| Seura Mag 01/2003 translated by Heidi ; The relationship that has last for years he will not make official.He says its not that easy when you are always on the road and your chick is in Helsinki. HIM comes stronger and newer as ever.Singer Ville Valo shines and you would almost need glasses to protect your eyes. At new years eve HIM played their traditional Tavastia gig.Fans from countries like Germany and Poland were there.Their new single will be out in the near future,its taken from the upcoming 60min long cd called Love Metal wich was recorded in Helsinki and then mixed in Los Angeles. Ville says that he fights against this world and yells out his pain on this record. The last record DSABH was sold about 500 000 copyes and RR over 1 million. Ville tells that he and the other guys are in a better shape now than ever.This year starts with promo work around Europe and then its time for some festivals. A Friendly Soul Ville knows how to take all this fame and you have to search for a more friendly guy in the rock buisnes.But,under all this there is certanly also a serious minded guy who feels the pain to create new stuff and also to let it all out,its not that easy as it may seem. -The earlier stuff has more been questions than answers,now its time to let you know the answers. In a big scale it has been about why is everything so messed up. -In the end everything isnt that bad after all even if it was the attention to make this upcoming record as dark and melancholic as possible.When we started to make this record,I did whipe away all angels from my shoulder. He also says that its not fair to complain all the time when you have a million bucks in your pocket. -We try to say that in the end of a dark tunnel there can still be some light which can certanly "die" in any moment. The Power Of Darkness Ville says that the melancholies of a Finnish mans soul cant be beaten by any power in the world. His idols are the Finnish icons Tapio Rautavaara and Reino Helismaa. -Melancholines doesnt have to be a bad thing,it can also be a power wich you just have to use the right way.HIM does that pretty well,we all have a roof over our head and some food at our tables.Hi doesnt feel down about the melancholines he feels himself,even if it took over 1 year to work this out this time. -Its about a psychofysical feeling,wich grows under the power of this metaphysical feeling..All that I find in Tapio Rautavaaras songs.Kinda same feeling I get if I watch a good Simpson episode or when I havent paid my TV license. The Last Fantasy The last record was dedicated to Villes mother so the new one will be stuff for his father who has the famous shop Aikuisten Lelukauppa in Kallio. -We have learned how to live with our small penises.If we have done the wrong judgement,we will reserve a place to a clinik in Tallin. Not for a very long time has Ville been working in the sex shop. -I sure do rememer when i sold dildos for married couples in the shop. Ville says he lives his life very down to earth,that death can be just around the corner in the rock buisnes world - at a very early point. What if the succes one day will end? -When I dont have enough money to pay my rents, I will fulfill my last fantasy and move into a trashcan in Kallio.Fame does not last forever. |