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The Crow (1994)/The Crow (2024)
How goth comic The Crow became a major cult movie - and reshaped metal culture forever

By Matt Mills Published

From HIM to Avatar, The 69 Eyes and Ice Nine Kills, The Crow has had a lasting impact on metal's aesthetic and themes

Culture
HIM posing for a photo in front of a building
How Ville Valo went darker than ever on HIM’s Venus Doom

By Alexander Milas Published

HIM’s Venus Doom was the sound of a band peering over the edge of the abyss, as Ville Valo explained when Metal Hammer spoke to the singer in 2007

Albums
Ville Valo
HIM legend Ville Valo reveals the iconic goth film character that inspired him

By Merlin Alderslade Published

This beloved 90s cult classic is a particular favourite of the HIM frontman

Films & TV Shows
Ville Valo in 2023
Ville Valo interview: “I didn’t realise how much Him meant to people”

By Matt Mills Published

The goth metal beloved talks about his impending Royal Albert Hall show, drawing VV to a close and why he won’t play a Him album live in full

Interviews
HIM in 2004
“I’m a good actor. I’m the Jack Nicholson of rock’n’roll! I can do the one expression and people still believe it”: how Ville Valo became one of rock’s last great stars

By Jamie Hibbard Published

A classic 2004 interview with Ville Valo that proves he’s always been goth metal’s most charismatic star

Interviews
Ville Valo
“It’s as evocative and deviant as the title suggests. It’s very sexual and disturbed”: the obscure 90s goth songs that changed Ville Valo’s life

By Ville Valo Published

Ville Valo on the cult goth songs every goth metal fan should listen to

Tracks & Singles
A posed shot of HIM in the studio
“The heart of darkness for me is a heart of honesty, it’s the heart of vulnerability”: how Ville Valo pulled back from the abyss and bared his soul on HIM’s Screamworks

By Alexander Milas Published

In 2010, Hammer visited HIM frontman Ville Valo at home in Helsinki to talk about the goth-metal band’s new album, Screamworks: Love in Theory And Practice

Albums
Ville Valo
"I've already started humming and strumming": Ville Valo is planning to work on new music this year

By Rich Hobson Published

Ville Valo explains what he misses most about HIM, but says he's still planning on working on a sequel to Neon Noir in 2024

Albums
Photos of Black Sabbath, Rage Against The Machine, Slayer and Marty Friedman performing live
10 heavy metal bands who need to reunite in 2024

By Matt Mills Published

We’re not ready to bid farewell to Rage Against The Machine, Slayer and Black Sabbath just yet…

Bands & Artists
HIM in 2006
Don't bank on Ville Valo reuniting HIM any time soon: "We haven’t really been in touch"

By Merlin Alderslade Published

HIM leader Ville Valo is enjoying his solo career right now, and it looks set to stay that way

Bands & Artists
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