HIM - Dark Secret Love (HD video Music) Album: 666 Ways to Love: Prologue - Ville Valo (VV)

Band: HIM Song: Dark Secret Love EP: 666 Ways to Love: Prologue Publication Date: October 16, 1996 Producer: Hiili Hiilesmaa Label: BMG Finland 666 Ways to Love: Prologue is an EP by the band HIM, released in 1996 only in Finland. It is produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa and was recorded at Finnvox, MD and Peacemakers, Helsinki. This is their first release after a demo in 1995. 1000 copies were produced. The woman on the cover is Ville Valo&mother. 666 Ways to Love: Prologue Tracklist: 1. Stigmata diaboli 2. Wicked Game (Chris Isaak) 3. Dark secret love 4. The Heartless All songs are written by Ville Valo, except Wicked Game which is written by Chris Isaak. HIM band members: Ville Valo: Vocal Mikko Lindström: Guitar Mikko Paananen: Bass Juhana “Pätkä” Rantala: Drums Collaborations: Sanna-June Hyde: Vocal in "Dark Secret Love" Hiili Hiilesmaa: Synthesizer on "Dark Sekret Love" Information on the lyrics of the song Dark Secret Love: Part of the lyrics of this song quotes the Old Testament, more exactly from the "Song of Solomon" since the authorship of the book, Chapter 8 Verse 6 is attributed to it. This passage is as follows: "Set me as seal upon thine heart, As a seal upon thine arm, For love is strong as death Jealousy is cruel as the grave. The coals thereof Are coals of fire, Which hath a most vehement flame. " In some Jewish weddings this passage is traditionally used as part of the "contract", known as "ketubahs" and is included in the vows or promises of the...