Niki N. Phaser » screamworks http://www.nikinphaser.com playing russian roulette with madness as a bullet Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:49:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Theory Of HIM’s ‘Screamworks’ http://www.nikinphaser.com/2009/11/the-theory-of-hims-screamworks/ http://www.nikinphaser.com/2009/11/the-theory-of-hims-screamworks/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:27:05 +0000 Niki N. Phaser http://www.nikinphaser.com/?p=2029 screamworks HIM are taking the first steps into the promo frenzy of their next album, Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice. So far, the tracklisting has been revealed and with titles like Love, the Hardest Way, Heartkiller, Ode to Solitude or The Foreboding Sense Of Impending Happiness, fans of the Finnish idols shouldn’t have a lot to worry about, but plenty to be siked about. As previously reported, the release date (for US) will be around Valentine’s Day, February 9, to be more exact. Then, we will witness the practice of HIM’s Screamworks. Still, fans will get a taste of the new material this year, a single being expected in mid December.

Early reports and interviews hint at a more accessible, hit-friendly album. Metal Hammer’s exclusive first review of the album suggests that the Matt Squire produced effort is a considerable departure from 2007’s Venus Doom, which was Ville Valo’s intention in the first place. Lyrically, it seems that this time around, in the old ecuation of love and death, the pulsating variable of sex plays a major role. Check the band’s official site for Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice artwork.

]]> http://www.nikinphaser.com/2009/11/the-theory-of-hims-screamworks/feed/ 2 H.I.M. – SCREAMWORKS: Love in Theory and Practice http://www.nikinphaser.com/2009/06/h-i-m-screamworks-love-in-theory-and-practice/ http://www.nikinphaser.com/2009/06/h-i-m-screamworks-love-in-theory-and-practice/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:47:06 +0000 Niki N. Phaser http://www.nikinphaser.com/?p=47 Ville Valo

Ville Valo

Ville Valo, singer-songwriter from HIM announced that his band is working on a new album, to be recorded in august. For now, the album title is ‘SCREAMWORKS: Love in Theory and Practice’, but Ville admitted that nothing is set. They gave themselves till Valentine’s Day 2010 to finish up everything for the release, including a video for the first single. This will be the first three-year break between albums since Razorblade Romance (1999) and Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights (you guessed it, 2002).

It will be produced by Matt Squire, who did some stuff with Taking Back Sunday and The Used, which makes me wonder if he’ll get fired like Andy Wallace, who was let go from working on HIM’s Dark Light, for making them sound “too American”, as the legend goes… It doesn’t really matter who’s producing, as long as they don’t mess up Valo’s catchy riffs too much.

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