So, Ville has recently confirmed that the band has some new material and the Helldone Festival 2014-15 is happening again.
Anyway we need a proper translation because some people expect the #9 album to be release on december 2016 and I consider it a translation mistake.
What do you think, guys?
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: AcousticFuneral on August 09, 2014, 02:52:39 PM
The translation says at the latest December 2016 I would expect late 2015-early 2016 that date seems a bit ridiculous. Great news on the Helldone front I'm looking to go for the 3rd year in a row, these days they're the only HIM shows worth going to.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: 616 on August 09, 2014, 04:15:21 PM
The translation says at the latest December 2016 I would expect late 2015-early 2016 that date seems a bit ridiculous. Great news on the Helldone front I'm looking to go for the 3rd year in a row, these days they're the only HIM shows worth going to.
do you have a smartphone? record one of the shows! i will PM you the best way and all info
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: SwagSaget on August 09, 2014, 04:23:34 PM
Two more years would be a really long time to wait for a new album, but I don't want them to rush it at all. I want something that's better and longer than Tears On Tape. I wanna be able to go back and listen to it a year, two years, five years, ect., ect., after it's been released and still find it good and enjoy listening to it.
As far as Helldone goes, I think it's run its course. I feel like they should go back to just one show on New Year's like how it used to be. Financially, it might not make a whole lot of sense for them to do that, but as a fan I would expect the one show to be better than the multiple ones they've been doing in recent years instead. Nowadays, they're usually a bit better than your average show on your average tour, but they're not as special as they used to be, in my opinion.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: AcousticFuneral on August 09, 2014, 04:41:42 PM
Cory I agree with you they're not much different but in 2012 we got Strange World,Pretending, Sweet Pandemonium and GWTS then last year For You, In joy and Sorrow and DIILWU. Not much but something you won't get at other shows. I've got an iPhone but any recordings I've done in the past have came out crappy.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: SwagSaget on August 09, 2014, 06:27:05 PM
They need to make a DVD of Helldone that spans the course of the entire thing, with backstage footage and all of the stuff that you don't normally get to see. Kinda like a mini documentary chronicling each day. They can show the soundchecks and the stage being set up and whatnot. Just a bunch of cool stuff to watch. Then with the HIM performance, they can mix and match the songs on the setlist with whichever night they want to or which night they think the song sounded the best or the footage looked the best. It'll never happen, but this is the kind of stuff that I would like to see. A comprehensive behind the scenes experience like that would be really damn cool.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: 616 on August 09, 2014, 06:31:33 PM
Cory I agree with you they're not much different but in 2012 we got Strange World,Pretending, Sweet Pandemonium and GWTS then last year For You, In joy and Sorrow and DIILWU. Not much but something you won't get at other shows. I've got an iPhone but any recordings I've done in the past have came out crappy.
crappy from iphone? i have some original iphone videos (not sure what exact iphone) but they are very good!!!!
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: AcousticFuneral on August 09, 2014, 06:46:57 PM
The sound is just muffled on each occasion I've been very close to the front and the speakers maybe that the problem. As long as I'm going I'll record some songs just have to get tickets.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Inferno on August 09, 2014, 10:09:54 PM
You'd need something that is better with low light, an iPhone just won't cut it. I've seen some kind of mic attachment that you can make yourself for like $15.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: SwagSaget on August 09, 2014, 10:47:28 PM
Every bootleger needs one of these or something else like it: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/377424-REG/Schoeps_CMC641_SET_Colette_Series_Microphone_Set.html (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/377424-REG/Schoeps_CMC641_SET_Colette_Series_Microphone_Set.html) ;)
Someone used that microphone to record the Nine Inch Nails/Soundgarden concert I went to last month. The quality of the recording didn't really turn out all that great, in my opinion (even though it was rated a 5 out of 5 on the website it's hosted at) but it was recorded at an outdoor venue that has really shitty sound to begin with. It's the same place HIM played at during that Projekt Revolution tour with Linkin Park. I'm sure it would do quite well in a small club, though. It's only $2,000. That ain't much. Get a couple of them - just because. Most of the bootlegs I've heard that I thought sounded really good were recorded with a Schoeps mic. If I were rich, I'd get a few different ones and all of the other crap you need to go along with them to use them. I'd be a master bootlegging machine, when it comes to HIM at least. They're the only band I care enough about to want to record myself.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: 616 on August 10, 2014, 01:55:01 AM
i would go with that if i already had an iphone - https://www.zoom-na.com/products/field-video-recording/field-recording/zoom-iq5-professional-stereo-microphone-ios (https://www.zoom-na.com/products/field-video-recording/field-recording/zoom-iq5-professional-stereo-microphone-ios)
zoom mics and devices are good enough, it also has its app for recording in wav , i would go for that, set it to the best possible setings and if you are recording audio you dont have to hold the camera/cellphone over the crowd all the concert, with nice huge SD card and well battery life or backup battery to iphone you can record the entire performanc on video with that mic, there are stairs in tavastia and floor, i would go to the middle of the stairs to get above the crowd, so i dont need to be holding it above my head all 110 minutes i recorded about one hour or so concert last month and it was terrible how my hand was in one pain and then all shaky even though i had video camera with good stabilizator it was shaky on max zoom so ..... but it was the best buy of that camera, its perfect for bootlegs ,small ,panasonic and it has amazing amazing mic, the sound is amazing even if i stood maybe two meters from amps on one concerts and it recorded that it sounded like soundboard i was shocked
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Inferno on August 10, 2014, 12:49:49 PM
This is what I was talking about. There's a video on the pages that shows before and after. http://www.openmusiclabs.com/projects/bootlegmic/ (http://www.openmusiclabs.com/projects/bootlegmic/)
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: 616 on August 10, 2014, 03:15:28 PM
yeah bootlegMIC ! i tried to do it, thank you for reminding me :-D i need to buy proper conector and i have the rest :-D
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: SwagSaget on August 10, 2014, 04:12:42 PM
So, what is everyone's hopes for the new album? I wouldn't mind a Dark Light Part 2 or something like that. I think they could replicate that album fairly easily if they tried to give it that sort of vibe, but I don't think they could ever make another album like Love Metal or Razorblade Romance. I don't think they really should try either, at least not to make an exact replica of those two albums. It's best to let those two stand on their own. Tears On Tape was supposed to be a return to their roots, but it certainly didn't sound like it. My fear is that it's basically going to be a mix between Screamworks and Tears On Tape with more "real" songs this time around and no instrumentals, making it a longer album than Tears On Tape was. If Screamworks was produced by Hiili and mixed by Tim, that's what I think the new album will sound like. I'm hoping they go in a different direction than that, but that seems to be the "style" of HIM nowadays.
I promise you guys that the next time HIM's around here, that I'll record the concert. Audio only, though. I've been meaning to do it for over ten years now, so next time is the time. It won't be the most amazing quality you've ever heard, but I'll use something that's nice and reasonably priced to capture it - in lossless, of course.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Inferno on August 10, 2014, 06:51:03 PM
So, what is everyone's hopes for the new album? I wouldn't mind a Dark Light Part 2 or something like that. I think they could replicate that album fairly easily if they tried to give it that sort of vibe, but I don't think they could ever make another album like Love Metal or Razorblade Romance. I don't think they really should try either, at least not to make an exact replica of those two albums. It's best to let those two stand on their own. Tears On Tape was supposed to be a return to their roots, but it certainly didn't sound like it. My fear is that it's basically going to be a mix between Screamworks and Tears On Tape with more "real" songs this time around and no instrumentals, making it a longer album than Tears On Tape was. If Screamworks was produced by Hiili and mixed by Tim, that's what I think the new album will sound like. I'm hoping they go in a different direction than that, but that seems to be the "style" of HIM nowadays.
I promise you guys that the next time HIM's around here, that I'll record the concert. Audio only, though. I've been meaning to do it for over ten years now, so next time is the time. It won't be the most amazing quality you've ever heard, but I'll use something that's nice and reasonably priced to capture it - in lossless, of course.
That's funny because I was going to say a cross between Screamworks and Tears on Tape lol. Tears on Tape touched on a little bit of the oldschool HIM, but it had a more modern sound. I think the production/depth of sound on Screamworks was great... even on some of Dark Light's songs, but it lacked a bit of the "dark" sound. I think if they could take the production/depth of sound from Screamworks, throw in some of the grunginess of Tears on Tape, and some Love Metal style lyrics they will have a solid sounding album. Of course there are other bits and pieces of the other albums that I like too.
Just imagine songs similar to the Gone With the Sin demo from SWD with some better drums and ToT-like guitars. 8)
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: SwagSaget on August 11, 2014, 12:14:35 AM
Speaking of guitars, what would really be cool is if Linde switched back to the lower B tuning that he used to use. That would make for a refreshing, but also old school, sound for the guitars and for the overall sound as well. The "HIM sound" that they've created for themselves really needs to be refreshed now and mixed up a little bit, but it still has to stay true to what and who they are. Something as simple as going back to that tuning on the guitar after all this time could at least help to do that, I feel.
I think my perfect mix as of right now would be a return to the lower tuned guitar, with prominent keyboard parts like on Dark Light with all of the different sorts of sounds Burton was able to achieve on that album, combined with Love Metal-like lyrics. It would be an interesting combination to hear for sure.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Alex on August 11, 2014, 03:35:38 AM
i hope "latest 6 dec 2016" is a mistake instead dec 2015. as far as the new album sound....i dont try to think too much. like always leave all in the hands of Ville. the translation says hymn-church-like song which sounds good to me :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Heartagram dan on August 11, 2014, 07:52:05 AM
With the new album, i really hope it's earlier than december 2016. But we can only wait and see i suppose. When it comes to what i think the album will sound like, I don't always set an expectation, just in case it disappoints me because it wasn't as i expected. I really enjoyed TOT, and I'm looking forward to whatever the guys have in store for us.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: 616 on August 11, 2014, 02:06:45 PM
i am not going to tell mix of albums that i want the next album to sound like, i will try to express it with the mix of the certain songs everybody always wished only mix of this album with that album and i was the same, but this time i think that is pointless because there are so different parts on the album that they seem to be like a compilations to me, at least ToT and Screamworks sounds like this to me
i have always high expectations and i expect that much that its hard not to disappoint me. If i should edit all my expectations, thoughts and wishes i would say that i want the album that will be mixed and produced, simply i want it to sound like they sounded on DVD "Live at Semifinal" - they had the most brilliant live sound here, so raw and hard, that sound with the keyboards like they used in live version of AND LOVE SAID NO at Helldone 2009/2010 - to make amazing contrast of raw guitars and soft keyboards 1. Venus In Our Blood 2. I Love You (White House version) 3. Shatter me with hope (Sword of democles) 4. Salt In Our Wounds (Thulsa Doom version) 5. Resurrection 6. The 9th Circle 7. Smother a Heart (The Foreboding Sense Of Impending Happiness) 8. Razorblade Kiss 9. The Heartless (Club - Remix) 10. The Beginning of the end 11. Pretending
something like that ;D ultimate mix of all kind of their previous cool stuff , something interesting like club remix of heartless or smother a heart, with heavy hard salt in our wounds thulsa doom, something melodic like resurrection or venus in our blood or pretending, dark like the beginning of the end and amazing like i love you white house version or razorblade kiss but i want at least 50 minutes of materials ! no instrumentals / ambient craps
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Lujja on August 11, 2014, 04:52:40 PM
When someone asked me about the new album, the only thing that comes to my mind is a mature work of the band. One way to explain what I'm hoping for the "new album" is a combination of an atmosphere of "Love Metal", with small touches of Venus Doom, some keyboards from Dark Light and with deep and mature lyrics like Love Metal or Dark Light , with some references on the lyrics involving interpretation but without any exaggeration as some lyrics of "Screamworks" (something like Behind the Crimson Door, Face Of God or their bonus tracks Venus and The Cage with the influence of Love Metal-Venus Doom sound (heavy guitars, melancholyc keyboards atmosphere).
Some long songs, lyrics with which you identify and describe some of what you feel, piano-keyboards that give an interesting atmosphere, accompanied by guitar riffs that will reach the heart ... I really miss a good guitar solo of Linde, such a great feeling that you drew a sigh ... which probably we have not seen since Cyanide Sun...
If I describe what I look for in a single song, probably give an example like "The Path" (live version) ... not on a "classic" pattern "intro-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-solo-chorus", something which breaks with the length regardless of whether the lyrics are widespread, we have instrumental moments that give a feeling that words can not describe, other lyrics can give a different meaning, depending on your mood... that I would hear like to listen on the new album.
This is what I would hear on the new album. I don't care if there are only 10 songs, I really want to hear something good without lengths limitations as Tears on Tape or Screamworks (no more "single edits" as "album versions"). At least 50 minutes of good songs (on average 5 mins per song) , some "good" instrumentals (example: piano intros or guitar solos) and a little mix of influences on the album without losing the identity of the album... (like Love Metal, we have some "heavy songs" and some "melancholic songs", without losing the sound of the album).
I will "copy" the idea of Milos (616) with the songlist of influences that I want... It's an improvised list, it probably can change:
01 - Venus (in our Blood) -> probably something like this as single 02 - Beyond Redemption (live version) 03 - Lose You Tonight (live 2003 version) 04 - Shatter Me With Hope (Sword of Democles with some DL-LM atmosphere) 05 - When Love And Death Embrace 06 - Gone With The Sin (Some mix of 2001 live version with the SWD version) 07 - Behind The Crimson Door 08 - Cyanide Sun 09 - The Face of God 10 - The Path (live version)
Bonus tracks 11 - W.L.S.T.D. 12 - Play Dead 13 - Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath or Type O Negative version... why not? :P)
Note: When I'm refering some "Dark Light" songs, I'm imagining it with some Love Metal influences... I don't want to hear "Wings of a Butterfly Vol. 2" ;D
...
That's what I feel now... and probably that can change on some months... but I really miss that sound. Some mix of the heavy, dark and melancholyc influences of HIM. Sure... I want to hear something heavy and "dirty" too, probably something like Razorblade Romance/Venus Doom... but that's my mood right now.
Btw... your approach is very interesting "616". I really want to hear something like SMWH (Demo), SIOW (Thulsa Doom) or The 9th Circle on a future.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Alex on August 11, 2014, 05:40:27 PM
1. Venus In Our Blood 2. I Love You (White House version) 3. Shatter me with hope (Sword of democles) 4. Salt In Our Wounds (Thulsa Doom version) 5. Resurrection 6. The 9th Circle 7. Smother a Heart (The Foreboding Sense Of Impending Happiness) 8. Razorblade Kiss 9. The Heartless (Club - Remix) 10. The Beginning of the end 11. Pretending
everything was totally perfect until.... pretending :D :D ;D
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: AcousticFuneral on August 11, 2014, 06:14:24 PM
Quite simply what I'd like is the album And Love Said No would fit on or failing that something completely different. Honestly even of you offered me Screamworks part 2 I think I'd prefer something new as I don't feel we got that with TOT, no more trying to remake an old album lets have some progression because I'd imagine we're not going to get that many more albums.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: 616 on August 12, 2014, 12:42:38 AM
1. Venus In Our Blood 2. I Love You (White House version) 3. Shatter me with hope (Sword of democles) 4. Salt In Our Wounds (Thulsa Doom version) 5. Resurrection 6. The 9th Circle 7. Smother a Heart (The Foreboding Sense Of Impending Happiness) 8. Razorblade Kiss 9. The Heartless (Club - Remix) 10. The Beginning of the end 11. Pretending
everything was totally perfect until.... pretending :D :D ;D
i love pretending ;D it has so catchy chorus , i could not help it altough listen to some live of Pretending from 2003 or 2004, that would be even better
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Inferno on August 12, 2014, 01:47:29 PM
I must agree with most of the songs listed. They've drifted away from their melodic roots for sure. They've given it up for faster paced singing and pitchier guitars. I'd like them to tone it down a little... A song can still be badass even if it's slow, it's all about the atmosphere and emotion.
Examples are Circle of Fear, This fortress of Tears, Love's Requiem, The Face of God, Drunk on Shadows, Play Dead, and Venus (In our Blood).
All these songs were excellent. Vocals and Guitars were prominent when they should be and not in your face constantly like their more modern songs.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: 616 on August 12, 2014, 02:41:18 PM
and there are still no further informations about the promised reissues :-D i think this is not even funny anymore, the summer is leaving , slowly but for sure, within few weeks its autumn they still have NO website, i think the december of 2016 is realistic for them to release another album :-D sorry guys for saying that but i think they got into the very lousy label. They were in Warner/sire , they had amazing advertisement, they were gold with the first album in this label, they were huge! now some Volbeat is more popular than HIM, its hard for me to accept that how they went from 10 to 5 .....
for the next album i only wish they will change the setlist to the tour and they will retire the 90% of their current setlist and they will play songs that were forgotten for too long already
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Len777 on August 12, 2014, 03:00:08 PM
Speaking of guitars, what would really be cool is if Linde switched back to the lower B tuning that he used to use. That would make for a refreshing, but also old school, sound for the guitars and for the overall sound as well. The "HIM sound" that they've created for themselves really needs to be refreshed now and mixed up a little bit, but it still has to stay true to what and who they are. Something as simple as going back to that tuning on the guitar after all this time could at least help to do that, I feel.
I think my perfect mix as of right now would be a return to the lower tuned guitar, with prominent keyboard parts like on Dark Light with all of the different sorts of sounds Burton was able to achieve on that album, combined with Love Metal-like lyrics. It would be an interesting combination to hear for sure.
if I had a like button you would've received one for this, you hit the nail on the head my friend. He definitely needs to revisit the B standard or "Type O Negative" baritone tuning he had on Greatest Lovesongs and Razorblade Romance, I'm pretty sure everyone would love how the album turned out.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Alex on August 12, 2014, 03:07:43 PM
if dec 2016 is not mistake, thats why they delay reissue disc for the next summer :D
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: SwagSaget on August 12, 2014, 04:23:43 PM
if dec 2016 is not mistake, thats why they delay reissue disc for the next summer :D
Haha. Wouldn't surprise me.
EDIT: I think the one thing we're all forgetting when it comes to our fantasy new albums is that Ville's voice isn't what it once was. Not that it still should be after all these years, but it changes a lot of what the band is capable of doing, and it can make an otherwise strong song sound weak with a weak voice. I'm hoping he has a good long rest of his voice before recording begins so that it can be as strong as it possibly can be. I'm not a fan of the sort of whispery vocals and the low vocals for the sake of low vocals because the high notes are too high for him to reach now without really straining and sounding bad.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Jaded_Heart on August 18, 2014, 11:41:42 PM
My wish list and hopes for a new album....something so devilishly clever yet drowning with emotion from the lyrics to the music. I would love for a cross between Venus Doom and GLSV666. The heavy chords and the doomy music is just lacking lately.....to me....and an album that lasts longer than 35 minutes. I love them all but the last 2 were too short. Like right when you get into your listening groove the damn album is over.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Squeezit Wafflenose on October 07, 2014, 09:38:44 AM
One thing is for sure: whatever Ville announces about the new album, he cannot be believed. I mean, he has lied so many times before about what the upcoming albums would be like, I'm not going to build my hopes on what he says anymore. Personally I'd like some gloom and doom musically, plus some clever, tongue-in-cheek lyrics, like those on Screamworks. Won't happen anyway, 'spose.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Daedalus on October 07, 2014, 11:35:41 AM
I think he does it on purpose, not to be malicious, but just because he don't give a fuck. He'll say whatever because he can and people will listen. Or he's so fucked up at this point that he isn't aware of the words coming out of his mouth.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Squeezit Wafflenose on October 09, 2014, 04:01:27 AM
Yeah, I don't suspect malice of him, but this I-don't-give-a-fuck-ism you mention could be it. ;D
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: slipperywhendead on October 19, 2014, 11:25:54 AM
I think he does it on purpose, not to be malicious, but just because he don't give a fuck. He'll say whatever because he can and people will listen. Or he's so fucked up at this point that he isn't aware of the words coming out of his mouth.
Mwhahah, "like" button is needed here
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Daedalus on October 19, 2014, 11:30:56 AM
We've talked about adding that feature. For now, the karma system pretty much serves the same effect.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: 666WTLOnVinylFTW on November 28, 2014, 06:11:10 AM
TUE 30.12. DANIEL LIONEYE & THE ROLLERS The Rollers called it quits after playing only a handful of shows in 1999-2000. Too much, too soon. Despite of their relatively short lifespan this first manifestation of HIM guitarist Linde’s solo career managed to release an album appropriately titled “The King of Rock’n Roll”. The title track became the theme song of Bam Margera’s TV show Viva La Bam. The rest of the songs, like, say, International Pussy Lover, they became something else. Radio hits they weren’t, but the heart of rock’n’roll skipped a beat, nevertheless. Expect a healthy dose of root remedies rammed down your throats by messieurs Daniel Lioneye, Bad Mize and Bil Bao. Mercy!
Now I wish I could be there. If anyone records anything to do with Helldone, I hope it's this.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: 616 on November 28, 2014, 07:21:58 AM
i second that!
and i love the poster of that with the penis icon instead of "I" in Lioneye , LOL ;D
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: vampireheart616 on November 28, 2014, 09:03:51 PM
Once i saw they were playing i was hoping someone was going to record it also and really wish they would live stream it especially the new years show
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Jay on November 28, 2014, 09:33:04 PM
I think he does it on purpose, not to be malicious, but just because he don't give a fuck. He'll say whatever because he can and people will listen. Or he's so fucked up at this point that he isn't aware of the words coming out of his mouth.
Mwhahah, "like" button is needed here
Ask and you shall receive...we can now Like shit.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: 666WTLOnVinylFTW on November 28, 2014, 09:46:52 PM
Once i saw they were playing i was hoping someone was going to record it also and really wish they would live stream it especially the new years show
It's gonna be a pain in the ass messaging all of the people on YouTube who upload a video of the DL performance and asking them if they can send me the original files from their camera/phone/potato/dildo, but it'll also be worth it in this instance. Maybe, just maybe, someone will understand just how important that show will be to capture in the highest quality possible with the highest care, and we'll get lucky and someone will make a badass recording and upload it to somewhere like Dime A Dozen for us all to download and pleasure ourselves to. A man can dream, can't he? The big question is, though: Will the majority of the people at that show even know who Daniel Lioneye is? I'd like to think so, but I'm honestly not sure.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Harker on November 29, 2014, 01:22:10 PM
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This mysterious act from 'somewhere behind God's back' has until now kept the lowest of low profiles. The few who managed to catch a glimpse of Rambo Rimbaud's live appearances under various monikers in the mid noughties confess in unison that they had been blown away. 'It's hard to put a finger on the music, other than it being out of this world, emotional and very powerful. I actually remember wondering where they have disappeared!' After these humble beginnings, a series of unfortunate events brought about a forced hiatus of almost ten years, but now Rambo Rimbaud is finally working on its debut album, tentatively entitled "Militantly Violent Libertine".
I'm curious about this Rambo Rimbaud-act. Is it Mige? (Ville with Jesse?)
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: KissTheVoid on December 07, 2014, 05:58:08 AM
Just gonna list some stuff I wouldn't mind seeing something like again.
-The melodic bits like the last minute of Cyanide Sun
-An all acoustic melody like Song or Suicide but longer
-A song like Katherine Wheel if it had been given the Venus Doom spank
-Particularly gothic/dark romanticism influence/vibe like Dark Light
-A song with Ville Laihiala or Jyrki 69 -Okay so this one is a bit far fetched but you don't really see HIM songs done with other artists, it is always Ville off doing a project with someone else by himself. So I think it is time HIM (not just Ville) did a song with someone else. Ville Laihiala of Poisonblack or The 69 Eyes singer Jyrki 69 being my preference. I would like to have there be a HIM song with a bit more lust and carnage and I think one of these guys (hey f*ck it, why not both?) would be the way to do it.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: 666WTLOnVinylFTW on January 25, 2015, 03:44:57 AM
As far as the next album goes, I hope the mindset of the band is: “A lot of people are saying we've lost a step or two. Some even feel that we've lost it all completely. We need to show everyone that we're still capable of making a classic album, one that deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence as our first four and that will stand the test of time like those albums have.” As long as that happens, I have faith that the next album will be good.
What I don't want to happen is another Tears On Tape. I enjoyed the album when it first came out because it was finally something new, and that long hiatus had me yearning and hyped all to hell for a new album. Ever since then, though, it's left a bad taste in my mouth that definitely needs to go away. It's a decent album all said and done, but it's not anywhere close to what the band is capable of. It was rushed out the door with songs that weren't quite ready and weren't polished up yet with instrumentals to fill in the gaps and take up time due to not having enough material suitable enough for release, and it certainly shows. The band was in a different position back then, though, so I understand why they wanted to just get another album out the door so they could try to gain back all of the ground that they lost, but now they have something to prove, in my eyes. I hope Tears On Tape was just an anomaly and not the norm moving forward, because that would really suck.
Also, I want someone new to produce it to provide something fresh. I want Johnny Lee Michaels. He should be convenient, cheap, and just as easy to get as Hiili. His work with The 69 Eyes has always been fantastic. He knows what he's doing with that type of music, at least. He could help to bring back that dark, gothic vibe that the band has lost over the years, but put his own unique spin on it so that the album comes out sounding like something new, which is very much needed, but also something familiar so that it's not too much of a departure from the norm. I think they'd work well together. He could take that patented HIM formula that works so well, tweak it and expand on it a little bit, and I think whatever comes out of that would end up sounding awesome. I'm just tired of the same old thing, but I don't want some damn Nickelodeon producer again either. Fuck that noise. Dude ruined Screamworks singlehandedly. It would've been a solid album had anyone else produced it.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: KissTheVoid on December 12, 2015, 05:11:25 PM
Just gonna list some stuff I wouldn't mind seeing something like again.
-The melodic bits like the last minute of Cyanide Sun
-An all acoustic melody like Song or Suicide but longer
-A song like Katherine Wheel if it had been given the Venus Doom spank
-Particularly gothic/dark romanticism influence/vibe like Dark Light
-A song with Ville Laihiala or Jyrki 69 -Okay so this one is a bit far fetched but you don't really see HIM songs done with other artists, it is always Ville off doing a project with someone else by himself. So I think it is time HIM (not just Ville) did a song with someone else. Ville Laihiala of Poisonblack or The 69 Eyes singer Jyrki 69 being my preference. I would like to have there be a HIM song with a bit more lust and carnage and I think one of these guys (hey f*ck it, why not both?) would be the way to do it.
*Edit- I have learned today that this should say Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto, formerly of Poisonblack, as he is the one who did vocals for Escapexstacy which is the one I like. Just thought I would fix it and give my credit where it was due.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: MiLToS_666 on December 13, 2015, 03:50:15 AM
Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto is mainly the singer of Charon. Unfortunately they are not active now but he's still around. He also did vocals for Poisonblack's first album and it was amazing.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Inferno on December 14, 2015, 06:29:08 PM
What's wrong with Ville, the current Poisonblack singer? I thought he did great with this style of music back when Sentenced was together. Charon broke up so we won't be seeing those guys ever again which sucks cause I was really looking forward to the next album they were working on... 'Songs for the Sinners' was great.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: KissTheVoid on December 16, 2015, 02:13:08 AM
What's wrong with Ville, the current Poisonblack singer? I thought he did great with this style of music back when Sentenced was together. Charon broke up so we won't be seeing those guys ever again which sucks cause I was really looking forward to the next album they were working on... 'Songs for the Sinners' was great.
There isn't anything wrong with Ville. It is just that when it comes to Poisonblack I prefer his (Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto's) vocal. I like it because I think it is more rich and seductive sounding which I thought paired so great with the songs/theme they had going in Escapexstacy. After listening to it I just couldn't really get into the stuff that came later. The typo was caused by Wiki confusion. After listening to Raskasta Joulua this holiday season (Tonttu/The Elf, Here on the Hay) I have fallen even more in love with it. Definitely going to look into Charon some more. I took a look before but not very thoroughly.
Title: Re: Helldone 2014 (+New album incoming)
Post by: Inferno on December 16, 2015, 05:48:24 PM
Well Poisonblack was mainly created so that Ville could do what he loved by playing lead guitar and get his "inner demons" out by writing the music. LP decided not to stick around so Ville took up the lead vocals after that so now he does both. If he would have kept the same themes as the first album it basically would have been Sentenced 2.0 lol, but the newer stuff certainly has it's place and there is still the occasional song that goes along with what you described.