HIM (Official Thread)

This band was like the official band of Hot Topic. The stereotypical goth band. I still replay their albums on occasion for the nostalgia. Their album Dark Light is my favorite. Anyone else a fan?

 

Lovesongs and Razorblade Romance all day baby

 

I’m listening to Venus Doom for the first time in a decade. This album goes fuckin slaps.

 

Check out VV - Ville is continuing the sound on his own solo, playing a lot of HIM songs on tour too. It’s not quite as good, but still good.

 

Oh shit, I never checked out his solo stuff. Glad to hear it’s still good.

 

Haven’t heard or thought about this band in forever. May dive in to their (his?) discography.

I think the only song I’ve knowingly heard is the butterfly one? Butterfly in the title? Something about butterfly wings? And no, not the Crazytown song, even though that song is a true gem of course.

 

he did some Finnish folk for a bit, but the recent VV album Neon Noir is what I’m referring to

 

That’s from the album Dark Light, which is goth pop rock. Venus Doom came after and is a different sound, more rock and a heavier sound. I love them both.

 

Only ever liked this band cause of the cky videos two decades ago and Jimmy Pop signing them for releasing Razorblade Romance. That album is stellar and a few other songs. I remember seeing them live in like 2006 and it was honestly the worst performance I ever saw.

 

Always loved "Join Me in Death" but never really got into much else. My best friend from school used to be a huge fan.

 

The heartagram was my first tattoo when i was 15 lol. I still listen regularly. Neon Noir has been getting lots of plays this year.

 

I think maybe only 20% of HIM fans got into the band without influence from Bam Margera. He basically stole their trademark, but promoted the heck out of the band.

 

seeing ville tomorrow, can't wait. i might cry.

 

I was a huge HIM fan in the 2010s when I was a teen and kept up with them till their breakup. I saw them on their farewell tour and thought they sounded pretty good but it was very obvious they were done with the band.

Venus Doom > Greatest Love Songs vol. 666 > Razorblade Romance > Dark Light > Love Metal > Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights > Screamworks > Tears on Tape

I’ll get around to listening to Neon Noir…eventually

 

I just revisited dark light the other day. I remember stumbling upon the band and immediately loved that record, it was so different from what I thought it sounded like based on all the goth kid t shirts at school lol. Never got too much into the other records but really loved the heck out of the ones I did like.

 

This was my favorite band growing up. I have mixed opinions of their last two albums, but this band was pretty damn unique and had their own thing going.

GLV666, Razorblade Romance, DS&BH, and Love Metal is a very solid run. Venus Doom is also up there. Listening to them now does gives me a sense of cringe when it comes to the lyrics but the music holds up.

I very much credit this band to my abstinence of drugs and alcohol as well. Valo never wrote about them explicitly and that was very influential for me during my junior and senior high years when I was surrounded by peers who were getting into that stuff.

Anyway, Ville’s solo album isn’t half bad. A few solid good tunes on it. It sounds a lot like HIM, which checks out because he wrote Venus Doom by himself in a cabin.

 

I also went to their 2006 tour. IIRC Aiden opened up for them? Such a terrible band. Lol

But, yeah, the only concert by HIM that left me in awe was their farewell tour and it’s probably due to the emotions I had saying goodbye to a band that was so crucial to me for the last 14 years.

 

Maybe I saw them earlier than 2006 than. I remember Soil opening for them, not Aiden. And admittedly, I enjoy one of Aidens albums. Lol

 

Soil? Bizarre. I would not have pegged those two bands touring together.

 

I'm only familiar with the big singles and Screamworks so I have a lot to catch up to. Seeing that name instantly takes me back to the 00s as I remember my brother being a fan and sporting a zipped hoodie with the Deep Shadows artwork, which I always found iconic.

 

Ville had a great set on Saturday. It was like one solo song, one HIM song and then like that the rest of the night. Played all the classics you would want to hear. Highly recommend going if he comes to your town.

 

A staff member posted a nice write-up on the news page
Love Metal at 20: The Album That Awakened My Love for HIM • forum.chorus.fm

 

Jealous. How was his vocal range? Pretty fresh?

I've been watching some recent interviews and he seems so much more cheerful. I know he quit some of his old habits and started getting healthy. Making his own music seems to have helped as well. Happy for the guy.

 

Venus Doom
Screamworks
VV
Deep Shadows
GLS666
Love Metal
Razorblade
Dark Light
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Tears on Tape

 

Glad to see screamworks get some love lately.