666 Ways to Love: Prologue is an EP by HIM, released in 1996, only in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. It is produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa

Hiili Hiilesmaa

Kai "Hiili" Hiilesmaa is the vocalist of the rock band The Skreppers, drummer of doom metal band KYPCK, was the keyboardist of hard rock/sleaze/blues band Daniel Lioneye, as well as a respected producer from Finland...

, and was registered in Finnvox, MD and Peacemakers, Helsinki. It is their first release after a demo in 1995. Only 1,000 were produced.
The woman pictured on the front cover of the album is the mother of HIM's lead singer, Ville Valo

Ville Valo

Ville Hermanni Valo is a Finnish singer, songwriter and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. He has received the "Golden God" award in 2004 by the heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer. Valo has a baritone vocal range. Valo was ranked number 80 in Hit Paraders Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time...

.

Track listing

All songs written by Ville Valo

Ville Valo

Ville Hermanni Valo is a Finnish singer, songwriter and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. He has received the "Golden God" award in 2004 by the heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer. Valo has a baritone vocal range. Valo was ranked number 80 in Hit Paraders Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time...

, except where noted.

1. "Stigmata Diaboli" – 2:55
2. "Wicked Game
   Wicked Game
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   " (Chris Isaak
   Chris Isaak
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   ) – 3:56
3. "Dark Sekret Love" – 5:19
4. "The Heartless" – 7:25

Personnel

• Ville Hermanni Valo
  Ville Valo
  Ville Hermanni Valo is a Finnish singer, songwriter and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. He has received the "Golden God" award in 2004 by the heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer. Valo has a baritone vocal range. Valo was ranked number 80 in Hit Paraders Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time...
  
   — lead vocals
• Mikko Viljami "Linde" Lindström — lead guitar
  Lead guitar
  Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
  
  
• Mikko Henrik Julius "Migé" Paananen
  Mikko Paananen
  Mikko Henrik Julius Paananen , better known as Migé or Migé Amour, is the current and founding bassist of the rock band HIM.-History:...
  
   — bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Juhana Tuomas "Pätkä" Rantala — drums

Session Members

• Sanna-June Hyde — female vocals on "Dark Sekret Love"
• Kai "Hiili" Hiilesmaa
  Hiili Hiilesmaa
  Kai "Hiili" Hiilesmaa is the vocalist of the rock band The Skreppers, drummer of doom metal band KYPCK, was the keyboardist of hard rock/sleaze/blues band Daniel Lioneye, as well as a respected producer from Finland...
  
   — moog synthesizer
  Moog synthesizer
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  on "Dark Sekret Love"