#Mika Karppinen

[zheniakirsikkalove]

❤ HIM - band from Finland. 1999 ❤

photo 1: Ville Valo, Mikko "Mige" Paananen, Juska Salminen, Mikko "Linde" Lindström, Gas lipstick / Mika Karppinen

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[iamtryingtobelieve]

To cry is to know that you're alive

But my river of tears has run dry

[vanalex]

Day 11 of 25

HIM - Razorblade Romance

I’ve been given a task to choose 25 albums that greatly influenced my taste in music. One per day for 25 consecutive days. Random order. No explanation, no reviews, just album covers.

Normally I should nominate someone every day to do the same. I decided not to  nominate anyone in particular and everyone who wants to play along is free to join. If you aren’t interested, no problem.

[thisnoisemademe]

The blood on our hands is the wine, we offer as sacrifice.

[unsung-tragedy]

[metalindex-hu]

The Solitude – The Sound of Absent Life – bemutatkozó dal

The Solitude – The Sound of Absent Life – bemutatkozó dal - https://metalindex.hu/2023/06/04/the-solitude-the-sound-of-absent-life-bemutatkozo-dal/ -

The Solitude néven hívták életre új tradicionális doom metal vonalas zenekarát a finn metaléra néhány jól ismeret muzsikusa. Név szerint Mika „Gas Lipstick” Karppinen gitáros (ex-HIM, Kyyria, Dementia), Janne Parviainen dobos (Ensiferum, ex-Waltari), Ville Pelkonen basszusgitáros (ex-Jimsonweed) és Aleksi Parviainen szólógitáros (Malpractice, Soulcage).  Bemutatkozó dalukat The Sound of Absent Life címmel tették közre.

[borealflorist]

Transcription of the the sleeve under the cut:

"When asked to describe HIM's style in a 2003 interview, singer Ville Valo gave a tongue-in-cheek summary of what the Finnish hard rock group was all about. 'It's loose. It's fun. It's aggressive, in a sentimental way', he mused. 'Melancholic, and has all sides of what popular music is about. It's poppy. It's heavy. It's dumb. It's intelligent. It's black.' By the time HIM released Razorblade Romance in 1999, its fans were well-versed in the bands oeuvre, as well as its lyrical fascination with love and death. Its first official album, 1997's gothic-kissed Greatest Love Songs: Vol 666, focused on the agony of pining after the object of one's desire, a person whom Valo frequently beckoned to join his side. The tightly intertwined themes of amour and mortality remain strong on Razorblade Romance. But instead of longing for affection, the lyrics also detail the unexpected results of capturing someone's heart. The union that finally occurs doesn't live up to the expectations of countless lovelorn fantasies, and being emotionally abandoned by the person who's lying in your arms perpetuates another cycle of mortal pain.

"The disillusionment helps fuel Razorblade's bold pace- The realization of dysfunctionality overshadows romantic daydreaming and hopeful wooing. Opening track 'I Love You (Prelude To Tragedy)' practically says it all. 'The sweeter the kiss/The colder turn your arms', Valo sings as the music barrels onward, driven by the force of desperation and Mika 'Gas Lipstick' Karppinen's chanting drums. Thick, Type O Negative-style tones propel the chugging 'Razorblade Kiss', and 'Right Here In My Arms' rocks with Mikko 'Linde' Lindstrom's zipping guitars, Mikko 'Mige' Paananen's thudding bass and a foot-stomping chorus. Even when the pace is reined in for softer tracks like 'Heaven Tonight' and 'Gone With The Sin', a throbbing urgency is still evident.

"The album's cover also signals the fervid musical direction. Instead of Valo being photographed like a renaissance angel, bathed in softlights and surrounded by rolling amber clouds as per Greatest Love Songs: Vol 666, he's cast in a brightly lit photo, lounging against a candy pink background and flaunting the black tattoo on his lower abdomen with a cigarette protruding from his lipsticked mouth. Visually, the brooding lover has morphed into an aloof peacock.

"But he isn't completely jaded by romantic disappointments, as proved by the international hit "Join Me In Death. Led by a rippling four-note piano refrain that underscores the song's dreamy idealism, the quasi-ballad encapsulates Love Metal–the throwaway tag HIM dubbed its music in its early days–at that moment in time: Polished, Black Sabbath-influenced rock that's at once bristling and restrained, brimming with pledges of eternal devotion. It doesn't get any more rebellious than fleeing a cruel world for the sake of rapture, and the Romeo and Juliet-inspired song swiftly connected with the band's young fan base, leading it to become HIM's biggest single by far, as well as the first ever triple-platinum single by a Finnish act in their home country. Thanks to its dark beauty and the passionate response it created, it's the track that HIM will be long remembered by... much like the tortured love Valo sings about."

—Christa Titus, Billboard, April 2014

LOOK WHAT I BOUGHT 💟

[jennytotgeliebt]

[we-are-the-nobodiess]

[cupcakecurl]

Reasons to enyjoy HIM’s cover version of Backstreet Boys’ “Larger Than Life” from Gurten 2000:

Ville shaking his little bum 

Migé and Linde doing some kind of synchronised dance (not really but anyways)

HIM enjoying themselves way too much to play “Larger Than Life”

HIM PLAYING FREAKING “LARGER THAN LIFE”

[earpeeler]

Kaaos TV – Finnish – Gas Lipstick (Ex-Him / Hallatar) Haastattelu @ Ravintola Ilves 19.6.2017 Parhaillaan jäähyväiskiertueella olevan HIM:n entinen rumpali ja nykyisin Hallatar-yhtyeessä vaikuttava Gas Lipstick KaaosTV:n vieraana Ravintola Ilveksessä 19. päivä kesäkuuta 2017.

[iamtryingtobelieve]

We disappear in the lie forever

And denounce the power of death over our souls

As secret words are said to start a war

[officialflatearth]

Flat Earth has parted ways with Mika "Gas Lipstick" Karppinen

Flat Earth has parted ways with Mika “Gas Lipstick” Karppinen

With saddened and heavy hearts we have decided to part ways with our beloved friend and drummer Mika “Gas Lipstick” Karppinen due to a conflict of interest within the band.We will continue to support Gas with all his future endeavors and wish him nothing but the best of fortunes.We are invigorated by this opportunity to change and are looking ahead with great optimism and motivation. You will…

[ramblinguitar]

23-25 for the music ask? :)

Sure thing <3

23- favorite singer, guitarist, bassist and drummer?

Singer- Florence Welch

Guitarist- John Frusciante

Bassist- Tim Commerford

Drummer- Gas (Mika Karppinen)

24- favorite songwriter/lyric writer?

Bob Dylan

25-somebody you absolutely adore as both a musician and a person?

Eddie Vedder.

Thanks for the ask @musicrunsthroughmysoul !

[cyanidesnow]

HIM's VILLE VALO Is Back With 'Gothica Fennica Vol. 1' EP

March 19, 2020

ind Ville Valo has returned with what appears to be a solo project simply called VV.

Valo has just released a three-song EP called "Gothica Fennica Vol. 1". The effort, which bears a strong musical resemblance to HIM, features the following tracks: "Salute The Sanguine", "Run Away From The Sun" and "Saturnine Saturnalia".

HIM completed a farewell tour in 2017, closing the final chapter on the band's 26-year career.

At the time, Ville explained to Kerrang! magazine why the band decided to call it a day.

"We were tired of the same shit," he said. "When you've done it for a long time, at some point it doesn't taste good anymore. We started working on some stuff, it didn't sound good enough, and we didn't get the teenage buzz you're supposed get."

He also discussed the future of his artistic and musical endeavours.

"I'll be figuring out the emotions I'll be going through after the HIM period is done," he said. "That's how I experience life. I experience it through music, I'll pick up the guitar and start writing and I'm sure some of the emotions that come out of this wild ride will come through. My life is not done yet. The HIM part is done, as it is now, the chapter is closed, but the book is still unfinished…"

Formed in 1991 by Valo, guitarist Mikko "Linde" Lindström and bassist Mikko "Migé" Paananen, HIM offered the world a new take on the metal genre, which became known as "love metal" (also the title of their fourth album).

HIM in 2015 parted ways with its longtime drummer, Mika Kristian Karppinen (a.k.a. Gas Lipstick), and replaced him with Jukka "Kosmo" Kröger (formerly of HERRA YLPPÖ & IHMISET).

Last year, Valo teamed up with guitar legend Esa Pulliainen to record an album based on songs by the late, legendary Finnish singer Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki. The self-titled album by VILLE VALO & AGENTS was released in February 2019 and was followed by a short tour.

Listen here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvanyA-9wbXAVkfgRfOWCA