25.11.04

HIM did not cover prince songs
We have to appologize for the news from 23.11.04 where we said that HIM covered the Prince songs "Purple Rain" and "1999". The songs have been on the setlist however they haven't been played by the band that night. Sorry, for this wrong news, we won't rely on such things in the future. ok?

Information on the new album
H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo has told Finland's Helsingin Sanomat newspaper that he has been putting together some new songs for the next studio sessions and he hopes "to scrape the shit off the diamond" with the band's next album. read more

More media news
In the german mag "Zillo"can be found another article about the "Bittersweet cooperation". Don't miss it.

23.11.04

Some media news
In the new issue of the german Sonic Seducer week you will find a one-page report about Villes colaboration with Apocalyptica and Lauri Ylönen from The Rasmus.

22.11.04

HIM covers Prince
At the show in Minneapolis HIM seemed to perform two songs of Prince "Purple Rain" and "1999". (Sorry but we are not sure about this because one fan said it and some said no.)

18.11.04

Metal Hammer readers poll
Metal Hammer UK readers- and people from abroad too, can now vote for those that rocked the year 2004. Check the Readers poll and vote for HIM as much as you can. Click here to vote. (taken from DarkSecretClub)

16.11.04

New Years Eve support
The finnish heavy metal band "Soul Tattoo" will support HIM on their traditionall New Years Eve gig at the Tavastia Klubi. More info here.

Viva La Bam with HIM
HIM appeared on Viva La Bam episode~!! Bam teaches Don Vito and his dad how to become rockstars, taking lessons from him and ...HIM ! The episode was filmed at the TLA gig Philly. (Info Darksecretclub.com)

15.11.04

New release from “To Separate The Flesh From The Bones”
Continuing grind-core item... On November 24 best ever band To Separate The Flesh From The Bones release their debute album called Utopia Sadistica. Main actors are Herr Arschstein (Pasi Koskinen, ex-Amorphis), Rot Wailer (Niclas Etelavuori, Amorphis) and Pus Sypope (Gas, HIM). Besides there are some additional vocalists: J. Offalmangler, Ejaculating Maggot, Sperman d'Cay and Sir Analton. It's hard to say who is who, but one of them is Carcass' Jeff Walker. them as well.
Track-list of Utopia Sadistica:
01. Meatbash
02. Cold Cuts
03. Rotten Siege
04. The Final Extinction
05. Preternatural Pervert
06. Meretricious Murderess
07. Disconsolated Suffer
08. Pussyfer
09. Amputated Whore
10. Conflagration
11. Absolute Holocaust
12. Mass Of Vipers
13. Brain Drain Faucet
14. The Rot
15. Art Of Aggression
16. The Spoon
17. Bare Your Wounds For Me
18. Reek Of Excrete
19. The Revolt
20. Mutilated Virgin Slut
21. Profanity
22. Drowned In Semen
23. The Manticore
24. Drunk & Nauseous
25. Condition Dead
More info on toseparatethefleshfromthebones.com. (taken from Heartagram.ru)

14.11.04

US Tour start
HIM kick’s off their US Tour in Worchester in the Palladium. The setlist was as follows:
Buried Alive By Love, Your Sweet Six Six Six, The Sacrament, Heartache Every Moment, Right Here In My Arms, It's All Tears, Wicked Game, This Fortress of Tears, Join Me In Death, Lose You Tonight, Solitary Man, Poison Girl, And Love Said No, (Encore break), In Joy and Sorrow, Soul On Fire
In the Media Gallery you can view some amazing pics of that night.

13.11.04

November Kerrang
In the November issue of the Kerrang! mag you can read a review of the London Halloween gig.

Making of Bittersweet
Next week in “Sessions” you can see the Making of Bittersweet. Moreover the German TV Programm VIVA shows the clip for Bittersweet on Saturday, 13th Nov in “Neu bei VIVA” for the first time.

You, dressed up for the Halloweengig in London
Some fab pics of you, the fans, all tarted up for All Hallow's Eve plus some rather tasty ones of the gig the day before on October 30th can bee seen at HIMonline.tv. You can also check out the links in the media gallery of HIMforfans.de ...GO SEE!
*Please note these fan pics are NOT necessarily all of the ones submitted for the the Metal Hammer competition - there are many, many more which will be judged by Ville and Hammer in the fullness of time. So please don't worry if you don't see your picture up there. The HIM Reapers took hundreds of pics of most of you! HIMonline.tv will announce a winner as soon as they can! (taken from HIMonline.tv)

The Video Collection in North America
HIM will be releasing "The Video Collection - 1997-2003 on DVD in North America on December 07th through Universal. As suggested by the title, the outing is expected to feature the bands various clips for their singles over the years. In other news, the groups album "Love Metal" will also be released stateside through Universal on February 01st. please credit theprp"  Taken from DarkSecretClub.

10.11.04

Sessions yesterday...
In yesterdays "Sessions" Ville talked about piracy. If you wanna know more about his opinion on that theme click here.

08.11.04

Ville @ Sessions
Hear Villes opinion about piratism in the music industry. The finnish tv magazine "Sessions" will have Valo in the studios on 09.11.2004.

Article about videoshot of Apocalyptica & Ville & Lauri
In the YAM mag you will find a two page report how it was on the set of the "Bitter Sweet" video shot.

London Halloween Gig review
Pink bras, masks the lot... read more

New HIM album to be released in June & new HIM site
According to our dear friends of Our diabolical club and Warner Music the new HIM work can be expected on 05th July 2005. According to Seppo Vesterinen-the manager of HIM, a new site about HIM is right now under construction by Warner Music in America. That site will take the place of the official HIM site (until now) heartagram.com.

04.11.04

Vote for Ville or Burton to become Mr. 2004
Give Valo or Jani your vote to become Mr.2004 by clicking here to vote. Please click on the word "Stem" behind the name. Closing date for this is the 31.12.2004.

03.11.04

Ville introduced 3 new songs
The release party of Stefan Lindfors´ new product, a snake shaped rubber vibrator, ended a bit surprisingly. At the party for invited guests were many celebrities and journalists, and its climax was Ville Valo's performance.
Valo performed three new songs, with a slow tempo, for the first time in public; Under The Rose, Have No Fear and The Face Of God. Read more about this evening.

LOVE METAL & DVD in US
On February 01st 2005 "Love Metal" will be released in US. Also the DVD "HIM vs Bam" will be released in US on December 01st. (thanks to heartaclub)

Greatest Finns ever
Recently in Finland there was voting to choose Top 100 of the greatest Finns ever. Ville got 13th position ever and he's the 3rd greatest alive now. Cool, isn't it? The full rate is here.(thanks to heartaclub)

HIM concert on Swedish Radio
Sweden´s National Radio P3 will broadcast HIM´s concert (of 17.6.2004) on the 18th of November at 21.00 Swedish local time (= UTC) on their web radio.
So, go that evening to: http://www.sr.se/p3/ and choose "web radio" and then when the new window opens choose "P3 Live" and enjoy the HIM show ... (thanks to OurDiabolikalClub)

DVD delay
According to HMV the new release date for the DVD “HIM vs Bam” is 01st February 2005.

New Sideproject of Ville and Gas
Former CARCASS frontman Jeff Walker has revealed to Decibel magazine that he is currently recording a solo album consisting exclusively of country and blues covers from artists including SKEETER DAVIS, HANK WILLIAMS, JOHNNY CASH, CONNIE SMITH, and JOHN DENVER — albeit with a metallic spin.
Walker has already recorded contributions from H.I.M. drummer Gas, H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo (bass/backing vocals), former CARCASS guitarist/FIREBIRD frontman Bill Steer (lead guitar, harmonica, slide guitar, vocals), AMORPHIS guitarists Esa Holopainen and Tomi Koivusaari (guitars), keyboardist Santeri Kallio (keyboards) and bassist Niclas Etelävuori (bass). Walker also plans to enlist CATHEDRAL vocalist Lee Dorrian, ex-FAITH NO MORE bassist Billy Gould, members of fellow Liverpudlians ANATHEMA, and former CARCASS drummer Ken Owen as part of the project.
Walker hopes to release the record next year.