Finnish gothic rock band HIM has released eight studio albums, one live album, eight compilation albums, one EP, twenty-eight singles, three video albums, and twenty-nine music videos. Formed in 1991 by vocalist Ville Valo and bassist Mikko "Mige" Paananen under the name His Infernal Majesty, the band broke up in 1993, but was reformed in 1995 by Valo and guitarist Mikko "Linde" Lindström.[1][2] After being rejoined by Mige, as well new additions keyboardist Antto Melasniemi, rhythm guitarist Oki and drummer Juhana "Pätkä" Rantala, the band, now called HIM, signed to BMG, and released the EP 666 Ways to Love: Prologue in 1996. The EP charted at number nine on the Finnish Singles Chart, and in 1997, the band, sans Oki, released their debut album Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666, which was certified gold and later platinum in Finland. In 2000, now with drummer Mika "Gas Lipstick" Karppinen and keyboardist Juska Salminen, the band released the album Razorblade Romance, which was certified double platinum in Finland, triple gold in Germany and gold in Austria. Its first single, "Join Me in Death", also charted at number-one in Finland and Germany, eventually going platinum in their home country and gold in Germany and Austria.[2] Following the addition of Janne "Burton" Puurtinen on keyboards, HIM released Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights and Love Metal in 2001 and 2003 respectively. Both were certified platinum in Finland, as well as gold in Austria and Germany respectively.
| HIM discography | |
|---|---|
 HIM performing at Ursynalia in 2013 | |
| Studio albums | 8 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 8 |
| Video albums | 3 |
| Music videos | 29 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Singles | 28 |
After relocating to Los Angeles, HIM released Dark Light in 2005, which became the group's most successful album to date, charting in sixteen countries. With Dark Light, HIM also became the first Finnish group to receive a gold album in the United States.[3] Dark Light was followed by Venus Doom in 2007, the making of which was marred by problems in Valo's personal life.[2] Despite this, the album was certified gold in Finland and gave the band their highest chart position in the US at number twelve. After 2010's Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, which was once again certified gold in Finland, HIM went on hiatus as drummer Gas Lipstick took medical leave.[2] Following several months of uncertainty, the band regrouped and eventually released the album Tears on Tape in 2013, which charted in nine countries. In 2015, Gas Lipstick announced his departure from the band to pursue other musical projects, and was subsequently replaced by Jukka "Kosmo" Kröger.[4][5] On 5 March 2017, HIM announced that the band would be disbanding following a farewell tour in 2017.[6]
HIM is internationally one of the most commercially successful Finnish bands of all time, with sales of over ten million records.[7][8] HIM's music and their logo, the heartagram, have also appeared in several films and TV series, such as The Thirteenth Floor, Transformers, Jackass, CKY, Viva La Bam, LA Ink and Haggard.
Albums edit
Studio albums edit
| Title | Album details | Chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIN [9] |
AUS [10] |
AUT [11] |
GER [12] |
NED [13] |
SPA [14] |
SWE [15] |
SWI [16] |
UK [17] |
US [18] | ||||||||
| Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 |
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2 | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Razorblade Romance |
|
1 | — | 1 | 1 | 78 | — | — | 8 | — | — | ||||||
| Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights |
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1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 44 | 2 | — | 190 | ||||||
| Love Metal |
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1 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 4 | 55 | 117 | ||||||
| Dark Light |
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1 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 18 | ||||||
| Venus Doom |
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2 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 12 |
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| Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice |
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2 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 50 | 25 |
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| Tears on Tape |
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2 | 65 | 7 | 2 | 89 | 31 | 48 | 22 | — | 15 |
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or a value that is not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||
Live albums edit
| Title | Album details | Chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIN [9] |
AUS [10] |
AUT [11] |
GER [12] |
SWE [15] |
US [18] | |||
| Digital Versatile Doom |
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10 | 48 | 35 | 37 | 59 | 168 | |
Remix albums edit
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| SWRMXS |
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Compilation albums edit
| Title | Album details | Chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIN [9] |
AUT [11] |
BEL [27] |
GER [12] |
ITA [28] |
NED [13] |
NOR [29] |
POR [30] |
SWE [15] |
SWI [16] |
UK [17] |
US [18] | ||||
| And Love Said No: The Greatest Hits 1997–2004 |
|
2 | 9 | 98 | 5 | 55 | 71 | 32 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 30 | — | ||
| Uneasy Listening Vol. 1 |
|
7 | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | 55 | 40 | — | 162 | ||
| Uneasy Listening Vol. 2 |
|
12 | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 61 | — | — | ||
| Uneasy Listening Vol. 1 & 2 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| XX – Two Decades of Love Metal |
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4 | — | — | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or a value that is not applicable. | |||||||||||||||
Box sets edit
| Title | Album | Chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| FIN [9] | ||
| The Single Collection |
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12 |
| Lashes to Ashes, Lust to Dust: A Vinyl Retrospective '96-'03 |
|
— |
Extended plays edit
| Title | EP details | Chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| FIN [33] | ||
| 666 Ways to Love: Prologue |
|
9 |
Singles edit
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIN [9] |
AUT [11] |
GER [12] |
IRE [34] |
ITA [28] |
SPA [14] |
SWE [15] |
SWI [16] |
UK [17] |
US [18] | ||||||
| 1997 | "When Love and Death Embrace" | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 | |||
| 1998 | "Your Sweet Six Six Six" | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1998 | "Wicked Game" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | "Join Me in Death" | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 30 | 15 | 52 | 8 | — | — | Razorblade Romance | |||
| 2000 | "Right Here in My Arms" | 1 | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | 45 | — | — |
| |||
| "Poison Girl" | 3 | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Gone with the Sin" | 1 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | 89 | — | — | |||||
| 2001 | "Pretending" | 1 | 36 | 10 | — | — | 4 | — | 32 | — | — |
|
Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights | ||
| "In Joy and Sorrow" | 2 | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | 98 | — | — | |||||
| 2002 | "Heartache Every Moment & Close to the Flame" | 2 | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | 88 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | "The Funeral of Hearts" | 1 | 26 | 3 | 45 | — | — | — | 24 | 15 | — | Love Metal | |||
| "Buried Alive by Love" | — | 66 | 27 | — | — | — | — | 98 | 30 | — | |||||
| "The Sacrament" | 4 | 47 | 22 | — | — | — | — | 71 | 23 | — | |||||
| 2004 | "Solitary Man" | 2 | 45 | 17 | 44 | — | — | 37 | 40 | 9 | — | And Love Said No: The Greatest Hits 1997–2004 | |||
| "And Love Said No" | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2005 | "Wings of a Butterfly" | 1 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 10 | 87 | Dark Light | |||
| 2006 | "Killing Loneliness" | 2 | 56 | 32 | 45 | — | — | — | 44 | 26 | — | ||||
| "In Joy and Sorrow / Pretending" | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Uneasy Listening Vol. 1 | ||||
| 2007 | "The Kiss of Dawn" | 2 | — | 44 | — | — | — | 30 | — | 59 | — | Venus Doom | |||
| "Bleed Well" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2009 | "Heartkiller" | 5 | 56 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice | |||
| 2010 | "Scared to Death" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | "Strange World" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | XX – Two Decades of Love Metal | |||
| 2013 | "Tears on Tape" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tears on Tape | |||
| "Into the Night" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or a value that is not applicable. | |||||||||||||||
Videos edit
Video albums edit
| Title | Album details | Chart positions | Certifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIN [9] |
AUS [10] |
AUT [11] |
GER [12] |
SWE [15] |
US [18] | |||
| The Video Collection: 1997–2003 |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Love Metal Archives Vol. I |
|
1 | — | — | 15 | — | — | |
| Digital Versatile Doom |
|
10 | 48 | 35 | 37 | 59 | 168 | |
Music videos edit
| Year | Title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "Wicked Game" (version 1) | Antto Melasniemi[36] |
| 1998 | "When Love and Death Embrace" | Mikko Pitkänen[36] |
| "Wicked Game" (version 2) | Markus Walter[36] | |
| 1999 | "Join Me in Death" (version 1) | Robert Wilde |
| 2000 | "Right Here in My Arms" | Pasi Pauni[36] |
| "Poison Girl" | —[A] | |
| "Join Me in Death" (version 2) | John Hillcoat[36] | |
| "Wicked Game" (version 3) | Bill Yükich[36] | |
| "Gone with the Sin" | Ercin Filizli[36] | |
| "Gone with the Sin" (version 2) | — | |
| 2001 | "Pretending" | Kevin Godley[36] |
| "In Joy and Sorrow" | John Hillcoat[36] | |
| "Heartache Every Moment" | —[A] | |
| 2002 | "Close to the Flame" | —[A] |
| 2003 | "The Funeral of Hearts" | Stefan Lindfors[36] |
| "Buried Alive by Love" | Bam Margera[36] | |
| 2004 | "The Sacrament" | |
| "Solitary Man" | ||
| "And Love Said No" | ||
| 2005 | "Wings of a Butterfly" | Meiert Avis[37] |
| "Killing Loneliness" (version 1) | Noble Jones[38] | |
| 2006 | "Killing Loneliness" (version 2) | Nathan Cox[39] |
| 2007 | "The Kiss of Dawn" | Meiert Avis[37] |
| "Bleed Well" | ||
| 2010 | "Heartkiller" | James Copeman |
| "Scared to Death" | Eugene Riecansky | |
| 2012 | "Strange World" | |
| 2013 | "Tears on Tape" | Stefan Lindfors |
| "All Lips Go Blue" | Eugene Riecansky | |
| "Into the Night" | Stefan Lindfors |
Notes A^ No set video director; video consisted of tour footage.
Other appearances edit
| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "Join Me in Death" | The Thirteenth Floor (soundtrack)[2] |
| 2000 | "Razorblade Kiss" | Restless (soundtrack)[40] |
| 2001 | "Rendezvous with Anus" | Alpha Motherfuckers[41] |
| 2001 | "Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart" | Salatut elämät (soundtrack) |
| 2001 | "Close to the Flame" | Me and Morrison (soundtrack)[42] |
| 2003 | "Lose You Tonight", "Pretending", "Beautiful", "Again" | Haggard: The Movie (soundtrack)[43] |
| 2004 | "Join Me in Death" | Resident Evil: Apocalypse (soundtrack)[44] |
| 2004 | "The Path" | Honey Baby (soundtrack)[45] |
| 2005 | "Wicked Game" | Smallville, Vol. 2: Metropolis Mix (soundtrack)[46] |
| 2005 | "Soul on Fire" | Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary[47] |
| 2005 | "Soul on Fire" | Viva la Bands |
| 2007 | "Wings of a Butterfly" | In the Name of the King (soundtrack)[48] |
| 2007 | "Passion's Killing Floor" | Transformers: The Album (soundtrack) |
| 2007 | "The Sacrament" | Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (soundtrack)[49] |
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