Showing posts with label Metal Hammer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Metal Hammer. Show all posts

2010/02/16

Ville Valo: "My good songs come from my muse, my bad ones are because of my postcode."

Ville Valo open door to his home exclusive for Metal Hammer In february issue of Metal Hammer Magazine Ville has opened the doors to his home & for the first time a magazine has been allowed to document his domain.First english, then slovak translation.

"What people need to understand is that I need to sleep, and that I work here. This is the most wretched abomination of palaces but it's also my home and it's sacred. I shouldn't be rude, my Mom says, but I live here. I try to be polite but sometimes it's just like, 'Get the fuck out.'"

So why then he decided to invite Metal Hammer inside?
"Well, maybe through this people will see it's just a place. It might have weird objects in it, or look like a cabinet of curiosities, or a warehouse. But it's also like:'See? This is the room I can't work in because you keep interrupting me!'"

And that place really have weird objects in it.....a steeple-shaped Bavarian altar, a canvas depicting St. Erasmus having his intestines pulled out, huge stag atop a piano,....and at least 30 stuffed owls of every colour and size.
"I read the Bible every day.", says Ville grinning impishly as he switches the light on his bathroom to reveal he's wallpapered it with pages ripped from a King James edition.
Ville Valo open door to his home exclusive for Metal Hammer
So well, these are pictures from Ville's house. He opened the doors for us to see it, so appreciated that and do not disrespect him by interrupting during his free time. Notice, it is his home, not gallery open for fans, or hormone-controlled teens. So please do not knock at his door at 5 in the morning, as he mentioned in this interview for MH.
He is artist, musician, he needs his rest, his space, his privacy. He is doing and I hope, he still will do so many for us, his fans; so at least, the minimum we can offer him is our respect.
And as he also said: "My good songs come from my muse, my bad ones are because of my postcode." Keep that in mind when you next time will not respect that yellow sign on the door 'I want to be alone'
Thank you.

Vo februárovom vydaní časopisu Metal Hammer Ville otvoril dvere svojho domova a po prvý krát bolo dovolené nejakému časopisu zdokumentovať jeho príbytok.

Ville Valo open door to his home exclusive for Metal Hammer"Čo musia ľudia pochopiť je, že potrebujem spať, že tu pracujem. Je to najväčšia ohavnosť palácov, ale zároveň je to môj domov a je nedotknuteľný. Nemal by som byť nezdvorilý, hovorieva moja mama, ale žijem tu. Snažím sa byť slušný ale niekedy mám chuť len povedať, 'Odpáľte do....'"

Tak prečo si sa rozhodol pozvať dnu Metal Hammer?
"No, možno takto ľudia uvidia, že je to len miesto. Možno, že sú v ňom podivné objekty, alebo že môže vyzerať ako kabinet kuriozít, alebo sklad. Ale taktiež je to ako: 'Vidíte? Toto je izba, v ktorej nemôžem pracovať, pretože ma neustále vyrušujete!'"

A to miesto je skutočne plné divných objektov.... špicatý bavorský oltár, obraz zobrazujúci Sv. Erasma s vytiahnutými vnútornosťami, obrovský jeleň nad klavírom,....a prinajmenšom 30 vypchaných sov v rôznych farbách a veľkostiach.
"Bibliu čítam každý deň." hovorí Ville nezbedne sa uškŕňajúc ako zapaľuje svetlo v kúpeľni, odhaľujúc tak, že vytapetoval steny so stránkami vytrhnutými z knihy kráľa Jakuba.

Takže, toto sú obrázky Villeho domu. Otvoril nám dvere, tak si to vážte a neznevažujte ho vyrušovaním počas jeho voľného času. Uvedomte si, je to jeho domov, nie galéria otvorená pre fanúšikov, alebo hormónmi kontrolovanej mládeže. Takže prosím, neklopte mu na dvere o piatej ráno, ako spomenul v tomto rozhovore pre MH.
Je umelec, hudobník, potrebuje svoj pokoj, svoj priestor, svoje súkromie.... Robí, a dúfam že stále bude, tak veľa pre nás, pre jeho fanúšikov, takže prinajmenšom, to minimum, čo mu môžeme ponúknuť, je náš rešpekt.
A ako sám povedal: "Moje dobré skladby vzišli z múzy, moje zlé kvôli smerovému poštovému číslu." Pamätajte na to keď nabudúce nebudete rešpektovať ten žltý oznam na dverách 'Chcem byť osamote'
Ďakujem.

Source/zdroj: quotations from Metal Hammer
Pictures: Metal Hammer

2010/02/05

Behind the scenes of new Metal Hammer cover photoshooting

Enjoy our Mr. Hat


Thanks to photographer John McMurtrie and Hammer art editor James Isaacs for this kick-ass video.
Metal Hammer

2010/02/03

Knock knock, is someone home? have a look into Devil's hole!

Heartagram and Metal Hammer Magazine announced:
"Metal Hammer's February issue features Ville Valo evoking the spirit of The Mad Hatter....and that's just the cover. METAL HAMMER has a WORLD EXCLUSIVE – Ville has opened the doors to his home & for the first time a magazine has been allowed to document his domain."

Hearagram a časopis Metal Hammer oznámili:
"Februárové vydanie Metal Hammer obsahuje Ville Vala vyvolávajúce-ho ducha zo šialeného klobúka.... a to je len obálka vydania. Metal Hammer dostalo tiež exkluzívne právo - Ville otvoril dvere svojho domova a po prvý krát bolo dovolené nejakému časopisu zdokumentovať jeho príbytok"

Pic: Wallpaper (for bigger go to Metal Hammer Wallpaper)

2010/01/20

Ville Valo as Mr. May in Metal Hammer calendar

still only January so not late definitely...

Iltalehti wrote "Suomalaiset artistit varastavat merkittävän osan kansainvälisen raskaan rockin lehden Metal Hammerin vuoden 2010 kalenterissa."
"Finnish artists stole a significant part of the international heavy rock magazine Metal Hammer 2010 calendar."
...so if you till now didn´t buy calendar for this year, just download it on metalhammer page

stále je ešte január, takže nie je neskoro....
Iltalehti informujú "Fínsky hudobníci zaplnili podstatnú časť kalendáru na rok 2010 heavy rock časopisu Metal Hammer."
...takže ak ste si doteraz nekúpili kalendár na rok 2010, jednoducho si ho stiahnite na metalhammer stránke

2010/01/16

Ville Valo Interview about Screamworks for Metal Hammer

2010/01/12

HIM Baudelaire in Braille bonus disc

Metal Hammer inform on its page:
HIM will release a special edition of their forthcoming album ‘Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice’ that will come bundled with a bonus acoustic disc. What will be on the disc is yet to be announced but the acoustic collection carries the title, ‘Baudelaire in Braille’.

Also included in the package will be a limited screen print entitled “Saint Scream”, which was hand-pressed by Two Rabbits Studio.


It´s good that soo many magazines are full with HIM :)

First part of the Screamworks review by Varjostaa already published.
Second part will be coming soon!

2009/11/25

First singel from album Screamworks:Love in Theory And Practice will be Heart Killer !


.... and according to NME it will be released on February 1.
Metal Hammer wrote about this track following:
After an intro that sounds like it was put together on a Casio-keyboard, arena-sized guitars crash through the barricades. HIM are setting their stall out here, it’s the commercial know-how of Dark Light combined with the pace of Love Metal. There’s an epic building solo in the middle too, really impressive stuff.
For more from Screamworks track by track guide click here
Well, combination of Dark Light and Lovel Metal? Hmmm, it could be good sound... we will see, just to wait more than two months :-/ Who knows what our Ville prepared for us.. yeah, Metal Hammer at least (and some others...)

Prvým singlom z albumu Screamworks:Love in Theory And Practice bude Heart Killer, svetlo sveta v podobe singlu uzrie 1. februára. takže už len vydržať dva mesiace. Metal Hammer o tomto počine uviedol. že je to kombinácia Dark Light a Lovel Metal, takže je na čo sa tešiť :)
source: NME

2009/11/24

Ville Valo speaks about Screamworks for Metal Hammer

The debonair frontman explains how he felt like a ‘naked invisible man’ whilst making the band’s new album, ‘Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice’.

MH: In what way is this album the story of what’s happened to you since the last album?
Ville: “Actually this one is probably the most direct, diary-esque, in the sense that maybe through me fucking up a lot of my long term relationships in the past through excessive partying and just being a slob that I kind of lost faith when I stopped drinking, and I felt that there was no chance for a guy like me to find equilibrium or be at peace, or balance between those things. While starting to write for this album, I was on the verge of falling head over heels for a person. So I captured that moment on the album. Unfortunately I’m bad at saying it. I never really had the chance of telling her that. So she’ll hear the album a bit later and know how I felt then. It’s one way of doing it.”

2009/10/21

Vote for favourite cover of Metal Hammer


yeah, sure, vote for HIM :)

"On 19 December 2009 Metal Hammer will have printed 200 issues! To celebrate more than 20 years in metal we have selected a few of our favourites – 50 actually – and invite you to vote for your favourite. Have a look through the covers and head to the homepage where you can vote in the poll (bottom right) – and the winning cover will be announced in the magazine!"


"19.decembra 2009 vydá Metal Hammer 200-tý výtlačok! V rámci oslavy viac než 20 rokov metalu sme vybrali niekoľko - konkrétne 50- našich obľúbených výtlačkov a pozývame vás hlasovať pre váš najobľúbenejší. Prezrite si titulné stránky a na hlavnej stránke môžete hlasovať - víťazná obálka bude ohlásená v časopise."

I published here just one... guess why :)

Source/zdroj: metalhammer.co.uk
Picture: cover of Metal Hammer

2009/09/30

Metal Hammer - The 22 Best Rock Riders



Metal Hammer posted response of many artists on question:
"If you could order anything before your gig what would it be?"
Our sweet guys (guess which one:) answered: bibles

Metal Hammer uverejnil reakcie viacerých umelcov na otázku:
"Ak by si/ste si mohli čokolvek objednať pred vystúpením, čo by to bolo?"
Odpoveď našich chalanov bola: bibliu