The early 2000s saw HIM rise from Finland’s best-kept secret into genuine global metal stars. By the time of 2007’s Venus Doom album, frontman Ville Valo was one of rock’s most recognisable ...

Few modern rock stars are as charismatic as former HIM frontman Ville Valo.In 2006, Metal Hammer travelled to Italy to meet Ville and his band to try to find out what made this modern rock god tick.

After years of fronting HIM, Valo triumphantly returned earlier this year with the Neon Noir solo album. The tour gets underway Sept. 10 in Louisville, Kentucky, wrapping just over a month later ...

It’s all very Ville. The songs are all cut from a similarly Sabbath-goes-post-punk-with-a-poetry-book cloth as one might be used to, touching on “Kyuss’ Welcome To Sky Valley, but also a lot ...

It’s not uncommon to name other artists as influences, but former HIM frontman Ville Valo has credited the fictional ’90s movie character Eric Draven from The Crow film franchise as ...

NME meets Valo at a studio in King’s Cross to discuss his first ever solo album ‘Neon Noir’, a project fully written, recorded and produced by the 46-year-old that is set to be released ...

Ville Valo explains how his debut solo album, 'Neon Noir,' was a 'natural' evolution from his work in the rock band HIM and how he was able to negotiate the 'contradicting' forces of beauty and death.

Ville Valo performs Thursday, April 6, at Saint Andrew’s Hall, 431 E. Congress St., Detroit. Doors at 7 p.m. (313)961-8961 or saintandrewsdetroit.com.

Ville Valo has explained in an interview why he doesn’t use social media. The former HIM frontman doesn’t have personal accounts on any social media platforms, nor does he have any control ...

EXCLUSIVE: Ville Valo, the legendary HIM frontman, isn't taking his newfound solo career for granted.

Half a decade on from the end of gothic rock heroes HIM, frontman Ville Valo is gearing up to release his debut solo album. And in Neon Noir, not only did the Finnish icon find a reason to keep ...