Artist Direct Interview: HIM — "Screamworks is kind of like a David Lynch movie… "
Ville Valo is a child of the '80s.
HIM's latest masterpiece, Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, proves that. The record comes to life with searing guitar solos, anthemic choruses and a whole lot of heart. It sees Ville and Co. reaching a crossroads between Guns 'N' Roses' gritty gusto and Depeche Mode's heartbreaking sensitivity. Riffs cut through the heartache like a Razorblade, while Ville croons about the death of a relationship, and in a larger sense, the death of love. Screamworks sees HIM perfecting everything that made their early albums so undeniable and taking all of those elements to another place…This may very well be HIM's Appetite for Destruction…
However, Ville hasn't stopped. At home in Helsinki, he laughs, "I'm working on a shit ton of things. When the release date of an album comes close, there's always a lot of stuff happening at the same time. It's not bad; I've just been a busy bee. It's unfortunate that there are only 24 hours in a day. That can be problematic at times [Laughs]."
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