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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.
I Will Be The End Of You
Him Lyrics
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Breathing in everything but air
See as the fire light
Dies in your eyes
Oh you're leaving
Love screaming
I will be the end of you
Don't you stop now
Go on and tear me apart
Show me all that you've got
And I will be so free
Hear the cries of the stormy skies
Letting go of all that she has held in
Waiting for that shadow to smile
And realize you're not winning me
Love screaming
I will be the end of you
And I'm pleading
Don't you stop now
Go on and tear me apart
Show me all that you've got
We will be so free
Love screaming
I will be the end of you
And I'm pleading
Don't you stop now
Go on and tear me apart
Show me all that you've got
We will be so free
Free from all that has been
So free from all that we've seen
So free
The lyrics of HIM's "I Will Be The End Of You" paint the picture of a tumultuous and passionate relationship. The first verse presents the scene of two lovers facing a moment of separation caught under the beautiful starry sky. The singer is breathing in everything but air, which implies a feeling of suffocation or being overwhelmed by emotions which are not necessarily positive. As the light from the fire dies in the eyes of his lover, he realizes that she is leaving. The opening lines suggest that the singer is aware of his destructive tendencies and the potential danger he poses to the relationship, yet he can't help but feel the intensity of his love.
The chorus of the song vocalizes these intense emotions, as the singer screams that he will be the end of his lover. However, he follows this up with a plea not to stop and to continue tearing him apart, as he wants to experience the full extent of his beloved's passion. In this moment, he feels that letting go of all inhibitions and being consumed by love is the key to feeling truly free.
The second verse presents a more subdued tone, as the singer contemplates the stormy skies and the mysterious "shadow" that he is waiting to smile. It seems that he is waiting for a sign that his lover is truly committed to the relationship and won't give up. He assures her that she is not "winning him" and that he is determined to make the relationship work no matter what.
Overall, "I Will Be the End of You" is a passionate and complex love song that explores the intensity of love and the desire to experience it to the fullest. The lyrics suggest that love can be destructive and overwhelming, yet the singer seems to be willing to risk it all for a chance at true love.
Line by Line Meaning
Caught under the starry night
Being trapped under the beauty of the night sky
Breathing in everything but air
Taking in all the surroundings but not feeling alive
See as the fire light dies in your eyes
Noticing the passion fading away
Oh you're leaving
Realizing that the love is gone
Love screaming
Experiencing the intensity of passion
I will be the end of you
My love will destroy you in the end
And I'm pleading
Begging to not let go
Don't you stop now
Don't give up yet
Go on and tear me apart
Hurt me as much as you can
Show me all that you've got
Revealing the true emotions
And I will be so free
Feeling liberated from the pain
Hear the cries of the stormy skies
Listening to the turmoil within oneself
Letting go of all that she has held in
Releasing all the pent-up emotions
Waiting for that shadow to smile
Anticipating for the happiness to return
And realize you're not winning me
Acknowledging that the love cannot be won back
We will be so free
Together we can overcome the pain and be free
Free from all that has been
No longer bound by the past
So free from all that we've seen
Finally free from all the haunting memories
So free
Completely liberated from the burden of love
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Ville Hermanni Valo
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