31.07.05

HIM album translation
From today on you can read the German translation of all Lyrics from “Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666” to “Love Metal” . If you want to read them just go into “The Band” and than click on lyrics to choose the required song & to get to the translation.
Love,
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29.07.05

1Live with Ville
The German radio channel, 1Live, will feature Ville as guest on Monday 01.08.2005 / 15.00 local time. Ville will be there (Media Park, Cologne) live to talk about the upcoming album release.

Behind the scenes...
Of the videoshot for “Rip out the Wings of a Butterfly” - Pictures can be seen by clicking here.

Dark Light Internet Edition
By clicking on the picture you can order now your copy of the Dark Light Internet Edition. It contains:

• The full album plus two bonus tracks - "Venus ( In Our Blood)" and "The Cage".
• 32-page booklet including handwritten lyrics from Ville plus fan tattoo pictures and more.
• HIM logo-flashlight keychain in a velvet bag that projects the Heartagram on a wall

You can order your copy with credit card or paypal!

Passwort for the 2nd Door
The Passwort for the 2nd Door is cracked and it is: Union Square
If you have entered the door you can view and listen to the rocky songs of “Wings of a Butterfly” So check it out at heartagram.com!

28.07.05

Rock Hard
In the current issue of Rock Hard you can find an one page article about HIM and the upcoming album and about:
- Gas and Mige are singing the chorus of "In the Nightside of Eden" (Ville`s favourite song). This songs remembers to the seventies and It is about the fact that the people virtually never are content with their life and that they always want to have new aims. The following Chorus fits In addition: "We are forever crucified to a dream"
- "I have already dreamed as a 11-year-old boy of working in this city and, therefore, I wanted to produce the record at all costs there" says Ville.
- Mige about play dead: "I`m proud that the Stork cries in the background coming from me!"

Get your Online edition tonight!
Don`t miss to get yourself the one and only Online edition of "Dark Light" tonight from Heartagram.com

More Promopics...
Here are two more promopics of the guys for the upcoming record.

27.07.05

Ylex Radio
The Finnish radio channel Ylex will broadcast the first single "Wings of a Butterfly" on Monday, 1st August 2005 after the 8 o`clock news. During the week from 12.09.2005 to 18.09.2005 you can listen to more songs of the upcoming album "Dark Light" and comments about the songs from the band.

Dark Light Flyer
Download your own flyer of Dark Light!!! Click here to do so.

26.07.05

New Promo pics 2005
This are two of the new Promo pics for 2005. (thx. to totalassaults)

"Love Metal Archives Vol.1" for US
Now it`s time for the DVD for American and Canadian fans, who wants to play it on their DVD player. It will be released on 16th August 2005. More info.

25.07.05

Rip out the Wings of a Butterfly Cover & Lyrics
By clicking here you can view the cover for the upcoming single “Rip out the Wings of a Butterfly” in a bigger size. Below you can read the lyrics of the song.
(credit cover: Idol from DarkSecretClub; credit lyrics: totalassaults.com)

"Rip out the Wings of a Butterfly"
(Music & Text by HIM)
heaven ablaze in our eyes we're
standing still in time the blood
on our hands is the wine we offer
as sacrifice come on and show
them your love rip out
the wings of a butterfly
for your soul this endless mercy
mile we're crawling side by side
with hell freezing over in our
eyes gods kneel before our crime!

Unlock the door with Villes latest Scripture
The passwort for the first door is cracked and it is: Heaven Ablaze In Our Eyes If you have once entered the door, it`s always possible to see which secret is behind: The lyrics for "Wings of a Butterfly" and three pictures of the videoshoot in L.A.( http://www.h-i-m666.com/acertijo/) Congrats to cigdiv1, who cracked the passwort!

22.07.05

Slovakia instead of Slovenia...
Sorry, Sweetheartz there was a little missunderstanding regarding the HIM Show on September, the 10th. HIM will rock the Sibamac Arene in Bratislava / Slovakia instead of Slovenia. Under Tourdates you will find out how to order yourself a ticket for this gig.

21.07.05

HIM PODCAST #9 - VIDEO SHOOT, LOS ANGELES, CA
Check out the latest podcast report from Karri from the set of their upcoming video. Download and listen to the MP3 interviews on your computer, iPod, other portable device or just burn them to a CD.

+ Catching up with Mige
+ Concept of the new music video
+ Funny French guys that dress Mige up
+ Burton and Mige elaborate on the music video concept
+ Insect-like movements
+ Gas loves Yoga and Kama Sutra?!
+ American Album release
+ Why Mige likes America : soda and cars!
+ Burton chased by fans in Silverlake
+ Satisfied with the finished record
+ Mige revisits "the stork"
+ Favorite song on the new album
+ What HIM will miss in America
+ Burton's secret
+ Farewell

You can download it by clicking HIM Podcast #9.

HIM INTERNET-ONLY EDITION - COMING SOON
Stay tuned to find out how you can pre-order a special internet-only edition of Dark Light that comes with a tin box, two extra tracks, a 32-page book with handwritten lyrics from Ville, and a HIM-logo flashlight keychain!
(Source: Heartagram.com)

"Love Metal Archives Vol.1" for US
Now it`s time for the DVD for American and Canadian fans, who wants to play it on their DVD player. It will be released on 16th August 2005. More info.

20.07.05

Sing along with HIM
The lyrics to "Behind the Crimson Door," the final song on Dark Light are as follows:

Behind the Crimson Door
covered the carcass of time with flowers to send the scent of blame to the grave set the darkest thoughts on fire and watched the ashes climb to heaven's gates we hide BEHIND THE CRIMSON DOOR while the summer is killed by the fall alive behind the crimson door while the winter sings: "your love will be the death of me" death served wine for lovers brought from the world where devils reign and intoxicated angels with sorrow they witnessed in the eyes of their slaves".
(Music & Text by HIM; Thx. to totalassault.com)

New Metal Hammer
There is something to read about HIM in the new Metal Hammer mag. Don`t miss it Darlingz.

19.07.05

Next up...TOURDATES!
Only two for now, more to come, absolutely confirmed:
The Download Festival - 10.8.05 - Shoreline Ampitheatre - Mountain View, CA Voodoo Music Experience - 10.29.05, 10.30.05 - Voodoo Island, City Park - New Orleans, LA. More infos on that shows are to come. Just keep an close eye at the Schedule.

Fresh Heartagram
This is what the new Heartagram-logo looks like. Fresh wind before the new album comes out to rock you off.
(thanks to totalassault.com)

17.07.05

Valo interview @ Ruisrock
Click here to view an interview with Ville from last`s week Ruisrockfestival. For the screencabs we made for you follow this link. (Source: h-i-m666.com)

15.07.05

US Tour support & more album infos...
Finnish goth-metallers H.I.M. will be teaming up with SKINDRED and FINCH for a U.S. tour this fall. More information will be available soon.
For more information regarding the working process, why Andy Wallace was fired and about the artwork for the new work click here.

14.07.05

Burtons Voice message
Click here to hear Burton`s voice message from L.A. and let him tell you about having a great time while shooting the new video.Team HIM / Total Assault".

HIM Podcasts on iTunes
You can now get HIM podcasts on iTunes and listen to MP3 updates on the making of Dark Light. HIM Podcasts require iTunes 4.9. To receive HIM podcasts in iTunes 4.9, simply click here. With iTunes 4.9, you can load the podcasts to your iPod, and listen to them anywhere.

12.07.05

Back from Ruisrock
Hi, darlings we are back from a great festival weekend. If you wanna read how Ruisrock was for HIMforfans.com just click here to read the review. In the Gallery you will also be able to find some pictures of that fanatstic gig. So enjoy!

Ruisrocksetlist: Right here in my arms, It's all tears (drown in this love), Wicked Game, Poison Girl, Join Me (In Death), Buried Alive by Love, Pretending, Heartache every moment, Soul on Fire, Solitary Man, Razorblade Kiss, Vampyre Heart, Sweet Six Six Six, Funeral of Hearts, The Sacrament.

HIM rock Slowenia
HIM will do a special for Slowenien MTV in Lubiljana on Saturday, 10.09.2005. More details coming up soon.

Hamburg Show
So many of you have been asking us about more information on the Hamburg Show. The show will be organised by N-Joy, a German Radio Channel. You will be able to win tickets by calling this hotline: 0 18 05 - 11 77 66 (12 Ct/Min).Only 100 lucky N-Joy winners will be able to see HIM rocking in an castle. So good luck to everybody.

Dark Secret Club Interview
Our dear friends of DarkSecretClubfrom Greece made an exclusive interview with Ville. Ville talks for more than 25 minutes on the new album, taking you through its music on a special studio report, track by track and giving new revealing information on the release, videos and next moves of upcoming months. click here for more. (credit: Darksecrectclub.com)

Official Tracklist for & Single Confusion
The official tracklist for “Dark Light” is as follows:

Vampire Heart
Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly
Behind the Crimson Door
Killing Loneliness
Dark Light
Drunk on Shadows
Under the Rose
Play Dead
Face of God
Night Side of Eden

The new single will be “Rip out the wings of a butterfly”, not as many assumed “Killing Loneliness”. According to Ville “Killing Loneliness” was too mellow to become the first single but it might become the second one. So “Rip out the wings of a butterfly” will definatly be the first single of the forthcoming album, release 05.09.2005.

Viva la Bands tour
Bam's having his own Viva La Bands tour, and HIM are going to be headlining at least a couple of shows. He said that Detroit's gonna be one of them, but he didn't mention any others. Cradle Of Filth, Negative, CKY, Turbonegro among others, are going to be playing. If HIM can`t headline, CKY will do it.

06.07.05

Metal Hammer New Issue
In the current issue of Metal Hammer (UK) you can find a small report about the new album, the metal hammer awards and that they want to release the first single on 09 August 2005 and it will be Killing Loneliness.

01.07.05

Voodoo Festival
HIM will play in New Orleans at the Voodoo Festival on 29th October 2005. Line-up
Tickets go on sale on July 8th, the two day pass is $50 plus a parks fee of $3. Single day tickets will go on sale probably in September.

Kerrang 1063
In the issue 1063 you can find a poster of Ville.