666 Ways to Love: Prologue
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666 Ways to Love: Prologue is an EP by Finnish band HIM, released in 1996, only in Finland. It was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa, and was recorded at Finnvox, MD, and Peacemakers, Helsinki. It is their first release after a demo in 1995. Only 1,000 copies were produced. The woman pictured on the front cover of the album is the mother of HIM's lead singer, Ville Valo.<ref name="Larkin 2011 p. 1795">Template:Cite book</ref> The EP was re-released for the first time, on vinyl, on 25 November 2014, in Lashes to Ashes, Lust to Dust: A Vinyl Retrospective '96–'03.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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
- The last 1:40 of "The Heartless" was included as the hidden track on Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666, which also included a shorter re-recording of "The Heartless" and a new recording of "Wicked Game".
Personnel
- Ville Hermanni Valo − lead vocals
- Mikko Viljami "Linde" Lindström − lead guitar
- Oskari "Oki" Kymäläinen − rhythm guitar<ref group="notes">Kymäläinen was simply credited as "Oki" on this release.</ref>
- 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"