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HIM

Last album: September 18, 2007
First published: December 16, 2008
Downloads: 1233 albums downloaded

Biography

There are multiple artists with this name: 1) HIM, a Love Metal band from Finland. 2) Him, a solo project put together in 1995 by Doug Scharin (drummer for June of 44, Rex, and Codeine). 1) Formed in 1990 by vocalist Ville Valo, guitarist Mikko Lindström (Linde), and bassist Mikko Paananen(Mige). Today the band consists of the previously named as well as a drummer Mika Karppinen(Gas) and a keyboardist Janne Puurtinen(Burton). The name HIM was originally an abbreviation for "His Infernal Majesty", but was changed to the initials to avoid confusion with black metal bands.