Finnish "love" metallers HIM will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn on Monday, February 22 at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET. Fans are encouraged to speak with HIM by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). For more information, visit RocklineRadio.com. In other news, HIM's new album, "Screamworks: Love ...
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Vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM was recently interviewed by Linda Fäh, a Swiss model and a pageant titleholder who will represent Switzerland at the Miss Universe 2010. Watch the chat below. "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", the new album from HIM, sold 26,000 copies in the United States in its first ...
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"Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", the new album from Finnish "love" metallers HIM, sold 26,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 25 on The Billboard 200 chart. HIM's previous CD, "Venus Doom", opened with 38,000 units back in September 2007 to land at No. ...
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Finnish "love" metallers HIM will take part in an in-store signing session at Utopia Records in Sydney, Australia on Monday, February 22 at 4:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.utopia.com.au. According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", the new ...
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POISONBLACK — the Finnish band featuring former SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala — has scheduled the following tour dates in its home country: Mar. 20 - Raahe, Finland - Nightclub Gina Apr. 02 - Kouvola, Finland - Rytmikatti Apr. 03 - Seinäjoki, Finland - Rytmikorjaamo Apr. 04 - Turku, Finland - Klubi Apr. 08 - Pori, ...
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Bryan Reesman of Attention Deficit Delirium recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Attention Deficit Delirium: HIM has an established style with specific elements that resonate with your fans. How hard is it for you to reinvent yourself ...
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Vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM was recently interviewed on Germany's Bravo Web TV. Watch the chat below. HIM recently recorded several songs at the legendary BBC Maida Vale Studios in London, England for an exclusive BBC Radio 1 "Rock Show" session which aired this past Monday night (February 8) as part of ...
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According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", the new album from Finnish "love" metallers HIM, is on track to sell between 20,000 and 25,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. HIM's last album, "Venus Doom", opened ...
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ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: "Screamworks: Love in Theory and in Practice" is definitely your best record. Valo: Oh, wow! [Laughs] That's a compliment, thank you very much. I put a ...
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Video footage of vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love metallers" HIM talking about the band's new songs "Disarm Me (With Your Loneliness)" and "Scared To Death" can be viewed below. "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", the new album from Finland's hard-rock heroes HIM, is available for streaming in its entirety on the band's
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"Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", the new album from Finland's hard-rock heroes HIM, is available for streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page. HIM will tour North America this spring in support of "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", which will be released by Sire Records on February 9. The ...
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Finnish melancholic metallers THE CHANT will release their second album, "This Is The World We Know", on March 17 via Full Metal Music. The first single from the CD, "New Reality", is currently available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. 01. New Reality 02. Reflected 03. November 1987 04. The Black Ascension ...
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POISONBLACK — the Finnish band featuring former SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala — will release its fourth album, "Of Rust And Bones", via Century Media Records on the following dates: * Finland: Wednesday, March 17 * Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy: Friday, March 19 * Spain: Tuesday, March 23 * Sweden, Hungary: Wednesday, March 24 * Rest ...
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Video footage of vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love metallers" HIM talking about the band's new song "Love, The Hardest Way" can be viewed below. HIM's seventh studio album, "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", will be released by Sire Records on February 9. Recorded at The Lair in Los Angeles, "Screamworks: Love In Theory ...
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Berlin, Germany's PitCam Production and More-Metal.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love metallers" HIM. Watch the chat below. HIM's seventh studio album, "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", will be released by Sire Records on February 9. Recorded at The Lair in Los Angeles, "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice" ...
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Virginia State Police Col. Steve Flaherty made the announcement during a press conference held at the scene where forensic teams are "fairly confident" that skeletal remains found on a remote farm with no public access are those of Morgan Harrington, the 20-year-old Virginia Tech student who was last seen at a METALLICA concert in Charlottesville. ...
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POISONBLACK — the Finnish band featuring former SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala — will release its fourth album, "Of Rust And Bones", via Century Media Records on the following dates: * Finland: Wednesday, March 17 * Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy: Friday, March 19 * Spain: Tuesday, March 23 * Sweden, Hungary: Wednesday, March 24 * Rest ...
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"Like St. Valentine", the new video from Finnish "love metallers" HIM, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's seventh studio album, "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", which will be released by Sire Records on February 9. Recorded at The Lair in Los Angeles, "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice" was produced ...
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Finnish melodic black metallers CATAMENIA will release their new album, "Cavalcade", on February 26 via Massacre Records. The CD was recorded and mixed by Kari Vähäkuopus at Mastervox Studios in Oulu, Finland and was produced by CATAMENIA. POISONBLACK/ex-SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala makes a guest appearance on the album's opening track, "Blood Trails". "Cavalcade" track listing: ...
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Finnish metallers NOWEN will release their full-length debut, "Nothing But Hate", on February 10 via Violent Journey Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Intro 02. The Sick Weakness 03. Dead Meat 04. Fragile 05. Bleed, Suffer And Die 06. Sofia 07. Nothing But Hate 08. After The Suicide 09. From ...
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Vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love metallers" HIM was interviewed earlier this month on the NRJ Energy radio station in Berlin, Germany. Watch the chat in two parts below. HIM will tour North America this spring in support of "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", which will be released by Sire Records on February 9. ...
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A nine-minute video clip of vocalist Ville Valo of Finland's hard-rock heroes HIM talking about the band's new album, "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", can be viewed below. HIM will tour North America this spring in support of "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", which will be released by Sire Records on February 9. ...
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Finnish death/thrash metallers HATEFORM have issued the following update: "A couple of years of playing gigs, little lineup changes and other shit hitting the fan, and again it's time for a new HATEFORM album to emerge. "The recordings for the upcoming album just started at the Ansa studio and the release date is set for ...
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Finnish melodic black metallers CATAMENIA will release their new album, "Cavalcade", on February 26 via Massacre Records. The CD was recorded and mixed by Kari Vähäkuopus at Mastervox Studios in Oulu, Finland and was produced by CATAMENIA. POISONBLACK/ex-SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala makes a guest appearance on the album's opening track, "Blood Trails". "Cavalcade" track listing: ...
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A special-edition two-CD version of HIM's new album, "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", is available for pre-order at Heartagram.com. The package includes the full "Screamworks" CD plus an acoustic bonus disc, "Baudelaire in Braille", and a limited screen print entitled "Saint Scream", which was hand-pressed by Two Rabbits Studio. "Screamworks: Love In ...
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Members of Australian metal bands NAZXUL, LORD, DARKER HALF, ANNO DOMINI and RAMPAGE — collectively known as FROZEN — will perform an hour-plus-long set of songs from Finnish dark metal outfit SENTENCED as a tribute to the group's former guitarist and main songwriter, Miika Tenkula, who was found dead at his home on February 19, ...
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Finnish metallers DARK DAYS AHEAD, who feature in their ranks members of TIMO RAUTIAINEN & TRIO NISKALAUKAUS, MANUFACTURERS PRIDE and WHERE VICTIMS LIE, have uploaded four new tracks from their upcoming promotional CD on their MySpace page. An excerpt from the band's official biography: "Formed amongst the concrete desolation of Jyväskylä, Finland, DARK ...
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"Heartkiller", the new video from Finnish "love" metallers HIM, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", which will be released by Sire Records on February 9. Recorded at The Lair in Los Angeles, the CD was produced by Matt Squire (TAKING BACK SUNDAY, THE ...
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Finnish "love" metallers HIM recently filmed a video for the song "Heartkiller". Photos from the video shoot can be viewed below. HIM's new album, "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", will be released by Sire Records on February 9. Recorded at The Lair in Los Angeles, the CD was produced by Matt Squire (TAKING BACK ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of Finnish "love" metallers HIM performing two brand-new songs — "Heartkiller" and "Love, The Hardest Way" — on December 28, 2009 on the first night of the Helldone Festival at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland can be viewed below (courtesy of "1wildwillow"). HIM's new album, "Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice", will be ...
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