The first book about HIM, "Synnin Viemää" (Gone with the Sin) was released only in Finland on October 14th, 2002.
It contains the history of the band. You can read some details about the bandmemers eg. How they grew up or how they got into the music and their instrument(s).
It has 250 pages of stories from the very early days to the present and a lot of new unpublished photos.
The book has a lot of names, places and events relating to Helsinki and exists at the moment only in Finnish but if there is enough interest the band will consider translating it in to other languages.
Ville and Juho Juntunen attended an open interview hour at the Finnish Book Fair in Helsinki on October 25th at 17.30. The book was presented in the hall of Aleksis Kivi in the Helsinki Fair Centre.

TITLE: HIM - Synnin Viemää
AUTHOR: Juntunen, J. K.
ISBN: 951 - 0 - 27304 - X
PUBLISHING HOUSE: WS Bookwell OY
PRICE: 29,00€ (plus fee)
YOU CAN ORDER IT AT: Akateeminen Kirjakauppa