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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.
Our Diabolikal Rapture
HIM Lyrics
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And death keeps knocking at our door
So we open the door and we die a bit more
We`re in love with with death and we die on and on
Won`t you close our eyes
We`ll be by your side
And you keep waiting at our door
Yes - we open the door
Let us die a bit more
Because we`re in love with you and we die on and on
Won`t you close our eyes, eyes
We`ll be by your side
Your love is the only thing I live for in this world
Oh how I wait for the day your heart burns
In these heavenly flames I`ve already scorched in
I just want you to know I`ll always be waiting
Your love is the only thing I live for in this world
Oh how I wait for the day your heart burns
In these heavenly flames I`ve already scorched in
I just want you to know I`ll always be waiting
The lyrics of HIM's song "Our Diabolikal Rapture" describe the passionate and all-consuming love that the singer has for death. They revel in the idea of dying, as it brings them closer to the object of their affection. Death is personified as a constant visitor, and the singer eagerly greets it, allowing it to take another piece of their life. The chorus "Won't you close our eyes, we'll be by your side" further reinforces this desire to be close to death, as they ask for it to take them away from the world.
The second half of the song shifts the focus to a different love interest, most likely a romantic love rather than the previous dark obsession with death. The singer states that this love is the only thing they live for, and they eagerly await the day that the other person reciprocates their feelings. They have already been burnt by the flames of love, but they are willing to continue waiting for their love to be returned.
Overall, the lyrics of "Our Diabolikal Rapture" explore the themes of love, death, and obsession. The singer exalts in their unbreakable connection to death and desires to be consumed by it, while also holding onto hope that their romantic love will be returned someday.
Line by Line Meaning
In our diabolical rapture we live on and on
We are caught up in a wicked trance and keep going without end
And death keeps knocking at our door
Our mortality is always looming and reminding us of our eventual end
So we open the door and we die a bit more
We willingly embrace death, causing us to lose more of ourselves each time
We`re in love with with death and we die on and on
Our obsession with death causes us to continuously perish
Won`t you close our eyes
Please help us end our torment
We`ll be by your side
We desire to be with the object of our obsession - death
In your heavenly rapture we die on and on
We experience a euphoric state in which we continually perish
And you keep waiting at our door
Death is always present and waiting for us
Yes - we open the door
We continue to willingly welcome death into our lives
Let us die a bit more
Allow us to keep succumbing to death
Because we`re in love with you and we die on and on
Our love for death is causing us to repeatedly perish
Your love is the only thing I live for in this world
The only thing that matters to me is the love of death
Oh how I wait for the day your heart burns
I long for the moment when I can fully embrace and be consumed by death
In these heavenly flames I`ve already scorched in
I have already been burnt and scarred by my love for death
I just want you to know I`ll always be waiting
I will never stop yearning for death, my one true love
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: VILLE HERMANNI VALO
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@wayttilsun1129
In our diabolikal rapture we live on and on
And death keeps knocking at our door
So we open the door
And we die a bit more
We're in love with death and we die on and on
Won't you
Close our eyes
We'll be by your side
In your heavenly rapture we die on and on
And you keep waiting at our door
Yes we open the door
Let us die a bit more
We're in love with you and we die on and on
Won't you
Close our eyes
We'll be by your side
Your love is the only thing I live for in this world
Oh how I wait for the day your heart burns
In these heavenly flames I have already scorched in
I just want you to know I'll always be waiting
[repeat]
@ciudadeninioperdido
In our diabolical rapture we live on and on
And death keeps knocking at our door
So we open the door and we die a bit more
We`re in love with with death and we die on and on
Won`t you close our eyes
We`ll be by your side
In your heavenly rapture we die on and on
And you keep waiting at our door
Yes - we open the door
Let us die a bit more
Because we`re in love with you and we die on and on
Won`t you close our eyes, eyes
We`ll be by your side
Your love is the only thing I live for in this world
Oh how I wait for the day your heart burns
In these heavenly flames I`ve already scorched in
I just want you to know I`ll always be waiting
Your love is the only thing I live for in this world
Oh how I wait for the day your heart burns
In these heavenly flames I`ve already scorched in
I just want you to know I`ll always be waiting
@princessuwu2000
there will never be another band like HIM.
@EmanuelWecker
HIM IS FOR THE GIRLS, WITHOUT THE GIRLS DANCING IS JUST SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD MUSIC. BUT WITH THE BABES OH MY GOSH, THE PERFECT HELL I WANNA LIVE.
@brandonhawkins3245
Being born in 97 that fact makes me so depressed but I am incredibly fortunate to have seen ville perform live ♾️
@henninghinkelstein6755
I really like this gloomy version of HIM. Is more heavy and dark. And these melodies. That's how I got to know and love HIM. 20 years ago. And now the band stops. The times are bad for good handmade music ....
@ruma9687
I bought this album to my girlfriend as a gift the day it was released here in Finland. Music on the radio has is not what it used to be... The music of my teen era, even the stuff I hated was still real music
@nunocarvalhoguerra7190
These overdrive tracks and the acoustic ones with Mige on double bass are brutal. They really kicked ass, sad to see them go.....
@FrostInFreezer
Im so happy 13 year old me had the good sense to listen to (and love) this kind of music, instead of all the pop that was mainstream then.
@Baard5Szomoru
when they played doom metal
@Sonataman974
Damn its better than the studio version
@Stane-my4uh
It's good accoustic...Vile voice sounds as echo...