Neon Noir is out now and the whole album is lovely

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HIM mastermind Ville Valo (VV) will release his debut solo album, "Neon Noir", on January 13 via Heartagram Records, distributed by UMG/Spinefarm ( Read more... )

HIM mastermind Ville Valo (VV) has released "Echolocate Your Love", the second single from his upcoming debut solo album, "Neon Noir". The LP will arrive in early 2023 ( Read more... )

So glad Ville is back! <3 Kinda tempted to get tix, but might wait till closer to showtime. I'll willingly hold onto pandemic tix for 2+ years, but I don't really feel comfortable buying tix at this point for a show advertised a year later. And honestly, I actually feel content having seen HIM live on their farewell tour. Ville solo won't be the ( Read more... )

What a beautiful surprise! It's so nice to hear his voice again. :D

HIM was always Ville's baby... Not surprisingly, this really doesn't sound all the different than HIM. Just softer... More love, less metal?

Going under the name "VV", here's Gothica Fennica Vol. 1:

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Love the new Heartagram logo with the "VV" in it too. How perfect is that ( Read more... )

VILLE VALO & AGENTS, the band led by guitar legend Esa Pulliainen and Ville Valo, the frontman of the recently disbanded Finnish rock act HIM, performed on April 6 at Hullu Poro Areena in Levi, Finland. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below ( Read more... )

I was hoping for some original solo material, but this is still interesting that he's revisiting Badding. I have three very old demo songs of this project that are from 1999 or something. They're good pop tunes, sung in Finnish. Makes me wonder if this upcoming recording is going to be in Finnish or English. I'm guessing they'll stick with Finnish ( Read more... )

Downward Spiral: Horus Station is a mysterious and atmospheric zero gravity thriller set in the lost and forgotten Horus Station for PS4™ with optional PS VR support Spring 2018. Use the ship's maintenance hardware -- like bolt throwers, rail guns, and arc welders -- to take out threats, solve puzzles and find the truth of why Horus Station has ( Read more... )

In this week’s issue of Kerrang! we catch up with Ville Valo. It is - as ever, as always - hugely entertaining. But it’s a chat that’s tinged with incredible sadness too, seeing as it’s the final interview concerning all things HIM, before the Finnish metal legends called time on 26 illustrious years together on New Year’s Eve ( Read more... )

Last night (Nov. 17) was the funeral of HIM in North America. At New York City’s iconic Hammerstein Ballroom, fans braved a line more than an avenue long to see HIM’s final bow, which manifested as a 21-song set of fan favorites spanning the band’s entire career ( Read more... )