Tears on tape

"Tears on Tape harks back to the incisive crowd-pleasing of 2003's Love Metal, wherein every song boasted an irresistible, radio-friendly chorus, but the riffs still left a bruise or two. Valo's gift is to make something as gently macabre as Drawn and Quartered sound woozily romantic, his rich baritone permanently teetering on the edge of vulnerability".

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"Tears on Tape delivers exactly what the band's fans seem to require: a tragic, nearly ghoulish fascination with love and death that marries gothic pop romanticism with heavy rock. How many records does one need like this? Here H.I.M. seem to be banking a lot; and with more than 20 years and boatloads of albums and singles, who's going to argue".

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