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.

Happy Heartagram Day 2013

Heartagram Day this year is February 9th

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!"

Photos from Helldone 2012

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I Will Be The End Of You lyrics

Cold under the stary night

Breathing in everything but air

See as the fire and light

Died in your eyes

Oh, you're leaving

Love's screaming

I will be the end of you

And I'm pleading, don't you stop, now

Go on and tear me apart

Show me all you have got

And I will be so free

Hear, the cries of the story skies

Let them go of all the tears held in

Waiting for that shadow to smile and realize

You're  (?)

Love's screaming 

I will be the end of you

And I'm pleading, don't you stop, now

Go on and  tear me apart

Show me all you have got

And I will be so free

From all that has been

Love's screaming

I will be the end of you

And I'm pleading, don't you stop, now

Go on and tear me apart

Show me all you have got

We will be so free

From all that has been

So free from all that we see

So free

Photos from Turku

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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 signing John McMurtrie's Mad Hatter photos

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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"

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!!

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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.

Signing in Helsinki

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