H.I.M. Rings In The Cooler Weather With A New Greatest Hits Compilation

H.I.M. – sadly nonetheless not a band – has introduced a brand new complete anthology known as When Love and Loss of life Embrace – The Better of HIM 1997-2003 due out October 25. The gathering brings collectively essentially the most beloved tracks from the band’s first 4 studio albums, and is ideal for the autumn climate.

The anthology shall be out there in three codecs: a regular CD album that includes a pockets with spot gloss and embossing, a restricted version 2LP set pressed on 140g white vinyl with a spot gloss jacket and embossing, and digital. Pre-orders are available here.

When Love and Loss of life Embrace – The Better of HIM 1997-2003 runs as follows:

1. Proper Right here In My Arms
2. The Funeral Of Hearts
3. Your Candy Six Six Six
4. Heartache Each Second
5. Buried Alive By Love
6. Depraved Recreation
7. Be part of Me In Loss of life
8. In Pleasure And Sorrow
9. Soul On Fireplace
10. Pretending
11. Gone With The Sin
12. (Don’t Worry) The Reaper
13. Poison Lady
14. Shut To The Flame
15. The Sacrament
16. When Love And Loss of life Embrace

On a possible reunion, H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo mentioned to Loaded Radio in 2023 that it is at all times a chance.

“It might be beautiful to play with a few of the lads, particularly Migé, the bass participant,” Valo mentioned. “He is one of many guys who additionally was right here at my house studio, when Neon Noir was born, each couple of months he came visiting to take heed to the place I used to be at with the album. He was my Rick Rubin — this guru who did not say a lot however whose opinions anyway matter essentially the most. He is a beautiful chap and a extremely, actually good buddy.

“I by no means say by no means — undoubtedly. If there’s good motive and if there’s good timing, it might be nice. They’re nice musicians they usually’re nice guys — we shared loads of good issues, each on a private stage and a musical stage — however at this second in time, none by any means. I am not in any respect. ‘Trigger it would not make any sense.”

He continued: “It is solely been a couple of years since we disbanded. It is getting shut to 6 years now. So it hasn’t been lengthy. And I feel there’s additionally the hazard of rehashing one thing and messing it up royally. We ended on a excessive be aware, in order that’s fairly good. On the finish of the day, we did finish the band for motive.

“It was fairly painful being with the band that you just like to loss of life and on the identical time understand that issues are usually not figuring out, and it doesn’t matter what you do, the love just isn’t there anymore. So I would be very cautious of making an attempt to reanimate that as a result of it’d find yourself being that form of Frankenstein monster that no one desires to actually meet.”