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H.I.M. ARE HEARTKILLERS

 Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 10:30am by

Though we don’t necessary want to make out with Ville Valo on an oversized coach at the W in Los Angeles, Axl and I do both share an affinity for the lovelorn pop-metal of Finland’s H.I.M. You might claim that H.I.M. are gay and not metal, but then you’d be a) an idiot, b) a homophobe, c) an idiot. +1 to Zena Metal’s assertion that Valo is the world’s only true living rock star. I’ve yet to see H.I.M. live if only for the fear of being tramped by hundreds of overzealous goth teenagers, but I’ve seen enough video and read enough interviews to know that the guy is the real deal.

H.I.M.’s new album Screamworks comes to the States on February 9th (artwork here), and you can hear two samples from what presumably is the first single, “Heartkiller,” below. Sounds like classic H.I.M. to me. My heart is melting!

-VN

[Thanks: MS uber-maniac Kye]

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  • builtforsin

    “You might claim that H.I.M. are gay and not metal, but then you’d be a) an idiot, b) a homophobe, c) an idiot.”

    LOLOLOLOLCATZ

    That shit sounds like Fall Out Boy with lower tuned guitars.

    You guys been hanging out in Greenwich Village a little to much?

    Now when some huge black man is packing your tight little jew assess, does his dick have to be kosher?

  • Ziltoid

    This is not gay at all.

    This is also not metal at all.

    Even modern In Flames has more metal credibility than this shit.

  • Meta

    I quit thinking H.I.M. was good around the same time I stopped listening to bands like Breaking Benjamin and Linkin Park.

  • gallo666

    If you claim H.I.M. is metal you’d be a) an idiot, b) an emo terrorist figthing metal, c) an idiot.

    Are you gonna call homophobe everyone that says that gay faux-metal bands are actually gay???

  • Fufkin

    It sounds like the soundtrack for teens that are experimenting in wearing all black and writing poetry in forests. It’s nothing to do with them not being ‘metal’ enough, it’s naff calculated Twilight-esque bilge that has got progressively worse since they peaked with Love Metal and now comes across as a parody. And they are risible live – specifically Ville’s weak croon. I should know – I’ve seen them five times.

    • Discipleofthewatch

      Why have you seen them five times if you’re not a fan?

  • Shep

    sounds like fallout boy…

  • DurkaDerr

    Simply put: HIM is a terrible band. They’re not bad, they’re terrible. Seriously guys, come on.

    Maybe you should rename the site to “TerribleGenericEuroPopGarbageMusicSucks.net”

  • DemonicLemming

    HIM is neither metal nor straight, and I am neither an idiot nor a homophobe. HIM just straight fucking sucks, and like said above, was created for (and loved by) brainless kids who think drivel like Twilight is good and who think Hot Topic is the pinnacle of hardcore underground metal.

  • Santa Claus

    Yeah you guys are totally right. Theres no way it could be gay because blah blah blah. Its pretty gay stuff.

  • Pahkmycah

    Look at all these clowns call H.I.M. “gay”. May the homosexual God of Metal, Rob Halford, “Ram it Down” your throats.

  • Kuranes

    Having heard a lot about HIM, I had never heard them until just now. That was extremely gay, and I don’t mean in the “homosexual” sense (not that there’s anything wrong with that), but in the “when can I expect the prime-time concert on the Disney Channel?” sense.

  • Discipleofthewatch

    Ha Ha! Mr. Vallo the world’s only true living rock star? Alexi Laiho is my own personal living rock star, thank you very much! I’ve heard HIM on my Pandora, and I have to say, I find it silly! Yeah, it’s popular in the way that the vampire movies are popular.

  • Raggogon

    Him are outrageously bad.
    I most certainly am not an idiot and HIM are not metal in any way whatsoever.

    I thought Devin brought some life back to the blog and I’m seeing why…
    Maybe I just need to abandon you guys. Its all getting old now.

    You bitch about labels, take their ad dollars and leak their records.

    You get things factually incorrect very often because you do little research before posting information and videos that you don’t understand. the things you get right are lifted from Blabbermoth or produced by outsiders and musicians themselves.

    there isn’t much time left, try harder or I’m out of here.

  • I killed a Dunky

    Im not into HIM XD same hate for PLACEBO

  • xCOOCOOKALx

    so it’s settled, i’m an idiotic homophobe.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rik-Powell/286400508 Rik Powell

    Unlike the Limp Bizkit news, this has ruined my day. Fuck HIM.

  • http://www.thedevilsdemons.com vincent p

    I’d like to state that merely labeling something as gay does not make someone a homophobe.

    • Ziltoid

      But using gay as a pejorative term does certainly indicate some degree of homophobia, or at the very least a high degree of ignorance.

      • DemonicLemming

        You haven’t watched South Park in a while, have you? “Gay” and “ghey” as an insult stopped being related to homosexuality a while ago; it’s more a passive form of “fail” now.

        • Ziltoid

          I know it’s also a form of “fail,” but it shouldn’t be. Even if we associate it with “fail,” we are still giving it a negative connotation, and that negative connotation ultimately stems from societal homophobia.

          • gallo666

            I don`t want to live in a world where we cannot label gay things as gay anymore

            Some of my lesbian/gay friends would also agreed on calling H.I.M. a pretty fucking gay band.

            Besides, what other pejorative terms suit H.I.M. better than gay???

            Prejudices have existed since the dawn of humanity. Get over it

          • DemonicLemming

            And “fail” in modern parlance is associated with a society-wide acceptance of failure as a negative thing; your point is invalid, unless we go like the Brits and decide “fail” will be replaced with “deferred success” so as to not hurt losers’ feelings.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tim-Peele/501590516 Tim Peele

    I’m just wondering when guys sucking other guys dicks became so metal….must be a jew thing

  • blah

    sounds like every other H.I.M. song ever, and i love that about them

  • pigchop

    HIM: music to listen to while masturbating and smoking cranberry flavored cigarettes.

    http://i.imagehost.org/0927/him-cover.jpg

  • Kye

    Hi, I’m going to be the one person to come out and say I like HIM.

    I am also not gay.

    Look at that.

  • DustintheWind

    Jesus Christ people HIM is not that bad, calm the fuck down…Nobody said they’re metal, i’m not a big fan either but i did get dragged by a girlfriend to see them play at The Whiskey and Vallo is a certified badass…

  • d00shc00gr

    I bet you were both at the midnight premier of New Moon, too, am I right?
    Fuck HIM
    It’s not metal and it’s not okay

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Uber/169800969 Chris Uber

    I’ve seen vince and axl use the word gay when describing things on this site…so does that make them homophobes or idiots? I don’t think so.

    So why if someone doesn’t like HIM they are either a homophobe or an idiot…what if I don’t like Adam Lambert? Does that make me a homophobe or an idiot because he can actually sing? No.

    Vince, your argument is stupid, your judgement on those who don’t like HIM is stupid, and this whole article is fucking stupid. -100000 metal points for your stupidity. This article is gay, your judgement on those not liking HIM is gay, and you just made metal sucks gay because of this bullshit. Congrats. Seriously man, stop posting this shit.

  • Metal

    rofl HIM is great all you lil cock suckers do not no music go back in your shell and listen to your bubble gum pop shit