According to
Kerrang! magazine,
H.I.M.'s forthcoming album,
"Dark Light", will feature the following track listing:
01.
Drunk on Shadows 02.
The Face of God 03.
Under the Rose 04.
Dark Light 05.
Vampire Heart 06.
Killing Loneliness 07.
Play Dead 08.
Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly 09.
Behind the Crimson Door 10.
In the Nightside of Eden The first single in Germany will be
"Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly", tentatively due on September 5. A scan of a
Kerrang! article featuring
H.I.M. frontman
Ville Valo discussing each track on the upcoming CD can be found at
www.h-i-m666.com.
According to
Billboard.com,
"Dark Light" was mixed at New York's
Electric Lady studios with producer
Tim Palmer (
DAVID BOWIE,
OZZY OSBOURNE).
Valo told Finland's
Ilta-Sanomat magazine that the group's initial choice of mixer for the new album,
Andy Wallace (
NIRVANA,
KORN,
LIMP BIZKIT,
DISTURBED) was fired one week into the process because he made
H.I.M. sound like "one of those American bands with no personality." "He didn't understand our Scandinavian 'twistedness,'"
Ville said.
The follow-up to 2003's
"Love Metal",
"Dark Light" was recorded at Los Angeles'
Paramour studios with
Palmer, who also worked on the band's last album. A September 26 release via
Sire Records is expected.
Ville Valo and his cohorts have lined up a handful of European and Japanese festival appearances during the summer. A North American jaunt is being penciled in for October and November.
