Finnish metal band HIM have announced their breakup after 26 years as a band. They will also embark on a final farewell tour between June and Dec. of this year.

Did HIM split up?

Finnish outfit HIM have confirmed they are to split up at the end of 2017. He reports: “After quarter of a century of love and metal intertwined, we sincerely feel HIM has run its unnatural course and adieus must be said in order to make way for sights, scents and sounds yet unexplored. ...

What's Ville Valo doing now?

HIM singer Ville Valo is back with new EP, Gothica Fennica Vol. ... Last year, he surfaced with the project Ville Valo & Agents whose self-titled record was based on songs by late Finnish rocker Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki, and now he's entered the solo arena.