邊緣星球 - Gone with the Sin

最浪漫的黑↓

Love Metal跟Razorblade Romance我想一直是大部分HIM歌迷公認最喜歡也最好的兩張專輯，在我心中，這兩張也同樣殺得（？）難分難解。

這是第一張不再以Ville Valo的照片當封面的專輯，而改用Heartagram。雖然少了Ville迷人的臉，但是黑色的花紋背景襯托出金色的Heartgram，呈現截然不同的質感。

既然已經叫做Love Metal了，自然這張專輯也正式定義他們的曲風—『情愛金屬』，金屬搖滾樂中的浪漫情歌，要令人心痛、引人落淚，讓人難以自己，卻又無法抗拒。

如果Razorblade Romance是張狂的浪漫，帶著華麗的絕望，那Love Metal絕對是晦暗的浪漫，失速的節奏中透漏些許的冷眼旁觀，不帶希望地俯瞰愛情的甜蜜與痛苦。

歌詞依舊淒美艱澀，說是語言更像詩句。

（忘記在哪看到訪問中Ville說這裡面不會再出現baby,darling,honey,I love you的字眼算是要跟前一張作區隔吧？）

Ville的嗓音在每一張專輯中都會稍稍的不同，而我個人非常喜歡他這個時期的嗓音，可以輕柔也能嘶吼，在歌曲中注入濃厚的情感，賦予了整張專輯靈魂！

（HIM的每張專輯一買回來重複播放對我來說純屬正常）

關於Love Metal的小訪問↓

這個小訪問的一段有問到關於專輯如何云云，然後Ville說……
『……你知道，我一定要說這張超棒，這張很好，最好之類的。大家快去買，因為就在這面牆後面（手指身後）唱片公司就拿著衝鋒槍對著我……』
Ville果然不改幽默本色（笑）。

Ville, you'll never be too old to rock!!

Buried Alive by Love

每次一聽到前奏，就會讓我覺得焦躁（？），因為節奏拼命加速，彷彿下一刻即將失速衝撞。作為開場的吉他前奏燃燒起整張首歌的急速，不愧是整張專輯的開場白！

 Again the burden of losing rests upon my shoulders
And its weight seems unbearable
Your tomb is where your heart is,
I should have told her
But within me hid a secret so terrible

To cry is to know that you're alive
But my river of tears has run dry
I never wanted to fool you, no
But a cold heart is a dead heart
And it feels like I've been buried alive by love

If I should die before I wake
Pray no one my soul to take
If I wake before I die,
Rescue me with your smile

The kiss of vanity blessed me with a spiritual murder
And fed the gods of war insatiable
Your home is where the dark is
I should have told her
Embrace the fire indestructible

To die is to know that you're alive
And my river of blood won't run dry
I never wanted to lose you, no
But a cold heart is a dead heart
And it feels like I've been buried alive by love

And they say to cry is to know that you're alive
And my river of tears has run dry
I never wanted to fool you, no
But a cold heart is a dead heart
A deserted soul is gone
A cold heart is a dead heart
And it feels like I've been buried alive by love

這首歌Ville的聲音真的超棒！有種瀕臨崩潰，想衝破牢籠的快感！！
每次在演唱時，只要Ville唱到："...and it feels like I've been..."，台下就會大合唱："Buried alive by love"！

The Funeral of Hearts

這首實在是經典。幾乎所有人都是因為這首歌而徹底陷入對HIM的狂烈熱愛中！（上次看到許多人討論，發現真的很多人是因為這首歌開始注意他們的，赫然發現我就是例外）如果要排個My HIM Top 10 ，這首歌絕對榜上有名，或許前三都有可能！它給我的感覺實在太多了，難以描繪的複雜，像是用第三人的角度出發，娓娓道出關於愛情帶來的悲傷和惆悵。
而且unplugged版本更是引人落淚，每次聽都感到深深地心痛（heartache every moment）。

（如果Ville自彈自唱，真的可以轉型當情歌王子了）

Love's the funeral of hearts
And an ode for cruelty
When angels cry blood
On flowers of evil in blood

The funeral of hearts
And a plea for mercy
When love is a gun
Separating me from you

She was the sun
Shining upon
The tomb of your hopes and dreams so frail
He was the moon
Painting you
With it's glow so vulnerable and pale

Love's the funeral of hearts
And an ode for cruelty
When angels cry blood
On flowers of evil in bloom

The funeral of hearts
And a plea for mercy
When love is a gun
Separating me from you

She was the wind, carrying in
All the troubles and fears you've for years tried to forget
He was the fire, restless and wild
And you were like a moth to that flame

The heretic seal beyond divine
A prayer to a god who's deaf and blind
The last rites for souls on fire
Three little words and a question why

我很喜歡最後那段，猜猜看，那三個字是什麼？（應該不會有人猜不出吧？）

Beyond Redemption

剛開始那段keyboard的獨奏到整首歌結束時我真的覺得自己已經愛到『萬劫不復』。

Oh I see your scars I know where they're from
So sensually carved and bleeding until you're dead and gone
I've seen it all before beauty and splendour torn
It's when heaven turns to black and hell to white
Right so wrong and wrong so right

Now

Feel it turning your heart into stone
Feel it piercing your courageous soul
Beyond now - redemption
No one's gonna catch you when you fall

Oh I see you crawl you can barely walk
With arms wide open you keep on begging for more
I've been there before knocking on the same door
It's when hate turns to love and love to hate
Faith to doubt and doubt to faith

Sweet Pandemonium
這首好像比較沒什麼人注意，可是我卻非常愛這首歌，整體風格像是搖曳的燭火，鬱鬱寡歡，充滿不安，但是到了副歌部份整個釋放，每次聽了也總是久久無法自拔。
（聽說Ville也很喜歡這首）

Today tomorrow seems so far away
And the wait in vain, yeah
So safe, in the blinding light of love unchained
In yesterday's grave, yeah

The truth that could set souls free
Is buried within sweet pandemonium
Concealed by disbelief
The riddle stays veiled in sweet pandemonium

Afraid that everything remains unchanged
In this fragile dream, yeah
Ashamed of the shattered remains
Of promises made, yeah

The truth that could set souls free
Is buried within sweet pandemonium
Concealed by disbelief
The riddle stays veiled in sweet pandemonium

Drained by the anger and grief
Fazed by the envy and greed
The secret cries for a release
The lucidity hidden deep in sweet pandemonium

我很喜歡Ville這首歌裡的低音，有點絕望，有點想放棄（？）的迷惘……。

The Sacrament

鋼琴前奏真的太完美了，MV選在布拉格取景完全呈現了那種寒冷中特有的哀愁。除此之外，我覺得這首歌的旋律像是安慰的曲子，彷彿輕聲安慰戀人。（我喜歡女主角，有種自然樸素的美）

I hear you breathe so far from me
I feel your touch so close and real
And I know
My church is not of silver and gold,
It's glory lies beyond judgement of souls
The commandments are of consolation and warmth

You know our sacred dream won't fail
The sanctuary tender and so frail
The sacrament of love
The sacrament of warmth is true
The sacrament is you

I hear you weep so far from me
I taste your tears like you're next to me
And I know
My weak prayers are not enough to heal
Oh the ancient wounds so deep and so dear
The revelation is of hatred and fear

這支MV裡穿黑襯衫牛仔褲的Ville，纖細的腰一覽無遺！

其實The Sacrament的製作也有影片，是Ville最好的朋友Bam幫他拍這支MV，兩人在裡面搞笑的畫面。（大部分都是Bam）

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