Digital Versatile Doom

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Digital Versatile Doom
Live album by HIM
Released	April 29, 2008[1]
Recorded	Live at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	Sire Records
HIM chronology
Uneasy Listening Vol. 1 & 2 (2007) Digital Versatile Doom (2008)

Digital Versatile Doom (a.k.a Digital Versatile Doom: Live From the Orpheum Theatre XXXVII A.S.) is HIM's first live album and live DVD. The DVD was directed by Meiert Avis in Los Angeles at the Orpheum Theater between November 14 and 15, 2007. The DVD features the live performance, as well as behind the scenes look at the show. Also featured on the DVD is the winner of HIM's biggest fans competition go to Seattle, Washington to meet the band. A special edition was available for pre-order on February 1, 2008, which comes with a limited edition 6" X 4" hand-numbered flipbook limited to 3500 copies in North America and 500 in the UK. The imagery is from HIM's live performance of "Sleepwalking Past Hope" at that concert.^[2] Digital Versatile Doom will also contain band interviews and fan videos.

An unspecified delay occurred during the release of the product to the market, with the release date being changed from the March 31 to April 29th, and further to May 17th for Australian listeners.^[3]

On May 8, the album made its chart debut at #59 on the Swedish Albums Chart. It also debuted at #48 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart.

[edit] CD track listing

1. "Passion's Killing Floor"
2. "Wings of a Butterfly"
3. "Buried Alive By Love"
4. "Wicked Game"
5. "The Kiss of Dawn"
6. "Vampire Heart"
7. "Poison Girl"
8. "Dead Lovers' Lane"
9. "Join Me in Death"
10. "It's All Tears (Drown in This Love)"
11. "Sleepwalking Past Hope" (Extended time on the DVD)
12. "Killing Loneliness"
13. "Soul On Fire"
14. "Your Sweet 666"
15. "Bleed Well"
16. "The Funeral of Hearts"

• There is a second disc of all the above tracks performed live.
• The special features on the DVD include a photo gallery, a viewing of HIM's biggest fan competition in Seattle, and an interview with front man Ville Valo.

[edit] iTunes version track listing

1. "Intro (Blood Theme)"
2. "Passion's Killing Floor"
3. "Wings of a Butterfly"
4. "Buried Alive By Love"
5. "Wicked Game"
6. "The Kiss of Dawn"
7. "Vampire Heart"
8. "Poison Girl"
9. "Dead Lovers' Lane"
10. "Join Me in Death"
11. "It's All Tears (Drown in This Love)"
12. "Sleepwalking Past Hope" (10:41 minutes long)
13. "Killing Loneliness"
14. "Soul On Fire"
15. "Your Sweet 666"
16. "Bleed Well"
17. "Right Here in My Arms"
18. "The Funeral of Hearts"
19. "V.D.O. (Venus Doom Outro)"

[edit] References

v • d • e HIM Ville Valo · Mikko Lindström · Mikko Paananen · Janne Puurtinen · Mika Karppinen Discography Studio albums Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 · Razorblade Romance · Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights · Love Metal · Dark Light · Venus Doom EPs and demos Witches and Other Night Fears · This Is Only the Beginning · 666 Ways to Love: Prologue Compilation albums and box sets The Single Collection · And Love Said No: The Greatest Hits 1997-2004 · Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666/Razorblade Romance/Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights · Uneasy Listening Vol. 1 · Uneasy Listening Vol. 2 · Uneasy Listening Vol. 1 & 2 DVD's The Video Collection: 1997-2003 · And Love Said No: The Greatest Hits 1997-2004 · Love Metal Archives Vol. I · Digital Versatile Doom Singles "Your Sweet Six Six Six" · "Wicked Game" · "When Love and Death Embrace" · "It's All Tears (Drown in This Love)" · "Join Me in Death" · "Right Here in My Arms" · "Poison Girl" · "Gone With the Sin" · "Wicked Game" (2000) · "Your Sweet 666" (2000) · "Pretending" · "In Joy and Sorrow" · "Heartache Every Moment"/"Close to the Flame" · "The Funeral of Hearts" · "Buried Alive By Love" · "The Sacrament" · "Solitary Man" · "And Love Said No" · "Wings of a Butterfly" · "Vampire Heart" · "Killing Loneliness" · "The Kiss of Dawn" · "Bleed Well"