666 Ways to Love: Prologue

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Released 19 October 1996 Artist HIM Producer Hiili Hiilesmaa		Length 19:35 Release date 16 October 1996 Label BMG Finland

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666 Ways to Love: Prologue is an EP by Finnish band HIM, released in 1996, only in Finland. It is produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa, and was registered in Finnvox, MD and Peacemakers, Helsinki. It is their first release after a demo in 1995. Only 1,000 were produced. The woman pictured on the front cover of the album is the mother of HIM's lead singer, Ville Valo. The EP was re-released for the first time, on vinyl, on November 25, 2014 in Lashes to Ashes, Lust to Dust: A Vinyl Retrospective '96-'03.

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Track listing

All songs written by Ville Valo, except where noted.

"Stigmata Diaboli" – 2:55
"Wicked Game" (Chris Isaak) – 3:56
"Dark Sekret Love" – 5:19
"The Heartless" – 7:25

Personnel

Ville Hermanni Valo − lead vocals

Mikko Viljami "Linde" Lindström − lead guitar

Oki − rhythm guitar

Mikko Henrik Julius "Migé" Paananen − bass guitar

Antto Melasniemi − keyboards

Juhana Tuomas "Pätkä" Rantala − drums

Guest musicians

Sanna-June Hyde − vocals on "Dark Sekret Love"

Kai "Hiili" Hiilesmaa − moog synthesizer on "Dark Sekret Love"

Songs

1Stigmata Diaboli2:55
2Wicked Game3:54
3Dark Sekret Love

References

666 Ways to Love: Prologue Wikipedia

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