H.I.M. Say New LP Will 'Explode Your Speakers'; Want Bam To Helm Clip
Finnish rockers inspired by relationship turmoil, friend's suicide on tentatively titled Venus Doom.
By Chris Harris
H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo admits that 2005's Dark Light, his band's first proper U.S. release, was, well, too complex and confusing. Hence, the guys in the Finnish quintet — Bam Margera's favorite band — decided to simplify their goth-imbued sound for the tentatively titled Venus Doom, the LP they've been working on with producer Tim Palmer (Dredg, Ozzy Osbourne) in Helsinki.
"There were too many things going on," Valo said of the band's previous release. "[Venus Doom is] going to be a lot heavier than anything we've done before — that's the whole idea. It's like we're mixing My Bloody Valentine's Loveless with Metallica's Master of Puppets. ... There won't be as much ear candy on this one. There are a lot of riffs, and it's more guitar-oriented than keyboard-driven. Really, we just wanted to rock our own socks off."
But Valo doesn't characterize Venus Doom as a total departure for H.I.M., saying instead that the LP will still contain the singer's trademark brokenhearted lyricism (see "Finnish Rockers H.I.M. Say Everything They Do, They Do For Bam Margera" ).
"We wanted to make a really rockin' album — one that would explode your speakers," he said. "But we also wanted to maintain the melancholy aspects of love and loss in the lyrics and then have the really sweet vocals amidst this storm of guitars.
"Lyrically, it's about me losing a relationship and then actually regaining it, and losing my sanity and regaining it," Valo continued. "As you grow up, life gets more and more complex, even though when you're a kid you think things are going to get easier. It's like a f---ing puzzle that just keeps on having more and more pieces to it. It's very personal, this album. It's like me getting rid of my demons and putting the pain in the music. It's cathartic, and it's about cleansing yourself and trying to have the courage to take that one step further."
Valo penned one song, "The Kiss of Dawn," for a close friend who committed suicide soon after the band wrapped the recording sessions for Dark Light.
"It's been a tough year," Valo said with a sigh. "I'm not complaining at all. But I've had really sh---y things happen to me in my life, so this is definitely the darkest album we've done, lyrically. It's also a celebration of life. It's about remembering the ones you loved with a smile rather than being all dark and brooding and having hair in your face and trying to be Robert Smith from the Cure."
Other numbers slated for the album's final track list include "Love in Cold Blood," "Passion's Killing Floor" and "Dead Lovers Lane." And while Valo wouldn't confirm rampant rumors that his band will travel with Linkin Park this summer as part of the revived Projekt Revolution Tour (see "Linkin Park Finish Apocalyptic Album, Revive Projekt Revolution Tour" ), he says the band will be touring the States around Venus Doom's July 10 release.
And what does Valo's old chum Bam think of the newest H.I.M. material? Well, he hasn't heard a note yet, but the singer did express a desire to work with Margera: He said he'll ask the "Jackass" star to direct the clip for the album's first single. But he hasn't approached Bam to discuss a collaboration just yet.
"We have to finish the damn thing first," Valo said, adding that the entire LP should be in the bag within the next few weeks.
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#186 by BlackJoy666 (Power User) (0 mesaje) at 2007-04-18 09:21:02 (929 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
Отлично!!!!!!!
Я тоже вчера в нете нашла про этот новый выпуск "Хаммера".........но твои фотки намного лучшего качества.......спасибо!!!!
Неужели этот стареющий герой Финляндии, усатый секс-символ Лав-Металла решил все таки взяться за ум и вернуться к нам с новыми идеями, музыкой и песнями..........а то хватит ему уже отдыхать!
За работу - негр!!! XD
Пы.Сы.: кстати из последних фот (из "Керранга") мне очень вот эта нра ......
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#187 by BlackCross (Raging Lunacy) (0 mesaje) at 2007-04-18 11:51:15 (928 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
Mie nu-mi place image-ul lui nou
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#188 by NOstro (J-Rock Addict) (0 mesaje) at 2007-04-18 15:55:44 (928 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
Ужаснах...что с ним стало...О_О
Это его борада, не буду даже говорить на что похожа, просто ужасна
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#189 by NOstro (J-Rock Addict) (0 mesaje) at 2007-04-26 18:39:23 (927 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
hmmm....кого-то Вилли мне здеся сильно напоминает
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#190 by JRocker (性交) (0 mesaje) at 2007-04-26 22:38:10 (927 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
#189 NOstro, кого???
ЗЫ: ХЫМ рулезззз
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#191 by BlackJoy666 (Power User) (0 mesaje) at 2007-04-26 22:39:35 (927 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
#192 by NOstro (J-Rock Addict) (0 mesaje) at 2007-04-26 22:42:19 (927 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
#191 BlackJoy666, u
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#193 by JRocker (性交) (0 mesaje) at 2007-04-26 22:43:13 (927 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
#192 NOstro, есть немножко
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#194 by BlackJoy666 (Power User) (0 mesaje) at 2007-04-26 22:46:39 (927 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
Неужели у меня всегда такое же кривое и пьяное................................лицо?!
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#195 by JRocker (性交) (0 mesaje) at 2007-04-26 22:49:04 (927 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
#194 BlackJoy666, ну не всегда
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#196 by NOstro (J-Rock Addict) (0 mesaje) at 2007-04-26 22:49:04 (927 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
#194 BlackJoy666, "... Неужели у меня всегда такое же кривое и пьяное................................лицо?! ..." - ммм...не всегда, но бывает ^_^
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#197 by BlackJoy666 (Power User) (0 mesaje) at 2007-04-26 22:56:22 (927 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
Вот засранцы!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.........
Ну ничего вот в субботу кто-то по за..нице получит ... или по другому какому месту!!!.............
нет что бы сравнить меня с Вилькой на другой фотке................он эту алкоголичную поставил......... :fool:
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#198 by JRocker (性交) (0 mesaje) at 2007-04-26 23:00:23 (927 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
#197 BlackJoy666, всё я на офф не приду
ЗЫ: ладно я спать... заффтро в школу идти надо... всем спокоиной ночй..
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#199 by NOstro (J-Rock Addict) (0 mesaje) at 2007-04-26 23:00:24 (927 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
#197 BlackJoy666, "... Ну ничего вот в субботу кто-то по за..нице получит ... или по другому какому месту!!! ..." - ээээ...в субботу?!...буешь вторая в очереди, а нет третья после Socol'а и Psycho
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#200 by BlackJoy666 (Power User) (0 mesaje) at 2007-04-26 23:02:29 (927 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
#199 NOstro, ........фигасе, я буду первой на правах мамы!!!!