Tim Palmer(producer) about Ville’s suicidal thoughts during the recording process of Venus Doom.
“He was too inebriated to record. I told Ville that I had to be honest, and that I felt he would sing the song better if he was not so drunk. Instead of fighting, he just apologized and told me that he had been going through a really tough time. I tried to encourage him to talk about it, as he seemed really sad and was close to tears. He told me how life had become a struggle, but I was still not aware of how extreme his feelings were. I learned that he had been feeling low for many years now. He was needing at least three beers to just leave the house, and was really not eating well at all. He was drinking very heavily and just smoking all day. It all became extremely serious when I learned from Ville that he had been waking up and feeling like he didn’t want to carry on with his life. He told me that his wrists felt like they were burning.”
