is it evil, good, a type of ying-yang....what?
2007-03-16 16:35:56 · 2 answers · asked by mexicana_510 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
Heartagram is the name of a trademarked symbol of HIM. It is a cross between a heart and an inverted pentagram. Valo created the Heartagram the day after his 20th birthday. The heartagram has been falsely associated with satanism, so some believe HIM is satanic, which is false according to Valo. The heartagram symbolizes the contrast or perfect balance between life and death, love and hatred, darkness and light, good and evil, or even love and death together. Valo has said that "the heartagram stands for HIM as a band, as an entity, and for 'love metal' in general,".
Many fans of the band have heartagram tattoos or tattoos of other HIM emblems (such as the single heart on Valo's right wrist). Fan-submitted photos of such tattoos decorated the lyric booklet for the limited edition of Dark Light.
Ville Valo has allowed his close friend, Jackass star, professional skateboarder Bam Margera to share the license on the image and Margera is accordingly entitled to use it for his promotional purposes, for example most of his Adio shoes have the symbol. Because of that many people think it's Bam's logo, but even so it has been profitable for the band because it gives them a lot of publicity, and according to Ville in one of his interviews, more people know the band because of the symbol and Bam than because of their music.
HIM is currently running a contest to design the new Heartagram.
2007-03-16 16:52:44 · answer #1 · answered by chan-chan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The heartagram is the trademarked symbol of HIM, best described as a combination of a heart and an inverted pentagram (love & hate), created by Ville Valo the day after his twentieth birthday. Valo has said that "the heartagram stands for HIM as a band, as an entity, and for 'love metal' in general."
2016-03-16 21:48:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its just a logo for HIM, bam margera's band. it doesnt mean anything.
2007-03-16 16:46:43 · answer #3 · answered by rahab 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋