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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.
Cyanide Sun
Him Lyrics
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Separating souls entwined with all these labyrinthine lies
I am dead to you, a shadow doomed
My love, forever in the dark
And of all untruths the truest is you
Too close to my heart
Embracing memories of dreams long gone
One last caress from the corpse of love is all I want
Underneath the cyanide sun
We've sailed the seas of grief on a raft built with our tears
Looking for a way to disappear for a moment from our deepest fears
I'll be drowning you in this river of gloom
Forever in my heart
The lyrics of HIM's song "Cyanide Sun" describe the pain and emptiness that comes with a doomed relationship. The singer laments that he should have seen the difficulty in stopping the constant attacking and hurting of each other. He acknowledges the lies and deceit that intertwined their souls as well as acknowledging that his love for the other is forever doomed and trapped in darkness. The most truthful thing to the singer is that the significant other is too close to his heart, causing immense pain.
As the relationship ends, the singer has made loneliness his residence, finding comfort in the memories of the past. He admits he wants a final embrace from the deceased love, but it is not possible. The title,"Cyanide Sun" refers to the paradox of the brilliance of the sun and the poisonous element of cyanide, representing the paradox of the relationship- it seemed bright and perhaps promising, but ultimately destructive and toxic. The song ends with the two people on this raft of grief, trying to find a way to escape their deep-rooted fears.
In summary, "Cyanide Sun" is a powerful song that expresses the profound pain that comes with a toxic relationship. The song's lyrics exhibit the emotional turmoil of attachment and separation, and the longing to break free from the pain.
Line by Line Meaning
Should've known how hard it is to stop tearing each other apart
It's difficult to end the cycle of hurting one another
Separating souls entwined with all these labyrinthine lies
Lies have twisted and tangled their once connected souls
I am dead to you, a shadow doomed
The singer is no longer alive to the other person, just a doomed shadow
My love, forever in the dark
The love between the two is now shrouded in darkness
And of all untruths the truest is you
Even though the other person is full of lies, they are the most honest untruth
Too close to my heart
Despite everything, the other person is still deeply connected to the singer's heart
This emptiness I've made my home
The singer has embraced their loneliness and made it their dwelling
Embracing memories of dreams long gone
They hold onto memories of past dreams that will never come to fruition
One last caress from the corpse of love is all I want
The artist yearns for one final moment of affection from their dead relationship
Underneath the cyanide sun
All this pain and suffering is happening under an oppressive and poisonous sun
We've sailed the seas of grief on a raft built with our tears
Together they've navigated through hardships, crying all the way
Looking for a way to disappear for a moment from our deepest fears
Trying to escape from their fears and pain
I'll be drowning you in this river of gloom
The singer will be overpowering the other person in their shared sadness and despair
Forever in my heart
The other person will always be entrenched in the singer's heart, despite it all
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: VILLE VALO
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