIM
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
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Vampire Heart | 4:45 | 111,008 | ||
| 2 | Wings of a Butterfly | 3:29 | 111,035 | |||
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Under The Rose | 4:50 | 83,837 | ||
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Killing Loneliness | 4:28 | 142,318 | ||
| 5 | Dark Light | 4:29 | 72,510 | |||
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Behind The Crimson Door | 4:37 | 76,343 | ||
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The Face Of God | 4:34 | 66,094 | ||
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Drunk On Shadows | 3:49 | 69,174 | ||
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Play Dead | 4:36 | 66,540 | ||
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In The NightSide Of Eden | 5:40 | 60,944 |
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About this album
Dark Light is Finnish rock band HIM’s fifth full length album. This album was released on 26 September 2005 internationally and on 27 September 2005 in the USA with a limited edition pre-release of 20,000 some days before. This limited edition came in a tin case with a 24 page booklet with hand written lyrics by the band’s lead singer, Ville Valo, a certificate of authenticity and a key chain flash light that flashes the Heartagram, the bands logo. It debuted in stores, however, with a glossy black plastic wrap covering the front, so in order to see the real cover one needed to purchase it.
This album was originally supposed to be produced and mixed by Andy Wallace, an accomplished American producer, but vocalist Ville Valo said he made HIM sound too ‘American’ and they fired him, hiring Tim Palmer with whom they had worked before on Love Metal and And Love Said No.
The writing of Dark Light was inspired by a Finnish book with the same title and a collection of ancient mythologies and religions (mainly Christianity). Songs including mythological references are “Wings of a Butterfly,” “Venus (In Our Blood),” “Drunk on Shadows,” and “In the Nightside of Eden.” “Wings of a Butterfly” is a reference to a Greek myth in which two souls destroyed something beautiful to live forever, and “Venus (In Our Blood)” has the line “Venus denies your seven towers,” referring to another Greek myth portraying hell as seven towers protruding from dark waters. In the song “In the Nightside of Eden,” there is a line, “we descend to the circle number four,” a reference to The Divine Comedy’s adaptation of hell, an adaptation that many mistake for an actual part of the Bible.
The writing of Dark Light was inspired by a Finnish book with the same title and a collection of ancient mythologies and religions (mainly Christianity). Songs including mythological references are “Wings of a Butterfly,” “Venus (In Our Blood),” “Drunk on Shadows,” and “In the Nightside of Eden.” “Wings of a Butterfly” is a reference to a Greek myth in which two souls destroyed something beautiful to live forever, and “Venus (In Our Blood)” has the line “Venus denies your seven towers,” referring to another Greek myth portraying hell as seven towers protruding from dark waters. In the song “In the Nightside of Eden,” there is a line, “we descend to the circle number four,” a reference to The Divine Comedy’s adaptation of hell, an adaptation that many mistake for an actual part of the Bible.
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iphoto2333 wrote:
it is the best album and love metal
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VampirezHeart wrote:
❥❥❥❥❥❥❥❥❥❥❥❥❥❥❥!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Rogerrr57 wrote:
It's their worst album, but there's some good songs here
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Chrysa85 wrote:
<3 this album
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VirtualBonnie wrote:
~forever we are, forever we've been, forever we'll be crucified to a dream [2]
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Moonicken wrote:
<3
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LightRed wrote:
Oh, the memories! I used to love this album when I was an angsty 12-year old kid.
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Kobra_Generosa wrote:
All the Others > Dark Light > Screamworks
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timkatim666 wrote:
mm..<3
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RuiMisaki wrote:
the best album.....♥
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violethiilll wrote:
the best
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Kamersant wrote:
<3♫♪♫ღ ♫ღ♥ ♫♪♫ღ ♫ღ<3 - Dark Light
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KiroS69 wrote:
Great album)
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os_teriyaki wrote:
~forever we are, forever we've been, forever we'll be crucified to a dream~
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cloudscream wrote:
This album is a proof that most critics are dumb and irrelevant.
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Warborn wrote:
their best album
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azar_valo wrote:
wen album pero muy comercial dnde cago HIM
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PatrickMLima wrote:
This cover is so amazing!
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DarkMadness wrote:
Fucking Awesome
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