From: AltPress.com

After a decade-plus of doom, love and all things 666, Finnish heartagram rockers HIM have put all of their cards on the table with their latest full-length, Screamworks: Love In Theory & Practice, which dropped this week. Documenting the dissolution of a relationship, the album is a look at love through the distinct viewpoint of frontman VILLE VALO. So who better to tell us what went into it?

INTERVIEW: Nattalie Tehrani
PHOTO: Jarmo Katila

How does it feel to have Screamworks finally released?
Right now, I feel like shitting my pants every five minutes because I’m nervous about what people are going to think about the album. I just feel like the stars were aligned on this one, and it’s a good portrayal of where the band are at the moment. I can say I’m very happy with how the album turned out.

This album is very different from Venus Doom. With each album, do you feel as though you change as a person like an actor changes with every role?
I think it’s just natural. You know, when you tour and write an album and you start working on the next, it’s very natural. Usually you’re headed for something different. Organically, something just happens. You grow up and things change and the world changes and you’re just trying to filter it and make it into an album.

Did any books, works of art or films influence this album?
I’ve read a ton of stuff, but then again, I’ve never read an author and been inspired in a way for me to write a song. Even though I did some wild things in my youth, I still have a fairly good memory. I have a good hard drive, even though there might be some defragmentation, but I pull stuff from there when writing. I think the sweetest thing is when it happens naturally; you have something going on within you that you can’t explain in words, so that’s when you pick up a guitar and try to explain yourself emotionally. That’s the sweet part about making music. That’s why we keep making music.

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