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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ARTISTdirect.com editor-in-chief 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: With [the new HIM greatest-hits album] "XX - Two Decades of Love Metal" and [upcoming studio CD] "Tears On Tape", do you feel like you're ...
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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. 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" (courtesy ...
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Finnish love metallers HIM signed copies of their new greatest-hits album, "XX - Two Decades Of Love Metal", yesterday (Friday, October 26) at Stockmann in Helsinki. Video footage of the event, including a Finnish-language TV interview with HIM frontman Ville Valo, can be seen below. "XX - Two Decades Of Love Metal" includes HIM's's new ...
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"One For Sorrow", the new video from Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM, can be seen below. The song is the title track of the band's latest album, which was released in October 2011 in North America via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded in Gothenburg, Sweden with sound engineer Daniel Antonsson (also bassist in ...
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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. A track from the CD, "Destroyer Of All", can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below (courtesy of Metal Injection). MORS PRINIPIUM EST previously issued three full-length ...
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The Age Of Metal conducted an interview with bassist/lead vocalist Ville Sorvali of Finnish crusaders of epic heathen metal MOONSORROW prior to the band's September 15 performance in Tempe, Arizona as part of the North American tour with KORPIKLAANI. You can now watch the chat below. MOONSORROW recently inked a worldwide deal with Century Media ...
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Finnish love metallers HIM will release a greatest-hits album, "XX - Two Decades Of Love Metal", on October 29 via Sony Music in Finland. The set will include the band's new cover version of the song "Strange World", originally recorded in the 1990s by Kevin Grivois (a.k.a. Ké). The "Strange World" video and digital single ...
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Metal-Trails.com conducted an interview with Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. INSOMNIUM's latest album, "One For Sorrow", entered the official chart in Finland at position No. 6. The group's previous CD, "Across ...
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Finnish metallers VALONKANTAJAT have inked a deal with Violent Journey Records. The band's debut album, "Tuomittu Elämään", will be released on October 12. The CD's title track will be released on September 7 in digisingle format. The "Tuomittu Elämään" cover artwork was designed by Ville Saloranta and Petri Lampela and can be seen below. "Tuomittu ...
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Finnish love metallers HIM will release a greatest-hits album, "XX - Two Decades Of Love Metal", on October 29 via Sony Music in Finland. The set will include the band's new cover version of the song "Strange World", originally recorded in the 1990s by Kevin Grivois (a.k.a. Ké). The "Strange World" video and digital single ...
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Finnish melodic death metallers MORS PRINCIPIUM EST will release their fourth album, …And Death Said Live", in December via AFM Records. MORS PRINIPIUM EST previously issued three full-length albums through the French label Listenable Records. After the release of the band's most recent LP, "Liberation = Termination", in 2007, the band underwent significant lineup changes, ...
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Finnish love metallers HIM will release a greatest-hits album, "XX - Two Decades Of Love Metal", on October 29 via Sony Music in Finland. The set will include the band's new cover version of the song "Strange World", originally recorded in the 1990s by Kevin Grivois a.k.a. Ké. The "Strange World" video and digital single ...
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Onslaught Radio conducted an interview with drummer Marko Tarvonen of Finnish crusaders of epic heathen metal MOONSORROW at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 9-12 at Catton Park, Derbyshire in the United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. MOONSORROW recently inked a worldwide deal with Century ...
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