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HIM rocker VILLE VALO is set to return to his sex shop roots by releasing a new line of dildos. The Finish singer used to work in his father's Helsinki sex aids store Toys For Adults - so he knows the value of a good fake penis. He says, "We're thinking about trying to sell HIM dildos." The group's heartagram logo is already one of the most recognisable symbols in modern rock.

source: http://www.contactmusic.com/

Here’s your big change to ask Ville some questions. Ville will be answering fan questions in an upcoming issue of Revolver magazine. So if you’ve got something to ask him, email it to:
letters@revolvermag.com

with the subject heading HIM QUESTION by October 9.

source: The Street Network

Out on Chrom Dreams, which also released the Depeche Mode biopic DVD "Random Access Memory", are the HIM 2CD "The Lowdown" and the DVD "Poison Arrow". "The Lowdown" 2CD set feates rare interviews with Ville Valo and his band (in English) where they discuss life, music, fame, touring and a whole lot more, plus an audiobiography telling the group's story from day one right up to date. The package also includes many seldom seen photos, full colour booklets, posters and a whole bunch of other features. The "Poison Arrow" DVD features rare footage plus exclusive interviews with the band and those who know them best, including: singerVille's father, Kari Valo, close friend and professional colleague of the band, Silke Yli-Sirnioe, HIM's PR and Tour Organiser, Tomi Saarinen Top Finnish DJ from YLEX (the country's premier rock…

Ville will be on MTV2’s Rock The Deuce on September 29th, 2007 at 10:00 P.M. EST/PST counting down his favorite videos.

Also catch HIM on MTV2’s The Drop the same day between 7:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M. EST/PST to catch clips of 3 songs.

BY Daniel Wilcox 

Finnish legends return with 6th studio album... and they still kick ass.

Welcome to my first ever 411 album review, and shit, I couldn’t have started with a harder one to review.

Who? – HIM is comprised of Ville Valo (vocals), Linde (guitar), Mige (bass, backing vocals), Burton (keyboards, backing vocals) and Gas (drums).

What? – You ask most HIM fans and they’ll tell you that HIM are the orginators of Love Metal, a term coined by Valo. However they can be classed as heavy metal, alernative rock or goth metal.

Key Releases – 2005’s Dark Light saw the band gain some press in the States and really brough them to the forefront of their genre. Outside the US, they’re more well known for their earlier sets, Razorblade Romance being the best of the bunch.

Expectations – Personally, I’ve been expecting big things for this…

1. Venus Doom


Leave all behind now to watch her crawl
Through our dark gardens of insanity
She’ll be the light to guide you back home
Just give her a kiss worth dying for
And open your arms

Watch me fall for you my venus doom
Hide my heart where all dreams are entombed
My venus doom
All dreams are of you
My venus doom

Grieve all your hearts out and she’ll writhe enthralled
In tragic ecstatic agony
And in her flames we will die some more
Just show me a life worth living for
And light up the dark

Hold me inside your infernal offering
Touch me as I fall
Don’t lose yourself in this suffering yet
Hold on

2. Love In Cold Blood

Serpentine love’s thighs wrap around me in search for death
Drenched in blood the adored and beloved will give in to’

Love in cold blood
Breathe me in sweet suffering
Love in cold blood
Put me out of my misery

Love’s feline…

'Kiss of Dawn' the first single from the new album 'Venus Doom' - OUT NOW

On 2 x 7" Picture Discs / CD / DMD