DoubleCross, Cooking Vinyl’s specialist rock imprint, has signed Finnish rock band HIM to a UK and Ireland deal with options for their forthcoming album.

The band have a highly-anticipated appearance at Download lined up for 2013, as well as their new album Tears On Tape, due for release on April 29.

Formed in 1991 by vocalist Ville Valo, guitarist Mikko 'Linde' Lindström, and bassist Mikko 'Migé' Paananen, HIM’s previous seven albums have seen them garner a significant worldwide following, becoming ...