Soon after, the band changed their name to Ethereal , and signed to Century Media at the end of 1997.
the EP Sounds of Decay released with the same lineup the next year
The first of said releases was an EP entitled Saw You Drown , released in early 1997, which also contained the first wide release of “Scarlet Heavens”.
His Infernal Majesty continued to record several more demos, sending them to Nuclear Blast , Roadrunner and Spinefarm Records , among others, all of whom passed on the band. Eventually they were signed to BMG by production manager Asko Kallonen, who was impressed by the band’s cover of Chris Isaak…
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After the year off, the band regrouped in 1996 to record and release a second studio album, Brave Murder Day .
(later released in very limited capacity on Katatonia/Primordial in 1996)
The first incarnation of HIM was formed in 1991 by childhood friends Ville Valo and Mikko “Mige” Paananen in Helsinki , Finland . Valo played six-string bass, which substituted for guitar, while Mige also played bass. The band had two rotating drummers: Sami “Juippi” Jokilehto and Juha Tarvonen. Dubbed His…
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After recording a song titled “Bleeding Souls” for the Noise of Bolgia compilation in 1995, Claudio Leo became the band’s second guitarist, and Leonardo Forti replaced Michaelangelo on the drums after his departure.
After touring in support of the album, the trio recorded an EP, For Funerals to Come… , which was released in early 1995. However, Le Huche left the band shortly after, and issues finding a replacement resulted in the band breaking up for a year, while Renkse and Nystrom worked…
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Singer and pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody met in 1994 in Little Rock, Arkansas at ages 13 and 14, when the two were at a Christian youth camp where Lee played piano during sport activities and Moody played acoustic guitar and she thought they could play music together.…
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