“Him was and is my life.” 🥀🩸HIM ARE ON THE COVER OF THE NEW METAL HAMMER 🥀🩸 Buy yours via the bio link. #30YearsOfHim
Inside, Ville Valo speaks exclusively to Metal Hammer about the history of Him. It’s been 30 years since they released their debut EP, 666 Ways To Love: Prologue, and started the journey that saw them crowned kings of 21st century goth metal. From their beginnings in Helsinki, to topping the charts, to being attacked by a fan with scissors, to their bittersweet goodbye tour – it’s all here.
We also count down the 25 greatest goth metal albums of all time, showcasing the records that brought darkness to metal – including the one and only #TypeONegative.
Elsewhere, as @ironmaiden release their new Burning Ambition documentary, we meet the diehard fans whose lives have been changed by ’Arry and co. From the owner of the world’s largest certified collection of memorabilia, to an OG fan who saw their first-ever gig, to… Hollywood star Javier Bardem?!
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Onnellisista lopuistaan tunnettu Aikuisten Lelukauppa sulkee ovensa viimeistä kertaa uudenvuodenaattona 31.12.2025.
”On ollut ilo ja kunnia hoivata rakkaudenkipeitä Kallion sydämessä jo yli kolme vuosikymmentä”, kertoo omistaja Kari Valo ja jatkaa: ”Nyt on täydellinen aika nauttia työn hedelmistä ja luovuttaa romantiikan kehdon soihtu seuraavalle sukupolvelle. Kiitos ja kumarrus.”
Known for its happy endings, Aikuisten Lelukauppa will close its doors for the last time on New Year’s Eve 12/31/2025.
”It’s been a pleasure and privilege to tend to the lovesick in the heart of Kallio for over three decades”, says the owner Kari Valo and continues: ”Now is the perfect time to enjoy the fruit of my labour and pass the torch of romance on to the next generation. Thank you and goodnight.”
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Photography by Ville Juurikkala
On October the 23rd 2000, two thousand and forty-one years after Brutus decided to shuffle off his mortal coil, Finnish rock band HIM released Gone with the Sin as the fourth single off their album Razorblade Romance, along with a moody music video directed by Bill Yukich. To celebrate its 25th anniversary, an Indiana Jones-style journey was taken to locate this previously unreleased early version in glorious VHS form. Just in time for Hallloween.
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On October the 16th 1996, two hundred and three years after Marie-Antoinette met her fate at the guillotine, Finnish newcomers HIM released their debut EP 666 Ways to Love: Prologue, along with a music video their record label was desperate to bury in their vaults, never to see the light of day. You have been warned.
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Ville Valo is a Rock Sound 25 Icon
A captivating and charismatic frontman and songwriter capable of cutting right to the heart of any audience, Ville celebrates his full career, from his days in HIM to his VV solo project, in a new, in-depth interview
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