Tears On Tape release date is April 29!

Finnish rockers HIM have announced this morning they're set to release their new album 'Tears On Tape' on April 29 through Cooking Vinyl's imprint DoubleCross.

Speaking of the album, Ville Valo has said:

"Cooking Vinyl’s history speaks for itself and for some unfathomable reason they have clearly understood HIM’s rather perverse musical fetishes (which is as rare as hen’s teeth !). DoubleCross (of the inverted kind) here we come!”

The album will be released on 29th in UK and 30th in U.S.

HIM joins Razor & Tie's label

 Razor & Tie announces the addition 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^th on Razor & Tie in North America/Canada and on April 29^th on DoubleCross (Cooking Vinyl’s specialist rock imprint) in the U.K.and Ireland.

HIM lead vocalist Ville Valo comments, “We’re infernally glad to be dressed sharply enough for our dearest  comrades in the U.S.(for once), R&T A-Go-Go!!!”

Razor & Tie A&R Executive Mike Gitter adds, “Few artists are able to tap into rock at its most emotional and forlorn and make it sound so damn uplifting and powerful. That’s Ville Valo and HIM’s stock-in-trade. They take the rawest of emotions and channel them into unforgettable anthems-invoking the spirit of great rock n roll in the process.”

Tears On Tape will be the “Love Metal” band’s eighth official album and was recorded in their home country with long-time producer Hiili Hiilesmaa and once again mixed by long time-band associate,Tim Palmer (U2, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam, Robert Plant).

A formidable live act, the band will be announcing a U.S. tour next week and is already confirmed to perform at this year’s U.K.Download Festival in mid-June.

I Will Be The End Of You

Tonight in Turku HIM played a new song called I Will Be The End Of You from the upcoming album Tears On Tape

Ville Valo on Jussi's radio show

Message from Jussi!

HIM week!! VILLE VALO will be on my Iltavuoro show on Radio Rock EVERY DAY next week 18.00-20.00 (Finland time) We will talk about life, love, music, their astonishing career and everything what comes with it. 

We will play every song from XX during the week. And if you want to have the CD signed by the band, you should listen. 

It´s quite special week!!

CLICK HERE to listen to the show

2 year break is over

Hiatus working on a new album. HIM took a long time for its first public appearance in Helsinki at Stockmann.

Friday night autograph session in centre of the mall took place where hundreds of fans gathered for several hours before the event began. Up to one hundred feet long queue stretched far to the other side of the store.

Fans queuing for autographs had arrived even from abroad. Languages heard in Finnish, English, French, Spanish and German. Queuing people age range was quite wide, ranging from teenagers up to 60 years of age.

Most focused on the chaos around Ville Valo. The band came out with a blast and music started playing their old songs while the band members signed autographs for the fans.

The event was also on sale for the last 100 tickets for the New Year Helldone festival held at Tavastia which traditionally HIM play as the lead band.

HELLDONE FESTIVAL 2012

Helldone 2012 celebrates HIM stepping into the third decade of their career. The October 26 release of the compilation "XX - Two Decades Of Love Metal" will tie up any loose ends, and that includes a brand new September single called 'Strange World'. Then it is time to move on.

In fact HIM has already moved on - after taking a well earned sabbatical the band is once again bursting with energy.

They have entered the studio with producer Hiili Hiilesmaa to record their eighth studio album, tentatively named “Tears On Tape”. The album will be mixed by Tim Palmer, and is scheduled for an early 2013 release.

“I’m pretty sure that a song or two from those sessions will find their way into the live set come Helldone”, Ville Valo predicts.

Supporting HIM on all Helldone 2012 dates are their longtime partners in crime, THE SKREPPERS. This outrageous band fronted by producer/friend Hiilesmaa has stuck stubbornly to its blurry vision, operating somewhere between the psychobilly badlands, and rock & roll outer space. All dressed up in black leather, shiny vinyl, and stiletto heels. The Skreppers’ fifth album “Sherwood Gays” was released in May 2012.

Another constant Helldone 2012 feature - bar New Year’s Eve - will be HELSINKI VAMPIRE CLUB by DJ JYRKI69. From Goth to Glam and beyond, DJ Jyrki69 spins the records and You around at his pop-up dark discotheque at Semifinal Club during the Helldone nights. This is the best place to dance to the beat of Hanoi Rocks and turn into a Helsinki Vampire!

The additional support bands are

Fri 28 Dec - FACE OF GOD, a high energy Helsinki trio that has released an EP called “Fire”, and played over 130 gigs in well under two years - all the way from the dingiest of cellars to the Helldone stage. Right now the band is heading into the studio to record their debut album, a double nonetheless, consisting of an electric (“Dead Ballads and Forgotten Love Songs”) and an acoustic (“Illogical Psychology”) half.

Sat 29 Dec - FINAL ASSAULT consider themselves ‘gentlemen on their journey through 80’s trash’. Their 2010 debut album was hardcore punk as uncompromising as it comes, but already last year’s sophomore work “Dead By Dawn” showed clear signs of crossing over into metal. The band is already working on their third album, promising it to be nothing less than ‘an epic speed-trash-metal record’.

Additional support acts for Sun 30 Dec and Mon 31 Dec will be announced shortly.