HIM (band)

:For other uses of the abbreviation HIM, see HIM (disambiguation)

History

The band released their EP in 1996, titled ', which features the only publicly known picture of Valo's mother, Anita. They became reasonably well-known throughout Finland because of their cover of Chris Isaak's hit "Wicked Game". In 1997, they received a large amount of exposure in Scandinavia, when their first full length album was released, titled Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666.

Related Topics:
EP - 1996 - Chris Isaak - 1997 - Scandinavia - Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666

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In 2000, the band released their second full-length album titled Razorblade Romance, which was recorded in Wales. The album received a large amount of exposure in Europe, when a track titled "Join Me In Death" was featured in the European version of the sci-fi movie The 13th Floor, which reached the top of the German charts in 2000. After the European success they went on to release three more singles from the same album entitled: "Right Here In My Arms", "Poison Girl", and "Gone With The Sin".

Related Topics:
2000 - Razorblade Romance - Europe - The 13th Floor - German - European

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The album also reached some US stores but HIM were not allowed to use their name for sales in the US because another American band owned the rights to that name. Therefore they changed their name to HER only for the US and Razorblade Romance. The full rights to HIM were finally bought and all HER Razorblade Romance's were discontinued and were replaced by a HIM version.

Related Topics:
Razorblade Romance

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In 2003, the band released their third full-length album titled Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights. They released four singles off that album: "Pretending", "In Joy and Sorrow", "Heartache Every Moment" and "Close To the Flame". After recording Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights, three members of the group formed a rock and roll group called Daniel Lioneye. The members of that band include Linde, Ville Valo and Migé Amour.

Related Topics:
2003 - Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights - Daniel Lioneye - Linde - Ville Valo - Migé Amour

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In 2004, the band released their fourth full-length album titled Love Metal, which was well received by the United States media, in particular Kerrang magazine and also the Rolling Stone magazine. The band did not develop a wide following in the United States until the release of the album Love Metal. After the release of the album, the band did a United States tour in February of 2004 and then another one later that year.

Related Topics:
2004 - Love Metal - United States - Kerrang - Rolling Stone - Magazine

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HIM released their fifth album, Dark Light on September 26, 2005 internationally and on September 27, 2005 in the USA.

Related Topics:
Dark Light - September 26 - 2005 - September 27 - USA

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