 Following several months of uncertainty, the band regrouped and eventually released the album "Tears on Tape" in 2013, which charted in nine countries.In 2015, Gas Lipstick announced his departure from the band to pursue other musical projects, and was subsequently replaced by Jukka "Kosmo" Kröger.On 5 March 2017, HIM announced that the band would be disbanding following a farewell tour in 2017.