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In the book "H.I.M. - His Infernal Majesty", author Reinhardt Haydn recounts the full story of the band's rise from a Helsinki covers group to 'global rock phenomenon' as the press release puts it. Expect a wealth of interviews and anecdotes plus exclusive images of this highly visual band. In addition to global albums sales in excess of 3 million copies, frontman Ville Valo is regularly featured in Kerrang! and other popular rock magazines. The band's most recent studio album "Dark Light" was a Top Twenty hit in the UK and their follow up, "Venus Doom", is scheduled for release on 17 September 2007. After reading the manuscript of "His Infernal Majesty", the band's management granted permission for the patented 'Heartagram' logo to be used throughout the book. The book holds 128 pages and…

07/31/2007 03:01:32 AM PDT

PROJEKT REVOLUTION was the biggest all-day festival of Shoreline Amphitheatre's summer season.

Sunday's 10-hour show featured two acts that can fill arenas by themselves and one that appears destined to reach that level. Respectively, those bands were Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance and Taking Back Sunday.

Given the bill, it's easy to understand why more than 16,000 fans turned out.

Linkin Park, as the tour founder, ranked the headlining spot and did a fairly good job with its 90-minute set. My Chemical Romance and Taking Back Sunday, however, both managed to upstage Linkin Park with their offerings.

The concert began just before 1 p.m. on a second stage erected in the parking lot. That's where head-banging early birds baked in the sun and enjoyed Styles of Beyond, the Bled, Mindless Self Indulgence and other purveyors of hard sounds.

The main stage opened…

Kerrang! have obtained the full tracklisting for HIM's upcoming new album 'Venus Doom'. The full tracklisting for 'Venus Doom', which is released in the UK on September 17 through Warner Bros, is as follows:

01. Venus Doom
02. Love In Cold Blood
03. Passion's Killing Floor
04. The Kiss Of Dawn
05. Sleepwalking Past Hope
06. Dead Lover's Lane
07. Song Or Suicide
08. Bleed Well
09. Cyanide Sun

According to frontman Ville Valo, it will be their heaviest album yet. Venus Doom will still be comprised of Valo's allegorical lyrics, comparable to HIM's older albums. He has also noted that the music on Venus Doom will be comparable to Metallica and My Bloody Valentine. The longest song on the album is 10 minutes long, while the shortest song is 4 and a half minutes. The album was produced by Tim Palmer (Ozzy Osbourne,…

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Click on the albums to get more informations on the Limited Edition, Special Edition, and Regular Edition of Venus Doom and how you can pre-order them TODAY!

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July 24, 2007

H.I.M.'s video for their new single, "Kiss of Dawn", has been posted at YouTube. The clip was shot last month in the Los Angeles area with director Meiert Avis, who has previously worked with U2, AVRIL LAVIGNE, JENNIFER LOPEZ and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, in addition to helming H.I.M.'s "Wings of a Butterfly" video.

Fan-filmed video footage of H.I.M. performing "Kiss of Dawn" live at VK Club in Brussels, Belgium on July 7, 2007 has been posted at this location.

"Kiss of Dawn" is the first single off H.I.M.'s new album, "Venus Doom", due in North America on September 18 via Sire. The CD was recorded with producer Tim Palmer (U2, SWITCHFOOT, HOT HOT HEAT) and co-producer Hiili Hiilesmaa at Finnvox Studios in Finland.

With "Venus Doom", the band's sixth album, H.I.M. fans can anticipate a decisively heavier sound, influenced by BLACK SABBATH, old-school METALLICA and SOUNDGARDEN, among…

17/07/2007 22:32

Finnish goth rocker VILLE VALO discovered the cover art for HIM's new album VENUS DOOM during a shopping trip around New Orleans, Louisiana. The singer stumbled upon artist Harouni during a trip to America and decided one of his paintings would be perfect for the group's new release. After buying the art piece, Valo asked Harouni if he could use it for his band's cover, and, after listening to Him, the artist agreed. A band spokesman says, "Harouni now counts himself as a Him fan."

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