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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.
W.L.S.T.D
Him Lyrics
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And crawled straight into its heart
This golden/only I go?
I prayed to hear again
That serpent song
Wishing it be over
When love starts to die
Violently soothing and warm
When love starts to die
When love starts to die
So do I (So do I) so do I
That's right
My foot fail me?
In heart and stone
Still waiting for your cold
When love starts to die
It begins with a kiss
Violently soothing and warm
When love starts to die
When love starts to die
So do I (So do I)
Ooh, love is a circle?
Like angel wings spread
When love starts to die
It begins with a kiss
Violently soothing and warm
When love starts to die
When love starts to die
So do I, so I die
When love starts to die
When love starts to die
So do I
The lyrics to HIM's song W.L.S.T.D. (We Lose Ourselves In The Dawn) convey the feeling of being lost in love and how it can be both euphoric and devastating at the same time. The opening lines "I kissed the void, and crawled straight into its heart" suggest a sense of danger and risk-taking when it comes to love. The reference to the serpent song could represent temptation and the desire to be seduced.
The lines "When love starts to die, it begins with a kiss, violently soothing and warm" could suggest that a passionate and intense love can quickly turn into something destructive and painful. The repetition of "so do I" at the end of the chorus reinforces the idea that the singer's own emotions are tied to the state of their love.
The lyrics also touch on the theme of waiting, as seen in the line "Still waiting for your cold" which could imply the singer is longing for a lover who is emotionally unavailable. The references to love being a circle and like angel wings spread could suggest a cycle of love and loss, with the singer feeling trapped in the emotions of their past relationships.
Overall, the song conveys a sense of desperation and longing for love, while also acknowledging the pain and risks that come with it.
Line by Line Meaning
I kissed the void
I am embracing emptiness and the unknown
And crawled straight into its heart
I am willingly immersing myself into the heart of darkness
This golden/only I go?
Am I the chosen one to venture into the abyss?
I prayed to hear again
I longed to hear the seductive song of temptation
That serpent song
The alluring song of destruction and evil
Wishing it be over
Knowing the dangers of this path, I wish to end it all quickly
My foot fail me?
I am questioning my own strength and resolve to continue on this journey
In heart and stone
I am cold and unfeeling, like a hardened stone
Still waiting for your cold
I yearn for the one I love, even if they are cold and distant
Ooh, love is a circle?
Love is a never-ending cycle, repeating again and again
Like angel wings spread
The feeling of being lifted and carried by love, like angel wings
So do I
As love begins to die, so do I
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Ville Hermanni Valo
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