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MUSIC

Finnish alternarock band, formed 1991.

  • Ville Valo -- Vocals
  • Linde Lazer -- Guitar
  • Migé Amour -- Bass Guitar
  • Gas Lipstick -- Drums (1999-)
  • Emerson Burton -- Keyboards (2001-)

Official Website:
http://www.heartagram.com/

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Ville Valo
Singer
22-Nov-1976   Frontman for Finnish band HIM

DISCOGRAPHY

666 Ways To Love: Prologue (1996, BMG)
1Stigmata Diaboli
2Wicked Game (Chris Isaak cover)
3Dark Sekret Love
4The Heartless

A Finland-only release limited to 1,000 copies.

Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 (1997, BMG)
1Your Sweet Six Six Six
2Wicked Game (Chris Isaak cover)
3The Heartless
4Our Diabolikal Rapture
5It's All Tears (Drown in this Love)
6When Love And Death Embrace
7The Beginning Of The End
8(Don't Fear) The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult cover)
9For You

The album also contained 24 untitled 'hidden' tracks. A limited edition digipak version released in Germany included the additional track Stigmata Diaboli. Reissued in 2004 by BMG International and in 2005 by Universal.

Razorblade Romance (2000, BMG)
1I Love You (Prelude To Tragedy)
2Poison Girl
3Join Me In Death
4Right Here In My Arms
5Gone With The Sin
6Razorblade Kiss
7Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart
8Heaven Tonight
9Death Is In Love With Us
10Resurrection
11One Last Time

A limited edition digipak version released in Germany included the additional tracks Sigillum Diaboli and The 9th Circle. The British release added remixed versions of Wicked Game (a Chris Isaak cover) and Your Sweet Six Six Six. The US edition released by Universal added the track Sigillum Diaboli to the British tracklist. The first US ediiton was issued under the band name 'HER' due to a pre-existing American band named 'HIM'; it was later reissued under the proper name. A limited edition 2 disc version was also released, containing the following tracks on the second disc:

Razorblade Romance (bonus disc) (2000, BMG International)
1Right Here In My Arms (live)
2Your Sweet 666 (live)
3Poison Girl (live)
4Death Is in Love With Us (live)
5Wicked Game (live) (Chris Isaak cover)
6Join Me In Death (live)

Recorded at the Werchter Festival.

Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights (2001, BMG)
1Salt In Our Wounds
2Heartache Every Moment
3Lose You Tonight
4In Joy And Sorrow
5Pretending
6Close To The Flame
7Please Don't Let It Go
8Beautiful
9Don't Close Your Heart
10Love You Like I Do

A multimedia track with the promotional video for Pretending was also included. A limited edition digipak version included the additional tracks You Are The One and In Love And Lonely. A special 'Christmas' edition added the tracks Again, In Joy And Sorrow (string version) and Pretending (Cosmic Pope Jam version). Reissued in 2002 by BMG International and in 2004 by Universal.

Love Metal (2003, BMG)
1Buried Alive By Love
2The Funeral Of Hearts
3Beyond Redemption
4Sweet Pandemonium
5Soul On Fire
6The Sacrament
7This Fortress Of Tears
8Circle Of Fear
9Endless Dark
10The Path

A multimedia track with the promotional video for The Funeral Of Hearts was also included. A limited edition digipak version included the additional track Love's Requiem and the promotional video for Include Buried Alive By Love instead of Funeral. Reissued in 2005 by Universal.

And Love Said No: The Greatest Hits 1997-2004 (2004, BMG International)
1And Love Said No
2Join Me In Death (Razorblade mix)
3Buried Alive By Love
4Heartache Every Moment
5Solitary Man (Neil Diamond cover)
6Right Here In My Arms
7The Funeral Of Hearts
8In Joy And Sorrow
9Your Sweet Six Six Six
10Gone With The Sin
11Wicked Game (Chris Isaak cover)
12The Sacrament
13Close To The Flame
14Poison Girl
15Pretending
16When Love And Death Embrace (new version)

The British edition also included a new version of It's All Tears (Drown In This Love). A limited edition digipak version added a six-song DVD recorded live at the Semifinal Club in Helsinki.

Dark Light (2005, Sire)
1Vampire Heart
2Rip Out The Wings Of A Butterfly
3Behind The Crimson Door
4Killing Loneliness
5Dark Light
6Drunk On Shadows
7Under The Rose
8Play Dead
9Face Of God
10Night Side Of Eden

A boxed edition only available by internet direct order included the additional tracks Venus (In Our Blood) and The Cage.

Uneasy Listening Vol. 1 (27-Oct-2006, Sony BMG)
1The Sacrament (Disrhythm Remix)
2The Funeral Of Hearts (Acoustic Version)
3Join Me in Death (Strongroom Mix)
4Close To The Flame (Rappula Tapes)
5In Joy And Sorrow (String Version)
6It's All Tears (Drown in this Love) (Unplugged Radio Live)
7When Love And Death Embrace (AOR Radio Mix)
8Buried Alive By Love (Deliverance Version)
9Gone With The Sin (O.D. Version)
10Salt In Our Wounds (Thulsa Doom Version)
11Please Don't Let It Go (Acoustic Version)
12One Last Time (Rockfield Madness Mix)
13For You (Unplugged Radio Live)
14The Path (P.S. Version)
15Lose You Tonight (Thulsa Doom Extended)

A follow-up volume is expected in 2007.

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