Brief history of the group:
The group was founded in 1991 in Helsinki (Finland). Its acronym stands for "His Infernal Majesty" (Devil His Majesty). His Majesty, the Devil himself is directly vocalist, as well as author of her repertoire - Ville Hermanni Valo (Ville Valo Hermann). Since the start of the team has undergone several changes and by the end of 1996 was as follows: Ville Valo (born November 22, 1976), Miguet Amour (born December 19, 1974; bass), Lily Laser (born August 17, 1976; guitar ) and Juhana Rantala (Drums). In 1996, the year they released their first replicated disk group - maxi-single, "666 Ways to Love", its circulation was very small, only 1000 copies, by the way, the average cost of one such drive today, about $ 700 - is one of the most expensive replicated drives in the world. By the end of next year, arrived in time and full-length album - "Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666." Gothic metal with satanic taste like the audience, and the disc became a national chart in fourth place. In 1998, "HIM" on tour in his homeland, and replaced by keyboardist Jussi-Mikko Salminen. A little later there was a question about a new striker, and Gus took place Rantaly Lipstik (born February 8, 1979).
At the beginning of 2000, his album "Razorblade Romance", with the advent of the popularity of the team which crossed the borders of Finland. The single "Join Me in Death" won first place in Germany, and therefore the "chemists" was released specifically for this country a couple of minions, "Right Here in My Arms" and "Gone With the Sin". Both songs hit the Top 20, and the album was headed and Finnish, and German charts. After the release of "Razorblade Romance" keyboards went to Emerson Burton (born October 17, 1974) and from the moment of composition no longer changed.
Disc "Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights" (2001) also expect commercial success and popularity of "HIM" at home has reached those heights, that in the 80 held only "Hanoi Rocks". At the ceremony, "Finnish Music Awards" team won in two categories: "Band of the Year and Album of the Year".
In the spring of the 2003rd in sale LP "Love Metal", whose name accurately reflects the style in which the recent work of the group. With this opus "HIM" not only continued to dominate the German and Finnish charts, but also made their way to good places in prestigious charts in Britain and America.
The following year, the Villa and the company realized that their zagashnike accumulated enough hits to release the first "Greatest Hits". Compiling "And Love Said No" also included a couple of previously unreleased songs - the title track was a cover of Neil Diamond's "Solitary Man".
In 2005, the "chemists" continued to reach new heights, and their album "Dark Light" debuted in the Top Twenty Hot "Billboard". The disc contained two major hits, "Wings of a Butterfly" and "Killing Loneliness". The American edition of "Dark Light" has exceeded half a million copies, and thus "HIM" became the first Finnish team overcame this milestone in the States. The band's popularity at that time was very high, and musicians performed on the main stage festival "Download" with "Black Sabbath" and "Velvet Revolver".
At the end of 2006 and early 2007 came two more compilation: "Uneasy Listening Vol. 1" and "Uneasy Listening Vol. 2", to which HIM venerated, that called "the left heel." In fact, the collections were "srubaniem" BMG money c departed from them to a major label band.
The next studio work, "Venus Doom", was released in September 2007. The album immediately hit the most prestigious European and American charts, many of them headed. One song disc, "Passion's Killing Floor", the soundtrack to the film by Steven Spielberg, "Transformers."
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