The album was supposed to be released already 1999. But inspite of the invested time the guys were not satisfied with the result of their work. So the decision to record the album once again was made quite fast.
«When we went to the studio the first time we had the feeling that we did not get out the maximum of the songs. Maybe it was our fault as we changed the songs very often and so I think they lost their charme within all this time. Who knows maybe it was because of the season, in which we recorded the songs. It was wintertime and the sound of the tracks was too depressive for our taste», Valo explains.
The songs had been quite long as well. Some lastet up to 7 minutes, so the band came to the conclusion that this would be too much and they started to arrange everything new.
Someday the finnish BMG suggested a producer. He should give them some tricks. This guy was John Fryer. He had already done some work for eg. Nin Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, The Sisters of Mercy,...
The first meeting went very well. Ville: «John opened our eyes, he looked at our material without any knowledge about the previous once and he didn’t have any expectations as well. He concentrated on the support of our talents and he gave us important tips».
HIM changed into the Rockfield Studios in Wales where Black Sabbath had already done some recordings in the past.
While John Fryer still had a lot of work with mixing the different tracks the guys got an offer to make the soundtrack for the Roland Emmerich film "The 13th Floor" with Josef Rusnak as director. With the help of GUN it did not take long till Mr. Emmerich had his Soundtrack: "Join Me In Death". The single was released on 02.11.99, it went straight on top of the charts. With 250.000 sold copys HIM got gold the first time.
"Razorblade Romance" itself was released on 24.01.00. It did not take long 'til "Razorblade Romance" followed the single on top of the charts. The guys got platin on 23.10.00 in Cologne.
Besides "Join Me In Death", "Razorblade Romance" brought out more succesfull singles like: "Right Here In My Arms", "Gone With The Sin" and "Poison Girl".
At the end "Razorblade Romance" was sold 450.000 times and HIM got several media awards, a nomination for the german Echo award and tripple gold for this succesfull album.
Tracklist of "Razorblade Romance" limited edition:

01. I Love You (Prelude To Tragedy)
02. Poison Girl
03. Join Me In Death
04. Right Here In My Arms
05. Gone With The Sin
06. Razorblade Kiss
07. Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart
08. Heaven Tonight
09. Death Is In Love With Us
10. Resurrection
11. One Last Time
12. Sigillium Diaboli
13. The 9th Circle (OLT)

Symbols:
The Heartagram is the logo of the band since their very start. Valo invented the sign, based on a heart and a pentagram. It symbolizes Love & Evil.
The Razorblade is the logo of "Razorblade Romance". The heart in the middle symbolizes romance, the razorblade on the other hand symbolizes the dangerous side of love.