Hiili Hiilesmaa, finnish musician and producer, is well known among HIM fans for having produced many of  HIM’s albums as well as both albums of Daniel Lioneye. The Heartagram Path had the opportunity to interview Hiili about about his experience as a musician and producer, as well as his work with HIM. You can read the interview here.

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According to Bam Margera in an interview given to The Voice (a Finnish radio station), Gas Lipstick is done with recording drums and has returned to Finland to be with his wife and baby girl. The recordings for the new album started in the beginning of August so it has been over a month since the band members have left their families. View video here

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Tags: Gas Lipstick, HIM, Natali Karppinen, Unofficial HIM News

HIM and Ville Valo are featured in a documentary called The Promised Land of Heavy Metal. It’s a 90min TV documentary about “the history and philosophy of Heavy Metal and how it became such a big deal in a small country named Finland.” – fore more details visit  http://www.promisedlandofmetal.com/. If you can’t wait and want to buy the DVD right away, click here.

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Best Band 2008: HIM

Best Finnish Vocalist 2008: Mr. Ville Hermanni Valo

For the complete list of awards visit the Metal from Finland website.

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