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HIM (2)

Real Name:
Ville Hermanni Valo, Mikko Viljami "Linde" Lindström, Mikko Henrik Julius Paananen, Mika Kristian Karppinen, Janne Johannes Puurtinen
Profile:
H.I.M (standing for His Infernal Majesty) is a Finnish alternative rock/dark rock and metal band.

It was started in 1991 by the singer and frontman Ville Valo, guitarist Linde Lindström and bass player Migé Amour. The band released its first demo EP, titled "666 Ways To Love: Prologue" in 1996; it was followed the next year by their debut full-lenght, "Greatest Lovesongs vol.666".

With their second album, "Razorblade Romance", they gained exposure all over Europe when a track from the album, titled Join Me, was included in the European soundtrack of the movie "The Thirteenth Floor".

Their fourth album, Love Metal, expanded their popularity to the U.S., giving them the status of world-wide rock stars.

Lineup:
Ville Valo - vocals
Lily Lazer (Linde Lindström) - guitar
Migé Amour (Mikko Paananen) - bass
Gas Lipstick (Mika Karppinen) - drums
Emerson Burton (Janne Puurtinen) - keyboards
Sites:
heartagram.com, him-music.de
Members:
Antto Melasniemi, Emerson Burton, Juhana Rantala, Mika Karppinen, Mikko Lindström, Mikko Paananen, Ville Valo, Zoltan Pluto
Variations:
All | HIM (2) | H. I. M. | His Infernal Majesty
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Discography

Releases:
666 Ways To Love: Prologue (CD, EP)   BMG Finland 1996
Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   BMG Finland ... 1997
Wicked Game (CD, Maxi)   Supersonic Records (2), BMG 1998
Wicked Game (CD, Maxi, Promo)   Supersonic Records (2), BMG 1998
It's All Tears (CD, Single, Promo)   Supersonic Records (2), BMG 1999
Join Me (Maxi, Single) ◄ (4 versions)   Supersonic Records (2) ... 1999
When Love And Death Embrace (CD, Maxi)   Supersonic Records (2), BMG 1999
Gone With The Sin (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   BMG Finland ... 2000
Poison Girl (Maxi, Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Supersonic Records (2) ... 2000
Pretending (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   Supersonic Records ... 2000
Razorblade Romance (Cass, Album)   BMG Finland 2000
Razorblade Romance (Album) ◄ (11 versions)   BMG Finland ... 2000
Right Here In My Arms (Maxi) ◄ (4 versions)   Supersonic Records (2) ... 2000
Wicked Game (CD, Maxi)   BMG Finland 2000
Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights (Cass, Album)   BMG Finland 2001
Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   BMG Finland ... 2001
Heartache Every Moment & Close To The Flame (CD, Maxi)   BMG Finland Oy, Supersonic Records (2) 2001
Heartache Every Moment (CD, EP, Ltd, Enh)   BMG Finland Oy, Terrier, RCA 2002
The Single Collection (10xCD, Maxi + Box)   Supersonic Records (2), BMG Finland 2002
Buried Alive By Love (7", Pic, Shape)   BMG UK & Ireland 2003
Buried Alive By Love (CD)   BMG Finland Oy 2003
Love Metal (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   BMG Berlin Musik GmbH ... 2003
The Funeral Of Hearts (Single, Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   BMG Finland 2003
The Sacrament (Maxi, Single) ◄ (2 versions)   BMG Finland Oy ... 2003
And Love Said No: The Greatest Hits 1997-2004 (Comp, EP) ◄ (4 versions)   RCA ... 2004
Solitary Man (Single) ◄ (3 versions)   BMG Finland ... 2004
Dark Light (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Sire Records Company ... 2005
Killing Loneliness (Single, Maxi) ◄ (4 versions)   Sire Records Company 2005
Love Metal Archives Vol. 1 (DVD, PAL + DVD, NTSC)   Sony BGM Entertainment 2005
Vampire Heart (7", S/Sided, Cle)   Sire Records Company 2005
Wings Of A Butterfly (Maxi, Single) ◄ (5 versions)   Sire Records Company 2005
Uneasy Listening Vol. 1 (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   RCA ... 2006
The Kiss Of Dawn (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Sire Records Company 2007
Uneasy Listening Vol. 1 & 2 (2xCD, Album)   RCA, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Finland) Oy, GUN Records (2) 2007
Uneasy Listening Vol. 2 (CD, Album)   Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Finland) Oy 2007
Venus Doom (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Sire Records Company ... 2007
Bleed Well (CD, Single, Promo)   Sire Records Company 2008
Dark Light / Venus Doom (CD, Album + CD, Album)   Rhino Records (2), Warner Music International 2008
Digital Versatile Doom: Live At The Orpheum Theatre XXXVII A.S. (CD, Album + DVD, NTSC)   Sire Records Company, Warner Bros. Records 2008
Appears On:
Bild Hits 2000 Die Zweite (2xCD, Comp) Join Me Polystar Records 2000
Elegy - Numéro 10 (CD, Smplr) I Love You (Prelude To... Elegy 2000
Masters Of Chant Chapter III (CD) Join Me Edel Records 2002
Neuromance (2xCD, Ltd, Dig) Right Here In My Arms [Trisol] Music Group GmbH 2005
Tracks Appear On:
The Finnvox II (CD, Comp) When Love And Death Em... Finnvox 1997
Beauty In Darkness Vol. 3 (CD) Your Sweet Six Six Six Nuclear Blast 1998
Crossing All Over! - Vol. 7 (2xCD, Comp) Your Sweet Six Six Six Supersonic (2), Universal 1998
Crossing All Over! - Vol. 8 (2xCD) Wicked Game Supersonic Records (2), BMG Ariola Media GmbH 1998
Dynamit Vol. 13 (CD, Car) It's All Tears (Drown ... RockHard 1998
Metalliliitto: Volume 2 (CD, Comp) When Love & Death Embrace Spinefarm Records 1998
The Dome, Vol. 8 (2xCD, Comp) Wicked Game Ariola 1998
Booom 2000 (2xCD, Comp) Join Me In Death BMG Ariola Media GmbH 1999
Crossing All Over! - The Classix (2xCD) Wicked Game Supersonic Records (2), BMG 1999
Crossing All Over! - Vol. 9 (2xCD) When Love And Death Em... Supersonic Records (2), BMG Ariola Media GmbH 1999
Crossing All Over! - Vol.10 (2xCD) It's All Tears (Drown ... Supersonic Records (2), BMG Ariola Media GmbH 1999
Extreme Clubhits II (CD, Comp) Wicked Game UpSolution Recordings 1999
Just The Best 4/99 (2xCD) Join Me In Death Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 1999
Mega Party Power Mix '99 (2xCD) Wicked Game BMG 1999
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. II (CD, Smplr) The Heartless (Deleted... Sonic Seducer 1999
Straight Shooter (Original Soundtrack) (CD) Your Sweet 666 EastWest Records GmbH 1999
The 13Th Floor - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (CD, Comp) Join Me BMG Ariola München GmbH, Gun Records (2) 1999
The Gothic Compilation IX (CD, Comp) When Love And Death Em... Gothic Records (Germany) 1999
Zillo Festival Sampler 1999 (2xCD) Your Sweet 666 Zillo 1999
Badder Than The Original (CD, Comp) Wicked Game Universal Music (Austria), Mercury 2000
Big Noize (2xCD) Right Here In My Arms EMI Music (Germany) 2000
Bild Hits 2000 Die Zweite (2xCD, Comp) Join Me Polystar Records 2000
Bravo Hits 28 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Join Me Polystar Records ... 2000
Bravo Hits 29 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Right Here In My Arms Warner Special Marketing GmbH ... 2000
Bravo Summer Hits 5 (CD, Comp) Right Here In My Arms BMG Ariola Hungary 2000
Chartmix 7 (2xCD) Join Me (In Death) (Ra... Polystar Records 2000
Crossing All Over! - Vol. 11 (2xCD, Comp) Join Me In Death, Righ... Supersonic Records (2) 2000
Crossing All Over! - Vol. 12 (2xCD, Comp) Poison Girl Supersonic Records (2), BMG Ariola München GmbH 2000
D.A.C. Club Classics (CD, Smplr) Wicked Game Synthetic Symphony 2000
De Afrekening 21 (CD, Comp) Join Me PIAS Benelux 2000
Elegy - Numéro 10 (CD, Smplr) I Love You (Prelude To... Elegy 2000
Elegy - Numéro 13 (CD, Smplr) Our Diabolikal Rapture Elegy 2000
HUMO - Alle 2000 Goed (2xCD, Comp) Join Me EVA Belgium 2000
Just The Best 1/2000 (2xCD, Comp) Join Me In Death BMG Ariola Media GmbH 2000
Just The Best 3/2000 (2xCD, Comp) Poison Girl BMG Ariola Media GmbH 2000
Lords Of The Boards 2000 (2xCD, Comp) Join Me In Death Modul 2000
Platin Vol. 8 (2xCD, Comp) Join Me Polystar Records 2000
Rock Classics (3xCD, Comp, Copy Prot. + Box) Your Sweet 666 Brunswick News, Brunswick News, Brunswick News, Brunswick News 2000
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. VIII (CD, Smplr, Enh + File, MP3, Smplr, 128) Gone With The Sin (Aud... Sonic Seducer 2000
Suomirokkia 5 (2xCD, Comp) When Love And Death Em... Poko Rekords 2000
The Dome Vol. 13 (2xCD, Comp) Right Here In My Arms Sony Music Media 2000
The Dome Vol. 16 (2xCD, Comp) Gone With The Sin (Edit) Sony Music Media 2000
Viva Hits 11 (2xCD) Gone With The Sin (Rad... EMM (EMI Music Media) 2000
Zillo Dark Summer - Best Of Goth Open Airs 2000 (2xCD, Comp) When Love And Death Em... Zillo 2000
Absolute Hits 5 (CD, Comp) In Joy And Sorrow BMG, BMG Finland Oy 2001
Alpha Motherfuckers - A Tribute To Turbonegro (Comp) ◄ (5 versions) Rendezvous With Anus Bitzcore 2001
Alternative Moments (2xCD, Comp) Join Me Sony Music Media 2001
Alternative Moments II (2xCD) Gone With The Sin (Edit) Berlin Records 2001
BMG What's New 24 (2xCD) Pretending (Radio Edit) BMG 2001
Backbeat (CD) Join Me (In Death) Club 21 Records 2001
Bravo Hits 35 (2xCD) In Joy And Sorrow (Rad... Polystar Records, Bertelsmann Club 2001
Bravo Hits 35 (2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot.) In Joy And Sorrow (Rad... Polystar Records 2001
CD Side 6 (CD, Smplr) Salt In Our Wounds D-Side 2001
Disco 2002 (3xCD, Comp) Pretending Tempo Music 2001
Elegy - Numéro 19 (CD, Smplr) Don't Let It Go (Acous... Elegy 2001
Just The Best 1/2001 (2xCD, Comp) Gone With The Sin (Edit) EMM (EMI Music Media) 2001
Just The Best 3/2001 (2xCD, Comp) Pretending EMM (EMI Music Media) 2001
Kuschelrock 15 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) In Joy And Sorrow (Sho... Berlin Records 2001
Megahits 2001 Die Erste (2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot.) Gone With The Sin (Edit) Polystar Records 2001
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. XII (CD, Smplr + VCD, Smplr) Interview Sonic Seducer 2001
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. XIV (CD, Smplr, Enh, Comp, Promo + VCD, Promo + 43xFile) Wicked Game (Exclusive... Sonic Seducer 2001
Suomirokkia 6 (2xCD, Comp) Join Me In Death Poko Rekords 2001
20 International Tophits - Chart Boxx 2/2002 (CD, Comp) In Joy And Sorrow Top 13 Music-Club, Sony Music Catalog 2002
Beauty In Darkness Vol. 6 (DVD, PAL, Comp) In Joy And Sorrow Nuclear Blast 2002
Chart Boxx - Second Highlights (CD, Comp) In Joy And Sorrow (Rad... Top 13 Music-Club 2002
Crossing All Over! - Vol. 15 (2xCD, Comp) Heartache Every Moment BMG Ariola Media GmbH, Supersonic Records (2) 2002
Just The Best 1/2002 (2xCD, Comp) Heartache Every Moment EMM (EMI Music Media) 2002
Orkus Presents The Best Of 2001 (2xCD) Pretending (Alternativ... Orkus, Angelwings 2002
Orkus Presents The Best Of 2002 (2xCD) Heartache Every Moment... Orkus, Angelwings 2002
Orkus Presents The Best Of The 90s 2 (2xCD) Wicked Game Orkus 2002
Pepsi Chart Album (2xCD, Comp) Heartache Every Moment Oy EMI Finland Ab, BMG Finland, Universal Music (Finland) 2002
Rock From The 90's (CD, Comp) Join Me BMG (Netherlands) 2002
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 20 (VCD, Smplr + CD, Smplr) In Joy And Sorrow (Live) Sonic Seducer 2002
Suomirokkia 7 (2xCD, Comp) Heartache Every Moment Poko Rekords 2002
VIVA Hits 16 (2xCD, Comp) Heartache Every Moment EMM (EMI Music Media) 2002
Zillo Dark Summer - Best Of Goth Open Airs 2002 (2xCD) In Joy And Sorrow (Aco... Zillo 2002
20 International Top Hits - Chart Boxx 5/2003 (CD, Comp) The Sacrament (Radio E... Top 13 Music-Club 2003
Bravo Hits 43 (2xCD) Buried Alive By Love Polystar Records, Bertelsmann Club 2003
Bravo Hits 43 (2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot.) Buried Alive By Love Polystar Records 2003
CD Side 16 (CD, Smplr) Circle Of Fear D-Side 2003
Crossing All Over! - Vol. 16 (CD, Smplr) Beyond Redemption Supersonic Records (2), BMG Ariola München GmbH 2003
Elegy Sampler 28 (CD, Smplr) Sweet Pandemonium Elegy 2003
Hard N' Heavy Vol. 57 (CD, Enh) Sweet Pandemonium Hard N' Heavy 2003
Music With Attitude - Volume 52 (CD, Smplr, Enh) The Sacrament Rock Sound 2003
NRJ Hits 2 (2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot.) The Sacrament EMI, Oy EMI Finland Ab 2003
Orkus Compilation VII (CD, Comp, Enh) Interview Orkus 2003
Revved Up! (CD, Enh) The Heart Of Darkness Kerrang! Magazine 2003
Schattenreich (2xCD, Comp, Enh) The Funeral Of Hearts Supersonic Records (2), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) 2003
Beauty In Darkness Volume 7 (2xDVD) Funeral Of Hearts Nuclear Blast 2004
Bravo Hits 44 (2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot.) Solitary Man Polystar Records, Bertelsmann Club, Polystar Records 2004
Bravo Hits 44 (2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot.) Solitary Man Polystar Records 2004
Crossing All Over! - Vol. 17 (2xCD) Solitary Man Supersonic Records (2), BMG Ariola München GmbH 2004
Gothic Love (CD) The Funeral Of Hearts V2 Records, Inc. 2004
Hard'N'Heavy (2xCD, Comp) Join Me In Death EMI Finland, Oy EMI Finland Ab 2004
Hard'N'Heavy Ballads (2xCD, Comp) When Love And Death Em... Universal, Universal Music Oy 2004
Headbangers Ball - Volume 2 ◄ (2 versions) You Sweet Six Six Six Roadrunner Records 2004
NRJ Hits 3 (2xCD, Comp) The Sacrament Universal, Universal Music Oy 2004
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (Music From And Inspired By The Original Motion Picture) (CD) Join Me In Death Roadrunner Records 2004
Fall Sampler (CDr, Comp, Promo) Wings Of Butterfly Wings Warner Music Sweden 2005
Helsinki 2005 (2xCD, Comp) Join Me RCA 2005
Issue 147 (2 Free CDs) (2xCD, Promo) Poison Heart Metal Hammer (UK), Metal Hammer (UK) 2005
Jägermeister MusicTour 2005 Diamond Edition (CD, Comp) Pretending JägerMusic 2005
Orkus Compilation 10 (CD, Comp, Enh) Interview: HIM Podcast... Orkus 2005
Orkus Presents The Best Of 2003 (2xCD) The Funeral Of Hearts ... Angelstar, Orkus 2005
Orkus Presents The Best Of 2004 (Part 1) (2xCD) Solitary Man Angelstar, Orkus 2005
Ozzfest 10th Anniversary (DVD + CD) Soul On Fire, Soul On ... Clear Channel Entertainment 2005
Schattenreich Vol. 2 (2xCD, Comp) And Love Said No E-Wave Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) 2005
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 49 (CD, Smplr + VCD, Smplr) And Love Said No Sonic Seducer 2005
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 53 (CD, Smplr, Enh) Wings Of A Butterfly (... Sonic Seducer 2005
Warner Time (2005.11) (CD, Comp, Promo) Wings Of A Butterfly Warner Music (Japan) 2005
Dark Visions (DVD-V, PAL, Smplr) Killing Loneliness Zillo 2006
Die Hit-Giganten Rockballaden (2xCD, Comp) Join Me In Death Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) 2006
It's Hardrock, Hallelujah! Classics #2 (CD, Album, Comp) Wicked Game Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Sweden) 2006
Kids Top 20 (CD, Comp) Wings Of The Butterfly RCA, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Finland) Oy 2006
MTV2 Headbanger's Ball: The Revenge (2xCD, Comp) Vampire Heart Roadrunner Records 2006
Schattenreich Vol. 3 (2xCD) And Love Said No E-Wave Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) 2006
Hitbreaker 1/2008 (2xCD, Comp) The Kiss Of Dawn (Albu... Sonocord, RM Buch Und Medien Vertrieb GmbH 2007
Mera Luna - Best Of 2000 - 2006 (DVD-V, Smplr) For You (M`Era Luna 20... Sonic Seducer 2007
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 73 | 101 Icons (DVD-V) Killing Loneliness (Li... Sonic Seducer 2007
Kerrang! The Album '08 (2xCD, Comp) Wings Of A Butterfly Rhino Records (2) 2008
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 84 (DVD, Comp) The Funeral Of Hearts ... Sonic Seducer 2008
20 Years Of Zillo - Jubiläums-Compilation (CD, Comp) Wings Of A Butterfly Zillo 2009
Unofficial Releases:
Deadly Love Live (CD, Album)   Not On Label 2003
Live and Undercover 2003 (CD, Album)   Not on Label 2003
Love Metal Live: Grosse Freiheit 666 (CD, Ltd)   Red Devil Records 2003
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