Hit Parader's  March/April issue has HIM coming in at number 141 for Venus Doom in their "Top 200 Hard Rock CDs You Can't Live Without!"141.

HIM, Venus Doom: So many things - both good and bad - have been said about Scandinavian "love metal" rockers HIM over the last few years, that it's hard to know exactly how to react to the contents of Venus Doom. There's no question that vocalist Ville Valo and his troops have pushed the creative boundaries of their sound, expanding it to create a more lush, dramatic backdrop for their guitar-driven opuses. And while there is no doubt that this is exciting and at time ethereal stuff, on occasion it seems to wander precariously close to becoming a parody of this unit's earlier work. But when Valo reins in the action just a little, HIM show why some have called them the most exhilarating hard rock band in the world.