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HIM
HIM came out of Helsinki with a sound that mixed heavy metal guitar with romantic, melancholy pop songwriting — singer Ville Valo called it "love metal," and the name stuck. Songs like "Join Me in Death" and "The Funeral of Hearts" made them one of the most successful Finnish rock bands of their era, and Valo's low croon and heartagram logo became instantly recognisable far beyond Finland.
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Razorblade Romance (1999). Their second album is where everything clicked: it has "Join Me in Death," their biggest hit, plus "Right Here in My Arms" and the slow-burning "Gone with the Sin." If one record sums up what HIM do, it's this one.
Biography
HIM (sometimes stylized as H.I.M.) was a Finnish rock band formed as His Infernal Majesty in Helsinki in 1991 by vocalist Ville Valo and bassist Mikko "Mige" Paananen. The band broke up after a few years, then it was reformed in 1995 by Valo and guitarist Mikko "Linde" Lindström. After being rejoined by Mige, as well as keyboardist Antto Melasniemi and drummer Juhana "Pätkä" Rantala, the band, now called HIM, released its debut album Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 in 1997. In 2000, now with drummer Mika "Gas Lipstick" Karppinen and keyboardist Juska Salminen, the band released Razorblade Romance, which reached the number one spot in Finland, Austria and Germany. The first single "Join Me in Death" also charted at number one in Finland and Germany, eventually going Platinum and Gold, respectively. Following the addition of Janne "Burton" Puurtinen on keyboards, HIM released Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights (2001) and Love Metal (2003). Both cracked the top ten in several countries and allowed the band to tour in the United Kingdom and the United States for the first time.
In 2005, HIM released Dark Light, which became the group's most commercially successful album to date.
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 2013Tears on TapeAlbum
- 2010Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, Chapters 1–13Album
- 2007Bleed WellEP
- 2007Venus DoomAlbum
- 2005Dark LightAlbum
- 2003Love MetalAlbum
- 2002Heartache Every Moment & Close to the Flame EPEP
- 2001Deep Shadows and Brilliant HighlightsAlbum
- 1999Razorblade RomanceAlbum
- 1997Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666Album
- 1996666 Ways to Love: PrologueEP
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