HIM
- Type: Band/Group
- Country: Finland
- Born: Finland
- Active: 1991 - 2017
Biography
There are multiple artists with this name; 1) HIM (sometimes stylized as H.I.M.) were 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.
Genres
HIM Discography
- Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 (1997) - Album - rated 3.23/5
- Wicked Game (1998) - Single
- Your Sweet Six Six Six (1998) - Single
- Join Me (1999) - Single - rated 3.25/5
- When Love and Death Embrace (1999) - Single - rated 3.34/5
- Our Point of Departure (2000) - Album - rated 3.55/5
- Razorblade Romance (2000) - Album - rated 2.63/5
- Gone With the Sin (2000) - Single - rated 3.19/5
- Poison Girl (2000) - Single - rated 3.38/5
- Right Here in My Arms (2000) - Single - rated 3.28/5
- Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights (2001) - Album - rated 2.58/5
- Pretending (2001) - Single - rated 3.13/5
- Heartache Every Moment / Close to the Flame (2001) - Single - rated 3.08/5
- In Joy and Sorrow (2001) - Single - rated 3.13/5
- The Single Collection (2002) - Compilation - rated 3.87/5
- Many in High Places Are Not Well (2003) - Album - rated 3.51/5
- Love Metal (2003) - Album - rated 2.53/5
- Dark Light (2005) - Album - rated 2.27/5
- Venus Doom (2007) - Album - rated 2.59/5
- Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, Chapters 1-13 (2010) - Album - rated 2.98/5
- Tears on Tape (2013) - Album - rated 2.94/5
Members
- Otto Donner - producer, conductor
- Lea Pekkala - cello
- Tuula Riisalo - viola
- Anna Hohti-Jaatinen - violin
- Minna Kangas - violin
- Susanne Helasvuo - violin