In 2005 , HIM released '' Dark Light '' , which became the group 's most commercially successful album to date , charting in fifteen countries . With '' Dark Light '' , HIM also became the first Finnish group to receive a gold record in the US . In 2007 , HIM released '' Venus Doom '' , the making of which was marred by problems in Valo 's personal life . Despite this , the album gave the band their highest chart position in the US at number twelve . After 2010 's '' Screamworks : Love in Theory and Practice '' , HIM went on hiatus as drummer Gas Lipstick took medical leave . Following several months of uncertainty , the band regrouped and eventually released the album '' Tears on Tape '' in 2013 . In 2015 , Gas Lipstick announced his departure from the band to pursue other musical projects , and was subsequently replaced by Jukka " Kosmo " Kröger . On 5 March 2017 , HIM announced that the band would be disbanding following a farewell tour in 2017 . The band played their final show on New Year 's Eve 2017 as a part of their annual Helldone Festival
farewell tour
Bang and Whimper 2017 – The Farewell Tour
HIM (Finnish band)