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Originally Posted by Legion of Edgar Allan Poe
HIM is gothic love metal. you cant deny that
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I bloody well can deny it. Having heavy guitar doesn't make HIM a metal band. Ville Valo having a deep voice and wearing quite a lot of black doesn't make him a goth.
I like HIM ( fuck off ) but seriously, they have nothing to do with goth. Or metal. Ville Valo has stated clearly more than once that they are not a goth band, he stated on film (dvd) that if you want goth, go and listen to some Sisters, or Siouxsie or Bauhaus ect.
Goth does have it's offshoots and assosciated music styles ( Darkwave and so on ) but Metal is not one of them.