In the September issue of  Brazilian Magazine Roadie Crew, there’s a 3 page article on HIM, written by Ricardo Campos who interviewed Ville Valo this summer in Helsinki. According to Ricardo he “had the opportunity to speak quietly to Ville, on a sunny Finnish summer day and address issues such as the heavy sound of their last album Venus Doom, of Digital Versatile Doom, the tenth anniversary of the cult album Razorblade Romance, and of course their new studio album, scheduled for next year. With much sense of humor and friendliness, the singer and composer was explicit in his answers and revealed alot of information that will certainly be of great value to his fans.”

For more information and a snapshot of the 3 page article, click here and select “him” from the top right of the page.

UPDATE! I contacted Ricardo Campos (who, by the way, turns out to be a very cool guy)  about the possibility of sending the magazine to other countries outside of Brazil. Along with the information, he also allowed to pass on his twitter page if anyone wishes to contact him. Check out his band blog here where he also mentions his trip to Helsinki and his meeting with Ville Valo.

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There’s another update from Euro Rock Radio regarding HIM Night, here.

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There’s an article about HIM at the Consequence of Sound Website. It doesn’t mention anything new about the new album except what is already known, but it’s an interesting read and of course it’s good to know that there are people writing about HIM – in this case, Lloyd Poast.

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“The forcing of a release, before the musical and non-musical aspects of the product are complete, results in poor sales as a consequence. The music industry must realize that most people buy records because they are emotionally or artistically engaged by them and album cover art plays an important part in formulating this response.” (Adrian Shaughnessy)

“HIM was able to create a focused image cover which says in one symbol and two words what their music is about.” (Teppo Hudson)

 

The other day, while browsing the internet I came  across a very interesting research project called Significance of Album Cover Art as a Branding Tool – Case Study: ‘HIM’ by Teppo Hudson. As the title suggests, he examins the significance of album cover art as a branding tool within the context of a changing music industry environment. According to this Entrepreneur and Visual Artist, HIM was chosen as the case study because “the band has a strong identity in it’s art…(pg23)”. (We can certainly agree with that). The document is a very indepth analysis and may be somewhat of a long read for those of you who don’t have a taste for marketing, but the journey into the meaning and symbology of HIM’s album cover art is well worth the read. For those of you who just want to go straight to the Cover Art analysis, jump to page 32… yet I do recommend taking a look at the whole document:) Read:Significance of Album Cover Art as a Branding Tool by Teppo Hudson

 

A special thanks to Teppo Hudson for allowing me to post his work in the HIM Library.

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There has been some additional information posted on their website regarding your questions for Ville… read here

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Once again Ville Valo will be joining Celtic Angel on Euro Rock Radio for another special HIM Night. The show will take place on Tuesday, September 8th at 8pm eastern (7pm central, 5pm pacific and 1am UK time). They are trying to work out a way for some fans to call in and speak to Ville. You can also e-mail your questions for him, some of which will be read on the show.

Here are the full details, posted by Celtic Angel…

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Radio Nova (a finnish radio station) has uploaded to their website a 3 parte interview with HIM. If you understand Finnish, you can listen to it on the following links: Part 1 – Part2 – Part 3.

If you don’t understand a word, then you’ve missed out on a whole lot! Luckily there are some great friends in the HIM community, and one of them has done us an outstanding favour. Yes, she translated the whole interview and allowed me to post it in the HIM Library! A special thankyou to Sineresi for doing this!  …

Translation Parte I  -  Translation Parte II - Translation Parte III

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HIM and Ville Valo are featured in a documentary called The Promised Land of Heavy Metal. It’s a 90min TV documentary about “the history and philosophy of Heavy Metal and how it became such a big deal in a small country named Finland.” – fore more details visit  http://www.promisedlandofmetal.com/. If you can’t wait and want to buy the DVD right away, click here.

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You can keep up to date with the recording process by following Matt Squire on twitter. He is constantly posting news about HIM… such a cool dude:)

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