Interview with Eugene Riecansky

Official HIM Street Team UK recently interviewed Eugene Riecansky, a video director for Scared To Death, Like St. Valentine, Strange World and recently, All Lips Go Blue. 

In this interview Eugene talks about working with HIM, creating new heartagram.com and shares some behind the scenes exclusives!

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Interview with Juska Salminen

Juska Salminen - a Finnish musician, still best known for playing keyboards with Finland's most successful metal band HIM. At the time known as Zoltan Pluto, Juska shared HIM's raise to fame with their second studio album Razorblade Romance and continued playing with the band until New Years eve 2000 when they decided to part ways. The band found a new member, Janne 'Burton' Puurtinen and Juska started focusing on other projects in his life. 

We caught up with Juska to talk about what's been happening in his life since, how he started his career and what's next for the future.

Interview with Metal Hammer

With their upcoming album almost ready, Ville Valo reveals all about HIM's super-heavy sounds: "It's like forlorn folk singer backed by Steel Panther!"

Interview with Revolver Magazine | December '12

Transcript of Ville's interview with Jussi

"I hope that everything goes so well that…the album is called Tears On Tape, we are working on the cover art at the moment, we start mixing at the end of November, mastering in the middle of December and the whole show is done before New Year which means that then we try to find some label that suits us and cares about us enough and hopefully we get the album out in Feb-March latest in April"

Tears don't lie | Sonic Seducer | November 2012

Granted, it isn’t Chinese Democracy, but three years of silence on the airwaves is a quite a long time in the merry-go-round of musical vanity. The long absence didn’t leave the “Sexiest Frontman”, as he’s voted with increasing regularity on Kerrang! magazine, unaffected and is bad for complexion and business. So it’s not surprising that the gossip factory temporary dished prophecies of an unsung end of the band. There is enough fuel for that rumour: First, the seventh album “Screamworks. Love in Theory and Practice” (2012) isn’t toured anymore, then Ville Valo with “SWRMXS” as well as bass player Migé and guitar player Linde deliver more or less respected solo projects until the iron curtain of silence finally falls – the band’s homepage goes offline and no more news cross the Gulf of Finland. Until a few weeks ago, when the message of a certain Monsieur “V” appears on the band’s facebook page and proclaims that even two releases await the fans in the next months. For one thing a greatest hits compilation on October 26th and for another the new, eighth studio album “Tears on Tape” which is planned to be released in early 2012. Sure thing, we immediately contacted the by now 35-year-old singer to ask about the why, wherefore and forwhy of the past few and coming months!

Interview with Metal Hammer | October 2012

20 Years Of Heavy Romance

HIM has returned to the studio and soon to the stage. Making songs is still like cutting himself for Ville Valo.

Ville Valo, 35, rides down the hill of Arinatie on an old mens' bicycle to Finnvox studio. For the most well known Finnish rock musician, his day begins like anyone elses'. Actually HIM is preparing for a celebration. At New Years' it has been 20 years since their first gig and to honor this,  HIM returns as the main act of their own Helldone festival at Tavastia. All four concerts were sold out in 20 minutes.It is a good sign since many old fans started to get worried about the destiny of their favorite band.

Interview with Soundi magazine

HIM is already twenty years old. That is impressive for any band, but the band members assure me, that you don't even notice the time passing by.

"When you do something with great intensity, time flies and you don't even notice", says Ville Valo. "We have had a million things and a lot of changes, both good and bad. I have speculated over this with a few friends, if it is like this for everyone or just for rock musicians. The rhythm of life is different."

Ville Valo's interview on Radio 1 Rock Show 2012