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  Finnish Love Metal pioneer, Ville Valo, will release new single, “Loveletting”, on April 8th under the VV banner. “Loveletting” is taken from VV’s forthcoming debut album, Neon Noir. Ville explains, “As fun as the funeral rites for HIM were, it took me more than a few moons to lick my wounds in the shadow of the Heartagram and come up with an excuse to strum and hum again. Eventually I decided to put a leash on my beloved black dog and we started howling together instead of barking at each other. That's how Loveletting was born". “Loveletting” will be made available across all digital platforms from midnight tonight (local time). An official video clip will follow tomorrow @ 17:00 CET, HERE. VV's debut album Neon Noir is scheduled for release in early 2023; belonging to the same forlorn world of woe and whimsy once conceived and governed by Valo in HIM, VV arrives with additional nuanced notes of a fine aged Cabernet. Ville adds, "Artistically speaking the main dif...

Heavy, melodic and passionate, Flat Earth is a hard rock band from Helsinki, Finland, founded by Ex-Amorphis bass player (Niclas Etelävuori) Ex-HIM guitarist (Linde Lindström) Ex-HIM drummer (Gas Lipstick) and Polanski singer (Anthony Pikkarainen). The band produces heavy riffs, blasting beats and cinematic chords that combine to create an unforgiving, passionate, and dynamic sound. The band's debut single ‘Blame’ premiered on Radio Rock in 2018, immediately gaining popularity, throughout Finland and the rest of Europe. The single Cyanide followed in the footsteps of the debut single, gaining public recognition and earning them a spot opening for ‘Alice in Chains’, in Helsinki. To date, they have over half a million streams on Spotify, alone. The Lyric video will premier below on 11th June 2020: Neverhappy (Official lyric video) Video by: Mohsen "Stargazer" Fayazi @ StargazerMultimedia The second single "Neverhappy" from the upcoming Flat Earth ...

On the 1st May Flat Earth will make a live stream from the legendary Tavastia club in Helsinki, Finland. Showtime 21:00 (EET). The stream is free on the band's Youtube channel and everyone is working for free, if you like to support the cause you can donate through the PayPal link below. Donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=0Lsd-UdJo-Mgp1oCRhl2QWneqmLWJa05EyR8TIBQl7evNfyIhwNgqsg4ozHLdgtl2DMitW&country.x=FI&locale.x=FI YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FlatEarthBand Flat Earth live 2020: 25 Sep – On The Rocks – Helsinki (Fin) https://www.tiketti.fi/flat-earth-on-the-rocks-helsinki-tickets/68429 28 Oct – Forum – Bielefeld (Ger) https://www.kapanen-production-store.de/epages/63925820.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/63925820/Products/0814 29 Oct – Logo – Hamburg (Ger) https://www.tixforgigs.com/de-DE/Event/33500/flat-earth-logo-hamburg 30 Oct - Hellraiser – Leipzig (Ger) https://hellraiser-leipzig.de/produkt/ticket-flat-earth/?fbclid...

The new Flat Earth single "Draining by your flame" will be released 23 March 2020. Available through all major streaming services. Lyric video premier on Youtube 20 March 2020. The video will be available via this link on the 20th March or below:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0c8VWjZfms&feature=youtu.be&goal=0_4722c36409-77e0532399-85731087&mc_cid=77e0532399&mc_eid=b02e9ed394 "Draining by your flame" is about waking up to the situation where the never-ending party has turned a bit sour, and the toll of self-indulgence is getting way too costly. I feel like the actions of surprisingly many of my close friends have taken a turn into a lot worse in recent years, and this has forced me to harshly reconsider my relationship with intoxicating substances, my way of taking responsibility and setting an example. In the lyrics of the song the final decision towards recovery is being made thanks to that one person who against all odds has st...

December 2017 saw the creators of love metal, Finnish band HIM calling it a day.  It hasn't been long but they are missed dearly already so we decided to be nostalgic and look back at some of their best music videos especially in aid of Valentine's day on the 14th February and them being the creators of 'love metal'. So let's take a look at 5 essential HIM videos to check out... Funeral Of Hearts This is a very scenic and beautifully gothic video in the snowy setting with decorative fire and with symbolism throughout. It captures their Finnish and love metal essence. An essential masterful video from the band. Wings Of A Butterfly It is very atmospheric, dark and cinematic video and well produced, making it one of their best  and most stand out videos. The song is ridiculously catchy also, again another must-see video in their releases. Buried Alive By Love This was one of their best and most popular songs and videos. Set in an ol...

Ex-HIM Frontman Ville Valo has announced his return to music with his new band, Ville Valo & Agents, with their debut single, a cover of Rauli  Badding Somerjoki's  'Orpolapsi Kiurun'(‘Orphan Child Of The Skylark’) to drop later this month on the 21st September, with an album to follow in 2019. Ville has teamed up with Esa Pulliainen, guitarist with veteran Finnish band Agents, to record an album of songs inspired by late Finnish rock’n’roll singer Rauli Badding Somerjoki. “This story begins three years ago,” says Pulliainen, whose band played with Badding in the 80s. “Upon finding three demo cassettes in my drawer which had been sent to me by Badding back in the day, I knew I had to contact Ville right from the get-go. I was aware he knows his Badding inside out. I'm really happy that we were able to finalize this project. Badding meant for these songs to be recorded and even if it took us 30 years to make that happen, I feel I've kept my promise." ...