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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.
Love's Requiem
HIM Lyrics
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It drains the faith that lights the dark and sets us free
From the chains of our war and the pain we once called love
The poison of doubt enslaves our minds and we bleed
We abandon the trust that kept us blind and disappear
Under the crimson wings of hate where the lost are safe
Until they love again
And that hope will be our love's requiem
We pray to the serpent of delight desperately
The questions are answered and we try not to weep
Until we are sure we're suffering for love
In the dungeons of our dreams we're so weak
The promise made to be broken still haunts our sleep
And we wont open our eyes afraid we would die for love
The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there
And that hope will be our love's requiem
The salvation we seek will be waiting us there
In the heart of darkness lonely and scared
With a promise of death for our love
And now that we're free from the chains of our dear love
I'm lost, so lost
The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there
And that hope will be our love's requiem
Take me into your arms and sing me your beautiful song
Hold me until we're one and sing me your beautiful song
The lyrics of HIM's Love's Requiem explore the theme of confusion and doubt in love. The first stanza describes how confusion and doubt can drain the faith that sets us free from the pain of previous failed relationships. The singer describes the chains of war and pain that this doubt causes, and how it enslaves our minds and causes us to bleed. The singer then describes how we abandon the trust that kept us blind, and disappear under the crimson wings of hate. Until we love again, the lost are safe here.
The second stanza highlights the theme of hope. The singer prays to the serpent of delight, hoping that the questions about love will be answered and that they won't weep. Yet, the promise made to be broken still haunts our sleep, and we're afraid to open our eyes, as we might die for love. The heart of darkness, then, is the hope of finding love there. The song ends, however, with a tone of loneliness and fear. The singer pleads to be taken into the arms of the person they love and to be held until they are one.
In HIM's Love's Requiem, love is portrayed as a painful, yet hopeful journey. Doubt and confusion can be overwhelming, but the hope of finding love is something that keeps us going. In the end, the song speaks about the importance of finding love, despite the pain and loneliness that comes with it.
Line by Line Meaning
Confusion writhes around our hearts impatiently
The confusion that envelops our hearts is causing us to be restless and anxious.
It drains the faith that lights the dark and sets us free
This confusion that we feel is causing us to lose faith and we're losing our sense of direction and freedom.
From the chains of our war and the pain we once called love
We're breaking free from the chains of our past love, which was filled with pain and suffering.
The poison of doubt enslaves our minds and we bleed
We're constantly doubting ourselves and this doubt is making us feel trapped and helpless.
We abandon the trust that kept us blind and disappear
We're giving up on the trust that kept us together and we're disappearing from each other's lives.
Under the crimson wings of hate where the lost are safe
We're feeling safe and at home in the embrace of hatred, where we're able to lose ourselves completely.
Until they love again
But this feeling of safety is temporary, until we fall in love again.
The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there
Within the darkness of our hearts, we hold on to hope that we'll find each other once again.
And that hope will be our love's requiem
This hope within our hearts will be the ultimate celebration of our love.
We pray to the serpent of delight desperately
We're praying desperately to the one who brings us pleasure, to help us make sense of our love lives.
The questions are answered and we try not to weep
We're slowly getting the answers to our questions and we're trying to keep our emotions in check.
Until we are sure we're suffering for love
We're willing to suffer for love and we need to be sure that it's worth it.
In the dungeons of our dreams we're so weak
We're feeling weak and vulnerable in the deepest depths of our dreams, which represent our subconscious desires and fears.
The promise made to be broken still haunts our sleep
The promise we made to each other, which we know will eventually be broken, is haunting us and keeping us awake at night.
And we wont open our eyes afraid we would die for love
We're afraid of opening our eyes and accepting the reality of our love, because it might lead to our demise.
The salvation we seek will be waiting us there
We're seeking salvation and we believe that it's waiting for us in the darkness of our hearts.
In the heart of darkness lonely and scared
Within the darkness of our hearts, we're feeling lonely and scared.
With a promise of death for our love
We're aware that our love might lead to our death, but we're still willing to risk it all.
And now that we're free from the chains of our dear love, I'm lost, so lost
Now that we've broken free from the chains of our past love, we're feeling lost and confused.
Take me into your arms and sing me your beautiful song
We're asking our lover to hold us tight and sing us a beautiful song, to give us hope and comfort.
Hold me until we're one and sing me your beautiful song
We're asking our lover to hold us until we become one, and to continue singing to us, to keep us together.
Contributed by Mia T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.