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So, maybe you've heard of H.I.M. 'round these parts. Lev011 knows this, but perhaps you haven't really given them a chance. Their unique mix of metal, hard rock, alternative, pop, and other dark themes has captured an audience worldwide. Maybe it's time you gave them a chance.

HIM singer Ville Valo will make his big screen debut this November and no ... he won't be playing a heartthrob or a druggie. Details.

Ryan Russell hangs with the pro skater / HIM fanatic. Wait until you see his fire monster!

Artist: The Verve
Song: "Love is Noise"
Sounds like: HIM.

Out of the thousands of questions Ville Valo has been asked throughout his career, the 31-year-old HIM singer reveals which one truly terrifies him. Tell me.

Enter to be 1 of the 5 winners of the new HIM Versatile Doom DVD/CD. Deadline to enter is June 30th!!!

When I was young, I remember my teacher playing us songs in class like Baby Beluga and Kokomo. It's now 2008 and the music of HIM has been the soundtrack in one classroom at Excelsior Middle School... until now. Click to read more...

Have you ever wanted to rock out on stage with Foo Fighters -- on a brass instrument? The Foos are set to play their hit song The Pretender at the 50th annual Grammy Awards and are holding Web auditions for string, woodwind and brass players. The 45 finalists will be narrowed down to three who will jam with the Foos before one winner is chosen to play with the band at The Grammys. You can find out all the rules at this link. This contest got me thinking -- Which rock band would you love to perform with …Read More

Download our interview with HIM's Ville Valo!

The band members below were some of the most talked about and gawked over on Buzznet in 2007. The one lucky band member you deem the hottest will kick off the New Year with a feature on the homepage of Buzznet.com.
Deadline to vote is 12/29/07 at 11:59 pm PST.

It's that time of year again -- time for crappy holiday muzak (Mariah Carey, we get it already), weirdo relatives, and movies we've all seen a thousand times. But best of all, it's time for some year-end lists. So what are your favorites from 2007? Paramore, HIM, Spider-Man 3, Superbad, and Rihanna all made big splashes. Send us your picks here!

Buzznet member lovewalk has done the unthinkable. She has gone through the entire HIM collection and has narrowed down the list of tracks to her ten favorite. Post your own list in the comments!

If you want to see more of the ever-elusive Ville Valo, you've come to the right place. Self-described "camera junkie" jussijames snapped some awesome shots of Valo 'n crew at a recent Seattle show. Check 'em out here!

She's rock 'n roll, she's a cutie and she's sooooo super sweet in person! We caught up with Kat Von D at a fan event as she gave us some scoop on the next season of LA Ink (it's coming sooner than you can blink!) and told us of her connections to My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy and Ville Valo. Just another day at the tattoo shop for her -- what a life!

In a recent interview with Vancouver, Canada's Georgia Straight newspaper, HIM vocalist Ville Valo revealed "I love melancholy music, and I love the darker aspects when it comes to, like, popular music." Valo traces this murky passion back to a song he heard in a movie as a wee child. What was the song and the movie?



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Brooding singer Ville Valo's history of being manhandled by a female is no secret. The HIM frontman has confessed that a former girlfriend abused him until his ears bled. "Violence is always pretty bad, but it doesn't get any worse than being beaten up by a girl, does it?" Actually, what would be worse than being beaten up by a girl?

Ingenuity and determination are the traits that Kasi X Cakes displayed to bring home a gallery of Ville Valo and HIM photos. Captured with a camera phone, Kasi's front-row views are here.

Escape the Fate have been given enough time to tune their guitars and pick out their costumes before taking the stage to open for Marilyn Manson's Halloween show at Pearl. Pick the Halloween pairing you'd like to see next year.

Short notice is better than no notice at all, and Escape the Fate have been given enough time to tune their guitars and pick out their costumes before taking the stage to open for Marilyn Manson's Halloween show at Pearl. Which Halloween pairing would you like to see next year?