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by Matt McRae

HIM
Venus Doom

Though they have been around since 1991, HIM was brought to the attention of the American public thanks to Bam Margera.

The band's sound is driven by the signature forlorn and pleading voice of front man Ville Valo. He has a swooning voice that is rare in the heavy/gothic metal world. Their newest album, Venus Doom, has an even grittier and darker sound than its predecessors.

"The idea to have nine songs was based on Dante's Inferno, cause hell has nine layers, so it's like going deeper down into hell and then coming back," Valo says, according to the band's Web site.

Doom does just this. It brings you to hell and back. As the songs fade into one another, the music leaves the listener feeling like they are leaving one layer and entering another. By the time you get to "Cyanide Sun," it still…

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…

 By Jussi Ahlroth 

 Venus Doom is expected to climb into the US Top 10

    Ville Valo does not look like a man with great expectations weighing on his shoulders. The pressures stay beneath the surface, even though HIM's new Venus Doom album is supposed to to climb into the Top 10 in the United States lists, the superheavyweight category of global music markets.
      Venus Doom is released today (14.9.) in Finland and Germany, and next week in other markets on both sides of the Atlantic. HIM's last release Dark Light made it to #18 on the Billboard Top 200 in its first week of release in October 2005. This time around, such numbers will not be regarded as doing the business.
     
And what…

These are all the different singles that are out now for the Kiss of Dawn.
KISS OF DAWN the first single from the new album VENUS DOOM is out now in the following formats:

CD
1. The Kiss Of Dawn (Album Version)
2. Passions Killing Floor (Herpé Remix)

7-inch #1
1. The Kiss Of Dawn (Album Version)
2. Passions Killing Floor (Herpé Remix)

7-inch #2
1. The Kiss Of Dawn (Album Version)
2. Love In Cold Blood (Acoustic Version)

Get your copies of the KISS OF DAWN singles from the www.recordstore.co.uk/him

Official HIM UK Store or from iTunes

HIM will release their new studio album
VENUS DOOM on September 17th in the UK.

UK HIMsters can check out the album in its entirety now, exclusively at www.kerrang.com

US HIMsters can pick up the KISS OF DAWN single at Hot Topics across the USA.

CD
1. The Kiss of Dawn (Album Version)
2. The Kiss Of Dawn (Demo…

The release of HIM’s new album ‘Venus Doom’ is finally almost upon us and to help celebrate, the band will be in HMV on Oxford Street [in London] to sign copies of the album and meet thier fans! The signing will start at 6:00 PM on monday 17th september at HMV, 150 Oxford Street, W1. Entry to the signing is strictly by wristband only, and these will be handed out at the store from 8:00 AM on the day. There is a limited number so be sure to get there early. Wristbands will be handed out on a one per person, first come first served basis whilst stocks last.

New Him CD, Venus Doom, will be on sale first week at all Target locations for $11.98 AND the 2 CD special limited edition will also be at Target for $15.98 first week only!!!

(Sale Prices Valid 9/18-9/22).

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

'Venus Doom' will be arriving in stores next week, but you can hear the whole thing right now early over at AOL. Just click here to check it out!

Finnish rocker Ville Valo is so scared of contracting a lethal disease through sharing microphones with other musicians - he has a blood test every six months.

The Him frontman has regular check ups after he heard other musicians have been infected this way.

Valo says, "When you play gigs, you're sharing other people's microphones and stuff, and they get covered in spit, you can graze your skin, whatever.

"I've heard about musicians doing that, and I don't want to get something and go spreading it around." 

Source: http://www.postchronicle.com/