Meghan Player of Push To Fire recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish love metallers HIM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On how love and death have inspired HIM's eighth studio album, "Tears On Tape", which is being released at the end of the month: Valo: ...
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Tracy Heck of Examiner.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Examiner.com: For the [new HIM album, "Tears On Tape"], it seems like you got a good mix of what you would consider your early stuff and what ...
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"End Of Disclosure", the new album from Swedish death metallers HYPOCRISY, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Germany: #35 Sweden: #29 Finland: #30 Austria: #56 Switzerland: #53 Belgium: #116 Commented HYPOCRISY mastermind Peter Tägtgren: "WOW! Recognition and thanks to all the metal fans out there! That's really awesome! We are looking forward to the ...
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The title track of "Tears On Tape", the new album from from Finnish "love metallers" HIM, can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below (courtesy of AOL's Noisecreep). "Tears On Tape" will be released on April 30 via Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 through DoubleCross (Cooking Vinyl's specialist ...
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On March 22, Petri Silas of Soundi magazine conducted an interview with Stefan Lindfors, the designer/artist/director/all-around visual genius who directed the award-winning "Funeral Of Hearts" video 10 years ago for Finnish "love" metallers HIM and has now helmed two new clips for the band ("Tears On Tape", "Into The Night"). Several screenshots from ...
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The third and final in a series of video clips featuring a track-by-track breakdown of "Tears On Tape", the new album from from Finnish "love metallers" HIM, can be seen below. "Tears On Tape" will be released on April 30 via Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 through DoubleCross (Cooking Vinyl's ...
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The second in a series of video clips featuring a track-by-track breakdown of "Tears On Tape", the new album from from Finnish "love metallers" HIM, can be seen below. "Tears On Tape" will be released on April 30 via Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 through DoubleCross (Cooking Vinyl's specialist rock ...
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The first in a series of video clips featuring a track-by-track breakdown of "Tears On Tape", the new album from from Finnish "love metallers" HIM, can be seen below. "Tears On Tape" will be released on April 30 via Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 through DoubleCross (Cooking Vinyl's specialist rock ...
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Due to overwhelming demand, "Tears On Tape", the new album from from Finnish "love metallers" HIM, is being made available for pre-order in two brand new, limited-edition color vinyl pressings (translucent green apple and translucent royal blue). Previous vinyl pressings in both transparent and cream color are now completely sold out. The new ...
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"All Lips Go Blue", the new single from Finnish "love metallers" HIM, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. A music video for the song will be helmed by Eugene Riecansky, a multi-award-winning director and animation and motion graphics who has previously worked on music clips for Madonna and THE PRODIGY, directed television commercials ...
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A 39-second audio snippet of "All Lips Go Blue", the new single from Finnish "love metallers" HIM, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. A music video for the song will be helmed by Eugene Riecansky, a multi-award-winning director and animation and motion graphics who has previously worked on music clips for Madonna and ...
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U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine will release the exclusive fanpack version of new HIM album, "Tears On Tape". "Metal Hammer Presents HIM: Tears On Tape" is a 100% official collectors' fanpack that includes the eighth studio album from Finnish love metal icons HIM, a 132-page magazine edited by frontman Ville Valo himself, a giant, double-sided door-sized ...
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Finnish "love metallers" HIM have officially launched fan pre-order bundles for their forthcoming studio album, "Tears On Tape". Unique items featured in the various bundles include a limited-edition HIM poster, an album cover T-shirt, a "snake" T-shirt (available for both men and women), a HIM hoodie, and two different colored vinyl pressings. All bundles include ...
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Finnish rock band HIM (His Infernal Majesty) will release its new album, "Tears On Tape", on April 30 via Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 through DoubleCross (Cooking Vinyl's specialist rock imprint) in the U.K. and Ireland. The "love metal" act's eighth official album was recorded at Helsinki's Finnvox Studios with ...
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Finnish rock band HIM (His Infernal Majesty) will release its new album, "Tears On Tape", on April 30 via Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 through DoubleCross (Cooking Vinyl's specialist rock imprint) in the U.K. and Ireland. The "love metal" act's eighth official album was recorded at Helsinki's Finnvox Studios with ...
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Former HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe joined Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) on stage this past Tuesday (February 19) at Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland to perform the songs "We're All Gonna Die" and "Magic Carpet Ride". Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. Monroe, whose solo band opened the show, ...
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Finnish "love" metallers HIM have announced their first U.S. headline tour in support of their forthcoming studio album, "Tears On Tape". Dubbed "Tears On Tour", the May 2013 run will make scheduled stops in both Los Angeles and New York City (tour dates below). A special pre-sale for the House of Blues, Ticketmaster and Citibank ...
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U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine will release the exclusive fanpack version of new HIM album, "Tears On Tape". "Metal Hammer Presents HIM: Tears On Tape" is a 100% official collectors' fanpack that includes the eighth studio album from Finnish love metal icons HIM, a 132-page magazine edited by frontman Ville Valo himself, a giant, double-sided door-sized ...
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Razor & Tie has announced the signing of the Finnish rock band HIM (His Infernal Majesty) to its North American label roster. The band has completed work on their forthcoming new studio album, "Tears On Tape", which will be released on April 30 on Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 on ...
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Oulu, Finland-based metallers ZENITH REUNION are recording their second album, "Entropy", for a late spring release via Violent Journey Records. The studio sessions started in the fall of 2012 and have gone ahead with such a speed and success that the release could be expected in the next few months. The artwork for the CD ...
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Easily one of the most anticipated Finnish death metal releases in recent memory, "Unending Degradation" from Helsinki's KRYPTS is due on February 19 via Dark Descent Records, with the vinyl version coming from Me Saco Un Ojo. Festering in the underground since their inception in 2008, KRYPTS is prepared to unleash its debut full-length. While ...
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POISONBLACK — the Finnish band featuring former SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala — has entered Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki to begin recording its sixth album for a late spring release via Hype Records. POISONBLACK's fifth CD, "Drive", entered the official chart in Finland at position No. 3. Released in Scandinavia on April 27, 2011 via ...
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Finnish love metallers HIM performed a brand new song entitled "I Will Be The End Of You" during their headlining concert at the Helldone festival on December 29 at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. HIM recently finished recording its ninth full-length album, "Tears On Tape", at ...
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Finnish love metallers HIM debuted a brand new song entitled "I Will Be The End Of You" during their headlining concert last night (Wednesday, December 26) at Klubi in Turku, Finland. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below (courtesy of Nalle Österman). HIM recently finished recording its ninth full-length album, "Tears On ...
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Vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM spoke to Revolver magazine this past Halloween night as he was putting the finishing touches on the lyrics for the band's ninth full-length album, entitled "Tears On Tape". "I'm stressed out to the max," admitted Valo. "It's just how it goes when you're working on ...
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Superskum conducted an interview with vocalist Niilo Sevänen of Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM before the band's November 7 concert at the Bluebird Theater in Denver, Colorado. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is performance footage from the Denver concert. INSOMNIUM's latest album, "One For Sorrow", was released in October ...
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KASC The Blaze 1330 AM (web site) conducted an interview with guitarist Ville Friman of Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM. The chat is now available for streaming using the SoundCloud player below. "One For Sorrow", the new video from Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM, can be seen below. The song is the title ...
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Finnish melodic death metallers MORS PRINCIPIUM EST will release their fourth album, …And Death Said Live", in North America on January 15, 2013 via AFM Records. More video footage from the recording sessions for the CD can be seen below. Also available is an audio stream of a track from the album, "Destroyer Of All" ...
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Dan Epstein of Revolver magazine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish love metallers HIM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Revolver: Why record a cover of Ké's "Strange World" for "XX: Two Decades Of Love Metal"? Ville Valo: Kevin Grivois, or Ké, his story is ...
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On October 31, vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish love metallers HIM was interviewed on Russia's Radio Maximum. You can now listen to audio clips of the chat in the YouTube clip below. HIM's new greatest-hits album, "XX - Two Decades Of Love Metal", includes the band's's new cover version of the song "Strange World", originally ...
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