HIM vocalist replies to sell-out claims

13 April 2010 | 4:54 pm | Staff Writer
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HIM front man Ville Valo was recently quizzed about a perception that the Finnish love metal band’s latest album ‘Screamworks’ was their most commercial release yet.

HIM front man Ville Valo was recently quizzed about a perception that the Finnish love metal band’s latest album ‘Screamworks’ was their most commercial release yet.


Valo muses in an interview with the Edmonton Journal that the notion of ‘selling-out’ is vague and essentially a non-issue.


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"Well, it's the age-old question of have they sold out, or are they poppy? When that question arises, I always say IRON MAIDEN are poppy. They've sold about 170 million records. That makes them a popular band, a popular rock band or heavy metal band, whatever they prefer," Valo tells the Edmonton Journal.


Valo goes on to elaborate that the new album is a natural by-product of the band’s influences at the time of recording. "The best way for a band is just to follow their gut instincts, make the album they believe in, be inspired whomever they're inspired by at the moment and go with the flow,” he said.


Read the full interview here.