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1) HIM (sometimes stylized as H.I.M.) was a Finnish gothic rock band from Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1991 by vocalist Ville Valo and bassist Mikko "Mige" Paananen under the name His Infernal Majesty, the band broke up in 1993, before being reformed in 1995 by Valo and guitarist Mikko "Linde" Lindström. After being rejoined by Mige, as well as new additions keyboardist Antto Melasniemi and drummer Juhana "Pätkä" Rantala, the band, now called HIM, released their debut album Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 in 1997. In 2000, now with drummer Mika "Gas Lipstick" Karppinen and keyboardist Juska Salminen, the band released the album Razorblade Romance, which reached the number one spot in Finland, Austria and Germany. Their first single, "Join Me in Death", also charted at number one in Finland and Germany, eventually going platinum and gold respectively. Following the addition of Janne "Burton" Puurtinen on keyboards, HIM released Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights and Love Metal in 2001 and 2003 respectively. Both cracked the top ten in several countries, and allowed the band to tour the United Kingdom and the United States for the first time.
In 2005, HIM released Dark Light, which became the group's most commercially successful album to date, charting in fifteen countries. With Dark Light, HIM also became the first Finnish group to receive a gold record in the US. In 2007, HIM released Venus Doom, the making of which was marred by problems in Valo's personal life. Despite this, the album gave the band their highest chart position in the US at number twelve. After 2010's Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, HIM went on hiatus as drummer Gas Lipstick took medical leave. Following several months of uncertainty, the band regrouped and eventually released the album Tears on Tape in 2013. In 2015, Gas Lipstick announced his departure from the band to pursue other musical projects, and was subsequently replaced by Jukka "Kosmo" Kröger. On 5 March 2017, HIM announced that the band would be disbanding following a farewell tour in 2017. The band played their final show on New Year's Eve 2017 as a part of their annual Helldone Festival.
HIM is one of the most commercially successful Finnish bands of all time, with sales of over ten million records. The band have released eight studio albums, five compilations, three video releases, and two box sets, along with one live and one remix album. HIM has also received numerous accolades, including eight Emma Awards.
Critics have referred to the music of HIM as gothic rock, gothic metal, alternative rock, alternative metal, and dark rock. The band themselves have referred to their music as "love metal", the title of their fourth studio album. According to Ville Valo, the term "love metal" was coined as a response to people having difficulties categorizing their music.
A central of part of HIM's image has been the heartagram. The heartagram is the trademarked symbol of the band, which was created by vocalist Ville Valo on his twentieth birthday in 1996. A combination of a heart and a pentagram, the heartagram is meant to represent the juxtaposition of "the soft and the hard, the male and the female, the yin and the yang" according to Valo. Musically the heart is also meant to represent the softer side of the band, while the pentagram symbolizes their heavier influences. This juxtaposition was also prevalent in the band's album titles. On their first album, HIM used a heart with "666" inside it as their logo, which Valo later felt was "a bit boring". The heartagram was first predominantly used on the cover of HIM's 2003 album Love Metal, and has since appeared on numerous releases from the band. Valo has later stated that the heartagram "is probably the best thing I've ever come-up with", and that it's "worth a lot more than money" and is "bigger than our band". The heartagram has also made several appearances on TV, including Charmed, LA Ink, Viva La Bam, and Criminal Minds.
2) HiM is a dub influenced post-rock group formed in 1995 by Doug Scharin, drummer for the bands Codeine, Rex and June of 44. Their first album, Egg, was their most dub-based effort. Each successive album has gone more in a quasi-world music direction. After some recording for Crooklyn Dub Consortium and Wordsound, "Interpretive Belief System", HiM settled on a lineup of Scharin with Bundy K. Brown, Rob Mazurek and Jeff Parker, members or occasional members of Tortoise and Isotope 217. Their first album was the underground hit Sworn Eyes, produced by Doug Scharin. A few personnel changes followed, and the revamped lineup including members of June of 44. Golden released Our Point of Departure in 1999, which signified a very clear shift toward a more jazz-like sound, followed by a major American and European tour. In 2003, HiM released Many In High Places Are Not Well on Fat Cat Records, which was received as their most successful and fully realized release. Peoples was released in mid-2006, featuring a cleaner sound with more vocals than any of HiM's previous releases. Included in this line-up are Martin Perna and Jordan McLean from Antibalas, Griffin Rodriguez from Need New Body/Icy Demons, Adam Pierce (Mice Parade).
The latest HiM records, "1110" and ん,released in 2008 and 2009 on Afterhours in Tokyo, are collaborations between Doug Scharin, Josh Larue and the Tokyo-based group, Ultra Living.
3) The group was composed of the following main members:
* Shizuka Nakajima （vocals）
* Shungo Makihashi (vocals)
* Non (dancer)
* Yocco (dancer)
4) H.I.M. (Her in Mind) an r&b singer best known for his reply album to H.E.R.'s album in 2017.
Circle of Fear
HIM Lyrics
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Shadows dance outside her window
Tears keep falling on the floor
As the world around her crumbles
If you want to save her
First you have to save yourself
If you want to free her from the hurt
If you want to see her smile again
Don't show her you're afraid
Because your circle of fear is the same
Love can be as cold as grave
A one-way ticket to endless sorrow
An empire of gentle hate
Today without tomorrow
It's the circle of regret
The circle of hate
The circle of death
Your circle of fear is the same
The lyrics of HIM's song "Circle of Fear" communicate a deep and emotive message about the pain and fear that comes with heartbreak, regret, and love. The opening lines suggest that heartache has come knocking on someone's door, and this person is overwhelmed with the emotions they are experiencing. The use of shadows dancing outside her window creates a feeling of ominousness, and the tears falling to the floor demonstrate the pain that is felt. As the world crumbles around this person, we can assume that they feel isolated and afraid.
The lyrics are a message of advice for someone who wants to help this person. The lines "If you want to save her, first you have to save yourself" suggest that the helper needs to address their own fears and pain before attempting to rescue someone else. The reminder "Don't do it with your pain" demonstrates that the pain of the helper will only hinder the process of helping someone else. The lyrics also suggest that it's essential to be brave and not show fear because "Your circle of fear is the same." This line can be interpreted in a few different ways, but perhaps it means that if we allow ourselves to give in to our fear or to perpetuate fear through our actions, it will only propagate more fear and negativity.
Overall, "Circle of Fear" is the voice of caution against the cycle of pain and fear. It is a reminder that healing must happen internally before we can help others, and that the negative cycles of regret, hate, and death can only be broken by individuals who are willing to rise above fear and pain.
Line by Line Meaning
Heartache is knocking on her door
She is experiencing a lot of emotional pain and suffering, as if it is occurring right outside her door.
Shadows dance outside her window
Her environment seems to be threatening, dark, and unstable, as if it is casting shadows on her life.
Tears keep falling on the floor
She is feeling so much sadness, unhappiness, and grief that her tears are dropping on the ground like rain.
As the world around her crumbles
She is feeling like her entire existence is falling apart and turning to dust, as if everything around her is collapsing or disintegrating.
If you want to save her
To help her overcome her problems and challenges, you need to be willing to offer her real support, encouragement, and assistance.
First you have to save yourself
Before attempting to assist and care for someone else, you must take care of yourself, and seek help for your own emotional wounds and weaknesses.
If you want to free her from the hurt
If your intention is to help her let go of her emotional pain and trauma, you must seek ways to dissolve or remove it, rather than bringing your own pain and suffering into the situation.
Don't do it with your pain
It is not effective to try to heal someone else's emotional pain by expressing your own personal experiences of hurt and agony.
If you want to see her smile again
To help her find happiness, joy, and a reason to smile again, you must be brave, optimistic, and not let your fears control you.
Don't show her you're afraid
If you want to help her get over her own fears and insecurities, you must be strong, courageous, and not let your anxiety and worries appear in your actions.
Because your circle of fear is the same
Your own struggles and difficulties will be contagious and perpetuate the cycle of fear and destruction that she is already experiencing. You need to break free from your own negative emotions and destructive patterns to help her do the same.
Love can be as cold as grave
Sometimes love can be very hurtful, discouraging, and deadening, as if it will never bring one any relief or escape from the situation.
A one-way ticket to endless sorrow
Love can be the cause of great sadness, grief, and despair, which can never be undone or reversed, leading one down a path with no end in sight.
An empire of gentle hate
Love can sometimes transform into a very brutal and unforgiving form of animosity, as if it is ruling over the person's emotions.
Today without tomorrow
One might feel that he or she has no future, and is stuck in an unbearable, suffocating present, never able to escape or move forward.
It's the circle of regret
One can easily get trapped in a cycle of shame, guilt, and bitterness, regretting every choice and action, with no end in sight.
The circle of hate
One might feel that everything and everyone is against him or her, leading to a cycle of hate that propagates and consumes all of one's emotions and thoughts.
The circle of death
Feelings of constant emptiness, loneliness, and despair, can lead one to feel that he or she is living in a cycle of death, as if nothing new or positive can ever happen.
Your circle of fear is the same
One's own fears can trap him or her into a cycle of negative emotions and perceptions of the world around him or her, leading to despair and destruction, just like the one the woman in this song is feeling.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: VILLE HERMANNI VALO
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