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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.
In The NightSide Of Eden
HIM Lyrics
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Cursing the Gods we have become
We steal the fire from a sacred heart
And bleed the wine unholy
We fall in love with the serpent's song
And fear nothing
In the nightside of Eden
We're born again -
Dead
"Forever we are
Forever we've been
Forever will be crucified to a dream"
Deranged we're tearing away the petals of desire
Learning the mathematics of evil by heart
We deceive ourselves to start a war
Within the realm of senses
And descend to the circle number four
Where we are nothing
In the nightside of Eden
We're born again -
Dead
"Forever we are
Forever we've been
Forever will be crucified to a dream"
The lyrics to HIM's song "In The Nightside Of Eden" are enigmatic yet evocative, as they describe the fall of humanity from grace and their eventual rebirth. The song opens with "Divided we stand in the light of a frozen sun, cursing the Gods we have become", which refers to the alienation and sins of mankind towards a higher power. The phrase "frozen sun" symbolizes the death-like state of humanity's soul, with no hope of revival.
The next lines, "We steal the fire from a sacred heart and bleed the wine unholy, we fall in love with the serpent's song and fear nothing" imply the theft of divine knowledge and the rejection of moral values, as humanity succumbs to the allure of temptation. The reference to the serpent song, which represents deceit and temptation, alludes to the biblical story of Adam and Eve.
The chorus "In the nightside of Eden, we're born again - dead" evokes a paradox, as it describes a rebirth in death or the initiation of a new cycle of sin and guilt, corresponding to the allegory of the Garden of Eden. The verse "Deranged we're tearing away the petals of desire, learning the mathematics of evil by heart, we deceive ourselves to start a war within the realm of senses, and descend to the circle number four, where we are nothing" portrays the descent into depravity, self-destructive behavior driven by lust and ego, and the perpetuation of violence and suffering.
Overall, the song depicts the struggle between light and dark, good and evil, embodying the tragic nature of human existence.
Line by Line Meaning
Divided we stand in the light of a frozen sun
We are standing with each other but we are separated from the warmth of the sun, living in a cold existence.
Cursing the Gods we have become
We are angry at ourselves for becoming the things we once despised.
We steal the fire from a sacred heart
We are taking something valuable and important from a source that should be protected and respected.
And bleed the wine unholy
We are tainting and corrupting something which is supposed to be pure and innocent.
We fall in love with the serpent's song
We are drawn towards things which are deceitful and dangerous.
And fear nothing
We have no fear of the consequences of our actions.
In the nightside of Eden
We are living in a dark and twisted version of paradise.
We're born again -
We are starting anew but with the same destructive tendencies.
Dead
We are spiritually dead and lifeless.
"Forever we are
Forever we've been
Forever will be crucified to a dream"
We will always be trapped in our own illusions and desires, unable to escape.
Deranged we're tearing away the petals of desire
We are destroying the things that we once wanted and craved, without any understanding of why.
Learning the mathematics of evil by heart
We are becoming experts at performing wicked actions and thinking immoral thoughts.
We deceive ourselves to start a war
We are lying to ourselves in order to justify our aggressive and harmful behavior towards others.
Within the realm of senses
We are living in a world ruled by our own feelings and physical desires.
And descend to the circle number four
We are sinking deeper into a state of depravity and moral decay.
Where we are nothing
We have lost our sense of identity and purpose, becoming mere shells of our former selves.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: VILLE VALO, VILLE HERMANNI VALO
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