2017 - The Farewell Tour

[AcousticFuneral]

Its not too bad but sometimes people end up pushing to get to the front. The problem comes I think from doors opening at 8 and HIM not starting until 12 so many people turn up at 11-12 and try and push through the crowd to the front.

[SIRJARVIS01]

Its not too bad but sometimes people end up pushing to get to the front. The problem comes I think from doors opening at 8 and HIM not starting until 12 so many people turn up at 11-12 and try and push through the crowd to the front.

If I recall correctly, throughout New Years show in 2004, Ville seemed to be annoyed at someone in the crowd throughout the set. I wonder if he's ever gotten so pissed he just cant wait to finish the set

[Daedalus]

June 2006 in Grand Prairie TX he was. The power cut out for a moment, and throughout the show he had sound issues. You could tell he was pissssed. He bolted as soon as the last song was done.

[AcousticFuneral]

The thing that pisses me off they always do it during a good song then he stops and throws them out, why can't they do it during wicked game or your sweet.

[avr]

Well didn't he chuck someone out at helldone 2015? Gotta love him! I'm only going to Tampere.. hope I won't have any issues

[AcousticFuneral]

He chucked 2 people out on 2 separate occasions.

[DarkSecret666]

Ville often seems to have problems with his ear monitors nowadays... He often looks at the mixing guy and points his finger up if he wants the mic louder (of course the press tells that he pointed at his bandmates). Then during most of the songs he does something with the device in his pocket. I don't know whether he wants the mic louder on the whole mix or only in his monitor. Then he gets pissed when he can't hear what he is singing which is pretty understandable. Imagine singing to a big audience, and then you fuck up because you can't hear yourself.

[SIRJARVIS01]

Ville often seems to have problems with his ear monitors nowadays... He often looks at the mixing guy and points his finger up if he wants the mic louder (of course the press tells that he pointed at his bandmates). Then during most of the songs he does something with the device in his pocket. I don't know whether he wants the mic louder on the whole mix or only in his monitor. Then he gets pissed when he can't hear what he is singing which is pretty understandable. Imagine singing to a big audience, and then you fuck up because you can't hear yourself.

all those reasons are why they should play the songs at a lower key.....imagine doing all that while trying to sing high

[DarkSecret666]

Ville often seems to have problems with his ear monitors nowadays... He often looks at the mixing guy and points his finger up if he wants the mic louder (of course the press tells that he pointed at his bandmates). Then during most of the songs he does something with the device in his pocket. I don't know whether he wants the mic louder on the whole mix or only in his monitor. Then he gets pissed when he can't hear what he is singing which is pretty understandable. Imagine singing to a big audience, and then you fuck up because you can't hear yourself.

all those reasons are why they should play the songs at a lower key.....imagine doing all that while trying to sing high

Well the key doesn't matter much in that point. It's about hearing yourself and singing in pitch. Every song has its own singing register and some parts are sung lower, some higher. Venus Doom tour sounded amazing even if they played in half step down tuning, and to me Ville's live vocals were in their peak during that era. After that maybe the Summer and Fall tours in 2013. But playing in the original key sounds more like on the actual album, which I like.

[SIRJARVIS01]

Ville often seems to have problems with his ear monitors nowadays... He often looks at the mixing guy and points his finger up if he wants the mic louder (of course the press tells that he pointed at his bandmates). Then during most of the songs he does something with the device in his pocket. I don't know whether he wants the mic louder on the whole mix or only in his monitor. Then he gets pissed when he can't hear what he is singing which is pretty understandable. Imagine singing to a big audience, and then you fuck up because you can't hear yourself.

all those reasons are why they should play the songs at a lower key.....imagine doing all that while trying to sing high

Well the key doesn't matter much in that point. It's about hearing yourself and singing in pitch. Every song has its own singing register and some parts are sung lower, some higher. Venus Doom tour sounded amazing even if they played in half step down tuning, and to me Ville's live vocals were in their peak during that era. After that maybe the Summer and Fall tours in 2013. But playing in the original key sounds more like on the actual album, which I like.

the tuning during the VD era was extremely beneficial to the "natural voice" Ville has, he always sounds like he's strained out his voice. During the last 2014 show that was filmed, it sounded like he had trouble....

[DarkSecret666]

Ville often seems to have problems with his ear monitors nowadays... He often looks at the mixing guy and points his finger up if he wants the mic louder (of course the press tells that he pointed at his bandmates). Then during most of the songs he does something with the device in his pocket. I don't know whether he wants the mic louder on the whole mix or only in his monitor. Then he gets pissed when he can't hear what he is singing which is pretty understandable. Imagine singing to a big audience, and then you fuck up because you can't hear yourself.

all those reasons are why they should play the songs at a lower key.....imagine doing all that while trying to sing high

Well the key doesn't matter much in that point. It's about hearing yourself and singing in pitch. Every song has its own singing register and some parts are sung lower, some higher. Venus Doom tour sounded amazing even if they played in half step down tuning, and to me Ville's live vocals were in their peak during that era. After that maybe the Summer and Fall tours in 2013. But playing in the original key sounds more like on the actual album, which I like.

the tuning during the VD era was extremely beneficial to the "natural voice" Ville has, he always sounds like he's strained out his voice. During the last 2014 show that was filmed, it sounded like he had trouble....

I guess he had a little flu or something. He often starts to lose his voice during the end of a tour. The mix sucked too.

But yeah let's hope that he will be comfortable on stage during the upcoming shows. Then he usually manages to sing better.

[SIRJARVIS01]

Ville often seems to have problems with his ear monitors nowadays... He often looks at the mixing guy and points his finger up if he wants the mic louder (of course the press tells that he pointed at his bandmates). Then during most of the songs he does something with the device in his pocket. I don't know whether he wants the mic louder on the whole mix or only in his monitor. Then he gets pissed when he can't hear what he is singing which is pretty understandable. Imagine singing to a big audience, and then you fuck up because you can't hear yourself.

all those reasons are why they should play the songs at a lower key.....imagine doing all that while trying to sing high

Well the key doesn't matter much in that point. It's about hearing yourself and singing in pitch. Every song has its own singing register and some parts are sung lower, some higher. Venus Doom tour sounded amazing even if they played in half step down tuning, and to me Ville's live vocals were in their peak during that era. After that maybe the Summer and Fall tours in 2013. But playing in the original key sounds more like on the actual album, which I like.

the tuning during the VD era was extremely beneficial to the "natural voice" Ville has, he always sounds like he's strained out his voice. During the last 2014 show that was filmed, it sounded like he had trouble....

I guess he had a little flu or something. He often starts to lose his voice during the end of a tour. The mix sucked too.

But yeah let's hope that he will be comfortable on stage during the upcoming shows. Then he usually manages to sing better.

Yeah, cant wait for the shows in CA! I honestly hoped they would've tuned things down a half step during this your, since it was my personal favorite sound lol. I think the DSABH Tour was also tuned down a bit

[DarkSecret666]

Ville often seems to have problems with his ear monitors nowadays... He often looks at the mixing guy and points his finger up if he wants the mic louder (of course the press tells that he pointed at his bandmates). Then during most of the songs he does something with the device in his pocket. I don't know whether he wants the mic louder on the whole mix or only in his monitor. Then he gets pissed when he can't hear what he is singing which is pretty understandable. Imagine singing to a big audience, and then you fuck up because you can't hear yourself.

all those reasons are why they should play the songs at a lower key.....imagine doing all that while trying to sing high

Well the key doesn't matter much in that point. It's about hearing yourself and singing in pitch. Every song has its own singing register and some parts are sung lower, some higher. Venus Doom tour sounded amazing even if they played in half step down tuning, and to me Ville's live vocals were in their peak during that era. After that maybe the Summer and Fall tours in 2013. But playing in the original key sounds more like on the actual album, which I like.

the tuning during the VD era was extremely beneficial to the "natural voice" Ville has, he always sounds like he's strained out his voice. During the last 2014 show that was filmed, it sounded like he had trouble....

I guess he had a little flu or something. He often starts to lose his voice during the end of a tour. The mix sucked too.

But yeah let's hope that he will be comfortable on stage during the upcoming shows. Then he usually manages to sing better.

Yeah, cant wait for the shows in CA! I honestly hoped they would've tuned things down a half step during this your, since it was my personal favorite sound lol. I think the DSABH Tour was also tuned down a bit

DSABH tour was in normal tuning

[666WTLOnVinylFTW]

A few years back for Kill Hannah's last show they included a digital download of the soundboard audio from it as part of the VIP ticket package, among other things. I considered buying a ticket just for that with no intention of actually attending the concert. It's too late now, but they should've just done that. Super simple, they make however many extra bucks for however many VIP packages they decide to sell, people get a great momento to remember the show with, and then eventually it leaks and we all get to hear it.

[SIRJARVIS01]

that's be awesome....I could dream lol! I don't see why Ville needs to record shows if he's too modest to release some.

A few years back for Kill Hannah's last show they included a digital download of the soundboard audio from it as part of the VIP ticket package, among other things. I considered buying a ticket just for that with no intention of actually attending the concert. It's too late now, but they should've just done that. Super simple, they make however many extra bucks for however many VIP packages they decide to sell, people get a great momento to remember the show with, and then eventually it leaks and we all get to hear it.

[666WTLOnVinylFTW]

What song do you guys think will be the last one played at Helldone? My money's on The Funeral Of Hearts.

[616]

What song do you guys think will be the last one played at Helldone? My money's on The Funeral Of Hearts.

my tip is When Love And Death Embrace, but i think they will come back with some second encore or something and they will do Rebel Yell 

[avr]

Be great if it was One last time but it will be something like when love and death embrace.

[666WTLOnVinylFTW]

What song do you guys think will be the last one played at Helldone? My money's on The Funeral Of Hearts.

my tip is When Love And Death Embrace, but i think they will come back with some second encore or something and they will do Rebel Yell 

Yeah, you're probably right. I remember when Rebel Yell used to be a real treat to hear live. Now it's right up there with Wicked Game pretty much. I thought Strange World was going to become the new cover song that they played every night, but they dropped it right quick. I'd rather hear that than Rebel Yell at this point.

[616]

i would change half of their setlist for Enjoy the Silence or quarter of their setlist for 2001 Tavastia Poison Heart version

[vampireheart616]

No idea what this says bit I just came out yesterday of anyone can try and translate it

[avr]

Mikko "Linde" Lindstr?m, born in Klaukkala in August 1976, is known as HIM's quiet man and guitarist. But when investigated in more detail, his artist picture shows more than just punishing six-language: Linde makes songs and also sings them if needed.

HIM is the songwriter Ville Valon show, but not for the sake of the circumstances: from Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 debut (1997) a couple was written by Valo and Linde. A few Linde compositions are also found in his first wife Manna's first album, Sister (2007).

Established in 1991, HIM has been keeping its members as charcoal since Linda has not had much time left for other projects. The rocky guitarist, however, was featured in Carcass legend Jeff Walker in Helsinki with a cover album entitled Welcome to Carcass Cuntry, which was released in 2008. The roughest side projects are the WhoCares, a heavy rock superconductor that raised funds for rebuilding an Armenian music school destroyed in the earthquake.

With WhoCares Out of My Mind (2011) with Linde was played by Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain, former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted and Deep Purple Legends Ian Gillan and Jon Lord. The project was launched by Linde's great guitarist and the father of the then spouse Toni Marien, the Black Sabbath riffier Tony Iommi.

Daniel Lioneye, who grew up from Linden's alter ego and the hood project to Lindsey's most discriminating gossip at the turn of the millennium, became a true band and a significant part of his job. It has had to work under the terms of HIM's schedule and has solved almost all of Linde's mainstream members but has also been an important channel for the guitarist's creativity. She is a songwriter and singer of Daniel Lioneye, and today she is considered her band.

Daniel Lioneyen was originally not intended to meet anybody's expectations, but over the years it has surpassed all of them. The first album released in 2001, The King of Rock'n'Roll, was still a record, with the mixed-minded psychedelic stoner rock being more of a desire to relieve pressure and relax than to seek any kind of artistic gains.

The next Lioneye album Vol. II had to wait for almost ten years due to HIM's hopes. The second album released in April 2010 contained debut and heavier rock, with even black metal influences. On their second album, Daniel Lioneye made a massive tour of the US as a Cradle of Filth warmer. For more information on this topic, read the book about the Jenkkirundi book by Kimmo Aroluoma, a member of the band's crew (2016). It is an interesting fact for a trip that was originally completed in a variety of ways beyond what band members were familiar with in the HIM rounds.

Vol. III, published in August 2016, continued to portray Daniel Lioneye, a mature woman. Linde's band combined the influences with previous releases more ambitiously. It was promising for the future of HIM's members, which is currently completely open.

The big love metal band ends at the end of the year when HIM plays his last gigs. Linden must then stand on his own.

Just a nice sort

Linde lives in the countryside about an hour's drive from Helsinki. In the capital, a man who has spent his youth and has traveled around the world many times does not want to get caught up in the crowd. With a dog and three cats, a guitarist who shares his home tells that he is "fully fledged". As a musician gets more than enough travel for work, Linde enjoys leisure time in her field. Favorite buds are long loops with the dog.

Linde's life is a fourteen-year-old daughter. She is no longer married to her mother's mother, but her relationship with herbivore has remained close.

- We spend time together and we really have a good time. I am happy about the fact, Linde says. - I also have loving friends, which I try to see more often in the future. However, I enjoy very well in my own life. Maybe a little too well.

It is entirely in line with the image that Linde has received over the years. He has learned to know HIM as a gray eminent, with a key role in the band, but not to the center of attention even in the name of the international rock community.

- I'm not really a master of ceremony, guitarist admits. - I like to talk about the right things, but small talk is fucked, I've never learned it. I do not understand people who can not withstand silence.

From the viewpoint, Mikko Lindstr?m's career choice is quite special. The work of a performing artist is not optimal for a human type that does not enjoy the spotlight. On the other hand, HIM has come up with this in mind. Almost all the publicity burden has been borne by Valo, and HIM's guitarist has been a favorite place for Linde. He likes his work so much that he feels privileged.

- This area suits some people badly, and I think that is caused by so many artists' intoxicant problems, premature deaths and suicides. However, I like the sense of how lucky I am, when I have had to do this for a living so long. It is rare. All professions have their own shadows, including here, but nothing is easier than complaining.

Daniel Lioneye's albums and gigs have shown that going from one side of the platform to the focal point is not a problem for Linde if he comes. But how does he feel it? Well, that's a bit of a day.

- Singing is not my favorite, especially live. In studio, singing alone is much easier, Linde says. - I have my own voice, but I do not love it. In the end games, very few people have a good singing sound. I was in terms of time-critical.

The glitter of the guitar

When Mikko Viljami Lindstr?m was small, her father listened to a lot of cassettes on a trip. The enthusiasm grabbed the backseat's footsteps (the family also included Linde four years younger brother), and so little Linde learned to love music. As an engineer, a father often rode Elvis Presley in the car, which is still one of Linde's favorite types today. For the man had a very good singing sound.

At the age of ten, Linde received her first guitar, the acoustic mini-Landola.

- I had been thinking about it for some time, Linde recalls. - I started playing the music the same way and learned quickly when I was so excited. My first lesson was the KISS Heaven's is the Firestop riff. I played it with my thumb in one language. It did not sound like KISS, but something has to be started.

When the upcoming HIM guitarist started playing guitar, Duran Duran and KISS were hard bands in the early youth. Linde chose the best of them for their favorite.

- In KISS, the guitar playing was much larger than in the Durane, so it took me to go. The guitar interested me. It had some unexplained magical attraction.

The end of the eighties was the golden age of lightning guitar heroes. Their king was crowned in Frank Zapa's band with his spin deserved by Steve Vai. Surprisingly, Vai was for some time Linde's great hero.

- Steve Vai played in the late 1980s with the band David Lee Roth, and Eat 'em And Smile and Skyscraper came to be listened hard. Similarly, only solo albums Flexable and Passion & Warfare. I was just inspired by one summer in Boston, Berklee College of Music. I was then 15 years old. It was inspiring to sit in the same pulp that Vai had once sat.

As you listen to Linde's guitar playing, Steve Vain's name does not even blink in the mind. His Gibson sounds much blues, harder and heavier than Ibanez. They are the callers of different schools.

- Or is the only "tilukitaristi", which I've really been able to listen. He has always been able to offer something movable and touching beyond just technical skill, Linde refines.

- My friends came to know me also Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix sun others.

Their names are much easier to associate with Linde's play, especially Black Sabbath. After all, his favorite guitar is Gibson's classic model SG. In the 1960s, Tony Iommi chose the tool as well, and HIM has resumed and refined its own romantic style, which has been produced by Black Ribbon on Black Sabbath.

When the guitar plays long enough and passionate enough, it develops its own style. Linde considers the best part of one's own play, on the one hand, the ability to throw and improvise, on the one hand, precision and certainty.

- And the style of life, even if it's a taste. The guitar is played well when there is a combination of technical know-how and an apologetic vision. In general, it requires a life experience and courage to call "wrong".

The atmosphere of the departure

Mikko Lindstr?m has been the last of a quarter of a century HIM's Linde, but that is about to be behind. One of the most popular Finnish bands announced in the spring that the head of the road hunts. According to publicity, the decision does not involve any major drama. Everything just ends up in time, and after the last tour comes HIM's end time.

When you've done the groom's groom most of your life, the ending of them is not a tad. Linde does not have you yet with the idea, even though he has had time to spin it for a few months.

"The band is such a big part of us all that life is still controversial," he says. - On the other hand, I am relieved, on the other hand horrified. The change is really great and I do not really know what to think about it. Time will tell you what really follows. Hope something good.

Now, on top of Linde's mind, there is a worldwide farewell tour of HIM in June, which will continue until the end of the year.

- It feels really nice to visit the last time, sharing the fingers with the gang. I'm sure rundista will be really good.

HIM ran from victory to victory until the 2010s. It has sold millions of records, circled the world many times and built a solid fan base on all continents. For band members, those achievements were not self-explanatory. The inexhaustible stuff what the fuck moments has been silent.

- They've been pretty much there. When Join Me rose to the German lynch at the turn of the millennium, it made me look gorgeous. Likewise, a few years later, Dark Light went to the 18th place on the Jenkki list and sold gold there. Then came the kind of feeling that something wrong happened here.

HIM is not only an international success story, but also a rock band set up by friends who have known each other since the puppy. Linde was acquainted with Ville Valo and bassist Mikko "Mige" Paanasee in the seventh grade. Keynote player Janne "Burton" with Puurtinen has been playing for over fifteen years. Everyone in the bushes connects them to the end. Linde says he will miss most of the black humor and throwing of the crowd.

- Certainly we will be dealing with the future. If you do not, then you will get rid of this country completely, which is also quite possible.

Life goes on, the guitar rings

HIM's breakdown is a situation in which Linde had not previously existed. He does not have to start all the stuff, of course, but if he wants to continue in the music industry, he has to find something new and lasting to learn something else than HIM's Linde.

The world of music is very different now than when Linde dropped into it. What advice would she give her daughter if she wanted to become a professional musician?

The answer is a traditional fatherly but quite unexpected man who lives up to playing rock.

- Maybe I would be bored to leave it completely or even to get some contingency plan. Musabisnes has changed so much that my practical advice can be outdated. It may well be true that it is not wise to put a name on any paper if you do not understand what it says.

For Linde, those tips, except for the exact reading of contracts, are no longer at this stage. He is a college student, so the contingency plans were unpublished at the time, and the white coat was not a two-lane suit.

- I visited the daybreak of the K?pyl? nightclub when I did not reach Sibelius High School. Or I actually did just to do exams and writings when there was no attendance, Linde recalls.

"I always went to mother to miss out on the morning, time to get to the center of the bus, and went to the Academic Bookstore to read erotic cartoons. Then I went to Stocka with a coffee and came back home. It took two and a half years and it was a waste of time. I just did not read the scripts, but I still wrote M's papers. I have not done anything with them.

And Linde's bad luck for them to continue. When HIM ceases to exist, life will continue and the guitar will ring. Linde is only 19 years old, or a moderately young man in the 2010's rock business.

- At least I want to continue with Lioneyeta, but the plans are not yet clear. I have nothing more to dream about, but I'm still going to continue playing music with music, as it still feels good. When there is some new, awesome song under the work, it is still the world's finest feel.

But do not go ahead. It is now important to get HIM's farewell tour with a glory in the package.

- Only then can I concentrate on the future. Whatever comes, it has to be received with the most positive and open mind.

Previously released at Inferno 6/2017.

[avr]

From google translate - not accurate in bits

[Kaysa]

My favorite mistranslation is 'She is no longer married to her mother's mother, but her relationship with herbivore has remained close'. And that the text constantly misgenders Linde because the software doesn't know what to do with Finnish gender-neutral pronouns. Amazing. And people think we already have very good machine translation...

Interesting read though, if you can guess what is meant. Or understand Finnish xD

[Len777]

I’m not going to the final tour, I recorded the last gig I went to and it was a good time but I’ve seen them 11 times since 2004. I consider myself lucky to have seen them that many times, the only thing I’m looking forward to now is Ville solo project and at some point warner brothers releasing b-sides and demos from the albums recorded under that label.