Bands like HIMfrom the other side of the world
HIM is from Finland, tagged "gothic rock", "alternative rock", "gothic metal" and "love metal" on MusicBrainz. These nine are not the usual sound-alikes. They come from 9 countries on 6 continents (North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania), listed west to east, and each one shares little or nothing with HIM's tags. Press play on any of them, or spin your own nine.

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Picked by the World 9 engine from a map of 6,143 lesser-known artists. Clips are Apple's 30-second previews. Spotify, YouTube and Bandcamp links are searches.