On February 8, 2010, “Sire” label released “Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, Chapters 1–13”, the seventh HIM strudio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “The Lair Studios” and “NRG Studios” in Los Angeles, California, and was produced by Matt Squire.

Personnel:

• Ville Valo − lead vocals, artwork, art direction
• Mikko “Linde” Lindström − guitar
• Mikko “Mige” Paananen − bass
• Janne “Burton” Puurtinen − keyboards
• Mika “Gas Lipstick” Karppinen − drums
• Larry Goetz – programming
• Travis Huff − engineer
• Steve Tippeconnic − recording assistant
• Tate Hall − recording assistant
• Dave Colvin – recording assistant
• Neal Avron − mixing
• Nicholas Fournier – mixing assistant
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Matt Taylor – artwork
• Varnish Studio Inc – art direction
• 2Rabbits Studios – screen prints
• David Roemer – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ville Valo.

1. In Venere Veritas
2. Scared to Death
3. Heartkiller
4. Dying Song
5. Disarm Me (With Your Loneliness)
6. Love, the Hardest Way
7. Katherine Wheel
8. In the Arms of Rain
9. Ode to Solitude
10. Shatter Me with Hope
11. Acoustic Funeral (For Love in Limbo)
12. Like St. Valentine
13. The Foreboding Sense of Impending Happiness